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Any news about 4.4 ???

Then maybe you know of something we don't? The rumors right now floating around to me do not show all that much of an improvement especially to designate a 5.0 status. If you know something please share......................

Edit; Ah now it seems more info is popping on the net about 4.4 so maybe as you say it is not the point update early info was essentially sating it was................
 
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What about Googles attempt to thwart custom roms, will that be a huge stumbling point?

What are you referring to?

If you're talking about the new security feature in 4.4 that prevents rootkits, that's not Google attempting to thrwart a custom ROM.

That won't even affect root on any device with an unlockable boot loader.

Any nexus device will not be affected. Rooting and ROMing will continue to be just as easy as before

The "OH no googles blocking custom Roms" you see in blogs is totally off base from that perspective.
 
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Thank you for the clarification Rexpert83. I admit I only read it in passing and obviously misunderstood the article.
There's been a lot of security enhancements in 4.4, so I was just trying to figure out which one you were referring to.

There's also been a lot of press about how its going to be bad for rooting, but the reality is it won't affect nexus users or any user on an unlockable phone.
 
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