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Nexus S 4G Release Date Announced

"The highly anticipated Nexus S™ 4G1 from Google™ goes on sale in all Sprint channels, including www.sprint.com, on Sunday, May 8, for $199.99 (plus tax) with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement. Extending the company’s 4G device leadership yet again, it is the fourth 4G phone available and 20th 4G device announced from Sprint."
Look here for details
Engadget just picked it up
Thought some of you might be interested.

I'm interested in so far as this improves Epic gingerbread support.

Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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Shoulon said:
Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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It's the same Rom with a different modem etc.
Texted while driving

Shoulon said:
Would the nexus S end up needing a diff custom rom? Like a sprint version?
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LOL. Yeah! The Rom on that phone will be so clean that people will be tempted to put sprint's crappy bloat ware on it.

Yay let's get a phone...pay 200 for it when its the same as the epic without a keyboard. Hopefully the gingerbread port isn't that difficult
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Pretty sure I told everyone this like last week...

sceptor said:
Yay let's get a phone...pay 200 for it when its the same as the epic without a keyboard. Hopefully the gingerbread port isn't that difficult
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yay! lets buy a phone that is getting updates after they have been out for almost a year. we could use a hardware keyboard that misses keys!
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theres a lot more then just the keyboard thats different
i personally will be enjoying my new ns4g on may 8th, i will enjoy it even more when ice cream comes out. really and truly each device has their own market, there is no reason to slam down one just because.
one of the biggest draws for me is the software, within 4 days cm7 will be on the nexus s 4g. the nexus is still getting updates that leaves me very optimistic about the nexus s. ideally they would have brought a nice new lg nexus instead but hey whichever

Whosdaman said:
Pretty sure I told everyone this like last week...
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Yepp, I remember this too.
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i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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ksweat2292 said:
i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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Bye bye person who hasn't contributed anything useful.

Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?

acer1096xxx said:
Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?
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It depends on what hardware elements are the EXACT SAME, for instance it won't help with the camera because they have different sensors, but it might help with the GPS.

063_XOBX said:
It depends on what hardware elements are the EXACT SAME, for instance it won't help with the camera because they have different sensors, but it might help with the GPS.
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Alright, well let's pray for the best then. Thanks for verifying.

ksweat2292 said:
i cant wait! bye bye POS epic that misses keys, randomly shuts off, and cant last for more than 8 hours off the plug
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ditto... I'm picking up the NS when it launches I think

063_XOBX said:
Bye bye person who hasn't contributed anything useful.
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relax
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acer1096xxx said:
Since the Nexus S 4G is coming out soon and of course it'll get a source code, how much will it affect CM7 development?
I'm positive 4G will come much quicker but is there anything else?
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about the same amount that the nexus s source has helped...
only thing thats different is the ril/radio and wimax

The nexus s. Its as close as sprint will get to the galaxy S II =\ atleast til the evo 3d. Wich isn't that appealing.
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What are you talking about? The Nexus S is the Galaxy S with AOSP android, it literally has nothing in common with the Galaxy S2...

063_XOBX said:
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Real sentimental about the Epic, eh? Understandable....the Epic is an awesome phone. That being said....I too will be getting a Nexus S when it drops. Don't use Touchwiz and don't need a keyboard so why not?
Can't wait.
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Sprint Lightsquared LTE deal

http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/02/sprint-close-to-20-billion-network-deal-with-lightsquared/
Great news

Wowee
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morrreee GGGGGGGGGGG's now now please !!!

Except Lightsquared is still having issues getting their LTE to work out and NOT effect GPS sat.'s.........
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/lightsquareds-lte-breaks-gps-in-new-mexico-trial-angers-john-d/

Great news
via EVO

sgt. slaughter said:
Except Lightsquared is still having issues getting their LTE to work out and NOT effect GPS sat.'s.........
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/lightsquareds-lte-breaks-gps-in-new-mexico-trial-angers-john-d/
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Dumb ****
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LexLuger82 said:
Dumb ****
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Its been a pretty known fact that they have had issues with interference from the get go but keep saying they know how to fix it. Funny that still now they haven't gotten it worked out.

yeah those GPS are a real issue
I were Sprint I wouldn't sign a deal until they can prove those are fixed

They will fix it. They have plenty of spectrum to do trial and error.
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Sprint gets almost 2 billion a year because of this deal...interference or not Sprint wins.

sgt. slaughter said:
Its been a pretty known fact that they have had issues with interference from the get go but keep saying they know how to fix it. Funny that still now they haven't gotten it worked out.
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If this deal goes through they will use Sprints spectrum which will not affect GPS.
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I just want 4G readily available from Sprint in every major city! Now, right now!

IIRC That doesn't do a damn thing for us EVO owners. Im pretty sure We cant run on LTE. I could be wrong.

yamaford said:
IIRC That doesn't do a damn thing for us EVO owners. Im pretty sure We cant run on LTE. I could be wrong.
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Your not wrong. Evo does not have a LTE radio to recieve LTE signal. But, by the time LTE is up all us phone nerds will be drooling over the new Evo 5d with quad core proccessor, 7.1 surround sound, adreno 2,000 and LTE/Wimax radio's. ( A boy can dream right ;p)

Anything 2 get rid of craptastic wimax

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Anything 2 get rid of craptastic wimax
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This, Wimax is quite the joke in terms of building penetration and connection. When I look on the Sprint map I have 4g service available, I can't even connect to the **** outside let alone inside. Hell it's so bad I don't even care if custom roms/ports don't have 4g because I can't use it.
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Jfree3000 said:
This, Wimax is quite the joke in terms of building penetration and connection. When I look on the Sprint map I have 4g service available, I can't even connect to the **** outside let alone inside. Hell it's so bad I don't even care if custom roms/ports don't have 4g because I can't use it.
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If LTE was on the same frequency you would say LTE sucks.
It's not the technology its the FREQUENCY!!!!
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novanosis85 said:
If LTE was on the same frequency you would say LTE sucks.
It's not the technology its the FREQUENCY!!!!
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DING DING DING!!!!
I pray for the day when people will finally realize this!

novanosis85 said:
If LTE was on the same frequency you would say LTE sucks.
It's not the technology its the FREQUENCY!!!!
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You are correct sir, left that out but I know its the frequency. Hence it sucks (for me at least).

Jfree3000 said:
This, Wimax is quite the joke in terms of building penetration and connection. When I look on the Sprint map I have 4g service available, I can't even connect to the **** outside let alone inside. Hell it's so bad I don't even care if custom roms/ports don't have 4g because I can't use it.
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I know exactly how u feel, check out my rant here
I still do use a 4G rom but I hardly every use 4G but it CAN be nice when it actually works which is hardly ever unless I'm on top of a mountain 50ft away from the wimax tower

Samsung releases LTE Epic on VZW, Gingerbread preloaded

...and yet they still haven't managed to release Gingerbread for the original Epic.
http://gizmodo.com/5848849/samsung-stratosphere-hands-on-for-keyboard+loving-internet+hounds
Well done, Samsuck.

k0nane said:
...and yet they still haven't managed to release Gingerbread for the original Epic.
http://gizmodo.com/5848849/samsung-stratosphere-hands-on-for-keyboard+loving-internet+hounds
Well done, Samsuck.
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What's your thought on the Stratosphere's source being usable on the Epic?
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ac16313 said:
What's your thought on the Stratosphere's source being usable on the Epic?
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It's no more relevant than any other device's source, by and large, to us.

k0nane said:
It's no more relevant than any other device's source, by and large, to us.
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Okay cool, I can wait patiently for our official now lol.
Samsungs got it all wrong, throwing equivalents of our phone with gingerbread preloaded? Fail.
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ac16313 said:
Samsungs got it all wrong, throwing equivalents of our phone with gingerbread preloaded? Fail.
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My thoughts exactly.

k0nane said:
My thoughts exactly.
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If more people who had this phone knew about android versions and what not, I'm sure samsung would have been getting complaints right about now.
Luckily, for Samsung though, most users are teens who text a lot(me included) Oh well, maybe they'll learn some day.
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ac16313 said:
If more people who had this phone knew about android versions and what not, I'm sure samsung would have been getting complaints right about now.
Luckily, for Samsung though, most users are teens who text a lot(me included) Oh well, maybe they'll learn some day.
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That's right. I would venture 90+% of people have NO CLUE what Gingerbread is, nor what version of Android they're currently running. They see an update come through, install it, and go about their business. A select few of them may notice something different with the looks, but that's about it. They may notice something looks different, but only because one of their apps (I'm thinking Eclair vs. Froyo messaging) looks a bit different. If that's the case, they probably assume the update was just for that app...

If Samsung is throwing around Gingerbread all over the Epic (as well as most of the US galaxy s series) have not gotten, maybe it is the carriers holding everything up. All of the updated GBs have been through Kies and for some reasn Sprint don't want the Epic on Kies.
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I can't wait to upgrade to a different phone, I've always been a fan of hardware keyboards but I don't think ill be going that route for my next upgrade, either going iphone 4gs route or nexus prime type phone, btw I've never owned/purchased an apple product
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Bizz08 said:
I can't wait to upgrade to a different phone, I've always been a fan of hardware keyboards but I don't think ill be going that route for my next upgrade, either going iphone 4gs route or nexus prime type phone, btw I've never owned/purchased an apple product
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According to the release specs the iphone 4S has no WiMax or LTE support. So 4G only works on ATT with their crappy 4G.
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I don't think Samsung and Sprint are trying anymore.

I told my friend there was a gingerbread leak...he said to turn the oven off and use a bigger container next time
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this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.

austin420 said:
this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.
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hahah patience is the key to success

austin420 said:
this is the spot sprint shouldve tried to sell the epic at last year. a decently priced midtier phone. **** i regret buying this.
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...Huh? At this time last year the Epic was one of the beefiest high-end phones you could buy.

Ill admit,I'm trying everything I can think of to step away from this like I did with the Moment (only because I hard bricked 2). Now the funds arnt there, but I'm so tempted to sell sperm and blood

Thanks, sam****!
I really hope another company releases a good hardware keyboard phone by the time I'm ready to upgrade.

I wonder if the 1800 mAh battery will fit in our phone.

adelmundo said:
I wonder if the 1800 mAh battery will fit in our phone.
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I think the Epic touch's does

At this point i'm stuck with my epic for another year min. While i'm fine with that it would really easy to live with if I had an official release. at this point I wish they would just release what they have good or bad and our awesome developers here will fix it. Heck what ever they release wouldn't be as good as what our developers do anyway. So close enough I say, release EH17 source and get out of our way!!!!
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Realistic timeframe for ICS?

I'm wondering how long you guys think it will take for ICS to get ported to the Epic. I mean, realistically, it took us the better part of a year to get CM7 (and it's still only a release candidate). I'm pretty invested in this phone, having bought a car dock and game gripper for it. But it seems to be such an oddball in terms of development. My buddy's got a Fascinate, and seeing his 4.0 screenshots has been making me very jealous. Been thinking of trading in for a Nexus S or Evo Shift. Thoughts? And I hate to pimp, but if you've got either of those phones, and are looking for a Boost Mobile Epic, I'd consider a trade. PM me.
While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?

ironcladlou said:
...and it's still only a release candidate...
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What do you mean "still ONLY a release candidate" ?
I stopped reading there, don't know why I came here anyway looking at the title its bound to be an ETA thread.
Anyway IB4L.
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1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
3. VZW. > sprint
Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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I mean it ain't gold yet. Don't get me wrong, it's a huge step for this phone, but we could realistically be looking at a 12 month gap between the time when CM7 was official, to the time when it was official for the Epic. I don't think I'd enjoy waiting that long for CM9, y'know?

marcusant said:
1. ICS will take a shorter time than cm7
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Worth waiting, you think?
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2. The nexus s is way better than the shift. The shift isn't pure Google and is reeeeeaaaallllyyyy slow
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Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
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3. VZW. > sprint
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True, but 10x better?
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Also, our cm7 RC works perfect. Everything works fine...
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Except Wimax

ironcladlou said:
Worth waiting, you think?
Good to know. I was playing with a Shift this weekend, and I kinda liked it.
True, but 10x better?
Except Wimax
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I would wait for an LTE phone to come out before switching.
Read the thread about a wimax bounty (the last couple posts). Since you are on boost, you don't have wimax anyways, right?
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Yeah, and even if I could hack it together, there's no Wimax coverage where I am anyways. Here's the question, though...I'm sticking with Boost, and I doubt they'll be offering LTE anytime soon. Still wait, you think?

Still wait for quad core phones.
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ironcladlou said:
While it's on my mind, the aforementioned Fascinate guy stated that he gets 600k downstream on VZW when tethering, 1meg in good signal area. I've never even approached that...fastest I ever got was 200k, usually closer to 100k. Is this a difference in the radios between Galaxy models, or a symptom of VZW vs. Sprint?
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You live in an area with crappy Sprint service. I get around 1-1.3 mbps on 3G. If I am tethering it will be on 4G though (4-6mbps).

Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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kennyglass123 said:
Playoffs? Don't talk to me about playoffs! Playoffs?!
ETAs are impossible....these guys have families and lives.
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Lol! Too funny! I love that commercial!
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Ota in America

When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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August when international gets jelly bean. If that is when they get pushed that update
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ttieder said:
When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
looks to be released today.
EDIT: Looks like this is only for Global phones

DC_MTP said:
Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
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I was talking about that one I know jellybean ain't coming for at least October .
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From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.

stevessvt said:
From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.
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Lmao, well if Samsung was able to get all devices in US carriers hopefully they got the change to mention updates too
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Even though this is for International version, would devs be able to take anything from it and implement things for us?
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The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.

dasistsparta said:
The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.
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We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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jgalan14 said:
We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week

dasistsparta said:
What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Well that brightness slider would be a GREAT addition in my opinion. I also wouldn't mind if the fixed the standby battery draw reporting glitch. Also, they could ACTUALLY fix the standby battery draw so the phone doesn't suck it self dry through the day from standby.
Oh yeah, the desktop background doesn't scroll when you flip screens. Don't know if that's a glitch, but it's just stupid and should be changed.
Another thing, the phone seems to just drop reception randomly even though it's in a fully covered area. This constant drop and pick up is suuuuuper annoying when you're surfing the web or using some messenger app. Also is a battery killer as well.
Improvements can always be made. It's nice to get the updates and nice to know samsung/att cares about our experience. (For sure ATT doesn't give two ****s so I hope Samsung can persuade)

dasistsparta said:
What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Not sure if serious...
This phone's wireless/data radio are a complete pos. WiFi drops constantly, and it's just weak. I can't even believe how weak the signal is. You guys are worried about brightness...lol .

I've personally have had an issue where callers from my contacts list show up as Unknown. My Dad, with the same GS3, called me and asked if I was having this issue as he had been noticing it as well. Also, some others on xda have reported the same or similar issues.
I called and talked to a rep at tmo and was told that it was a known issue being worked on by tmo and sammy. Not sure when (or if) this will be fixed, but I'm hopeful.