[Q] why are there few roms for the lg g2 mini? - LG G2 Mini

why are there few roms for the lg g2 mini? as compared the galaxy s4 mini (about 50 custom roms), the lg g2 mini has only 2-3 alpha unstable roms... can we expect more roms or it is just that lg g2 mini is not very popular and bootloader is locked..so we cannot expect more roms coming..?

Because S4 mini released in july 2013. G2 mini released in april 2014, so wait 8 months and then will se

doloresmiska said:
Because S4 mini released in july 2013. G2 mini released in april 2014, so wait 8 months and then will se
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ah ok i didnt know the s4 mini was that old. Ok thx. That said any idea if lg g2 mini will get official android l update?

Well rather than just sitting on your butt, you could start doing some research into how to built roms from sources, zaaap, has luckily for us made a lot of possibilities, so it's just about getting started. I myself am far from a developer, android expert or anything like that... But still I'm trying to find a possible way to create a miui rom from source, I'm not saying it's going good , but atleast it's worth a try.
So don't just wait, try to do something yourself and help the community

steffenbakke said:
Well rather than just sitting on your butt, you could start doing some research into how to built roms from sources, zaaap, has luckily for us made a lot of possibilities, so it's just about getting started. I myself am far from a developer, android expert or anything like that... But still I'm trying to find a possible way to create a miui rom from source, I'm not saying it's going good , but atleast it's worth a try.
So don't just wait, try to do something yourself and help the community
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MIUI is closed source

Garcia98 said:
MIUI is closed source
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https://github.com/MiCode
Ever heard of patchrom?
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steffenbakke said:
https://github.com/MiCode
Ever heard of patchrom?
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What I said, closed source.

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[Request][PORT]Unoffical cm11 from nexus 5 for D802

Hello I was just going through the n5 threads.and I found this.anyone interested in porting for the d802 ?
Coz n5 and d802 share almost the same hardware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519243
I dont think you will see cm 11 for lg g2 anytime this year or maybe next this device seems to have almost no dev support.
blair287 said:
this device seems to have almost no dev support.
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How do you quantify that really? I see lots of ROMs around here.
blair287 said:
I dont think you will see cm 11 for lg g2 anytime this year or maybe next this device seems to have almost no dev support.
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Sometimes the truth is like getting kicked in the nutts.
WhiteZero said:
How do you quantify that really? I see lots of ROMs around here.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2495753
I'm just saying....
WhiteZero said:
How do you quantify that really? I see lots of ROMs around here.
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phone that came out one week ago have over taken this phone, hell even random Chinese phone that youve never heard of have more custom roms that this phone.
blair287 said:
phone that came out one week ago have over taken this phone
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Are you referring to the Nexus 5? Because of course that'll have more development than a non-Nexus device.
This phone does NOT lac dev support.
It is included as an officially supported device by CM
It WILL get cm11 soon.
Hell even the exnyos 4 devices got it.so why can't this device get it?duh....
Come on
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phone that came out one week ago have over taken this phone, hell even random Chinese phone that youve never heard of have more custom roms that this phone.
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Pfffft.....inferior hardware
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varund7726 said:
This phone does NOT lac dev support.
It is included as an officially supported device by CM
It WILL get cm11 soon.
Hell even the exnyos 4 devices got it.so why can't this device get it?duh....
Come on
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I agree cm11 will be here any day soon (me,thinking out loud)
SysAdmNj said:
Pfffft.....inferior hardware
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What has inferior hardware?
varund7726 said:
What has inferior hardware?
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the nexus 5, and some chinese knockoff phones....whatever the poster was referring to. Of course I say this with a smile
But back to topic..I'm ready,able, and willing to test any unofficial cm11 rom
How does my s3 and the s4 and s3 mini have cm11 already and lg g2 which is basically a nexus no ****ty exynos cpu still doesnt i bought a lg g2 thinking it would be like a super nexus but i was wrong my s3 still get updates quicker and is as far away from a nexus you can get, i have 4 days to decide if i want to return the lg g2 so i can get a nexus 5 or keep the G2 so im really stuck with what to do.
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How does my s3 and the s4 and s3 mini have cm11 already and lg g2 which is basically a nexus no ****ty exynos cpu still doesnt i bought a lg g2 thinking it would be like a super nexus but i was wrong my s3 still get updates quicker and is as far away from a nexus you can get, i have 4 days to decide if i want to return the lg g2 so i can get a nexus 5 or keep the G2 so im really stuck with what to do.
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Get the nexus 5 .if ur gonna keep complaining about lac of dev support.
This phone is new and will take a while for development
As for the s3,the device may have cm11 but it has plenty of bugs because of exnyos
And s4 is based on Qualcomm 600 which I think Devs are pretty familiar with
So plz if u really want to stay here and discourage others I would request u to kindly buy the nexus 5 and get what u want
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How does my s3 and the s4 and s3 mini have cm11 already and lg g2 which is basically a nexus no ****ty exynos cpu still doesnt i bought a lg g2 thinking it would be like a super nexus but i was wrong my s3 still get updates quicker and is as far away from a nexus you can get, i have 4 days to decide if i want to return the lg g2 so i can get a nexus 5 or keep the G2 so im really stuck with what to do.
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As for the Galaxies, they have been out longer, have a wider breadth of developers so more people have eyes on it, more people familiar with the kernel etc. Also, the Nexus 5 is different enough from the G2 that I really don't think we're going to see simply ports to our hardware. Just like the Optimus G and Nexus 4.
If you want a Nexus-like experience, get a Nexus. Simple as that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483143 anyone tried this? I will tomorrow if no one else has..
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You people have no patience at all.
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almost of the smartphone has CM11 already, but G2 still nothing.. how sad..
Not just sad, but unbelievable. Guess we need to gift a LG G2 32gb to a Cm developer.
I think its possible to compile CM11 with what is currently available. I'll try and setup my build environment later this evening. I'll give it a shot. Bugs guaranteed but ... we need more bleeding edge stuff for this phone to attract more recognised devs to develop for this device.
Its people like these impatient dou***bags that make devs not want to build for us..if you want it go build it yourself and stop trolling this isn't Google+. If you want to troll do it there like everyone else.
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How many G2 mini owners is here?

Let's show to the developers that this device is noteworthy!
If there will be many users, more developers will develope something for us.
So maybe a poll?
dkownacki said:
Let's show to the developers that this device is noteworthy!
If there will be many users, more developers will develope something for us.
So maybe a poll?
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We are not many ... for the moment...
It's quite a new phone,lets wait some more time. Hopefully G2 Mini has KK in stock
I'm in "discover" mode since yesterday...
My G2 mini got Kit Kat (4.4.2) as new.
Ps. Pozdro chłopaki
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This phone has only been a month so do not expect too much. all in time
Waiting for pure KitKat. Sick of this Optimus UI
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Stock
My ISP is stillllll waiting for stock, LG told me it would be here end of April, I'm still waiting.:crying::cyclops::fingers-crossed::silly:
dkownacki said:
It's quite a new phone,lets wait some more time. Hopefully G2 Mini has KK in stock
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Actually it has kitkat stock ver 4.4.2
Why buy a G2 Mini when the G3 Mini is coming... I think you put your money on the wrong horse and there won't be that much development coming for this phone as everybody knows the G3 Mini is gonna have better specs at the same price...
I honestly do not understand why they waited so long with the G2 Mini tbh. I do hope you'll get some AOSP at least :good:
Robin>Hood said:
Why buy a G2 Mini when the G3 Mini is coming... I think you put your money on the wrong horse and there won't be that much development coming for this phone as everybody knows the G3 Mini is gonna have better specs at the same price...
I honestly do not understand why they waited so long with the G2 Mini tbh. I do hope you'll get some AOSP at least :good:
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If you think this way you'll still be waiting for G9 mini (with better specs) in 15 years .
francois64 said:
If you think this way you'll still be waiting for G9 mini (with better specs) in 15 years .
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Sometimes that statement is correct sometimes it is not, depending on circumstances. Personal or not... But the G2 mini/G3 mini is a different story.
When the G2 Mini got released there were leaks already of the G3 Mini. The G2 mini got released way to late:
G2 Mini: Status Available. Released 2014, April
G2: Status Available. Released 2013, September
The first G3 Mini leaks are from april. The G3 is getting annoucned the end of this month and the G3 mini will follow quickly. The timespan between those two phones is just too short. It's not like you have to wait 8-12 months, no it's probably only 1-3 months.
This makes your argument invalid lol.
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Sometimes that statement is correct sometimes it is not, depending on circumstances. Personal or not... But the G2 mini/G3 mini is a different story.
When the G2 Mini got released there were leaks already of the G3 Mini. The G2 mini got released way to late:
G2 Mini: Status Available. Released 2014, April
G2: Status Available. Released 2013, September
The first G3 Mini leaks are from april. The G3 is getting annoucned the end of this month and the G3 mini will follow quickly. The timespan between those two phones is just too short. It's not like you have to wait 8-12 months, no it's probably only 1-3 months.
This makes your argument invalid lol.
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Wait and see ....
Hi, could someone upload or send me G2 mini bootanimation, shutdownanimation and sounds for both ?
In L9 it's stored in: /system/media/bootanimation.zip and shutdownanimation.zip and sounds in /system/media/audio/ui/PowerOff.ogg and PowerOn.ogg
Thanks
EDIT: OK, I have it from UszekPL, thanks
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Wait and see ....
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Hahaha... LOL!
+1
Finally got mine today and accidently tripped the rct file by installing supersu:crying: will have to reset my device and try again :crying::crying::crying:
Hello. In monday i buy my Lg g2 mini. See you.
Hi guys good specs n quality for my g2 mini, 1st post here ?
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Got mine last week as a free phone on my new line. From Philippines here. I can say the phone is ok. Home is a little laggy but still bearable and hope this will get resolve on the next update. And also hope the stuffs from G3 like the flat UI will be made available on the next update.
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ermond012 said:
Got mine last week as a free phone on my new line. From Philippines here. I can say the phone is ok. Home is a little laggy but still bearable and hope this will get resolve on the next update. And also hope the stuffs from G3 like the flat UI will be made available on the next update.
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Hi. I'm from the Ph also.. have you tried rooting your mini?

G2 Mini receiving Android L Update?

Wandering on the internet i found this link : http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/556100/20140618/android-4-5-lollipop-update-htc-lg.htm#.U9F7_PmSwj8
It says that LG G2 and G3 will get the update and most likely also G2 Mini will get one to :victory: .
Very nice.
But we will have to wait until October or later, since Android L will be released around September.
BTW, I think that it is Android 5.0 , because it has so many changes.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Very nice.
But we will have to wait until October or later, since Android L will be released around September.
BTW, I think that it is Android 5.0 , because it has so many changes.
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i just hope LG dont destroy android l's layout with that ugly stuff themes and apps they have :/
every android phone should be shipped vanilla, then you could download extra packages from LG if you want that stuff.
i just hope we get custom recovery soon.
anyway. im to stoked for android l. since ive been using android since the first htc
and ive seen it get better and better. android seems like it really have som cool features and put together well.
Vagelis1608 said:
Very nice.
But we will have to wait until October or later, since Android L will be released around September.
BTW, I think that it is Android 5.0 , because it has so many changes.
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Για να δούμε ρε Βάγγο... ?
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LG should provide lollipop update for this phone.
Well... I hope if we're getting an update to lollipop that it won't take as long to come as KitKat did for Optimus G...
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Nope we won't going to get 5.0.
Flamestorm said:
Nope we wont going to get 5.0.
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Of cource we will get it!
Why would you think otherwise?
Vagelis1608 said:
Of cource we will get it!
Why would you think otherwise?
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He's flaming.... look at his nickname ?
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I sense LG is becoming like ****sung, not updating their old phones so you could buy new phones.
Flamestorm said:
I sense LG is becoming like ****sung, not updating their old phones so you could buy new phones.
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Old phone?!
The G2 Mini is just 6 months old!
Exactomundo. They release new phones and forget the "old" ones. Because they are willing to ship upgrades only for those who "pay" for it. Haha, get it? You have to buy a new phone to get a software update...
Exactly as i said, marketing! Making money @Vagelis1608 for them it's old. :/
Flamestorm said:
I sense LG is becoming like ****sung, not updating their old phones so you could buy new phones.
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I think the same, regarding my old LG Optimus Sol, they promised ICS and only after ONE YEAR it got released, but at least they released it, so it a start
IGnoTon said:
Exactomundo. They release new phones and forget the "old" ones. Because they are willing to ship upgrades only for those who "pay" for it. Haha, get it? You have to buy a new phone to get a software update...
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I do agree with this thought and I think that's exactly what's going to happen. :crying:
I still disagree.
I am pretty sure that LG will release Android L for G2 Mini.
Not sure about next year's Android update, though.
G2 mini is a new phone. It only have a few months. 7 I think. Also on some pages i see that some people asked LG and they say Yes. See Here.
http://www.xatakandroid.com/sistema...es-que-se-actualizaran-a-android-5-0-lollipop
Also in comments, it say this:
oriolmad
16 de Octubre de 2014 - 9:46
Yo he escrito a LG para preguntar si actualizarian el LG G2 mini y segun me han respondido en el mail asi sera...
Maybe you can start to asking LG. But im pretty sure, it will take a few months. April 2015 maybe with luck. So dont expect it for now.
We got news ! http://www.androidpit.com/android-5-0-lollipop-phone-update-news
Flamestorm said:
We got news ! http://www.androidpit.com/android-5-0-lollipop-phone-update-news
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Awesome!
I knew LG wouldn't let us down!
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Excellent news... Now that my device is unrootet I'll wait the OTA update. (I know, we must wait until 2015...)
But... Does still is the update for G2 mini carryng the G3 UX supposed to arrive?
And Finally, I hope that LG wouldn't stuff this upgrade with the same ****... QuickRemote and QuickMemo are good, but I'd like a more AOSP experience.

What happened to Android L porting?

Wasn't there a dev that promised Android L back in june and has now just dissapeared?
₪LG G2₪
Now it's better to just wait for official L release. That port was fake.
reas0n said:
Now it's better to just wait for official L release. That port was fake.
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Yup. My guess is LG will hand it to us in February next year. Definetly not earlier.
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natalya said:
Yup. My guess is LG will hand it to us in February next year. Definetly not earlier.
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How is LG usually with updates? Is it as fast as HTC or slow as Samsung XD
sai777 said:
How is LG usually with updates? Is it as fast as HTC or slow as Samsung XD
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Near Samsung speed.
Zyner said:
Wasn't there a dev that promised Android L back in june and has now just dissapeared?
₪LG G2₪
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Yes, by a kiddie who wanted other devs to do all the hard work.
reas0n said:
Now it's better to just wait for official L release. That port was fake.
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Is it confirmed that we will receive the Android L update ?
StressSyndrom said:
Is it confirmed that we will receive the Android L update ?
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It's very likely, we had also one report about it.
G2 has only gone from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 - 1 update from LG in total so far. We will get android L but LG are really really slow at updating firmwares, I would even say slower than Samsung.
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reas0n said:
It's very likely, we had also one report about it.
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natalya said:
G2 has only gone from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 - 1 update from LG in total so far. We will get android L but LG are really really slow at updating firmwares, I would even say slower than Samsung.
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I just found something, Link
kinda old info, we don't know if it's true or not.
mods please delete one of this threads...
Surprising
It'd be surprising if we got Android L update in my opinion, I don't trust manufacturers, but let's cross fingers that they'll do it! :good:
This will be my last LG device if we do not receive L.
davru said:
This will be my last LG device if we do not receive L.
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You'd be surprised how many times LG users have said that over the years. Yet we are still writing from an LG phone.
Ask @60nine who also came from the same LG phone as me, rofl which back then received 4.0.4 when other phones were running 4.2.2 - the wait was long
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natalya said:
You'd be surprised how many times LG users have said that over the years. Yet we are still writing from an LG phone.
Ask @60nine who also came from the same LG phone as me, rofl which back then received 4.0.4 when other phones were running 4.2.2 - the wait was long
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true... today, our old Optimus 2x runs kitkat 4.4.4 almost without a problem (depending if you use HDMI and some other minor stuff)
G2 was my choice for upgrade mainly because of the screen size and quality, it looks nicer than other devices i was considering to buy and most important of all - i got it for a bargain for extending my contract with my provider...
and i don't like samsung or especially iStuff (and HTC ruined their flagships with enormous bezels)
shh.
Is it confirmed by LG that we will be getting android L
Theilegit123 said:
Is it confirmed by LG that we will be getting android L
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Source?
I wouldn't wait for AT&T release the L update. As long as LG releases source code, i'm sure dev will jump on it and get us the best out of it.

Final version of lollipop for nexus 5 was relased

Now who want can porto a stable version for nexus5, but this post, is not to brake developers balls, but because i want to know if the problem to port is in the kernel.
The kernel is the problem
₪LG G2₪
Zyner said:
The kernel is the problem
₪LG G2₪
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how about the L9 lollipop port ? How did they manage to do that ?
hatsumomo53 said:
how about the L9 lollipop port ? How did they manage to do that ?
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Still trying to understand this. All these phones are getting ports but there are people saying we need a whole new kernel. Yet the bigger devs are supposedly already working on a port?
Jackpotclalvin got lollipop to boot on the Verizon g2! No ROM yet, but eventually its gonna happen. Be sure to thank him for his hard work too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702958&page=229
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Still trying to understand this. All these phones are getting ports but there are people saying we need a whole new kernel. Yet the bigger devs are supposedly already working on a port?
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Yeah I don't know either, wish a Dev could explain this to me... The Optimum G has a mostly functioning Lollipop ROM according to a post I saw on G+ yesterday... Why would it be harder to build for us? Especially since so much of our hardware is similar to the Nexus 5...
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Still trying to understand this. All these phones are getting ports but there are people saying we need a whole new kernel. Yet the bigger devs are supposedly already working on a port?
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You do not need a 5.0 kernel for the G2, older devices have newer versions of android w/o having the corresponding source. I'm using 4.4.4 on my Galaxy S1 just like my G2 (except the S1 obviously didn't receive 4.4.x).
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I think that a kernel is important for performance OK, but can boot too without a perfect kernel. Wait ThE big dev
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