Official - the 4.4.2 update - discussion thread

[docnok63]

There's a leaked Samsung Android 4.4 schedule on the net and it points to January for the S4 and N3. Going by the title at the top of the screenshot/picture it's the international variant S4/N3. US will be even longer. I'm quite pissed about this as these are the flagship devices and should be upgraded MUCH sooner. Thoughts?

http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...xy-s-4-and-note-3-s-iii-and-note-ii-by-april/

 

[akellar]

Anybody complaining about non nexus devices not getting updates instantly have clearly not been paying attention the last 3 years. January is earlier than I would have predicted.

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[hctimin]

Not sure how big of a deal KitKat really will be,...

I installed some of the newer files [Email, Calendar, QuickOffice] from here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2506623

To get some of the newer available apps, but moving to 4.4 washes away the hard work that Devs [Hashcode, beans, and Hyper] have already invested into 4.3.

I find Root and ROMs much more beneficial than the OS,....for now. De-bloating and customization is key!!

 

[ManOfBusiness]

4.4 literally brings no new Ingenuity or function.

give me a break; give me a break; don't break me off a piece of that kit kat rom.

 

[G8orDroid]

4.4 literally brings no new Ingenuity or function.

give me a break; give me a break; don't break me off a piece of that kit kat rom.

That's not entirely true, it does bring host card emulation to allow NFC devices without a secure element to use Google Wallet.

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[wrichards2009]

We're men here. We always want the latest and greatest no matter what!

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[xXJay_RXx]

Doesn't 4.4 officially have like emojis integrated through the entire system? I could have sworn that's what I could have sworn I read. If it's true, that's enough for me to want the update :thumbup:

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[bajasur]

4.4 also allows you to record what your screen is doing natively. That is actually pretty awesome for helping give instructions on how to install etc.



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[shiftr182]

Maybe they will mess up and leave some sort of exploit in the kernel or something so we can start flashing kernels and recoveries on this thing. Im starting to miss AOSP after a few weeks without my Note 2.....

 

[Harleydroid]

Maybe they will mess up and leave some sort of exploit in the kernel or something so we can start flashing kernels and recoveries on this thing. Im starting to miss AOSP after a few weeks without my Note 2.....

We are trying to get Eclipse for our Note 3. He has aosp features added into the TW. There's a thread in general section if you are interested should check it out.

 

[kwkw480]

We are trying to get Eclipse for our Note 3. He has aosp features added into the TW. There's a thread in general section if you are interested should check it out.

Still isn't the same as having a bootloader bypass or unlock to truly run aosp.. heck we'd already be on kit kat if we had this that's where i will donate my funds to.

 

[droidstyle]

Maybe they will mess up and leave some sort of exploit in the kernel or something so we can start flashing kernels and recoveries on this thing. Im starting to miss AOSP after a few weeks without my Note 2.....

Just flashed CM11 4.4 on my N2

 

[Harleydroid]

Still isn't the same as having a bootloader bypass or unlock to truly run aosp.. heck we'd already be on kit kat if we had this that's where i will donate my funds to.

Oh I agree it's not the same.

 

[akellar]

Maybe they will mess up and leave some sort of exploit in the kernel or something so we can start flashing kernels and recoveries on this thing. Im starting to miss AOSP after a few weeks without my Note 2.....

Never buy a locked device expecting aosp. Always assume a locked bootloader will remain that way.

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[mi7chy]

4.4 literally brings no new Ingenuity or function.

give me a break; give me a break; don't break me off a piece of that kit kat rom.

Are you kidding? ART is potentially huge. I'd rather Samsung skip over 4.3 and go straight to 4.4 for this reason.

 

[shiftr182]

Never buy a locked device expecting aosp. Always assume a locked bootloader will remain that way.

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I really had to think about it when I chose to get the Note 3, but I figure the features on this phone are pretty amazing, and the way its looking is that phones will mostly be locked in the future. ATT is locking theirs, Verizon is locking theirs, Im sure the rest will follow. If two out of the four major US carriers are doing this, there is a good chance that someone will find a way around it. For the time being, we have Hashcode who has found away around the lock for the most part. We just need to get something like Loki or KEXEC working.

My other option was to keep a phone that has outdated resolution, software and hardware..... I had the Note 2 for a year and was ready to move on.

 

[akellar]

Are you kidding? ART is potentially huge. I'd rather Samsung skip over 4.3 and go straight to 4.4 for this reason.

That's going to be hard to do since we're already on 4.3

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[mi7chy]

That's going to be hard to do since we're already on 4.3

That part was for my Note 2. :cyclops:

 

[RaptorMD]

We have no one to blame but ourselves. We accept the fact that the US carriers bend us over the barrel and do what they want to us. We accept it everyday by using their services, paying their crazy stupid prices and by accepting their restrictive contracts. Anyone who expects a US Wireless Carrier to offer an update let alone a Samsung update within a reasonable time frame is simply crazy.

The only reason the HTC One is getting it so fast is . . . well they don't have many phones to actually update or are worth updating so they have to keep pushing updates out to stay relevant. Of course the HTC one didn't get 4.2.2 we got stuck with 4.1.2 until we got 4.3. Of course I gave up on my HTC One long ago.

 

[TabGuy]

4.4 also allows you to record what your screen is doing natively. That is actually pretty awesome for helping give instructions on how to install etc.



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Screen recording requires a PC attachment.