Monthly Archives: July 2013

A few people shared feedback with me saying that their trusty Nexus 7 (v1) feels faster after a few days on Android 4.3.My guess (without having seen any logs/data before and after from these devices which would be the only way to tell) is that this improved performance is primarily due to the fstrim support we added in 4.3.https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/vold/+/b87937c Vold: Add the fstrim subsystem to vold The fstrim subsystem …

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A few people shared feedback with me saying that their trusty Nexus 7 (v1) feels faster after a few

A few people shared feedback with me saying that their trusty Nexus 7 (v1) feels faster after a few …

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A few people shared feedback with me saying that their trusty Nexus 7 (v1) feels faster after a few days on Android 4.3.
My guess (without having seen any logs/data before and after from these devices which would be the only way to tell) is that this improved performance is primarily due to the fstrim support we added in 4.3.

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/vold/+/b87937c

Vold: Add the fstrim subsystem to vold The fstrim subsystem implements the dotrim command, which goes through all the writable filesystems on the device, and invokes the FITRIM ioctl() on them. This marks all the unused blocks on the underlying flash device as unused, so the device performs …

Dear eagerly waiting Nexus 4, 7, 10 and Galaxy Nexus (HSPA) users who are pressing “Check now” every 5 minutes:As with every OTA update Android 4.3 is not being pushed to 100% of devices on the first day. The rollout is being watched and slowly increased over the next few days like with every Android upgrade. You can stop pressing “Check now” and your rants in the usual forums (“zOMG ANDROID PEOPLE YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!!!! I’M WAITING FOR …

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Dear eagerly waiting Nexus 4, 7, 10 and Galaxy Nexus (HSPA) users who are pressing “Check now” every

Dear eagerly waiting Nexus 4, 7, 10 and Galaxy Nexus (HSPA) users who are pressing “Check now” every…

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Dear eagerly waiting Nexus 4, 7, 10 and Galaxy Nexus (HSPA) users who are pressing "Check now" every 5 minutes:
As with every OTA update Android 4.3 is not being pushed to 100% of devices on the first day. The rollout is being watched and slowly increased over the next few days like with every Android upgrade. You can stop pressing "Check now" and your rants in the usual forums ("zOMG ANDROID PEOPLE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT!!!! I'M WAITING FOR 10 HOURZ ALREADYZ!!!!") … you'll see the update soon 🙂

Thanks for your support & patience!

Nice one +Jean-Baptiste QuĂ©ru , kudos for the safe landing despite all the crosswinds we created for you :-) Android 4.3 landing in AOSP, Jean-Baptiste Queru, 7/24/13 9:50 AM, Google Airlines welcomes you on the ground in Android International Open Source Airport Project. The local time is exactly 4:30 pm. We will be taxiing for a few minutes to our gate JSS15J while ground support guides us to the …

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Nice one +Jean-Baptiste Quéru , kudos for the safe landing despite all the crosswinds we created for

Nice one +Jean-Baptiste QuĂ©ru , kudos for the safe landing despite all the crosswinds we created for…

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Nice one +Jean-Baptiste Quéru , kudos for the safe landing despite all the crosswinds we created for you 🙂

Android 4.3 landing in AOSP, Jean-Baptiste Queru, 7/24/13 9:50 AM, Google Airlines welcomes you on the ground in Android International Open Source Airport Project. The local time is exactly 4:30 pm. We will be taxiing for a few minutes to our gate JSS15J while ground support guides us to the …