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New X10 firmware [R2BA013] to bring performance boost

Treat this with a pinch of salt until confirmed, but joakimudden over at esato has revealed some intriguing new information on the next firmware update for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. He says the update (build number R2BA013) will bring with it small UI improvements in the Timescape/Mediascape apps as well as the Creatouch app.
He goes on to say that performance and battery life is much improved and that there is a new slide animation when browsing the gallery. He couldn’t point to a release date but hopefully it won’t be too long now. Creatouch is an app that allows the user to personalize the home screen of their X10. This involves creating personalised wallpapers and sharing these socially. Check it out in action after the jump.

See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672650

http://www.xperiax10.net/2010/04/29...013-to-bring-performance-boost-creatouch-app/

ICS Change logs

This is for people who in multiple threads keep asking:
"whats new in ICS"....
"whats the difference between gingerbread and icecream sandwich"....
etc etc etc etc etc etc
This is a basic, copy & paste job from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#4.0.1
THESE ARE FOR STOCK ICS - SOME CHANGES WILL BE MADE IN THE RELEASES FROM SAMSUNG FOR THE SGS2
Android 4.0 – codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich – was previewed at the May 2011 Google I/O event, and officially launched at the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich release event on 19 October 2011.
ICS version - 4.0.1
The Galaxy Nexus introduced Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The SDK for Android 4.0.1 was publicly released on 19 October 2011. Google's Gabe Cohen stated that ICS was "theoretically compatible" with any Android 2.3.x device in production at that time. The source code for ICS became available on 14 November 2011, three days before the Galaxy Nexus was released. New features included:
Enhanced speed and performance
Virtual buttons in the UI, in place of capacitive or physical buttons
Separation of widgets in a new tab, listed in a similar manner to apps
Easier-to-create folders, with a drag-and-drop style
A customizable launcher
Improved visual voicemail with the ability to speed up or slow down voicemail messages
Pinch-to-zoom functionality in the calendar
Offline search, a two-line preview, and new action bar at the bottom of the Gmail app
Ability to swipe left or right to switch between Gmail conversations
Integrated screenshot capture (accomplished by holding down the Power and Volume-Down buttons)
Improved error correction on the keyboard
Ability to access apps directly from lock screen (similar to HTC Sense 3.x)
Improved copy and paste functionality
Better voice integration and continuous, real-time speech to text dictation
Face Unlock, a feature that allows users to unlock handsets using facial recognition software
New tabbed web browser, allowing up to 16 tabs
Automatic syncing of browser with users' Chrome bookmarks
Modern Roboto font
Data Usage section in settings that lets users set warnings when they approach a certain usage limit, and disable data use when the limit is exceeded
Ability to shut down apps that are using data in the background
Improved camera app with zero shutter lag, time lapse settings, panorama mode, and the ability to zoom while recording
Built-in photo editor
New gallery layout, organized by location and person
Refreshed "People" app with social network integration, status updates and hi-res images
Android Beam, a near-field communication feature allowing the rapid short-range exchange of web bookmarks, contact info, directions, YouTube videos and other data
Hardware acceleration of the UI
Resizeable widgets – already part of Android 3.1 for tablets, but new for cellphones
Wi-Fi Direct
1080p video recording for stock Android devices
ICS version - 4.0.2
The Android 4.0.2 update was released on 28 November 2011, and fixed minor bugs on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, the launch of which was later delayed.
ICS version - 4.0.3
The Android 4.0.3 update was first released on 16 December 2011. It included a number of bug fixes and optimizations, and offered improvements to graphics, databases, spell-checking and Bluetooth functionality, along with new APIs for developers, including a social stream API in the Contacts provider. Other features included Calendar provider enhancements, new camera apps enhancing video stabilization and QVGA resolution, and accessibility refinements such as improved content access for screen readers.

really good to know exactly what changed.
thanks

Thanks
Now we just have to wait for Samsung to release official ICS.
Do anybody know what version we will get 4.0.1, 4.0.2 or 4.0.3 ?

Mittaa said:
Thanks
Now we just have to wait for Samsung to release official ICS.
Do anybody know what version we will get 4.0.1, 4.0.2 or 4.0.3 ?
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4.0.3 or newer (unlikely). The newest leak KP8 is already on 4.0.3

You forgot it's blue
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

aceofclubs said:
You forgot it's blue
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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Yeah, but Samsung official ROM wouldn't be blue most likely.

A good reference. Thanks!

Yeah,
I just figured that theres alot of people who wanted to know what is in the newest ICS over Gingerbread (GB).
Overall its not a massive update, but does offer some very nice little tweaks.
For those who use an alternate launcher app, a good portion of these updates wont be visible to the human eye. I for one use GO Launcher, so ICS update for me wont be a huge one.

A similar thread for noticeable differences between leaks would be nice as well, the relevant info usually gets buried in 100+ page threads.

Hollow.Droid said:
A similar thread for noticeable differences between leaks would be nice as well, the relevant info usually gets buried in 100+ page threads.
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Yeh,
Thats where the problem arises with the leaked samsung firmwares. They dont come with change logs. Can only go by the visually observable changes, and post them. Anything behind the scenes (which i assume is a good portion of what differs from update-to-update) is basically never discovered.

I don't think we'll see the virtual buttons.
Sent from my GT-I9100

sxi200 said:
I don't think we'll see the virtual buttons.
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Would you want that anyway? Whats the point of having two sets of buttons that can do the same?

So you can get to do two things at the same time!

mljjlm said:
Would you want that anyway? Whats the point of having two sets of buttons that can do the same?
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Definitely not! I just mentioned it because it was in the OP change log.
Sent from my GT-I9100

i highly doubt the SGS2 will have the second set of buttons in their ICS full-builds

Moto and Google apps updated to Material Design

So, last night I came back to stock (4.4.4 GSM dev edition) using the images provided by Motorola, thanks to this thread, in preparation to the oh so awaited lollipop.
To my surprise I was prompted a bit earlier to update most of Google apps and Moto apps too.
Rejoice, most of these updates included the new material design overhaul, including the Google Keyboard (which now has Material Light and Dark themes), as well as renaming what is now known as Moto Voice and changes that make me believe that the 5.0 android system update should hit sometime soon.
Or so I hope.
Just letting people know this in case you, like me, want to come back from whatever custom ROM you run to stock.
Lets keep those fingers crossed!

Did gallery and camera update to material design for you? It also has a new feature with camera

Yes to both!
No more holo black.
Kinda want the update now as aesthetically my phone clashes now haha, holo settings/notification bar vs google/moto apps material design.

Test drive results: 4.4.2 March upgrade

As of recent, I got bored and searched around and found an obscure post about the little known March upgrade for the GT-N5110. As with all Samsung ROM upgrades, this one is pretty much a wolf in sheeps clothing... Plain vanilla with a core of choccy deep inside.
First the hidden stuff...
Multi DPI, I mean you can set it at 160dpi and not get a single error. Not one previous iteration does it so well. I really like having the flashbar set at 155dpi.
Stagefright fixes... all but one, but I am sure the next upgade ROMs to be pushed to Poland and Mid East will have full fixes.
A bunch of new services that may be good for some or just added fun to remove for others.
Better battery and power consumption.
Better smoothness, not a lot but better.
Hidden option to launch S Finder from the top left corner. Setting build.prop will allow round style quick launch buttons and the S Finder addition.
Better stability with custom kernels.
Updated system sound files... not many of them, but thy there is a mix of sorts.
Seems like there are a few changes internally as well for Developers... an extensive system/ect file list, complete packaged US, Canadian, French, Spanish, Korean, and Chinese input method settings.
Updated lib files, and system changes within 4.4.2.
For the final 2 way too cool and hidden features that were disabled in the past with 4.4.2 stock ROMs. Multi user... Woot Woot! Miracast works with root and custom kernels that have it. Quadruple Woot Woot!
The only bad thing I have to say about this ROM is, it was too late for release and will never get much attention.
It is probably the best base to customize using S3, S4 and S5 features. Though I am torn with Tab Pro in some ways but the S series features beat out the look and feel of a Tab Pro.

Which ROM is it?

Dev preview 1 Android P for app devs.. beta program should include it Dev preview 2

Caution: Android P Developer Preview 1 is for app developers only and not intended for daily or consumer use. See the release notes before installing it on your device. Enrolling in updates using the Android Beta Program is not supported in Developer Preview 1.
Support should be in Dev preview 2. It's for app devs now and not intended for public use yet.
Can't wait to get it through android beta program..
Thanks for reading
John

Support? What do you mean support is included in dev preview 2?
I ran it for a while and it's completely fine to daily.

Its for app devs it's not really to be used by people yet.. it's no daily driver if it was you'd still be using it.
Android preview 2
This first one is easy. Every year Google releases a new developer preview of Android at I/O, and Google's own schedule says we'll get a new developer preview in "May," the same month as Google I/O. A new preview of Android P is pretty much a lock. The real question is "What do we expect in the second Android P Preview?"
More Material Design 2
The first Android P preview arrived in March with a big UI overhaul. There's an all-new notification panel and quick settings, a new main settings screen, and lots of redesigned system UI components like the volume interface, text selection, animations, and dialog boxes. In the past few months we've also seen a whirlwind of UI changes from Google in other products, with a new design style appearing in Gmail.com, Chrome in its Desktop, mobile, and OS varieties, the Google account interface, Google Pay, the Android Developers site, and the new Google Tasks app.
All of these redesigns could loosely fit under the same overarching design style, which feels like an evolution of Google's current "Material Design" guidelines. The new design doesn't have an official name, but internally at Google it has been called "Material Design 2" and "Material Design Refresh." Whatever Material Design 2 ends up being called, at I/O we expect Google to formalize the new design style, publish design documents, and have several developer sessions covering all the new changes.
Google likes to keep the I/O schedule vague before the keynote, but there are a few sessions that suggest Google will talk a lot about Material Design 2. One session is titled "How to incorporate what's new with Material Design in your code base." Another session will cover "how UX researchers helped test, refine, and evolve the latest Material Design guidance." I'm going to interpret mentions of "what's new" and "evolution" as hints of Material Design 2 news.
In Android P Preview 1, there was a pretty clear clash between newly redesigned screens and old interfaces that haven't been touched yet. In Preview 2, hopefully we'll see more parts of Android redesigned so we have something approaching a cohesive OS.
Gesture navigation
Android borrows a lot from iOS in this round of updates. In addition to iPhone X-style notch support, Android is apparently getting gesture support. This feature was seemingly leaked by Google itself, which accidentally posted a picture to the official Android Developer blog showing a navigation bar we haven't seen before. The home button was a pill shape instead of a circle, the back button used an older design, and the recent apps button was missing. This was Android's in-development gesture UI.
There's a ton we don't know about gesture navigation, and it's clearly still in development from the screenshot. While it seems inevitable it will come to Android, we can't guarantee it will be ready in time for Android P Preview 2. It certainly seems like a major change for Google, and it's something the company may want to release in beta so people can wrap their heads around it and offer feedback.
Google Assistant "Slices"
The first Android P Developer Preview contained a new "Slices" API, and we're still not sure exactly what it will do. The Android P developer docs say a slice is "a piece of app content and actions that can be surfaced outside of the app," but that's pretty vague.
Sebastiano Poggi from the app development house Novoda has been diving into the Slices API since release, and he thinks the most obvious use for slices is for apps to display their own content inside the Google Assistant search results. The UI with Slice renders currently looks very unfinished, but the layout is similar to a Google Assistant reply. Poggi has built a whole Slices demo app showing how a Google Assistant interface might work. One app would be a primary "Slice Host" (a Slices-aware version of the Google Assistant) and many other apps would be "Slice Providers" and offer up information to display inside the host app. So imagine asking the Google Assistant (the Slice host app) for Infinity War movie times, and instead of displaying search result info, users with the Fandango app installed (a Slice provider) could provide custom UI for the Google Assistant that would let users quickly buy a movie ticket.
Since Google will need app developers to build a Slice capability into their apps for this to work, the company needs to come clean about what the Slices API is and how developers should use it. Google's largest developer show seems like a good place to do just that. Again, the I/O schedule is very vague before the keynote, but the talk "Integrate your Android apps with the Google Assistant" might have something to do with Slices.

I went back to O for compatibility for one app. It's completely stable enough to be used as a daily and no amount of regurgitated release notes will dispute that.
Why don't you flash it for yourself and find out? It's not exactly rocket science on a pixel.
APIs will be final in the third release.

Android gingerbread walks into a bar.. drunk iPhone 6 throws a punch but misses.. Android gingerbread laughs and says you have no idea where my touch area is... But would you like to know...

Abort thread

Worst thread, evar!

What about Thread West?

Technodude2504 said:
Caution: Android P Developer Preview 1 is for app developers only and not intended for daily or consumer use. See the release notes before installing it on your device. Enrolling in updates using the Android Beta Program is not supported in Developer Preview 1.
Support should be in Dev preview 2. It's for app devs now and not intended for public use yet.
Can't wait to get it through android beta program..
Thanks for reading
John
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I've also used the preview on my Pixel pretty much like ChongoDroid and it worked pretty flawlessly till yesterday, when I came back to Oreo after having a bootloop because of a Magisk mod.
Heck, the Android Beta Program pop-up on the actual preview says it's also for Android enthusiasts.