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[nitin_k]

Xiaomi Mi3 & Redmi Series to Get Android L Update, Announced by Hugo Barra

and more good news
All Mi devices are bootloader unlocked and we encourage rooting. And, if you mess up and brick your device by mistake, just bring it to a service centre and we'll re-flash it back to life for you, free of charge obviously said by Hugo Barra

source Gadget Lite: Xiaomi Mi3 & Redmi Series to Get Android L Update, Announced by Hugo Barra

 

[Indian]

...All Mi devices are bootloader unlocked and we encourage rooting. And, if you mess up and brick your device by mistake, just bring it to a service centre and we'll re-flash it back to life for you, free of charge obviously said by Hugo Barra ...[/url]

That's the 'best news' ever! , hope others will follow that trend. That's really 'Open Source'

 

[Music_Swift]

Which app is good for downloading YouTube videos?Phone is Nexus 5.

 

[saroya]

Which app is good for downloading YouTube videos?Phone is Nexus 5.

Apps available on playstore but all are pranks. Downloading videos from youtube is not legally permissible. But there are some apps which can do the job very well . i personally have used two three apps successfully.
But this kind of apps use to run at background. And your antivirus will recognize them as harmful . but you need not to worry i am using from a year and without any problem. In the picture " video D/L" is the app i am talking about.

 

[jettasam]

Didn't know where to post this, but what is the best android OS to insall?

 

[MSN1]

Didn't know where to post this, but what is the best android OS to insall?

As you used the term OS let me try to explain something in IT terminology,

Android is the actual OS in android mobiles, where in diffrent brands such as samsung, Sony, LG, micromax put their flavoured skin on top of android to diffrentiate and to give a unique look and style plus customer frlendlines to the operating system,

On those mobiles android OS is the back end and this flavoured skins and apps are the front end interface

Similarly their are skins (themes ) available on android market,
And one can download and install custom built OS (Thats also android from websites which was mentioned by nitin here

The best Android os in my view is the native android os available on latest nexus seriesof google mobilesand Motorola mobile such as moto g

 

[jettasam]

As you used the term OS let me try to explain something in IT terminology,

Android is the actual OS in android mobiles, where in diffrent brands such as samsung, Sony, LG, micromax put their flavoured skin on top of android to diffrentiate and to give a unique look and style plus customer frlendlines to the operating system,

On those mobiles android OS is the back end and this flavoured skins and apps are the front end interface

Similarly their are skins (themes ) available on android market,
And one can download and install custom built OS (Thats also android from websites which was mentioned by nitin here

The best Android os in my view is the native android os available on latest nexus seriesof google mobilesand Motorola mobile such as moto g

I know about all that, MSN1. But which is the best OS to install now in lenovo phones and where to install? As I heard, most android OS are free. So please tell more info.

 

[MSN1]

Check at xda developers forum and read reviews and download instructions about diffrent a c available android OS. Select the one that goes good for your phone

 

[saroya]

I know about all that, MSN1. But which is the best OS to install now in lenovo phones and where to install? As I heard, most android OS are free. So please tell more info.

are you talking about custom Roms? you can root your mobile to flash custom roms if your mobile has stuck on previous version of Android by manufacturer. search on popular android developers sites for positives and negatives of particular custom Rom.

 

[Superbad]

are you talking about custom Roms? you can root your mobile to flash custom roms if your mobile has stuck on previous version of Android by manufacturer. search on popular android developers sites for positives and negatives of particular custom Rom.

can be roms or launchers.

let the OP clear it first.

 

[Indian]

I know about all that, MSN1. But which is the best OS to install now in lenovo phones and where to install? As I heard, most android OS are free. So please tell more info.

First of all you can not install any OS on your phone like you would install OS on your computer. There are always some kind of the customization as per the hardware of the phone which is done by the phone manufacturer and released to the customers. For basic use and users you have to depend on the phone manufacturer for any OS updates.

Now, if you are advanced user and want to experiment of different flavors of OS(in your case Android) then first you need to root your phone(find out from XDA), once done now you have to install custom OS(called ROM) from XDA or other sources. Rooting and installing are kind of 'not a easy job' and requires understanding of technology and terminology better. First spend time reading all the info available on XDA then only get into experimentation. But once you have done it, it becomes a addiction. I am addicted but loving it.

 

[dhoom9]

First of all you can not install any OS on your phone like you would install OS on your computer. There are always some kind of the customization as per the hardware of the phone which is done by the phone manufacturer and released to the customers. For basic use and users you have to depend on the phone manufacturer for any OS updates.

Chief reason for custom ROMs is phone manufacturer give only 1 or 2 major updates. e.g. for my Samsung note I got 4.3 Jelly Bean, but will not have 4.4 Kitkat (so that new phone sales figures does not suffer - phone manufacturer believe that part of new phone sales is due to newer OS & its features), though my phone hardware is able to tackle with 4.4 android OS. So If I want to use Kitkat (Android OS version 4.4), I will have to hunt for Custom ROM compatible with Samsung Note.

 

[Superbad]

Chief reason for custom ROMs is phone manufacturer give only 1 or 2 major updates. e.g. for my Samsung note I got 4.3 Jelly Bean, but will not have 4.4 Kitkat (so that new phone sales figures does not suffer - phone manufacturer believe that part of new phone sales is due to newer OS & its features), though my phone hardware is able to tackle with 4.4 android OS. So If I want to use Kitkat (Android OS version 4.4), I will have to hunt for Custom ROM compatible with Samsung Note.

search em here

Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Android Development - XDA Forum

 

[GrandRk]

Hello,

Can anybody throw light on Asus - Zenfone series? If anyone using it then please let me know about its performance with google maps etc

 

[nitin_k]

Hello,

Can anybody throw light on Asus - Zenfone series? If anyone using it then please let me know about its performance with google maps etc

i have seen zenfone 4, stay away from it. battery life is pathetic. look wise also its pale and reminded me of RK's lumia brick.

zenfone 5 is much better. It comes in 2 versions, one is 8GB version at 10K and another is 16 GB at 13K. The processor of zenphone is Intel Atom Dual core. The Intel atom processor is dual core but its hyper threaded, so each core works with two threads, thus making it work like a Quad core logically.

Zenphone 5 come with 2 GB RAM for the 16gb version which gets my thumbsup.