Sprint Says ICS is bad - Epic 4G General

Just posting this article. I meant Sony... Not sure how to change the title. Don't kill the messenger....
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402489,00.asp

badbeats said:
Just posting this article.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2402489,00.asp
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I think you should change your title to 'Sony' not 'Sprint' as there is ZERO mention of Sprint anywhere in that article.

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April fools joke?
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Guess Sony and Sprint are pretty close. But Sony would want to put down ICS...we know the truth =D

Third party apps load slow? Browser uses excessive RAM? The "F" are they talking about? My ICS doesn't seem to match theirs...
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Zeinzu said:
Third party apps load slow? Browser uses excessive RAM? The "F" are they talking about? My ICS doesn't seem to match theirs...
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Well CM9 isn't exactly equal to ICS out of the box, right? Our devs do amazing things, and I don't think you can quite compare CM9 to ICS stock.
Unless of course you have a Verzion Galaxy Nexus we don't know about .

Zeinzu said:
Third party apps load slow? Browser uses excessive RAM? The "F" are they talking about? My ICS doesn't seem to match theirs...
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Umm the exact reason this phone is not getting ics. Its been well known ics is gonna be more intensive all the way around. Not a shocker.

this sony posted about the differenances of gb and ics:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/...ical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/
i like that they are going to let you turn off parts of ics, if slows down your phones.

jbadboy2007 said:
Umm the exact reason this phone is not getting ics. Its been well known ics is gonna be more intensive all the way around. Not a shocker.
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Huh? We didn't get ICS because we didn't have enough ROM space. ICS runs fine on my Epic. I've ran the stock ICS port too and it ran almost as smooth as cm9.
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Zeinzu said:
Huh? We didn't get ICS because we didn't have enough ROM space. ICS runs fine on my Epic. I've ran the stock ICS port too and it ran almost as smooth as cm9.
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On BML RFS?
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On BML RFS?
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........
We have the same ROM on BML and MTD. The main reason is that even if we have a larger system partition, we can still not fit bloatware, touchwiz, and ics.
As mkasick has said before, Samsung can change BML and RFS all that they want for an update. They just do not choose to because the Galaxy S 1 should be EOL by now and even if they did do an ics update, it would run pretty slow and be buggy and miss features of toucheiz that the average user likes.

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Hahaha. That pic almost kill me...
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We have the same ROM on BML and MTD. The main reason is that even if we have a larger system partition, we can still not fit bloatware, touchwiz, and ics.
As mkasick has said before, Samsung can change BML and RFS all that they want for an update. They just do not choose to because the Galaxy S 1 should be EOL by now and even if they did do an ics update, it would run pretty slow and be buggy and miss features of toucheiz that the average user likes.
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I see the average user as they want an update from thir damn phone so gps works and want a better look, I've asked several people I know who have this phone they don't know anything about rooting, etc... they all pretty much told me they wanted something that works and were all tired of the TW look to it so I say otherwise. Get rid of bloatware its not needed and strip TW away as much as it needs so ICS will operate.
I asked them all about battery life and they told me it doesn't matter as long as a charger is near by there were a few who said I would like longer battery life and pointed them into the rootin process. I surveyed more than 10 people.
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Why does it matter if TW is present in the updates Sprint gives us? We're all rooted and have a choice between stock/custom TW or AOSP roms. Sprint is only updating the Epic long enough till they get a new slider that have LTE. I doubt they'll update pass GB, and the value pack would be pushing it. Too much of a hassle for those who like their phone for it's average looks.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
I see the average user as they want an update from thir damn phone so gps works and want a better look, I've asked several people I know who have this phone they don't know anything about rooting, etc... they all pretty much told me they wanted something that works and were all tired of the TW look to it so I say otherwise. Get rid of bloatware its not needed and strip TW away as much as it needs so ICS will operate.
I asked them all about battery life and they told me it doesn't matter as long as a charger is near by there were a few who said I would like longer battery life and pointed them into the rootin process. I surveyed more than 10 people.
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Our phone isn't a Nexus brand phone, so bloatware and TouchWiz are mandatory (so to speak) on our phones. No way around it. Sprint/Samsung would never send out an update to a TouchWiz based phone without TW on it. While we here at XDA would love nothing more, it's simply not going to happen. They have to profit some way, some how from all that crap otherwise there wouldn't be a need for it in the first place. And once it's there, from a stock standpoint, it's there to stay.

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ice cream sandwich for atrix?

hi all,
I went through search and did not find much about this question on my mind for this week.
its been bootloader unlocked and having gingerbread source code available.
I wonder whether atrix will get community build of ics.
i am honestly bored of f***ed up power management of android on dual cores.
i dont know what is problem here but
NVIDIA is not fixing their heating issues.
GOOGLE is not fixing up power management of android on multicore hard ware.
MOTOROLA the great we know ,is slow and lazy ass to move forward in ics for atrix.
i hate the day when i decided about buying atrix.
its bloody radiator and its heating temp. of 54celcius on normal use.
I am using cherryblur 1.4d and faux 123's optimised 1ghz kernel both latest.
i tried undervolting as well but it still heats up crazy.
I am honestly bugged with it.
may be I am totally wrong about my understanding.
i have samsung focus running mango and i prefer it for casual netbrowsing than my atrix.
I hate the NVIDIA for its heating legacy.
I swear on name of god that i wont touch anything with any kind of nvidia inside.
can we expect atrix to get better power management with ice cream sandwich which supposedly optimized for multicore processing.
I also for a brief time had both heating and battery issues with an over clocked kernel I decided to go to a kernel which was not overclocked I'm getting good battery life with no power management apps running and I never overheat anymore. Maybe ur issues can be improved with a new rom and Kernel?
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Officially? No one knows if it will get it at all or not until something leaks. Unofficially, it depends on how active the dev community gets. Short answer is, no on knows.
Also does anyone know if/when we will get Jellybean? lol
Check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpZ7-3ouWmQ
You're kidding right? Motorola is "slow and lazy" in regards to ICS for our Atrix ....really? You're right because ICS is NOT YET available lol.
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sounds to me like this guy just got a bad phone (hardware), it happens.
should have returned that sucker right away.
if it bothers you that much, just sell the phone, cut you loses, and get another brand.
That's just the boot animation.
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I just rated this thread one star.
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I just rated this thread one star.
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hahaha. Lol
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bigdog_nick said:
That's just the boot animation.
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LOL I realized that right after I posted the link!!!! LOL (sorry!)
Yes, that seems to be just the boot animation...
However I'm confident that sooner or later will get ICS through unofficial channels like XDA.
Patience is a virtue.... a virtue I don't have unfortunately.
sanriver12 said:
sounds to me like this guy just got a bad phone (hardware), it happens.
should have returned that sucker right away.
if it bothers you that much, just sell the phone, cut you loses, and get another brand.
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That's what I decided.
That is most logical choice.
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You're kidding right? Motorola is "slow and lazy" in regards to ICS for our Atrix ....really? You're right because ICS is NOT YET available lol.
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Its not question of availability.have they upgraded all their androids to latest versions? I dont think so.
I know its carrier who slows down update delivery.
When company is already putting out atrix2, do you think we will get ics that easily.?
I will be happiest of lot even if they declare that they are going to upgrade ATRIX to ics.
nimixes said:
I also for a brief time had both heating and battery issues with an over clocked kernel I decided to go to a kernel which was not overclocked I'm getting good battery life with no power management apps running and I never overheat anymore. Maybe ur issues can be improved with a new rom and Kernel?
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Which rom are you using?
I will surely give it another chance .
Kindly share the rom.
My main grudge is why do they not optimize their software to get benefited out of dual core processing? ??
As I am not even remotely related to programming or anything with engineering,I understand it may take time to optimize.
but for company like Google how difficult is it to optimize their code for multicore processing???
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hahaha. Lol
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hahaha AND LOL? must have been pretty funny to have both! Redundant
holtenc said:
hahaha AND LOL? must have been pretty funny to have both! Redundant
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I'm glad there are rules on things like haha and lol man people sure know how to kill the internet. Thanks fun sucker
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White people problems
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White people problems
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drpratik: well... IIRC, didn't Google buy, or semi-merge with Motorola? That could help with the speed of things. Not to mention the supposed steps that are taking place in order to try to get devices up to date much more efficiently than the current pace allows.
As for optimization for dual-core phones.... you DO realize that there wasn't a SINGLE dual-core android device, let alone a phone, until the Motorola Xoom made it's debut, right? Which came out with Honeycomb... which is more than likely designed to use dual-core CPU's. There aren't really that many updates to previous Android versions shy of bug fixes when a new version of Android comes out. And seeing as ICS will be the first NEW Android OS for cell phones since Gingerbread, i'm sure we'll probably see it sooner or later... but probably sooner. Either officially, or from a modded ROM.
I do appreciate your response and that both ATRIX and XOOM run on same tegra2 platform.
I agree that optimization takes time.
But tegra 2 is out for at least 18 months.
I have high hopes for ics.what I dont like is android can't see the second core also forget utilizing.if android is not able to see also then why not throttle it down and put it into hibernate and use only when software can take benefit it.
I thought my battery is bad.I started using new battery but same result.
Back to point-- Google has bought Motorola for its patents portfolio to fight off apple attack and I will be really happy if this relationship proves fruitful for end users.
Lets hope for best.

GB seems old.

Now that ICS has been talked about and previewed, does GingerBread seem old to anybody else, even though we're JUST getting a close to fully working CM7 build?
Considering when new things come out, i.e. ice cream sandwich, usually makes the model or version before old. So until ics releases, GB will still be "new"
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Original Android <3ers! said:
Now that ICS has been talked about and previewed, does GingerBread seem old to anybody else, even though we're JUST getting a close to fully working CM7 build?
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I agree. All I can see myself doing now is trying to tweak my phone to mimic ICS. Forget gingerbread, that was December 2010!
Doesn't seem old to me.
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imagine having an iPhone with a NEVER evolving interface.
(ugliest interface of any phone to boot)
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I agree. All I can see myself doing now is trying to tweak my phone to mimic ICS. Forget gingerbread, that was December 2010!
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I'm runnin zanders blue blaze theme with the ics launcher and it looks sick
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10charrrrrrr
What ROM or theme is that? Launcher looks nice
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Namorbrowneyes said:
What ROM or theme is that? Launcher looks nice
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Ics launcher in market zandermans blue blazin theme in themes section
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xopher.hunter said:
Ics launcher in market zandermans blue blazin theme in themes section
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Thanks! What about the cyan launcher in the previous post?
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Namorbrowneyes said:
Thanks! What about the cyan launcher in the previous post?
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CM7. but can be achieved with SRF1.2
go launcher EX with honeycomb theme. matted blues for system theme.
and my own made dock bar.
MikeEx said:
CM7. but can be achieved with SRF1.2
go launcher EX with honeycomb theme. matted blues for system theme.
and my own made dock bar.
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I'v been runing just about that same setup with Urban Reg 1.1.1
The age of a version of Android is more about just a voice in the back of your head. Android's appearance hadn't really changed much from Cupcake to Gingerbread. All that ever gave us a fresh user experience were third party launchers and themes. An Eclair phone with Go Launcher will feel absolutely no different from a Gingerbread phone with Go Launcher in daily use.
ICS is the first time this has really changed, since Google has apparently FINALLY paid attention to the GUI. The new elements introduced aren't exactly magical, and don't amount to much more than polish and adopting many features that were already offered by third party launchers, but the refinement is welcome.
My only concern is the same one I have whenever open source OSes attempt GUI modifications--open OSes tend to be developed entirely from a programmer's perspective, and therefore tends to crap on casual usability. Google hopefully avoided this, but the sharp angles and harsh lines of the ICS screenshots remind me a lot of the sort of design philosophies that brought us countless ugly and idiotic Matrix-inspired desktop customizations with eye-straining color contrasts and bizarre obsessions with green/blue and black.
Hopefully ICS won't pull a Unity, at least.
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Hopefully ICS won't pull a Unity, at least.
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</3 unity
Hopefully Google won't do anything that drastic to Android that Ubuntu/Gnome Team did.
Original Android <3ers! said:
Now that ICS has been talked about and previewed, does GingerBread seem old to anybody else, even though we're JUST getting a close to fully working CM7 build?
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Um, yeah, that's kinda because it is. A year in the tech industry is old. Sucks that Samsung/Sprint can't even get it to us. Thanks to all the devs that have gotten us this far! Especially with CM7.
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</3 unity
Hopefully Google won't do anything that drastic to Android that Ubuntu/Gnome Team did.
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OMG, I thought I was the only one who disliked Unity! Can't stand it!
+1 on Unity being bad
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We always get the old stuff.
But with the Roboto font, I have a bit of the new lol. Actually easy on the eyes.
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Scumbag Samsung:
Promises update to newest Android OS;
Waits until newest Android OS is released.
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Anybody else feel like the OG Epic was under-appreciated?

It just occurs to me on such a regular basis, that when I pick my phone up, it's a perfect example of engineered quality. I wouldn't change anything about this phone. It's seriously perfect.
My only problem now is that I just get bored with things and probably am getting thirsty for a new, sleeker model. But seriously, does anybody feel like the SPH-D700 didn't get the glory it deserved?
kehlan said:
It just occurs to me on such a regular basis, that when I pick my phone up, it's a perfect example of engineered quality. I wouldn't change anything about this phone. It's seriously perfect.
My only problem now is that I just get bored with things and probably am getting thirsty for a new, sleeker model. But seriously, does anybody feel like the SPH-D700 didn't get the glory it deserved?
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I find the hardware to be quite good (although by the standards of today, I wouldn't mind a faster processor), but I find the software to be buggy and incomplete at best (EVEN EL30), which is sad considering how many chances that they had to make this a good device. Stuff like the GPS and other assorted issues makes me really shake my head in disappointment with Samsung.
Ive been saying that since I bought it.
Everywhere I go people still compliment and ask what phone is that. I don't know how much longer I will have this phone but I'm also not countig the days down unlike when I had my POS moment.
Just the fact that this phone was released q3 of 2010 and is not EOL yet despite the Epic touch release says a lot.
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I wouldn't want any other phone at the moment even if it was a free trade in.
In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!
+1000
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I love my epic. Its not perfect, but its way better than my previous 2 android phones. The large screen, keyboard, and CM9 make it awesome.
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I love this phone been saying that since it was launched with eclair.
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I wouldn't want any other phone at the moment even if it was a free trade in.
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I got offered a nexus the other day. Told them that's a downgrade hardware wise. Nfc isn't as important as the physical kb
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I just wish it had like a dual core processor. Other than that it has aged really well.
I plan on keeping it all year.
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I wouldn't want any other phone at the moment even if it was a free trade in.
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^^^^ ya ya what he said...
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Considering it was supposed to be a Bada device, I think the devs had to get to the Android party late. I'd expect that translating the software to the hardware was the original issue but it seems to be more under control and may have lead to extended life for the device.
It was much faster than the evo. I loved my Epic. Perhaps the lack of froyo and gb is what made the Epic so much fun. Literally the only thing I would've changed is the responsiveness of the captivate buttons.
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it was supposed to be a Bada device
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I love this phone also. Have no complaints. Only thing I could possibly say is my keyboard seems to gotten a little lose over the years.
My wife has an epic touch, and its super nice and all but I can do just about anything with my phone as she can plus I have a keyboard. Thanks to all the devs/themers/question answerers for making it awesome
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I wouldn't want any other phone at the moment even if it was a free trade in.
In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!
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Very well said sir but the only thing I wanna complain is the service where I'm at but other then that all the devs have made this a wonderful phone!
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yep
ditto to what all have said...no real reason to trade it in....
Does everyone remember the youtube video poll for which one would be advertised for this phone to be "epic" it was then and still is now IMO. Pretty kewl that no else thought of it
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Still loving mine as well. It's my perfect companion on the road for navigation, e-mailing photos of damaged freight to the dispatch office, contacting consignees while keeping company phone (Nextel 2-way) open, and keeping me occupied during layovers.
The dev teams here have put out some awesome ROMs as well. I'll be loading up CleanGB EL30 BML tonight to give it a shot.
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Tmobile galaxy s3

The TMOBILE Galaxy S3, looks like this
blue version
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white version
-So far it all adds up to show that the US versions will have physical buttons.
info/source: http://phandroid.com/2012/06/01/samsung-galaxy-s3-for-t-mobile-pictured-keeps-physical-home-button/
Ugh finally was a little tired of the same 4 touch sensitive ones....fml
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I'll wait for the S5.
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I'll wait for the S5.
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S5? Lol, you want to wait.. 2 more years? possibly a bit more? I bet it'll rock a octo-core haha
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I wait for your mom to bring back the chilli.
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Alan, I think you need to clam down and go to sleep
Better to wait for the rumored nexii coming in November. Gs3 is disappointing design wise
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Better to wait for the rumored nexii coming in November. Gs3 is disappointing design wise
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Not for me. What exactly is it that is turning people off from the design? Quite a few people have said that. I find it really attractive. The curves and all.
No search Button
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No search Button
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90% of users don't know how to search anyway.
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90% of users don't know how to search anyway.
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QFT
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90% of users don't know how to search anyway.
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LOL
good joke there. haha
Hey xrider, EB you guys onboard for Tmobile GS3? If yes i am gonna use my full upgrade which is incidently due on june 21st
Hey X. Wrong forum! Take this to the SGS3 forums! lol
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Hey xrider, EB you guys onboard for Tmobile GS3? If yes i am gonna use my full upgrade which is incidently due on june 21st
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I'm leaning and upgrade on the 16th. Been wanting the s2 but glad I've waited. The vibes been a work horse only bricking on me that 1 time I think because of CM6.5.
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Not for me. What exactly is it that is turning people off from the design? Quite a few people have said that. I find it really attractive. The curves and all.
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I'm turned off by the size, and TouchWiz. So much so that I didn't regret springing for the One S after seeing it. But not having a removable battery is really bugging me, so I'm considering it for the first time. Not to mention HTC pulled a fast one about unlocking the bootloader. Sure, they'll unlock it, but you still have S-on, and they won't change that. That's a huge advantage to the Samsungs. They don't lock anything. Might give the HOS to the wife if I can bring myself to get the GS3...but the size really bugs me. I need to see it in person to decide.
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I'm turned off by the size, and TouchWiz. So much so that I didn't regret springing for the One S after seeing it. But not having a removable battery is really bugging me, so I'm considering it for the first time. Not to mention HTC pulled a fast one about unlocking the bootloader. Sure, they'll unlock it, but you still have S-on, and they won't change that. That's a huge advantage to the Samsungs. They don't lock anything. Might give the HOS to the wife if I can bring myself to get the GS3...but the size really bugs me. I need to see it in person to decide.
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The size really won't get less. I honestly hope it does not get bigger than this, because after this it should just be classified as something along the lines of the Galaxy Note, which is huge for a phone.
Touchwiz, I don't get why people hate it so much, is it just that they hate the manufacturer modifying the look, or is it just touchwiz?
I have loved Touchwiz since the first day. Their music app is superior and has more eye candy than any other music player I've seen (not too many options like poweramp etc. though) I do agree they theme it too much, but after all it is all eyecandy and don't tell me that once your on XDA that you won't flash a custom rom on your phone.
Samsung phones are where all the developers flock. You can call me a Samsung fanboy
Just curious, how big is the Htc One S?
Mind taking a pic of the phone with your hand next to it or something like that? I thought GS3 and the one series were all the same size.
The One X is close to the GS3, the S is just a little longer/taller than the Vibrant, 1/4" maybe, and damn near almost identical in width. And just a c-hair thinner. I'll post some photos tomorrow (technically today, I guess ).
Btw, your cwm flashable that's on the dl worked perfectly, thanks . 48gb never felt so free.
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Personally I think this phone is great looks amazing will most likely perform great. I'd go with the white one I think the color blue they picked gives it that prepaid phone look
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Oh yeah, what I don't like about TouchWiz is the candy-like backgrounds on the icons, and it tries too hard to be iOS. There's some advantages, but for the most part I feel its mostly fluff wasting valuable resources. ICS Holo theme is gorgeous, no need to play with it, unless you improve upon it with tweaks like Team Kang did with AOKP.
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Oh yeah, what I don't like about TouchWiz is the candy-like backgrounds on the icons, and it tries too hard to be iOS. There's some advantages, but for the most part I feel its mostly fluff wasting valuable resources. ICS Holo theme is gorgeous, no need to play with it, unless you improve upon it with tweaks like Team Kang did with AOKP.
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I agree, for some it may be a bit "cartoon" type of look, but its just hurtful to say it looks anything like iOS
Showing them together with the GS's app drawer open would be more representative of what I'm taking about. Obviously iOS on the iPhone doesn't have a "desk top" home; that would be to handy and admitting Android is better. Wait, they admitted that when they put a status bar in that could be pulled down for notifications.
I don't like the dock layout in TouchWiz, or that it can't be modified (maybe changed this time?), and the app drawer looks like a clown puked up a bunch of candy, just like the iPhone. But like you said, stock ROM doesn't have much chance of staying on the thing anyway. So it boils down to whether I can fit it in my pocket, and don't look like an idiot holding a VCR to my face when making calls (sorry Note users, I'm looking at you). And the cherry on top would be if app devs started seriously optimizing for quad core CPUs before the GS4 drops in 6 months.
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we will surely get it on ours notes, hope not so late
Let's see if it is a "new" android version or an enhanced version of ICS (that was an enhanced version of GB)....
Looked around but couldn't find the hardware specs it needs, will the note (still) be able to handle this ??
I know that there are going to be devs playing around with it but if it comes out "original" it will be more reliable in the earlier versions.
Wait and see, i think.
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ICS is an enhanced version of GB? Ok.........
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I'll say we will get it after the galaxy note 2 is released with jb
Not being a pessimist but thats how Samsung works
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I'll say we will get it after the galaxy note 2 is released with jb
Not being a pessimist but thats how Samsung works
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Possibly true but we will get Jellybean on one shape or form eg CyanogenMod 10.
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wanzer said:
we will surely get it on ours notes, hope not so late
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and let the whining begin............
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ICS is an enhanced version of GB? Ok.........
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Hardly even that. Really disappointed in ICS, not many reasons to upgrade from GB.
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Hardly even that. Really disappointed in ICS, not many reasons to upgrade from GB.
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Ics really sucks too many bugs, crap battery life and heavy. Returned to stock gb way faster and better battery life but worse radio performance.
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ICS is an enhanced version of GB? Ok.........
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As you can see there are more with the same opinion, but i just gave mine. If you think that ICS was a very good release for the note i don't mind. I guess you will be one of the few.
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Hardly even that. Really disappointed in ICS, not many reasons to upgrade from GB.
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I totally agree in referring to the touchwiz version if ics BUT you have to try one of the roms that's pure aosp/aokp/cm9 without Samsung's fingerprints all over the ui and you will see a BIG difference compared to gingerbread!
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I totally agree in referring to the touchwiz version if ics BUT you have to try one of the roms that's pure aosp/aokp/cm9 without Samsung's fingerprints all over the ui and you will see a BIG difference compared to gingerbread!
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Indeed. AOKP is beautiful, fully customisable/themeable and snappy as hell.
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Lol, are people disappointed with ICS or Samsungs implementation?
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ICS is an improvement over GB imo. It just needs a few updates to make it better and sorting out some bugs.
GB also needed quite a few updates before it became stable and fast.
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and let the whining begin............
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Yes you have.
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ICS is an improvement over GB imo. It just needs a few updates to make it better and sorting out some bugs.
GB also needed quite a few updates before it became stable and fast.
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All I desire is a fix to all the battery bugs for ICS and I'm perfectly happy with it. Although, to be fair, there isn't much difference between GB and ICS with Samsung's Touchwiz UI plastered all over it.
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All I desire is a fix to all the battery bugs for ICS and I'm perfectly happy with it. Although, to be fair, there isn't much difference between GB and ICS with Samsung's Touchwiz UI plastered all over it.
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well of course,
everyone on here has said that theyre not happy with ics on the note because it is using the same touchwiz as on gb - so people think there isnt any difference
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Hardly even that. Really disappointed in ICS, not many reasons to upgrade from GB.
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Galaxy Note didn't even get ICS in my opinion, though they label it ICS it is a premium suite as they say, so Note didn't get ICS just got a premium suite which is a faint resemblence to ICS but carries a ton of bugs and issues that can be avoided by not upgrading. Its good to see a new version already coming out and hopefully (fingers crossed) Samsung grabs this chance to fix thier mistake that is ICS for the Galaxy Note
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Since it's Android 4.1 and not 5.0 it clearly means it's a minor upgrade ( meaning that it's "enchenced ICS" ).
I don't see why we wouldn't get it since the current Nexus device has even weaker hardware than Note. The only reason there might be for not getting it - is Samsung's policy. But there's always Cyanogenmod.
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Galaxy Note didn't even get ICS in my opinion, though they label it ICS it is a premium suite as they say, so Note didn't get ICS just got a premium suite which is a faint resemblence to ICS but carries a ton of bugs and issues that can be avoided by not upgrading. Its good to see a new version already coming out and hopefully (fingers crossed) Samsung grabs this chance to fix thier mistake that is ICS for the Galaxy Note
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Totally agree.
When I first took a look at what Samsung did to ICS with their amazing premium suite i was like are we still running GB or is that a kind of joke.
I'm really disappointed by Samsung updates that also take too long to be released.
I just hope this time Samsung will release a real update with great UI and not that TW crap again.

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