Essential Official Android Thread

[diggy]

You had it rooted and flashed the old radio right? I got my replacement Nexus 4 sitting on my doorstep, figure I should flash it since I gotta start from scratch.

Yeah and flashed a zip so the settings stick. Also some sound fix zip

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[PrnzHakeem]

Yeah and flashed a zip so the settings stick. Also some sound fix zip

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

can you PM me a link for the instructions to do all that?

 

[diggy]

can you PM me a link for the instructions to do all that?

these should help, Ill see if I can link the zip because youll have to change settings every reboot without it

»All LTE Discussion« - xda-developers

Help me get LTE on my Nexus 4 running OS 4.2.2 - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com


zip to flash and keep settings

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43463403&postcount=1


sound fix if needed (no in call audio)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43103442&postcount=31266

 

[Hersh]

ytf is holy grail in the play store and not in the play music app

 

[Tha Snowman]

So you have to pay $10/month, wait 6 months before you can upgrade,and give them your old phone(screen cant be cracked) and you still have to pay full price for the new phone

No thanks, they can keep that bullshyt

Except that even with that, it costs the same as a comparable ATT or Verizon plan. So unless you get a cush work discount or something (I do, $83/month with insurance on Verizon unlimited), this is actually a good deal.

 

[Rice N Beans]

Naw L9 is piff

I have L9, and I assure you Blu phones are superior.

 

[diggy]

My lte test

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[PrnzHakeem]

My lte test

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Got it to work, ran a test this morning while driving into work.

download: 31.51 Mbps
upload: 13.54 Mbps



Do you keep your LTE antenna always on or do you toggle between the WCDMA preferred and LTE/GSM/CDMA?

 

[Rohiggidy]

@Riceand beans have you used a blu phone??? specs dont equal good

 

[Rohiggidy]

Motorola Moto X leaks

 

[diggy]

Got it to work, ran a test this morning while driving into work.

download: 31.51 Mbps
upload: 13.54 Mbps



Do you keep your LTE antenna always on or do you toggle between the WCDMA preferred and LTE/GSM/CDMA?

I keep it on with the zip file....I def dont want to be having to toggle every reboot.

 

[PrnzHakeem]

I keep it on with the zip file....I def dont want to be having to toggle every reboot.

I flashed the zip for the .33 radio, so it stays on permanently thru reboots.

For toggling, I mean switching the radio settings between WCDMA and LTE using that dialer code. I was wondering if you ever have to do that due to LTE not being everywhere. I dont know how well the .33 radio hands off from LTE -> HSPA+ -> HSPA yet

 

[diggy]

I flashed the zip for the .33 radio, so it stays on permanently thru reboots.

For toggling, I mean switching the radio settings between WCDMA and LTE using that dialer code. I was wondering if you ever have to do that due to LTE not being everywhere. I dont know how well the .33 radio hands off from LTE -> HSPA+ -> HSPA yet

no, it seems to find 3g/h+ when no 4g

 

[Rohiggidy]

Android co-creator: Fragmentation “an overblown issue”

Rich Miner, the co-creator of the world's most popular smartphone OS is out to talk about the issue head-on: “I think this is a bit of an overblown issue, frankly,” he said during the Massachusetts Technogloy Leadership Council this Tuesday, “Don't forget, there are 1.5 million Android phones being activated every single day. There are 900 million devices out in the market,” Miner added manning up to the widespread criticism.

In other words we have to accept that the inherent allure of the open platform is also its biggest flaw. Miner, who admittedly has more of a personal stake in the fortunes of the OS than most, nevertheless makes a good point:

“Us techies read the blogs and know what features we may be missing. I think if you asked a consumer, 'Do you feel like your phone OS needs to be updated today?' they're pretty happy with the results and the performance they're seeing. So I'm not sure it's a major issue.”

And this rings especially true with some of us – ever asked your less technically adept friends what version of Android they're running? Try it. We have, and most often they won't even know where to find that information, let alone talk you through all the features they may be missing out on. And these people make up for a significant chunk of the close to billion Android users.

Regardless, there's a second side to the coin. Namely, OEMs and carriers who are known to take forever to release the latest bug fixes and software updates, and in some cases even give up altogether. Addressing this flaw, Miner claims that Google has become far more flexible in this regard and points to the quick containment of the latest Android-wide threat.

"Clearly, in the early days of Android, there was some learning that had to be done between Google and the ecosystem—the handset OEMs. I think Google is much better, as we’ve seen with the latest security release. Google got a patch out … very quickly to the OEMs.” the co-creator said “The OEMs, sometimes they might be a little bit too conservative. But they have to make sure that those releases are verified and tested, as do the carriers. Because it’s a Verizon or an AT&T that’s getting the phone calls from customers if that release isn’t robust.”

His statements are sure to hit a sensitive spot with the more involved Android crowd, and some will even go as far as condemn them as self-serving – we're sure you're going to let us know in the comment section. And us? Our gut feeling is that Miner may be correct, statistically speaking. Does that make it any less relevant? Absolutely not.

 

[Rohiggidy]