Monday, December 9, 2013

Galaxy Nexus: Meet the Android 4.4 KitKat / SOTOVIK - Telecompaper

09.12.2013

… albeit in an informal release Google-mobile operating system.

is known, Galaxy Nexus, Samsung prepared and is available from November 2011, will remain, unfortunately, on the rails Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, because Google has refused to update the software of the smartphone to Android 4.4 KitKat. Decision of the Internet giant is linked to policy not to engage in support devices over 18 months.

irrepressible enthusiasts XDA Developers have been able to prepare an informal “firmware” for Galaxy Nexus: Android 4.4 KitKat code in this case is based on the CyanogenMod project 11. Not yet solved some problems: during the captures corresponding animation “flash” does not appear, does not work panoramic shooting mode.

Meanwhile

perturbed Galaxy Nexus owners have organized a campaign to collect signatures for a petition on the Internet, Sundar Pichai addressed, who is now in charge of including Android-direction in Google. According to its users, Nexus-smartphone sample of two years ago is quite capable to run Android 4.4 KitKat, even more so this edition of “green robot” specifically optimized for devices with low performance: for example, reaching only 512 MB of RAM. The appeal has already signed 30 thousand people – still requires the consent of five thousand users.

© Yuri Strel’chenko, SOTOVIK

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