Quite the interesting forum, a friend of mine recommended me here for all my Android needs. A brief story is as of last Sunday I'm a proud owner of the Samsung Galaxy Tab. After 4 years of using the Iphone I decided to convert to Android So far so good, although still getting used to the OS. It looks fairly simple, and more modifiable than the Iphone 4 which is good.
Passing on to the issue.
Model: SAMSUNG-SGH-i717 Galaxy Tab
I already rooted the phone it was quite simple Although don't really know the full potential of it or what I can actually do. Is it only just for changing OS roms?
I've been lurking through the forums regarding those different OS roms I can add after rooting, specially to get rid of those pesky AT&T annoying apps.
But I haven't found a you could say, convincing one in the threads. and I don't know which ones are the good, popular ones with the lesser bugs that work good with the Galaxy Tab.
I would appreciate it a lot if you guys could lead me to the right direction.
Thank you very much!
And pardon me for my noobness
wrong forum.
SGH-i717 is an AT&T Galaxy Note, not a Galaxy Tab.
Here is the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1493
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Was wondering what's the track record of Samsung getting custom Roms/firmware?
I really like how XDA have developers to do custom ROMS for HTC phones but was wondering does Samsung phones gets same treatment? Or will be looking at far and few in between updates from Samsung itself and won't be able to update to the latest and greatest?
Really want Nexus One but the Galaxy S is sooooooooo much better *sigh*
Can't answer your question on whether the Samsung will get the same amount of Dev time that has been lavished on the HTC phones, but I was in the same situation as yourself - Galaxy S or Nexus One.
I came down on the side of the Galaxy S simply because it's a better phone all round. There's a multi-touch vid on youtube comparing the responsiveness of the screens, and the Galaxy wiped the floor with the Nexus One. I'm hoping that the popularity of this phone will mean that the Devs on here will start giving some time to the Galaxy S.
I must admit I was initially drawn towards the Nexus One because of excellent work that has been done by the likes of Cyanogen et al, but I took the long term view that surely the same must eventually happen with the Galaxy S. *crosses fingers*
For the Galaxy, there is MoDaCo. For the Galaxy Spica, there is Samdroid. Don't know much about the others, but they weren't released here in Europe anyway.
I followed Samdroid a while, thinking about getting a Spica. There are some awesome things going on there - they even tried to modify the touchscreen sensor, because the hardware does support multitouch, but the driver doesn't. AFAIK, they had no success, but still nice try. And they even opened a board for the Galaxy S, maybe Leshak fetches one and works some magic there in the future. If not, I am pretty sure somebody will.
If you want to customize it to run the latest roms, the question is: how "open" is this device?
I know that HTC made the Desire a pain in the butt to unlock/root, and they will improve this with every new phone the make, making them more and more secure and block customized images.
Is Samsung going to follow the same strategy?
I think you're right Magicdroid, the question would be how open this is. But even though the Desire was a pain to root, it HAD been rooted just cos there's lots of developers. When there are lots of developers, you'll get rooted device
I wonder if the Galaxy S will get lots of user base.............I just hope lots and lots of ppl will pick it up and then the chance of longetivity with custom ROMS dramatically increases....
I'm hopoing for good community support as well. I have an AT&T Tilt, and have doen well on the XDA site. I'm spoiled
I am very interested in the Galaxy S, but I"m on At&T, and the AT&T version i keep reading about doesn't have the same specs. So having to wait and see on that.
Also, I see a lot of negative feedback on Samsung support, and based on their previous Android phone (Behold I think it's called) is not getting an upgrade. Lots of complaints about being abandonded by Samsung.
Not sure what I'll do. If At&T doesn't get decent phones soon, I mahy have to look do Verizon.
Sorry...I'm rambling off topic.
The Galaxy S looks like a great piece of hardware.
MarvinTheAndroid said:
There's a multi-touch vid on youtube comparing the responsiveness of the screens, and the Galaxy wiped the floor with the Nexus One.
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Hilarious! I just found it and laughed so much http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlsRCMltDg
I was considering to buy a Nexus, but now I changed my mind...someday this mobile will hopefully get root and give enough space for customizations of every kind...just wait and see - it will come in the mid of June to Europe and I'm eager to hold one in my hands
I'm disciplining myself to not get this phone until there's a good team of developers move to it to get customizations going
aaahhh the wait the wait......
and, do you have one jet? the best mod is doctorz rom. it runs very smooth
God damn it. Did you sign up just to necro a thread that's over A YEAR AND A HALF old?
Hi everyone, i dont really post here much, generally just read n find out what i want to know. But i felt i should come on and just say thank you to the whole community here, my only experiances of android have been with samsung phones (galaxy s and galaxy note), i found xda way back when i had galaxy s about 5 years ago and everytime ive had any issue with a phone this place is my first port of call and has helped me with everything from upping the headpdone volume on my galaxy s to bringing my mates note 2 back from the dead. Unfortunately i wasnt actually that impressed by the new samsungs and am now awaiting delivery of a new xperia z2, i can only hope the sony side of these forums is as helpful as the samsung side has been over the years. So before i exit to the sony forums, i just wanted to thank everyone here who ever has (or ever will) help me out somehow, cant remember everyone to thank but the ones that stand out are supercurio (think thats right, voodoo sound for galaxy s creater) , darkkky (creator of th only custom rom i used on galaxy s) thaidai (think i spelled tht right, for all the stock deodexed n7000 roms) and amni-x for the xperia rom my note has been running for the last 6 months, and to all the people who have created mods i use, dont know names but i thank each and every one of you for making my life a little simpler
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Hi everyone, i dont really post here much, generally just read n find out what i want to know. But i felt i should come on and just say thank you to the whole community here, my only experiances of android have been with samsung phones (galaxy s and galaxy note), i found xda way back when i had galaxy s about 5 years ago and everytime ive had any issue with a phone this place is my first port of call and has helped me with everything from upping the headpdone volume on my galaxy s to bringing my mates note 2 back from the dead. Unfortunately i wasnt actually that impressed by the new samsungs and am now awaiting delivery of a new xperia z2, i can only hope the sony side of these forums is as helpful as the samsung side has been over the years. So before i exit to the sony forums, i just wanted to thank everyone here who ever has (or ever will) help me out somehow, cant remember everyone to thank but the ones that stand out are supercurio (think thats right, voodoo sound for galaxy s creater) , darkkky (creator of th only custom rom i used on galaxy s) thaidai (think i spelled tht right, for all the stock deodexed n7000 roms) and amni-x for the xperia rom my note has been running for the last 6 months, and to all the people who have created mods i use, dont know names but i thank each and every one of you for making my life a little simpler
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Do you really expect that anyone will succeed in reading and understanding this monster of words?
ThaiDai said:
Do you really expect that anyone will succeed in reading and understanding this monster of words?
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I dunno lol, i expect someone will read it all.
Short version: If you've made any app or mod that i have used, then i thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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+1 bro....my thoughts exactly.
numskull said:
I dunno lol, i expect someone will read it all.
Short version: If you've made any app or mod that i have used, then i thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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I believe someone will read your thoughts :laugh:
I hope they accept it from the bottom of their heart too
I open this thread because I think there is something wrong.
Why the note3, note2 etc. already 'there are rom final of galaxy s5, ma s4 we are still to zero? I can not understand why!
I hope that the moderators can understand the outburst of a user who has a passion for android.
I hope I have given a shock to everyone in the friendly way.
thanks for your attention.
I know what you are saying. There doesn't seem to be many devs and themers etc in the international S4 forums, and the few there is dont seem to be very helpful or active, especially in the themes and apps thread.
In all the time I have been coming here, I don't think I have seen a single 'recognised developer' or 'recognised themer' in any of the many threads, especially the S5 threads.
It's pretty shocking really, especially with the S4 being so popular. You would think it would have far more support than it does.
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I know what you are saying. There doesn't seem to be many devs and themers etc in the international S4 forums, and the few there is dont seem to be very helpful or active, especially in the themes and apps thread.
In all the time I have been coming here, I don't think I have seen a single 'recognised developer' or 'recognised themer' in any of the many threads, especially the S5 threads.
It's pretty shocking really, especially with the S4 being so popular. You would think it would have far more support than it does.
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in fact! The galaxy s4 is one of the phones most 'popular, and you do not understand where are all the developers, maybe they are secretly at work but at least they could warn us so we are more' quiet ....
outputs are a few applications, and most also have bugs .... it's something a bit 'sad what's going on
It is sad but i have to agree the S4 is not getting attention of much developers, dont know why it is the most sold Android phone and still the Note 2 and 3 beat us for number of developers, they have ported all s5 apps and we are just struggling trying to do it by us with copying things here and there.
Dont know why so
For Note 2, Sammy released a fully Libs/Framwork Base, so porting was verry easy,
For Note 3, Devs Mad great works, but still in progress
For us, We need to wait
Yeah I agree with you guys note 3 got all s5 features even ultra power saving mode. All least they can port the rom ( ditto note 3 ) for us.
Something that Samsung should have provided to all flagshi pphones from day1...
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Lympe said:
Something that Samsung should have provided to all flagshi pphones from day1...
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amen to that m8
It would be nice if you all stop asking for this and that... No dev signed a contract saying he would provide all latest features to S4. Its not their job. So just wait until someone capable does that, if you can't wait sell your phone and buy the latest one as you want Thread reported.
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it's just a friendly protest!
it is useless to say you wait and sell the phone etc ... we all know how it works do not need him to tell you ... it was just kind of a question to understand why the developers for s4 (popular phone) are so 'absent
leeomendes said:
It would be nice if you all stop asking for this and that... No dev signed a contract saying he would provide all latest features to S4. Its not their job. So just wait until someone capable does that, if you can't wait sell your phone and buy the latest one as you want Thread reported.
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leeomendes said:
It would be nice if you all stop asking for this and that... No dev signed a contract saying he would provide all latest features to S4. Its not their job. So just wait until someone capable does that, if you can't wait sell your phone and buy the latest one as you want Thread reported.
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Yeah yeah yeah. The international S4 forums hardly gets any support from 'recognised' devs and themers etc, thats just the truth of the matter. You virtually never see recognised devs helping out in the apps and themes forum. With their knowledge and skills, they could get all or most of the latest and greatest apps from the S5 working on our phones, because everything that is needed to get them working, is right there in the ROM. It just needs someone knowledgable and with experience with android and TW ROM's to figure it out. I just wish the guys with the knowledge would help people out more!
nplnpl said:
I open this thread because I think there is something wrong.
Why the note3, note2 etc. already 'there are rom final of galaxy s5, ma s4 we are still to zero? I can not understand why!
I hope that the moderators can understand the outburst of a user who has a passion for android.
I hope I have given a shock to everyone in the friendly way.
thanks for your attention.
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Hahahhaha.
Bro let me tell u something
A lot of developer more likely to ported or focus on note due to certain reason
1st larger community starting from note 1.
2nd all dev are helping each other on rom
3rd note are more user friendly framework based on certain dev.
Just pray. So far follow more than one thread. S4, note 2 and note 3 development. And downloading 1xxx gb of rom files and apk of s5 to mod it with my s4.
So far i do excited. Even sometimes i have to flash and wipe my phone more than 5 times. Soft brick blalallalala
And do understand s9me of dev are studyin
Just relax and wait with patience hehhe
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@nplnpl isn't this a great opportunity you to step up to plate and become a recognized dev or themer
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Hi Dudes.
From a theme perspective, there is not too much to do nowadays for the S4. Stable ROMs with few unnoticeable firmware update changes led to this. Since KK release, Sammy added only 1 lonely PNG !!!
While porting a theme to the Note3 community, S5 apps flooded the ROMs with doubtful results. Lots of FC's ... Music hardly opens.
So, may be we can just enjoy the stability and try to calm down our ORD.
Nice regards.
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To be honest the is probably a few reasons we are seeing less and less on these forums.
1. Many ROMs are ported to dozens of devices, meaning maintainers are needed to work across all phones. Likelihood is some models are more time consuming then others.
2. The s4 was a flagship device, devs don't earn a huge amount for what they do so for a lot the top end devices are out of the question until the price drops
3. In line with above, as the price comes down, the price of newer models released do too. For example, my wife's note 3 was released at the same price my s4 was worth 6 months after release.
4. In general, a fair amount of Developers come from the US, this device is null and void to them.
5. We seem to of hit a plateau regarding features and performance for the s4 where as newer devices have newer features to build on.
6. Its summer (nearly) and a lot will be studying for exams
Make of my views what you will...
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While I do agree with the obvious.. all great devs have jumped ship, a thing I am truly sorry for, we have no right to protest. They don't owe us anything.
All they did, they did from passion and on this base they've created this wonderful community - xda which indeed grew along with Samsung and HTC a few years ago, period in which Samsung was the no 1 choice for any big dev.
They weren't payed for this, some didn't even got the respect they would've deserved and nowadays they have other priorities, other passions or other preferred device on which to try their magic. It's their decision, they probably have good reasons for this and we can just accept and respect their decision in respect for their great work.
Beside, the context has changed, now there are many potent OEMs, each really trying to do their best when it comes to fast updates, functionality of the sw and top notch hw.
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Anyway, just wanted to get you guys a glimpse of hope.
Apparently @sac23 is ready to start working on a direct port of the s5 to the s4 (just after he irons out the last few things the on the s5 port to n3).
This beside all the great work @Albe95 , @Arsaw , @Tamerlan2009 , @m_beek , @Carotix , all roms maintainers etc. are doing!
Fun isn't over yet boys!!!
Hello, I just owned a galaxy s5 prime g901f (the one with 1080p screen and snapdragon 805) and I see with amazement that there is no development thread for the most powerful android-powered device of the whole planet (how can it be possible).
One year ago the prime version of the s4 (gt-i9506) got her own thread and I wonder why this year there isn't even a custom recovery for its successor. I'm pretty sure that lot of people would be happy that some devs take an interest to their expensive new phone and a specific thread here in xda could encourage them.
I'm really REALLY sorry for my bad english (I'm french), it took me a while to write this message the more correctly as I can so be comprehensive.
Best regards,
Clément.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660354
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Drakorcarnis0 said:
Hello, I just owned a galaxy s5 prime g901f (the one with 1080p screen and snapdragon 805) and I see with amazement that there is no development thread for the most powerful android-powered device of the whole planet (how can it be possible).
One year ago the prime version of the s4 (gt-i9506) got her own thread and I wonder why this year there isn't even a custom recovery for its successor. I'm pretty sure that lot of people would be happy that some devs take an interest to their expensive new phone and a specific thread here in xda could encourage them.
I'm really REALLY sorry for my bad english (I'm french), it took me a while to write this message the more correctly as I can so be comprehensive.
Best regards,
Clément.
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pretty sure the 901 has a bigger than 1080p screen
als i wouldnt hold up too much hope. its a minority device. its capabilities are good. but most people are on the s5900f
nope, the g901f has 1080p.
The G906 has a better screen and better RAM. Which was also called Prime (LTE-A). That device doesn't have much going for development either. Apart from Miscom's great ROM. I think we will be waiting for some time before something comes out for our devices in the custom development scene.
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hi
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nope, the g901f has 1080p.
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OK for the ram but not for the screen. S805 is not rather powerful for a screen QHD
Hey there. My elderly father spilled wine all over his fire tablet and asked me to dig up his old Galaxy Tab 4 as a replacement. I haven't rooted or ROM'd in quite a while (My Pixel 2XL doesn't really need a better OS so I leave it alone) but this old Tab 4 is a dinosaur and could probably use an upgrade. The Samsung UI, for one, is atrocious.
Any ideas on what I should do to bring it up to speed? It's a GT-P5210 on KitKat 4.4.2.
Would an upgrade to Nougat/Oreo/Pie help performance or is the hardware too old? Any suggestions on a particular ROM?
I appreciate your help!
i have an old samsung tab 4 and am in the same situation here. I`m not a really expert in this area, but I really appreciate it if anyone could get a solution about what to do with this device.
Ricky_FranKy said:
i have an old samsung tab 4 and am in the same situation here. I`m not a really expert in this area, but I really appreciate it if anyone could get a solution about what to do with this device.
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Check out Galaxy Tab 4 Discussion Groups. Lots of info for you to read.
Cheers