See the Android and Me article for more info and sources, as well as this article @ Android Police.
* As I clearly wrote, this is a RUMOR! Y'all don't go crazy or anything, like what almost happened with my clearly stated rumor in the CM7 Topic.
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So it looks like the guys over at Androidpsin.com are bringing up information about Samsung manufacturing the NII. Is this true? Or what is going on here? My last thread got trashed because it was "false".
Here's the link http://androidspin.com/2010/11/05/nexus-2-launch-plagued-by-hardware-issues/
Am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that "a major hardware issue" was discovered little more than a week before launching a new product?
Testing on a device like this would have been done over the course of months and probably finalized long before an unveiling to the public.
pdefazio said:
Am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that "a major hardware issue" was discovered little more than a week before launching a new product?
Testing on a device like this would have been done over the course of months and probably finalized long before an unveiling to the public.
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This is Samsung we are talking about. They pushed the Galaxy S line to the States with knowledge of the GPS issues.. so maybe they're being smart about this one? (If in fact it's true)
That bit was reported by Tech Crunch and no source was cited for it. Currently it's all rumor and speculation.
I agree. I am not so much as concerned with the statements of hardware with the post, but if the post is true or not. And if not, why is Androidspin.com putting more bad posts.
Off Topic for this section, please keep off topic threads away from the vibrant area, discuss them in the Off Topic fora under general
I'm new here, so i can't post a link, but i read on Phandroid this morning that Samsung finally released the source code for Froyo. (A simple google of it will bring it up with links to Samsung's website).
Does this help our developers on the fascinate finish the AOSP port?
For the 100th time, this is the Telus (GSM) source, not Verizon (CDMA). Not much help since the devs have had 2.2.1 GSM source for a while.
In fact, to avoid misleading others, I recommend you changing the title of this thread.
I've seen this said 100-200x's at least. Not for the Verizon fascinate. Unless Samsung post something that says for the Verizon fascinate specifically , just assume its NOT for the Verizon fascinate.
Sent from my iPho....not using XDA App
**Yawn** The quest to be first with "Breaking News" seems to overwhelm some.
freaking noobs.
Alright guys we all know this is the hundredth post about this but come on..lighten up on the guy. I'm sure he meant well and was clearly just trying to help.
However..for the record..i know this sounds like I'm being a jackass but this goes for everyone even me. If you come across some breaking news or information..just make sure you completely read the article or what have you and give the forum a good once over to make sure you aren't reposting. Chances are if you have made some big discovery..someone else has made it too lol.
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I just wanted to make this thread in hopes that it would possibly get a sticky or some sort of recognition. I see a lot of people making tons of new threads and comments that I think are pointless and should not be repeated over and over again. More specifically like: The Xoom is "dead", the development scene for the Xoom is going nowhere, why aren't they porting more OS's to the Xoom, and why is the Xoom behind in development... those kinds of things I see people say a lot around here.
The answer: The Honeycomb source code is not, and will not be released by Google... period. They have it locked up tight, and are not letting it out until they feel it is ready to be released to the public. The developers cannot do much more than they already have done without the Honeycomb source code. End of story.
The Xoom development scene does assume that everything will be all set and released with the Ice Cream Sandwich release here in the near future, which indeed makes perfect sense. And, because the Xoom was the first Honeycomb tablet, it's Google's baby: The one and only true and complete vanilla stock Google experience tablet. Thus: It is being protected by Google, if you will.
Maybe we will stop getting loads of threads complaining about the same exact thing. The answer to these questions have already been answered a billions times about 5 months ago when Google said that they will be holding onto the Honeycomb source until further notice. Please read this, everyone. Not trying to be mean or anything, but... I'm surprised that the Mods haven't spoken up about this. I thought one was supposed to read and make sure that the topic they are about to post about hasn't been mentioned yet before making a new thread?
I'm a very nice guy, and I am not one to complain about anything. I love helping people: it's what I do best! But... we do need to get this thing under control. Almost every day I see a new thread or a comment saying something like "the Xoom development scene is dead". This just shouldn't be happening. It's almost like bashing the Xoom in its own home. That's not a healthy thing to do now is it? Or trying to make it look bad and outdated by saying that the scene is dead, when in reality it really is the complete opposite. Overall: It's wasting thread space, causing a lot of annoyances, and a lot of the frequent Xoom posters such as myself are having to repeat themselves a billion times over with every new thread and comment about this topic. Hopefully something can be done about this.
Thanks for listening! All I ask is for people to read before posting these kinds of threads or comments on your friendly neighborhood XDA forums.
Yes, good points diablo2224, and to add to that, all of the improvements and increased functionality that the Team Tiamat and others have brought to the Xoom are really vital to it's continued relevence. Solarnz just gave us a peek at some new goodies in an upgoming rom and they look great! Xoom development is far from dead, source code or no source code.
I've seen the threads and it hasn't deterred me, the fact is Google is a monster company now and them buying Motorola mobility is one of the factors I bought my Xoom the other day... I personally see more to come and can wait
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Yes, good points diablo2224, and to add to that, all of the improvements and increased functionality that the Team Tiamat and others have brought to the Xoom are really vital to it's continued relevence. Solarnz just gave us a peek at some new goodies in an upgoming rom and they look great! Xoom development is far from dead, source code or no source code.
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Indeed. Team Tiamat is really doing an excellent job. Without the source they are doing spectacular! It amazes me at the stuff they have pulled off so far. The new universal rooting method for all Xoom's is quite an impressive feat.
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I've seen the threads and it hasn't deterred me, the fact is Google is a monster company now and them buying Motorola mobility is one of the factors I bought my Xoom the other day... I personally see more to come and can wait
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Personally, the comments and threads don't particularly bother me very much either. I just want the people to know what the situation is, and why the scene has been "slower" than the other Honeycomb tablets. And to stop making negative comments towards the Xoom in that factor. If we all were a little more knowledgeable about reasoning rather than rationality... I think the comments and threads about this would come to a halt as we would all be on the same page.
" The Honeycomb source code is not, and will not be released by Google... period."
This isn't entirely true... just because its not out doesn't mean its not coming out.
They were waiting for ICS to be released first since Ice cream sandwich shares a lot of the code base of Honeycomb.... I imagine its going to be out sometime during the holidays.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/google-keeping-honeycomb-source-code-on-ice-says-its-not-ready/
That Engadget post is over 6 months old...
The official word as of today is they will never release the Honeycomb source code, and the ICS source code will be released a few weeks after the launch of the Galaxy Nexus.
why no HC sources? Well, the reason behind the decision to not release it still stands: it was an interim release meant at the tablet market, and they didn't want everyone to jump on it and release phones and what-not based on that code. ICS is the solution to that problem.
Just tell us we'll have unimaginable coolness on our Xooms.
TO MODERATORS:
before you remove this thread --- please read:
I started to get a little p*ssed off regarding the infrequency of updates and lack of actual benefits to being a "groupie" for Galnet... so I posted this on the forums...
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BBenefits of being a groupie right now:
None.
Reasons:
-there are already several implementations of MIUIV4 for the SGS2 based on work by Team Hacksung. I would have thought this was something Galnet would already have a release for with similar functionaity.... in reality... no...
-the changes made my the Galnet team are rather minimal over the weekly updates provided by the MIUI team already
-lack of frequency of updates, lack of actual changes from stock versions - half part of the previous reason, and half because you would expect a modified version of a ROM to be modified more often than it's "stock" counterpart.
-reverting to stock animations in MIUI builds... this is an attractive feature which might actually encourage more folk to sign up, yet seems to have just been excluded from weekly builds....
Can I just make raise something worth discussing please in that the reason the forums are so completely void of any discussion (which roughly translates as "interest") is because there is almost nothing happening.
If there are lots of things happening in the background, you need to let people know. Before you start flaming me, I've paid less money for PC games that took years to develop and are still being updated on a regular basis. I understand that paying to be a groupie wasn't just for our benefit, but to aid and encourage development, but it's certainly not marketed as a "donation"... it's marketed as a subscription... and since I joined.. there has been 1 or 2 releases...
Please do not flame me purely because you are passionate about open source development and because you don't think we have a "right" to complain... but I am starting to understand why Galnet has become the swear word of the XDA environment.
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Don't want to discourage development and be unfair to the competion -- but my last comment pretty much sums up the issue...
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I will not post links to what I am talking about, those who are aware will already know who/what I am referring to.
I stopped using Galnet as I found releases a number of days late and they seemed to get worse and worse (their reaction to their rom not booting correctly was 're-wipe and reflash before rebooting after first install....why not just fix that and re-upload it...).
As soon as I saw they were using their forums to advertise their web design services I decided to not bother checking back. Clearly not making enough from their groupie system...Probably for the reasons you posted.
I was "THIS" close to join the groupie back in the "chameleon" days but i was lucky that i changed my mind. Galnet has depreciated and i dont have any faith in them anymore. They used to be a quick and fast release group eventhough people label em as zipper/cooker but now, its almost dead.
Plus i live in the world where Galnet only release much for NexusS and GalaxyS so, bye bye Galnet. Your zipping work has been pleasant for me all these while curing my tears upon Bmarko leaving MIUI development
Galnet ROMs are banned from XDA for several reasons, not the least of which is GPL violations.
So, I don't see how discussing this little drama in the GSII General Section serves any purpose whatsoever but to bring nonsense that the overwhelming majority of people here could not care less about.
Closed.
I suggest to start a thread for SGS3 previews, first looks and reviews when they officially get released to help people like me decide on the phone. Besides the gsmarena previews and first looks mentioned in other threads I found this preview from mobile-review.com very useful and gives more details not covered in other sources. Enjoy...
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-fl-en.shtml
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I suggest to start a thread for SGS3 previews, first looks and reviews when they officially get released to help people like me decide on the phone. Besides the gsmarena previews and first looks mentioned in other threads I found this preview from mobile-review.com very useful and gives more details not covered in other sources. Enjoy...
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-fl-en.shtml
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- Too bad there aren't English Sub-Titles for all of the YouTube Video Reviews ;(
ASD007 said:
I suggest to start a thread for SGS3 previews, first looks and reviews when they officially get released to help people like me decide on the phone. Besides the gsmarena previews and first looks mentioned in other threads I found this preview from mobile-review.com very useful and gives more details not covered in other sources. Enjoy...
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s3-fl-en.shtml
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That's a preview. Wonder how big will be the review
With so many features to talk about, it's obvious that a small review is really useless.