Android 4.x now almost 40% of the ecosystem

17. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 03 Jan 2013, 21:03 2

Looks like Google is finally able to put fragmentation problem under control.

19. wendygarett posted on 03 Jan 2013, 21:34 1

Huh? Can you explain the big pie gingerbread? :)

20. taz89 posted on 03 Jan 2013, 22:12 1

i think there will always be a large gingerbread share due to the fact that many of the low tier phones are only capable of running gingerbread..its still a positive to see that 40% of devices are running 4+ android and as the ''pie'' gets larger with newer 4+ devices and the remaining us variants of one x and s3's and the note 1 and s2 devices get 4+ i reckon that FINALLY gingerbread will get overthrown lol...fragmentation will always be there and will be fully be ''cured'' but imo it is getting better and is not as bad as many people like to think it is

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22. wendygarett posted on 03 Jan 2013, 22:19 0

I never say android is bad lol... In fact, there as awesome as they usually be :)

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26. remixfa posted on 05 Jan 2013, 08:24 0

can you explain the iOS fragmentation pie?

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3. wendygarett posted on 03 Jan 2013, 17:49 2

Then you must be an awesome guy I met :)

4. Captain_Doug posted on 03 Jan 2013, 17:50 4

How? Have you not found a JB or even ICS rom for your phone?

5. HTCOE posted on 03 Jan 2013, 17:56 0

haha ikr...

6. nyamo posted on 03 Jan 2013, 17:57 2

not everyone mods phones, granted i'm not one of them, but i do not know a single person in my circle of friends that has any interest whatsoever in modding android

8. Captain_Doug posted on 03 Jan 2013, 18:04 0

To me the interest in modding a phone was much more than my desire to be stuck with gingerbread. It's hard for me to understand someone sticking with gingerbread over rooting and romming.

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9. wendygarett posted on 03 Jan 2013, 18:05 2

Some people just don't wanna let go their sweet memory on gingerbread, that's why this person has a very awesome life compare to those geek whose afraid of being obselence...

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11. Igneel posted on 03 Jan 2013, 18:21 3

Why? It's one of the best thing about Android! :D

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14. cretinick posted on 03 Jan 2013, 18:34 1

I'm stuck in 2.3 too.

The mods for my device are going very slow. The CM9 (unofficial) don't get new release for my device since November. The last one had some serious battery drain and other annoying bugs.

The CM10 (unofficial too) seems to get worse on each new update. No signal, or no call ring, or no data, or battery drain...

So I had to stay at CM7.2 if I want a phone that works.

23. Captain_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 13:41 0

Which phone?

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24. cretinick posted on 04 Jan 2013, 20:07 0

Motorola Defy

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25. Captain_Doug posted on 04 Jan 2013, 22:55 0

Have you seen these?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Motorola_Defy#Android_4.0.x_.28ICS.29_Custom_ROMs

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/motorola-defydefy-gets-highly-functional-android-4-0-4-rom/

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27. cretinick posted on 05 Jan 2013, 22:04 0

Yes... I had installed the Epsylon CM9 and the Quarx CM10.

Many system freeze, FC, apps with malfunction and battery autonomy drops drastically...

Every new release from quarx come with giant bugs. The last one loses the ringtone 2 days after boot. You have to reboot the phone every two days or you misses calls. The previous don't have Mobile Network!

The last release from Epsylon was in 11/18/2012...

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28. Captain_Doug posted on 06 Jan 2013, 15:01 0

Lame. Well, hopefully you can jump into a better phone soon. Good luck.

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29. cretinick posted on 06 Jan 2013, 18:29 0

I'm trying to get a Nexus 4. However in my country it is not available yet. But, if in the countries where it is available it is hard to get, imagine in other countries?

Other Option is the Xperia ZL (Hope Sony give good news tomorrow!) or something new from Motorola. Despite the update problems, I realy like the toughness of the Moto Phones. But now, Mototola is a Google company...

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30. Captain_Doug posted on 07 Jan 2013, 09:05 1

Xperia ZL would not be a bad choice. However Sony is notorious for not updating their phones. Although i'm sure they'll get more AOSP support.

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10. Birds posted on 03 Jan 2013, 18:17 1

Awe, well if you get the chance get a device that runs JB and will be upgraded to later versions. A good choice that we will see in the future is the Samsung Galaxy Victory on sprint's prepaid network. Since my One X broke I'm phoneless. I'm waiting for this......

21. taz89 posted on 03 Jan 2013, 22:15 3

couldnt agree anymore..been using jb(official) on my s3 for last couple of months and recently used a mates ace 2 which is on 2.3 and cant believe i used that once lol.jb is so far a head that going back to anything before ics is a no