Lollypop becomes obsolete...

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Yes this version is obsolete in the spanish market too... for example NETFLIX app is not possible to upgrade.
I cant understand why MINIX dont release new versions.

Im very angry with this company for not fix the problems with the updates because not exactly a cheap device.

Regards
 
Yes this version is obsolete in the spanish market too... for example NETFLIX app is not possible to upgrade.
I cant understand why MINIX dont release new versions.

Im very angry with this company for not fix the problems with the updates because not exactly a cheap device.

Regards

Don't blame minix. Amlogic did not release an SDK for the SoC in the U1. Minix is not at fault.

If you want Marshmallow, give my custom ROM a try.
https://theminixforum.com/index.php?threads/unofficial-6-0-1-marshmallow-rom-for-the-u1.107/

READ!!! ;)
 
The problem is really all those chip company like Amlogic or Rockchip as the sdk they provide is not really stable and it's almost never upgraded by them...
 
Darn...I have been recommending the Minix brand for a very long time. It has always worked great, love your Air Mouse.
I really don't have a problem running the APK's I have been running (for now)
Sad to hear, I thought the OTA was a must have option and was future proof.
My bad...
 
Yes this version is obsolete in the spanish market too... for example NETFLIX app is not possible to upgrade.
I cant understand why MINIX dont release new versions.

Im very angry with this company for not fix the problems with the updates because not exactly a cheap device.

Regards
Not exactly cheap compared to what?
Other Android OS boxes that receive no support?
Or an Android TV OS box, which is a completely different product category?
Or the average Android smartphone/tablet that costs alot more than NEO U1 ever did and on average receive less support?
NEO U1 received twelve firmware updates from December 2015 to June 2017, much more than you're average 120EURO Android OS device (NEO U1's original SRP).
 
A little less hypocrisy & contradiction would go a long way to taking you seriously ;).

(You loyally own 5 x MINIX devices yourself, repeatedly purchasing from a company that apparently has "a crumbling business model", who also apparently failed over & over again with the U1 too)....

However, by the above logic that you're applying to others regarding their particular choices & purchases, i.e. "it's their own fault & they only have themselves to blame".... Why are we even hearing anything remotely negative from you at all about the U1 :)?

After all, "everything else is your own fault entirely" for purchasing MINIX ;).

The U1 received 12 firmware updates within what the "reasonable" would call a "reasonable" period of time for the device to receive support. Not to mention, culminating in a very popular device that despite it now having a "dated" version of Android is still a solid performer with a very high degree of reliability to this day.

Obsolescence. You do understand a generic "no-support" device becomes 100% obsolete the exact moment (& I use this term very loosely) "the manufacturer" installs its version of release firmware right? Long before it ever reaches an end user.

A "re-brander" that simply designs their own exterior casing for the generic board & adds their own bugs to the firmware is a closer description lol :).

As such, they essentially wash their hands of any & all responsibility for that device in the moment it leaves their factory, (save warranties & obvious legal obligations). They couldn't care less what issues their potential customers experience or how it affects them or they'd do things differently & properly support what they sell. The fact that these cheap generic "no-support" devices continually retail under this system is precisely because they're not sustainable & apparently these device manufacturers aren't prepared to actually responsibly stand by their product.

Otherwise, what does an end user do when their "no-support" device technically works to the degree that they can't invoke any of their warranty rights but it's constantly freezing, crashing, & the performance of the device is so degraded that to all intents & purposes it's unusable, useless? (Bend over & pay out again for something else sound close? :))

NO support is ever available regardless of any nasty problems or issues the end user is experiencing with the product, no matter how serious, no matter what. But hey, at least eager end users ever on the hunt for the next bargain can suffer the massively improved "experience" of their apps not working at all or the device totally crashing every 40 minutes with a more recent version of Android to keep them happy :)!!

"New & improved system failures guaranteed" :).

Is this "hit & run" approach of releasing a cheap, 100% unsupported "generic" device with an extremely shoddy, flawed & seriously problematic but more recent version of Android somehow a better business model to follow? (You may get away with a limited run to make some cash, you may even continue to fly paper some additional sales of halfwits or those apparently disconnected from any form of informational media, but once the word is truly out, then what? Rotate out to the next generic name but otherwise rinse & repeat? Is that somehow a long term sustainable business model? Will they ever build up a reputable name for themselves that consumers can trust this way?)

(Of course, we all know the particular type of "manufacturers", "businessmen" or "entrepreneurs" it takes that tend to involve themselves in precisely this kind of scheme.)

It's not as if we're actually debating subtle semantics here or even devices in a similar class for comparison to the devices you've suggested either. The age of the U1 aside, they just aren't the same thing at all really are they :)?

You're attempting to compare generic multi-brands that invariably attract countless complaints on other independant forums to well engineered devices that are certainly well supported for a "reasonable" period of time, (at least to a "reasonable" mindset). If 12 firmware updates culminating in what's still a very popular, reliable & stable device is still somehow "unreasonable" to you, then why on earth do you keep buying more devices from the same company or even bother to create a forum account if the devices being discussed here infuriate you so ;)?

Give the poor life cycle no-support devices a go :). Just remember, when it's driving you absolutely mad & you're seconds away from bouncing your remote squarely off the center of your 65 inch....."it's your own fault" heh ;).
 
Here is a good example of what confinement can do to you.

A guy that doesn't care about a certain software, and that uses some hardware to fit other makes software, comes to a users forum to complain about the make of the hardware that allows him to do what he wants, complaining about the software that he does not use.

There are still no pills for the virus, but other decieses sure would benefit from people taking their meds.

I can't say it makes me happy to see it is not only me who's getting crazy, but I am taking my pills. So sorry for him. :cry:
 
Pointless continuing this thread !

Any further discussions regarding Lollipop, please start a new thread.

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For the benefit of other members, what you need to understand and it's something that is repeating like a broken record now, is that Amlogic provide the boards for the Minix boxes, with this they supply a basic Android OS with the bootloader and kernel specific to that board, from there Minix customise the firmware to make it their own. The kernel that contains the blob tree (drivers) is specific to that firmware version meaning the kernel for Lollipop cannot be used in Marshmallow or above. So unless Amlogic provide the image for a newer version of Android OS we will not see any of the boxes upgraded. I hope this clarifies things....again......
 
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