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Now that 4.4 is out how long do you think it will be till we get it?

Or do you think we will have to wait for custom roms?

GiZiM said:
Or do you think we will have to wait for custom roms?
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until someone compiled the build for the device

LastStandingDroid said:
until someone compiled the build for the device
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Safe to assume that we would most likely lose the Touchwiz stuff and S-Pen features? Pretty much go stock 4.4?

some of the under-the-hood improvements in 4.4 are pretty interesting/exciting.
but Samsung is gonna take ages.. probably
(I only need the Spen...)

wilflare said:
some of the under-the-hood improvements in 4.4 are pretty interesting/exciting.
but Samsung is gonna take ages.. probably
(I only need the Spen...)
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I think the Note 2 people are still waiting for 4.3 ...... So I think we'll have a long wait unless you go custom.

Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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maidangisme said:
Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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Not really fair to be honest. Every Samsung device I've had got at least 1 major update within a few months of its release. It's the the older devices, ie note 2, s3 that will wait ages or not get it. The S4 + Note 3 will get kit kat by January if history repeats. Also in the past Samsung have denied updates to older devices due to hardware limits, Google are claiming kit kat can run happy on 512mb Ram so who knows, maybe old devices might just get a break (pun intended, sorry )
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maidangisme said:
Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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This.
As always, samsung is super slow with updates, so don't bother in at least 6 or 7 months, and even with that, the note line is never the first one, so probably S4 and S5 will get 4.4 2 or 3 months before the note.

Saw someone quote a samsung rep tweet about them being more concerned about getting most of the older devices to 4.3 first. And about note 3 having to wait at least 2 months for 4.4
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on other news, HTC pledges to get 4.4 out to its HTC One in 90 days, Google Play Edition, in 15 days...
would be nice if Samsung could make and keep to a similar commitment

This is one thing, coming from iOS which is absolutely mind blowing how Samsung doesn't give a rats ass about being up to date. Why own a Android device that runs old software 1 month after buying it and not be allowed to update it.
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i dont think its going to be within a month but i ve had all the notes so far. i717 original galaxy note shipped with gingerbread(2.3)
got updated to ice cream sandwhich 4.0.4( i believe) and than got updated to jellybean 4.1.2
note 2 was ics→4.1→4.3 coming in next month
the updates come but they are slow......But we do have a secret weapon... XDA woot woot!
I wish it was faster but to be honest doesnt really matter to me since im just gong to mess with

They did sell a significantly larger amount of Note 3's in a much shorter period than previous Note devices. So who knows? We had 4.3 well before the flagship S4...
As for the N2 (and S3) still lagging behind, that's because they skipped 4.2.
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skibadee said:
...Google are claiming kit kat can run happy on 512mb Ram so who knows, maybe old devices might just get a break (pun intended, sorry )
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yet...G refused to update the gnex to 4.4 it doesnt matter if the new OS version will work on the phone, what matters is do they still wanna support an old phone
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Khizar said:
yet...G refused to update the gnex to 4.4 it doesnt matter if the new OS version will work on the phone, what matters is do they still wanna support an old phone
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To quote Engadget :
Update: There's still no official word on why this is the case, but sources close to the company have pointed the finger at a different hardware issue on the Galaxy Nexus: its Texas Instruments-built chipset. The company is out of the mobile business and as such isn't in a great position to give the support necessary for continuing OS upgrades -- presumably some of those 1,700 employees let go in the shift away from mobile could have helped. Now we'll have to see if the community can pick up where the corporations left off or if this is the end of the road for the Gnex and its other OMAP-based kin like last year's Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and Droid Bionic.
Seeing as we're talking Samsung devices here, I think we should be ok
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joverclock said:
i dont think its going to be within a month but i ve had all the notes so far. i717 original galaxy note shipped with gingerbread(2.3)
got updated to ice cream sandwhich 4.0.4( i believe) and than got updated to jellybean 4.1.2
note 2 was ics→4.1→4.3 coming in next month
the updates come but they are slow......But we do have a secret weapon... XDA woot woot!
I wish it was faster but to be honest doesnt really matter to me since im just gong to mess with
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The note 2 actually came shipped with 4.1 jb.
I don't really know about the fuzz with updates. It's not like apple pushes em out on a monthly basis, only when needed. Same for Samsung, people should stop whining about fast updates, making them work etc takes a lot of time. If they release it early and there are a few bugs people will whine about that.
If the phone works and it does very smoothly here under 4.3 why do you instantly need an update?
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Could someone (in theory) create a stock google 4.4 rom for our Note 3?
I know stuff like eye detection and the S-Pen and god knows what else wouldn't work..

AOSP roms won't be out for a while until Samsung gives the community the binary drivers.
Samsung are slow at doing, only in Oct did they release the binaries for S4 6 months after release.
In theory you can download 4.4 and cook your own rom but without drivers from Samsung it won't be stable or certain hardware will not work at all.
If you want the latest and greatest Andriod then you should have brought a Nexus phone.
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KitKat 4.4

So anyone know a rumor or have a link or some go ol inside Intel when we can expect to see 4.4 being pushed or leaked?

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So anyone know a rumor or have a link or some go ol inside Intel when we can expect to see 4.4 being pushed or leaked?
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I read google edition phones will get it in 15 days. I'll be so jealous if htc one that I abandoned because of note gets it faster
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Oh, I meant to our att note 3 phones. Oh yea, my nexus 4 will be one of the first getting the update. Can't wait to play with it, I might even swap sims. The aosp 4.4 filechain has already been uploaded I'm just waiting for device specific.

HTC One 90 days from today. Note 3? Years.

Probably by the Note 5 well have it
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I laughed when I saw "Htc One will get 4.4 in 90 days" in the US. That's just plain not gonna happen. Sprint HTC One just got 4.3 when I left for this Note and At&T. I imagine it will be a while before any phone with a skin (Sense, Touchwiz, etc) gets 4.4.

Yea more then likely not until the next note comes out.
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Install the Google Experience Launcher and your pretty much good to go. Most of the apk are out and about as well. I have the new Hangouts and Keyboard apks running just fine on my bone stock Note 3. The only thing missing is being able to talk to the phone, which would wear off for me after the novelty set in
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Does anyone know if you can get the Kit Kat dialer as an app?

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Does anyone know if you can get the Kit Kat dialer as an app?
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You could download the nexus 5 image and extract it from that, but I couldn't find it with a quick Google search.

Rippley05 said:
I laughed when I saw "Htc One will get 4.4 in 90 days" in the US. That's just plain not gonna happen. Sprint HTC One just got 4.3 when I left for this Note and At&T. I imagine it will be a while before any phone with a skin (Sense, Touchwiz, etc) gets 4.4.
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Yea I think it will happen....
http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/10/...erica-will-have-android-kitkat-within-90-days
The developer version will get it in 30 days. So the HTC One Max will be the first phablet to be getting 4.4. That sucks. For us anyways.

I'm not trippin to hard. I'm about to flash 4.4 on my lgog
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Eagle117 said:
Install the Google Experience Launcher and your pretty much good to go. Most of the apk are out and about as well. I have the new Hangouts and Keyboard apks running just fine on my bone stock Note 3. The only thing missing is being able to talk to the phone, which would wear off for me after the novelty set in
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You have the Google launcher installed and are not able to say the hot word on the home screen to launch a search right? That's the state I'm in but the first time I installed it I had the "OK Google now" hot words working and I could search without button pressing. The I got greedy and installed almost everything I could from the dump and it went downhill from there. Had to reinstall stock with root to get back to a clean state and now I Dont have the hot word functionality...boo

Rippley05 said:
I laughed when I saw "Htc One will get 4.4 in 90 days" in the US. That's just plain not gonna happen. Sprint HTC One just got 4.3 when I left for this Note and At&T. I imagine it will be a while before any phone with a skin (Sense, Touchwiz, etc) gets 4.4.
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phones are S-offed.. we don't need to wait for AT&T

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phones are S-offed.. we don't need to wait for AT&T
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What phones? The One? Porting a rom on an S-offed phone does not count as HTC delivering 4.4 with Sense 5.5 in 90 days to all US versions. It will be impressive if it's done, but give their (and every other phone with a skin) track record, I don't see it.

AT&T will probably deliver 4.4 when Google rolls out its next version. Hell phones like the S4 and One just got 4.3 weeks ago I believe. I already have 4.4 running on my Nexus 4 perfectly thanks to the guys here who ported the Nexus 5 Build.
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From what I read today....the Note 3 didnt even make the list of devices that are getting 4.4
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butchieboy said:
From what I read today....the Note 3 didnt even make the list of devices that are getting 4.4
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Where did you read that at?

Rippley05 said:
What phones? The One? Porting a rom on an S-offed phone does not count as HTC delivering 4.4 with Sense 5.5 in 90 days to all US versions. It will be impressive if it's done, but give their (and every other phone with a skin) track record, I don't see it.
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they been pretty good. we'll what happens. but this is why I ordered a nexus 5. tired of the bs

I read that on phoneareana.com
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Kit katt for note 3

Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out for the galaxy note 3??

monkeyjjk said:
Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out??
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Nope. Anytime between now and christmas. More times than not, we don't know what's happening until it's actually happening. Occasionally we will know if a leak happens to get out, but that is happening less and less frequently.
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kk: no real changes
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Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out for the galaxy note 3??
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i've used kk on my other phone and frankly it is nothing really different

LeftyGR said:
Nope. Anytime between now and christmas. More times than not, we don't know what's happening until it's actually happening. Occasionally we will know if a leak happens to get out, but that is happening less and less frequently.
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It's not?
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Yeah the differences are minor. It's out for some note 3s already check it out on YouTube
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I think Google has focused mainly on performance and stability in the Kitkat and i have read the Kitkat users comments and they said...Performance is improved on kitkat, more RAM availability, better battery backup and the ROM is significantly faster than Jelly Bean...

A friend of mine who's brothers sisters nephew works at Verizon said it will be on on January 27th......
We will know when we get it
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We get a new note every year so I would not hold your breath on getting an update before you get your new note
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Cm11 kit kat was a huge improvement on my original droid razr. Ram management was awesome compared to stock. I hope samsung gets it right and it's not bogged down like 4.3. I've seen my note using 2.2 out of the 2.4 gb or ram available for no reason other than samsung apps running in the background. I know I shouldn't be too picky about it but thats also why I bought a phone with 3gb of ram so it would be a non issue.

KitKat has started release in Poland via Kies and official source code available now for developers. May be just around the corner. But we will just have to wait and see as usual.
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Sprint users are we ready for some 5.1.1 love? (OTA NOW LIVE) 😛

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-N915P-Chameleon/latest
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I'm Verizon and can't wait to get it. ......................NEVER
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^^^ LOL! Being a Verizon subscriber you guys should be used to being dead last lol
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I'm on Verizon as well. I was told from a reputable verizon source that we will get the 5.1.1 update Q3 of 2017. There is still hope! Or not.
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Not upgrading poop if we can't run tx_dbs rom and emotion kernel keep 5.1.1

Bad news friends: The next Galaxy Note might come without an edged sibling after all .
Hopefully we will have software support for it.

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http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-N915P-Chameleon/latest
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Was wondering what that weird text message was all about.
I'll upgrade when root/a deodexed ROM is available.

Got an update this morning thought it was 5.1 but it was a maintenance and security update about 178mb
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Ah screw it, I'll bite... I wish KK was still an option though. The fact that all of the originally advertised options are gone due to update, really sucks!! And the lack of xposed is apparent. I'd take KK over Lolli for this phone any day..

Why is KK not an option? I have seen no compelling reason to update to Lollipop, and unless one comes along, I won't.

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Got an update this morning thought it was 5.1 but it was a maintenance and security update about 178mb
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Im sorry.. i was unaware that there was an option to move down to KK.. could you post me a link or some instructions on how to do so please??

z31k said:
Im sorry.. i was unaware that there was an option to move down to KK.. could you post me a link or some instructions on how to do so please??[/QUOTE
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carvation said:
z31k said:
Im sorry.. i was unaware that there was an option to move down to KK.. could you post me a link or some instructions on how to do so please??[/QUOTE
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Sorry, that was actually supposed to quote alooneyguy. Tapatalk screwed up..
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Just woke up to this downloading
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So far everything seems smoother. Battery life seems about the same tho. No themes like S6, carrier aggregation has been enabled and new screen effect when turning on screen. It really bothers me that every other manufacturer upgrades their system ui except Samsung. They haven't done a ui update to latest TouchWiz since the S1 and S2. I hate that they get away with robbing us of new features on devices we paid $800+.. I've been a loyal Samsung guy, I own everything from their phones, watch, headphones and tvs but I dont think my next phone will be a Samsung. I'm ready to test the waters with LG when the G5 comes. Samsung is at a position where they feel they don't have to give us 100% and still get our money and it's not fair. Rant over, I really wanted themes smh...
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They have no time for anything else: Galaxy Note 5 launch will reportedly take place alongside Galaxy S6 edge Plus

RayTrue04 said:
So far everything seems smoother. Battery life seems about the same tho. No themes like S6, carrier aggregation has been enabled and new screen effect when turning on screen. It really bothers me that every other manufacturer upgrades their system ui except Samsung. They haven't done a ui update to latest TouchWiz since the S1 and S2. I hate that they get away with robbing us of new features on devices we paid $800+.. I've been a loyal Samsung guy, I own everything from their phones, watch, headphones and tvs but I dont think my next phone will be a Samsung. I'm ready to test the waters with LG when the G5 comes. Samsung is at a position where they feel they don't have to give us 100% and still get our money and it's not fair. Rant over, I really wanted themes smh...
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yeah i know what you mean, the note 4 and note edge are too new for them to leave out themes, idk maybe cause of the 64bit chip? i doubt it though

megatooth said:
They have no time for anything else: Galaxy Note 5 launch will reportedly take place alongside Galaxy S6 edge Plus
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They're getting reckless in a desperate attempt to get their momentum back. With every past Galaxy release they always increased their sales. It wasn't till the S4 that sales started lacking and that's what they get for saturating the market with 20 phones a year. That and the way they halfass their fanbase with these updates.. They cannibalize their own sales smh.
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Perhaps the next update, M, we will have themes like S6...

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Perhaps the next update, M, we will have themes like S6...
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lol i doubt that very seriously

Where is our MM

Didn't Samsung say February for marshmallow on our Note 4? Or was it March? Either way no update what so ever this month?

It was scheduled for this month.
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This mo? Don't think so. The note 5, international mind you, has only just started seeing it as of yesterday so I wouldn't expect ours until towards the end of the second quarter at least. Besides you'll see an rdf pop up 1st once they actually start working on it then many more rdf versions until a final release. I'm dropping this phone the day the new g5 drops anyway. It's just uneceptible the g4 has marshmallow since Christmas along with practicality every other manufacturer except Samsung. The g5 looks to be a killer device too. Hope they really sink Samsungs ship with it honestly. Especially after the update fiasco for the note 4 last year. Typical Samsung fashion though. Rant over.
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Well the g5 was released and I gotta say I'm disappointed. 5.3 in screen size? That'll just be hard to use coming from this.
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t4d73 said:
Well the g5 was released and I gotta say I'm disappointed. 5.3 in screen size? That'll just be hard to use coming from this.
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+1

The G5 is a two-lens modular multi-featured camera pretending to be a smart phone.
If I want a modular high-quality digital camera, I'll buy one with a couple lenses I can switch between.
I want a smart phone, and I'm happy if it has nice camera features.
Each to his/her own, though.

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It was scheduled for this month.
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Perhaps the release from Samsung was scheduled for this month - but Samsung releases to the carriers, at least in Sprint's case, and then the carrier does their thing with it until they deem it ready to release to their customers. Samsung doesn't set Sprint's schedule
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styles420 said:
Perhaps the release from Samsung was scheduled for this month - but Samsung releases to the carriers, at least in Sprint's case, and then the carrier does their thing with it until they deem it ready to release to their customers. Samsung doesn't set Sprint's schedule
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International version would probably get it 1st before anyone then if that goes ok then they would release it to the carriers. At least that's how it usually goes. I've been keeping a close eye on sammobile for that to happen so hopefully soon.
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t4d73 said:
International version would probably get it 1st before anyone then if that goes ok then they would release it to the carriers. At least that's how it usually goes. I've been keeping a close eye on sammobile for that to happen so hopefully soon.
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Not necessarily - just because Sprint releases later than the international carriers doesn't mean that they receive it later. It's generally bad practice to openly treat some of your customers as guinea pigs for the benefit of the others, so it's more likely that Samsung sends out its generic rom to all carriers at the same time and Sprint just takes longer to add their proprietary bloat. It's also likely that Sprint waits to announce the upcoming version for the same reason xda devs don't do ETAs - because too many people take "estimate" to mean "promise" and get upset when delays happen.
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Not necessarily - just because Sprint releases later than the international carriers doesn't mean that they receive it later. It's generally bad practice to openly treat some of your customers as guinea pigs for the benefit of the others, so it's more likely that Samsung sends out its generic rom to all carriers at the same time and Sprint just takes longer to add their proprietary bloat. It's also likely that Sprint waits to announce the upcoming version for the same reason xda devs don't do ETAs - because too many people take "estimate" to mean "promise" and get upset when delays happen.
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Well let's hope that's the case then.
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t4d73 said:
Well let's hope that's the case then.
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It doesn't matter - either way brings us back to my original point, that Samsung's release dates are meaningless to us. We could get our update the next day, a year later, or never, with equal probability. The only useful deduction we can make from their release date is that we definitely *won't* see our update before that date, which really isn't very useful at all
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After Google release the coming beta version of Android, i think N, then start expecting MM for Note 4.
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After Google release the coming beta version of Android, i think N, then start expecting MM for Note 4.
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You are pretty optimistic
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I don't want MM.
Annoying permissions popups? No thanks.
Doze? Don't need it. I set my phone down on a wireless charger. It doesn't drain slowly, it charges.
Maybe after 8 months or more when they iron out all the issues, I'll consider it. By then, I'll probably have a new phone.

I hope to get the s7 edge sometime soon

Already pre ordered
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Could you be referring to this???

freeza said:
Could you be referring to this???
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You da man!

Now we can close this thread stating, Freeza has our MM . Thanks Freeza

freeza said:
Could you be referring to this???
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How did you know ?