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Froyo NOW and Gingerbread 5 mo's from now or skip and wait to Gingerbread?

Hey guys,
Well with the way things are looking (obviously), it's taking forever and a day to get any update from Samsung. With that being said, would you guys rather get Froyo now and wait 5 months after every update (so we're later than everybody else) our would you rather just skip Froyo and get Gingerbread, say, a year from now?
Me, I'd rather get constant improvements even if they are late, rather than one lump sum a year and a half later.
What about you guys?
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Just use custom roms.
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Samsung announced that all SGS phones will have Froyo by the end of November. They've already started the rollout in Europe.

opiate46 said:
Samsung announced that all SGS phones will have Froyo by the end of November. They've already started the rollout in Europe.
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for the umpteenth time that is for European Galaxy S's.

Rodriguez92 said:
Just use custom roms.
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seanfloyd said:
for the umpteenth time that is for european galaxy s's.
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I'd just like to see JIT and Flash ported over to a Fusion Rom...

I'd rather have an i7 processor and 8Gb of RAM with eclair OS. I'd also like a golden toilet

Chalup said:
I'd rather have an i7 processor and 8Gb of RAM with eclair OS. I'd also like a golden toilet
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They were giving away golden toilets with the purchase of a vibrant back in september.

I don't even care anymore to be honest. Too many people whining and complaining about it not being here has ruined its appeal. Just going to stick to custom ROMS and call it day
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evanef said:
I'd just like to see JIT and Flash ported over to a Fusion Rom...
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Umm, never gonna happen. Sombionix will more likely create a new series of Fusion-esqe ROMs based on the JPM release.

Galaxy s will have 2.3

According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
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I'm not trying to hate but I dont believe a word samsung says anymore

Samsung lies.
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mikey7436 said:
According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
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Do you have a link to their page or posting?

**** samsung
Vibrant + Nero + SuperIO Kernel + OCLF

it looks like i'm getting my 2.3 most likely from supercurio that guys a mad man ;p

willsnews said:
it looks like i'm getting my 2.3 most likely from supercurio that guys a mad man ;p
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Id rather not.
They don't have drivers for half the things that make this phone a smartphone.
Also can u post a link to their facebook thing? Id like to see it too.
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xriderx66 said:
Id rather not.
They don't have drivers for half the things that make this phone a smartphone.
Also can u post a link to their facebook thing? Id like to see it too.
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This lol. All the 2.2 roms depended on Samsung's leaks as a base to have full functionality.

This would be exciting if we had received 2.2 back in September, when it was promised. Samsung is a joke, but we all know that already.

mikey7436 said:
According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
Really? I just scoured their page and nothing was mentioned.
You just looking to troll?
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frawggy said:
mikey7436 said:
According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
Really? I just scoured their page and nothing was mentioned.
You just looking to troll?
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Or maybe you can't find it.
Stop calling others "trolls" because theyre new to the scene k?
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Where? http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile?v=wall
I don't see it. And if it is true, I'm guessing it'd take til June of 2011 to get it in the Galaxy S. Which then would be delayed to July, then August, then September.....
I really think Samsung does it on purpose. I've gone through so many scenarios as to why they are delaying FroYo for so long, and I just cannot reason it. I am certain it is on purpose. Why? That's the one million dollar question. Could it be to sell more Nexus S'? Could be. But no one knows for sure except Samsung...
I just don't see how a company as big as Samsung can't devote the manpower to put this thing together and up and running months ago.

xriderx66 said:
frawggy said:
Or maybe you can't find it.
Stop calling others "trolls" because theyre new to the scene k?
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Maybe you weren't around to see the stupidly ridiculous amount of Froyo threads before the leaked builds started coming out. Maybe you're right and he just didn't find it, but we've all heard the same things before, by trolls and Samsung.
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Bernardos70 said:
Where? http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobile?v=wall
I don't see it. And if it is true, I'm guessing it'd take til June of 2011 to get it in the Galaxy S. Which then would be delayed to July, then August, then September.....
I really think Samsung does it on purpose. I've gone through so many scenarios as to why they are delaying FroYo for so long, and I just cannot reason it. I am certain it is on purpose. Why? That's the one million dollar question. Could it be to sell more Nexus S'? Could be. But no one knows for sure except Samsung...
I just don't see how a company as big as Samsung can't devote the manpower to put this thing together and up and running months ago.
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Because Samsung never have to made products that needs long term commitmenets. They make TV, Monitors, and Flash Disks, and dumb phones which were all sales are final kind of product; as long as there are no large manufacturer defect, it's pretty much end of support - minus some lemons.
They did have the omnia series, but they develop the OS in house, but was also slow as hell to push out updates. That's the only counter argument I foresee.
Overall, Samsung is just very bad at software, kind of like Sony before PS3.

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mikey7436 said:
According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
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According to Samsung, we will have 2.2 by the end of September.

wow! we all have this phone and are apart of this site. doesnt that stand for something? like the people who have this phone and know nothing of the mods or roms here really do love this phone. they might not be enjoying the luxuries that we have but they are content. besides if i can enjoy gingerbread on this phone before i upgrade it to something newer in the future, cool! if not i will enjoy all of the spectacular work that has been shared by the devs of this community!

mikey7436 said:
According to the samsung facebook page it says they will get 2.3. They even talked about some of the improvements.
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what year did they say 2013? As others have stated Samsung has failed to deliver on 2.2 I think 2 or 3 times now and keep pushing it back.
Why would anyone have any faith that they are going to release 2.3 when they can't even get 2.2 out?

lol imagine if samsung gave us straight 2.3 and skipped froyo

ikevinnyii said:
lol imagine if samsung gave us straight 2.3 and skipped froyo
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if i was samsung i'd do that.
Froyo is just known to everyone now, theres hundreds of roms that have Froyo, might as well go on to Gingerbread.

Leaked internal Verizon screenshot with Fascinate update

Latest info on next Fascinate update:
http://erictric.com/2011/01/05/veri...e-blackberry-bold-9650-and-others-this-month/
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Arixsin said:
Latest info on next Fascinate update:
http://erictric.com/2011/01/05/veri...e-blackberry-bold-9650-and-others-this-month/
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Please be true...thanks for the info
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This just my 2 cents. I believe that the Verizon update leaked about on the 1/10 is to allow the phone to be updated by Kies. Granted, this week is CES, and Verizon is lauching new LTE phones, but I also see this as an opportunity for Samsung to announce updates to their Galaxy S lines in the US. Considering how many of these phones have sold, if there isn't an announcement at CES, there may never be one, lol. But I believe they will say something, because they want to build up the Galaxy S brands, and you really can't do that by screwing consumers out of an update for a Free Mobile OS.

It is really most likely a bug fix, hence why it's called MR2 (Maintainence Release). Most likely it's DL09. NOT froyo.

It may actually be our beloved froyo that we've been waiting for.
But honestly, I'm waiting for jt and co's gingerbread...

Who cares .... for those who don't frequent IRC, here's today's status: "You'll notice there is not AOSP status here, thats because we got the .35 kernel booting and have moved to gingerbread...have a nice day"

i would be on IRC just watching whats going on if nothing else... but i couldnt tell you how to access it lol

maybe ill get something for my birthday, (the 10th, that is)

andwhy81 said:
maybe ill get something for my birthday, (the 10th, that is)
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Ha, nice. My birthday is the 9th. I would probably guess that it is just the maintenance update, but I guess with CES this week, you never know.
It is good to know that jt is close to getting gingerbread running though, that will be pretty sweet.

xceebeex said:
Ha, nice. My birthday is the 9th. I would probably guess that it is just the maintenance update, but I guess with CES this week, you never know.
It is good to know that jt is close to getting gingerbread running though, that will be pretty sweet.
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Hehe my birthday is the 9th as well, will finally be 21. But yes it will be quite nice to see GB running, and before samsung could release it too. That is pretty sad.

devistator18 said:
Hehe my birthday is the 9th as well, will finally be 21. But yes it will be quite nice to see GB running, and before samsung could release it too. That is pretty sad.
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Ha, I am going to be 30.

I'll believe it when I see it! My sisters b-day is 1/11

devistator18 said:
Hehe my birthday is the 9th as well, will finally be 21. But yes it will be quite nice to see GB running, and before samsung could release it too. That is pretty sad.
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Not sad, just means the fascinate devs kick ass...and should be rewarded with beer and praise.
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xceebeex said:
Ha, I am going to be 30.
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Youngins
It looks like, whoever gets to it first, we're going to see some sort of update in the pretty near future.
Can't wait to see what is going to come about over the course of this month.

Gingerbread already out for Samsung Galaxy S, We're Next!

The official version has already been leaked!!!!! How long do you think it will take before it reaches the Epic?
http://gameolosophy.com/games/official-gingerbread-rom-already-for-galaxy-s/

Optimistically?
Never.

gokuman56 said:
The official version has already been leaked!!!!! How long do you think it will take before it reaches the Epic?
http://gameolosophy.com/games/official-gingerbread-rom-already-for-galaxy-s/
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It should be out by Friday... the latest.

Come on guys
I think it will be out by next month

apatcas said:
It should be out by Friday... the latest.
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That can't be very likely

apatcas said:
It should be out by Friday... the latest.
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Yes my trustworthy sources say Friday is the latest it will be pushed to our phones... I'm good friends with a sprint rep...
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deano0714 said:
Yes my trustworthy sources say Friday is the latest it will be pushed to our phones... I'm good friends with a sprint rep...
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LOL, OK, so now we know for sure that it won't be out by Friday. Or ever.

Do we have to play this game again? I think everybody already know the answer considering our froyo wait.
I hate "Top Flight Security Mods"

I have a friend who works in the Sprint retail store and he told me that developers at Samsung are currently working on a Gingerbread for our Epic4g. He said the latest build was ZM>9000 and that they let him test it and it was pretty awesome.

Are you guys pulling my leg or telling the truth? lol

gokuman56 said:
Are you guys pulling my leg or telling the truth? lol
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Considering you pretty much answered your own question...
gokuman56 said:
The official version has already been leaked!!!!! How long do you think it will take before it reaches the Epic?
http://gameolosophy.com/games/official-gingerbread-rom-already-for-galaxy-s/
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gokuman56 said:
I think it will be out by next month
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what else were you expecting?

Well, I just wanted your opinions, so I posted......................... lol, but I see now that much of the Galaxy S team has lost its spirit, but what if we get gingerbread before the EVO? How will it feel then?

gokuman56 said:
Well, I just wanted your opinions, so I posted......................... lol, but I see now that much of the Galaxy S team has lost its spirit, but what if we get gingerbread before the EVO? How will it feel then?
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It will feel horrible because it will be a buggy mess. Let them get Froyo sorted out before they begin to use this as a buggy base of their Gingerbread build. I do believe Samsung will deliver Gingerbread, but dont even think it will be before Summer 2011. I have nothing against Samsung really. They could do better with software support though. And you will find ridiculous skepticism among people at XDA for anything positive that is "supposed" to be coming from Samsung in the future.

Thats true, well then, I guess, well just wait and see, anybody else want to share opinions?

updates!
I personally do NOT think we will ever see another update past froyo...
We might get a froyo update to fix bugs and what not but as far as 2.3 ect, they will leave the epic by the wayside and focus on the galaxy S2 series and other newer phones. The epic was just a complete failure and they know it, thats why they are come out with galaxy S2.

well idk, its a tough call...
took a long time for froyo...
but then you can look at it like "well samsung sees how the US folk are all pissed off so they might start trying to release more updates bla bla"
if the epic does get gingerbread, dont expect any update past that..because past that Samsung will expect us to do our part and buy another Samsung device.

I think personally Gingerbread will come just to rebuild some goodwill with the people of this country. Then maybe with that, we would buy the next uber Samsung phone. At least by getting Froyo, my Evo owning friend can now shut up how his Evo is soooooo much better than my Epic because it hbas Froyo (even after showing him my pics and videos look better, screen looks nicer, can play more vido formats natively) because that was the only thing he could point at. Now we're even.

If Gingerbread comes, it's not going to be for a while; otherwise, why would they have bothered releasing FroYo?

muyoso said:
It will feel horrible because it will be a buggy mess. Let them get Froyo sorted out before they begin to use this as a buggy base of their Gingerbread build. I do believe Samsung will deliver Gingerbread, but dont even think it will be before Summer 2011. I have nothing against Samsung really. They could do better with software support though. And you will find ridiculous skepticism among people at XDA for anything positive that is "supposed" to be coming from Samsung in the future.
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Don't confuse Samsung, LEAVE EB13 as it stands!!
Finish GB so we don't have to wait until 2.4 or 2.5 drops before we get 2.3!

I got gingerbread ota yesterday. I'm expecting ice cream next week!
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Galaxy S Gingerbread update soon. Due at end of March!

According to Android Central: http://www.androidcentral.com/european-galaxy-s-gingerbread-update-coming-end-march
Link to Samsung Romania post: http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileRomania/posts/189412624430604
A post on Samsung Mobile Romania's Facebook page seems to suggest that Romanian Galaxy S phones (and presumably other European models) may see an official update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread by the end of March.
Translated into English and cleaned up a little, the post reads:
"The update to version 2.2.1 for Galaxy S will be available until 20 March, and Gingerbread (2.3) until the end of the month."
Our Romanian is a little rusty, but we think it's safe to assume the last part of that statement means either "it'll arrive by the end of the month", or "it won't arrive until the end of the month". Either way, it looks like the European Galaxy S could soon claim bragging rights as the first non-Nexus phone to get an official Gingerbread update. HTC has announced that Gingerbread will be coming to some of its older phones, but these updates aren't due until sometime in the second quarter.
Samsung Romania also adds that two of its budget phones, the i5500 Galaxy 5 and i5800 Galaxy 3, will be updated to Froyo by Mar. 20 and Mar. 31 respectively. [Samsung Romania Facebook via Crave]
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still doesn't help us with key mapping because it's not source.
But good to hear either way.

for Europe

geoffcorey said:
still doesn't help us with key mapping because it's not source.
But good to hear either way.
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There are ways around it. Whitehawk has everything working properly except GPS in the Gingerbread leak we had

Emama said:
for Europe
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Yeah but now the we have that universal kernel, isn't good news for any Galaxy S variant good news for us as well?

thegreatcity said:
Yeah but now the we have that universal kernel, isn't good news for any Galaxy S variant good news for us as well?
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The universal kernel is for 2.2 and 2.2.1 ROMs only.

Also, it's not a universal kernel, it's a universal settings.apk that's been fixed for us.
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still doesn't help us with key mapping because it's not source.
But good to hear either way.
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Doesn't matter, it means there is a good chance that we will get it, but probably not till 2050
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zer0nine said:
According to Android Central: http://www.androidcentral.com/european-galaxy-s-gingerbread-update-coming-end-march
Link to Samsung Romania post: http://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileRomania/posts/189412624430604
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That's great and all - really it is. But didn't the first Froyo releases already come out in Europe by September? Yet the Vibrant didn't get Froyo for another 4 months...

so what this means is... a year till we get gingerbread?

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That's great and all - really it is. But didn't the first Froyo releases already come out in Europe by September? Yet the Vibrant didn't get Froyo for another 4 months...
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I don't really know the history of the Vibrant, (Picked it up off Craigslist 2 months ago) but this at least gives me some hope.

God, getting Gingerbread on the Vibrant would be AMAZING. It would increase the speed, and once the source is released, we would see some awesome gingerbread ROM's for it.

Just one gingerbread leak for vibrant, then we will be back in business.
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iynfynity said:
Just one gingerbread leak for vibrant, then we will be back in business.
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Seriously. All they need is the driver sources + the kernel and CM7 would become amazing.

Hopefully somebody will be able to port it quickly if T-Mobile foes not roll out the rom in the same timeframe...

Tmobile said they would be more up to speed on updates. Take that for what you want it to mean.
That is all I gotta say about this subject.

ELStiko said:
Tmobile said they would be more up to speed on updates. Take that for what you want it to mean.
That is all I gotta say about this subject.
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+1. This was released by T-mo after 2.2 was released on kies for the vibrant. So hopefully we'll get gingerbread alot faster than froyo. And hopefully the first of the U.S galaxy S phones to be updated again.

If the Vibrant gets an official Gingerbread update EVER I will buy a Galaxy Tab immediately.
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