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http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016..._9&btsid=e3820829-251e-4719-b3dc-b10666a039f4
has anyone seen that watch? it is water resistant BUT is it a standalone watch? it is not mtk6572 but has gps, 3g.
Seems pretty nice!
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Seems pretty nice!
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i like the idea that is water resistant but is it like the D5 or Wear watch?
okay, i've talked to a seller that i've purchased from him before and he is the seller that also sells chargers and any other parts for these standalone watches and he is selling the i2 and i understood that it is a standalone watch and has a sim slot and the google apps store ammmm....maybe i'll buy too i like watches... 150$ is not that bad.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016..._9&btsid=d33f34da-3626-4e07-8b0e-a93184485b7c
"3G" is pretty vague. Anybody found what 3G frequencies it supports?
Nevermind- 2100MHz only and 15mm thick. I'll pass.
Lokifish Marz said:
"3G" is pretty vague. Anybody found what 3G frequencies it supports?
Nevermind- 2100MHz only and 15mm thick. I'll pass.
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you're right same me :\ i really wanted because of water resistant but not if it going to be really thick and as you said only 2100mhz. well...hope other will come, do'nt get me wrong i love the D5 but i wish it was also water resistant ip67\68.
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"3G" is pretty vague. Anybody found what 3G frequencies it supports?
Nevermind- 2100MHz only and 15mm thick. I'll pass.
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I completely agree with your observations, and I could also add that I don't like the design, but 3 points are worthy of some close examination:
1- The watch has the newer MTK6580 SoC which is a quad-core (!!!) and already has support for Android 5.x
2- The watch has Android 5.1
3- The watch seems to have very interesting new features in his watch faces, look at the attached images.
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I completely agree with your observations, and I could also add that I don't like the design, but 3 points are worthy of some close examination:
1- The watch has the newer MTK6580 SoC which is a quad-core (!!!) and already has support for Android 5.x
2- The watch has Android 5.1
3- The watch seems to have very interesting new features in his watch faces, look at the attached images.
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Very interesting pictures. It looks like the watch face has touchable areas for calls and messages. Perhaps that means this is more of a full tethering watch than the D5/K8 class. My budget is pretty well shot for buying new watches, but I tell you what. If any of you are inclined to contact the seller @soniasophie9697 suggests and recommend they send a sample unit to me for a SmartWatchTicks YouTube review before you make a decision to buy, I'll do you right and run it through the mill, including taking it apart and looking inside. Hey, worth a try! The reason I ask is I *may* have two other vendors sending me two new watches for review to get them some exposure, so this concept might be catching on. We'll see. Here's sonia's link again: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016..._9&btsid=d33f34da-3626-4e07-8b0e-a93184485b7c
Thanks!
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Very interesting pictures. It looks like the watch face has touchable areas for calls and messages. Perhaps that means this is more of a full tethering watch than the D5/K8 class. My budget is pretty well shot for buying new watches, but I tell you what. If any of you are inclined to contact the seller @soniasophie9697 suggests and recommend they send a sample unit to me for a SmartWatchTicks YouTube review before you make a decision to buy, I'll do you right and run it through the mill, including taking it apart and looking inside. Hey, worth a try! The reason I ask is I *may* have two other vendors sending me two new watches for review to get them some exposure, so this concept might be catching on. We'll see. Here's sonia's link again: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2016..._9&btsid=d33f34da-3626-4e07-8b0e-a93184485b7c
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Here you could have direct contact with the vendor of that watch:
http://iqi.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-802698717/New_I2_Smart_Watch.html
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Same watch seems to be available with some different design
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Here you could have direct contact with the vendor of that watch:
http://iqi.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-802698717/New_I2_Smart_Watch.html
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Thanks @cyrux75. I'll give it a try. Always better to work with the vendor. More motivation for total product line marketing to support exposure.
Are the bands removable?
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Are the bands removable?
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No, not unless you have replacement bands with antennas in them.
2100MHz is ok for Europe .
but i am only interested in this device if there are enough donations for Loki that he would pimp the rom
The company behind this watch (as referred by @cyrux75) calls this watch the Q1 and has a video on it here:
http://iqi-smartwatch.com/iqi-new-smart-watch-q1/
Wow - that's a chunky beast !!
I contacted them to see if they would be interested in letting out some samples.
pablo11 said:
Wow - that's a chunky beast !!
I contacted them to see if they would be interested in letting out some samples.
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yep, but it's good to know that now there will be upgraded android watches, i just wish that more apps will suit these watches since the community of users is big. i do'nt want the Wear watch not because of the price but because it is not usable without the phone and the gear s\s2 do'nt have many apps for them.
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yep, but it's good to know that now there will be upgraded android watches, i just wish that more apps will suit these watches since the community of users is big. i do'nt want the Wear watch not because of the price but because it is not usable without the phone and the gear s\s2 do'nt have many apps for them.
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Yeah, I'll be watching with interest :good:
IQI, the supplier, I know personally.
Just to be clear, there is no Google of any sort, according to IQI. They say they want to partner with some US companies willing to provide Google.
I would suggest their M200 model, it is thinner.
FyverIO said:
IQI, the supplier, I know personally.
Just to be clear, there is no Google of any sort, according to IQI. They say they want to partner with some US companies willing to provide Google.
I would suggest their M200 model, it is thinner.
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Sad part is they can't, at least legally. Google has gone after a couple of makers and has made it very clear that no full Android smartwatch can have Google Services. It's either their private Club Wear or nothing.
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Sad part is they can't, at least legally. Google has gone after a couple of makers and has made it very clear that no full Android smartwatch can have Google Services. It's either their private Club Wear or nothing.
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Are No.1, FINOW, and ZGPAX treading on thin ice then? All three offer full GPS (Google Play Services) complete with updates through the GPS (Google Play Store). Seems like Google would cut them off the update process at a minimum. Something doesn't add up.
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Are No.1, FINOW, and ZGPAX treading on thin ice then? All three offer full GPS (Google Play Services) complete with updates through the GPS (Google Play Store). Seems like Google would cut them off the update process at a minimum. Something doesn't add up.
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Here the issue. In China, where these watches come from, Google has little power. The Chinese laws regarding IP are, well, fluid. Companies are more or less left to keep their stuff secret and if pilfered, "to bad, so sad". Start making waves outside of China and it's a different game. For example;
Omate was including Google apps on their Omate TS, Google didn't notice. Omate got popular and covered very heavily in the press and Google took notice. An "oh no you don't" from Google and . . . Google apps "disappear" from the TS and are hidden behind a "secret code". Google catches wind of this and Omate gets a "we should talk". After that, Google apps are removed completely.
Tons of devices are released every year with some of them being different by only a couple of lines in the build.prop. If Google said, "no more w812a"s get access", the ODM can change that line to say "W812a" then "w812A" and so on. Multiply that by the hundreds of different Android devices that come out of China every year. Another thing to consider is that, at least for smartwatches, without official certifications there is no interest by app devs as a whole to support these devices. This leaves these devices without properly formatted apps which kills interest for most folks.
So little to no western market presence is both a blessing (Google doesn't take notice) and a curse (less sales).
Anyone excited for this game and found out our devices arent supported because of the intel chip?
it sucks...
I'll fix the broken Moto G 2014 to play it.
I tried to run in stock lollipop. Anyone tried it on custom roms?
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I'll fix the broken Moto G 2014 to play it.
I tried to run in stock lollipop. Anyone tried it on custom roms?
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lucky for you.
had no spare phone, play some first gen pokemon will help i guess
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lucky for you.
had no spare phone, play some first gen pokemon will help i guess
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i hope they add support for our phones, i wanna be the very best man, otherwise ill have to sell this phone, it's been disappointing me alot.
Starr a petition for the support?
I don't care about MM update... I just want to play Pokémon Go!
I've had a few issues now with the zenfone. I regret buying this after my oneplus died.
cm13 cant play
No f*** way, really I hate Asus now this is the last time I'm buying this crap, paid 400$ with an SD and couple of covers, I should've bought one plus two instead...
Remember guys, if software isn't working, it's the software manufacturer's job to get it fixed. In this case, I'm guessing the developers of the Pokemon game compiled it specifically for non-Intel SoC's... so you would want to send your petition to the Pokemon game developer to also compile Intel libraries.
I was in 2nd phase of the beta test and even then they never took the time to compile for x86 phones. I can't completely blame them either as it seems it's very out of the way to compile for x86 or Intel based phones as well. Another game called Fantasy War Tactics kinda had the same problem recently where they did a few updates that also broke compatibility for x86 so maybe it's not entirely their fault either. In the end we are just gonna have to wait patiently.
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I think they are being lazy since a properly made app would never have issues with x86 compilation
If I had to guess it flagged the anti cheat stuff. Who knows. I'm frustrated with this phone.
Yes let's start the petition now!
Here is a link to a petition that has currently 1,481 supporters.https://www.change.org/p/niantic-pokemon-go-intel-processor?recruiter=369210296&utm_source=petitions_show_components_action_panel_wrapper&utm_medium=copylink
Nowadays a few tablets also use Intel SoC, so I guess more and more people will start complaining and the developers will eventually have to care about compatibility and compiling for x86 platforms. If they want the game to spread, they will have to support as many systems as possible.
I'm not going to regret buying this phone just for one game. This is a smartphone, not a PS4.
The phone runs pretty good regardless of not playing a couple of games.
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but couldn't anyone make believe app somehow that we have another different processor from intel? Sorry for the bad english
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because even if the petition is accepted, we still have to wait for July 15 or more, and I want to play Pokémon go as soon as possible ahahaha
Why is everyone blaming the phone manufacturer?
This isn't their issue if one or two games/apps don't work as its the app developers responsibility.
Moreover pokemon go isn't supported for windows phones as well, so should we start a petition to ban microsoft?
Very sad to see these kind of posts even after knowing asus is trying its best to provide for timely updates.
Also even if pokemon go comes to support z2 we won't be able to play it for more than 1-1/2 hours in one charge due to our battery life issues.
The regret comes from Intel. Seems they pushed and then mostly abandoned this market. Sigh.
RemixOS 3.x is available for about a month already. That is, if you are using a computer or Nexus 9/Pixel C.
So.. What about Ultratablet owners? No confirmation about any release or whatsoever. Are we not getting love anymore?
Considering the issues the ultratablet faced in getting version 2 due to nvidia drivers not getting released?
Don't hold your breath.
Unless someone from Jide can officially state it is getting version 3, assume it's not.
Unfortunately not likely. I had a twitter convo with Jide just the other day about this very question:
Twitter Convo
that's depressing. i just bought mine in the spring and i have to say it was a bad decision as essentially, it immediately became deprecated. i love many things about it but i feel so cheated that its problems will never be addressed.
i guess it is my own fault for not researching enough? i am a good researcher but i guess i missed the most important things. i know it is pointless to fret about because what's done is done, but this is my only computer, and it was an expensive purchase by my standards. so it really bums me out when I get thinking about it.
That sounds a bit strange, nvidia roth devices are clearly tegra 4 device also. So whats the part nvidia doesnt support? Is it cause we have a Macallan board and the shield portable (roth) is a roth board?
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Roth board is probably running a 3.x arm kernel - and currently x86 Android 6.0 needs a 4.4.x kernel.
Jide probably could backport the needed commits for 6.0 to the 3.x kernel that the Ultratablet is using.
Possibly there could be a way to 'meld' the RemixOS [Android-IA] 2.x with [Android-x86] 3.x and get it to run. i.e replacing the kernel/modules in 3.x with 2.x and seeing if it runs
It does sound strange, and lacking a clear and in depth statement from Jide and Nvidia, we can only speculate.
There was a similar issue, going by Jude's oblique statement at the time, of an issue with nvidia drivers holding up remix 2 point something or other very ng released for the ultra tablet.
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Roth board is probably running a 3.x arm kernel - and currently x86 Android 6.0 needs a 4.4.x kernel.
Jide probably could backport the needed commits for 6.0 to the 3.x kernel that the Ultratablet is using.
Possibly there could be a way to 'meld' the RemixOS [Android-IA] 2.x with [Android-x86] 3.x and get it to run. i.e replacing the kernel/modules in 3.x with 2.x and seeing if it runs
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Yeah but original Jide sk1w kernel is a 3.4.108 arm kernel, so hard to believe it's a nvidia part. Maybe it's a invensense mpu 3050 think, or an other device specific part, but from my point of view not a nvidia think. For google (Ex) engineers it should be easy to update our kernel to make it mm compliant.
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Yeah but original Jide sk1w kernel is a 3.4.108 arm kernel, so hard to believe it's a nvidia part. Maybe it's a invensense mpu 3050 think, or an other device specific part, but from my point of view not a nvidia think. For google (Ex) engineers it should be easy to update our kernel to make it mm compliant.
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My bad, thought the Ultratablet was an x86 like a few other RemixOS tablets...
If they were provided with the kernel for the Ultra by nvidia rather than the sources then it could be a nvidia issue; especially as they don't seem too keen to push MM to Tegra4 devices; but also probably Jide hasn't touched their arm code too much since work started on the x86 version.
I have given up all hope of bugs with apps being fixed and have also given up on remix 3.0 for this tablet. Wish I would have never bought it.
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I have given up all hope of bugs with apps being fixed and have also given up on remix 3.0 for this tablet. Wish I would have never bought it.
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Totally agree. A CM13 Rom is under development, but for now we are at the mercy of Jide and they have effectively abandoned this product. I, too, wish I had not purchased this. While the hardware is excellent, the Remix operating system falls short of its promises and potential.
The TF701T I sold to purchase this tablet was light years ahead in quality and I regret the decision every day.
Please stop telling people Jide has abandoned their products. It's not true. Have you even submitted any and all issues you have with the tablet OS?
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Ax2iU0m5g
Have they released anything new for the ultratablet since the .305 update?
Will there be any announcements regarding remix 3 in regards to the ultratablet, will be or will not be. Any news is better than nothing.
You can see why people feel like Jide has abandoned its product when we hear nothing from official representatives.
I left a link to ask Bill with your answer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Ax2iU0m5g
Great, a PR produced video as an answer.
Bit half hearted really. And weeks after remix 3 was released too.
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Please stop telling people Jide has abandoned their products. It's not true. Have you even submitted any and all issues you have with the tablet OS?
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Ax2iU0m5g
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I have in the past submitted tickets and got little effective support. Consider that those of us who own the Ultra Tablet whether purchased in the kickstarter campaign or through various retail purchases PAID for a product that has less support that the free download for those who wish to run Jide's OS on a PC.
Perhaps Jide should consider a buyback program.
Help me help you. Sometimes all you need to do is send a update request in the last email. OR just come to me and say communication was lost between u and Jide.
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That's why I'm here. So Yall can be heard.
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!
Ok, well the WebEx app still doesn't work at all on my ultra tablet...I even made a thread here about it weeks ago and someone from Jide staff tested for a day and agreed it was broken.
That's one bug that has had individual attention without resolution.
If the product hasn't been abandoned....when can we expect 3.0?
I need your ticket#
Jide will continue giving updates but an upgrade is not possible until they get the chipset drivers for the tablet so it can work in the Marshmellow environment.
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!
@AmoraRei Can you please specify whitch chipset driver is the problem? Invensense MPU/Compass? Akm8963 gyroscope? Tegra GL Libs? Macallan board? Is it nvidia whitch drops support? And if yes what isnt supported and why?
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Please suggest a way to make our device get the Project Treble officially.
More details on Google Project Treble,
Thanks.
This can only be accomplished by the manufacturer of the phone (Oneplus) in corporation with the SoC manufacturer (Qualcomm). But we can always say pleeease with a big nice smile in the Oneplus forum and hope for the best. ?
pitrus- said:
This can only be accomplished by the manufacturer of the phone (Oneplus) in corporation with the SoC manufacturer (Qualcomm). But we can always say pleeease with a big nice smile in the Oneplus forum and hope for the best.
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As per the official OnePlus forums from I visited, I have read them saying "Treble is interesting, we will keep close an eye on it.."
Which is like killing me all the time...
Could someone from XDA OnePlus team reach out to OnePlus official and represent our request???
Project Treble would be expensive and difficult to implement. Given what OnePlus did with the OP2, it's clear where this is going.
The OP3/3T hardware will be likely be completely abandoned by next Summer. One year, folks.
Of course, Google poorly designed Android from the start and created this problem. Hardware abstraction and support for official AOSP should have been baked in from the start--or (at least) implemented before Gingerbread.
I don't use the physical buttons on this device. There's not much to wear out. This next upgrade will be forced by software. I don't give a darn about benchmarks, games, or huge pdf's; hardware isn't compelling anymore. I am going to wait and see about x86 on ARM. Even with limited performance, it would be nice to carry one device and just plug into the hotel television hdmi. Also, the updates would flow for a solid five years--longer than I would use a new device (as it should be).
There will be some broken buggy ROMS floating around for a while after next summer, but those are for kids.
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Project Treble would be expensive and difficult to implement. Given what OnePlus did with the OP2, it's clear where this is going.
The OP3/3T hardware will be likely be completely abandoned by next Summer. One year, folks.
Of course, Google poorly designed Android from the start and created this problem. Hardware abstraction and support for official AOSP should have been baked in from the start--or (at least) implemented before Gingerbread.
I don't use the physical buttons on this device. There's not much to wear out. This next upgrade will be forced by software. I don't give a darn about benchmarks, games, or huge pdf's; hardware isn't compelling anymore. I am going to wait and see about x86 on ARM. Even with limited performance, it would be nice to carry one device and just plug into the hotel television hdmi. Also, the updates would flow for a solid five years--longer than I would use a new device (as it should be).
There will be some broken buggy ROMS floating around for a while after next summer, but those are for kids.
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Dint quiet get you there mate...
you mean Treble is not a good move?
orange808 said:
Project Treble would be expensive and difficult to implement. Given what OnePlus did with the OP2, it's clear where this is going.
The OP3/3T hardware will be likely be completely abandoned by next Summer. One year, folks.
Of course, Google poorly designed Android from the start and created this problem. Hardware abstraction and support for official AOSP should have been baked in from the start--or (at least) implemented before Gingerbread.
I don't use the physical buttons on this device. There's not much to wear out. This next upgrade will be forced by software. I don't give a darn about benchmarks, games, or huge pdf's; hardware isn't compelling anymore. I am going to wait and see about x86 on ARM. Even with limited performance, it would be nice to carry one device and just plug into the hotel television hdmi. Also, the updates would flow for a solid five years--longer than I would use a new device (as it should be).
There will be some broken buggy ROMS floating around for a while after next summer, but those are for kids.
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Incoherent, confused, and totally off the point, what after next year there is no Android update, would that kill the phone, I still have wildfire s, it's on ginger bread, it runs youtube, Facebook and what's app, this phone will be usable till it is not broken
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Incoherent, confused, and totally off the point, what after next year there is no Android update, would that kill the phone, I still have wildfire s, it's on ginger bread, it runs youtube, Facebook and what's app, this phone will be usable till it is not broken
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I like turtles.
Is it possible for devs to port the kernel to 4.4+ once OP release sources for Oreo?
Well, given that OEM support for our device will end by mid next year, Project Treble implementation is not really worthwhile for our devices. It won't be useful to OnePlus for long (for the 3/T), and also it'll be quite expensive to be worked on.
But if OnePlus decides to pull an OPO, and grant us our wishes, we'd all be happy.
It has almost nothing to do with Oneplus, if Qualcomm update the reference msm8996 kernel to linux 4.4 then its trivial to port oneplus modifications over.
Qualcomm has practically zero motivation to do this, infact it works against their interests.
orange808 said:
Project Treble would be expensive and difficult to implement. Given what OnePlus did with the OP2, it's clear where this is going.
The OP3/3T hardware will be likely be completely abandoned by next Summer. One year, folks.
Of course, Google poorly designed Android from the start and created this problem. Hardware abstraction and support for official AOSP should have been baked in from the start--or (at least) implemented before Gingerbread.
I don't use the physical buttons on this device. There's not much to wear out. This next upgrade will be forced by software. I don't give a darn about benchmarks, games, or huge pdf's; hardware isn't compelling anymore. I am going to wait and see about x86 on ARM. Even with limited performance, it would be nice to carry one device and just plug into the hotel television hdmi. Also, the updates would flow for a solid five years--longer than I would use a new device (as it should be).
There will be some broken buggy ROMS floating around for a while after next summer, but those are for kids.
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x86 or ARM? Jesus, that's some pretty old CPU architecture right there. Care to elaborate as to why you want it to go further?
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x86 or ARM? Jesus, that's some pretty old CPU architecture right there. Care to elaborate as to why you want it to go further?
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I like turtles.
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I like turtles.
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Makes sense. Thanks for your informative explanation xD
OnePlus 3, 3T, 5, and 5T are all missing out on Project Treble, but will be updated to Android 8.1.
I'd rather have Treble.
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OnePlus 3, 3T, 5, and 5T are all missing out on Project Treble, but will be updated to Android 8.1.
I'd rather have Treble.
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And if OnePlus had release Project Treble but not Android 8.1, you would have also complained.
Stop complain about everything you don't have, and enjoy what you have: should I remind you that Android 8.0 should have been the last update for the OnePlus 3(T)? Plus, Project Treble targets all devices launched with Android 8.x, which is not the case for actual OnePlus phones.
Not only "OnePlus" doesn't give project treble,
Stop complaint about "Project Treble"
there is a petition going to support Project Treble for OnePlus devices
feel free to sign the petition and make a difference
We (the community) would like to ask Oneplus to support Project Treble in OOS
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And if OnePlus had release Project Treble but not Android 8.1, you would have also complained.
Stop complain about everything you don't have, and enjoy what you have: should I remind you that Android 8.0 should have been the last update for the OnePlus 3(T)? Plus, Project Treble targets all devices launched with Android 8.x, which is not the case for actual OnePlus phones.
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Project Treble is compulsory for devices launching with Oreo, but can be enabled when a device is updated (see OG Pixel/XL and Essential Phone), so OnePlus can do it if they want to.
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It has almost nothing to do with Oneplus, if Qualcomm update the reference msm8996 kernel to linux 4.4 then its trivial to port oneplus modifications over.
Qualcomm has practically zero motivation to do this, infact it works against their interests.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, just guessing here, but isn't the Google Pixel 1 getting treble? It has the same SOC, so getting the required kernel references shouldn't be a problem right?
EDIT: This is ofcourse only applicable to the 3T, so they'd have to split the OTA's from the OP3. Highly doubt that they'd do that though.
Hello there
I have been searching around to buy a tablet mostly for home use,my wife is going to be using it most of the times for some googling,emails ,pdf etc. I found a really good deal in a refurbished android version yoga book but I'm not that sure if it's worth nowadays since as I have read it only updated to android 7. Is she going to have issues with some apps like Facebook,insta, netflix?
Thank you in advance
I have this unit for 3 years now and it’s still working.
From the beginning it had problems, for example it shuts down and reboot from time to time, when you want to cast something it freezes and some apps don’t work anymore. For googling and emails I don’t have any problem.
Would I recommend a Lenovo unit? I won’t, because they never given updates or solved the software problems.
I have a yoga book and my co-worker’s have an Android pro tablet from Lenovo and they also never received a update. The hardware is good but you never get an update even not a security update. I hope it help with your decision.
Greetings
Tennistas79 said:
Is she going to have issues with some apps like Facebook,insta, netflix?
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Those, probably not, but I can't get modern casual games like merge dragons to run on the stupid thing. So if she plays that kind of game, it might not be the way to go.
As i am enthusiast on modding stuff, i like my hardware open to custom stuff. While the lenovo is not closed (you can unlock the bootloader) we had a dead scene. So i would not recommend this piece of hardware. In XDA your better strategy is to search on for devices that the community is alive AKA: popular devices and brands, like Samsung or Sony. Cause even if the moto maxx was spec wise MUCH better than the Xperia Z3 on paper, we had a different story here, the xperia comunity was skyrocketing and doing great where the moto maxx was a zombie device at its best.
TL : DR If you don't need to debloat it or do anything special to it its kinda of a solid device .