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I have a Nexus 6 (Not 6P) and I'm running Android 8.1! Although it is officially dead, but the good thing about Nexus/Pixel phones is that it is easy to port th
by hojjat12000 9y ago
I have a Nexus 6 (Not 6P) and I'm running Android 8.1!
Although it is officially dead, but the good thing about Nexus/Pixel phones is that it is easy to port the new version of android to them (unofficially).
My phone works better with the custom ROM than with the stock android! I know the average person won't go through all the trouble to flash a custom ROM on their phone, but this was one of the reason that I bought a Nexus in the first place, the community support at XDA.
Edit: Nexus 6 came to market in 2014. I bought it in 2015 and after years of usage, it has never been faster and snappier. Android 8.1 is quick and it gave my phone a new life.
- ben_jones 9y agoI'm interested in a phone like this for members of my family who are constantly replacing their phones purely for "snapiness". Are there off the shelf vendors where you can buy phones without bloatware, with decent upgrade paths? I would so happily pay for this.
- hojjat12000 9y agoI think Google provides the longest upgrade period among all Android phones (Which clearly is not enough). But the good thing about Nexus/Pixel is that the bootloader is unlocked (if you buy Pixel from the Google store not Verizon). An unlocked bootloader enables you to flash cutom ROMs on your phone. For snappiness, most of new phones with Android 8.1 are fast enough. But again, if there is a big community for that phone in XDA (like with Nexus phones), and the bootloader is unlocked, you will be able to flash new versions of Android for a long time.
- zaarn 9y agoIf you like snappy I do recommend to go into the developer options and disabling or reducing the animation time. It feels a lot snappier even if you had no problems to begin with (some apps do break if you set animation to 0)