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I am looking to buy a tablet and I found a 32gb version of the Tablet Z for $100. Is this tablet still worth buying?
I know it has better specs than some of the newer cheaper tablets but just want to see what people's experiences are. Thanks
I have one and use it all the time. For $100, I don't think you could go wrong. I use mine for studying, and watching YouTube mostly and will occasionally use chrome remote desktop to log in to my laptop at home. Have never had any issues with it that a reboot didn't clear up and I only reboot once ever few months. Hope this helps.
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I have one and use it all the time. For $100, I don't think you could go wrong. I use mine for studying, and watching YouTube mostly and will occasionally use chrome remote desktop to log in to my laptop at home. Have never had any issues with it that a reboot didn't clear up and I only reboot once ever few months. Hope this helps.
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cool. thanks. I went ahead and bought it.. Nice tablet but now just trying to figure out how to flash the TWRP recovery to fota and boot to it.
jhcomputerguy said:
cool. thanks. I went ahead and bought it.. Nice tablet but now just trying to figure out how to flash the TWRP recovery to fota and boot to it.
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Why not just stick with stock? I've tried many custom ROMs during my "flashaholic" days - but have always ended up back at stock because :
most of the custom ROMs have issues
some apps won't work if your tablet is rooted
Still enjoying my Tablet Z after 4 years of ownership :good:
I can't justify buying something newer.
Why root?
I have to agree with Greta, I see no reason to root. Everything just works as is with no problems. From the research I did about rooting this particular device, there just wasn't enough of a gain by doing so. Hope you enjoy it.
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I have to agree with Greta, I see no reason to root. Everything just works as is with no problems. From the research I did about rooting this particular device, there just wasn't enough of a gain by doing so. Hope you enjoy it.[/QUOTE
Really just want to put nougat on there are be able to overclock. This is a nice tablet but it does have some lag on some games and processes.
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Nougat is really nice on this tablet. I recommend the LineageOS rom from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-tablet-z/general/rom-cyanogenmod-14-t3496758
I have no issues and with it and it's fast, I also get insane battery life with standby being especially is impressive.
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Nougat is really nice on this tablet. I recommend the LineageOS rom from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-tablet-z/general/rom-cyanogenmod-14-t3496758
I have no issues and with it and it's fast, I also get insane battery life with standby being especially is impressive.
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Yep!
All firmwares, based on 7.1.x Nougar, are very smooth and responsive. So highly recommended.
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Huckleberry Friend said:
I have to agree with Greta, I see no reason to root. Everything just works as is with no problems. From the research I did about rooting this particular device, there just wasn't enough of a gain by doing so. Hope you enjoy it.[/QUOTE
Really just want to put nougat on there are be able to overclock. This is a nice tablet but it does have some lag on some games and processes.
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Nougat is really great on this tablet. I really appreciate the multi window feature. It's fully functional.
I agree with you, underclocking / overclocking feature would probably help in some case.
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Broke mine...?
schastang said:
jhcomputerguy said:
Nougat is really great on this tablet. I really appreciate the multi window feature. It's fully functional.
I agree with you, underclocking / overclocking feature would probably help in some case.
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Glad to hear it is working out well for you. I dropped mine anout a month ago and it is toast. I took it apart and tried selling stuff like the camera and ports online but nobody wanted them. I hate seeing things go to waste and was practically giving them away. Did you get a dock with yours? I have one of those, too. May try to ebay it along with the spare parts and the smart cover.
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I'm also thinking of buying an used SGP311 and running the latest LineageOS on it. Does anyone with SGP311 have problems playing Clash Royale?
I have a Samsung SM-T320 running Kitkat 4.4.2 with Clash Royale and no problems. If I try SlimKat 4.4.4, LineageOS 13/14, CM 11/12, etc they ALL crash/reboot with Clash Royale. Only stock works with Clash Royale on the SM-T320.
The SGP311 uses Adreno 320 GPU and the SM-320 uses the Adreno 330 GPU. I'm just worried that whatever problem in Slimrom, LineageOS, CM, etc that causes Clash Royale to crash/reboot tablet might be related to the Adreno GPU drivers/code.
If you're into streaming services there is a thing that you should know: The Xperia Tablet Z has Google Widevine L3 DRM, that means that Netflix will NOT play HD movies, even with the most expensive subscription. Netflix needs Widevine L1, which you dont get with this device, even with an up-to-date OS installed. I dont know how this is with Amazon Prime.
EDIT: The SoC of this tablet does not suppert 60fps video streaming. This means that YouTube videos with 60 fps have a lot of stuttering. 60fps Twitch streams dont play the video at all, you can only hear the audio.
julius1504 said:
If you're into streaming services there is a thing that you should know: The Xperia Tablet Z has Google Widevine L3 DRM, that means that Netflix will NOT play HD movies, even with the most expensive subscription. Netflix needs Widevine L1, which you dont get with this device, even with an up-to-date OS installed. I dont know how this is with Amazon Prime.
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As far as i remember Google Widevine DRM was ported to custom firmwares based on android 7.1.2 and probably 8.1. You'd better check them.
Rootk1t said:
As far as i remember Google Widevine DRM was ported to custom firmwares based on android 7.1.2 and probably 8.1. You'd better check them.
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I have Resurrection Remix 6.0 with Android 8.1 installed. No chance.
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I have Resurrection Remix 6.0 with Android 8.1 installed. No chance.
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Yep, you're right. Widevine L1 support is not available, and i think it will never be.
Hi all, just seen a post about OpenKirin for our devices.
For MediaPad 8.4 seems to support SHT AL09 AND w09
I have funkyhuawei for another 25 days so will give it a try this week and give u all a shout:
https://openkirin.net/
Check it out before me if u get a chance (it's my first day at a new job tomorrow so want something stable for journey to work tomorrow)
Let me know what you guys think about it? Have you tried it before? Have you any knowledge on the Devs and their work etc.
Yes you can use the Rom on your m5. Nearly all works some small things are not 100% OK but nothing important. Only Carbonrom has a Tablet version right noe Rest will be added later
I will add a thread with Installation guides and all other needed in the next few days. If you have any questions ping me. I'm the developer for tablets in open kirin
@rcstar6696 I tried the RR OpenKirin Rom. Most things work well, good work
Same problems as phh-treble with bluetooth being a bit weird (same as the bug I logged here https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/94)
Fingerprint works but home button doesn't (phh-treble fixed this with a custom IDC file)
AOSP camera works but the other camera app crashes at launch
Lee82UK said:
@rcstar6696 I tried the RR OpenKirin Rom. Most things work well, good work
Same problems as phh-treble with bluetooth being a bit weird (same as the bug I logged here https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/issues/94)
Fingerprint works but home button doesn't (phh-treble fixed this with a custom IDC file)
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hmmm on carbon i have no issues with bluetooth but i will test more now. about the fingerprint i didn't get what you mean for me fingerprint works all the time its equal if i enable fingerprint navigation or not. Or do you mean if you enable fingerprint navigation no homebutton possible ? if yes thats a limitation from rr on carbon we use a different implimentation for the fingerprint gesture and both work together. i recommand to use the carbon tablet veriosn for now until we push out tablet builds on other roms
No issues on carbon now.. All working fine..
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hmmm on carbon i have no issues with bluetooth but i will test more now. about the fingerprint i didn't get what you mean for me fingerprint works all the time its equal if i enable fingerprint navigation or not. Or do you mean if you enable fingerprint navigation no homebutton possible ? if yes thats a limitation from rr on carbon we use a different implimentation for the fingerprint gesture and both work together. i recommand to use the carbon tablet veriosn for now until we push out tablet builds on other roms
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Carbon for tablets v1 build works well, very smooth.
Still the same bluetooth issue, mouse will not pair. It works perfectly on stock rom. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you troubleshoot this issue
Separately, mouse behaviour is strange on this device on all roms including stock, so I think this might be a kernel thing as Huawei define their own 'mouse0' device.
Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install Carbon ROM?
Also I was hoping someone wouldn't mind sharing some pictures or creating a YouTube video showing what the carbon ROM looks like on this device.
Thanks
dmdelgado said:
Do I need to have an unlocked bootloader to install Carbon ROM?
Also I was hoping someone wouldn't mind sharing some pictures or creating a YouTube video showing what the carbon ROM looks like on this device.
Thanks
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Yes you need unlocked Bootloader
I can share some screen shots later
I did some, https://imgur.com/gallery/am69TwX
I'm on beta1 for tablet, it feel smoot and stable for a beta, 1080p stutter even on YouTube but it should be solved on beta2 right? I Will try some demanding games too. What's the difference between tablet and generic builds? Just the UI optimizations for bigger screen? ( that's a great thing i hated to have a tablet with phone UI till now!) tyvm i didn't have time to test BT but fingerprint work perfectly for me, even touchscreen precision feel better than stock! Can't wait for the update! The newly announced huawei GPU turbo will be added to treble builds or will be impossible to have it out of emui?
I have some trouble with leanlauncer, installing latest at a glance plug-in fail even after i remove pixel launcher, any idea?
ezangrando said:
I did some, https://imgur.com/gallery/am69TwX
I'm on beta1 for tablet, it feel smoot and stable for a beta, 1080p stutter even on YouTube but it should be solved on beta2 right? I Will try some demanding games too. What's the difference between tablet and generic builds? Just the UI optimizations for bigger screen? ( that's a great thing i hated to have a tablet with phone UI till now!) tyvm i didn't have time to test BT but fingerprint work perfectly for me, even touchscreen precision feel better than stock! Can't wait for the update! The newly announced huawei GPU turbo will be added to treble builds or will be impossible to have it out of emui?
I have some trouble with leanlauncer, installing latest at a glance plug-in fail even after i remove pixel launcher, any idea?
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A New beta comes tomorrow hopefully if all goes well
It has a full tablet ui
hello how is going with Carbon? I'm not familiar with Lineage OS, i see a lot of fix on the changelog 'till build number 4, it means it should be more stable and optimized than Carbon at this point or it's just different and it's at similar point? I'm still on Carbon Beta 1 for tablet, everything is working fine beside some performance issue and minor things
Today I installed los on mediapad m5 10". I have to say that developers have done amazing job. Yea, it's not optimized for tablet size, but i don't really care. It looks and works superb for beta.
Bluetooth is a little bit funky if you want to connect like keyboard and speakers at the same time, in that case, bluetooth speakers are disconected. I have found no other issue. Netflix is working, downloading is possible and it's HD resolution.
Camera is crashing, but i never use camera on tablet. Performance is top notch
I was so impressed by this build that I instantly donated, enjoy the beers guys
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hello how is going with Carbon? I'm not familiar with Lineage OS, i see a lot of fix on the changelog 'till build number 4, it means it should be more stable and optimized than Carbon at this point or it's just different and it's at similar point? I'm still on Carbon Beta 1 for tablet, everything is working fine beside some performance issue and minor things
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Carbon is more in Front of lineage and step by step all things get included in lineage. There is no diffrence between in functionallty but carbon is optimzed for tablet usage. One big pro Carbon is Aosp based Lineage is CAF but our device is not supported by CAF but on aosp
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Today I installed los on mediapad m5 10". I have to say that developers have done amazing job. Yea, it's not optimized for tablet size, but i don't really care. It looks and works superb for beta.
Bluetooth is a little bit funky if you want to connect like keyboard and speakers at the same time, in that case, bluetooth speakers are disconected. I have found no other issue. Netflix is working, downloading is possible and it's HD resolution.
Camera is crashing, but i never use camera on tablet. Performance is top notch
I was so impressed by this build that I instantly donated, enjoy the beers guys
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Thx yes netflix works better then stock and we still improve more things to forget emui as fast as possible
About BT i faced some similiar problems and try to fix it if i find some time again
I recently bought used hdx 8.9" 3rd.
Lineage 14.1 is installed.
Any problem with this rom? If so, want to go back to stock fire os.
I found this from here :
audio is imperfect but generally not objectionable (most noticeable with headgear)
What does this mean?
newget said:
I recently bought used hdx 8.9" 3rd.
Lineage 14.1 is installed.
Any problem with this rom? If so, want to go back to stock fire os.
I found this from here :
audio is imperfect but generally not objectionable (most noticeable with headgear)
What does this mean?
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There are many subtleties with custom ROMs for this device that generally do not prove bothersome to users. Audio imperfections (slight hiss and crackling engaging/disengaging pause) are an example. FireOS is no gem either given its age and KitKat base. Recognize you have a 5 year old EOL device. Like a used car it will have a few warts. Enjoy.
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There are many subtleties with custom ROMs for this device that generally do not prove bothersome to users. Audio imperfections (slight hiss and crackling engaging/disengaging pause) are an example. FireOS is no gem either given its age and KitKat base. Recognize you have a 5 year old EOL device. Like a used car it will have a few warts. Enjoy.
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Ok. One more question.
Any difference about performance and stability among RR, Lineage, AEX, etc?
newget said:
Ok. One more question.
Any difference about performance and stability among RR, Lineage, AEX, etc?
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Nope - all are fully featured and run well on 3rd gen HDX hardware. There are, of course, subtleties that distinguish each Nougat variant. I run AEX as it is a close facsimile to AOSP. Some like the customizations in RR others prefer the familiarity of Lineage. Can't go wrong with any of them.
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Nope - all are fully featured and run well on 3rd gen HDX hardware. There are, of course, subtleties that distinguish each Nougat variant. I run AEX as it is a close facsimile to AOSP. Some like the customizations in RR others prefer the familiarity of Lineage. Can't go wrong with any of them.
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I installed AEX and enjoy it. Except one problem..
When I watch videos, it keeps tearing.
I love watching video with youtube app, but it makes me annoyed.
Why is it happening? Only my problem?
newget said:
I installed AEX and enjoy it. Except one problem..
When I watch videos, it keeps tearing.
I love watching video with youtube app, but it makes me annoyed.
Why is it happening? Only my problem?
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I have not heard of this problem before on HDX 7 or 8.9 devices nor personally experienced it. However, my video engagements are limited and usually occur via browser (YouTube app is a bit chunky for my tastes). Don't have an immediate explanation.
Intro
I'll start with this important note: this will likely be interesting to a small subset of users as it 1) does cost money to deploy and run this cloud infrastructure in AWS 2) requires a bit more technical knowledge to get this up and running than most things on XDA 3) the OS build process maintains verified boot with your own custom keys which means things like root/magisk are not a good fit. Anyways, I've created a cross platform tool, rattlesnakeos-stack, that allows you to build your own customized Android OS for Google Pixel phones using AWS cloud infrastructure. The default OS that this tools builds without any customizations is called RattlesnakeOS, which is really just AOSP with very minor additions. If there is something you don't like about the default OS, you can add customizations on top of it or start with a completely blank slate and build your own OS.
Features
Support for Google Pixel phones
Based on latest AOSP 11.0
Software and firmware security updates delivered through built in OTA updater
Maintains verified boot with a locked bootloader just like official Android but with your own personal signing keys
Support for building latest stable Chromium browser and webview
Support for custom OS builds
If any of that sounds interesting to you, head over to the README for full setup, build, customization, and flashing instructions. Also, feel free to stop by our matrix room RattlesnakeOS (#ros.matrix.org).
no one has tried this yet? seems pretty freaking cool! i expect to give it a stab. maybe this weekend
xxTECRAxx said:
no one has tried this yet? seems pretty freaking cool! i expect to give it a stab. maybe this weekend
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Awesome! Feel free to stop by our matrix room if you run into any troubles.
xxTECRAxx said:
no one has tried this yet? seems pretty freaking cool! i expect to give it a stab. maybe this weekend
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I pretty much always used RattlesnakeOS on my Pixel 2. After a few year hiatus from Pixel devices, I've now got a Pixel 4A, so you can be sure I'll be checking this out!
I always ran a microg patched version of RattlesnakeOS with microg in stead of gapps.
hummer010 said:
I pretty much always used RattlesnakeOS on my Pixel 2. After a few year hiatus from Pixel devices, I've now got a Pixel 4A, so you can be sure I'll be checking this out!
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Great to hear! I've been using the Pixel 4a as my daily driver with this for the past 6 months and it has been smooth sailing. If you used rattlesnakeos-stack previously, the method to do customization has changed a bit, but there is an example in the README with a repo that shows how to integrate microg.
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Great to hear! I've been using the Pixel 4a as my daily driver with this for the past 6 months and it has been smooth sailing. If you used rattlesnakeos-stack previously, the method to do customization has changed a bit, but there is an example in the README with a repo that shows how to integrate microg.
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I used to use a customization to enable volte on the pixel 2 - is this still necesary for the pixel 4a to get volte?
hummer010 said:
I used to use a customization to enable volte on the pixel 2 - is this still necesary for the pixel 4a to get volte?
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It is not enabled by default but you can still use the community patches that contain that patch and there is an example in the repo of applying them. There is also a cleaner way using an overlay in the new setup, but I don't have that documented.
Does anyone have a stock flashable and boot image they could throw up? I recently lost access to a computer and i used to run this rom, would love to run it again.
Have had pixel 4a here since it's debut. Been rocking the dirty unicorn ROM for 5 months on Android 10 and it's rock solid root. I can't use Android without root. Root is far superior than stock anyway. No complaints!
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Hey folks,
Joining in on the aftermarket world after a few years. I recently got the nord 2 and there is some impressive work going on already
Just wanted to touch base with the community to understand the kind of enthusiasts who have this device.
Q; are you using stock OOS or Custom roms?
Q: would you all be interested in some fresh roms, say lineage 20/ aospa topaz, etc?
If there are even a few folks interested and have some time to test out some initial builds, lets talk!
My daily driver since 7 months. Using stock, rooted (Magisk + LSPosed). Switching back to my old OnePlus 7pro though, which I prepared for murena.io (privacy is a great thing).
For that reason I would love to see LOS coming to the Nord 2, because that means that we'll have Murena one day too, probably.
Been using it for nearly a year now. Will keep stock until it stops getting updates.
I would like to see a Lineage build for Android 14 and later for it. Will definitely use it.
Seems like a solid phone that will last me a lot of time.
Would definitely appriciate LineageOS for this device. The stock system is driving me nuts.
Use it as daily driver for about year. Stock oos 11 latest update, rooted through magisk, no TWRP, 0 problems.
I like it a lot. But android security patch became too old, so thinking to switch to LineageOS, Elixir or Pixel experience. Hope that the few bugs without resolve will be fixed very soon. Mostly reports about alert slider and stock cam. Not severe, one can live without the slider and use one of the gcam forks.
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Use it as daily driver for about year. Stock oos 11 latest update, rooted through magisk, no TWRP, 0 problems.
I like it a lot. But android security patch became too old, so thinking to switch to LineageOS, Elixir or Pixel experience. Hope that the few bugs without resolve will be fixed very soon. Mostly reports about alert slider and stock cam. Not severe, one can live without the slider and use one of the gcam forks.
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There is a Lineage for the Nord 2???
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There is a Lineage for the Nord 2???
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Generic System Image (GSI) list
Notes about tinkering with Android Project Treble. Contribute to phhusson/treble_experimentations development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
You can find the AndyYan's build here among others.
Plz A pixel rom or best you can get. Go for it.
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Plz A pixel rom or best you can get. Go for it.
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The pixel is in the list as well elixir and much more GSI.
roldev said:
Use it as daily driver for about year. Stock oos 11 latest update, rooted through magisk, no TWRP, 0 problems.
I like it a lot. But android security patch became too old, so thinking to switch to LineageOS, Elixir or Pixel experience. Hope that the few bugs without resolve will be fixed very soon. Mostly reports about alert slider and stock cam. Not severe, one can live without the slider and use one of the gcam forks.
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With the ROM Derpfest from denniz the alarm slider works
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With the ROM Derpfest from denniz the alarm slider works
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Wow, bro thanks. Didn't aware about this ROM. Is there some other issue with it?
roldev said:
Wow, bro thanks. Didn't aware about this ROM. Is there some other issue with it?
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Hi, I've been using it for about 2 months, so far I haven't noticed anything.
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Hi, I've been using it for about 2 months, so far I haven't noticed anything.
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I think I saw it on 4pda.ru forum but was a bit outdated. Stability and security are essential for mi as I use my phone for work and biz ( as all of us ).
Just saw it published on July. Maybe need to contact devs. Unfortunately don't have enough spare time for hobby development....
Using stock and rooted rom, still on Android 11 though because 12 just plain out sucks.
I would very much love a good stable rom. I come from the Oneplus 3 where ROM support was just simply amazing. Most current roms are busted, suck when it comes to Camera quality or simply crash. Proper support for the Nord 2 is a wet dream at the moment.
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With the ROM Derpfest from denniz the alarm slider works
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It partially works, something's broken because it would often just not switch profiles when the slider was used. It's a good rom but not as stable / smooth. Also, camera quality sucks because it doesn't have the proper drivers / app.
Eastw1ng said:
Using stock and rooted rom, still on Android 11 though because 12 just plain out sucks.
I would very much love a good stable rom. I come from the Oneplus 3 where ROM support was just simply amazing. Most current roms are busted, suck when it comes to Camera quality or simply crash. Proper support for the Nord 2 is a wet dream at the moment.
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Not so wet dream All GSI based ROMs are in advance states. Being this mediatek device and lack of some drivers make the things worse. Also there is not a lot of testing for this device... Imho.