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[Firefox OS General] thesoupthief:
I was referring to a recent user survey (sorry - I forget the source) which found a generally high level of end-user satisfaction with android devices

But I don't really get how Firefox OS is going to answer the questions you feel are left hanging by iOS and android

Maybe I just don't know enough about it - to be honest the main driver of my caution in relation to it is the enthusiasm with which the networks seem to be embracing it ("the friend of my enemy is my enemy" as the saying (nearly) goes)
[Firefox OS General] HiddenG:
FireFox OS seems like a great concept, but not one to be input into a smartphone. It defeats the purpose of a smartphone; where the definition is basically a mini-computer. This concept is same as Google's web-based OS (on a PC) which failed badly; you will no longer find it on Google's services.

After the release of FireFox OS, give it a month or two, and the tension will calm down and die. Sorry, but I just had to stab the truth out. Sorry, I sincerely am. I may seem like I'm hating, but I do applaud FireFox for the great efforts, and partnerships with various manufacturers. I do hope it does succeed, but doubt it. It will only succeed as a feature phone, not a smart one. :(
[Firefox OS General] frankito777:
Diversity

I think that the most alternatives we have, the better the user experience is.
[Firefox OS General] megalomanicbastard:
an epic fail, bad timing. The advanced user will go to Ubuntu while mass majority will use android still and its mass amount of app. Look at windows still hard to catch up with android.
[Firefox OS General] BertytheSnowman:
I think it'll have it's place but I'd like to see how it performs on a high end phone and a low end phone before I make any real judgement.

Open source is always a good thing though.
[Firefox OS General] KamikazeRO:
as long as this doesn`t work the same as chromeOS where it should all work on the cloud thingy. a lot of people need to be independent of the internet in their work

all that portability mumbojumbo is just dust in the eyes in my oppinion
[Firefox OS General] LimeJuiz:
Well, as more and more website are now responsive, it make sense for Firefox to be the window that give you what could be an OS fully based on Internet website. I like the idea !
[Firefox OS General] deepsagarj:
I've used it recently on my phone and I must say I kinda liked it, I really liked some features of it. I agree its still got a long way to go but for me its a win

:thumbup:

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[Firefox OS General] vajqo:
...

It's always good to see new OS from big companies cause everyone brings something new and every OS has to evolve to accomodate the best new features :) Of course it is too soon to tell if it is fail or win :)
[Firefox OS General] Pr.TOSHIBA:
It's hard to tell wether or not it will succeed. Even if it is a very well developed and practical OS, it's success greatly depends on how well Mozilla arouses popularity for it. I personally hope it does well and am looking forward to trying it out as soon as I can on my Desire Z.
[Firefox OS General] Zebaahx:
Epic fail. Looks like a cheap copy of Android. Sad for Mozilla Corp. Android brought all features possible nothing can surprise me now
[Firefox OS General] deepsagarj:
This is totally different from android, and be ready to be surprised, if not this then something else will always be there

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[Firefox OS General] Georges2251:
It's an iOS knockoff made for cheaply built phones, that constantly needs the internet. (to me, that's a no-go).

Tizen and Sailfish have more potential, I'm quite fond of Sailfish considering it's closer to meego.
[Firefox OS General] ohynek:
I like that idea too, but especially on mobile device OS must be usable when you are offline (sometime for days...) too.
[Firefox OS General] ShilohDaniel:
Seems to me to be a fail. If they had come out with it sooner, before android and others, it could have worked.
[Firefox OS General] kskb:
If the world wanted a free to develop phone OS, they already have Android. I feel that the Mozilla platform -- though exciting to have -- might just be relegated to hobbyists' play. Like linux.
[Firefox OS General] plziom:
can't wait to see toolbars for this kind of firefox XDDDD
[Firefox OS General] DienoX:
Odp: [Disscusion] Firefox OS Epic win? or Epic fail? Your thoughts (keep it clean)

Firefox os is for poor people, poor, etc, much better choice is Ubuntu

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[Firefox OS General] ShilohDaniel:
+1 for Ubuntu.
[Firefox OS General] Crankycoder:
It doesn't constantly need net access. Html5 does local storage just fine.
[Firefox OS General] abrakazebra:
I'm exited about it. I think its got great potential. Between it and chrome os, I think it makes perfect sense to build a system that uses web apps. Most of the apps I use on android are just slightly resigned versions of web sites anyways.
[Firefox OS General] mydrandroid:
I think its gonna do just well .....

Its a web based OS that's really a big plus point but yeah the UI really looks quite dull which might become a major drawback .....

& I hope they provide some good battery life with Firefox OS based phones cause its a web phone. Low battery life might ruin the experience .... :p

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[Firefox OS General] DMRtech:
Firefox OS

Considering the enormous size of Firefox (with gecko as a base platform) compared to some other browsers,there is some sense to use all that gecko platform for an mobile OS.

Thunderbird,Firefox etc all share underlying gecko platform, which is known as the most powerful web engine platform.

Gecko platform is proved to run on Windows,Linux,.. and take so much ram when running so - why not, instead of platform-on-platform, cut all that clutter and make it the primary platform to run the show - that is my interpretation of the move to Boot2gecko logic.

So,in any case it will be very interesting to see what gecko can do in this role,I watch it but consider this higly experimental for now.
[Firefox OS General] Bisiburger:
its a good idea, but i think it can get better
[Firefox OS General] Hrishikesh Somchatwar:
No... Epic fail

Well to be honest it may have a nice UI but the whole OS is a web based. So without internet it becomes crap :confused: Even from the normal keypad to the Text message sending, every thing is made into an app. :eek: So the whole OS can be stated as an application!!

The thing which I like about Firefox is, it is not trying to make any competition against iOS, Android or Windows. :)

So lastly bad try for Firefox but still its just its first chance. :fingers-crossed:
[Firefox OS General] Evanshma:
Win

I think it is a win. Now, there is another open-source product on the market. It is easy to develop apps for, using HTML, and many websites can be made into an app easily. Also, with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, there are endless possibilities for this phone. However, currently the phones are designed to be low-end and for countries where smartphones do not exist. The OS is brand-new, so I cannot wait to see what happens in the future.
[Firefox OS General] NedasPekorius:
In my opinion for Firefox OS there are so much work to do. Web apps is quite slow. So that must change from the ground, so gecko (firefox web engine) must be rewritten for multicore processors (Hope Servo and Rust works for that). Also jScript, PHP and other stuff like HTML5 related must gain some fixes regarding speed and stability. There's also some aspects that web applications can't do some jobs, so they are sometimes less usefull. On FF OS web apps also works without internet cause they are pre-fetched and have all It's code stored in mobile phone.

I might see that Web Based operating system could be far less configurable and hackable by community and users (at the start phase and might latter)
[Firefox OS General] Jastherin:
I feel like the Firefox OS is a great idea, but could use a lot of improvements. All in all, I can't wait to test it myself on my LG AS730 (Optimus Select)
[Firefox OS General] Hrishikesh Somchatwar:
how?

hey how can you use it on your LG AS730 ?? :confused:

Its an android device right??

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Yes correct! First of all firefox is not trying to compete with android . iOS or windows what actually it is trying is to make some reputation in the market and then maybe TRY to compete...... its a finger-crossing thing for firefox....i don't think it will make any good impression in the starting. :cyclops:
[Firefox OS General] InkSlinger420:
Looks good to me if they can pretty up the view...
[Firefox OS General] hell_lock:
Well they have used simplistic languages into its making so it might get lot of dev attention but they still need to work on the UI.

Given that its in pre stages, I would say its a win.
[Firefox OS General] nachiketa.ramesh:
I think that a HTML5 based os like this should be the target for the next line of feature phones like BADA and Symbian. But the fact is it lags on phones like the explorer which have specs like a feature phone. So it isn't worth it because it is too hungry. After all even ios 3 or Windows phone 6.5 perform on lower specs and can do more.
[Firefox OS General] :
A win.

I'm kind of gravedigging, but I believe that the thread isn't that old. It shouldn't matter. And who doesn't like discussions?

Anyway, to start off, I believe that people comparing it to Ubuntu OS doesn't know what Firefox OS is. They aren't designed for the same market, the same people or the same types of phones. Ubuntu OS, in comparison to Firefox OS is a competitor to Android and iOS in the sense that it's built for high-end phones. What that means is that it's entering an already existing market - the expensive market of smartphones for the more developed countries who already have them.

Firefox OS however, is built and developed to be sold on low-end devices. These devices won't have very good hardware, and Firefox OS must thus adapt (and the obvious way to counter poor hardware is by being as lightweight as possible). This is an entirely different market, in fact, the market isn't even really there yet. We're of course talking about the market for really cheap smartphones. Mozilla wants to sell their phones in countries were most people have never even used a smartphone before (or the internet for that matter).

But, it's also worth considering that it's only in beta and likely become a lot better, faster, stable and more intuitive in the future. Another thing that is worth noting is that while it is designed to start off as a "poor man's OS", it is entirely possible for them to enter the market we're used to in the future, with a faster and more stylish variant of the OS.

Also, I'm still chuckling over people thinking that it will be useless without internet. There's a difference between "modern web languages" and "the web" :)
[Firefox OS General] pablisman:
From my point of view i dont see a good future for this operating system

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[Firefox OS General] tk914:
Competition

I feel like anything new will be a boost to competition among to OS's and force the big dogs to look outside the box at the new ideas coming in.
[Firefox OS General] Pasindu88:
No special Features

I think it Firefox Os need more to override android and apple. It is a mix of apple ui and android features. Maybe in future releases they will ad their own features. Because it's still testing.
[Firefox OS General] krispyfriez:
Agreed. I prefer Ubuntu to FirefoxOS for many reasons. First, Ubuntu have made their OS compatible with most Android apps so I can still use the apps I use everyday. And the style of it, I like it. FirefoxOS, with HTML apps, I don't think we will have full on apps on it.

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[Firefox OS General] trwrt:
You are misinformed. Ubuntu for phones will not include an Android app player. There is "Ubuntu for Android" but that is a completely separate project.
[Firefox OS General] kankanmeli:
saying something about firefox OS so early on is very difficult. Keeping in mind that they have specifically designed it to run on low end hardware seems interesting, as this can be a game changer for budget conscious markets like India. It would also enable hardware manufacturers to penetrate more efficiently into the markets by providing phones at a much cheaper rate without sacrificing usability and functionality.
[Firefox OS General] croques:
Post Edward Snowden's revelations about the intense spying by NSA on everything that passes through Google,Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo and all, I think the game has suddenly changed. Papers report $180bn of cloud business the US was set to make in the next three years now looks unlikely as foreign nationals balk at US spying and prepare to put their business elsewhere. Rome may be falling

And Firefox OS may just be the candidate to give it a push
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nekrom4n:
Can anyone help me please, I have posted this on the PA thread but have had no response

I am unable to install PA on my nexus.

I have rooted and unlocked my device via the nexus root kit, downloaded the latest TWRP and installed this on my device. Moved PA and GAPPS to my storage and flashed PA first and then GAPPS, wiped dalvik and reboot the device. All that happens is the ROM doesnt appear to want to flash on the device as it reset my nexus back to factory settings but never installed the ROM.

I have also attempted this with goomanager but get stuck in a bootloop after install

However, I have been able to download and install CWM and CM10 so I know there is no issue with the device.

Can anyone provide any insight as to why this may be happenening
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] najaboy:
Have you verified the md5 of your download?

Also, patience is a virtue. Believer or not, some questions aren't always answered in mere minutes, as most folks have lives outside of the forum. I know waiting can seem unreasonable at times, but the timespan between you asking in the PA thread and then starting this completely new thread asking the same question was less than twenty minutes.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
You left out the most important step in switching from one ROM to another... As mentioned in several tutorials and posts:

WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET before flashing ROM...

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eagle1337:
It helps but for the last 3 different roms I've thrown onto my n7 I haven't done that, All I've had to do was wipe my caches.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Wiping caches is unnecessary. New cache is built upon first boot.

You might have gotten away without wiping data if the bases for your ROMs were similar. Paranoid requires a wipe coming from most other ROMs.

Also you run the risk of corrupting your settings and app databases when you don't wipe data between different ROMs

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankushkool:
After happily using Seesmic, now I am looking for a replacement as there is some issue due to which it cannot update Facebook.

After trying many apps (Hootsuit, Seesmic ping, tweet caster, tweetdeck etc) have still not find a good app that has below features:

1. Update status on twitter and Facebook (most do)

2. Upload photos to Facebook (surprisingly none do it, they just post link on my wall)

3. Tag friends in posts

4. Schedule status updates, not really imp as I use buffer.

Thanks in advance for the help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankushkool:
None?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojoost:
Tweetdeck
[HTC Droid DNA] arun1151:
I recently installed cubed kernel. I have some problems and want to extract kmsgs and logs and let the developer know. While that is not the point of this thread, its a purely knowledge based on that I like to know what boot.img really does.

If someone has a link to any article that says what each part of android os does , like what the fastboot is responsible for, what the recovery helps(and how the new recovery like clockwork mod is better), would be awesome if you can share it.

I installed digital dream ROM and when I restarted, the wifi wont connect. I reflashed the boot.img and it started working fine. Hence my inquisitive request.:angel:
[HTC Droid DNA] mopartonyg:
+1 to that. i would also like to know if each romm has its own boot img or of it is generic to the DNA. Thanks to all the DEvs for their hard work.
[HTC Droid DNA] orangechoochoo:
It's the kernel which is the interface between the OS and the hardware.

Use the Cube writeable stock kernel,it has no problems. To get ksmg go to the Playstore and download Bootlog UpTime.

As far as what boot.img is included in a Rom, you have to look at the description of the Rom and it should tell you.
[HTC Droid DNA] notsomuch:
I still have questions

I am not computer illiterate, (my experience is mainframes) but I am new to the android world. Your statement It's the kernel which is the interface between the OS and the hardware. still leaves me with questions.

That answer could mean that it is BIOS code. And as such communicates between the OS and hardware such as radios or screen taps or hard buttons.

It could mean that it is what was a long time ago referred to as the Initial Program Load (IPL) or boot loader. As such its purpose is to locate and load into memory the operating system.

Or maybe something else.

Please help the old guy here.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
The kernel "layer" as I like to think of it, is basically a driver that houses all of the code for the different hardware the device has. It's the interface for the Software at OS level to the hardware level.

Our bootloader is like the bios, the kernel is the "drivers" for the hardware, that let the software tell the hardware what to do.

Cpu driver, wifi driver, gps driver, usb driver, sound driver, ect...

I just finished taking two computer architecture courses lol

ARM architecture, is an Instruction Set Architecture, the Instructions are built into the chips. The kernel is the firmware code that is ran and its variables can be controlled at OS level.

By instructions, I am referring to what the assembly executes using the microcode and registers
[Sony Tablet S] rocvert:
Hello, and yes i am new here found this site to have the most info but still i dont have all the correct answers

I have a sony tablet s (SGPT111US/S)

The tablet will only boot to the sony logo as stated

I recieved it this way and am not sure what may have been done to it, or what version of o.s. it may have had.

After much reading i found several thing to look into and try.

the first thing i tried was the reset button, didnt work

Next i tried reset to factory settings, after pushing power button/vol up and going to system recovery

Either it would not complete and hang, or it would complete, reboot and still hang at sony logo.

Next i found this post with the zip files http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26882207

So i downloaded the first one in the list for U.S. saved it to a SD card booted the tablet to system recovery

Chose update from SD card , arrowed down to the file and started the proccess.

I tried several of these files starting with the first one in the list and everytime i recieve the same error

---Install /sdcard...

Finding update package...

Desklunvr update package...

opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:FAILED TO VERIFY WHOLE-FILE SIGNATURE

E:SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FAILED

INSTALLATION ABORTED.

I just want to make this thing work, does anyone have any suggestions for me at this point i am not particular what os or version of os as long as it works im thinkin.

Thank you in advance
[Sony Tablet S] <robin>:
the recovery log means your rom file is damaged,try download it again

ps,if your tablet stop at sony logo or boot animation,try this:

1,long press power button(about 10 s),force shut down,

2,short push power button again

at this time system will try to boot up use 2nd system partition(/mmcblk0p3)

with some lucky,you may go into system

my tablet always power up this way...
[Sony Tablet S] rocvert:
Thank you

I have tried your suggestions

I have downloaded the file several times now with the same resulting error.

I also tried the power button suggestions.

In addition i tried a different SD card.

Also i noticed when accessing the SD card on my pc i get a popup message stating "please insert the last disk of the multi-volume set and click ok to continue"

Any other suggestions welcome

Thank you
[Sony Tablet S] rocvert:
Sooo nobody else has any suggestions ?
[Sony Tablet S] rspy:
I have the same problem last night. I download Official firmware (ics release 4 in my case) I installed trough recovery. Now I'm back on my tablet. Obviously the firmware you tried is not working, do u tried with another one? Btw in what version are you rigth now?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poeskippds:
Where Can I find the apk Safestrap? The link in that thread is broke...

Thanks

Phil
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybrnook:
http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/scorpion_mini
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poeskippds:
Thanks.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybrnook:
Hit the thanks button :good:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arslanazizsoomro:
This link is not working . .

Where from i can download safestrap recovery for xt907?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irbajacka:
I got my Nexus 4 yesterday, and just today I've noticed that when in dark screen (locked, or simply the settings page) and outside of the house I see kind of weird black lines on the whole display screen, going form top to bottom making some 3 small square shapes after the others all over the display, can be obviously seen when display facing bright sky outside in almost any angel, but in room light barely can see them with certain angels.

will make a photo of it asap.

p.s. I've never seen a notification light yet on the middle bottom of my device.

Anyone same "problem" with display?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Its the digitizer.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irbajacka:
Could you link an example image from goolge or something to make sure it is what I mean? can't seem to find something alike..is this normal?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruzkay:
I can confirm that its the digitizer I too have found that with this phone it is very easy to see even with weak light I see it when I get the right angle. It looks like you described but the vertical lines look more like dots arranged neatly than lines on mine.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmatrix13:
Just noticed the same thing on my device. Thought I was tripping out maaaaaaan
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moses992:
Its the digitizer, its normal. I think its because of the "zero gap" technology thing ; the display and the digitizer are right below the glass.

As for the notification light, download Lightflow from the Play Store. Works great.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
For the notification LED, make sure you enable the " Pulse notification light" option in Settings->Display. Using Lightflow on top will give you lots of customisation options though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chetanbecs@gmail.com:
I am now noticing the same issue in my nexus 4. If it is because of zero gap technology then why it is not there in iPhone 5 and other phones which use this technology?

I also notice that my brother who got the phone some time in November 2012 is not having this issue. I got the phone in Jan 2013...is it issue with only the new lots?

What google and LG are doing to address this issue?

-Chetan V S
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xtronomy:
Its the digitizer. I mean seriously why are y'all complaining about that, its normal.