Good for Nothing: Phone 1’s Stable Android 13 Release is Starting to Arrive
Good for Nothing: Phone 1’s Stable Android 13 Release is Starting to Arrive
The phone that goes blink blink blink that’s Nothing. According to Nothing’s site, it’s a phone that was created with more soul, fewer distractions, and is a beast when it comes to the technologies it has. Nothing Technology Limited known as NOTHING is an electronics manufacturer that was founded by Carl Pei, who is based in London England. Carl Pei is also the co-founder of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus.
I will quickly give you the details of Nothing’s Phone 1 just in case you missed them. The Phone 1 was created with a Glyph Interface, which is a new communication with distinct light patterns to indicate your caller reminder with that blink blink blink. This was created to make everyday interactions simple.
You’re guaranteed never to miss a call by pairing individual ringtones to contacts. You can see who's calling even when the phone is in silent mode. It also comes with a unique notifications feature that has patterns to easily filter your notifications and emails from your calls.
Nothing's operating system has also been set to deliver the best of Android with no bloatware and high speeds, offering a smooth experience. It also allows for seamless integration with any third-party products by incorporating its visual language into its hardware and software.
Well, Nothing hasn’t stopped developing and making their systems better to match the already distinct hardware. Recently XDA Developers spotted that Nothing is starting to release its major operating system upgrade for the Phone 1. Nothing's operating system 1.5 has been in testing since 2022 with its Android 13 skin. Beta testers have been reporting on Discord and Reddit that a more stable version known as Nothing OS 1.5.2 has arrived.
What Does the New Nothing OS 1.5.2 Have to Offer?
Nothing’s New OS 1.5.2 comes with a list of improvements such as:
- A Nothin- ified weather app with the company’s dot-matrix signature UI styling.
- A QR code scanner in the quick settings menu.
- Some privacy updates for the photo picker.
- High loading speeds with Nothing claiming apps open up to 50% faster than usual.
Most Phone 1 users are looking forward to the phone's improved app loading speed. This is likely to be a result of the shift from in-house developers to external developers according to CEO Carl Pei. He also mentioned that the company has been using its internal engineering team since the first release. By outsourcing, they’ve managed to make the system more stable and smoother.
Some sad news is that if you're a Phone 1 user and weren’t part of the beta program it looks like you’ve to wait a while longer to check out these new updates. All devices that are running on the previous stable release aren't part of the first wave of updates. The great news is that Android 14 beta testing is underway.
Thanks for the tip Martin.
It is for these kinds of posts that I follow GHacks.
What’s up with the generic comment, are you a bot?
2G?
Where on the planet is that still in use? I was forced to give up using my RAZRV3 years ago because 2G was phased out by AT&T.
Everywhere 3G has been turned off and you don’t have LTE coverage, and believe me there are many developed countries where this is the case and if it weren’t for 2G you wouldn’t even be able to make a phone call.
Maybe I missed it, but I don’t believe tha term “2G” is in the article. Perhaps you are referring to “AGM G2”??
@Martin
Your website has gone insane.
When I the post button I then saw my comment posted on a different article page. When I opened this article again, it is here.
@Tachy @Martin Brinkmann
” Your website has gone insane. ”
Same here. Has happened several times.
@Tachy,
@Martin P.,
For over two weeks now,
I’ve been seeing “Comments” posted by subscribers appearing in different, unrelated articles.
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572991
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572951
For the time being,
it would be better to specify the “article name and URL” at the beginning of the post.
@tachy a lot of non-phone devices with a sim in them rely on 2G, at least here in europe.
Usually things reporting usage or errors/alarms on something remote that does not get day to day inspection in person. They are out there in vast numbers doing important work. Reliable, good range. The low datarate is no problem at all in those cases.
3G is gone or on its last legs everywhere, but this stuff still has too much use to cancel.
Anyhow, interesting that they would put that in. I can see the point if you suspect a hostile 2G environment (amateur eavesdroppers with laptop, ranging up to professional grade MITM fake towers while “strangely” not getting the stronger crypto voip 4G because it is being jammed, and back down to something as old ‘stingray’ devices fallen into the wrong hands).
But does this also mean that they have handled and rolled out a fix for that nasty 4G ‘pwn by broadcast’ problem you reported earlier this year? I had 4G disabled due to that, on the off chance that some of the local criminals would buy some cheap chinese gear, download a working exploit and probe every phone in range all over town in the hope of getting into phones of the police.
>”While most may never be attacked in stingrays, it is still recommended to disable 2G cellular connections, especially since it does not have any downsides.”
The downside would be losing connectivity. I spend a lot of time way out in the countryside where there’s often no service or almost none. My network allows 2G, and I need it sometimes. I have an option on the phone to disable 2G, I may do that when I’m in the city and I have good 5G connectivity, but not out in the country.
I would imagine that the stingray exploits, like most of the bad things in this world, are probably things you will run into in the crowded big cities.
I stopped using it in a mobile (Wi-Fi line) environment, so I’m almost ignorant of the actual situation,
But the recent reality in Japan makes me realize that “the infrastructure of the web is nothing more than a papier-mâché fiction”.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/17/google-chrome-to-enable-https-first-by-default-for-all-users/#comment-4572402
It is already beyond the scope of what an individual can do.
What we should be aware of is the reality that “governments and those in power want to control the world through the Web”, and efforts to counter (resist and prevent) such ambitions are necessary.
Why do you want people to disable the privacy features? Hmmmmm?
Now You: do you plan to keep the Ads privacy features enabled?
I’d like to tell you, but apparently if you make a post critical of Google, you get censored. * [Editor: removed, just try to bring your opinion across without attacking anyone]
@Martin
You website is still psychotic. Comments attach to random stories.
@Martin please do fix the comments, it’s completely insane commenting here! :[
@Martin
The comments are seriously messed up on gHacks now. These comments are mixed with the article at the below URL.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/18/android-how-to-disable-2g-cellular-connections-to-improve-security/
And comments on other articles are from as far back as 2010.
What does this article has anything to do with all the comments on this article? LOL I think this Websuite is ran by ChatGPT. every article is messed up. Some older comments from 2015 shown up in recant articles, LOL
The picture captioned “Clearing the Android Auto’s cache might resolve the issue” is from Apple Carplay ;)
How about other things that matter:
Drop survival?
Screen toughness?
Degree of water and dust protection?