yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayo234:
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/10/19/galaxy-note-3-battery-life-results-disappoint/ I know everyone's usage is different I said that based of a test that was run.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sammath:
Having owned a note 2 and now a note 3 I must say the note 2 has a better batterylife imo. Both rooted and undervolted. Pretty much the same apps as well such as greenify etc. It ain't a very big difference tho, in my case.

Sent from my SM-N9005 beast of a phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crescendo Xenomorph:
and not mention to memory leak.... touchwiz alone eats 400Mb RAM with 2 home pages...

And by that 2 home page, it only contain samsung's accuweather widget and S Planner widget....

So crazy.....

RAM keep floating at 200Mb....
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] force70:
My note 2 was def better on battery..I had to buy the sammy spare battery and charger kit for my note 3 if that tells you anything.

I honestly expected better in this regard

sent from my S3,S4, Note 2 or Note 3..nexus 5 on the way!
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mwinggg:
i dun have numbers but my usage is same, switching from 2 to 3 got me around 2 hrs of extra battery life roughly
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sshadows:
Im at about 1,5 day with moderate use on my N3.(Surfing and phonecalls, no gaming or movies)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CovXX:
4.4 Apps,Ringtones,and Wallpaper

All apps now uploaded w/wallpaper apk

Ringtones uploaded

download​

covxx.com/android/kitkat/​
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lancem71:
Do you have the browser apk?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] CovXX:
ill upload it, maybe ill just upload all of them

EDIT: Uploaded
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Awesome post! Although not all of them work or at least with my S4 I will get use out of the ones I have installed. Great post!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] lancem71:
They wont work for me. Keeps saying file can not be parsed
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
OK so stupid question can someone tell me where the stick audio files need to be copied to so that they will show in the appropriate menus. Thank you in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] ch.ch1:
install keep and getting error need to update google play services
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I installed new play services and still get parsing error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Inigo Montoya:
Had the problem of parsing too. Mine was a bad download. Could also be that your setting for install from unknown sources isn't checked too under security.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
/system/media/audio

Then put the sound file in the appropriate folder, ringtones, notifications or alarms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Inigo Montoya:
Alright so I have a majority of apps running except the clock and keyboard on a safestrapped ME7 S4 running GPE rom INCLUDING the "Ok Google" voice activation from the home screen. (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2506424)

Awesome.....

---------- Post added at 03:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

What's involved with getting that beautiful full screen album cover on the lockscreen while music is playing?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chuckleb0ne:
That's not the launchers doing. You would need to wait until there is a ROM available that's 4.4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Thank you very much unfortunately I do not have root and System/Audio/Media is not a writable directory oh well lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Protibus:
Then root it and start enjoying the mods out there. I never took any OTA's and stuck with the lokied MDK.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Unfortunately for me lost root when took upgrade. No way to recover it just yet but when there is I will be lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roboots21:
You don't need root. Just put them in data/media or ext SD in folders Alarms/Notifications/Ringtones .. the only ones you wont be able to use is ui.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
Thank you for this by doing this will the tines be able to be set from default menu?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] roboots21:
Yup!! Put them in your internal or external memory .. and check if they are there. You may have to reboot but they should all show up for ringtone/notification selection!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] YoshiFan501:
is there a flashable version with all this
[Nexus 4 General] sid21:
As Google announced android kitkat 4.4 to all nexus devices like nexus 4,7,10

well there in galaxy nexus we came to hear from Google that there wont be kitkat for galaxy nexus and is discontinued for updates

Google says they have the policy of updates till 18 months from release

whereas, galaxy nexus passed that limit

as well they said their policy that they would be releasing kitkat on 512mb ram phones too

but galaxy nexus being having a decent hardware of 1gb ram..

they discontinued it to update any further officially

so now here's the main question, nexus 4 is already a year old so after 6 months even Nexus 4 would be outdated to have any updates

is this legit by Google?

Source: (Read More At)

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/31/google-galaxy-nexus-kitkat/
[Nexus 4 General] nextelbuddy:
they can no longer support the Galaxy Nexus officially because it has a TI processor which is no longer created ad Ti hasnt made processors in a long time. they can not get the binaries from TI for that processor thus no official support for 4.4.

As long as Qualcom is making processors then N4 will be supported for future versions of OS for much longer.
[Nexus 4 General] BeyondExistence:
They also recently released the N7 with the same SoC.
[Nexus 4 General] Ace42:
Kinda surprising considering kitkat is optimized for 512mb ram at the min, this means even the Nexus S could gain new life from 4.4. I expect developers to hack the 4.3 drivers anyway.

Sent with Virtue
[Nexus 4 General] TurboFool:
Well, obviously the Nexus 4 is next. It's next in line, and will stop receiving updates at some point. When? We don't know. All Google promises is 18 months. The Galaxy Nexus had its own limitations, really, so it's no huge surprise it was killed when it was. Nexus 4 might hold on longer, since the 5 isn't as dramatically different, and KitKat, and presumably future versions, will be better equipped to handle lower-end hardware. But we won't know until it happens.
[Nexus 4 General] killman2659:
Hopefully we at least get a couple more major updates. The hardware in the N4 is more than capable and Google can't use lack of SoC support as an excuse.
[Nexus 4 General] fortunz:
There are at least rumors that a slightly refreshed n4 could show up at play again. That could increase our lifespan as well.
[Nexus 4 General] Shubhamqweasd:
nexus 7 2012 grouper , is also getting 4.4 update ,confirmed from the google git sources..
[Nexus 4 General] MameTozhio:
I'm dissapointed that the Gnex was discontinued for updates.. I don't like the 18-month support window. Hopefully they learn from GNEX outlash and support the N4 for longer.
[Nexus 4 General] aanonymoushuman:
Google never stated that they will make updates for devices with RAM of 512mb or more, they just said that it's possible to run the software on those devices. Now it's up for the developers to create the software
[Nexus 4 General] zelendel:
Be happy it's 18 months. Could be like carrier updates and only be supported for 90 days

Wayne Tech Nexus
[Nexus 4 General] thoughtlesskyle:
its all about their product cycles, a nexus pretty much always gets left behind when the new device comes out

Nexus One -> 2.3 final

Nexus S -> 4.1 Final

Galaxy Nexus -> 4.3 Final

the nexus 4 likely won't see whatever release ends up out at this time next year either, also the Nexus 7 will not see the next version officially

you should wonder why support for the nexus S wasn't reestablished more than why the Gnex got left out in the cold.

short answer is it will be supported unofficially for years to come and the important parts have been open sourced
[Nexus 4 General] Meowdib:
THIS is why opensource is so important!
[Nexus 4 General] styckx:
You serious? Single core and 384MB of usable RAM for the system (rest is for the GPU) and you think it should be reestablished? My Nexus S sits in my drawer.. It's completely a laggy mess on 4.1.1 and even the 4.2 / 4.3 builds.. I use it as an mp3 player and that's it. Most people who want usability actually rolled back to Gingerbread like I did...
[Nexus 4 General] thoughtlesskyle:
Right but kitkat was aimed at low memory devices, so why wouldn't that be a target
[Nexus 4 General] Nezam:
Its just so bad for indians.Just when n4 strikes thru the indian market.n5 releases.Probably when u get your hands on a warranty proof n5 you find a release date of n6!!!!

Sent from my Nexus⁴ running franco kernel
[Nexus 4 General] Aniket:
Google is going to release the Nexus 5 in India starting in a few weeks. It has already been listed in Indian playstore along with pricing. So, release shouldn't take much time.
[Nexus 4 General] RealiZms:
By order of release, the nexus 4 will not be supported next....I hope Google will support it as long as they can because I love my nexus 4. Its still the sexiest phone around....and its lag free buttery greatness
[Nexus 4 General] Prawesome:
Because its a really really old device and it wouldn't make any sense.

Also I think the discontinuation of Galaxy Nexus had more to do with TI than with the number of months that has passed since its release
[Nexus 4 General] Harry GT-S5830:
I'd say 1st Gen N7.
[Nexus 4 General] foxmeister:
This is true, but it's not the only reason though - Apple are still making money from older iOS devices through App Store sales, a revenue stream that Samsung, HTC and Sony et al don't have. Whilst Apple are very good at updating their devices and rightly deserve plaudits for it, it is very cynical of them to strip out new features for older devices that would be been perfectly capable of running them.

I can't see any business case for Android OEMs updating products that have been off the market for more than a year, because there's only money for them in selling new phones.

This is what I would like to see - a clear commitment to produce updates and upgrades (where possible) for 1 year after they've ceased manufacturing a device.

Regards,

Dave
[Nexus 4 General] Tomatot-:
I'm very disappointed about Google for this "give up"...

They say on their website that the devices ain't support after 18 months.

They are not talking about the TI SOC...
[Nexus 4 General] coaxy:
It's easy, google offers 18 months support for nexus phones:

Galaxy Nexus: Released 17 Nov 2011

18 months later: May 2013. Any update after that date will not be released for galaxy nexus, so no 4.4

Nexus 4: Released 13 Nov 2012

18 months later: May 2014. So unless there is a new android before may 2014. This 4.4 will be the last one for nexus 4 (from google official images,there will always be custom roms).
[Nexus 4 General] Goku80:
Really you guys need to relax. Has anyone said anything for the N4? Nope. A guy already mentioned a well good enough reason why the GN is not getting support. So why this chaos now
[Nexus 4 General] Prawesome:
I don't understand it too. There was a legit reason why support for the GN was dropped by Google and now everyone is worried about the N4 which has a chipset that is still being used even by Google. And even if Goolg drops support, you always have the guys here that can do quite a bit of stuff
[Nexus 4 General] feeq13:
Anyway guys, do u plan to use n4 for the rest of ur life? I think we all will buy new phone by/before oct 2014. So no worries if n4 doesnt get any update later.
[Nexus 4 General] BoneXDA:
That's some bullsh!t from Google especially Kit-Kat is supposed to be old-spec friendly. What's the point of being easy on RAM if it doesn't make it to low-RAM devices?
[Nexus 4 General] sid21:
The question still remains intact,

nomatter what google would give a very lame excuse to even drop nexus 4 for further updates

i really dont like that even galaxy nexus had double the hardware for what the 4.4 requirement is..

they give an excuse for a chip,

so what if the chipset is not supported, you'll updates wont matter much too much my extent

i hope Nexus 4 lives longer more then a 2 years from now to get updates or else ill rethink of going to some other device other then a nexus
[Nexus 4 General] CrazyPeter:
Please stop the pathetic scaremongering. We know you are upset you aren't getting KitKat. Google release updates for Nexus devices for as long as the devices are able to support them. The ONLY reason the Galaxy Nexus isn't getting it, is because it's based on a texas instruments OMAP chipset that's not being supported anymore by Texas Instruments. This is nothing to do with Google or Samsung. It's purely and simply because TI are exiting the mobile market.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/14/texas-instruments-to-cut-1-700-jobs-as-part-of-shift-from-mobile/

All Qualcomm based phones, including the Nexus4 will be getting updates for quite some time. Expect 2 years plus.

Spreading FUD for other users just because you are losing out is a very childish and selfish attitude.
[Nexus 4 General] vawlk:
There is more to device support than just RAM. Instead of thinking of it as supporting old-spec friendly, think of it more as new minimal spec friendly. It allows NEW cheaper devices to be developed.

It doesn't matter how much RAM that you have if you don't have the CPU and storage to go along with it.
[Nexus 4 General] CiViCKiDD:
I'll just move onto a custom ROM if that happens. It's not the end of the world.
[Nexus 4 General] snapper.fishes:
Well, we will find out in six months time if this is true.
[Nexus 4 General] JCBomb:
Yes.
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
I'm sure they will learn their lesson.......since the hardware OEM isn't around to update the binaries on their chip
[Nexus 4 General] am84496:
We will cross the bridge when we come to it. :D

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] zelendel:
Ok guys enough already. Google has stated that devices will get an 18 month upgrade window. You should just be thankful that you are getting that. Even if they drop update support after that, that is more then just about every other device out there. Also if all your worried about is updates then you got/getting the Nexus for the wrong reasons.
[Nexus 4 General] hicks12:
Im a bit confused as to why everyone thinks that since Google has given KitKat some slimfast that it will suddenly work on 'old' hardware, I dont think thats the case just simply phones hindered by limited memory (look at the Optimus 2x!) would have a better experience but if the actual processing power behind it is poor then it wont help at all regardless of the memory footprint, have I just missed something obvious here?

The other thing is that this isnt Googles choice its the simple fact that TI has left the market, Google couldnt predict that but you can be rest assured that any Qualcomm based device wont get ditched as quick for the fact this is qualcomms main market so they could never pull out of it and they're making a killing from it :)
[Nexus 4 General] jutezak:
The upgrades seem to be getting smaller over time, with all functionality in the closed source Google apps.

So for a phone buyer it means he's left with an old kernel. Not a big deal for most as long as it does what it should. That is the future of mainstream Android: you buy a device and the important bits update - the invisible bits do not improve but are not a burden either (hopefully).

But what 'the people' need is a different ecosystem... open apps that connect to the cloud-of-choice, and can use the best services - or no services at all if so desired.

But that would be a fork of AOSP. That will be the future of open Android.
[Nexus 4 General] eksasol:
Jerry from Android Central said the TI OMAP chip is very easy to work with and there is no reason why Google can't release KitKat for the Gnex without any help from TI, and it's harder to build for the Nexus 4 (TI being more open than Qualcomm).

There should be a petition I think.
[Nexus 4 General] styckx:
There is one with over 8k signatures

https://www.change.org/petitions/google-update-the-galaxy-nexus-with-android-4-4-kitkat
[Nexus 4 General] manpildo:
Except that GNex got the 4.3 update at the end of July, so its official support span was a bit longer actually. Btw, by the time GNex got 4.3 TI was already done with mobile SoC business I believe, but perhaps it wasn't as big of an update that required TI's input?
[Nexus 4 General] Gallardo994:
Galaxy Nexus: 4.0 - 4.1 - 4.2 - 4.3

Nexus 4 (logically): 4.2 - 4.3 - 4.4 - 4.5/5.0
[Nexus 4 General] Caner092:
It's really simple to understand; Google doesn't want to support 3 phones at the same time, when nexus 6 is released, it will be the end of nexus 4. And when Nexus 7 2014 released that will be the end of nexus 7 2012
[Nexus 4 General] NardVa:
The Nexus 4 will get at least one more official update when the 2014 Nexus is released.
[Nexus 4 General] CrazyPeter:
Platforms perhaps (Tegra, Qualcomm, OMAP), phones definitely not. Any modern Nexus with a Qualcomm chipset will be supported for the forsereable future.

Many brand new phones are still shipping with the Nexus4 chipset, it's a current platform, and will be supported by Qualcomm for a considerable time going forward.

i wish mods would lock this dumb thread
[Nexus 4 General] G1ForFun:
So much misinformation. Lock the thread already.
[Nexus 4 General] fade2black101:
There's a fair few fragile wimps on this forum that can't handle any criticism and want to lock every thread.

"Crazy Peter" suggests it's "dumb" to suggest that the Nexus 4 might not be supported after 18 months.

Why's that then? Does history suggest it will?

Can you back up your claim that it will definately be supported for years to come? Seems to me that it's wishful thinking and guess work in play here by Peter who serms to think Google are bothered about updating devices past the 18 month point (which they have not done in the past).

I don't know if they will, but it is certainly "dumb" of Peter to suggest they definately will when history suggests otherwise.
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
I originally was pretty shocked and angry for the sake of my friends about the gnex, but it is what it is. Truth be told it got more than 18 months of support. IMO the 18 month period is more of a guarantee than anything, they typically support every device until there's a hardware roadblock they can't get around, in this case TI would rather make graphing calculators than SoC's lol.

The 2012 nexus 7 is pretty close to 18 months now and will be the next to go. I'm actually using that to type this post now and can't disagree, tegra3 is getting pretty outdated and the flash memory degradation issue is pretty annoying, nothing ever seems to get rid of it permanently. But this thing shipped with 4.1, 4.4 will most likely be the last major update and whose complaining? I'll probably upgrade my hardware to the new 2013 model before it hits eol anyway
[Nexus 4 General] BrianDigital:
Yeah but apple doesn't give full updates so they are only updated just to keep access to the app store. Ask some one with a 3gs how they like siri
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
It's really easy for apple to update though so it's almost unfair to compare Google to Apple in this case. All the hardware is in house, the underlying architecture remains the same but gets improved each release, and the software is completely written for the architecture. So really there's no excuse for apple not to keep updating forever.

Gotta remember Google is a search company, not a hardware company. Also most of the kitkat core apps are coming to the play store anyway. Overall 4.3 is pretty solid and a good place to leave it, just like 4.1 was a year ago for the S. Difference is the gnex was probably the best sold model due to the fact that before it was discontinued it was sold on every major carrier so this affects a lot more people
[Nexus 4 General] sid21:
who is upset at never getting kitkat??

loll i never had a galxy nexus

i had first phone as Nexus 4 and soon upgrading in few days to Nexus 5 maybe

but all i can say is.. its just a lame excuse they gave with galaxy nexus to stop down the support and im sure even Nexus 4 would be getting that treatment for sure..

the chip in Nexus 4 is really capable to take on any software

and so did galaxy nexus, the support for the chip died and so they took away the kitkat flavour, then what happend with 4.3? even back then there was no support for the chip at that time..

its their policy of support, beleive it or not..

i have ran into all the news and chip thing already so if u know thats the reason i made the thread dude!!! :cyclops:

yes you are right, until google manufactures its own devices and not assigning other brands to make device for them

they are gonna stick to 18 months policy as there wont be manufaturer support till then available would be their excuse

i think google anyways does good job for Nexus devices but wished their support was much as apples support to I-phones inspite being useless

they support every device for a long term and soo they are costly

Anyways there are DEVS to develop the roms directly on the new source either by porting or repos

soo kudos as galaxy nexus verizon already got kitkat flavoured from a port
[Nexus 4 General] SmXtrem:
Gnex got 4.3 ;) so 4.3 have relase date after 2013 May
[Nexus 4 General] Cor-master:
I did originally feel sympathy for gnex owners but then I read into it more. I think they are being a bit ungrateful now. Their phone still works, and 4.3 is excellent. It got 3 major os updates and countless minor updates in a 2 year span, good luck finding that kind of support on any other android flagship, and kitkat Roms are coming out for it now. Good thing about a nexus is its practically designed for custom Roms so unofficial support lasts even longer.

I won't feel cheated if Google cuts us off a year from now
[Nexus 4 General] deusfaux:
What an idiotic question. Of course it's 'next.' What the hell is the alternative? They keep support for it and end it for the Nexus 5 first?
[Nexus 4 General] HKSpeed:
This :good:

I used to have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G (Galaxy S1 phone) that was a single core 512 ram phone and was officially supported to Android 2.3. I ran custom 4.0 and 4.1 ROMs without any problems. I have no worries about the future of the N4.
[Nexus 4 General] IRX120:
I would like to be able to use a phone for 2-3 years before having to shell out another few hundred dollars, but I probably will buy the nexus 5 lol
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
Most people having N4 would be going for N5.. And if someone is planning to stick with N4, I'm sure they'll skip N5 & go for N6 next year.. I don't buy a new phone every year.. But also don't wanna keep it for more than 2 years :D
[Nexus 4 General] deani77:
I own Nexus S till now and will be installing beta version of custom 4.4... Thanks to Dev, as long as there is Dev still interested in particular phone especially Nexus line up. I'm gonna stay within Nexus phone...

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 General] snapper.fishes:
And please tell us, where is your statistics support for "most people"? Just because you and your friends are changing phones every year, doesn't mean that the other 6 billion people would do the same as you.
[Nexus 4 General] snak3ater:
Yes you are right..I would talk about me or people that i know.I should've said 20 people instead of 'most'..There's no way of knowing what other 6 billion would do.

& No lol..I dont change phones every year.Not possible for me
[Nexus 4 General] opssemnik:
GT-I9000 got 4.0.4 update with new touchwiz ux interface, GT-I9000B(sold in brasil, came with tv) didnt.

now as my opnion is:

- N7 2012 will be discontinued 1st

-N4 will last lot longer, because i think that they just stopped because of Ti end at arm Market, so probably if they touch the binnaries it would make a legal battle(idk, but google needs to be safe!)

if N4 dont get android 5.x i will sell my N4, not buy the 5 and go to lumia because that will be a shame,a quadcore with 2gb of ram not being updated within 2 years :/