Did samsung forget about us? The epic, capivate, and even the facinate have gingerbread leaks. The fricken facinate(the bing phone). http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...inate-now-available-for-download-and-install/
I kind of have a theory of my own.
T-Mobile just decided to drop the Vibrant, and update the GS4G to GB, and forget us.
It's most likely not true, and they could easily be building it now, but this is what I think, and if it's true.... then damn.
At this point I'm surprised we haven't seen a leak yet, I think the Epic is on its third leak. Makes me wonder why, unless its next to leak.
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T-Mobile can't be the blame anymore. When froyo was released to us it wasn't an ota, it was thru klies which is Samsungs update software. I don't understand how T-Mobile can be blamed anymore. The leaks for the captivate, fasinate and sgs4g were from Samsung. Not the carriers of those phones. Tho they did include the carrier bloat ware. So maybe I'm wrong. I just want a dang leak for us vibrant owners.
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T-Mobile can't be the blame anymore. When froyo was released to us it wasn't an ota, it was thru klies which is Samsungs update software. I don't understand how T-Mobile can be blamed anymore. The leaks for the captivate, fasinate and sgs4g were from Samsung. Not the carriers of those phones. Tho they did include the carrier bloat ware. So maybe I'm wrong. I just want a dang leak for us vibrant owners.
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sgs4g has all standard tmo bloatware
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sgs4g has all standard tmo bloatware
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Right. That's what I've read.
We should have a leak for vibrants, not gigantic difference between sgs4g and our vibrants, correct?
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Longcat14 said:
I kind of have a theory of my own.
T-Mobile just decided to drop the Vibrant, and update the GS4G to GB, and forget us.
It's most likely not true, and they could easily be building it now, but this is what I think, and if it's true.... then damn.
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Your half right, the missing part is they see no reason to update last years phones now that there is a possibility of buy out.
But I could be totally wrong about that.
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Right. That's what I've read.
We should have a leak for vibrants, not gigantic difference between sgs4g and our vibrants, correct?
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Nope there are several differences including a different GPS/WIFI chip. This was discussed in detail and breakdowns showed the differences. I think you can probably still pull up the breakdown pics with the phones setting side by side.
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Nope there are several differences including a different GPS/WIFI chip. This was discussed in detail and breakdowns showed the differences. I think you can probably still pull up the breakdown pics with the phones setting side by side.
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Oh OK. I've never seen that comparison or breakdown. Still doesn't explain captivate and fascinate leak. They are pretty much same phone as vibrants
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there's a leak on samfirware but krylon said do not flash it.
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Oh OK. I've never seen that comparison or breakdown. Still doesn't explain captivate and fascinate leak. They are pretty much same phone as vibrants
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The Fascinate isn't GSM, which (if I remember correctly) makes a very big difference.
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The Fascinate isn't GSM, which (if I remember correctly) makes a very big difference.
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That's network. Not GPS chip, not what is being discussed at all.
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dligon said:
there's a leak on samfirware but krylon said do not flash it.
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No, thats for the Galaxy S 4G. Model T959V....ours for the Galaxy S Vibrant is T959.
krazie1 said:
No, thats for the Galaxy S 4G. Model T959V....ours for the Galaxy S Vibrant is T959.
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Lol you beat me to it. Was just going to say that
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Nope there are several differences including a different GPS/WIFI chip. This was discussed in detail and breakdowns showed the differences. I think you can probably still pull up the breakdown pics with the phones setting side by side.
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GPS chip is the same.
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Lol you beat me to it. Was just going to say that
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that's true but for people who just flash and dont read carefully they may try and flash it and screw up their vibrant.
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GPS chip is the same.
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are you sure?
I understand that GPS is broken on CM7 because there are no drivers. And when people said to use the drivers from the galaxy 4g they said no go because the drivers are different due to different chips in the two units. Plus there are pics, or where because I cannot find them now, that showed two different chips. Samsung moved away from the erricson chip because of all the issues with GPS on the SGS line.
I was wondering about this the other day, it is indeed frustrating.
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are you sure?
I understand that GPS is broken on CM7 because there are no drivers. And when people said to use the drivers from the galaxy 4g they said no go because the drivers are different due to different chips in the two units. Plus there are pics, or where because I cannot find them now, that showed two different chips. Samsung moved away from the erricson chip because of all the issues with GPS on the SGS line.
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the gps is the same between the vibrant and sgs4g, that's why there are now gingerbread roms with gps (since the sgs4g gb leak).
cm7 is different, it has no samsung software, so in order to use the gps drivers from the sgs4g they need to insert a layer of abstraction (a wrapper) to try and use gps drivers. otherwise, for all samsung based roms, the gps is tightly coupled with tw. if we had the source for the gps drivers, it would be much easier and would likely be working by now.
SGS4G & Vibrant are not the same, which is why our GPS isn't 100%, only half-assed
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I just read on Vibrant xda forum that Bhman/Eugene737 just posted a froyo rom on Vibrant yesterday.Does that mean Epic devs bout to have a port for us?
Check out the Vibrant xda section they have youtube video,rom gets 13 on Quadrant.
That would be ridiculous if it was made for the epic, the epic is vastly different from the other SGS phones
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That would be ridiculous if it was made for the epic, the epic is vastly different from the other SGS phones
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Is it that different?You saying that we can't have 2.2 ported minus physical keyboard,frnt camera and flash not working?Besides those things and different file system it is identical phone aint it?
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Is it that different?
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Let see, physical keyboard, front camera, flash, file system, CDMA radio (Vibrant has a GSM radio), 4G radio. Yeah not different at all.
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Besides those things and different file system it is identical phone aint it?
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Well they both have an AMOLED screen and the Hummingbird processor...
Even if you were to get the Vibrant rom running on the Epic (after taking into account the differences in the file system) the phone would still be unusable. The Vibrant uses a different radio for phone calls, and data (3 and 4 G). So it would be pretty much useless as a phone.
When it comes down to it, this is still a galaxy s phone. But I don't think we should get excited until we see a port onto the fascinate, which is like the only other cdma galaxy s but more intune with the international version
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A_Flying_Fox said:
When it comes down to it, this is still a galaxy s phone. But I don't think we should get excited until we see a port onto the fascinate, which is like the only other cdma galaxy s but more intune with the international version
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When it comes down to it they are both phones so I'm hoping for froyo and iOS being ported early next week
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A_Flying_Fox said:
When it comes down to it, this is still a galaxy s phone. But I don't think we should get excited until we see a port onto the fascinate, which is like the only other cdma galaxy s but more intune with the international version
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Agreed, CDMA is definitely the kicker as we have no way of getting that from a vibrant port. Other than that it isn't that ridiculously complicated to port it to our phone so yes once we see the fascinate get it then we will be on a roll.
Iz it almust HERE yetz!? giggity giggity.
.....Sigh*
blulitespecial said:
Iz it almust HERE yetz!? giggity giggity.
.....Sigh*
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Seems like we don't have much longer to wait.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/samsung-comes-clean-with-galaxy-s-froyo-upgrade-dates-all-carri/
But then again... Who knows?
end of November.” now
Late last week, Samsung announced that the Froyo or Android 2.2 update would finally be coming to the Galaxy S smartphone this week.
It seems that this won’t be the case, however, as the firm has issued an update via its official Twitter channel.
Samsung tweeted: “The Froyo upgrade will be available in the UK from early November and we expect all operator versions to be available by the end of November.”
So, early November could mean two to three more weeks before it lands on Kies, the company’s own Windows based upgrade platform, with operators pushing it out after that. The cause of the delay is unknown.
The Froyo update will bring a number of new features to the very popular Galaxy S, including a speed boost, full Flash support and device tethering, along with Google Maps GPS navigation plus voice guidance.
toon_nufc said:
It seems that this won’t be the case, however, as the firm has issued an update via its official Twitter channel.
Samsung tweeted: “The Froyo upgrade will be available in the UK from early November and we expect all operator versions to be available by the end of November.”
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That is Samsun'g official Twitter channel for the U.K. That timing corresponds to a new press release from Samsung for the U.K. The "all operators" referred to, quite obviously, are the telecom operators in that market.
The corresponinding Twitter site for the U.S. says there is no ETA yet.
And the earlier announcemetn you mentioned was also about overseas markets.
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When it comes down to it they are both phones so I'm hoping for froyo and iOS being ported early next week
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Hold up,iOS port?iOS port for what phone?Its closed source so i doubt it be ported,but it would be nice.
Sadly, I just heard from my Sprint insider not to expect Froyo on the Epic until mid-late December.
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Sadly, I just heard from my Sprint insider not to expect Froyo on the Epic until mid-late December.
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That is the suck. waaaaahhhhh! (crying)
well noobnl has froyo working with the radio so we should see a cyanogized epic release soon
bobdude5 said:
well noobnl has froyo working with the radio so we should see a cyanogized epic release soon
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lol sure buddy!
noobnl is still working on the data, sensors, gps... he has the radio interface layer working, but idk if thats the same as saying the radio is working
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/27/samsung-said-to-be-bringing-a-4-inch-galaxy-player-to-ces-2011/
yet we still can't get 2.2 for our phones
OMG, Samsung has other products it's working on? SHOCKER.
Speaking of useless threads....
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jeffyv2 said:
Speaking of useless threads....
sent from my Epic 4G
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Speaking of a useless post and the time waste to type this
blackdragon79 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/27/samsung-said-to-be-bringing-a-4-inch-galaxy-player-to-ces-2011/
yet we still can't get 2.2 for our phones
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I saw that. Samsung is just terrible.
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I saw that. Samsung is just terrible.
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Like i hard slap in the face right?
So sammy, an international multi billion dollar company that makes everything from refridgerators to tvs, is supposed to stop everything until 2.2 is out for the epic 4g? One product in a linup of hundreds? The music player is just an i9000 with no 3g or gsm radio... takes no time to make... and I'm pretty sure the people working on 2.2 didn't have anything to do with the music player... did I miss something or isn't the player running 2.1 also? Also its been stated that 2.2 has already been given to the carriers so I really don't underfsand your issue...
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knock.back said:
So sammy, an international multi billion dollar company that makes everything from refridgerators to tvs, is supposed to stop everything until 2.2 is out for the epic 4g? One product in a linup of hundreds? The music player is just an i9000 with no 3g or gsm radio... takes no time to make... and I'm pretty sure the people working on 2.2 didn't have anything to do with the music player... did I miss something or isn't the player running 2.1 also? Also its been stated that 2.2 has already been given to the carriers so I really don't underfsand your issue...
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I see where you're coming from, but no. 2.2 has not been given to any samsung mobile device other than the i9000. (that's international, however, and the update's only in the UK and Asia) Canada's Vibrant on the Bell Carrier did get a FroYo update, but that fried the internal storage, and the update was pulled.
I honestly don't care if the update comes to our device first, I would just appreciate Samsung a bit if they would have ANY FroYo update for their phones in AMERICA.
blackdragon79 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/27/samsung-said-to-be-bringing-a-4-inch-galaxy-player-to-ces-2011/
yet we still can't get 2.2 for our phones
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It's obvious though that this device most likely started from the ground up with 2.2 unlike the Epic so we have to wait. It's just the nature of the beast when it comes to rolling out updates to something and trying not to blow up every device already out there and then have to deal with that nightmare.
It's all about quantity over quality anymore.
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How did you feel about the, came out after the epic, piece of **** Instinct, getting 2.2 already?
Canadian captivates and fascinates started to get Froyo via kies today.
http://mobilehighway.blogspot.com/2010/12/canadians-get-froyo-for-galaxy-s.html
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mxcoldhit said:
Canadian captivates and fascinates started to get Froyo via kies today.
http://mobilehighway.blogspot.com/2010/12/canadians-get-froyo-for-galaxy-s.html
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Its got to be a way to code that ish, and get us something to work with in cm or a better froyo builds for the devs.
For those who said this was irrelevant because its two different divisions...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/samsungs-phone-division-now-also-in-charge-of-pmps-galaxy-play/
Nope, Samsung mobile has been building. *sigh*
lazydazed said:
How did you feel about the, came out after the epic, piece of **** Instinct, getting 2.2 already?
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The instinct doesn't run android. Do you mean intercept? Cause its been out longer than the epic.
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Same old song and dance...
http://twitter.com/Samsungtweets
lol this is whats holding them up according to them "complexity/unique functionality"... i couldnt wait any longer so i rooted yesterday and installed nero v3..... im glad i did it.
I've been running the leaks and couldn't be happier. Why wouldn't they make all Galaxy S devices the same besides the obvious radios for different carriers. Why not just release one version of the phone so the complexity and unique functionality would not be an issue?
I am also putting some blame on the carriers for molesting the phones with their crap too.
Ok ....so all the blame going on between Samsung & T-Mobile is really all Samsung holding it up???
i think the carriers wanted different versions of the phone too. I guess to set themselves apart from each other....
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i think the carriers wanted different versions of the phone too. I guess to set themselves apart from each other....
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Well, keep the aesthetics different but leave the internal system the same (well minus the Epic since it has a hardware keyboard), they dug their own grave in this department.
jmcghee1973 said:
Ok ....so all the blame going on between Samsung & T-Mobile is really all Samsung holding it up???
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its really hasnt be samsung all along.. its still up to the carriers to approve the software.
haha, android 2.2 is so last year, 2.3 should be the one they are worried about
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haha, android 2.2 is so last year, 2.3 should be the one they are worried about
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Knowing Samsung, lets not get ahead of our selves..low expectations are key to happiness here.
At the rate sammy is going we will all be due for a phone upgrade before we even see 2.3 but knowing them they won't support it cause they want you to buy the nexus s.
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Haha, yall hoping to see a Vibrant running 2.3 in your hand better forget Sammy & hope that Gbread proof morphs into a daily driver instead
Nero v3 + XDA app = possimpostability
AustinKnight45 said:
At the rate sammy is going we will all be due for a phone upgrade before we even see 2.3 but knowing them they won't support it cause they want you to buy the nexus s.
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i wouldnt say samsung wants consumers the nexus s.... IMO i dont think samsung even cares abt nexus s sales as subsidies and carrier variety is what really average consumers care about. plus samsung makes a bunch of money doing other things than just smart phone.
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its really hasnt be samsung all along.. its still up to the carriers to approve the software.
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Yeah, the software provided by Samsung. If Samsung's build is buggy, the carrier obviously can't approve it.
I don't know why people keep blaming the carriers. While they may insist on certain programs or functionality, the software is ultimately Samsung's responsibility.
Froyo is starting to sound like "Wolf" to me.
No way to blame the carriers here. If it was there fault, how do you explain that all other similar class phones have had froyo for 3-4 months already? How'd those all get approved?
It's all on samsung here.
They have been saying next week for over six months.....their top selling device has become less of a priority that's all there is to it.
Vibrant + Axura 2.2.5.5 + SuperIO Kernel + JL1 Modem
You guys are getting that the froyo has to be an update and not a flash. There can't be any mistakes.
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couped said:
You guys are getting that the froyo has to be an update and not a flash. There can't be any mistakes.
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And those are different how...?
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tornado76 said:
I've been running the leaks and couldn't be happier. Why wouldn't they make all Galaxy S devices the same besides the obvious radios for different carriers. Why not just release one version of the phone so the complexity and unique functionality would not be an issue?
I am also putting some blame on the carriers for molesting the phones with their crap too.
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Speaking of not all being the same.. I have gotten at least seven people to also buy Galaxy phones, but most are with Verizon or AT&T. This past Friday it really sucked that my Verizon friends were able to take lots of pictures inside of the dueling piano bar because of the flash and I couldn't do ****.
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Speaking of not all being the same.. I have gotten at least seven people to also buy Galaxy phones, but most are with Verizon or AT&T. This past Friday it really sucked that my Verizon friends were able to take lots of pictures inside of the dueling piano bar because of the flash and I couldn't do ****.
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If a flash was important to you then why did you knowingly buy a phone that didn't have one? You can't blame TMO or Samsung for a poor purchase decision.
According to this article, AT&T promised GB for their entire Android selection. Aren't the Captivate drivers same/similar with Vibrant's?
List of devices getting GB:
HTC Inspire™ 4G
LG Phoenix™
Motorola ATRIX™ 4G
Pantech Crossover™
Samsung Captivate™
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According to this article, AT&T promised GB for their entire Android selection. Aren't the Captivate drivers same/similar with Vibrant's?
List of devices getting GB:
HTC Inspire™ 4G
LG Phoenix™
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No, Cappy is most closely related to the i9000. Which is why they've had GPS on Gingerbread for months and months.
Guys, are you 100% sure that the Samfirmware tweeting is true?
you know, I thinked myself about this! We didnt got anything official from Samsung or T-mobile itself.
so i think there is still chance that we can get GB for vibrant
and by the way, I found something here:
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...ead-2-3-3-update-Release-Status-for-Countries
i dunno is this info is right or not but the US still pending.
what do you think about this?
Isn't the NS and Vibrant just about the same phone? Why don't more devs base their ROMs on the NS drivers and stuff? That question may not be the correct question, but I think it's understandable.
laylovj said:
Isn't the NS and Vibrant just about the same phone? Why don't more devs base their ROMs on the NS drivers and stuff? That question may not be the correct question, but I think it's understandable.
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If they were as similar as you're thinking they are, then we would have more roms based from them, but as you can see, there's nothing.
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Isn't the NS and Vibrant just about the same phone? Why don't more devs base their ROMs on the NS drivers and stuff? That question may not be the correct question, but I think it's understandable.
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While they physically look the same the internals are quite different.
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Guys, are you 100% sure that the Samfirmware tweeting is true?
you know, I thinked myself about this! We didnt got anything official from Samsung or T-mobile itself.
so i think there is still chance that we can get GB for vibrant
and by the way, I found something here:
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...ead-2-3-3-update-Release-Status-for-Countries
i dunno is this info is right or not but the US still pending.
what do you think about this?
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T-Mobile nor HTC didn't tweet the T-Mobile G1 wasn't going past Donut and the original myTouch 3G was getting FroYo
According to Phandroid.com, the Fascinate on Verizon is getting the Gingerbread Update!
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/01/samsung-fascinate-gingerbread-update-ready-to-roll/
Now T-mobile and Samsung, I have to ask, where is the Vibrant's update?
Galaxy S internatinoal got gingerbread.
Galaxy S 4G got gingerbread.
Captivate has gingerbread leaks.
Fascinate is getting gingerbread.
Vibrant Canada I think got gingerbread also.
So where is the T-mobile Vibrant Gingerbread????????????????????????
Might be more power full if posted in samsung website forum.
yea, post that there. Ive given up on GB anyway, custom roms are better anyway
Accept that it's not coming and 2.2 is the terminal firmware for the Vibrant. You can thank the T-959v for that.
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yea, post that there. Ive given up on GB anyway, custom roms are better anyway
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Imagine how better they'd be with Gingerbread source.
Eh doesnt matter anymore. We got devs doing ics, in a week or two more it'll run flawlessly.
wait.. correct me if i'm wrong but isn't the fascinate the same hardware minus the modem (cdma)? if this is the case devs could just as easily rip all the files needed to complete our driver issues on GB. if not oh well.
I believe there is something different with the GPS drivers on the Vibrant, which is why we have so many great ROMs without very good GPS.
Seriously? Another rant about gb for the vibrant? Just flash an i9000 port, and stop complaining. Or get another phone. There are early builds of ics popping up already. the vibrant was one of the first to get an ics build actually....
You disappeared after i showed you battery life on simply honey v6 beta....hahaha...where'd you go buddy?
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Why do you want GB now, when it's a year late? They should release ICS rather than GB. ICS is awesome on the vibrant btw
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Seriously? Another rant about gb for the vibrant? Just flash an i9000 port, and stop complaining. Or get another phone. There are early builds of ics popping up already. the vibrant was one of the first to get an ics build actually....
You disappeared after i showed you battery life on simply honey v6 beta....hahaha...where'd you go buddy?
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I9000 ports are good, but I need gps daily. If Im not mistaken the only GB kernel that has GPS is about 6 months old. We get an up to date GB kernel with working gps and more will flood the I9000 ROM section.
you guys are stupid for even thinking we'll get a update, if we do im sorry and i will cut my dogs ear off.
P.S. get your ass on ICS.
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I9000 ports are good, but I need gps daily. If Im not mistaken the only GB kernel that has GPS is about 6 months old. We get an up to date GB kernel with working gps and more will flood the I9000 ROM section.
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I understand the need for GPS, but it's really a hit or miss with vibrants. I'll pretty sure i got the first run of units, so gps never really worked well for me, no matter what ROM I'm on.
Granted, if i use the gb bullet kernel, i can get a lock and even navigation, but it takes a while. I just use maps to give me directions, then follow them. Simple solution to a simple problem.
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I understand the need for GPS, but it's really a hit or miss with vibrants. I'll pretty sure i got the first run of units, so gps never really worked well for me, no matter what ROM I'm on.
Granted, if i use the gb bullet kernel, i can get a lock and even navigation, but it takes a while. I just use maps to give me directions, then follow them. Simple solution to a simple problem.
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I would agree. I also got one of the first batches of Vibs. I did the hardware fix and things got much better for me. Give it a look if you haven't tried it. May help.
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Note - my wife and I both got Vibs together. Mine has the hardware fix and hers does not. Mine locks A LOT faster than hers. She is on a 2.2 ROM and Im on Miui as well.
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I would agree. I also got one of the first batches of Vibs. I did the hardware fix and things got much better for me. Give it a look if you haven't tried it. May help.
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Note - my wife and I both got Vibs together. Mine has the hardware fix and hers does not. Mine locks A LOT faster than hers. She is on a 2.2 ROM and Im on Miui as well.
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I tried the hardware fix myself, but only by bending the contact up. What exactly did you do to apply the hardware fix?
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MIUI-NB edition has a working gps, no need for hardware fix. but go for an older release for more stability
xriderx66 said:
you guys are stupid for even thinking we'll get a update, if we do im sorry and i will cut my dogs ear off.
P.S. get your ass on ICS.
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Yep, I'm getting on iOS in January when I switch carriers...
Oh, you said ICS... My bad...
Sorry, ICS = Different look, same nastiness. UI Latency, Adware galore, inconsistent UI across apps, poor market policing, etc.
I'm to the point where I just want something that works. Android is starting to feel like WIndows Me to me now...
N8ter said:
Yep, I'm getting on iOS in January when I switch carriers...
Oh, you said ICS... My bad...
Sorry, ICS = Different look, same nastiness. UI Latency, Adware galore, inconsistent UI across apps, poor market policing, etc.
I'm to the point where I just want something that works. Android is starting to feel like WIndows Me to me now...
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Everyone has a choice. Thats why I love Android and iOS. Both have their pros and cons. I am NOT a fanboy. I can point out both advantages for both platforms, and both have disadvantages.
I'm just glad this wasn't like 5 years ago where the only choice for a smartphone = iPhone. I did own a iPhone 3GS, jailbroke it, found nothing interesting to jailbreak except to pirate apps... which i pointless to me. I prefer android, it gives me a change. But again, opinions are opinions.
Tmoble already has the sgs 2 and the sgs 4g. Not to mention that the vibrant was discontinued months ago there's honestly no point in a business point of view updating a phone there not making any money on
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And this is why we need source direct from samsung
CM DROPS VIBRANT SUPPORT DUE TO 911 INABILITY:
"We are no longer supporting the Vibrant due to the inability to dial 911. We consider the issues related to this unresolvable without source code from Samsung related to the Radio interface layer and its interactions with the Audio layers and have taken the decision to no longer support this. We apologize for the inconvenience and strongly suggest that Vibrant users use a Samsung ROM due to the 911 issues with any ROMs based on open source code."
http://phandroid.com/2011/12/12/cya...le-galaxy-s-support-dropped-due-to-911-issue/
Now do you see why it is so important to have put pressure on Samsung/T-Mobile to release an update to Gingerbread? This is why! Developers are talented but they can't work miracles. We need source/drivers for proper 911 and GPS capabilities just to name a few.