QUOTE(super_evil_alien @ Jul 28 2013, 12:33 PM)
The process the reversible.Quite easy for the advanced users.
But here's how you can check whether your device is fully stock:
Press power button + volume down to go to the bootloader : If the bootloader is locked good chance your device is in stock mode.
In bootloader mode press volume down twice & power button after than to go the recovery mode.If you see a green robot with exclamation mark then you have stock recovery.Which means no custom recovery installed.
Next proceed to load the OS as usual & check whether there is any app called SuperSU or Superuser installed.This app is used to govern root access.
I assume you know how to check for custom rom & kernel from settings tab?
azrash IwanAGPBringing Intel chipset to compare with ARM SOC is like bringing gun in knifefight. If the benchmark all that matters Intel can always slap a Intel i7 9XX processor in a device. That device will probably break every single Android device record by mile.
Intel have the power consumption issue under control. Haswell processor plays well with low power.
Someone mentioned that Intel SOC have app compatibility issue with Android? Most of the major app developers have enabled support for Intel devices & even playback apps have special codecs to support Intel devices.
The Lenovo K900 users saying that 99% of time they don't face any app compatibility issues.
Didn't read much on that either. I'm reading reviews from China website which they normally use external data from other devices (cracked), they showed quite a number of incompatible games, not sure about normal apps though.
QUOTE(arslow @ Jul 28 2013, 12:41 PM)
the Bluetooth/wifi/fm chip is not directly built on the SOC, its separate( maybe this isn't clear, but what I mean is the wifi/Bluetooth/fm combo isn't fixed to a certain model, so there are possibility of having a non-T SOC using the WCN3680. Nexus 4 used the WCN3660, not the WCN3680, which is the chip which has AC.
Didn't read so deep into it but I know what you're trying to express.
So basically, S4 Pro SoC itself supports 802.11ac. But 802.11ac itself is not inside the SoC but a separate module. So it depends on that separate module whether 802.11ac is supported.
Btw... Nexus 7 2013 is using a different variant of S4 Pro, one that sits in between S4 Pro and Snapdragon 600 called the APQ8064-1AA. They said it should be a lowered binned S600 as it's clocked at 1.5GHz while S600 nominal clock from 1.7 ~ 1.9GHz. Quad core Krait 300 @ 1.5GHz vs Quad core Krait 200 @ 1.5GHz in Nexus 4. Theoretically it should be faster!