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OK, Guys, I Am a tweaker/ Android hacker and i Owned a Kenzo varient (The same phone but not all 4g Bands) and now ordered this Kate edition.

It is a good phone. If you have any questions about unlocking the boot loader, custom roms, firmware, returning to stock or any technical issues just send me a PM, happy to help! :smiley:

Hi, Great question. Android is an Open source operating system built on Linux, Opensource by its nature means people can get the source code, download it, tinker with it, change it and upload it to there phones and make it better.

OEMS often do not have the ability to max optimisations and support maximum optimisations to make the phone as fast or as quick as possible.

Areas of improvement include battery life, Broadband speed, Processor speed, over clocking, bench-marking, memory optimisation ect.

The community, especially on XDA individual hobbyists take it upon themselves to optimise individual devices to make them work as good and as fast as possible.

Also, OEMS are often very slow to incorporate latest editions of android and so if you want the latest and greatest release you have to go custom.

Yes you can get a virus on your phone, (Though i have never had one) and there is an easy answer to this. Firstly, latest builds of android have "Permissions manager"

any application you download can only access the parts of the operating system you let it.
Also, Backup backup backup and use the cloud! just like you can get a virus (I suppose though i do not know, never seen one in the wild) you could lose your phone, break your phone, it could be stolen, you might drop it in the loo, you might get it soaked in the rain, anything could go wrong with your phone.

Backup backup backup.

So why use custom? its better, faster, quicker, optimised, longer battery life, and a better usable experience with the latest version always. long long after the manufacturer has stopped updating there device.

How to protect yourself from malware? use good verified community sources, restrict permissions for apps that you do not trust, and backup backup backup.


PS! Another thought: i have noticed in mobile phones especially "Planned Obsolescence" is rife. Manufactures release OTA update after OTA update that degrades the user experience and convinces you to buy the latest and greatest hardware. I my wife has a galaxy S3 that still works amazingly fast slick and quick because i have a custom rom installed on it called Archidroid. A Samsung rom would make the phone unusable.

At £125 I think we can let that slide :smile:

so so tempted seen as the note 4 appears to be a downgrade from this

Looking at videos they say dont get the Global Version as its full of spam ware you cant remove what ever that means...

Voted hot!


What do you mean? Are you saying I have to order using my browser on my phone? Is the extra charge the customs charges? or is it for the warranty?

​you can always remove it if you have the right app. would require root though.

I think I would just stick cyanogenmod on anyway as I didn't get on with the miui

gone for it ... Thanks OP

im trying to get a phone for around £100. would this be the best at the this price point? its for my mum so just want something cheap but powerrful with good cam

Would this work with O2 4g?

Would this be much of an upgrade from my htc one M8?

thanks

dont the gold and silver versions have a black bar all around the screen, which is usually hidden in the black version?