Tweety.Abd Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Users may find the performance of Samsung’s Exynos processors exhilarating, but it seems the developers who work on custom ROMs for these devices don’t share the same enthusiasm. Responding to a query on xda-developers forum, CyanogenMod developer who goes by the forum ID ‘codeworkx’ explained why he and other developers think that Exynos processors are bad for developers. It essentially boils down to lack of proper support from Samsung in terms of providing sources or documentation for their processors and when they do it’s either outdated or incompatible. In comparison, he found Qualcomm and TI to be far better. He even gave an example where he compared two of Samsung’s phones, the I9100 Galaxy S II and the I9100G Galaxy S II, essentially the same phones but running on different SoCs, the former on Samsung’s Exynos and the latter on TI OMAP. The I9100 is still struggling with an unstable and poorly performing Jelly Bean ROM whereas the I9100G has a fully functional Jelly Bean ROM. In the end, his advice is to avoid buying Exynos phones, that is, if you care about installing custom ROMs on your device. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Too little too late for that now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Too little too late for that now :D Why do you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Why do you say that? Because I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (P6200) which runs on a dual-core Exynos chip :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Why do you say that? Because I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (P6200) which runs on a dual-core Exynos chip :D Oh well, if you like Samsung's stock firmware then you've made the right choice. I personally cannot stand Samsung's firmware. I have I9100G & I9300, both on CyanogenMod 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Why do you say that? Because I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (P6200) which runs on a dual-core Exynos chip :D Oh well, if you like Samsung's stock firmware then you've made the right choice. I personally cannot stand Samsung's firmware. I have I9100G & I9300, both on CyanogenMod 10. And you should know, SGS3 (I9300) has Exynos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Why do you say that? Because I recently bought Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus (P6200) which runs on a dual-core Exynos chip :D Oh well, if you like Samsung's stock firmware then you've made the right choice. I personally cannot stand Samsung's firmware. I have I9100G & I9300, both on CyanogenMod 10. And you should know, SGS3 (I9300) has Exynos as well. I'm well aware of it. I got it as a gift, so there's nothing that I could do. But for now, CyanogenMod 10 works fine on I9300. I personally prefer my 9100G over 9300 any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I'm not fond of Samsung's stock, but it was the best 7 inch tablet I could find at the price, so..And I did look at the Nexus 7 but I didn't like it. It was priced exactly at the same price as my P6200 with less features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chlorophyll Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 exynos is really good.no doubt S II I9100/I9100G difference is S II I9100 had exynos but G VERSION wont have it.G MODEL IS BAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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