Please do not turn this into a teen-aged girl whinefest. Here is a current list of phones and possibles to get ICS.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/1...ist-which-phones-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich/
If you want ICS please go buy a Nexus S or something. Don't whine about this old phone not being supported (yet) because of the stupid imbedded Touchwiz. Now you know better what to look for in your next phone so turn this into a learning experience.
And more qualified opinion articles here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/will-my-phone-get-ice-cream-sandwich
http://www.sat-universe.com/showthread.php?t=219272
http://thegadgetfan.com/mobile-smar...etting-android-ice-cream-sandwich-update.html
http://androidadvices.com/list-phones-ice-cream-sandwich-update/
Agreed.. Next time I'll sure go nexus.. Thanks for the list!
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kennyglass123 said:
Please do not turn this into a teen-aged girl whinefest. Here is a current list of phones and possibles to get ICS.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2011/1...ist-which-phones-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich/
If you want ICS please go buy a Nexus S or something. Don't whine about this old phone not being supported (yet) because of the stupid imbedded Touchwiz. Now you know better what to look for in your next phone so turn this into a learning experience.
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I learned my lesson. I will never make that mistake again. I will always wait for the nexus galaxy phone.
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I learned my lesson. I will never make that mistake again. I will always wait for the nexus phone.
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Exactly...look at this as a lesson learned even though this is still a kick ass phone and there are plenty of users happy with the stock froyo out there....btw which iphone has Flash?
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For sure
Next time its either HTC or MOTO for me. **** Samsung's customer service and there run around statements. But that damn epic touch sure shots some bad ass 1080p compared to the Evo 3d, and iphone 4s. And thanks for the post +1.
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Next time its either HTC or MOTO for me. **** Samsung's customer service and there run around statements. But that damn epic touch sure shots some bad ass 1080p compared to the Evo 3d, and iphone 4s. And thanks for the post +1.
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Been reading a lot of complaints about HTC's GB upgrades. They sound buggier than our leaks so you may want to research that. And yes Samsung makes some damn good hardware. Just go for pure Google phone.
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I heard that! I don't think I'll ever buy an android that's not a nexus ever again. If I'm paying 250$+ for a phone and no yearly upgrades than I want two full years of support!
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That whole "article" is just some blogger's opinions. No substance whatsoever.
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That whole "article" is just some blogger's opinions. No substance whatsoever.
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There is A confirmed line from Samsung regarding the Galaxy S II. The phones that don't yet have confirmations he offers his opinions and updates if and when manufacturer confirmations are given. It seemed knowledgeable and informative to me. If I find some better articles and lists I will update the OP.
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Agreed, no whining. Plus, there is already an ICS port in the works for this phone, not very functional yet but impressive none the less.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330503
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Agreed, no whining. Plus, there is already an ICS port in the works for this phone, not very functional yet but impressive none the less.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330503
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Not to mention it's an sdk port
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I'm like a 50's house wife no matter how bad my husband treats im with him to death .
that being said i cant seem to see my life with out a Samsung/made device. even do i still don't get gb or anything good and if i do it takes time before i get. but i just in love with Samsung
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Agreed, no whining. Plus, there is already an ICS port in the works for this phone, not very functional yet but impressive none the less.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330503
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Thanks Poit. We have no doubts in our great DEVs that they will get us ICS regardless of Samsung. I remember the WEBOS multitasker swipe was pretty cool on my Pre and it looks like that is in ICS.
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I'm like a 50's house wife no matter how bad my husband treats im with him to death .
that being said i cant seem to see my life with out a Samsung/made device. even do i still don't get gb or anything good and if i do it takes time before i get. but i just in love with Samsung
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That is funny because I swore no more Samsung products after their crappy bluetooth ear hook snapped and going through the Rant and Instinct...yet here I am. But if not for the keyboard I would be on an EVO right now. Those were the only 2 choices last September.
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No Whining: Current list of phones getting ICS and possibles
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F*ck you samsung and not giving us ice cream sandwich,
Whine* Whine* Whine* Whine* Whine*
F*cking Bull!!!!
Whine* Whine* Whine*
Take that kenny!!!
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
LOL
I say never buy a product expecting future updates, but one that works when you buy it. If it gets updates, candy for me.
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Plus, there is already an ICS port in the works for this phone, not very functional yet but impressive none the less.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330503
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Are you going to personally ensure and promise it gets completed???
No??? GO SIT IN THE CORNER!
This thread is not about our phone "potentially" seeing ICS. Its about what phones will see ICS. Period. Official ICS.
Our phone doesn't even have GB. CM7 is not complete, all due respect to D3cad3nce. It's people like you that constantly ask for ETAs to the devs, shifting your blame from Samsung to the Devs.
This is a very useful post, because my g/f is getting a new phone, and I haven't seen a single phone that's guaranteed to get ICS other than the Nexus. Photon 4g, ET4G, the brand new HTC Evo Design 4g, LG Marquee. Not one is announced to get ICS. Don't mention the GSII promise, because Samsung made a GS promise and we don't have GB. Fool me once.... fool me twice....
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F*ck you samsung and not giving us ice cream sandwich,
Whine* Whine* Whine* Whine* Whine*
F*cking Bull!!!!
Whine* Whine* Whine*
Take that kenny!!!
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
LOL
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Nice to hear from you too David....LOL.
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jnadke said:
Are you going to personally ensure and promise it gets completed???
No??? GO SIT IN THE CORNER!
This thread is not about our phone "potentially" seeing ICS. Its about what phones will see ICS. Period. Official ICS.
Our phone doesn't even have GB. CM7 is not complete, all due respect to D3cad3nce. It's people like you that constantly ask for ETAs to the devs, shifting your blame from Samsung to the Devs.
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Duuuuuuuddde....Decaf!
LOL.
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Nice to hear from you too David....LOL.
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Thought u might like that
Related
http://www.gizmocrunch.com/android/4229-android-gingerbread-samsung-epic-captivate-fascinate-vibrant
If this is true, and followed through it will restore my faith in Samsung.
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Just a rumor.... but makes sense.
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On second thought. Why would samsung OTA us to 2.3, by doing so that would make the Nexus S just another Vibrant over at T-Mobile.
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On second thought. Why would samsung OTA us to 2.3, by doing so that would make the Nexus S just another Vibrant over at T-Mobile.
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My understanding is that the Nexus S (like the Nexus One) is a stripped down, super-phone, demonstration of new technology and in this case the most notable difference would be the form factor and the NFC. I think Sammy would face more backlash from consumers for ignoring hardware customers already paid for so as to make a new product with near-identical hardware better.
I would assume to have a 2.3 powerhouse phone on all major carriers for bragging and sales purposes. Would make a ton of sense.
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I would assume to have a 2.3 powerhouse phone on all major carriers for bragging and sales purposes. Would make a ton of sense.
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That *would* make sense. Also, it would rock.
Is the person who posted that credible?
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Is the person who posted that credible?
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From the article:
While only a rumor, he's usually spot on and the tweet does seem very plausible so we wouldn't be surprised if Samsung Galaxy S phones (Captivate, Fascinate, Epic 4G and Vibrant) will beat HTC and Motorola devices to Android 2.3.
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Personally, I'd never heard of him but I've requested to follow him on twitter. In the end we'll just have to wait and see but it would be nice. If this update were coming soon I think there would be some RCs floating around but seeing as we have Froyo ones and a 'near-official' OTA update that went to .4 phones its hard to know if we'll skip 2.2 and go right to 2.3. I want this to happen but the evidence I have right now would seem to go against this.
I honestly though don't care about gingerbread all that much. I'm planning to have this phone for awhile. It does everything I need with ease. Big difference from when I had the Moment and from day 1 felt the need to smash it into a wall because of how slow and laggy it was. I would hope samsung realizes this isn't a phone to cut ties with because it defintely has staying power even after it's superceded by something faster on paper but probably only marginably faster in real world use.
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So if you're wondering why Samsung hasn't bothered upgrading most of its smartphons to Android 2.2 Froyo yet then this could be the reason. Let's see if Samsung leapfrogs to Android Gingerbread before the holidays or not.
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if we skip straight to 2.3 I will start rescuing kittens!!!!
With how good samsung did with sales from all the galaxy s phones, i wouldnt be surprised that they would do this.. that would be so sweet to have gingerbread on epic and since its on the nexus s with samehardware screen and stats, makes sense they could upgrade all variants epic will definitly be the top of the line if it got gingerbread, but also i agree with the poster above about caring less as long as i have a good running phone with 2.2 ill be set til the dual core processors come out and another top of the line phone comes out for sprint next year or 2 years,
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From the article:
Personally, I'd never heard of him but I've requested to follow him on twitter. In the end we'll just have to wait and see but it would be nice. If this update were coming soon I think there would be some RCs floating around but seeing as we have Froyo ones and a 'near-official' OTA update that went to .4 phones its hard to know if we'll skip 2.2 and go right to 2.3. I want this to happen but the evidence I have right now would seem to go against this.
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I agree, its better to wait and see. I would rather not get myself excited only t be disappointed in the end. The best i could see out of this is samsung releasing gingerbread much earlier then any of us would expect. I don't know...lets just see.
kenvan19 said:
From the article:
Personally, I'd never heard of him but I've requested to follow him on twitter. In the end we'll just have to wait and see but it would be nice. If this update were coming soon I think there would be some RCs floating around but seeing as we have Froyo ones and a 'near-official' OTA update that went to .4 phones its hard to know if we'll skip 2.2 and go right to 2.3. I want this to happen but the evidence I have right now would seem to go against this.
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I would have to agree with you. It would be nice, and it would increase following among sammy, but will it be released soon? At this point, possibly but not probably.
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I agree, its better to wait and see. I would rather not get myself excited only t be disappointed in the end. The best i could see out of this is samsung releasing gingerbread much earlier then any of us would expect. I don't know...lets just see.
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Indeed. I spent months reading about how my Mytouch was getting Eclair only to be let down every time. I will say that if they do leapfrog 2.2 and get my device up-to-android-date then when I buy my fiancee's new phone in about a month she'll be getting a Sammy device. Otherwise, I'm not going to get her a phone that's always out-of-date.
Now if we dont receive an update b4 january first for anything this might prove that we will have gingerbread later and prove that they skipped froyo.
I mean if they dont give us froyo b4 the end of the year like they promised, they could be working on gingerbread we shall see by the end of this month.
The only thing I am not looking forward to is the possible return of these forums turning into unreadable garbage of people trolling, fighting and starting multiple threads about when or why Gingerbread is/isn't on the epic.
This thread has been nice though.
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styckx said:
The only thing I am not looking forward to is the possible return of these forums turning into unreadable garbage of people trolling, fighting and starting multiple threads about when or why Gingerbread is/isn't on the epic.
This thread has been nice though.
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i completly agree with you hopefully it doesnt get posted all over the place including the develpment thread, this was a nice find and read tho thanks OP!
davidrules7778 said:
Now if we dont receive an update b4 january first for anything this might prove that we will have gingerbread later and prove that they skipped froyo.
I mean if they dont give us froyo b4 the end of the year like they promised, they could be working on gingerbread we shall see by the end of this month.
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What you are saying makes a lot of sense. Good post.
davidrules7778 said:
this was a nice find and read tho thanks OP!
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;-) np .... Hopefully we could keep most gingerbread talk here. After all, anything we hear to this point are only to be considered rumors.
assuming this is true
http://phandroid.com/2010/12/08/samsung-on-galaxy-s-gingerbread-possibility-maybe-but-maybe-not/
There standpoint on Gingerbread for their flagship phone, basically a big F U to their customers
“Such a review will be based on various factors including, without limitation, the overall effect of such Update to Samsung products, the system requirements, the structural limitations, and the level of cooperation from the component suppliers and the software licensors”.
“If Samsung decides to make the Update available to the users after such consideration, Samsung will use its efforts to develop such Update, which may be released to the users upon successful completion of such development”.
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are you kidding me..its the same damn device (EDIT: as in the other galaxy s phones)
bobdude5 said:
assuming this is true
http://phandroid.com/2010/12/08/samsung-on-galaxy-s-gingerbread-possibility-maybe-but-maybe-not/
There standpoint on Gingerbread for their flagship phone, basically a big F U to their customers
are you kidding me..its the same damn devices
T
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While I am not siding with them - they really aren't the same devices. If they were we could easily port vibrant and captivate roms. There is clearly work that has to go into each variant of the SGS line. It would probably make the LEAST amount of sense for the Epic to not get 2.3 officially. Primarily because of its 4g Radio and Front Cam - features that the others lack- even though our device is probably the most complicated to get working right.
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While I am not siding with them - they really aren't the same devices. If they were we could easily port vibrant and captivate roms. There is clearly work that has to go into each variant of the SGS line. It would probably make the LEAST amount of sense for the Epic to not get 2.3 officially. Primarily because of its 4g Radio and Front Cam - features that the others lack- even though our device is probably the most complicated to get working right.
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Dont forget landscape mode for the keyboard, led light too....
Well oh well eventually we will get gingerbread on our devices and if not im sure ill have a new phone next year anyway so froyo will hold me over til then...
In my opinion this is a conflicting report with what that one leak tweeter/w/e he was said. Samsung didn't say no, they basically said "Um, well, uh maybe?" so it has, at least in mind, just as little credibility as some guy saying we were getting it. Just have to wait and see.
This will help....
http://www.androidcentral.com/will-my-phone-get-gingerbread
this is conflicting
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This will help....
http://www.androidcentral.com/will-my-phone-get-gingerbread
this is conflicting
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Here we go with the rumors just like the date of the release of the epic....
davidrules7778 said:
Here we go with the rumors just like the date of the release of the epic....
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i agree it all is still rumor, but it doesnt hurt to have some hope...
merry christmas
spdwiz18 said:
i agree it all is still rumor, but it doesnt hurt to have some hope...
merry christmas
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Having hope means you can either be:
Hope for X
1) Let down horribly - No X
or
2) Content - X
Having no hope means you can be:
1) Pleasantly surprised - X
or
2) Content - No X
Hope is stupid. Its math.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kern...ng.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/2.6.35-samsung
samsung already created a gingerbread kernel 2.6.35...
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Having hope means you can either be:
Hope for X
1) Let down horribly - No X
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2) Content - X
Having no hope means you can be:
1) Pleasantly surprised - X
or
2) Content - No X
Hope is stupid. Its math.
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wow.... thats optimism for you...
noobnl said:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kern...ng.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/2.6.35-samsung
samsung already created a gingerbread kernel 2.6.35...
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Likely for the nexus s?
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While I am not siding with them - they really aren't the same devices. If they were we could easily port vibrant and captivate roms. There is clearly work that has to go into each variant of the SGS line. It would probably make the LEAST amount of sense for the Epic to not get 2.3 officially. Primarily because of its 4g Radio and Front Cam - features that the others lack- even though our device is probably the most complicated to get working right.
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But its not only our device. Theyre talking about their whole galaxy s line. Samsung says we will think about it, while htc says we're working on it.
I love my phone but damn you samsung. If only htc had super amoled screens, and put decent camera sensors in their phones..I'm really considering that HTC Knight
This may very well be the last straw that makes me sell my Epic. While I realize that Samsung doesn't owe me anything, until people quit buying their phones, they'll keep jerking us around. HTC, here I come.
live2ride96 said:
This may very well be the last straw that makes me sell my Epic. While I realize that Samsung doesn't owe me anything, until people quit buying their phones, they'll keep jerking us around. HTC, here I come.
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LOL. I thought it would at least be a few days after Froyo's release before we got these posts about Gingerbread.
live2ride96 said:
This may very well be the last straw that makes me sell my Epic. While I realize that Samsung doesn't owe me anything, until people quit buying their phones, they'll keep jerking us around. HTC, here I come.
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lol trading my epic for an evo this weekend!
I have 2 people wanting to trade their Evo for my epic. Samsung doesn't support their products as well as HTC, and it sucks. For some reason, I think they would rather put out new phones with Gingerbread and make you buy the, than give you an upgrade.
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For some reason, I think they would rather put out new phones with Gingerbread and make you buy the, than give you an upgrade.
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Uh, Let me take a wild guess. Could it be . . . . . . for PROFIT??
spdwiz18 said:
This will help....
http://www.androidcentral.com/will-my-phone-get-gingerbread
this is conflicting
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I like the confidence of this link
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ill never buy samsung again
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Yes, yes, for profit. We all get that they're in the business of selling phones, not giving free updates. That's why I read an interesting blog about paying for OS updates a little while back. I'd gladly pay a few bucks to get honeycomb or ice cream on a 6 month to year old phone and to have them out in a timely fashion. Then Samsung and all the other manufacturers would have an incentive to actually put out updates for phones as well.
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
/10 char
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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I'll believe it when I see it.
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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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I call bull ****
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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.
Top Nurse said:
This belongs in the rumour thread...
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Technically, this is a Gingerbread rumor. The other thread is for Froyo rumors.
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RSPC said:
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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Just posting this awesome deal I found for a galaxy nexus. http://mobile.wirefly.com/product/?pid=60778&plantype=1&imap_enable=0
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nice you should see if it can get moved to member found deals in the marketplace
Awesome but I would never change my atix for galaxy nexus
nikidorian said:
Awesome but I would never change my atix for galaxy nexus
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+1!
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nikidorian said:
Awesome but I would never change my atix for galaxy nexus
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totes.
it seems that Google screwed the android community over with this phone the way Apple screws over its fanboys with their "S" iterations of phones rather than a next big update.
Phalanx7621 said:
Just posting this awesome deal I found for a galaxy nexus. http://mobile.wirefly.com/product/?pid=60778&plantype=1&imap_enable=0
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Will post in the manner 99% of your posts are:
Why is this posted in the Atrix forums? Go post it in the Galaxy Nexus forums!
CaelanT said:
Will post in the manner 99% of your posts are:
Why is this posted in the Atrix forums? Go post it in the Galaxy Nexus forums!
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I got's respect for you, but can you ever leave a comment with out flaming someone?
ifalldownalot said:
totes.
it seems that Google screwed the android community over with this phone the way Apple screws over its fanboys with their "S" iterations of phones rather than a next big update.
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How did they screw over people? It's a flagship phone that will always get updates.
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andrew.cambridge said:
How did they screw over people? It's a flagship phone that will always get updates.
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Because the Atrix is the greatest phone ever, and if you disagree, you're a troll.
/sarcasm.
GNexus has the 2nd most powerful Android SoC, and only due to LTE compatability issues, yet people are screaming their head off about how "underpowered" the GNexus is. The Atrix won't see ICS officially until July, if ever. 4.0.3 is the official base version of ICS, and Motorola stated that they were waiting for a release to "enable device manufacturers to ship commercial product with ICS." Direct quote from MotoMobility, ie they haven't started on any ICS based ports. Throw that on top of their 2-3 month development cycle and the 3-4 month carrier testing cycle all USA carriers require of their devices and you have a ~6 month delay for major OS updates.
Galaxy is by no means underpowered.... what are people expecting? Quad core 2ghz? Geez.
There are so many Android phones out there, that they have to roll out updates slowly. Thats why i feel alot of people dont like Android. They use a 25 dollar Android phone they got at Walmart and they hated it and now they think all Androids are slow and have crappy resolutions with un responsive touch screens. One of the many reasons I like Apple. 1 phone they have to develop for (well, 3 but generally the same). And will always get updates.
Android screwed themselves over by releasing 18 Android phones under each carrier and people expect updates for every phone when every phone is different.
Atrix 4g should get the update as far as I'm concerned, but I wont throw hissy fits if it doesn't.
People gotta step back and realize its just a phone.
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Either way we'll see an ics port from our devs eventually. Just will take some time.
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so is it possible to unlock it and get it working on ATT?
INSM Sin said:
so is it possible to unlock it and get it working on ATT?
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No cant use verizon device on ATT its not possible. You can use tmobile device on ATT or vice versa but not verizon.
Phalanx7621 said:
Just posting this awesome deal I found for a galaxy nexus. http://mobile.wirefly.com/product/?pid=60778&plantype=1&imap_enable=0
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No offense, but why is this here?
This is a "GSM board", and IMO this will probably confuse more people than benefit... (unless they "really" want to join Verizon)
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andrew.cambridge said:
Galaxy is by no means underpowered.... what are people expecting? Quad core 2ghz? Geez.
There are so many Android phones out there, that they have to roll out updates slowly. Thats why i feel alot of people dont like Android. They use a 25 dollar Android phone they got at Walmart and they hated it and now they think all Androids are slow and have crappy resolutions with un responsive touch screens. One of the many reasons I like Apple. 1 phone they have to develop for (well, 3 but generally the same). And will always get updates.
Android screwed themselves over by releasing 18 Android phones under each carrier and people expect updates for every phone when every phone is different.
Atrix 4g should get the update as far as I'm concerned, but I wont throw hissy fits if it doesn't.
People gotta step back and realize its just a phone.
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Totaly agree with you, I have so many friends that use crappy android phones and keep complaining that android sucks and are always like iPhone is the best bla bla i wish i had an iPhone. There is already so many android phones out there that iPhone doesn't even come close too! But what can you do, people want to play Call of duty Modern warefare 3 on their phones already! and have phones that are transparent and have gazzilion gb's of ram and bazzilion ghz thousand core proccesors and 100" screen that fold and are 10008000p resolution.
nikidorian said:
Awesome but I would never change my atix for galaxy nexus
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Why not? I did & it's the best thing I ever did. What a mistake the Atrix was, well for UK anywhere.
Nexus all the way, I'm afraid.
Its just a great deal on a new phone. It does bring up a link to buy it for $189 right? Or no
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Me is sad that it is on Verizon...
Oh well, i'll stick to my atrix 4G.
Yeah me too. Soon as I have the cash though I'm picking it up and switching to Verizon. Lol. For 189 dollars brand new? You have any idea how much these suckers retail for?
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i seen a couple sites put it up for about $750-$799
"After reviewing various factors such as system requirements, platform
limitations, and partner-related issues, we will consider upgrading Galaxy devices
to Ice Cream Sandwich. Specific upgrade plans will be communicated separately.
Samsung will stay committed to responsibility for its customers as much as
possible."
That was in response to the nexus s-comparable devices getting ics question.
http://www.rootzwiki.com/_/articles...st-ignores-google-update-alliance-pledge-r246
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ICS? For us? I know there's no guarantee but OH MY GAWRSH
Since we aren't on any type of EOL list I'm sure there could be a very good possibility, especially since our stock ei22 kernel is a heavily modified nexus kernel IIRC
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xopher.hunter said:
Since we aren't on any type of EOL list I'm sure there could be a very good possibility, especially since our stock ei22 kernel is a heavily modified nexus kernel IIRC
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You're completely right, just we don't use many things the same way unfortunately. But it's a positive nonetheless.
Its weird that we haven't been EOL yet. But I think I see why, a lot of my friends have been picking up the Epic for the cheap $99. Although one friend got the Stratosphere, which I'm jealous of, that phone is nice.
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I honestly don't think we'll get ics. But if we do, it won't be till jelly bean comes out. Samsung has a tendency to repeat itself
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Its weird that we haven't been EOL yet. But I think I see why, a lot of my friends have been picking up the Epic for the cheap $99. Although one friend got the Stratosphere, which I'm jealous of, that phone is nice.
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EOL? The phone is not even two years old, right?
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EOL? The phone is not even two years old, right?
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How old was the EVO when it became EOL?
Oh and no.
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Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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Biggoron said:
Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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No. Wait for LTE and quad cores coming summer 2012.
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How old was the EVO when it became EOL?
Oh and no.
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EVO was easily replaceable as there are plenty of high end slate styled phones on Sprint. Epic on the other hand fills a niche. Honestly, I've noticed a lot of Epic users out in the wild lately. I used to never see anyone else with my phone and now it's been every place I go I seem to see another person with an Epic. Even at a year and a half old, it holds it own and even bests a lot of the newer mid-range phones out there.
To the novice consumer the Epic is the cheaper keyboarded style galaxy s2. The Og Epic never got much advertisement, but since the Epic Touch has a lot of people head in to check it out, see the Og Epic, are like "oh cool it's the same phone with a keyboard and cheaper" and bam, it becomes more popular then when it was released.
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To the novice consumer the Epic is the cheaper keyboarded style galaxy s2. The Og Epic never got much advertisement, but since the Epic Touch has a lot of people head in to check it out, see the Og Epic, are like "oh cool it's the same phone with a keyboard and cheaper" and bam, it becomes more popular then when it was released.
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that... and the fact that it is priced at anywhere from free to 99 bucks.
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Would be nice since im stuck with this phone for another year. Really wondering if its worth canceling now and jumping on the bandwagon of the nexus.
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I am sort of in the same boat. In spite of SERO, opening a line in a family VZW account would cost about the same or less and I never go beyond 3GB of data use (that with double data promotion). Went to VZW store, played with the Nexus, but despite being well aware of specs, updates, ICS etc just did not feel that it was that much better than what I already have. Also, realized that I will really miss my KB, and the dev community is still in its infancy for Nexus @XDA.
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No. Wait for LTE and quad cores coming summer 2012.
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gotta agree with kenny on ^^^ this ^^^ ... prolly better 2 just wait
A lot of my friends had gotten Epics and I was the sore thumb who went out and got an Evo Shift back last April. That phone went kaput on me and I decided to hop on the epic-wagon after using other ones first hand. I won't ever get a non keyboard phone, and the epic is the best of its class...Its the ONLY one of its class now. Sprint has no plans to release any other keyboard phones yet, which is highly disappointing. We might see one when LTE comes around, but...in the mean time, I'm happy that the Epic has such an awesome team of devs here (Things over in the evo shift forum really started to die!).
Long story short: Long live the epic.
I think the possibility of us getting ics is pretty good actually. It used to seem out of reach but now the hyped nexus update has been halted and Sammy is posting new rdf files, not to mention the increasing amount of epic buyers lately. If you ask me, I think the probability of us getting ics is higher than many think. Our phone will easily support it.
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Especially since our devs started the work for them and got mtd working.
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Especially since our devs started the work for them and got mtd working.
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I think they'll still use bml on ics, so that won't help them.
Edit:samsung, not our devs.
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This will keep me around the epic for a little while longer