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Since which Android version is exFat supported?
It seems that, according to plugable - Adding MicroSD and USB Storage Support to Android Devices, it's been supported since KitKat (whether using apps or not) but (as always) it's down to the OEM's ...
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Since which Android version is exFat supported?
As of today (03-Apr-2020), exFAT is not yet officially supported in AOSP.
exFAT - a filesystem developed by Microsoft - was (is?) not open-source, so it was never a part of Linux (and hence Android) ...
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When will my device get the Android 7.0 update (Nougat)?
This community wiki will list all of the known and rumored dates for devices. If you have an update make sure to follow the format that's been established, and the following guidelines:
Keep devices ...
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When will my device get the Android 8.0 update (Oreo)?
This community wiki will list all of the known and rumored dates for devices.
If you have an update please edit this wiki here, but make sure to follow the format that's been established, and the ...
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Android support for TLS
Assuming you are not doing Android development, you do not need to worry about Android version.
Any serious security-minded application like Chrome on Android will use TLS 1.2. You can verify this ...
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Can an app installed from Play Store being dropped support due to changing requirement in Android version?
Can an app installed from Play Store being dropped support due to changing requirement in Android version?
App developer (free/paid app) is at complete liberty to support/not support later Android ...
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How to pick a phone for long usage?
Yes, it is possible to buy an Android phone that will last for 5 years. My phone has served me well for 7-8 years, so far, and I believe it will last even longer.
However, you can't tell what will ...
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What are the minimum hardware specifications for Android?
Here follows a somewhat simpler answer regarding the RAM memory requirements. According to the above mentioned docs, all versions from "Lollipop" (Android 5.0) up to Android 11 need at least ...
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Are security patches only applied to the latest Android version?
Google provides security updates for older AOSP major versions, but they do not provide updates for Pixel phones.
You can see this easily in the list of available Firmware images for Pixel devices:
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Are security patches only applied to the latest Android version?
Security patches are (almost) always applied to the latest Android version.
It may be easier to imagine the Android version as codebase A and the security patch as codebase B. Each Android version can ...
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What percentage of devices have each of the Android versions?
As the Google dashboards page has stopped giving version percentages for some time, years to my memory, I thought I'd give an updated answer to this salient issue. First off, when you create a new ...
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Can an app installed from Play Store being dropped support due to changing requirement in Android version?
There is a term called "Buyer Beware". The same way old phones or old operating systems are stopped being supported, the apps can also share the same fate. Especially when considering the fact that ...
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How can you sort apps alphabetically in android jellybean 4.2.2?
From a Home screen, touch Apps.
2. Touch Menu ➔ View type.
3. Touch Alphabetical grid
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Since which Android version is exFat supported?
exFAT has been natively supported since A13.
Why not earlier?
In August of 2019, Microsoft published the technical specification for exFAT and endorsed its addition to the Linux kernel. While ...
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Can I install packages to external SD card on Termux in Android?
Unfortunately you can't.
The packages you install using pkg install, which is actually a wrapper for the frontend of the famous Debian Package Manager, APT. APT downloads packages provided by Termux ...
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What is PD1A.180720.030 in Android 9.0.0 (PD1A.180720.030)?
They are build numbers:
According to Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL First Factory Images are Available!:
Google just posted the first factory image and OTA files for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. Since today ...
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What Percentage of Android Devices Run on a 64-bit Architecture?
I have not yet been able to view recent statistics, but
according to this article published end of 2017:
The ARMv8 instruction set architecture rolled out 64-bit hardware support in 2014, and now ...
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Are there "end of life" plans for Android?
Since at least 2017 (and now in 2020), major manufacturers have published support plans.
Google supports each phone for at least 3 years (Pixel & Pixel XL were supported for 3 years exactly): ...
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What are the names of the various versions of the Android OS, and how are these names chosen?
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels contains a table that links all the naming mess, excerpt:
Platform Version API Level VERSION_CODE
Android 6.0 ...
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Are there any stats of Android version distribution by region?
StatCounter have stats by region, showing for example, India's most popular is 6.0 Marshmallow compared with 7.0 Nougat in Europe.
India:
Europe:
To get an idea how these might compare with the ...
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Do every Android version store the PIN/passwords at the same file?
According to this source
Android stores this pattern in a special file called password.key in /data/system/. As storing the pattern in plain text wouldn’t be very save, this time Android stores an ...
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How to change android version Jellybean 4.2.2 to the newest update?
You can't just automatically "change" your version to Lollipop or Kitkat. Either Samsung needs to send an update to your phone, or your carrier (eg. Verizon, Sprint) needs to send the update to your ...
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Why is Marshmallow 6.0 and not 5.2?
There's no official answer for this question from Google.
Here's an answer from the Android Authority Website:
We finally have the gooey answer to the Android M conundrum and it’s Marshmallow. Not ...
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Android Versions Size Vs Features
For versions above 2.3.6, you could check the Google Developers page for the stock images for the nexus phones. They could provide a context for the sizes of pure Android.
There is another site i ...
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NFC battery draining through constant use
The Tag Dispatch System of Android Developers says
Android-powered devices are usually looking for NFC tags when the screen is unlocked, unless NFC is disabled in the device's Settings menu. When ...
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About Android versions and naming
The names and numbers are decided by Google's marketing department. It's got nothing to do with the developers, who don't even know the name or number until shortly before it's announced: they use an ...
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Where is the chart that shows device model popularity?
Many third-parties do this statistical work. Here's one I can find that's relatively new (Aug. 2015) and in English (Chinese groups do it too but I'd not bother looking for it because people here ...
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