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Galaxy S2 confirmed get Android 4.0

Samsung Italy has reportedly confirmed which of the Korean company’s Android devices will receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update, with models such as the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 each supposedly in line for a 4.0 upgrade. The Italian arm of the firm listed the GSII and the Tab 10.1, HDBlog claims, along with the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Tab 7.7 and Tab 7.0 Plus as all being eligible for a tasty frozen treat. However, don’t expect it any time soon.
According to the report, the updates won’t begin until Q2 2012, potentially six months after Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus goes on sale. Samsung confirmed to us last night at the kick-off of the Galaxy Note European Tour that the oversized smartphone would get Android 4.0, as reported in our Galaxy Note vs Galaxy Nexus hands-on, but said that, since the company had been working closely with Google on ICS, they expected to beat competitors to the market with upgrades for existing devices.
(Source :http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-android-4-0-ics-updates-in-2012-reportedly-detailed-28191699/)

I hope, we won't have to wait that long...

Waiting 6m+ would be a joke in my opinion - the GS2 is the leading current Android phone in performance and sales, for it to take so long to get 4.0 makes the whole platform seem a bit weak seeing as by then we'll presumably be in the midst of hype building for iphone 5 which would a) have new features ics doesn't have and b) copy anything worthwhile from ics.
I don't believe extended Nexus exclusivity does either Google or Samsung any favours at all...

i don't like to wait.

i read somewhere that it wont get 4.0 until after the galaxy s3 is released.

me too think so. Galaxy S got gingerbread update only after S2 released. So.... I doubt it might be the bad wait more news coming soon...
But anyway v will get it wont v.
Or if v need it faster CM will always be there to help us
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I don't see what the big deal with ICS is. What will my phone do or do better with that operating system that it can't do now.

pisculescu said:
I don't see what the big deal with ICS is. What will my phone do or do better with that operating system that it can't do now.
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Just about everything. It doesn't bring many new features, but it optimizes the old ones and makes the whole experience better.

I'm eagerly waiting for ICS in my SGSII

You wont be waiting that long if you're a flash fan. No doubt there will be leaks etc before the official release.
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pisculescu said:
I don't see what the big deal with ICS is. What will my phone do or do better with that operating system that it can't do now.
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For me, is the joysticks support. I have so many usb joysticks, but none of them are working right now on GingerBread.

Initially I heard ICS for S2 coming next year only, thats fine looking at time required to test stability but throwing the it in Q2 is ridiculous!
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For me, is the joysticks support. I have so many usb joysticks, but none of them are working right now on GingerBread.
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Me too! That feature is real dealbreaker imo.

drelite08 said:
You wont be waiting that long if you're a flash fan. No doubt there will be leaks etc before the official release.
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^This
Besides that, why should I wait for a rom that destroys the beauty of ICS with TouchWiz? I want the pure ICS-experience.
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I dont know why people always want to update to a newer version of android. Will my phone produce ice cream when i get an update. Im happy with what my phone can do at the moment i dont know whats the big deal. after this i think ill go for windows phone which looks more stableand quick.

Lost Monk said:
Initially I heard ICS for S2 coming next year only, thats fine looking at time required to test stability but throwing the it in Q2 is ridiculous!
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Won't Samsung have had ics to develop the galaxy nexus? If so wouldn't they have been developing the upgrades for their phones, negotiated as part of the deal to make the nexus phone?

I think galaxy S2 will be the first to receive the update before any other device, firstly Samsung and Google worked extremely closely on some of the software aspects of ICS namely the Camera app and the launcher itself, also the Galaxy nexus share some hardware components with the Galaxy S2.
Also lets face it the Galaxy nexus is underwhelming specs-wise except the Screen of course (Even though it's Pentile).

Don't forget that Samsung also want to sell a LOT of their nexus device and making it the only device in their range to have ics makes complete business sense. They've sold lots of sgs2 already, time for the nexus.
I know it may be a little frustrating for us, but as someone has already said, we'll get it much earlier via a leaked ROM.
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Q2 2012? F**k me...

What are people doing with their phones to make them slow and desperately need ICS? Am I missing a free hookers and drugs app?

I agree we will get within weeks of the launch whether it be from Samsung or an AOSP ROM doesn't bother me because the one main gripe I have with AOSP ROM's is the lack of hardware acceleration and the absolutely terrible camera app, Samsung's Touchwiz is hardware accelerated which is why it is so smooth.
It does make perfect business sense to delay ICS for the GS2 but people don't buy the "Google Phone" because of its specifications they buy it because its the "Google Phone" the one advantage of doing this is the quick updates, other than that there are far better devices, the Galaxy Nexus isn't even released yet and its already outclassed by devices such as ours that have been out for over 6 months.
ICS and the screen are the only saving graces of the Galaxy Nexus. needless to say it will still sell extremely well because as I mentioned its the "Google Phone".

[Q] Ice Cream sandwich Update!!!1

Will Samsung Galaxy S i9000 will get Official ICS Update?????????

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Will Samsung Galaxy S i9000 will get Official ICS Update?????????
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From qhat I've read: no

I see no reason not to get it... Nexus S got it and runs it ultra fast. That means Galaxy S is more than capable of running it! Also, Nexus S needed to be updated to 2.3.6 to be able to upgrade. I believe we will see leaks for our devices as well. I think that is one reasons Samsung never released TouchWiz 4 for our device, I believe it will come in this ICS update (if they make one).
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That's day dreaming.
We will most likely not get TW4 but maybe if the planets align properly we will get ICS.

kraven001 said:
That's day dreaming.
We will most likely not get TW4 but maybe if the planets align properly we will get ICS.
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Day dreaming? Why would they port the old crappy TouchWiz 3 on ICS when they have an already ported and new version of TouchWiz 4?
Also... Samsung Wave got TouchWiz 4 in Bada 2.0 update, I don't see why Galaxy S won't get it in ICS (both are HUGE updates and both devices share the same hardware).

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To make their clients happy and keep staying with Samsung products? One thing is sure... if they update SGS to ICS, I will keep buying Samsung phones and I'm sure I'm not the only one who will do the same!
Nexus One doesn't have i9000's power...

I hate android fragmentation. SGS is capable to run ICS withouth any problems but its questionable will samsung release update. That fragmentation will cost android, now or later but it will damage androids reputation.

it is a WHEN question not IF

I hear samsung is going to ufficial update sgs to ics... but first sgs II...

Then lets keep our fingers crossed

Me thinks Samsung will not release ICS officially for SGS. But we will get CM9 anyway so I don't care

Dont mattet if samsung updates it..... see sig

TigerCourage said:
To make their clients happy and keep staying with Samsung products? One thing is sure... if they update SGS to ICS, I will keep buying Samsung phones and I'm sure I'm not the only one who will do the same!
Nexus One doesn't have i9000's power...
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Me too, I said it since 6 months.

nunogand said:
From qhat I've read: no
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pehh but gs is running stable

SGS_elko said:
Me too, I said it since 6 months.
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we all have to send a big bomb of mails to samsung!
if they support ics on i9000 it would be the first producer i would rebuy a phone
but i think
all updates should come from google directly like windows

pxrave said:
all updates should come from google directly like windows
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That's what I thought they'll achieve with ICS... and now we have some Galaxy Nexus models that won't get aosp update, what a mess.
But a lot of manufacturers are working fast on ICS, that's nice to see though (minus the bloat).

Wow, I saw right now a video on youtube with ICS 4.0.3 on Nexus S, it runs flawlessly and soooo smooth. I love the new Launcher from ICS, will it be possible to get it runing on our Galaxy S when we receive ICS officialy (at this moment I'm pretty shure that we will )?

SGS_elko said:
I love the new Launcher from ICS, will it be possible to get it runing on our Galaxy S?
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You'll be able at least to install something like this.

Samsung Canada Announces ICS Upgrade 4 our Tab?

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...hing-standing-in-the-way-now-is-your-carrier/
Don't flame me but from what I'm reading from credible android police, the og tab is eligible for an ics upgrade meaning its possible OFFICIALLY but its up to carrier. Now thats what i deduce from what i read, i just know if they are referring to the Gtab 2.I could be reading it wrong though. Any one willing to weigh in?
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Well ayysir, I read it the same way. Some notes, though:
The GTab 7 version 2 already comes with ICS. There is no reason to make a press release about that. Also, given that Samsung has provided ICS ROMs does not mean they will actually surface as well.
This does increase the chances of official ICS on our devices very much. Lol, I think no one was expecting them to actually deliver (in the end) on the promise they made at launch time (GB and HC/ICS support)...
Curious, funny and already useless due to CM9 already being better than whatever Samsung might have released. Sorry to say but I think this is too little too late. Good find though.
The puritans ( who never flash or root devices :-D ) will probably have a field day, for sure. We might end up ripping stuff from it like proprietary code (codecs anyone?) and bundled apps as well, since that would be legal after proper release, but that's just not really that interesting anymore...
This might also clear out Samsung's reputation on failing to provide proper device support. What do you think?
C.

I call a miss print. Samsung have said there will be no ics for our tab. Samsung Canada aren't gonna make one themselves. someone just didn't have their thinking cap on when they typed up the list.
Would be nice to be proven wrong, but I'm sure I won't be.
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I hope this happens.I have gone back to stock 2.3.6 as I couldn't get skygo to work and missed using my media sync to watch the videos I bought using the gift pack in 5.1 sound. Hopefully they will release a stock ics rom that will retain 5.1 music and video player.
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CM9 is better then Official Samsung ICS (if they would).
Samsung is suck!!, CM9 is Rock!!

qm4n76 said:
CM9 is better then Official Samsung ICS (if they would).
Samsung is suck!!, CM9 is Rock!!
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Yea but an official port of ICS would possibly help out developers even with getting some features and stuff working

espionage724 said:
Yea but an official port of ICS would possibly help out developers even with getting some features and stuff working
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yeah, I know that.,

sorry guys but Samsung already releases a value pack for galaxy tab 7 in Korea :
http://samsungtomorrow.com/2590
Edit:
New Feature Updates
- Face Recognition (Face Unlock): Security is low
- add snapshot capability of video recording
- Added photo editor

how big a noob can you be??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618831
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618122

Samsung details Jelly Bean upgrade roadmap - Galaxy Tab 10.1/10.1v is not on the list

Our beloved tablet Galaxy 10.1/10.1.v never going to get official JB upgrade by Samsung!
Source Link:
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-details-jelly-bean-upgrade-roadmap-and-its-not-all-good-24248943/
I know this is not Android development post, but I just want to make sure our beloved developers know the news, and they are the only ones left now that can bring fully functional JB ROMs to our tablet. I really hope they can start spending more time on JB ROM development.

Your justification/reason for posting this in the development section is definitely not sufficient.

I am disappointed by Samsung not upgrading GT 10.1 for three reasons
1. GT 10.1 was released *after* GS2, and GS2 gets JB.
2. GT 2 10.1 is so similar to GT 10.1, that if Samsung just pays a little more effort, they can upgrade GT 10.1, too.
3. GT 10.1 was a flagship device, just last year.
Probably it is because GT 10.1 did not sell well as Samsung expected, due to iPad or all that Apple legal stuff. Well, but I can still enjoy GT 10.1 as it is (4.0). And I hope Samsung would release a bigger and faster one (like 12 inch or something). Then I would sell GT 10.1 cheaply and move on to that device.

Well it is ok, i hate touchwiz as a lot of people and we have good developers that will bring CM10 full functionally, but it is mean that probably we will have problems with drivers for futures updates.

start a facebook and twitter protest along with a youtube video
I bet they will pay attention. At the least force them to release the code so others can develop it.
The points made above are very valid.
I though part of the Google agreement was devices had to be upgradeable for up to 18 months for something like that.
You think a company like Samsung would have learned from Microsoft to make their devices and software work for all of their hardware just like installing MS Windows across different brands.

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I though part of the Google agreement was devices had to be upgradeable for up to 18 months for something like that.
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That is what Google stated at I/O 2011. So this makes me wonder... 18 months from when the GTab 10.1 I/O released (March 2011) or when it released in the US (June 2011), international (July 2011;not sure cause I didn't pay attention to that release). We are within that window when they said that JB will release in Q4 for the listed devices. We are DEFINITELY in that window from when JB was announced.

That will teach us, samsung is fast abandoning devices as well as releasing them. Note to self, next time stick to everything nexus.
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I moved to Google Nexus. Will never purchase any Samsung products in future.

Braaank said:
Well it is ok, i hate touchwiz as a lot of people and we have good developers that will bring CM10 full functionally, but it is mean that probably we will have problems with drivers for futures updates.
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I agree about touchwiz, but you have to think like this: they need to release JB, so that our developer can get all the required drivers for camera and other stuff. This makes development much faster. If you check current Alpha/Experimental CM10 JB ROMs, front cam not working.
I felt really bad when I read the news, because I still really like my Galaxy Tab 10.1 even if it is 1 year old.

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I agree about touchwiz, but you have to think like this: they need to release JB, so that our developer can get all the required drivers for camera and other stuff. This makes development much faster. If you check current Alpha/Experimental CM10 JB ROMs, front cam not working.
I felt really bad when I read the news, because I still really like my Galaxy Tab 10.1 even if it is 1 year old.
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Im on a cm10 and my front cam is working. It'll be there in versions with the 3.1 kernel, the ones out there right now are with the older kernel (afaik).

stubborn_d0nkey said:
Im on a cm10 and my front cam is working. It'll be there in versions with the 3.1 kernel, the ones out there right now are with the older kernel (afaik).
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Yes but i think 3.1 kernel its only for P7500 i have the P7510 wifi version, someplace i look for an experimental kernel 3.1 but microphone doesnt work.

Samsung are truly morons with this crap. The Tab was my last chance with them and they just blew it.. This was their 3rd strike. My 2 year old Nexus S 4G with 512mb of RAM gets an official JB upgrade from Google (and runs great) yet the tab with a dual core and 1gb of RAM Samsung decide to skip over. Google is all about getting the most out of a product and Samsung (who ironically makes the Nexus S) is all about getting the most out of your wallet.

I had a hunch this was going to happen, but I'm still annoyed. Not so much because I can't just root, etc..... but the fact that they've given the finger to those that bought it while they support older products still. Samsung was even present when Google announced the "Android Update Alliance". Um........... atleast give us working drivers, etc.

Braaank said:
Yes but i think 3.1 kernel its only for P7500 i have the P7510 wifi version, someplace i look for an experimental kernel 3.1 but microphone doesnt work.
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The 3.1 kernel Samsung released is for both P7500 and P7510. If you're running official ICS now, you're using 3.1 kernel.

Figured as much.
But, my Tab with ICS and Nova launcher absolutely rocks, so to be honest, I'm not really that disappointed.
Still a geat device.

I am runnng cm10 on my tab and it works great. I dont neec Samsung offical laggy rom. I have cm10, its faster and better!
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There is nothing that I see here from an OFFICIAL Samsung site..... Lets not panic

dapope said:
There is nothing that I see here from an OFFICIAL Samsung site..... Lets not panic
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it is official news from Samsung. I just need to find the official press release link and post here. They did not say no JB for Galaxy Tab 10.1, but they did NOT included it on their JB road-map for this year and next year, so this should tell you something, unless Samsung decides to include it at last minute.

The only comments seen publically are from sites other than samsun. Sammobile is not an official site and their source was not samsung either. Suggest you all calm down. Besides, it would be like expecting win7to run on a win 95 computer expecting updates for ever more

dapope said:
The only comments seen publically are from sites other than samsun. Sammobile is not an official site and their source was not samsung either. Suggest you all calm down. Besides, it would be like expecting win7to run on a win 95 computer expecting updates for ever more
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But AOSP based jb has already been ported to 10.1 which makes it a vaible candidate since the hardware is good thus ur comparison is like comparing apple to oranges since win would never even bootup in win95 PC let alone run!
PS: I am dissapointed with Samsung bcuz most ppl with 10.1 r early adopters yet Samsung including myself yet Samsung decided to show the finger to us!
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bar_rodoy said:
I am runnng cm10 on my tab and it works great. I dont neec Samsung offical laggy rom. I have cm10, its faster and better!
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With official release the devs get access to newer kernel which makes future android compability easier
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Upcoming Updates for Note 10.1

Samsung announced that the Note 10.1 will receive all software features of the Galaxy S4, that are not tied to unavailable sensors.
Samsung also announced that the Note 10.1 will receive Android 5 in the future.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 is and will stay for some time the best Tablet in the Universe.
The only thing that can beat a Galaxy Note 10.1 is a Galaxy Note 10.1 2.
Show me your S-Pens and enjoy your device.

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Samsung announced that the Note 10.1 will receive all software features of the Galaxy S4, that are not tied to unavailable sensors.
Samsung also announced that the Note 10.1 will receive Android 5 in the future.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 is and will stay for some time the best Tablet in the Universe.
The only thing that can beat a Galaxy Note 10.1 is a Galaxy Note 10.1 2.
Show me your S-Pens and enjoy your device.
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source please

xuanphucn said:
source please
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Sam Mobile

legion1911 said:
Samsung announced that the Note 10.1 will receive all software features of the Galaxy S4, that are not tied to unavailable sensors.
Samsung also announced that the Note 10.1 will receive Android 5 in the future.
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Nice! Certainly looking forward to it.
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Nice to hear that but...
How long should we wait for samsung providing the upgrade for Android 5??
P.S. Android 4.2 released in Nov 2012...

nice! lets hope the clean up and don't leave behind any nasty bugs eh?

I do hope this is right. I love this tablet and I think there is no better at the moment.
Hopefully we get 4.2.2 and the Key Lime Pie. We could do with updated S Note and other apps as well. But, will samsung introduce the phone ui in 4.2.2?
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I installed CM10.1 on my 10.1 and have never looked back! I realized that all the fancy Sammy features were nice but nothing I really needed. The Multiuser function in 4.2 with CM10.1 makes everything worth it. For S Note replacement I'm using Simplest Note which is fantastic - includes palm rejection too. All this baby lacks is what my phablet Note's AOKP rom has, which is dedecated S Pen gesture controls that allows you to, eg., double tap with S Pen bring up Simplest Note.

yl9yb3 said:
Nice to hear that but...
How long should we wait for samsung providing the upgrade for Android 5??
P.S. Android 4.2 released in Nov 2012...
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It took them six months to give us jellybean, so I guess it will be a similar time after klp releases. The phones - s4, s3, n2 - will get the update first as Samsung sell a lot more phones than tablets.
Sent from the mighty Note II.

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Sam Mobile
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Sounds exciting. I have been searching around SamMobile and I am unable to locate this info. Do you have a direct link to the information?
Thanks!

lrdangel said:
Sounds exciting. I have been searching around SamMobile and I am unable to locate this info. Do you have a direct link to the information?
Thanks!
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Here is a link to there main page for firmware updates.
http://samfirmware.com/
I think you need to join (its free) to download.
Put your device (mine is GT-N8013) in the search box to find your firmware.
Here the Android 5.0 news link http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18/galaxy-s-ii-galaxy-note-to-get-android-4-2-2-android-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/
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very nice.
hopefully this will make our Note 10.1 more productive.
=)

oohyeah said:
I installed CM10.1 on my 10.1 and have never looked back! I realized that all the fancy Sammy features were nice but nothing I really needed. The Multiuser function in 4.2 with CM10.1 makes everything worth it. For S Note replacement I'm using Simplest Note which is fantastic - includes palm rejection too. All this baby lacks is what my phablet Note's AOKP rom has, which is dedecated S Pen gesture controls that allows you to, eg., double tap with S Pen bring up Simplest Note.
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I don't know if anybody else caught the mentioned app in this post or not but I went and dropped 99 cents on "Simplest Note" and for daily note taking... WOW! It totally rocks! Thanks !!

I assume this is for unrooted phones?

sooper82 said:
Sam Mobile
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That's not a reference to a source, too vague
kkretch said:
Here the Android 5.0 news link http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18/galaxy-s-ii-galaxy-note-to-get-android-4-2-2-android-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/
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Now that's how you reference a source

Just received an update. Anyone know what this does or is ? PDA:MC2 / CSC:MC2 (XAR) ?

Ghxoxst said:
Just received an update. Anyone know what this does or is ? PDA:MC2 / CSC:MC2 (XAR) ?
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Yeah, I received it too last night (April 11). It was very small (9.8MB or thereabouts), so I don't think it was concerning new features but some bug they may had found and wanted to rectify in this small OTA.

oohyeah said:
I installed CM10.1 on my 10.1 and have never looked back! I realized that all the fancy Sammy features were nice but nothing I really needed. The Multiuser function in 4.2 with CM10.1 makes everything worth it. For S Note replacement I'm using Simplest Note which is fantastic - includes palm rejection too. All this baby lacks is what my phablet Note's AOKP rom has, which is dedecated S Pen gesture controls that allows you to, eg., double tap with S Pen bring up Simplest Note.
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Cm is nice and if it wasnt lacking the preformance of stock firmware I would have kept it on my 10.1 but the performance is way too much to ignore, not to mention the 2d and 3d lagging in some cases of video playback and gaming
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gesture control
oohyeah said:
I installed CM10.1 on my 10.1 and have never looked back! I realized that all the fancy Sammy features were nice but nothing I really needed. The Multiuser function in 4.2 with CM10.1 makes everything worth it. For S Note replacement I'm using Simplest Note which is fantastic - includes palm rejection too. All this baby lacks is what my phablet Note's AOKP rom has, which is dedecated S Pen gesture controls that allows you to, eg., double tap with S Pen bring up Simplest Note.
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There is an app in the play store, and probably elsewhere, called GMD sPen control for $5.56, also another for gesture control for people without spen

You know what really sucks is that Samsung isn't implementing multi users in there 4.4.2 flavor bastards !!! That was the shining feature of 4.2.2 for tablets
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