So we know that EI22 is out there, as it has appeared on a repaired phone. I just called a sprint store with a repair center in my area and was going to ask if they can flash the latest EI22 but I was on hold for longer than I can deal with right now. Maybe someone else would like to give it a try? Remember, you have to find a sprint store with a repair center, so that should be the first question you ask when they answer. The way I see it, one of those centers will be able to load EI22... and then someone here is gonna be able to dump and be the hero.
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So we know that EI22 is out there, as it has appeared on a repaired phone. I just called a sprint store with a repair center in my area and was going to ask if they can flash the latest EI22 but I was on hold for longer than I can deal with right now. Maybe someone else would like to give it a try? Remember, you have to find a sprint store with a repair center, so that should be the first question you ask when they answer. The way I see it, one of those centers will be able to load EI22... and then someone here is gonna be able to dump and be the hero.
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Might go to a shop today to got a phone for my brother, I could ask them about EI22
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Might go to a shop today to got a phone for my brother, I could ask them about EI22
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It would have to be a shop that actually has a repair center (not all of them do). And you would have to actually speak with a repair tech... the sales guys are idiots and wont give straight answers... simply because they are clueless but don't want to come across that way.
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It would have to be a shop that actually has a repair center (not all of them do). And you would have to actually speak with a repair tech... the sales guys are idiots and wont give straight answers... simply because they are clueless but don't want to come across that way.
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I used to be one of those "idiots" but I knew what was going on in the tech area. I'll ask a buddy of mine who's a tech and see if he knows anything.
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How many Sprint employee's are on this site? If they had it, we would have it. I'm thinking that the phone with the EI22 flashed to it was a fluke .
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How many Sprint employee's are on this site? If they had it, we would have it. I'm thinking that the phone with the EI22 flashed to it was a fluke .
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There's probably as much sprint employees as there aren't on this site. It would've been leaked by now
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There's probably as much sprint employees as there aren't on this site. It would've been leaked by now
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Exactly my point...at the very least THEY would have heard something. That is another reason I say it was a fake.
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Would it be beneficial to ask Lonny where he would have gotten his phone from? Perhaps if someone was in the same area, they could try that same store out?
Just throwing an idea out there...
Maybe they are putting it out on some refurbs and new phones as sort of a test to see if anyone calls CS with problems and then they'll OTA. I just got a refurb this past Saturday and it definitly didn't have GB on it.
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So we know that EI22 is out there, as it has appeared on a repaired phone.
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Slow down, we don't know that yet... people hear what they want to hear instead of sticking to what has been proven to be true
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Asked a friend that works at a local sprint store with a repair center, no one knows anything about EI22...
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Asked a friend that works at a local sprint store with a repair center, no one knows anything about EI22...
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Because it's fake!!!!!!! Why are people giving this guy any credibility? The release should be up to EJ by now. EC05 came out March 21st....16 days difference. So if we had an update coming it would definitely be from the beginnging of this month.
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Seriously the guy needs to make a video of the phone booting up and then going into settings and showing the world what the phone says. Then it will be a little more believable I suppose. I mean he's been offered money for a system dump and hasn't done it. I'm sure he's reading XDA and knows what a contribution he could make to all of us if it's true but isn't doing anything.
I don't think that tactic of calling something a hoax ever works in terms of getting someone to do what you want. In your case, you are basically challenging him to engage the community again. I doubt that he will. I did a pretty thorough inspection for photoshopping and it would have to have been a job well done to pull off that pic. I don't think someone would waste their time hoaxing that.
The RDF is out there... that provides enough corroboration in my opinion.
Who cares about EI22
Who give a crap, were getting ICS http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-state-of-Android-4.0-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-updates_id23418 To bad by the time its realesed prolly end of 2013 we'll be sitting pretty with Galaxy Nexus II WOOT!
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Who give a crap, were getting ICS http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-state-of-Android-4.0-Ice-Cream-Sandwich-updates_id23418 To bad by the time its realesed prolly end of 2013 we'll be sitting pretty with Galaxy Nexus II WOOT!
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While epic is a Galaxy S phone, it is not in the 9xxx class. Because our phone has the keyboard and CDMA it probably will be another super setback if ever.
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While epic is a Galaxy S phone, it is not in the 9xxx class. Because our phone has the keyboard and CDMA it probably will be another super setback if ever.
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DOh! Im sad now. Samsung really neglects their phones. If samsung didnt make such beautiful phones i would be an Motorola owner.
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Because it's fake!!!!!!! Why are people giving this guy any credibility? The release should be up to EJ by now. EC05 came out March 21st....16 days difference. So if we had an update coming it would definitely be from the beginnging of this month.
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I did not believe it but now I am labeled as being a troll. I rather be a troll than a lemming. When I play B.S. I usually win 90% of the time. This skill is not appreciated at XDA they prefer lemmings to trolls anyday.
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Ok, back on topic... which was to call repair centers to see what they say. I called the one here and they said they don't have EI22 to load on it. He DID say that they are expecting it and that it should be out very soon. He followed that up though with the reality that Gingerbread was supposed to be out "very soon" quite some time ago.
Why are we still talking about this?
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I just spoke to a Rep at the Verizon store in Humble, Texas named Isabel. She told me that she spoke to their Samsung Rep today and he told her that they are skipping the Froyo update and going straight to Gingerbread. No word on when though.
There phone number is 281-446-0415 if anyone would like to call and verify.
This **** is getting old .... let's please stop with these threads.
Well im not sure about OTA but birdman got. 35 kernel booting so there working on porting gingerbread if you don't believe me check the irc channel
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Well im not sure about OTA but birdman got. 35 kernel booting so there working on porting gingerbread if you don't believe me check the irc channel
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Devs working in Gingerbread is an entirely different animal than a release from the vendor.
I'd be REALLY surprised if they gave 2.2 a miss entirely.
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I just spoke to a Rep at the Verizon store in Humble, Texas named Isabel. She told me that she spoke to their Samsung Rep today and he told her that they are skipping the Froyo update and going straight to Gingerbread. No word on when though.
There phone number is 281-446-0415 if anyone would like to call and verify.
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Stuff like this means nothing. We've seen things like this one too many times. Take nothing they say at face value, because it's already been proven to be false a majority of the time in the past.
Samsung reps and Verizon reps don't know much more than we do. Take anything they say with a grain of salt.
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Samsung reps and Verizon reps don't know much more than we do. Take anything they say with a grain of salt.
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X2...
Agreed.
The only way you will ever see GB on the Samsung is via the work of the devs.
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This **** is getting old .... let's please stop with these threads.
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agreed...no offense to the op...but give it up...you help no one by posting this crap at all
Gingerbread is now confirmed to be a tablet operating system, it will not be on 'phones'
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eek, definitely misspoke. I meant Honeycomb, and yeah, was far to tired to even be commenting on Gingerbread, sorry.
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Gingerbread is now confirmed to be a tablet operating system, it will not be on 'phones'
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You're definitely thinking about honeycomb.....and if I'm not mistaken honeycomb will run on phones as well but is "optimized"for tablets...
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Yeah, GB is running on the Nexus S, so how can you say its for tablets only? You are definitely thinking of Honeycomb.
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Yeah, GB is running on the Nexus S, so how can you say its for tablets only? You are definitely thinking of Honeycomb.
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yeah, and it was running on my Incredible
until I unrooted and gave it to my wife
it would be a huge victory for Samsung to pass on froyo and release GB within the week. It would catapult them past HTC and motorola in the significance area of Android development. I think they need to do this if they want to regain lost respect.
Since Nexus S is galaxy S with GB on it already and is basically 99.9 the same as our phone, I definitely think it's doable. I would definitely prefer gingerbread. I want it just for the newer copy/paste feature.
God man, all this misinformation. Let me clear it up for you. We are most likely NOT going to skip froyo (2.2). Gingerbread (2.3) has ALREADY BEEN RELEASED and it is on a phone called the Nexus S on T-Mobile USA. Honeycomb (2.4 or 3.0) is for tablets in its current form. Man, this getting ridiculous.
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God man, all this misinformation. Let me clear it up for you. We are most likely NOT going to skip froyo (2.2). Gingerbread (2.3) has ALREADY BEEN RELEASED and it is on a phone called the Nexus S on T-Mobile USA. Honeycomb (2.4 or 3.0) is for tablets in its current form. Man, this getting ridiculous.
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doobieking420 said:
i blieve u tim. fuk all da hatas dat sayin u lyin.
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please go buy an evo
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please go buy an evo
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He can't. There is no way to say "evo" in a shortened slang format.
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lol, was just letting y'all know what was told to me yesterday, will keep it to myself next time if it satisfies the mob I don't know if she was right or not but sure as **** would be cool.
Some could take it with a grain of salt rather than attacking the poster for relaying what he was told from, what should be, a reliable source.
I had heard about Samsung skipping froyo on another forum. I don't think it's true but I guess we'll see.
Thanks for sharing info.
Sorry for no hyperlinks, but as you can see I'm a noob poster! (Been lurking for months though!) Have at it: twitter.com/sprint/status/28185273577775104# courtesy of androidandme.com/2011/01/carriers/sprint-tweets-froyo-updating-coming-to-samsung-epic-4g-as-soon-as-possible/
Thus continues the waiting game... At least we've gotten some solid info finally!
Unfortunately "ASAP" probably doesn't mean to them what it means to us. I'm very happy to see news but I wish we would stop getting vague promises!
ASAP could mean a week it could mean a year who knows with how sprint and samsung have gone with it so far.
My response:
http://bit.ly/qdyp7
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Unfortunately "ASAP" probably doesn't mean to them what it means to us. I'm very happy to see news but I wish we would stop getting vague promises!
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Touché! I couldn't agree more, but the T-Mobile Vibrant is getting their update tomorrow, so surely ours isn't too much further out: androidandme.com/2011/01/carriers/t-mobile-news/t-mobile-vibrant-to-receive-android-2-2-update-tomorrow-galaxy-s-4g-arriving-in-the-coming-weeks/
Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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LOL, silly phone techs!
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Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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I think he's not a moron. Considering he may not be one of the tech savvy people, and updated to one of the testing roms which hasn't been released and doesn't realize that's what he did. He just may be terribly informed, and new to the game.
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Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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What are you talking about? I got my Froyo for only $.99 on the market on Nov 9th. It's so cool!
Calling Sprint Customer Care for news about an unreleased OS upgrade is like asking a customer service rep at WalMart for news about when they are upgrading their shopping carts.
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Well I am on the phone with sprint right now and the rep has the nerve to tell me I can download it on the market and it should be already out. This guy is cracking me up he said the official OTA came out on November the 7th he has the phone. This guy is a moron. I finally had to ask for another rep.
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The rep I spoke to today said between now and feb 1st. That dude from clearly had to been ****ing with you to say some dumb **** like that.
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Calling Sprint Customer Care for news about an unreleased OS upgrade is like asking a customer service rep at WalMart for news about when they are upgrading their shopping carts.
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Exactly. The Sprint monkey isn't the only moron on that phone conversation.
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Exactly. The Sprint monkey isn't the only moron on that phone conversation.
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Well crap I didn't hear you on the conversation.
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I always found that using the acronym "asap" makes something seem like it'll happen a lot faster than when you actually say "as soon as possible". WHY MUST EVERY PHONE I BUY TAKE FOREVER TO GET FIRMWARE UPDATES?!
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silverballer95 said:
I always found that using the acronym "asap" makes something seem like it'll happen a lot faster than when you actually say "as soon as possible". WHY MUST EVERY PHONE I BUY TAKE FOREVER TO GET FIRMWARE UPDATES?!
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Get an iPhone......
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Yay
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I'm stealing this, but we should all for our next phone bill tell Sprint that we will be paying our bill ASAP. The check will get there as soon as possible. That we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.
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we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.
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Annnnnnnd i'm spitting coffee all over my screen.
my wife got an email from sprint saying to expect an update shortly and to call customer care with any questions or problems. i'm waiting for her to forward it to me, anyone else seen this?
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I'm stealing this, but we should all for our next phone bill tell Sprint that we will be paying our bill ASAP. The check will get there as soon as possible. That we are writing the check now and as soon as it meets our quality control to be an easy to read and easy to cash format we will get it right in.
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+1 /10 char
why no word form xda about what they and samsungjohn talked about? just curious
I would like to know as well
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Well, agree the way XDA blew up on john they maybe trying to find a different way to approach the situation.
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why no word form xda about what they and samsungjohn talked about? just curious
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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Ah man come on tell us. Hope its something other than froyo because at this point froyo is not even worth mentioning as an announcement. So come on tells us I treat you to a chesse steak with the works.
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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Can you at least tell us when we should expect to get the announcement?
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He said Monday but forgot to mention which year.
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dito33 said:
He said Monday but forgot to mention which year.
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I still call bs on this matter. He could mean Monday feb 21 2199
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I still call bs on this matter. He could mean Monday feb 21 2199
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Doubt it, that's a Thursday
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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no Offense noobnl you respected very well here, but thats almost as bad as saying " have an ETA for Froyo yet but we’ll be tweeting the moment we do"
I'll hold my breath on this big announcement... I'm sure I'll be dead soon.
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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I like how he says, "...what the big announcement was all about...", implying there will not be an announcement now.
No offense meant, but all the secrecy going around this rumor is kinda building up a paper castle.
SamsungJohn works for Samsung, not Sprint. He can't offer us anything that affects Sprint (our contract holder) unless they've worked out a deal before-hand and, even then, Sprint would be the face of the offering. Why would Sprint's partner, Samsung, skip them completely and go directly to the customer? These aren't appliances.
I doubt they worked out a deal beforehand because the whole XDA debacle would have never happened. It would have been presented behind the scenes well before we ever caught wind of it.
So, yes, I'm curious, too, but don't get your hopes up too much. Remember, "HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT" doesn't mean the same thing to one person as it does the other. Expect crap but hope for diamonds and somewhere in between lies the truth.
Noobnl speaking makes me think a little bit. When he says "future is bright"....well I'm encouraged.
My first thought? Xda will act as samsungs beta grounds...which would mean full disclosure.
I'm imagining us receiving full device driver source code...
Think about...we could theoretically port every android update on our own. Which honestly would be nice, and really, a win-win for everybody..
Samsung wouldn't have to put in the man power or money to update our phones, and we would still have access to every current update...samsung would then have a bunch of happy customers without breaking a sweat...
Because I mean really, wouldn't we all be happier with the source code over an ota anyday?
I think I might have the nail on the head...
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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Hearing this statement out of Noobnl is awesome news, maybe Samsung will eventually manage to redeem themselves after all. I have been hoping that they would get smart and figure it out, sounds like maybe just maybe they did. I'm cautiously optimistic but I want to believe we are in for some good things!
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i have talked to him on gtalk and i can't tell you what the big announcement was all about because he ask me not to leak anything he said, i can tell you the future is bright
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fixed
I have talked to him MSN Messenger and I can't say what the big announcement was because that would make too much sense and ruin the constant "wtf is going on?" aura that surrounds the Epic support from Samsung and Sprint, I can tell you that eventually something will happen.
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Noobnl speaking makes me think a little bit. When he says "future is bright"....well I'm encouraged.
My first thought? Xda will act as samsungs beta grounds...which would mean full disclosure.
I'm imagining us receiving full device driver source code...
Think about...we could theoretically port every android update on our own. Which honestly would be nice, and really, a win-win for everybody..
Samsung wouldn't have to put in the man power or money to update our phones, and we would still have access to every current update...samsung would then have a bunch of happy customers without breaking a sweat...
Because I mean really, wouldn't we all be happier with the source code over an ota anyday?
I think I might have the nail on the head...
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I was just funning with noob earlier , I agree with you 100%
There's no big announcement. Otherwise it would have been made.
Ha,noobnl,vague as ever,gotta love it...
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Hehehe I just love sitting here eating my popcorn and watching all these folks jump at every thread or rumor.
Most just get more pissed and more cynical. I don't know why they would let it affect them this way.
<continues to eat popcorn>
Samsung Mobile could offer the first Gingerbread updates to US carriers
FYI #2, I figured some of ya might be very interested to hear this!
Got me interested!
I'll believe it when I see it.
I call bull ****
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Wow. Don't believe that. Were still trying to get another froyo coming on the 21st.
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Willieumm said:
I'll believe it when I see it.
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this
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I have trouble believing... but maybe someone in the Samsung front office actually got a clue...
Add in the "rumor" of a Samsung Nexus S 4G being announced by Sprint at CTIA....
Heck, would be nice to be ahead for a change....
But I'm not gonna hold my breath! ROFL!
More than one person here has said any official port of GB to the Epic would be far less work than Froyo has been for Sammy and Sprint. But I've always said that's being more hopeful than history warrants us to be. I'll be glad to just get a good Froyo on here without worries.
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While I have my doubts about Sprint/Samsung actually supporting our phones with OS updates past 2.2; the possibility of the Nexus coming to Sprint and the speed at which they have (supposedly) fixed bugs and moved to release another Froyo update to us has me optimistic this may have some truth to it.
Maybe samsung does care after all
Negativity in 3.....2......1............
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This belongs in the rumour thread...
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If this happens it could go a long way to make me rethink my never buying another samsung and going back to HTC. Samsung had great hardware. I love it, but I can't deal with this software delay again. If I see evidence I won't have to wait with samsung then I would be welling to give another shot. They need to prove it.
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I suspect much would be forgiven if Sammy actually accomplished this, it went relatively smoothly, defects were minimal, and the change persisted in the future.
I know I'd forgive and forget. As I posted in another thread awhile back, I'm not vindictive, and it makes no sense to hold a grudge against a company... I only punish myself, not them.
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I always have believed that if a couple of dev's on this site can pump out a stable rom in a short amount of time WHILE having other jobs and doing this in their free time, there is no reason for any company that PAYS people to do the same job to take as long as these companies do.
As neat as it sounds to have Sprint and Samsung push out the first 2.3 updates in the US, I will not be holding my breath what so ever. I'll stick with custom roms and just Odin back if I have any trouble.
With that said, it'll be nice to see Samsung release this, but then again I just don't care. I love my phone regardless
Jus be patient ppl...it will come when it comes....
IF it comes that is.
Ok... Flame me if you want to, but I believe it.
You: Omg! No! Sammy will nevurrrr do that!
Yes, they would. They dont want to lose customers and more importantly, if the nexus s 4g rumors are true, it will most likely have the same hardware as the epic because the epic 4g radios arent broken, so they dont need to fix them, and even if they are, samsumg used some of the horrible moment files for us. Anyways, with a nexus s 4g, samsung will have a 2.3.x device with epic hardware, and since they already have the drivers from it, the epic 4g will get 2.3 quick like how the i9000 has official 2.3, even if we dont get it quick, we (the xda community) can get the nexus s 4g software running on the epic really quick.
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The Headline says:
"Samsung Mobile could offer the first Gingerbread updates to US carriers"
I didn't see it say much about the carriers getting it out to any of us.
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Technically, this is a Gingerbread rumor. The other thread is for Froyo rumors.
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The Headline says:
"Samsung Mobile could offer the first Gingerbread updates to US carriers"
I didn't see it say much about the carriers getting it out to any of us.
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Totally agree. Samsung is slow, sprint is just as slow if not worse. I started out with blackberry(bowing my head in shame) and they were horrible with them. Rim atleast understood that so they let out leaks on a fairly regular basis for the devs to play with. Now with android, first the moment and now with the epic, sprint is terrible again. And whats even worse with both of them, and where they can stop alot negativity from even starting is if they both just comminicate more with the users. I feel if we had more info, especially on promised updates, it is an easier pill to swallow then being left totally in the dark.
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I brought my phone in so I can have a tec look at it. I have a dead pixel and a bad usb port. I get my replacement either monday or tuesday.
there was another guy there that dropped his phone off right before me. ( another epic ) and when we went up to the counter to grab are phones they told him to wait another 20 minutes that it wasn't done. He started flipping out and yelling at everyone. There was another guy on the phone with sprint cause they said the same thing about his evo. I got mine right away no additional wait.
The tech started to talk to me about root. I had the background from my theme on ( no root all stock ) he told me rooting my phone voids my warrantee. He then asked me about acs and the emotionless beast theme. I than counter attacked him about him having his phone rooted and then introduced my self as mysteryemotionz and the creator of the emotionless beast theme. He then treated me like a celebrity and called all the sprint employees to meet me.
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Awesome. It was clear to me from visiting one or two of the better Sprint stores that some of the employees there are very much aware of what's up with phone modding. I think there is a healthy contingent in the entire Sprint company that has a fairly easygoing attitude to people who are familiar with what XDA does...they know we're good customers and powerful advocates for their business.
You ARE a celebrity. Haha but that's hilarious coming from the sprint people. Any special perks other than the recognition?
darkierawr said:
You ARE a celebrity. Haha but that's hilarious coming from the sprint people. Any special perks other than the recognition?
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he didn't have to wait the additional 20 minutes LOL
daddymikey1975 said:
he didn't have to wait the additional 20 minutes LOL
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If you think 20 minutes is bad, you should see the store near me, if I have to go there then I need to make sure I have an ENTIRE AFTERNOON to waste.
Mystery, when I use to work on the HTC Vogue, the entire North Florida region Sprint stores and Radioshack used my ROM and treated me like royalty. It was amazing
Now I work for Sprint, not so special anymore
Nice... I've said it before,Sprint is very aware of what goes on at XDA,I know several people that take a real interest.
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darkierawr said:
You ARE a celebrity. Haha but that's hilarious coming from the sprint people. Any special perks other than the recognition?
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unfortunitly no. I am getting a new phone although I admitted to being rooted. Maybe you can call that my special perk
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Haha at the employee having his phone rooted!!
jroc716 said:
Haha at the employee having his phone rooted!!
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Oh, I'm sure this is much more common than some of us might think...
DroidApprentice said:
Oh, I'm sure this is much more common than some of us might think...
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I'm sure it is real common. Especially the techs
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Anyhow that's hilarious You deserve the extra attention as I am sure your a big reason some epic owners even bother keeping their phones just to have your theme and our roms on it!.
Its not illegal to unlock YOUR PHONE! Wasn't that clearly defined by law just not to long ago? What you own is yours? Thus for it can not clearly void your warranty.
http://www.intomobile.com/2010/07/2...in-us-feds-exempt-smartphone-hacks-from-dmca/
Here in Long Beach I "fix" some of the Sprint guys phones. When I go into the shop to see what's new we usually STS about rooting and romming on all the high end hardware. Haven't worked on the managers phone yet, but he seems pretty interested as well.
I got 3 extra batteries that didn't cost a dime...
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Cool story bro
when I bought my Epic the cute salesgirl told me that she couldnt wait for her epic, and tried to hint to me about rooting, I told her I kinda knew what that was, but said 'isnt that against contract', and she basically said not really wink wink... then told me that the techs rooted all the employees phones... acting like she thought everyone did it. Pretty cool... other than one tech that store rocks...
Cleaned. Any more will result in infractions and bans.
Mystery I love your work keep it up. Its what makes me want to keep my epic.
theimpaler747 said:
Cleaned. Any more will result in infractions and bans.
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Thank you sir
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ecooce said:
Nice... I've said it before,Sprint is very aware of what goes on at XDA,I know several people that take a real interest.
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On roll out day I was told by several Sprint sales people to head on over to XDA
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When I got my epic I had him switch my TP2 to one of my other lines. I had a different ROM with the newer 6.5 task bar thing going on. He was shocked and kept playing with things... he didn't care what we had on it. He said if it didn't work he would just reload the phone.