[Kitkat][Nightlies] CM11 Android 4.4 for the Defy(+)

[kan4]

i vote for 4.4 stable.

 

[Tree4ever]

@Quarx: A safe 4.4.4 is(for me) more wise than a 5.1 "from zero".I use the MB526 every day mainly because it`s small enough.Thanks for your great work!!

 

[MrR0ck]

Vote 4.4.4, defy+ is my main device.

 

[rionline]

So where do i get the 09/23/14 build?

 

[tulen_kobi]

AOSP keyboard FC

In the latest nightly the keyboards FC all the time so it is inpossible to write anything.

 

[Casper1982]

In the latest nightly the keyboards FC all the time so it is inpossible to write anything.

That's the problem, new gapps
solution; Install another keyboard, as swifitkey or TouchPal ... greetings !! :good:

 

[defim]

Lollipop would be really nice! But not the buggy 1st release, 5.1 or higher...

To "fix the keyboards FCs I had to remove the keyboard apk, only using another keyboard did not help for me.
Additional wiht latest april build logcat spams with many

W/SchedPolicy(7397): add_tid_to_cgroup failed to write '<random>' (Permission denied); policy=0
W/System.err(7397): java.lang.SecurityException: No permission to set to given group
W/System.err(7397): 	at android.os.Process.setProcessGroup(Native Method)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.applyOomAdjLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:15515)
W/ActivityManager(7397): Failed setting process group of <same as random> to 0
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.updateOomAdjLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:15759)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.BroadcastQueue.processCurBroadcastLocked(BroadcastQueue.java:232)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.BroadcastQueue.sendPendingBroadcastsLocked(BroadcastQueue.java:267)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.sendPendingBroadcastsLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:13201)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.attachApplicationLocked(ActivityManagerService.java:5177)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.attachApplication(ActivityManagerService.java:5217)
W/System.err(7397): 	at android.app.ActivityManagerNative.onTransact(ActivityManagerNative.java:395)
W/System.err(7397): 	at com.android.server.am.ActivityManagerService.onTransact(ActivityManagerService.java:2169)
W/System.err(7397): 	at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:404)
W/System.err(7397): 	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)

I used before janurar build without this messages

 

[mahadikrs]

So where do i get the 09/23/14 build?

Try the below Link.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59606170&postcount=7125

 

[sevenrock]

In the latest nightly the keyboards FC all the time so it is inpossible to write anything.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59778267&postcount=336

 

[manualle]

Hi Quarx, thx again for the incredible amount of effort and time you spent on improving this awesome little phone.
My Defy has been running as my daily driver for 3+ years by now, and it's still doing its job perfectly. I'm running 4.4 and I'm very happy with it.
I think that perfecting KitKat is by now the most appropriate thing to do.
Thanks again, bye

 

[rionline]

Try the below Link.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59606170&postcount=7125

One last question. I am using cm7. Do u have to do this repartitioning before installing 23/9? And just to be sure, this is defy+ or defy build? Thank you very much...

 

[mahadikrs]

One last question. I am using cm7. Do u have to do this repartitioning before installing 23/9? And just to be sure, this is defy+ or defy build? Thank you very much...

No need to do repartitioning as it is a pre OCT 2014 nightly, further it is applicable for Defy as well as Defy+.

Since you are on CM7 I hope you need to revert back to stock rom & then follow instructions mentioned in my post #6788.

Hope I am not going wrong, if so someone pls correct & help our friend here.

 

[Aillas]

Defy is my only phone and I think that stable 4.4 would be better than unstable 5.1. Thanks for your work

 

[kokala68]

Hi Quarx, thx again for the incredible amount of effort and time you spent on improving this awesome little phone.
My Defy has been running as my daily driver for 3+ years by now, and it's still doing its job perfectly. I'm running 4.4 and I'm very happy with it.
I think that perfecting KitKat is by now the most appropriate thing to do.
Thanks again, bye

+1

 

[ezantera]

Actually lollipop is best android from all considering ram usage and speed. Every device is jumping antutu by few thousant after upgrade. But people are using dirty upgrade and not satisfied. I would like to see just a bootup on defy if quarx can make it fast even without any drivers.

cm12 ram usage on samsung s3 neo.

Edit: unfortunely, only sane decision is kitkat. Milion thanks to Quarx.

 

[Chico741]

Hey @Quarx,
first of thanks a lot for keeping the Defy alive!
The Defy is my main phone and I would vote for a stable 4.4.4.
Thanks a lot!

 

[SkUrRiEr]

Vote for Kitkat 4.4

I'm likely to be replacing my Defy+ due to the increasing size of Google's apps. (I'm sick of having to uninstall apps I occasionally use so I can upgrade the ones I use more.) but until then, a stable version of Kitkat would be the best option by far.

 

[spalnndsstest]

in my opinion i would like to see lollipop on the Defy, looks like it might workquicker,
since my update from cm7 to kitkat i feel its smoother in movement but much more slow for each step, for opening Apps, and so on,
that really makes me sick to wait 7 or 8 seconds to open Opera, or whathever,
if things would work quicker with lollipop i would vote lollipop, i want speed

i use the defy as a main phone, i don't have more phones, and i am not going to change it becuase i don't find any phone of this size, thats something that makes me angry, because all brands are making big phones, and i want something compact like the defy, so i feel i am out of options,
my single alternative was to take a Droid Mini, wich is as far as i know, the most compact phone with very nice specifications, but still a bit big, dont like the design because its not simetrical in profile, and the LCD screen is "bad" for me if its not IPS,
and i dont like the camera too, as its no flat and protected,
so over all, impossible to find any 11 cm phone of 1-2 Gb of ram and IPS screen.

 

[androidtester80]

What you think about it?

+ 1 for Android 5.1

 

[Alexsalih4747]

I would like to have android 5.1 for the defy(+). It's my main phone, and i think, it would be good to make at least lollipop for the defy, because it was developed specificly for phones with low ram. Thats a big chance!