Firstly, please understand this Android 5.1 firmware is not an official version. If you just want to have a taste, you’d better not upgrade, because we’ve made a new start in FW3.0 from system to Apps (and it's still not perfect enough). It is a tough task with much criticism, but the X7 will always stay on 4.4 if we dare not take a step.
And you may criticize us more intensely when finding out our new model is using Android 5.1.
Here I’d like talk about the background of this update as answers to some of your questions.
1, Why release this firmware despite so many bugs?
We’ve tested the firmware numerous times by ourselves and also asked for the help of many beta testers, but not all the bugs can be covered. So we released it just as a beta version.
2, Why not revise the original FW2.1 based on Android 4.4?
This is because the original firmware is still less than satisfactory. As is known to us, the Android system can be customized, but still it’s limited by the original framework from Google. So only ascending to the newer Android 5.1 can fix some of the existing issues, such as:
A. SRC problems of third-party Apps
B, Power consumption
C, Fluency
and etc.
Trust us, were there any better way, we wouldn’t take the trouble.
3, Any changes in sound from the new firmware?
Definitely. And positive feedback are in majority.
We’ve rewritten all the audio architecture, underlying driver, upper-level app,as well as decoding algorithm of the media lib.So the sound has changed.
The firmware update will not change the sound, as I put it before, is on the premise that the decoding algorithm is not changed.
4, How soon can we get to use the official version?
The software developing restrictions are less now, so we can speed up the update frequency, basically one new version every week or 10 days.
I believe we won’t keep you waiting for too long.
And you may criticize us more intensely when finding out our new model is using Android 5.1.
Here I’d like talk about the background of this update as answers to some of your questions.
1, Why release this firmware despite so many bugs?
We’ve tested the firmware numerous times by ourselves and also asked for the help of many beta testers, but not all the bugs can be covered. So we released it just as a beta version.
2, Why not revise the original FW2.1 based on Android 4.4?
This is because the original firmware is still less than satisfactory. As is known to us, the Android system can be customized, but still it’s limited by the original framework from Google. So only ascending to the newer Android 5.1 can fix some of the existing issues, such as:
A. SRC problems of third-party Apps
B, Power consumption
C, Fluency
and etc.
Trust us, were there any better way, we wouldn’t take the trouble.
3, Any changes in sound from the new firmware?
Definitely. And positive feedback are in majority.
We’ve rewritten all the audio architecture, underlying driver, upper-level app,as well as decoding algorithm of the media lib.So the sound has changed.
The firmware update will not change the sound, as I put it before, is on the premise that the decoding algorithm is not changed.
4, How soon can we get to use the official version?
The software developing restrictions are less now, so we can speed up the update frequency, basically one new version every week or 10 days.
I believe we won’t keep you waiting for too long.
