Samfirmware.com Tweeted this an hour ago:
"Android 2.3.4 soon to all new Samsung phones..."
https://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/75899199685787648
Just thought I'd let you know.
Waiting for it
Thanks for sharing the news
Statement by Samfirmware nothing to do with Samsung .
jje
Tremium said:
Samfirmware.com Tweeted this an hour ago:
"Android 2.3.4 soon to all new Samsung phones..."
https://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/75899199685787648
Just thought I'd let you know.
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2.3.3 --> 2.3.4 migration is really easy, so it's not really surprising.
SGS 2 is the best smartphone at the moment (at least Samsung phone) so it's not shocking they won't abandon it in first two months
Hopefully WiFi battery drain fix is going to be included in the next 2.3.4 ROM
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2.3.3 --> 2.3.4 migration is really easy, so it's not really surprising.
SGS 2 is the best smartphone at the moment (at least Samsung phone) so it's not shocking they won't abandon it in first two months
Hopefully WiFi battery drain fix is going to be included in the next 2.3.4 ROM
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No drain from my WIFI. I actually get more drain during idle from cellular packet data signal. You freeze all the crap-apps using Titanium yet?
Anyone got a link to something showing the changes in 2.3.4?
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Anyone got a link to something showing the changes in 2.3.4?
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Sorry, no link. But 2.3.4 is supposed to fix
Android OS eating battery life for ALL dual core devices.
Optimisations in battery life and wifi.
and hopefully, somehow, it'll speed up the lag/wake up issue with the GSII (although I doubt that)
Tremium said:
Samfirmware.com Tweeted this an hour ago:
"Android 2.3.4 soon to all new Samsung phones..."
https://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/75899199685787648
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Yes, Samsung is pushing "Android 2.3.4 soon to all new Samsung phones", including Bada phones and dumb phones. [/sarcasm] This tweet tells me almost nothing, sorry OP
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2.3.3 --> 2.3.4 migration is really easy, so it's not really surprising....
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and why would you think the upgrade is from 2.3.3? they are not talking about SGS2
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Anyone got a link to something showing the changes in 2.3.4?
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http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3812c1acf93b482f&hl=en
Wonder if they will do a OTA update or release a newer KEx with 2.3.4 through kies.
Either way if it improves the battery life that can only be a good thing
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Yes, Samsung is pushing "Android 2.3.4 soon to all new Samsung phones", including Bada phones and dumb phones. [/sarcasm] This tweet tells me almost nothing, sorry OP
and why would you think the upgrade is from 2.3.3? they are not talking about SGS2
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well, the guys from samfirware also announced froyo for sgs and in 24 hours was online ( the betas, not the kies version ). so i'd trust them with the news. all we can do is wait anyways
I wouldn't expect 2.3.4 if SGS2 is not explicitely said, it was not in the line that was expected to get the update.
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The SGS2 is their flagship, of course you will see it updated and most likely before all other phones too
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I wouldn't expect 2.3.4 if SGS2 is not explicitely said, it was not in the line that was expected to get the update.
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"new Samsung phones"
I interpret that as SGSII
They supported sgs really well-all the way to gingerbread so i think its a no brainer well get this. Id put money on it well get ice cream early next year too.
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They supported sgs really well-all the way to gingerbread so i think its a no brainer well get this. Id put money on it well get ice cream early next year too.
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With that agreement with Android, hopefully it'll get faster as well!
which phones are "new" if sgs2 is not?
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great, looking forward to the update. hope the twitter post is legit.
Actually someone asked via Twitter about 2.3.4
@SamFirmware You have more info about 2.3.4 for Samsung?
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Reply:
SamFirmware SamFirmware
@DJ_Tapip this month galaxy s galaxy s II
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I wonder how people like myself who don't use kies, will get the heads up on when the update is available if it's not going to be distributed through OTA. It'd be awesome if it was an OTA update though.
I guess only time will tell.
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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
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Are you guys pulling my leg or telling the truth? lol
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Considering you pretty much answered your own question...
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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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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?
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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?
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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.
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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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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
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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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There are ways around it. Whitehawk has everything working properly except GPS in the Gingerbread leak we had
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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?
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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?
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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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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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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.
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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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Samsung will start 2.3.4 updates over KIES in August for Galaxy S II.
http://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/95528275677413376
Soon so many people can download it from Kies or use Odin for it for Official one..CAN'T WAIT
I wish they just release the source code for the 2.3.4 kernels xD
Will it be available worlwide?
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Will it be available worlwide?
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Yes it will
Just read this on twitter, look forward to it
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Just read this on twitter, look forward to it
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same and Hope all bugs will be fixed
Sounds great, hope not "late august"
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Sounds great, hope not "late august"
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I hope it will be Early or Middle of the Month (I wish it is Early)
That's not official, so we will have to wait and see! I hope so, because then we can get 2.3.4 source for custom kernels
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I hope is August....2011.
Deja vu. We already saw the same message in June, saying "Samsung are going to release 2.3.4. in July". Maybe this time it will happen...or maybe not. Then we will see this for September. Sooner ot later, they will gues right.
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Deja vu. We already saw the same message in June, saying "Samsung are going to release 2.3.4. in July". Maybe this time it will happen...or maybe not. Then we will see this for September. Sooner ot later, they will gues right.
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Was thinking the same, plus they seem to be miles away from a good fw release, since day one the major issues have been the AOS bug, the pink spot camera, the gradients, all still present in KG3, which even added more bugs like the fc while playing flash content...
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Deja vu. We already saw the same message in June, saying "Samsung are going to release 2.3.4. in July". Maybe this time it will happen...or maybe not. Then we will see this for September. Sooner ot later, they will gues right.
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Keep in mind the tweet's from samfirmware, not Samsung. Since May, he/they have posted about five "X is coming by X" messages and they've been wrong all five times. With phone's already shipping with 2.3.4 in some parts of the world I'd say we'll start seeing updates soon. Maybe I should tweet that - it would be as accurate a guess as samfirmware's.
Why doesn't Samsung tweet official ETA's ?
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Why doesn't Samsung tweet official ETA's ?
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Why should they? They've committed to nothing at the time we bought the phone and publicizing dates and then potentially not hitting them would just piss people off. Besides, this way, it's kind of like Christmas.
Now August, it was July first. Ehh..
Can't wait !!!
I was talking with Samsung today and I asked "so we can expect the 2.3.4 in next 30 days for sgs2" and Sammy guys told me it will be before but they dont know exactly when still no information... They dont know the date ...
Also they said that they are planning to release Ginger for SGS next month (or this for some countries dunno) and 2.3.4 version in september - October
which firmware KIES need detect to make the 2.3.4 available?
2.3.3 with 2.3.3 kernel and 2.3.3 CSC??
i am interested in the answer to that last post also.
i updated my s2 to KE7 through odin as KIES wasnt offering it to vodafone handsets quick enough. will kies even offer it to me when it is available?
https://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/112483868539494400
https://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/112481160252235776
Thats nice
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Thets nice
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That would explain why we haven't seen many 2.3.4 firmware updates. Let's hope so...
Maybe we'll have Ice Cream Sandwich firmwares in October/November as well, just before the Nexus Prime release
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF? 2.3.6 is already out and they're testing 2.3.5? -_-;
Who cares about 2.3.6 if ICS is behind the corner?
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WTF? 2.3.6 is already out and they're testing 2.3.5? -_-;
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2.3.6 is buggy as hell, hope Samsung would skip it.
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2.3.6 is buggy as hell, hope Samsung would skip it.
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+1. ICS is the way to go from now on.
ICS or nothing.;p
LOL, ICS.
Even if it is released October/November, we still will have to wait quite some time for it.
I am not quite sure but, despite the fact that Nexus S and Galaxy S are almost the same phone, it took Samsung like 3-4 months to update to Gingerbread.
(If I recall right the Nexus S was released in January and the update rolled out in May)
Whatever, I hope there will be leaked firmwares so we can update anyways.
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That would explain why we haven't seen many 2.3.4 firmware updates. Let's hope so...
Maybe we'll have Ice Cream Sandwich firmwares in October/November as well, just before the Nexus Prime release
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No way we'll be able to get it before the nexus prime release. Google would never allow it to happen. It think, at least...
The joys of fragmentation.
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Guys, you can forget about ICS until 2012...
Great wanna see it for real soon
I'm happily running 2.3.5 on my SGS2 for some time now
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That would explain why we haven't seen many 2.3.4 firmware updates. Let's hope so...
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Not many? NONE! (official versions) None in XEU anyway.
Ouch! Bad news for everyone who has been looking forward to ICS (including my self).
gsmarena.com/eighth_major_release_of_android_to_be_named_jelly_bean_-news-3116.php
good news people
Samfirmware says it doesn't mean anything, they said 2.3.4 was coming out every month that month until they got it right.
Hey friends!! Like all of you i wanted to know if our beautiful device will eventually receive an update to Gingerbread 2.3 in the future, so as we (Pocketdroid) promised to contact SamFirmware. We got our answer and they said such update is "NOT planned," for Samsung Galaxy 3 Apollo (GT-I5800).
Short and precise answer from them which is very disappointing but at least now we know what to expect. Check the screenshot I've made with SamFirmware answer via Twitter account.
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Hey friends!! Like all of you i wanted to know if our beautiful device will eventually receive an update to Gingerbread 2.3 in the future, so as we (Pocketdroid) promised to contact SamFirmware. We got our answer and they said such update is "NOT planned," for Samsung Galaxy 3 Apollo (GT-I5800).
Short and precise answer from them which is very disappointing but at least now we know what to expect. Check the screenshot I've made with SamFirmware answer via Twitter account.
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i think they wanted to say , samsung hsnt planned for a gingy update for our phone yet.. :/
pflorin said:
Hey friends!! Like all of you i wanted to know if our beautiful device will eventually receive an update to Gingerbread 2.3 in the future, so as we (Pocketdroid) promised to contact SamFirmware. We got our answer and they said such update is "NOT planned," for Samsung Galaxy 3 Apollo (GT-I5800).
Short and precise answer from them which is very disappointing but at least now we know what to expect. Check the screenshot I've made with SamFirmware answer via Twitter account.
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They say "Not planned". They may or may not release it for SG3. lets wait for a few more days. And then ask again.
that is saaad
ranadip.bswas said:
i think they wanted to say , samsung hsnt planned for a gingy update for our phone yet.. :/
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Humm, I don't know, I hope I'm wrong, but I see it pretty clear (No Gingerbread). Let's pray for CM7 port...
I think everybody expected that there will be no official gingerbread update
doh! very sad 2.2 sucks
that was expected, not surprising at all...what is sad is that many much inferior phones have got gingerbread...
I can understand Samsung but I'm very disappointed.
But why should they bring Gingerbread to our "low level" phone and support their expensive phones on the same time. They just want to sell their expensive phones so in their mind if we want Gingerbread we should buy a more expensive phone.
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They just want to sell their expensive phones so in their mind if we want Gingerbread we should buy a more expensive phone.
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Exactly, that's the point. They provide a few updates in the first months/years of the "phone life", and then, all of their resources goes to the new or more expensive phones, and If you want the last Android version, you have to pay for it... in the form of a brand new phone. That's bussines. And it sucks
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Humm, I don't know, I hope I'm wrong, but I see it pretty clear (No Gingerbread). Let's pray for CM7 port...
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There is a CM7 port available, still in apha stage, but will be a public release soon.
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There is a CM7 port available, still in apha stage, but will be a public release soon.
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I know, that was the port I was talking about