Android RunTime - Who's Using It?

[welshname]

Aha! Mental. Not a problem though.

I'm kind of tempted to give CM a go now they have an installer.

 

[Keydogg]

Aha! Mental. Not a problem though.

I'm kind of tempted to give CM a go now they have an installer.

Stock FTW!

 

[welshname]

CM can be basically stock but I would be able to enable 4G on my nexus 4.

 

[JamesBryan]

What's CM?

 

[welshname]

CyanogenMod

 

[JamesBryan]

Ahh yeah, seen something on that earlier.

 

[richy22]

Okay noob here WTF is this and how do you install it?

 

[JamesBryan]

Okay noob here WTF is this and how do you install it?

You mean Android Run Time (ART)?

Just the way it runs faster, can enable it in Developer Options. Assuming you're running Android 4.4 of course.

 

[welshname]

I wouldn't do it until you've got the 4.4.2 update. But if you have go into settings then about phone.

In there keep tapping on the build number till it says "you are now a developer".

Now go back into settings and you'll see developer options is now there. About 4 down is "select runtime" choose ART and let the device reboot, update all your apps and away you go.

 

[richy22]

Sorted cheers!

4.4.2 update was earlier today. Just rebooting now to see what the crack is

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Just done this now on my N5.

Battery has been pretty good so far though on it, hopefully it will get better. (Have averaged 75% over 18 hours with fair usage)

Waited until I had the 4.4.2 update. Went to that from 4.4 last night. Seems to be taking a while to optimize the apps though.

 

[JamesBryan]

Mine took around 5 minutes to optimize 114 apps.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Mine took around 5 minutes to optimize 114 apps.

Same here.

Camera is loads quicker since .2 and speaker volume is better too. Not noticed much change since switching to ART though? Can't comment on battery life though really as I'm hammering my phone at the minute

 

[JamesBryan]

It's definitely snappier on mine using ART.

I've changed the animation scales to .5x too, which makes it look a bit quicker.

 

[welshname]

I haven't played with any of the dev settings. Maybe we should start a thread?

 

[JamesBryan]

I haven't played with any of the dev settings. Maybe we should start a thread?

Go on then, you start

 

[welshname]

I'm on my phone. Too much effort is required

 

[MatthewR]

Just got 4.4.2 and it still won't let me use what's app on ART. Do I need to go back to the old one and install then turn ART back on?

 

[JamesBryan]

Is there an update for What'sApp?

 

[welshname]

WhatsApp doesn't need an update

 

[JamesBryan]

WhatsApp doesn't need an update

Ahh right, I don't use it. Just thought an update might fix it.

It's meant to work on 4.4.2 running ART.

 

[welshname]

Yeah it is doing which is the only reason I swapped back.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I swapped back this morning.
Was having issues yesterday. Kept going in and out of signal (but that might not be due to this)
This morning it decided to turn off on its own and when turned back on, was 14 hours ahead but in October. And I kept getting a watsap error message.

 

[welshname]

What version of android were you on? I'm on 4.4.2 and it's been perfect since. When on 4.4.0 it was a little glitchy. I have however noticed my phone rebooting a few times randomly

 

[MatthewR]

Well this is the error I get running android 4.4.2

 

[welshname]

That's strange. That said I already had WhatsApp installed prior to the change over.

If you've got a spare 20 mins you c could try going back to Dalvik and then install WhatsApp before swapping back over to ART.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

I already had watsap installed but didn't change over to ART until I had the 4.4.2 update.

I'll probably uninstall watsap later and go back to ART then reinstall it to see if it's any better.

Noticed battery wasn't as good either yesterday.

 

[Dan...]

What phone do you all have?

I have a HTC One X but I'm still running on this:

Just checked and there are no updates to be found. Why aren't I on 4.4.2?

 

[MatthewR]

That's strange. That said I already had WhatsApp installed prior to the change over.

If you've got a spare 20 mins you c could try going back to Dalvik and then install WhatsApp before swapping back over to ART.

I'll give that a go now then. I'll be back!

 

[MatthewR]

Well I've tried the above and it still doesn't work and comes up with the same unknown error.. Email sent to the developer.

I now have the answer. Apparently if you tried and failed with ART before it updated to 4.4.2 then the only way is to reset the phone or root in order to get to the directories.

CBA with either of them really.. I'll see how I feel tonight!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

It's strange then as I only tried it once I had the 4.4.2 update.

Dan... You'll may have to wait a while for the update. I've got a Nexus 5 and only had it the other night.

 

[JamesBryan]

Dan, I don't think the HTC One X will ever get the update over the air.

As it's a few years old now and a few versions behind.

Should be able to root and install manually though, can someone confirm that is possible...

 

[Keydogg]

What phone do you all have?

I have a HTC One X but I'm still running on this:

Just checked and there are no updates to be found. Why aren't I on 4.4.2?

You won't get the 4.4.x update for months mate, just the way it is with HTCs, Samsungs, etc. The only way to get these updates this quickly is with Nexus devices.

 

[welshname]

Yup or start using CM which is as close to stock android as you'll get and the easiest to install.

 

[James28]

So you don't need to root to be able to do this?

 

[JamesBryan]

So you don't need to root to be able to do this?

No

 

[rctempire]

Interesting, I should really move to this.
Im running KitKat on the HTC One. So ill check this out.

Thanks