Does anyone know if gingerbread will be ported to the samsung vibrant or any galaxy s phone. From developers that is. Since the nexus s is almost the same.
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Yes.
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Samsung's (latest) official wording seems kind of wishy-washy.
“In case a new version of Android operating system is publicly announced and released, Samsung will review the possibility of implementation of such new version to the existing Samsung products with Android operating system (“Update”). Such a review will be based on various factors including, without limitation, the overall effect of such Update to Samsung products, the system requirements, the structural limitations, and the level of cooperation from the component suppliers and the software licensors. If Samsung decides to make the Update available to the users after such consideration, Samsung will use its efforts to develop such Update, which may be released to the users upon successful completion of such development.”
source: http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/samsung-and-htc-comment-on-gingerbread-update-plans/
Sounds to me like they're giving themselves a hole to crawl out of. And seeing as how they're struggling to roll out Froyo as it is, they might just say f**k it to Gingerbread.
Although, there would probably be someone here who would port it over in the even that there's not an official update.
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chui101 said:
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It doesn't have to be official. The OP asks whether the developers will port it and likely wasn't referring to Samsung.
Samsung now says it will get gingerbread.
as soon as the Nexus S source is released well see some work from the devs porting it to the SGS.
Shoot i was hoping for Fritter (2.4)
Yeah I don't count on samsung for anything. But making a sexy lookin phone leav the os to the bored computer nerds.
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I agree. Using a custom rom instead of a stock rom is a must.
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Once that Gingerbread steps in to xda. We will have a custom rom of it. lol
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Going through a lot of white pages and news articles...gingerbread might just be around the corner...once the sdk drops it won't be long before devs jump on it and everyone has it on there android handsets...might take longer for samsung phones but that's just because they want to keep their stuff top security classified it seems like.anyways just seen the news poping around for the past few days and didn't see a post on it...check out android spin and the other top resources if you like....
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Vibrant Gingerbread, Samsung. OH lord, you just made my day....
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Yes, I am seeing this news everywhere also. Something interesting is that they (Beta Testers) say that Gingerbread will "change the way we use our phones." This sounds like something major.
kangxi said:
Yes, I am seeing this news everywhere also. Something interesting is that they (Beta Testers) say that Gingerbread will "change the way we use our phones." This sounds like something major.
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Heh....I'd just like to see a handset like the Mozilla Seabird get built in the next 3-5yrs. I know it's a concept but man...what a concept.
Change the way we use our phones? Well these past decade there are a lot of changes on the way we use our phones already. What more, do laundry?
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Froyo first please.
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Froyo first please.
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^^^^^^this
Kinda a noob, but if this uses the same kernel as froyo won't it be easy ish to port the sdk?
MTC44 said:
Kinda a noob, but if this uses the same kernel as froyo won't it be easy ish to port the sdk?
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It might. But we need the kernel to begin with
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Looks like Gingerbread is based on .33 or .34. Gonna be a while, If ever
Well figured this would be a nice change from the froyo crying...lol
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Yep, the joke is on us suckers, who go fooled by Samsung's lofty statements about the Galaxy S being their mobile game-changer.
Gingerbread will change the UI dramatically, and thus it will really change the way people use Android. OS 2.1 and 2.1 still feel like work in progress, and even Google claims that OS 3 will finally take the platform to a mature stage.
But I am losing faith that we'll see Gingerbread on the Galaxy S. By the time we finally get Froyo, Gingerbread will probably be officially released.
Then Samsung will EOL the Galaxy S, repackage it with a slightly faster chip version and go to market trying to get new suckers to buy the Gingerbread version, or old suckers to upgrade to it....
Phew!
If the release it for the galaxy s 2 or whatever it will be much easier for the devs to port over than it is for them to get group working now since samsung will most certainly keep very similar hardware in the next iteration of the phone.
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Tpavey said:
If the release it for the galaxy s 2 or whatever it will be much easier for the devs to port over than it is for them to get group working now since samsung will most certainly keep very similar hardware in the next iteration of the phone.
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Hopefully true.
But there is little excuse for Samsung being so slow to push upgrades. It's been 5 months since the OFFICIAL Froyo release, and Samsung must have had access to betas way earlier.
It will also be inexcusable if they don't upgrade the current Galaxy S to Gingerbread, since it's such a major upgrade and the phone hardware is compliant with it.
I am grateful for the devs here, but at the same time, I just went back to stock JI6 (just with a standard Android lockscreen mod), and frankly the battery life improved a little, plus the phone seems a bit more stable overall.
At this point I just want stability and the latest released firmware and OS. And it's Samsung's responsibility to provide it in a timely manner.
Face it you can do things to bootloader more alt recoveries more roms oc more stable on all g1s not 95%!
Upgradeable to 2.2.1 and 2.3 already!
Port on galaxy s is a nono
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Why put software updates before hardware?
The G1 was never officially upgraded beyond 1.6, and the gingerbread image we have is ripped from the emulator, you can do that for any Android device under the sun, but no one has bothered to do it for the Galaxy S.
Either way, we shouldn't need to be cooking ROMs, updates should come out in a timely manner, neither device has delivered that.
AdrianK said:
The G1 was never officially upgraded beyond 1.6, and the gingerbread image we have is ripped from the emulator, you can do that for any Android device under the sun, but no one has bothered to do it for the Galaxy S.
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Please quit using the word "official". It seems to apply only to SERVICE PROVIDERS and not to any *truly* official source, like google.
In fact, google *DID* officially support Dream right up until 2.2, and only finally dropped support for Dream starting in 2.3... the OFFICIAL word is:
JBQ said:
Enough enthusiasts in the community have experience with that
device that they'll probably do a better job at supporting those than
I would.
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dhkr123 said:
Please quit using the word "official". It seems to apply only to SERVICE PROVIDERS and not to any *truly* official source, like google.
In fact, google *DID* officially support Dream right up until 2.2, and only finally dropped support for Dream starting in 2.3... the OFFICIAL word is:
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I know. I think it was pretty obvious that by 'officially upgraded' (I meant updated, that's my bad), I was referring to updates being pushed out by carriers.
Just wanted to know if its only a matter of time before we see android 2.3 roms on samsung galaxy vibrant? I know the nexus s has 2.3 but i don't know what that means for other high end android phones. Do we have to wait for a leaked version before we can install 2.3, or can developers create a rom just like gingerbread on the nexus s? THANKS in advance!
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mac1133 said:
Just wanted to know if its only a matter of time before we see android 2.3 roms on samsung galaxy vibrant? I know the nexus s has 2.3 but i don't know what that means for other high end android phones. Do we have to wait for a leaked version before we can install 2.3, or can developers create a rom just like gingerbread on the nexus s? THANKS in advance!
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Right now theres an experimental build out. Team whiskey is still working on putting out another version as per their site.
Experimental - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887993
Proof of still developing - http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=832&start=4
As much as I would like 2.3, you have to know that T-Mobile has not released 2.2 OTA yet. I'm guessing Samsung is going to skip 2.2.1 and HOPEFULLY start developing 2.3 for the SGS lines. Giving Samsung's software track record along with T-Mobiles crappy service (in terms of getting updates out), it'll be a long while before we can even sniff 2.3 (thats been built and leaked for the Vibrant, not ported over).
Samsung's website (think it is under firmware link) shows the sgs including the usa tmobile sgs planned for the 2.3 update.......... to be safe look for it in August-Oct 2011 not before (my guess)
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Samsung's website (think it is under firmware link) shows the sgs including the usa tmobile sgs planned for the 2.3 update.......... to be safe look for it in August-Oct 2011 not before (my guess)
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Lol, we might not get official 2.2 by then.
I doubt very much we ever see official 2.3 on this phone.
I agree and think tmobile would like to foget these variant phones all together and concentrate on future developments. The SGS phones are in need of upgrades multicore. Sammy the industry leader and can't get bogged down with last yrs tech.
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Lol, we might not get official 2.2 by then.
I doubt very much we ever see official 2.3 on this phone.
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Im with you on this.
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From SamMobile.com:
"Samsung has announced that both the Galaxy S and the Galaxy Tab can handle the upgrade to Android 4.0 when looking purely at speed of the device.
However the upgrade will not arrive on these devices simply because certain hardware features will not function.
The quantity of RAM and ROM in this is a big factor.
Some of the Touhwizz functions Samsung uses will not work when combined with Android 4.0 and one of these devices."
http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/22/official-no-android-4-0-for-galaxy-s-and-galaxy-tab/
Let the discussions begin!
I wasn't really expecting ICS :/ I guess this just makes it official that we won't get it.
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So take off touchwiz samfail!
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Everything they just listed as an issue why it can't get the upgrade is a load of ****.
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yup.. i'm running an early alpha of a CM9 based ICS on my Tab and it runs fine for not having hardware acceleration etc. So I know the same applies for the Epic. Sad that Samsuck just doesn't feel like putting the effort into supporting their devices.. Oh well, hooray capitalism! =P
So, here is their source for the story:
http://www.samsungtomorrow.com/2043
It's in Korean, and reading it through google translate of babelfish is good for a chuckle.
As I interpret it, they say that the Nexus S works because it requires no carrier customization , Touchwiz or region specific features.
Also, from the babel fish translation:
"The soluble memory dosage is insufficient and will provide a satisfied use environment
There is not a possibility.
This considers the hardware evening sunlight, use environment of optimum to the customers provision
Description below being a selection which is inevitable for to understand, wishes."
I think that may mean the phone is near end of life (hardware evening sunlight)
and customers wouldn't like how ICS runs on this hardware anyway.
Oh well, we'll see how CM9 runs.
I not surprise... That's why I didn't get the galaxy tab 10.1 because im tied of Samsung BS..
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I not surprise... That's why I didn't get the galaxy tab 10.1 because im tied of Samsung BS..
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Seems fair...
It's really quite sad- Samsung seems to *MAKE* good hardware, they just have a piss-poor software development team.
phdeez said:
Seems fair...
It's really quite sad- Samsung seems to *MAKE* good hardware, they just have a piss-poor software development team.
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yes.. watch in six months when jelly bean come out.. sgs2 nor galaxy tabs will get it because of some bs with hardware/software(TW).. they gonna want us to upgrade to the sgs3 or galaxy tabs v2
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398010,00.asp
pcmag confirms.
MTD roms.........the alternative future?
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MTD roms.........the alternative future?
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Maybe, if there is an ICS port in the next 6 months that's smooth and fully functional I'd go there. But I'm moving on to LTE asap.
Just means no "official" ICS, I'm sure devs will have something for it. I would imagine that most of the people that know what they're missing will be on to new phones by then anyway.
Hopefully they can pull off cm9 for the gs series.
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Samsung just keeps on giving!
This is just Samsung being downright LAZY. Heck the Nexus S is getting ICS from them right? And that is most definitely a Galaxy S phone. They just don't want to be bothered to support the Galaxy S line as a whole anymore clearly.
If we didn't have to worry about touchwiz... it would be here by now... why do we need it when the UI of ICS is far superior. At the very least release the driver source files so that devs can do it for you... Samsung needs to be more open to developers in that regard.
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I not surprise... That's why I didn't get the galaxy tab 10.1 because im tied of Samsung BS..
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+1 to this. I skipped the Galaxy Tabs for the same reason...well, that and the fact that they left out micro SD!
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+1 to this. I skipped the Galaxy Tabs for the same reason...well, that and the fact that they left out micro SD!
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True. And hdmi....comes in handy over friends houses..
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Keep in mind that this isn't just Samsung's pickiness about having their TW branding. This is also a product of carrier demands. Carriers do NOT like (for the most part) unbranded, undifferentiated phones, and they especially don't like phones that aren't preloaded with software that represents services they provide.
Frankly, I was always convinced that arrangements such as VZN's with the NFL required them to have the app on all relevant phones. The NFL is anal like that.
IOW, it's a LOT of different factors coming together keeping ICS off of Galaxy S phones, many of which are problems with how the smartphone industry itself has come to work, and targeting one player while ignoring the bigger picture--though it sure makes life easier for journalists and bloggers--cheapens the whole conversation.
I'm pretty sure ICS came out late enough that Sprint and Samsung are not obligated to upgrade the Epic 4g to it. I'm also pretty sure we will not see an official ICS OTA upgrade.
So is there anything that could come in a GB OTA upgrade that would be useful to the developers here?
It seems as if a lot of Epic 4g development effort is dedicated to ICS as CM9 which is a good thing even though I'm not there yet.
So does anyone here care about Sprint/Samsung doing more GB development? Or have we gotten about all of the useful source we are going to get and the developers are essentially on their own from here?
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I'm pretty sure ICS came out late enough that Sprint and Samsung are not obligated to upgrade the Epic 4g to it. I'm also pretty sure we will not see an official ICS OTA upgrade.
So is there anything that could come in a GB OTA upgrade that would be useful to the developers here?
It seems as if a lot of Epic 4g development effort is dedicated to ICS as CM9 which is a good thing even though I'm not there yet.
So does anyone here care about Sprint/Samsung doing more GB development? Or have we gotten about all of the useful source we are going to get and the developers are essentially on their own from here?
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Sprint/Samsung weren't obligated to update our devices to Gingerbread. It was sold under the premise that we would have Froyo, but not a revolving door of major OS upgrades. (Android Upgrade Alliance agreement defunct?)
There is development going on for EL30, our most recent OTA update of Gingerbread; as well as CM9, which is ICS based.
There is a leak labeled FB15, so it looks like there may be another official release being worked for our device. Keep in mind that it is still Gingerbread. So why are you asking about a "wishlist"?
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Sprint/Samsung weren't obligated to update our devices to Gingerbread. It was sold under the premise that we would have Froyo, but not a revolving door of major OS upgrades. (Android Upgrade Alliance agreement defunct?)
There is development going on for EL30, our most recent OTA update of Gingerbread; as well as CM9, which is ICS based.
There is a leak labeled FB15, so it looks like there may be another official release being worked for our device. Keep in mind that it is still Gingerbread. So why are you asking about a "wishlist"?
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And I quote the OP:
"So is there anything that could come in a GB OTA upgrade that would be useful to the developers here?"
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I do not believe any "fixes" or improvements are going into the Epic. I do believe Sprint is looking for a less intrusive CIQ replacement to get their network data. So don't expect anything from Sprint or Samsung to help out the devs here. ICS ports are the future here and ICS official is not going to be on the Galaxy S series because of memory limitations due to the use of Samsung's proprietary BML File system.
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I do not believe any "fixes" or improvements are going into the Epic. I do believe Sprint is looking for a less intrusive CIQ replacement to get their network data. So don't expect anything from Sprint or Samsung to help out the devs here. ICS ports are the future here and ICS official is not going to be on the Galaxy S series because of memory limitations due to the use of Samsung's proprietary BML File system.
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Fc07 just got posted not to long ago
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Fc07 just got posted not to long ago
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Yes...with a mysterious new software service added and early version numbers...similiar to how CIQ was listed.
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Yes...with a mysterious new software service added and early version numbers...similiar to how CIQ was listed.
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Less heavy CIQ probably most likeliness
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