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Finally gingerbread is out

Hi Guys,
Good News.. Finally gingerbread is out ..... Its a green signal for galaxy tab..
http://www.google.co.uk/nexus/#!/features

It will be a while before the Tab gets it

Raqball: totally agreed. As a pissed off SGS user without froyo ill be the first one to tell you that i will never buy another samsung android phone again. Im hoping that a $600 tablet will be better on the upgrade side.
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The Gingerbread keyboard works fine on the Tab:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864033

seeing as there's a Galaxy S build of gingerbread in the kitchen at the moment, hopefully it can be converted to the Tabs paritition sizes etc and ported over with relative ease once it's at a stage that it works...
Now that would be good.

Galaxy tab wont get ice cream sandwich offical update

According to korean promotional site by samsung galaxy tab is not getting official ics update
Reason=hardware not capable of handling ics

Rom specifically if I'm not mistaken. And it's been confirmed before, this was just the reason why

And what you do not like ics who is here?

Ice cream sandwich ROM
In the quest to update my GT-P1000M Bell model from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread to now finally ended up with Overcome ROM 4. Everything went perfect, here and there problems and a couple of days even went by - but eventually am happy now and the tab is working fine.
So I want to thank all the members of XDA Developers for the files and the procedures and also the rest of those who posted questions and there were answers - it all helped a lot. Now I know what it is to get Bricked ...
Further I want to know where do I go from here. Did I get the actual ice cream Sandwich ROM that actually has started retailing on stores ???
Some of the problems I got which i wanted to highlight was - my tab was going to the EDGE network here in Saudi and no matter trying to figure out which modem file didn't work. I installed the bell modem file eventually although it gave a no voice warning. But the thing was that it still showed edge network. than I was fiddling with the Packet Data enable check box and when I did once it changed to H&3G and when I did again it would change to E back. Strange. Hope this might help somebody having this problem.
The MIUI Rom did not work properly at all ... So I switched over to Overcome. the keypad was not showing up. The Sim was not detected and mobile networks page were all dimmed. I didnt wait too long. My Hands were shaking ... wondering what happened

ronak.super said:
Reason=hardware not capable of handling ics
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Hmm, I thought that the SGT handled ICS (CM9) quite nicely. Could use some optimizations here and there, but performance is very acceptable imo

Samsung claim that the sgs and sgt don't have the ram etc to handle their touchwiz on top of the ics as well. It's not that it can't handle ics on its own, but the both of them together. And Samsung will not release their ics roms without touchwiz on top.
Tapatalk! mmmm bowp bowp, chikka chikkaaaa

goughymachine said:
Samsung claim that the sgs and sgt don't have the ram etc to handle their touchwiz on top of the ics as well. It's not that it can't handle ics on its own, but the both of them together. And Samsung will not release their ics roms without touchwiz on top.
Tapatalk! mmmm bowp bowp, chikka chikkaaaa
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What's so great about TouchWiz anyway..
Btw, Hello to fellow xda users and devs. I was wondering whether to buy a china pad or a second G-Tab. Finally bought a G-Tab mainly be'cauze of XDA

wuf31 said:
What's so great about TouchWiz anyway..
Btw, Hello to fellow xda users and devs. I was wondering whether to buy a china pad or a second G-Tab. Finally bought a G-Tab mainly be'cauze of XDA
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I wonder this too... I see most ROM's just getting rid of TouchWiz, so there's no way it can be that great to start with

Good Custom ROM for Galaxy Tab 10.0

Alright, I'll start the story here. I got a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate (SGH-i897) from AT&T about a year or so ago. I really enjoyed the phone with Eclair 2.1, then Froyo 2.2 came out.
At that point I started messing with some custom ROMs. One of the best ones that I used was Cognition. I stuck with Cognition up until 4.3.5, and then found Serendipity. At this time Serendipity 7 was the latest build for the Captivate. After loading S7, I found that to be the best ROM I have used to date for that phone.
I have since switched to a Galaxy S II (SGH-i777), and I am running Serendipity 8 on it.
Well, with that giant back-story, I'll finally get to my question. I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 7510 (Wi-Fi Only), and I'd like to ask what custom firmware "you think" I'd enjoy on my tab, based on my fondness of Serendipity 7 & 8.
I know this is a broad stroke question, and I appreciate any feedback. I just don't want to play trial and error with all sorts of crazy roms.
Thanks!

What version do you have, 3G or Wi-FI?
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kkhull said:
What version do you have, 3G or Wi-FI?
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I have to fill up at least 10 characters in order to just say "Wi-Fi"

Shibblet said:
I have to fill up at least 10 characters in order to just say "Wi-Fi"
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Galaxytask Tom
Or the preview version of ICS
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Read through the roms and see what you fancy I'd suggest ! that's your best bet as your tastes are probibly different than mine.
Task 10 is what I'm running as it fits my everyday needs and its 200% better than stock hc

I have only tried Galaxy Task Slim 13.1, Overcome 10.1 Series v2.2.0 and the ICS build (which I liked the best). ICS is buggy but blows the others away.
Edit: Overcome CWM Recovery v5.1.2.6 seems to work the best for a CWM btw.

Def the ICS port, actually makes the tab usable, I stopped using it since it was so slow and laggy on HC

Kang ics preview is good to go but without cam at the moment
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Yeah I was sad about no camera but then I remembered how bad the pictures my tablet takes are.

I have used bindroid and galaxy roms and both are great. Best thing is to try them and pick what works best for you. Also Pershoots kernel is amazing

Envirophone

Hi all,
Im getting rid of my Galaxy S I9000 ive had for about 18months
The envirophone phone recycling website have offered me £110 for it,
does anyone know if I have to remove custom firmware before sending it off as currently got it running Team ICS 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM.
Cheers, will miss you guys, will be just round the corner with my new Galaxy SII

I think you may be fine but just flash a stock firmware to be on the safe side. Got myself a SGS today as a backup phone, nice little phone. Same as my previous SGS2 in rooting and such. You'll enjoy it's bigger brother

Thanks, i am already enjoying the SII a little snappier than the S.
Just flashed stock gingerbread so ready to send off now, though I might have a friend wanting it.
I dont think they could handle XDA though, i think stock is more their cup of tea.

trex3491 said:
Thanks, i am already enjoying the SII a little snappier than the S.
Just flashed stock gingerbread so ready to send off now, though I might have a friend wanting it.
I dont think they could handle XDA though, i think stock is more their cup of tea.
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Hah I'd be lost without xda. Plenty of good roms over at sgs2. As well as kernels. Enjoy your phone
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk 2

[Q] Which is better ? ICS from Samsung or CM9

I am looking at getting ICS from Samsung on mt GT 10.1, but it's already rooted, and if I want the official ICS, I have to un-root it. Not sure how I will do this. But before going through all this, I want to know what users prefer: ICS from Samsung or CyanogenMod ?
BTW: What's the safest way to un-root a GT 10.1 ? I got mine from USA, although I am in Canada.
Thanks

uhh? maybe i'm slow in australia but i didnt think ICS was out yet? would be the best surprise if it was...

I prefer ICS from Samsung as it will have no bugs also I like touchwiz
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jfmessier said:
I am looking at getting ICS from Samsung on mt GT 10.1, but it's already rooted, and if I want the official ICS, I have to un-root it. Not sure how I will do this. But before going through all this, I want to know what users prefer: ICS from Samsung or CyanogenMod ?
BTW: What's the safest way to un-root a GT 10.1 ? I got mine from USA, although I am in Canada.
Thanks
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In order to unroot flash a stock rom OR remove su from /system/bin and delete superuser.apk from system/system apps and reboot OR download SuperSU from market which does the same!
None can tell you which rom is best. I personally prefer cm but I haven't seen the official yet. The safest way was, and will be to try them both!
Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab

Try ACS's method
I unrooted mine last night in prep for the official release rumored to come out anytime soon. I used this method:
[ACSyndicate] [How-To] Root/Unroot The SGT 10.1 GT-P7510 USA Retail WiFi Only http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474971
As for the diff's between CM9 and official ICS, ICS should have a working camera, but when the libs are released, you can bet your bottom dollar that these geniuses will have a modded rom based on it shortly.

If it's like ICS for the SGS2, I'd prefer Samsung's. They did a nice job and Task will clean it up well.

You don't need to unroot to get the update, i updated 4 times without unrooting using kies, and to unroot without the need to flash a new rom use (gingerbreak.apk ) and choose option unroot it works for me.
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ali magdy said:
I prefer ICS from Samsung as it will have no bugs also I like touchwiz
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You mean like how honeycomb had no bugs when samsung first released it?

mike-y said:
You mean like how honeycomb had no bugs when samsung first released it?
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+1...we all blame Samsung for being the last to offer the update, but 3.2 was flawless for me...even battery life. The battery, which supposedly lasts 9 hours, lasted 10 with really hard use (3g constantly on, email sending, a little gaming, and 4 episodes of game of thrones and of course browsing and keeping an eye on xda...)
Sent from my amazing 10.1 galaxy tab

You don't need to unroot and I wouldn't be surprised if a dev released a rooted stock ICS rom before the actual release date

The Root said:
If it's like ICS for the SGS2, I'd prefer Samsung's. They did a nice job and Task will clean it up well.
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If I read this correctly, you're confirming that an update to ICS for your SGS2 in available in Hartford, CT?

Will they instead release JB, now that it is out ?
I am wondering here whether it will be worth going to ICS and then, instead of jumping directly to JB. Could it be what Samsung is/was waiting for ? Now that I have the tools to properly restore HoneyComb 3.2 anytime, I will wait and see, but until then, I will enjoy this CM [early] version of Jelly Bean. You can find the details here.

ali magdy said:
I prefer ICS from Samsung as it will have no bugs also I like touchwiz
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There is no such thing as "no bugs", it is just the nature of software being coded by human beings and the thousands (if not millions) of lines of code it takes to make all this stuff work. I think people don't understand what it actually takes for these companies to put out these updates. It is amazing to me that they get them out as quickly as they actually do to be honest.

I don't want to be a troll, but the answer to the question "ics official or cm9" is "cm10". Up until 3 days ago I was with stock 3.2 waiting for oficial ICS, but after reading the thread about cm10 preview I decited to try it and after installing it's like having a new tablet. It amazingly fast and rock solid stable. With 3.2 I've never used the task switcher button, because it was terrible slow. Now with JB I can't live without it.
It's still a preview version, but really I don't want more. The only thing is the missing camera, but I never use it.

Putting JB on my tab made me feel like I got a whole new tab.