Meanwhile, apps open without much hesitation, and animations are in place to ensure we feel a sense of movement. With the exception of the features we already know not to work, Firefox OS never crashed on me, and that's really saying something for an early build. This definitely isn't the speediest ROM, and touch response seems a bit finicky, as if you really have to flick with intent to move through home screens, but it is stable. The one screen keyboard is nice and big, though it currently lacks auto-correct. The clock, calendar, messenger and the like all get the job done. The few apps that you can toy around with are pretty functional, albeit bare bones. You'll find that to be the case across much of the OS. Swipe the slider at the bottom to the left to unlock, a fairly standard mechanic that looks a little different. The Home Screensīy default, Firefox OS has a lock screen enabled.

In the meantime, we'll toy around with it for no greater reason than the fact that we can. When it does, we'll take pride in the fact that we were already using Firefox OS and comfortable with it. Remember, this build is barely a month old-that stuff will come. All in all, there's not a whole lot you can do right now the key words being right now. Right off the bat, here's what isn't going to work for you as of this writing:īasically, while using this ROM, your Nexus 5 is now a device that can't make or receive phone calls, texts, connect to the internet, or take pictures.

This is technically a different OS, but it's still got Android at its core, so you shouldn't be that far out of your element. Using Firefox OS on Your Nexus 5Īfter navigating a few setup menus and a brief tutorial, you'll notice things look a bit different. You can switch back and forth between Firefox, the ROM you were previously using, or any ROM you add to MultiROM from this menu at anytime.

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