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Android 2.3 gingerbread

Hey!
I've googled a bit and it may be just a rumor but who have also read there are technical specs like 1 ghz for gingerbread??
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Gingerbread not Android 3.0 ?

Gingerbread is 2.3....Honeycomb will probally be 3.0

its in development. nobody knows anything about the needed specs for gingerbread so just wait.
there are a few rumors, 512mb ram, 1ghz processor etc. , nothing else.

These spec rumors are only rumors. There is no evidance to support this.

Google can only outline a set of recommended requirements that manufactures should follow, they may recommend a 1ghz cpu, 512mb ram etc but we will only find out for sure when they publicly release it.
There was another thread where someone asked the same question and a very good answer was given, it's in this section and was only a few days ago.

LuckyPhil88 said:
Hey!
I've googled a bit and it may be just a rumor but who have also read there are technical specs like 1 ghz for gingerbread??
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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Here's a kewl article
Gingerbread Coming November 11th?

TheLegendaryJay said:
Google can only outline a set of recommended requirements that manufactures should follow, they may recommend a 1ghz cpu, 512mb ram etc but we will only find out for sure when they publicly release it.
There was another thread where someone asked the same question and a very good answer was given, it's in this section and was only a few days ago.
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I suppose you're thinking of this thread in android development. (it should probably have been posted here in the first place).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=820844

At the AOSP kernel git for gingerbread, there's a build flag for msm7227 for the 2.6.35 branch. Someone at Google may be testing it. So there's a chance that gingerbread will run okay on the Legend, albeit without official support from HTC.

Gingerbread Update for Galaxy 3?

Hey guys I just read on the LG optimus One website that it will be getting a gingerbread update..And comparing Galaxy 3 and Optimus one I found that Galaxy 3 has a better processor but lesser RAM.So if Optimus one will get a Gingerbread update then is it possible for Galaxy 3 to get it too??

It doesn't have better CPU...

Szaby59 said:
It doesn't have better CPU...
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But dude Galaxy 3 has better CPU then Optimus One P500..Thats why I have quostioned..

Doesn't matter whether CPU is better..Android engineers are saying that any device capable of running Froyo should run Gingerbread comfortably..so we should get it..now main issue is, will Samsung do it & if so, when??

Samsung wll not update i5800 twice.
Also the LG phone has Qualcomm cpu with 3D accelarator and I think it's better then that "optimized" cpu from samsung.

Szaby59 said:
Samsung wll not update i5800 twice.
Also the LG phone has Qualcomm cpu with 3D accelarator and I think it's better then that "optimized" cpu from samsung.
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agree - it's a pity I didn't wait few weeks for LG OO. I don't believe that samsung will suport i5800/1

Well, maybe. We don't know. At least we could maybe port it...

Me too wid Nasty..i hope i could wait 2 weeks. ..i would be holdin a optimus....really i m jealous of them...lots of mod for dem...is der any android developer here????
-Devilgod (United Devils)

nastyba said:
agree - it's a pity I didn't wait few weeks for LG OO. I don't believe that samsung will suport i5800/1
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i also did EXACTLY THE SAME mistake..

ARM v6 processor is not likely to get 2.3. And to less ram...CM7 is only option i think

nastyba said:
agree - it's a pity I didn't wait few weeks for LG OO. I don't believe that samsung will suport i5800/1
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Alex664 said:
i also did EXACTLY THE SAME mistake..
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I had an option to choose between LG OO and G3 and i chose G3 over LG OO and i don't regret it one bit!
Samsung is way better than LG when it comes to stability, built and also service.
True, we don't have a GPU and an Official 2.3 update but look at the bright side, we have a better processor that can be over clocked up to 1.4GHz and we don't have to spend our weekends getting our phone repaired

darksyde18 said:
I had an option to choose between LG OO and G3 and i chose G3 over LG OO and i don't regret it one bit!
Samsung is way better than LG when it comes to stability, built and also service.
True, we don't have a GPU and an Official 2.3 update but look at the bright side, we have a better processor that can be over clocked up to 1.4GHz and we don't have to spend our weekends getting our phone repaired
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why cant we do any of these things in OO??

its oc can only go up till 900mhz-1ghz and ours can easly go 1ghz upto 1.4 ghz!
our multi-touch goes upto 5 points! our screen has slightly higher res! and it looks better as our screen is a bit smaller! our gpu has potential to be equal to the others! ours build quality is better and we have bigger battery! i get sexy battery life too!! we have much more development going on here! our phone looks quite
sexy too our speakers are also quite good compared to the others! almoast all apps work on our phone! the list goes on

unreal3000 said:
its oc can only go up till 900mhz-1ghz and ours can easly go 1ghz upto 1.4 ghz!
our multi-touch goes upto 5 points! our screen has slightly higher res! and it looks better as our screen is a bit smaller! our gpu has potential to be equal to the others! ours build quality is better and we have bigger battery! i get sexy battery life too!! we have much more development going on here! our phone looks quite
sexy too our speakers are also quite good compared to the others! almoast all apps work on our phone! the list goes on
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whats ur ROM?

Alex664 said:
whats ur ROM?
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right now cm 6.2 alpha 4 , g3mod 1.8 kernel....
quadrant around 750

Here check this out ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101218
Its marcellusbe's thread where he has shown cyanogenmod and gingerbread working on it. The fact is that he is still working on the rom. Once he is done we would be able to run Gingerbread also. BTW Samsung is quite slow. They had released the FROYO update very late before which 100s of custom roms were made for galaxy 3

all of this is just useless "spamming" here...
1.) it doesnt matter what specs we have, the only thing that matters is that samsung is NOT SUPPORTING this phone anymore
2.) samsung is NOT releasing ANY updates (rumours are NOT true) to G3 because we already got updated from 2.1 to 2.2.
3.) and yes we are capable of running 2.3 as well as 2.2
4.) i ask you, DO NOT post similar threads like these anymore... we have these kind of threads already, use the search tool OR google
peace out

jazux said:
all of this is just useless "spamming" here...
1.) it doesnt matter what specs we have, the only thing that matters is that samsung is NOT SUPPORTING this phone anymore
2.) samsung is NOT releasing ANY updates (rumours are NOT true) to G3 because we already got updated from 2.1 to 2.2.
3.) and yes we are capable of running 2.3 as well as 2.2
4.) i ask you, DO NOT post similar threads like these anymore... we have these kind of threads already, use the search tool OR google
peace out
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you sound MAD on him.. no offence.. Only choice is wait for CM7..

Alex664 said:
you sound MAD on him.. no offence.. Only choice is wait for CM7..
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Not mad at all

jazux said:
all of this is just useless "spamming" here...
1.) it doesnt matter what specs we have, the only thing that matters is that samsung is NOT SUPPORTING this phone anymore
2.) samsung is NOT releasing ANY updates (rumours are NOT true) to G3 because we already got updated from 2.1 to 2.2.
3.) and yes we are capable of running 2.3 as well as 2.2
4.) i ask you, DO NOT post similar threads like these anymore... we have these kind of threads already, use the search tool OR google
peace out
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actualy we shouldnt realy be surprised that they arnt supporting this phone....
every company in the world does things like this!
but yes they too abnormaly long for froyo updates

First dual-core coming early 2011: official

I know this is not about the Nexus S, but there's no denying that anything dual-core related is inexorably related to the Nexus S and its lack of one. So:
LG announces dual-core phone for early 2011: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/15/lg-optimus-2x-first-dual-core-smartphone-launches-with-android/
No coincidence that it's being announced right before Nexus S officially launches.
Anyone going to change their minds?

I've known the LG Star/Optimus 2X was coming soon since AndroidCentral first mentioned it awhile back. I plan to get my Nexus S anyway.

still getting the Nexus S

still getting a nexus but any word on the carrier?

No, it's not related to the Nexus S in any way. Why? Because it's not backed up by Google. Plain and simple.

It's going to Korea and then the rest of Asia and Europe after. No mention of any other releases. Sticking with the Nexus S.

The phone is also quite ugly.

Nexus S. I'll probably have it for a year, at the least.

Why would I hold off on the NS in hopes of the Star being compatible w/ Tmobile 4G?

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I misread, Android supports dual core, but the application has to be re-written to take advantage of it.

Have Android 2.3 dual core support?

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Hi Guys
As per my understanding, android 2.3 does not support dual core CPU, so why would LG release a dual core CPU hardware on android !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to AndroidEncyclopedia.com:
This new series of multi core processors destined for the smartphone market will be sampling in the first quarter of 2011 and will enter mass production sometime in the second half of the same year. This comes really as a bit of a disappointment really as the Tegra 2 processor is already out and is kind of setting new standards on every test which has the ability to optimally use the multi-core technology. The biggest inconvenience the processors really faces is the lack of proper Android support when it comes to recognizing the multi-core architecture and thus using it to its full potential.
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This has been posted many times (how Android does not support multi-core yet). Not really news!

mephysto666 said:
Have Android 2.3 dual core support?
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They say it will launch with foryo and updated with 2.3......

DJTaurus said:
They say it will launch with foryo and updated with 2.3......
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I heard that about Honeycomb, not Gingerbread.

I love tech (especially the rapid growing mobile space) but i'd rather not have the very first dual core phone on the market. i'd rather wait and see how the OS (honeycomb and up), app devs, etc utilize it AND i'd wait to hear back about battery life.

LG and Android may really become a big player in 2011: http://phandroid.com/2010/12/16/exclusive-lg-b-android-phone-super-slim-super-bright/
Nexus L 2011, anyone?

Wow that phone looks insane. Having said that, it would be better if it was an official Google device. If it isn't I'll be sticking to the Nexus S for the foreseeable future until the next one releases.
Dual cores sound nice and all but single cores are beginning to be perfected and can really run android without any hitches, upgrading to a dual core just to have one wouldn't really give us a huge boost in performance yet.

Finally I can play Crysis on my Phone with Ultra settings. Really? Its cool and all but how fast do they want your apps to open up and your angrybirds to load up on a freaking phone, In my opinion its over kill never the less cool I guest.

Motorola Europe expects some updates for Milestone 2

I found it on their facebook profile in discussions tab. Heres the thread where they post it.

Italian Milestone 2 (just come on the market, with many months of delay) has 2.2.2 version.
I think it's the update we're waiting

My UK version has 2.2.
In a thread where I posted some bugs with this ROM, they also confirmed an update is on it's way. I however refuse to believe it will be 2.3. More like 2.2.3 with the keyboard fixed and mp3 cracking problem fixed.

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I do expect some updates for my Motorola Milestone 2, too!
It's okay to not treat my M2 like a flagship but still, some updates for a brand new electronic device is obligatory nowadays!

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They have some problems with discussions tab from a few days. Must wait.

w0ndersp00n said:
My UK version has 2.2.
In a thread where I posted some bugs with this ROM, they also confirmed an update is on it's way. I however refuse to believe it will be 2.3. More like 2.2.3 with the keyboard fixed and mp3 cracking problem fixed.
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Maybe I am writing about your thread but now there is something broken down on their FB profile

official Milestone 2 ITA
android version: 2.2.2
build: MILS2_U6_2.4.24
fixed euro button and (maybe) mp3 problem
[cut]
all this by a guy who just bought the M2 with this build in Italy

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Maybe I am writing about your thread but now there is something broken down on their FB profile
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An update is confirmed, just no schedule. But I guess we can wait... At least I can.

Can't someone try to get an SBF from this 2.4.24 ?

Rotkaeqpchen said:
Can't someone try to get an SBF from this 2.4.24 ?
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I don't think an SBF will leak.
A Nandroid backup however, would be realistic.

does anybody know if this update would apply for phones in Asia/Asia-Pac?
its such a pity that such a stellar phone is let down by poor update schedules from the manufacturers.

agent008my said:
does anybody know if this update would apply for phones in Asia/Asia-Pac?
its such a pity that such a stellar phone is let down by poor update schedules from the manufacturers.
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Nope, in this post (Chinese) :
goo.gl/EnFfO
Hongkong Manager of Motorola said that Milestone 2 will not upgrade to 2.3 in Asia/Asia-Pac,
In P.R.China, even the version of Official Moto SBFs are MLS2GC_U6_2.5.0_SIGNED or some above 2.2, actually, they are still Android 2.2.

waigx said:
Nope, in this post (Chinese) :
goo.gl/EnFfO
Hongkong Manager of Motorola said that Milestone 2 will not upgrade to 2.3 in Asia/Asia-Pac,
In P.R.China, even the version of Official Moto SBFs are MLS2GC_U6_2.5.0_SIGNED or some above 2.2, actually, they are still Android 2.2.
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oh man, thats messed up. and just when i thought sony ericsson was bad with upgrading their software, they proved the world wrong. Motorola has to buck up if they wanna maintain a customer base outside of the US-Verizon market

agent008my said:
oh man, thats messed up. and just when i thought sony ericsson was bad with upgrading their software, they proved the world wrong. Motorola has to buck up if they wanna maintain a customer base outside of the US-Verizon market
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I agree fully with you. My prev. phone is a Sony-Ericsson one ( C702c ), and, they never fixed any bug in next three years after the phone release. Maybe Motorola will upgrade MS2 to Android 2.4 or some version later, but locking BootLoader is quite unwise, they should leave the choice to customer.
Sorry for my poor English.

waigx said:
I agree fully with you. My prev. phone is a Sony-Ericsson one ( C702c ), and, they never fixed any bug in next three years after the phone release. Maybe Motorola will upgrade MS2 to Android 2.4 or some version later, but locking BootLoader is quite unwise, they should leave the choice to customer.
Sorry for my poor English.
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my previous phone was an X1, and they only launched a ROM update with bug fixes and slightly better performance (still on WM6.1 though) a year after the phone was launched. sadly though back then, there wasnt much competition, nor were there many phones with a slide out QWERTY, and the X1 had the market dominance esp with its good looks and superior hardware. times changed though, and right now the MS2 is lagging behind its main competitor.
what i hear is the MS2's main competitor, the Desire Z is getting a 2.3 update within this quarter of the year. makes me kinda regret getting this. so what if the desire Z has a slower processor, at least they r updating its software diligently. hats off to HTC for that. Thing is upgrading to 2.3 is one thing, the least they can do is fix the known bugs.

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Thing is upgrading to 2.3 is one thing, the least they can do is fix the known bugs.
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QFT! I do not understand why the bug fixes have not been pushed out. The mods on the support forum have mentioned having newer firmware than retail, so I assume they have made some fixes, and there is this newer Italian firmware that has fixes too.
The worst part of it is being left in the dark.

agent008my said:
my previous phone was an X1, and they only launched a ROM update with bug fixes and slightly better performance (still on WM6.1 though) a year after the phone was launched. sadly though back then, there wasnt much competition, nor were there many phones with a slide out QWERTY, and the X1 had the market dominance esp with its good looks and superior hardware. times changed though, and right now the MS2 is lagging behind its main competitor.
what i hear is the MS2's main competitor, the Desire Z is getting a 2.3 update within this quarter of the year. makes me kinda regret getting this. so what if the desire Z has a slower processor, at least they r updating its software diligently. hats off to HTC for that. Thing is upgrading to 2.3 is one thing, the least they can do is fix the known bugs.
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Desire Z's processor is slower than Milestone 2, but Motorola just OVERCLOCKED OMAP3630, its design frequency is 720MHz, Motorola sales it as 1Ghz in MS2, and, motorola Droid 2 Global's CPU runs on 1.2Ghz for retail when OMAP3640's design freq. is 1Ghz. Besides, Adreno205(41M Polys/s & 245M Pix/s) in Desire Z is more powerful than SGX530 (14M Polys/s & ?M Pix/s), means Desire Z has a greater graphic performance.
At least, HTC never locks BootLoader.
Forget it, maybe my next device is not a motorola one, but I'm enjoying MS2 now.

waigx said:
Desire Z's processor is slower than Milestone 2, but Motorola just OVERCLOCKED OMAP3630, its design frequency is 720MHz, Motorola sales it as 1Ghz in MS2, and, motorola D2G's CPU runs on 1.2Ghz for retail when OMAP3640's design freq. is 1Ghz. Besides, Adreno205 in Desire Z is more powerful than SGX530, means Desire Z has a greater graphic performance than MS2.
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The OMAP3630 is designed for 1GHz. It's the OMAP 3620 that is designed for 720MHz.
The Adreno 205 is indeed more powerful according to benchmarks, but I think you should consider the detail that Motorolo's handsets use a higher resolution than most other devices (just by 54x480 pixels, but still).
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Not true. Recent HTC devices have the bootloader locked.
Old Android devices from HTC are also locked AFAIK, but not with such high encryption as used by Motorola...

The OMAP3630 is designed for 1GHz. It's the OMAP 3620 that is designed for 720MHz.
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I was really confused, I saw the data at wikipedia like this in early 2011:
Handset channels:
OMAP3640 - 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)+IVA 2+ hardware accelerator
OMAP3630 - 720 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)+IVA 2+ hardware accelerator
OMAP3620 - 720 MHz ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX530 GPU + 430 MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP (Image Signal Processor)+IVA 2+ hardware accelerator
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You can also found it on Wikipedia history pages:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Texas_Instruments_OMAP&oldid=406270321
Actually, I learned this in most sites in Chinese said 3630 designed for 720Mhz at first. But current page of Texas Instruments OMAP on Wikipedia said 3630 designed for 1Ghz and 3640 designed for 1.2Ghz. And, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMAP just described like wiki English before.
I can't found any frequency data on TI official site. Anyone have ideas on this?
The Adreno 205 is indeed more powerful according to benchmarks, but I think you should consider the detail that Motorolo's handsets use a higher resolution than most other devices (just by 54x480 pixels, but still).
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But the Adreno 205 is really powerful than SGX530, even consider the resolution issue.
Not true. Recent HTC devices have the bootloader locked.
Old Android devices from HTC are also locked AFAIK, but not with such high encryption as used by Motorola...
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Thanks for your notice, I don't know this before.

http://focus.ti.com/pr/docs/preldetail.tsp?sectionId=594&prelId=sc09020
waigx u have right ... ;-)

Qualcomm releases ICS Adreno 2xx drivers

I think this is what has been the hold up for proper GPU acceleration for the Dinc if I remember right??
I believe the Dinc has Adreno 205 so I think this is what the devs need. I wasn't sure if this should have been in the Dev section, so I put it here. Mods - if it should be there - please move accordingly.
http://phandroid.com/2012/03/17/adreno-2xx-drivers-for-ics-made-available-by-qualcomm/
Link to the Qualcomm download page that has the drivers:
https://developer.qualcomm.com/deve...phics-optimization-adreno/tools-and-resources
Hope it helps!

Ohhhh yeah I just saw this thread in the Inc2 forums that seems to be confirming this as well. I'm pumped

I might have to charge up my old incredible after some accelerated Rom's come out. I didn't think they were going to release them.

Will these drivers help to stabilize the ICS roms? I had to roll back to GB because of the obnoxious amount of random reboots.

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Will these drivers help to stabilize the ICS roms? I had to roll back to GB because of the obnoxious amount of random reboots.
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It probably would help a lot I would think as if memory serves there was a ton of work-around's and tweaks to get ICS to even work on the Dinc because of lack of proper hardware acceleration. I think this would help that as the drivers would be able to handle that rather than the work-around's and tweaks.

Dinc is adreno 200. I read in the abduction ics thread that these drivers are not that new and they're already in place from vendors. Check the thread for more info. I am going to speak with the dev as I still have doubts on that.
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It probably would help a lot I would think as if memory serves there was a ton of work-around's and tweaks to get ICS to even work on the Dinc because of lack of proper hardware acceleration. I think this would help that as the drivers would be able to handle that rather than the work-around's and tweaks.
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I believe a lot of work-arounds are also because we are on an older kernel version than ICS was built around, which graphics drivers alone wont fix

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Dinc is adreno 200. I read in the abduction ics thread that these drivers are not that new and they're already in place from vendors. Check the thread for more info. I am going to speak with the dev as I still have doubts on that.
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From the article on phandroid, it was released on the 13th I think, right?
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I believe a lot of work-arounds are also because we are on an older kernel version than ICS was built around, which graphics drivers alone wont fix
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When I had my Dinc, Chad's ICS incredikernel was where it was at. I had weird FC's and random reboots until I used that kernel. Then again, my phone always had a boner for his kernels.