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get guys, i know they have just released the rom to enable the gps. i am on the bell network in canada, if i upgrade will i mess up My phone? if i do how can i fix it?
they did....where?? and is it only for the bell one...i am with telus would it work for me 2?
lol. Yall should check out the Vogue Upgrades section at ppcgeeks.com
You guys rules !
I just installed it on my telus touch (Vogue) and it work like a charm
Yep, I'm running the 3.35 radio with JD's lite rom...gps works wonders, and rev A rocks my socks off
Damn i wish telus would just come out with an update for it....i would hate to flash my rom with alltell's software in case something goes wrong with the phone in the future then i would be SOL...anyone here word from telus on update for this?
Just to inform you guys, I have installed the GPS upgrade on the BEll network in Canada, It works like a dream. Thanx to all the help from this forum have given me!!
Grondinm said:
Damn i wish telus would just come out with an update for it....i would hate to flash my rom with alltell's software in case something goes wrong with the phone in the future then i would be SOL...anyone here word from telus on update for this?
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I emailed Telus asking when they were releasing an update and they said they didnt release that information but to check the telus site periodically. So.. basically they are covering their own butts here. Which I can understand. If they give a release date and cant follow through people will do nothing but complain BUT if they go.. SUPRISE heres an update.... people will be thrilled
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Just to inform you guys, I have installed the GPS upgrade on the BEll network in Canada, It works like a dream. Thanx to all the help from this forum have given me!!
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Could you please direct me to a site that would show me how to upgrade my Bell HTC Touch phone so that it has GPS capabilities. I have been searching around but not sure exactly which ROM/radio I need to install.
Sorry for the late reply, the site where I downloaded the Bell ROM from is;
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=281479
You have to scroll down to pretty much the bopttom of the page then click on "OMJ Bell ROM"
Have fun!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751518&page=10
Good news, hopefully its legit and its software.....
Here's a video of proof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ65sS8nbRE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Update on compass: jhego says it works, also says compass view works in google maps... he also used gps navigation for 15 mind straight without losing the route .... some good looking stuff...
Originally Posted by smashpunks Awesome. Thanks again. This will put my mind at ease and I can sleep well.
Originally Posted by smashpunks Awesome thanks for this update.. one last thing if ya could... check google maps street view in compass mode... no hurry just wondering.. may be a seperate fix but still interesting to know.. Thanks again for your testing...
Man, that's sick! I haven't used that mode before. I can tell you that it works__________________(2007-2008) CID/SIM Unlocked ATT Tilt(2008-2010) Unlocked Blackberry Bold 5.0.0.681(2010- Current) Rooted Samsung Captivate
UPDATE 2: some people are reporting no fix or worse... hmmmm.. what's going on. Half say its getting great locks and others not... maybe its a location thing?
Farkkkkk
If the GPS is fixed in this rom, can we have some crow for the people saying it's not fixable via firmware?
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If the GPS is fixed in this rom, can we have some crow for the people saying it's not fixable via firmware?
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Agreed. People getting 8 satellites locked..... awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ65sS8nbRE
6/6 INSTANTLY! 7/7 shortly after... yep, I'd say it's fixed
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ65sS8nbRE
6/6 INSTANTLY! 7/7 shortly after... yep, I'd say it's fixed
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Yes. This makes me very very happy.. now IMO its a perfect device... (hope not speaking to soon but I'd say its fixed also)...
Neat.
Has anyone been able to test out the compass? Whoever is making these videos, could someone ask them to demo Google Sky Map / Street View?
but this isnt for the vibrant right? or can it be ported over since they are so close to each other?
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Neat.
Has anyone been able to test out the compass? Whoever is making these videos, could someone ask them to demo Google Sky Map / Street View?
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I'm having the dude test the compass... also even if this exact thing don't work on vibrant.. its proof that its software and fixable
.. that's all I really wanna know...
Update on compass soon....
It's the firmware for the Captivate, which flashes for different radios and so forth. It could be ported, but it would be a lot of unnecessary work.
To be honest, I find the idea of flashing different ROMs to be stressful. I stopped using my jailbroken iPhone because I grew tired of keeping up with flashing and jumping through hoops. I just want Samsung to fix the phone with an OTA, so I can go back to my normal life.
So, we have no word on a fix for the Vibrant. But one can assume that a fix on AT&T will find itself on the T-Mobile device.
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Neat.
Has anyone been able to test out the compass? Whoever is making these videos, could someone ask them to demo Google Sky Map / Street View?
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Your the dude wanting to bail on the vibrant right? Its cool I understand . Hopefully this changes your mind...
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Has anyone been able to test out the compass? Whoever is making these videos, could someone ask them to demo Google Sky Map / Street View?
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It's the firmware for the Captivate, which flashes for different radios and so forth. It could be ported, but it would be a lot of unnecessary work.
To be honest, I find the idea of flashing different ROMs to be stressful. I stopped using my jailbroken iPhone because I grew tired of keeping up with flashing and jumping through hoops. I just want Samsung to fix the phone with an OTA, so I can go back to my normal life.
So, we have no word on a fix for the Vibrant. But one can assume that a fix on AT&T will find itself on the T-Mobile device.
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The fix is leaked from samsung .. we will get one too. Point again is its fixable, we never knew this before till now.
Although its still not been said if its 100% working.. could be a start though
No, it's a great piece of encouragement. Still, unless something is said soon, I will probably return my phone until the official fix is out. I can always purchase it again at a later date. It's encouraging to see a leak from Samsung fix the problem, but I'm sure you can understand: $500+ is a lot to spend on a phone.
Keep delivering the good news. Hopefully the Compass has been fixed as well. I really love TouchWiz, and was dreading the possible jump to HTC Sense.
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No, it's a great piece of encouragement. Still, unless something is said soon, I will probably return my phone until the official fix is out. I can always purchase it again at a later date. It's encouraging to see a leak from Samsung fix the problem, but I'm sure you can understand: $500+ is a lot to spend on a phone.
Keep delivering the good news. Hopefully the Compass has been fixed as well. I really love TouchWiz, and was dreading the possible jump to HTC Sense.
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I can understand your view.
For me it is also encouraging that samsung really is trying .
This is encouraging news. Hopefully it's true and I can quit obsessing with it
This gives me a damn hard-on.
My phone locked & rebooted* itself twice today, while trying to use GPS. And I was in Mountain View, even - buncha bull****.
-bZj
*when it does this routine, it resets the volume on the system (thus the startup sound) to maximu8m - makes me even angrier!
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don't recall anyone saying it couldn't be fixed - can you point us at one?
the consensus opinion has been no one knew whether it was firmware or software
and btw, while this is good news, we're not totally certain this is a permanent "fix"
if it's still working in 2 or 3 weeks for the folks that installed it, then it might be considered a fix
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don't recall anyone saying it couldn't be fixed - can you point us at one?
the consensus opinion has been no one knew whether it was firmware or software
and btw, while this is good news, we're not totally certain this is a permanent "fix"
if it's still working in 2 or 3 weeks for the folks that installed it, then it might be considered a fix
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Regardless its getting 8 satellite locks for a lot of people .. that's never happened before ... this is a leak so not even official. So official may even be better ....
I was very concerned about the compass as I wasn't convinced that could be fixed via firmware basd on what I saw in the GPS service screens (seemed laggy even straight from the device). Eugene373 posted a fix to GPS for rooted phones here ://to.ly/5TFy (add http to follow the link). I installed it and it fixed both GPS and compass for me personally. This for me was proof positive tha there will be an official Samsung fix released to solve this issue.
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don't recall anyone saying it couldn't be fixed - can you point us at one?
the consensus opinion has been no one knew whether it was firmware or software
and btw, while this is good news, we're not totally certain this is a permanent "fix"
if it's still working in 2 or 3 weeks for the folks that installed it, then it might be considered a fix
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down8 said:
This gives me a damn hard-on.
My phone locked & rebooted* itself twice today, while trying to use GPS. And I was in Mountain View, even - buncha bull****.
-bZj
*when it does this routine, it resets the volume on the system (thus the startup sound) to maximu8m - makes me even angrier!
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Mine has been doing it for a couple of weeks and I finally got fedup with this routine and called TMO and complained. I'm getting a replacement Vibrant in 3 days or so but I'm not holding my breath on it working any better really although I hope that it won't freeze and reboot at least. This official fix can't come fast enough because this GPS caused freezing and rebooting is really getting to me at this point.
Is there any way we can get some files or fix out of this http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150262535205538&id=260085296049 for us t-mobile vibrant. It said to have fix bell vibrant 3 buttons recovery in bell vibrant.
good question
will the US vibrant 3 button issue also be fixed via software update?
yeah really looking for this thing....can someone help!!
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yeah really looking for this thing....can someone help!!
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The Bell i9000m "Vibrant" fix is in the i9000 forum....not here
Release: 3-button combo fix
It was a horrible idea to call that phone "Vibrant" because it's not like the T-Mobile Vibrant...
It's already been determined that the button combo problems are due to the secondary bootloader, but it's going to take a full update to fix this for the T-Mobile Vibrant, and that hasn't happened yet.
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The Bell i9000m "Vibrant" fix is in the i9000 forum....not here
Release: 3-button combo fix
It was a horrible idea to call that phone "Vibrant" because it's not like the T-Mobile Vibrant...
It's already been determined that the button combo problems are due to the secondary bootloader, but it's going to take a full update to fix this for the T-Mobile Vibrant, and that hasn't happened yet.
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More details on second bootloader please. For those of us who don't know what this means, can you elaborate.
Is this a hardware flaw or just software? Also why do only some Vibrants have the 3 button issue, not all? Aren't all the phones getting the same firmware, shouldnt either all or none have the issue.
Looks like sprint is making gingerbread for the epic... I dont know if because this is a CDMA phone if this helps us at all. But it does give me hope that maybe, just maybe verizon will do the same!
http://www.androidcentral.com/epic-4g-gets-new-gingerbread-leak-android-233-and-ee03
One can only hope.
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this is of virtually no help to us.....they already had a gb leak previously which didnt help us...we are on our own with the exception of a few things here and there
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this is of virtually no help to us.....they already had a gb leak previously which didnt help us...we are on our own with the exception of a few things here and there
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Thats too bad but here is to hoping that verizon decides to not take forever again.... Maybe the new 18 month upgrade plan from google IO can help out.
I suspect Verizon will be forced to do a 2.3 update with the recently divulged security flaw in 2.2.
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Jay Evans said:
I suspect Verizon will be forced to do a 2.3 update with the recently divulged security flaw in 2.2.
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Have a link to that I must have missed the story?
sfobrien said:
Have a link to that I must have missed the story?
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here ya go!
http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/17/99-of-android-handsets-vulnerable-to-account-credential-theft/
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here ya go!
http://www.bgr.com/2011/05/17/99-of-android-handsets-vulnerable-to-account-credential-theft/
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Has Verizon fixed the locally-exploitable issue with Android < 2.3.3 yet (you know, the one that ended up with Google pulling a bunch of apps from the market that were actively exploiting it)?
Nothing also prevents Verizon from backporting the fix, or simply ignoring it. It doesn't seem like it would be very easy to exploit (you have to perform a MITM attack on a token that's usable for 14 days? Sounds like a fairly small window of opportunity!).
As for the agreement to update devices for up to 18 months... I doubt it applies retroactively.
In case anyone hadn't yet noticed, Verizon sucks.
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As for the agreement to update devices for up to 18 months... I doubt it applies retroactively.
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I agree. I really wish though that google would pull their pants up and tell US carriers whats up. It's googles OS but it seems like the phone companies get to beat the hell out of it and google just gets to watch. It should be a little more take it or leave it, this is our baby kind of a deal I feel.
Though at this point that is just a fading dream.
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In case anyone hadn't yet noticed, Verizon sucks.
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True and False. I have had everything but Sprint and Verizon is the lesser of the demons for me. At&t is absolutely terrible I paid to get away from their horrible business model. Sure they don't update but their customer service and stability has never been matched.
The security vulnerability is common for any wifi device. The key is to not connect to insecure wifi networks.
Also the only the latest version of gb got the security update, not any and all versions of gb.
Seriously, froyo wasn't enough? Now we're crying about samsung leaked gb? It'll come in time. We already have two separate versions of CM7.
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True and False. I have had everything but Sprint and Verizon is the lesser of the demons for me. At&t is absolutely terrible I paid to get away from their horrible business model. Sure they don't update but their customer service and stability has never been matched.
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Well, yes, AT&T also sucks. Verizon has "The Network" (except when LTE crashes and 3G databases get corrupted -- fail!). AT&T has the iPhone. That's seriously all either one cares about or understands.
However, AT&T has the fortune of using hardware compatible with international unlocked models. "The Network" is, besides Verizon's main selling point, also another big way of locking us into their crappy inattention and bloat. I hate it, and I hate even more that AT&T will gobble up the most Android-sympathetic carrier and force us into bloated high-priced no-update duopoly.
I've never tried Sprint either, but it's ever more tempting.
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Well, yes, AT&T also sucks. Verizon has "The Network" (except when LTE crashes and 3G databases get corrupted -- fail!). AT&T has the iPhone. That's seriously all either one cares about or understands.
However, AT&T has the fortune of using hardware compatible with international unlocked models. "The Network" is, besides Verizon's main selling point, also another big way of locking us into their crappy inattention and bloat. I hate it, and I hate even more that AT&T will gobble up the most Android-sympathetic carrier and force us into bloated high-priced no-update duopoly.
I've never tried Sprint either, but it's ever more tempting.
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As someone who had tried all of the major 4, as well as someone who travels all over this country and canada. I have found verizon has the biggest and most stable network. Now, in full disclosure, my service when I am home 2 days a month sucks. But for someone who "needs" a nationwide network verizon is imho, the best.
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As long as there is a will there is a way. MITM are not as hard as you make it seem. I could easily come over to your wifi and make way with all your bank accounts. Wifi, bluetooth and even any GSM network are susceptible to getting attacked.
Yeah this leak is really stable guys; netfix works perfect also, and this isn't even the latest build!
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I believe the current one is coming from google/motorola, but that's the wifi only model.
I have the 4G model, and afaik verizon would be releasing it, because it has their reputation/name on it
I also know this is a 'GED' device, so google supports it
so who would it be that would deliver ICS?
because if it's verizon, I don't think the 4G guys are getting it this month, but if it's google/motorola, I assume it can be within a week or so...
Chances are, it has to pass through Verizon for rigorous testing before being delivered OTA to thousands of users.
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I believe the current one is coming from google/motorola, but that's the wifi only model.
I have the 4G model, and afaik verizon would be releasing it, because it has their reputation/name on it
I also know this is a 'GED' device, so google supports it
so who would it be that would deliver ICS?
because if it's verizon, I don't think the 4G guys are getting it this month, but if it's google/motorola, I assume it can be within a week or so...
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It will come from Google. Verizon will sign off on it, but it will come from Google. There seems to be a misconception around here that only the WiFi Xoom is a Google Experience Device (GED). Not true - the 3G/4G Xoom is as well. All updates have come from Google.
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It will come from Google. Verizon will sign off on it, but it will come from Google. There seems to be a misconception around here that only the WiFi Xoom is a Google Experience Device (GED). Not true - the 3G/4G Xoom is as well. All updates have come from Google.
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That's what I originally thought, as well, but, I was told only the wifi version is a GED earlier today. It was my understanding that all US versions of the Xoom were GED. If so, then maybe there's hope we'll see it sooner rather than later. After all, they have to do a soak test, right?
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That's what I originally thought, as well, but, I was told only the wifi version is a GED earlier today. It was my understanding that all US versions of the Xoom were GED. If so, then maybe there's hope we'll see it sooner rather than later. After all, they have to do a soak test, right?
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All US versions of the Xoom are GEDs. If they weren't, Moto would have been able to use a custom kernel to enable full SD card access, like they did with Xooms in other countries. I'm not sure where the misinformation came from that only the WiFi Xoom is a GED. That's not the case.
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All US versions of the Xoom are GEDs. If they weren't, Moto would have been able to use a custom kernel to enable full SD card access, like they did with Xooms in other countries. I'm not sure where the misinformation came from that only the WiFi Xoom is a GED. That's not the case.
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That is what I originally thought until I was told different. Thank you for confirming that!
So it won't be long before us 4g guys get it too. Unless Verizon had to test it out before signing off on it...
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Let's hope so. Although I'm now running team EOS nightlies and have to say I may just stick with this. It's quite amazing. I'll install the official release once it's out there but I'm likely going to keep this.
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So it won't be long before us 4g guys get it too. Unless Verizon had to test it out before signing off on it...
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Verizon does have to OK it
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Verizon does have to OK it
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Yea....we're screwed then. Maybe June or September. LOL!
SamuriHL said:
Yea....we're screwed then. Maybe June or September. LOL!
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No we're not. How quickly people forget that the VZW Xoom was first to receive the 3.1 update. VZW generally turns these GED updates around reasonably quickly.
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No we're not. How quickly people forget that the VZW Xoom was first to receive the 3.1 update. VZW generally turns these GED updates around reasonably quickly.
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I know. I'm just being highly sarcastic. Let's hope we see it in the next week or so. Of course, it'll likely get released while I'm traveling for work next week. Guess I'll throw the dev tools on my work laptop...."just in case". I really do hope we see the official update soon. Would like to compare it to the AOSP roms.
Apparently its not as easy as we thought ;-)
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Clearly. Somehow I get the feeling we won't be seeing it for a while.
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Yea....we're screwed then. Maybe June or September. LOL!
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Screwed? Just use Team EOS rom. It's better than stock.
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Screwed? Just use Team EOS rom. It's better than stock.
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I do. And have been for a while now. I meant screwed on the official update and I was being sarcastic when I wrote that. Although....it's still not out yet. LOL! Anyway, yea, I love Team EOS. That rom ROCKS!
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Screwed? Just use Team EOS rom. It's better than stock.
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Really been holding out on that... There is no benefit in rooting my xoom right now besides eos ics.
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For the longest time I kept my Xoom stock. For a small while I put the tiamat rom on. But I eventually went back to Stock. With ICS, the advantage over stock HC is pretty immense and I wanted to make sure that what ever ROM I installed with ICS was fully functional. This is the primary reason I went with EOS. Their ROM is virtually fully functional. It also has additional functions like others have mentioned (OC, use of SD card, etc.) Anyway, this is one of those times where I really feel that the ROM developers have come through in a big way. The biggest bug I have found in one of the nightlies was the dictionary issue but that has since been resolved.
The way I look at it is this, with my 4G Xoom I either need to have the best ROM available or be fully stock, none of this in-between stuff.
just in case no one said it who cares !
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For the longest time I kept my Xoom stock. For a small while I put the tiamat rom on. But I eventually went back to Stock. With ICS, the advantage over stock HC is pretty immense and I wanted to make sure that what ever ROM I installed with ICS was fully functional. This is the primary reason I went with EOS. Their ROM is virtually fully functional. It also has additional functions like others have mentioned (OC, use of SD card, etc.) Anyway, this is one of those times where I really feel that the ROM developers have come through in a big way. The biggest bug I have found in one of the nightlies was the dictionary issue but that has since been resolved.
The way I look at it is this, with my 4G Xoom I either need to have the best ROM available or be fully stock, none of this in-between stuff.
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I guess I'll give it a go...
gonna take most of my night I think. I have no idea how adb operates. I remember using it once but that was a while ago on my atrix to unlock it