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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] stinky dentist:
Hello everyone ;

i just read an article stat that old phones with weak memory 512mg didnt get any new updates but this could be changed with new android !

it says that and i copy from it : ' One important feature will be the ability of low memory models to update to newer builds of Android. Low memory handsets made by Huawei, Samsung and ZTE that have 512MB of RAM inside, are at a major disadvantage to today's mid to high-range models that are packed with 2 to 3GB of the stuff. These low memory models usually are not updated to newer builds of Android. That could change with Android 4.4. '

idk but i guess if they did it it will be such a great news for old beloved old devices like my xperia ray !!:fingers-crossed:​

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-4.4-features-include-support-for-wearables-and-improved-performance-for-low-memory-devices_id48896
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] umidjon:
Unfortunately, not likely that older phones will get it, New but even mid and low-end phones might get it for sure.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Redstarr1:
I think 4.4 will just run good on low-end devices and it might be easier to port to those devices. But I'd wager quite a lot that Sony isn't going to bother with our phone anymore, 18 months have passed and they have dozens of other devices to support.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] yUlekk:
No Qualcomm support - no official 4.4 for our devices, get over it. We can only hope to get KitKat beacuse of Letama or Rayman.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Letama doesnt have a XS anymore however ,soon enough i will be taking over letamas 4.3 project and just maybe i may be able to port 4.4 to xperia s. I assume RaymanFX will build 4.4 via CM10 it seems like he always has

also sony has compltely abandoned these old devices, most of the contracts end next year but sony dont care enough to even look in this direction.

they dont even care about the Xperia Z and more, then again cant blame them, they are almost bankrupt again :/

try to keep your hopes up , although xperia S is a orphan we have got some great devs
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thomstrack:
No KitKat 4.4 for Galaxy Nexus.

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/3468085
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
I don't really think there would be anymore support or anything as such for SXS.. SONY has and completely will abandon SXS.. Already as Envious said SXZ is also old now and will soon be obsolete in another year.. Tech keeps on moving guys, everything gets old.. U just gotta live with it..

Wow.. That's good to hear.. I thought letama was gonna continue building 4.3.. Good to hear u r gonna takeover his project.. :good:

Since Galaxy Nexus even is abandoned, then Why are there rumors in the first place.. Its so confirmed that they themselves have said its OLD and crossed 18 months.. So i guess old in their words mean basic low end budget devices.. :p Its like in "Pink Panther 2" where the HERO does both Good Cop Bad Cop Routine all by himself.. :silly: And still we gotta accept it..!!! Don't get any hopes up YET guys.. ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
I dont think any old device will get 4.4 unless its a part of some new licence

I guess its good for old devices to run newer android , 4.3 is extremely smooth compared to 4.2 and 4.1 (on xs)

Speaking of which

The first thing im trying to fix with letamas 4.3 build is the HDMI and the graphics crashes and errors

Just waiting for source code
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pandemic:
[MENTION=4895687]Envious_Data[/MENTION]

Lol almost bankrupt ??

No way and totally nonsense about that, they maked alot money with tv's/phones/laptops/ps3's etc like millions in 2012/13

Read better the news ;(

About kitkat 4.4, we shall see because we must also wait a year or longer on JB !!

Sent From A Place In The Netherlands On My Xperia P.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
realy maybe i need to research more often

Xperia s was supose to get 4.2.2 , why i dony think any old xperia is going to be updated by sony
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
i want kitkat :( its will make my xperia s faster,smoother,effecient and best of all battery life :cool: i want it.can anybody get me a kitkat bar :laugh:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fundoozzz:
Source code released :D

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/?hl=en#!topic/android-building/JVLaFRoJxFk

Someone please tag raymanfx.. I can't do it as I am on tapatalk app.

Kitkat is the way to go.. may be the best thing that can happen to xperia s and above all it features the much hyped screen recording feature out of the box as displayed by koush for CM.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
[MENTION=3463426]RaymanFX[/MENTION] This is the source to 4.4 already.. I hope this helps.. Thanks to [MENTION=4267004]fundoozzz[/MENTION].. :good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kekkle:
Not gonna happen guys. Xperia S is pretty much EOL. I will be getting my new phone tomorrow. So I'm ready to leave this place :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] XDA_h3n:
4.4 Will not be given by sony as the phone is now classed as "discontinued" and is a archived sony phone. I don't know if the end of support for updates has been done yet if not they can update it but very unwilling because they have lots of newer phones.

Most likely a developer will port it over ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lewis021:
The only thing that I'm concerned of is, will it run smoother than other ported JB ROMs.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fundoozzz:
It definitely should as according to google it will run smooth on devices with mere 512mb of RAM.

The major challenges is hacking the code for our soc as it has been discontinued by arm too..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lee480:
If Google is not upgrading the Galaxy Nexus, why are you hoping Sony will not do the same?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] PLovrin:
We'll know more next week.

This is from Sony Xperia News Tweet:

re. #Android [MENTION=346061]kitkat[/MENTION], we’re excited – next week our news on: 4.3, 4.4; products & more... #SonyXperia

Source
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
4.3 is smooth as heaven no joke

So 4.4 is going to be a load better
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] raj.mrugesh:
Plzzz fix that fast...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] LucidSomnia:
If Sony had to give another last update to the SXS, i am pretty sure it would be 4.3, and give 4.4 to newer devices.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Lunatiic:
Only Xperia Z1, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z, Xperia Tablet Z and Xperia Tablet S will receive Android 4.4 Kitkat officially.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
xperia tablet s ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
Xperia Tablet S won't have it. Xperia SP, ZR, ZL, maybe L will also have it. Xperia C, I guess it will have also...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Android_UK:
The sad thing about this all is Qualcomm discontinued support for S3 snapdragon processors and its like a ripple effect yhe manufacturer can continue with it. All of a sudden its an outdated device.

Man this sucks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
The thing is that Xperia S was already released outdated, with a processor over a year old. Sony Ericsson didn't made a smart move. It is normal to discontinue a old product on favour of New ones... That's how capitalism works...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] stinky dentist:
officially guys Xperia S and SL wont get kitkat :/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] UchihaDareNial:
Officially I want Sony to release a bug free version of android 4.1.2 so I can enjoy jellybean on my ion
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
I think the only way to get that is to pull some devs to gether and modify the coding untill there is no bugs

Problem is - none of the xperia devs seem to have time or dont have a xperia
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Android_UK:
I think that is adding salt to an injury if the processors were already 1 year old before this came out then i mean this device should have better drivers or at least bugs that should have quashed upon release.

And this device was an official AOSP device for developing i wonder what went wrong but i will say this Sony were quick to release better or more updated phones after this model.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] proposicion47:
now we know even Xperia S won't get it :(
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] fundoozzz:
Motorola Defy got CM 11

Mother of God :eek:

See this
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
Those devices are easier to implement since they use Cortex A9 chips, which are the most common chip used ever in Android, especially 2011.. And the dev who developed that is someone who's a lot experienced and talented and u can say he's Rayman of that device.. Way busy, though he might be a little older than any of us.. Great work.. XDA has a lot of devs who are better than any of the devs in any OEMs.. :good::good:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] lonelykite:
Any luck for ION

Can android 4.4 Kitkat be updated on Sony Xperia ION????:confused::confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
i think we here at xperia s need to start up a comunuty project.

android 4.4 cm11 and stock android

problem is... lack of pro devs

advantage - noobs like me can learn more about what they want to do
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tOrNadO™:
I'm in.. And is there any chance we can pursue Cyanogenmod to give us official Kitkat or 4.3..??? Samsung Galaxy R users did that with the help of a dev or may be a couple of devs.. May be something like petition or something.. Cyanogenmod officially aint supporting us... I always have wondered why??? :confused:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] franklin93:
our phone is fully capable of runnung android 7.99 :D oh,xperia t,tx and v getting the update and few month older xperia s and its brothers are left out because of a bull**** who is not ready to give drivers :eek: i am going crazy :p when sony gave jelly bean to all 2012 and not to xperia u,they gave a excuse unsuported gpu and some more,what is the problem with this fast phone :confused: business tactics.xda wont let android devices die as their parent oems do.but am very happy that our phones dont lag or freeze like those galaxy quad cores,s3 and s4 :laugh:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
xda dev reply

official cm10 sounds good, cm10 supported xperia s a while ago (officialy)

im in for that petition if we can get letama and raymanFX to sign, they are out biggest influences over here. doomlord too, he is quite known across the world of xda

side info -

i think if we port 4,4 from ZU or Z1 then thats good news bears, because its semi official 4.4 (not sure if sony will update ZU to 4.4) (also its mentioned that sony uses simular methods for eveything across all xperias so it will be like working on CM10... easier than aosp

i think with this project we should focus on

sony android 4.4 (semi official if we port)

cm11/10 (android 4.4)(petition signs then we get official)

aosp 4.4 (letama said something about manual tweaking, meaning this will be hard to port)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] toylee1992:
XS and AS will not getting the upcoming kit kat update, but the latest xperia will have Kit Kat update :( http://blogs.sonymobile.com/2013/11/07/on-jelly-bean-4-3-kit-kat-4-4/

Hoping some developer port or make a Kit Kat ROM for XS, AS and Ion like [MENTION=599722]niaboc79[/MENTION] works :good: , and that would be awesome, I've heard that KitKat supports some later device, Google said they will launch KitKat with smaller RAM require. :D
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Envious_Data:
Well

RaymanFX is working on a 4.4 build

Not sure about Niaboc79

Im working on 2 4.4 builds (cm11 /aosp)

also going to play with the sony 4.4 release (when released)

Also kitkat supports older devices, its designed to work on 512mb of ram, and uses avarage a load less CPU

Dont hope when Xperia S has about the best devs on XDA
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dieselman6969:
Forget more updates no drives no devolpments
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Dr Goodvibes:
I'm thinking it all hinges on [MENTION=3463426]RaymanFX[/MENTION] and whether he can engineer/fix the Adreno 220 drivers for any advance builds. (No pressure then)

Or maybe there is an as yet, unknown peoples champion who'll revive the XPERIA S.

I'd be happy with Android 4.1.2 if we could give the Adreno 220 a good boot up the date hole so the 1080p video and HDMI playback could work smoothly.

I used RaymanFX ICS Kernel [KERNEL][ICS/MIUI][3.0.8] RaymanFX' ELiTE - V2 | STABLE | SMOOTH | BALANCED and I've not had/seen anything better to date.

Even my Sony XPERIA M (C1905) can blow a 320MHz over-clocked Adreno 220 GPU and 1.7GHz CPU away in 3D graphics on JB 4.1.2

3DMark

XM = 4137

XS = 3964

Epic Citadel

XM = 53.5FPS

XS = 31FPS

One has to consider the screen res difference and older GPU... but still.

My, now the mighty have fallen in 18months. :crying:

So in short, if the GPU drivers can't be fixed/improved, who cares about Android 4.3 or greater as it'd be just another basket case.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sephstyler:
Hi all, Have N7 FHD with LTE.

I do have a sim card in it, but it is a prepaid LTE sim, as such, Mon - Fri, at the office and at home, I will use WiFi.

Is there a way for me to turn off the Cellular radio, but keep wifi working? I've already turned mobile data off, but it still keeps the radio on to keep connected to the cell network, despite using WiFi as the connection. I just want to maximize my batt life on standby, without having to resort to Airplane mode.

THanks!
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] stefan.buddle:
Put in airplane mode then turn WiFi on
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] nijom:
Airplane mode is the best choice. Else unplug the SIM. :P
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] sephstyler:
Worked perfectly. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] anerco:
I got a ceiling fan with lights that controlled by an ir remote, but I cant find any app that support this fan on my s4

I got logitech link that I teached to control the fan but I guess I cant teach my phone those commands.

There is a way getting my phone to control the fan?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] elmicha:
You can try Samsung IR - Universal Remote (read the description!).

You can also try to find your remote on remotecentral (but I'm not familiar with it). If you can get the "Pronto code" for your device, you can use the Samsung Infrared Plugin for Tasker/Locale, but you need Tasker or Locale for it. I'm too lazy to google it, but maybe you can find how to use an IR receiver on your PC to get the Pronto code.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] apprentice:
So I plugged in my cradle attached to the watch, waiting for the charging sound and flashing battery icon... nothing.

I reckoned the cable might be loose, nope. Maybe the cable is faulty (it's a bit old but longer than the supplied one) Changed it... still no go.

Maybe the charger has developed a fault, swapped it for another Samsung one I have... still no charging.

Must be the watch or cradle, undid the cradle slightly, snapped it back together.. still not charging.

So I took it apart again and only then did I notice the cradle was the wrong way round!!!

How it's possible to do this is a bit of a design flaw. But at least it was down to me and not the hardware. I just thought I would share this dumb story with you in case it happens to you one day :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] lukasz:
Hi, I did the same thing just on the first day of use - good thing is that by reversing the watch there is no way to spoil anything, so no worries.

There is probably no point in making special "key" just remember which way to put the watch into the cradle.

I wonder how to design the power connector on the watch to allow to use just standard micro-usb cable - I think that it is not so easy, especially if we are talking about IP55 and for future GEAR II - hopefully IP68 - connector must be well protected against water ingress as it will keep the water inside when it gets there...

all rubber plugs and gaskets and so on are useless if we talk about true water tightness.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trini_per4mance:
"My Files" app listed in lockscreen shortcut list but not in homescreen app list.

Hi, I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and at first I noticed that there wasn't a "My Files" app like on my S4, until I went to add shortcuts to my lockscreen and there it was in the lockscreen shortcut app list, but it isn't showing up in my homescreen app list. Is there anyway to add it to my homescreen if it's not showing up in my homescreen app list?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowLea:
Are you by any chance looking at the 'downloaded apps' list?

Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireWall123:
My Files is there, its just in a folder named "Samsung Apps" I believe :rolleyes:

Sent from my Note 3 powered by Omega v2.3

Vocaloid fan? Check out this thread!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] cktlcmd:
What launcher are you guys and gals using for your EXEC or HTC Universal? Any slow downs or comments you can give would really help me decide which is better is really appreciated. :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] negatong:
I am using HandyLauncher. It is really good for Universal as it will not slow down your toy compared with others like SpbPocketPlus or BatteryPackPro.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] gavinfabl:
pocketbreeze 5 and i-launcher both by www.sbsh.net , weather by fizzsoftware.com
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] alese:
Mort Buttons - perfect for one handed launching and free...
[General Questions and Answers] muraliprajapati:
Hello,

I have HCL V1 tablet and I flashed CWM Recovery 5.0.2.8 on it. Using the command

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3

I used mtdblock3 instead of mmcblk0p3 as i don't have mmcblk0p3 file in /dev/block folder.

I booted into CWM recovery mode and I got the following errors:

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/ last log

I tried to do Wipe data/factory reset and Wipe Cache in CWM recovery mode . Everything was done successfully.

After it I booted normally, but nothing was wiped, everything was as it is.:confused::confused:

I also tried to flash a custom rom and it was flashed successfully but when i rebooted I WAS SHOCKED.:crying::crying:

my rom was not flashed and i got the sucking stock rom.

I also flashed different CWM recoveries like 5.0.2.6 & 5.0.2.7 but when i try to boot into recovery mode my tablet hangs on boot screen. So I flashed 5.0.2.8.

XDA DEVELOPERS gave me lot of knowledge about Android, Rooting, Flashing......so on.

I know i will get my answer HERE:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

My device Details:

Company: HCL

Brand: Me Tablet

Model: V1

Android OS: 4.0.4 (ICS)

Ram: 1 GB DR3

CPU: 1Ghz Cortex A8 (vimicro based)

Recovery: CWM Recovery based on 5.0.2.8
[General Questions and Answers] amreshlenka:
great work buddy can you give a link of the file you used cause i have flashed many cwm recovery images but non of them worked on my hcl me v1 tab :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] muraliprajapati:
CWM Recovery Link

hi...

Here is a link for CWM Recovery (5.0.2.8):

Check your PM..;););););)(XDA not allowing me:(:(:()

=>After downloading extract Port-HCL.7z.

=>you will get recovery.img

=>Put it in internal storage (NOT IN ANY FOLDER)

=>Open Terminal Emulator, type following commands:

su

dd if=/mnt/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mtdblock3

Bro you will get CWM Recovery 5.0.2.8. But its not working any more as you read in my post.

If you know anything about any other recovery like TWRP/CWM recovery...plz give me..
[General Questions and Answers] muraliprajapati:
Any plz help.....how can i make cwm recovery for this device....
[General Questions and Answers] muraliprajapati:
I started building cwm recovery for hcl v1...

But i m getting errors....

So plz help me.....

Thanx

Send by a GROWING N00b
[General Questions and Answers] muraliprajapati:
:thumbdown::thumbdown:
[General Questions and Answers] Gautam Maini:
Made One Sucessful one

Hi guys i joined xda just few days ago and ported one cwm for HCL Me v1 and working Sucessfully just one prob. E: Can't mount /Cache/recovery/last_log

Tell Me how can i post my build I will like to share:D. Wiping Flashing every thing even advanced menu is fully working but only error i mentioned that is blocking the backup
[General Questions and Answers] Gautam Maini:
Answer

Have a look here

http://xdaforums.com/chef-central/a...-tablet-v1-t3349431/post66137570#post66137570
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] citymen34:
Here is numeric stock battery icon for i9190. Flash with CWM. no wipe data or cache. or unzip systemui.apk copy and paste system/app with file manger.

Here is XXUAMF7 Deodexed Roms. : http://www.mediafire.com/?oj5ir0uvje0qqbg

Here is XXUAMF7 Odexed Roms. : http://www.mediafire.com/?14183olgtbo9bm6
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] Trunghuy90:
Thank man for mod

You can make deodex rom for i9190 firmware DXUAMG1 not?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] nuhcan:
I understand, this is an option. Because We can show battery percentage from settings...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] a_barat:
Wow!

Nice! I really like it!

Dear citymen34, Can you do the same for i9192 (SGS4 Mini Duos)?

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Themes and Apps] spitya:
Thenks!! :o
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ALI53481:
So I just got my nexus 7 (2013) a few weeks ago and I haven't use it a lot wet and I saw like a white pixel close to the corner of the screen when I was watching a movie. The tablet is in perfect shape and I haven't bump it up or something. The pixel become white on black wallpapers and become black on white wallpapers. Does someone knows how to fix this?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] swisstourist:
Yes run a software called dead pixels.

Run it for 30 minutes...

It s not dead, but stuck pixels who need to be energized. You may be lucky.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitronet:
When I hover my finger above the recent emsil list the email turns blue and a small square with a triangle appears. What is this? And I still have to touch the screen to open the email so why the hover color change?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gunthermic:
You have Air-View toggled on. It's main purpuse is for the S-Pen.. that same thing happens for Sms/Mms as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] antisomnic:
I think I know the answer to this but I figured I'd ask. I don't care how hard it is to do, I want to do it!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jd1639:
No. A qfuse is blown with each upgrade that prevents you from downgrading
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] riker147:
As of now, once you take an update there is no way to go back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] antisomnic:
So lame.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youzzev:
Hello guys,

BBM on my Note 3/Android 4.3 won't work when I'm using my home wifi, although it connects on all other wifi connections and on 3G. I'm not having any problem with any other app out of the 100+ apps I have and my home wifi seems to be relatively fast and videos load normally, any solutions? this is really frustrating :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hongment:
Try to clear cache and data. Then try again.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youzzev:
Tried that many times to no avail, i also uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times