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2.1 Finally on friday ?

http://www.androidcentral.com/best-buy-now-expecting-hero-rom-update-may-7
At last ?
Or is it another web rumor ?

just wondering, what happened to the taiwan update end of april? any1 hear anything?
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I thought I read on here that the update is going to be in two stages, one preparing the phone and the other giving us 2.1 which was pushed back to June. Maybe this is just the crappy update.

I don't believe that bull****. Just another rumor.
Also can someone enlighten me what the hell means this: "and could cause seizures in small pets" ?

whitealien said:
Also can someone enlighten me what the hell means this: "and could cause seizures in small pets" ?
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yeah they really could have been more specific in what they mean by "small", are we talking hamster size seizures or Yorkshire terrier size seizures?
HTC

Damn...
I was considering doing the OTA update in a pet shop...

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I was considering doing the OTA update
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that's crazy talk

Anyway I was asking myself :
Assuming that almost every member/reader of this forum would have tried at least once to install a custom ROM on their Hero, what to expect from the Official 2.1 update ?
Will I be sticking with it ? Will I wait for Villain/Kimera/other ports ? Assuming also that custom Roms will never be 100% stable...
Because from my experience with custom roms (and I've installed A LOT of them on A LOT of devices), it's allways about finding a compromise between speed and stability...
Yep, it's wednesday morning and I really don't wanna get to work...

I think when this 2.1 update comes out (probably won't happen soon, not even friday, as we all know HTC) this only may help custom modders in the stability of their roms, nothing else I'm guessing.

Wouldn't that be the Sprint Hero anyway?

Ko0ka said:
Assuming also that custom Roms will never be 100% stable...
Because from my experience with custom roms (and I've installed A LOT of them on A LOT of devices), it's allways about finding a compromise between speed and stability...
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Hmmmm,.... Well I haven't had the experience of swapping and changing ROMs on my Hero,... But having had it for about 2-3 months now, I'm still 100% happy with the speed and stability of the ROM I flashed to it on day 1, ... MCR3.2. I think I'v had 3 or 4 application force closes, and only had it freeze up forcing a re-boot ONCE!!!
I'm sure the custom 2.1's will be just as stable once we get the official ROM to use as a base.

Davith said:
Wouldn't that be the Sprint Hero anyway?
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Yes, I would assume so.

I'm not really looking for a more stable 2.1 rom. I just want the speed that is in the 1.5 roms. Since i've heard the 2.1 should be faster the the previous versions I have high hopes får the official release and that the dev can make the most out of it.

jpalo said:
Yes, I would assume so.
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So it wouldn't change anything, would it? I mean, don't we already have ROMs made from the Sprint Hero leak?

Hopefully this news would be true. I'm also looking forward to 2.1 rombut not because of its new capability but actually for developers in enhancing making the 2.1 rom using overclocked method
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Same here
Hope that devs wil make some nice looking and fast rom out of it.
And no way i;m flashing it on my G2. Lucky that the gold card procedure worked out for me.
Am @ Chpoubs_4.1 it looks amazing

Ko0ka said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/best-buy-now-expecting-hero-rom-update-may-7
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no feel.....

I just really hope the battery life will improve.
Current 2.1 ROMs are already quick and stable enough for me, I wish the battery would last longer though. Aside from that, there are only a few minor bugs in most 2.1 ROMs that are currently out there, which do not really bother me.

Its not the 2.1 ROMS that are the problem its all down to the Kernel,which no1 has!surely if it was coming soon then it would have leaked somehow!

if you follow the link from the article it says sprint hero...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6386414#post6386414

Just got my Streak with 2.2 installed...

Traded my iPhone 4 for a Streak and it came with 2.2 What steps do I have to take to go to StreakDroid FroYo v1.5.1? Thanks.

This is your first Android phone, right? It was mine too. If you're already at 2.2, play with the apps there for a couple of days while you figure out how to upgrade. That way you will have a list of apps that you want to have on your final firmware.
There's very good threads about how to upgrade. You may brick your phone (or at least think you did) but keep working on it. I've found solutions for everything I needed already discussed on the board.

sacredsoul said:
Traded my iPhone 4 for a Streak and it came with 2.2 What steps do I have to take to go to StreakDroid FroYo v1.5.1? Thanks.
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IMO, the 2.2 stock is better with the performance tweaks. I havent had any problems since being on 318

Biggzz said:
IMO, the 2.2 stock is better with the performance tweaks. I havent had any problems since being on 318
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What performance tweaks are you talking about?
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This is your first Android phone, right? It was mine too. If you're already at 2.2, play with the apps there for a couple of days while you figure out how to upgrade. That way you will have a list of apps that you want to have on your final firmware.
There's very good threads about how to upgrade. You may brick your phone (or at least think you did) but keep working on it. I've found solutions for everything I needed already discussed on the board.
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Nope. I was on the HTC G1 for quite a bit and then moved on to HTC Legend and then the iPhone 4. I do know my way around Andriod quite a bit actually. Just havent been up to date. Most of the guides I saw are for 1.6 to custom rom. I dont know what I must be doing since I am already on 2.2 stock.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848487

Biggzz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848487
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Thanks but my Streak seems to be 320.

sacredsoul said:
Thanks but my Streak seems to be 320.
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That is better than my 319! Nice, so just root it with Superoneclick andbyour good.
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Biggzz said:
That is better than my 319! Nice, so just root it with Superoneclick andbyour good.
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Already rooted with superoneclick and installed ADW Launcher EX and Task Killer.
Any other recommendations? I wanna make this fast and smooth Maybe ill try setcpu.

Your phone showing up with stock 2.2 is pretty sweet. I had to dump 318 since I think DJ_Steve's 1.5.1 is better, but there's still some things like the camera that are weak.

bartsplanet said:
Your phone showing up with stock 2.2 is pretty sweet. I had to dump 318 since I think DJ_Steve's 1.5.1 is better, but there's still some things like the camera that are weak.
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I'm in Singapore and the phone was just released about a week or 2 ago
I still cant get the front cam to work though. In the Camera app, I can only see the tab to change to Video mode. No switch for the front cam.

Mines also came with stock 2.2 build and unlocked for T-Mobile. I just flashed djsteves froyo build and IMHO, it runs a lot smoother and faster than stock build
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Your phone showing up with stock 2.2 is pretty sweet. I had to dump 318 since I think DJ_Steve's 1.5.1 is better, but there's still some things like the camera that are weak.
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Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

My streak died on me... I couldnt get signal and and i saw that the Airplane mode was enabled. So I tried to disable it but it wouldnt. So rebooted and tried again. Same problem. Decided to do a factory reset.
And then it got stuck with the Dell logo. So I am trying to flash DJ_Steve's rom over now. Hope it boots.

Omfgb. Do you use it? How is it?

Title says it all...

I use mine everyday, and at my age, that's saying something!!

Cool. How is it? Worth me flashing it?
Sent from my EVO 3D Test model. yes I work with sprint

Only one way to find out, I am about to try it myself

I would recommend not flashing it, as it says it's meant for the Incredible, not the Evo.

teh roxxorz said:
I would recommend not flashing it, as it says it's meant for the Incredible, not the Evo.
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There is a Evo build out now, or has been for a little while.
http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/projects/omfgb-3

cordell12 said:
There is a Evo build out now, or has been for a little while.
http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/projects/omfgb-3
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Ah, I see. Well I thought you guys were getting it from rom manager, and I had to solve that issue yesterday where someone flashed the incredible version. But, let me know how it goes for you.

teh roxxorz said:
Ah, I see. Well I thought you guys were getting it from rom manager, and I had to solve that issue yesterday where someone flashed the incredible version. But, let me know how it goes for you.
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I flashed, its DL my apps now Seemed somewhat smooth, though I use launcherPro anyway. It looks like AOSP not a CM rip off like I have read, but I may be wrong...
edit...I do NOT have a toggle for 4G anywhere!!! A deal breaker for most
Back 2 CM7 it is

What's the point of using this rom when we have cm7 ....? Just curious.

DarkManX4lf said:
What's the point of using this rom when we have cm7 ....? Just curious.
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The way I see it is CM keeps adding and adding stuff, rather than perfecting. I personally flashed back to CM, but once a true AOSP come out it on!
edit...just want to add that since the merge of 2.3.3 battery is worse, and reboots take longer, speaking of CM7 of course.

Eye opener thread MIUI have you tried it??

Now I have flashed every rom that can be flashed since flashing for the epic has started and I must say I feel like an idiot never having flashed MIUI ROM... So sunday I flashed it and I must say there is so many fantastic things about it. the breakdown in battery use through the use of its own built in settings!
from launcher customization and speed again through its own settings... there is a lot more id like to discuss I think you should try it for yourself!
check out the youtube vids for yourself if you don't believe me! it has soo much potential in its current ALPHA state for our epics........
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952615
I think we should all try MIUI I think development is slowing down in general and not just in MIUI... for all epic roms I miss the constant checking everyday and not being dissapointed cause no update was posted on my current rom or others for that matter
I think the MIUI thread is dieing and well I am a new user to MIUI and I wish another dev could help out it is a fantastic ROM and even with the call bug from the CM6-7 bug where speaker needs to be toggled and the incoming call need to wait like 3 rings before you can pick it up I am sure with a little work these bugs can be fixed. I also wish colorize widget worked with MIUI I guess what I am asking for is for those of you who haven't tried MIUI try it and show your support by reporting bugs on the page for the DEV's
I never gave MIUI the light of day till sunday and by the way I am happy I did battery also is great with MIUI and TWS BUG IS NOT THERE! 2 days standby time in my house and 5% TWS
LATEST VER OF MIUI FOR EPIC http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14988726/Miui 1.3.5.zip
DUAL BOOT KERNEL FLASH AFTER FLASHING MIUI ROM
http://www.multiupload.com/GTUOUQFMNC

+1! I had tried every other rom except MIUI, untill yesterday. I do have to say though it sure is amazing! I'm not too in love with the launcher & no app drawer, so I'm using lpp, but other then that and a couple bugs, the rom is great! The look and feel is awesome.
I think the reason people aren't trying it as much, is because the thread isn't being updated with a changelog and what not, normal users may look at the title and see last time it was updated was on the 24th of feb (I believe). I know that's a reason I didn't even look in the thread until yesterday, turns out there is someone else workin on it and posting updates on it. You guys should go check it out.
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You're Right!
sryans2004 said:
+1! I had tried every other rom except MIUI, untill yesterday. I do have to say though it sure is amazing! I'm not too in love with the launcher & no app drawer, so I'm using lpp, but other then that and a couple bugs, the rom is great! The look and feel is awesome.
I think the reason people aren't trying it as much, is because the thread isn't being updated with a changelog and what not, normal users may look at the title and see last time it was updated was on the 24th of feb (I believe). I know that's a reason I didn't even look in the thread until yesterday, turns out there is someone else workin on it and posting updates on it. You guys should go check it out.
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I think thats exactly why I never really looked into it either! no change log ect... but man does this rom fly.... ALSO NOTIFICATION SOUNDS ARE SUPER LOUD! so is ringtones!

265ada said:
I think thats exactly why I never really looked into it either! no change log ect... but man does this rom fly.... ALSO NOTIFICATION SOUNDS ARE SUPER LOUD! so is ringtones!
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Im working on this rom with a couple other guys....i actually posted the update lol
HERE is the link to the new thread..we try and update daily. im working on bluetooth right now actually. The newest i posted has the dual kernel included and i removed apk's like 2 android terminals and 2 other useless apps...
And THIS is the link to same version with kernel included.

nixo31 said:
Im working on this rom with a couple other guys....i actually posted the update lol
HERE is the link to the new thread..we try and update daily. im working on bluetooth right now actually. The newest i posted has the dual kernel included and i removed apk's like 2 android terminals and 2 other useless apps...
And THIS is the link to same version with kernel included.
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dead link 10char

murso74 said:
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Yea it was up 20 minutes ago..but i havnt been able to get back in :/ well they are currently testing a rom out. Should i post in miui xda thread??

I've only used Syndicate (with the exception of a one day stint with Bonsai) since migrating from Nebula. I might have to give this a try as I've seen this name thrown around in the past with much enthusiasm

stir fry a lot said:
I've only used Syndicate (with the exception of a one day stint with Bonsai) since migrating from Nebula. I might have to give this a try as I've seen this name thrown around in the past with much enthusiasm
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Thanks for trying! The things that dont work are:
Bluetooth
MMS
screen take 3 rings to turn on when receiving a call.
4g
See anything you dont like let us know...Btw i dont know why MIUI-DEV is down but our thread has been down almost an hour...

miui on superAMoLED screen! can't wait for a stable version! I use 4g often these days ever since sprint decided to put a tower in detroit. but when i'm done with school i'll be back home with no 4g, so i'll give it a run then. I hope MMS and bluetooth can be fixed. i'm more sicked for this rom than GB.

omair2005 said:
miui on superAMoLED screen! can't wait for a stable version! I use 4g often these days ever since sprint decided to put a tower in detroit. but when i'm done with school i'll be back home with no 4g, so i'll give it a run then. I hope MMS and bluetooth can be fixed. i'm more sicked for this rom than GB.
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Actually ive been trying to get GB MIUI to work lol never gets passed boot screen but i guess thats something lol

I really love the rom! So smooth. That screen delay is the only thing keeping me from every day use.
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Actually ive been trying to get GB MIUI to work lol never gets passed boot screen but i guess thats something lol
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that would be amazing. when GB from sprint is released, would that help?

omair2005 said:
that would be amazing. when GB from sprint is released, would that help?
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You cant imagine how much it would lol right now im actually going to get a fascinate GB MIUI rom and add things to see if it will boot using cm7 kernel..

bricky23 said:
I really love the rom! So smooth. That screen delay is the only thing keeping me from every day use.
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Someone tesed earlier for me a new kernel..its actually the original kernel (old genocide with MIUI tweaks) and screen lag was gone. But 3g suffered a little i think and he said rom was smoother..so il be playing with that after work.

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Someone tesed earlier for me a new kernel..its actually the original kernel (old genocide with MIUI tweaks) and screen lag was gone. But 3g suffered a little i think and he said rom was smoother..so il be playing with that after work.
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That's great! I think its amazing how far you guys have come in such a short time. Its nice having more than 1 dev working on this. Although he did a great job, with what time he had. Ahmgsk.. I think that's his name is a great dev!
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That's great! I think its amazing how far you guys have come in such a short time. Its nice having more than 1 dev working on this. Although he did a great job, with what time he had. Ahmgsk.. I think that's his name is a great dev!
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Yea thats him. He is amazing! but he has been very busy with work. We are trying our bes to get it working perfect and im working on getting GB to get past bootani lol

I never really understood what MIUI is exactly. Is it some sort of inbetween of a standard rom and CM7?

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I never really understood what MIUI is exactly. Is it some sort of inbetween of a standard rom and CM7?
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I was wondering what it was also and came across this site
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-miui-rom-for-android-miui-port-complete-guide/

Nixo31, I am confused here. I know ahmgsk has been working on MIUI, and you are also. Are you guys working on it together? If not I think you guys should, also maybe ask him if you could take OP of MIUI thread in development until he becomes less busy, Like I stated before, reason people is not giving this a try as much is because the thread is not updated. I think once people seen it was being updated and worked on they would try it more!
Just a thought..

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You cant imagine how much it would lol right now im actually going to get a fascinate GB MIUI rom and add things to see if it will boot using cm7 kernel..
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Well the Nexus S 4G comes out in about a week and a half, so that should help too.

best froyo experience

this may be outdated/unnecessary but i figured that i'd share / hope others would share too
im still skeptical about moving on to ICS for the vibrant just bc i need a phone that works 100% correctly all the time... so im still on froyo.
currently running bionix fishman mod final2 w/ bali-x @ 1.2ghz
essentially froyo tweaked in many ways w/ the appwidgetpicker
along with the miui camera, s.gps2 for gps fix, setcpu, and bln
is anyone else flashing any additional necessary files when they flash their roms??
share!

jonen said:
this may be outdated/unnecessary but i figured that i'd share / hope others would share too
im still skeptical about moving on to ICS for the vibrant just bc i need a phone that works 100% correctly all the time... so im still on froyo.
currently running bionix fishman mod final2 w/ bali-x @ 1.2ghz
essentially froyo tweaked in many ways w/ the appwidgetpicker
along with the miui camera, s.gps2 for gps fix, setcpu, and bln
is anyone else flashing any additional necessary files when they flash their roms??
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I'm on the newest version of ICS Passion that released yesterday and my phone is 100% functional.

jalaldaniel said:
I'm on the newest version of ICS Passion that released yesterday and my phone is 100% functional.
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i was looking for froyo experience comments to compare to
i have been reading up on way too many accounts of various ICS issues so i wanted to consolidate the best of the best for froyo users for those who don't want the newest software just for the sake of having it
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Fishman is good. My needs are different. I need a Rom that is atleast 2.2.1. So the capacitive buttons dont blind me on each screen press. I'd recommend ultimate rom or biwinning with the sense or sgs2 theme. I also use Bali undervolt kernel. If you haven't already test out the modems for your area. For instance for me its KB1.
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I'm on the newest version of ICS Passion that released yesterday and my phone is 100% functional.
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I was on ICS Passion and 100% functionality is a stretch. Browsing through the thread reveals that damn near everyone else has problems too. I have issue with these devs that claim everything works when it's clearly a lie.
I'm using Fishman's 2.2 rom right now. No need to flash any other files for my needs. So far it's been pretty good.

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I was on ICS Passion and 100% functionality is a stretch. Browsing through the thread reveals that damn near everyone else has problems too. I have issue with these devs that claim everything works when it's clearly a lie.
I'm using Fishman's 2.2 rom right now. No need to flash any other files for my needs. So far it's been pretty good.
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i agree... im still on the fence of flashing an ICS rom but i think ill wait another couple of weeks bc im in no hurry to move on from a 100% functional rom
personally i think the miui camera is essential and am not sure why more people dont flash it over their roms. i use that & the stock hd recorder for a better camera experience

i also went back to a 2.2 rom...TARD...can yall post the links to the extras...i would love to try that s.gps fix...think what it was...

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i also went back to a 2.2 rom...TARD...can yall post the links to the extras...i would love to try that s.gps fix...think what it was...
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couldn't find the thread but... here it is
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15511362/S.gps.2.zip
just flash through cwm. (be my first thanks if you would please )

CM9's 16B is so functional that I put it on my Dad's phone, and he says it's running much better than it did before on Bionix. The only issue he and I have been having is the GPS, which never has worked from the beginning for us anyways, and very minor things (like the menu for toggle widgets is called lockscreens or something).
ICS is pretty awesome. You may want to give it a shot... I recommend the Icy Glitch kernel to go with CM9.

Is the official GB available for this yet?

LS1_01 said:
Is the official GB available for this yet?
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No, I'll be amazed if it ever is since the vibrant is close to 2 years old.

Oxirane said:
CM9's 16B is so functional that I put it on my Dad's phone, and he says it's running much better than it did before on Bionix. The only issue he and I have been having is the GPS, which never has worked from the beginning for us anyways, and very minor things (like the menu for toggle widgets is called lockscreens or something).
ICS is pretty awesome. You may want to give it a shot... I recommend the Icy Glitch kernel to go with CM9.
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when you say never worked, do you mean it as GPS ideally should? or even to the low standards of how the vibrant's GPS is supposed to work?
personally since everything works 100% as best as it possibly can right now on my vibrant with bionix fishman mod without a hardware gps fix, i'm very reluctant to move onto ICS if the GPS wont even lock within around 30 secs or so like i can get it to do with froyo especially if it is something i need eventually
minor things like menu names i can definitely deal with, but if froyo's GPS works better overall compared to an ICS rom, i see absolutely no reason to make the switch with this phone. if i need ICS that badly, i will get a new phone
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No, I'll be amazed if it ever is since the vibrant is close to 2 years old.
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Is the official GB available for this yet?
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agreed on that point... i would money down that an official GB release will never happen for the vibrant.