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SGS3 not to get Note 2 features

Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM

Well, I think it shouldn't be that hard to port a Note 2-ROM to the SGS 3, as they're based on nearly the same specs... Would be nice to see some of those features in a custom ROM though

There are already ROMs with the Note 2 gallery and camera, for example.

henrybravo said:
There are already ROMs with the Note 2 gallery and camera, for example.
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indeed but they are problematic for some people, i'd much prefer to see a full ROM port which cant be that difficult as hardware is pretty much identical, although there could be ram issues.

None of features sound that ground breaking. I will stick to the stock ROM + root. Thanks.
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bunglebp said:
Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM
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Samsung contacted you personally to tell you this?
Can i get in on that action please?

Well this is obvious they have to make it different you can't expect to get every new feature that they release in they're new flagships
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What exactly is it that you want to get? The note has a separate sensor on the screen for he stylus so you would get any short cuts or quick notes.
Anything else software related should be available to port.
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kdskamal said:
None of features sound that ground breaking. I will stick to the stock ROM + root. Thanks.
Sent from Samsung Galaxy S3
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Who asked you?

bunglebp said:
Hi all,
Just received notification from Samsung that the SGS3 will NOT be getting any features like the Note 2 has ie. Multi Window, Popup Note or Idea sketch...Shame as they look awesome hope someone can PORT the apps or the Note 2 ROM
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Sooner or later we will all switch to CyanogenMod when Samsung stops updating our phones and newer Android versions released.

When you feature gets ported people say it's awesome, when it dosent people say it's not that good. :banghead:
《swagged from aokp》

tanjiajun_34 said:
Sooner or later we will all switch to CyanogenMod when Samsung stops updating our phones and newer Android versions released.
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and at some point in the future we'll have hoverboards and spangly clothing, so what...

Lol, why would they give you the Note's features on an S3? what's the point of a note then? xD
Cmon, you bought a phone and agreed to have what it had at that point of time, heck samsung doesn't even have to update it (the box had 4.0.4 and you agreed to that.
So be happy and stop complaining.

lets not question the validity of peoples need / want for these features, that's just stupid.

I also want Note 2 features and I have a solution...
I am selling my GS3 and getting Note 2 today
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Skander1998 said:
Lol, why would they give you the Note's features on an S3? what's the point of a note then? xD
Cmon, you bought a phone and agreed to have what it had at that point of time, heck samsung doesn't even have to update it (the box had 4.0.4 and you agreed to that.
So be happy and stop complaining.
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What the hell are you doing in this forum then? True curiosity.
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I heard we may be getting it as an ota after jb has rolled out worldwide. It will likely come with the lte and ram upgrade.
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I seem to have this feeling that we're not getting these features due to the lack of RAM (1GB vs 2GB).
IMHO Samsung should have really put 2GB into the GT-I9300...
Hopefully later revisions of the GT-I9300 will have 2GB of RAM. Fat chance but one can wish.

ryanswj said:
I seem to have this feeling that we're not getting these features due to the lack of RAM (1GB vs 2GB).
IMHO Samsung should have really put 2GB into the GT-I9300...
Hopefully later revisions of the GT-I9300 will have 2GB of RAM. Fat chance but one can wish.
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There are already version with 2gb ram n quadcore with Lte
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da.trute said:
and at some point in the future we'll have hoverboards and spangly clothing, so what...
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Well that depends on how soon it is. Like imagine iPhone 6 is coming out tmr. Will you buy the iPhone 5 now?
Samsung will normally just update 2 Android versions and the update is gone. That is about a year left for Key Lime Pie update I guess. So in the end I really don't mind not having Note 2 features. Plus I don't trust Samsung software features. Samsung is a hardware not a software company.

[Q] Confused - I9500 or I9505

Been reading a lot about their differences and still can't get a clue as which one to buy. Its been more than a month since S4 is released and generally speaking, I am looking to buy S4 not specifically to use 4G, but for general use, mostly apps, a few games (not a hardcore mobile gamer) and also interesting mods.
The other day I came across a game for android specially mentioning it will work only in Adreno GPU. This quite surprised and confused me as to if in future, apps and games will be customised based on CPU/GPU?
Provided the issues that have been reported, mainly the overheating and battery drain, is it wise to wait for a month or two so that Samsung release a second production batch of S4 with these issues fixed? Or there won't any hardware fixes for S4 anymore?
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.

GreenXSI said:
Been reading a lot about their differences and still can't get a clue as which one to buy. Its been more than a month since S4 is released and generally speaking, I am looking to buy S4 not specifically to use 4G, but for general use, mostly apps, a few games (not a hardcore mobile gamer) and also interesting mods.
The other day I came across a game for android specially mentioning it will work only in Adreno GPU. This quite surprised and confused me as to if in future, apps and games will be customised based on CPU/GPU?
Provided the issues that have been reported, mainly the overheating and battery drain, is it wise to wait for a month or two so that Samsung release a second production batch of S4 with these issues fixed? Or there won't any hardware fixes for S4 anymore?
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.
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there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
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negrobembon said:
there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
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Snapdragon 800? Didn't hear of that until now, thanks for the info Now that is really worth a wait, but for how long

negrobembon said:
there are 2 more versions of the S4 coming soon i think
the google edition and the snapdragon 800, maybe you could wait for those
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Don't wait for those, the S5 will be out next year!!
Wait for that instead.
Come on this is ridiculous!
The S4 is a great phone, there will always be better phones just around the corner so just go for the S4.
Either version is good. If you need help making up your mind read one of the hundred threads already on xda about this.

GreenXSI said:
So which model has a better future? (leaving the 4G part).
Hope I get a reply as I am sure the highly knowledgeable and vast users of this forum can help ease my confusion.
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i9505. Two words, developer support. Oh and 4G LOL
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Is there 4g on tmobile?
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Obagleyfreer said:
Don't wait for those, the S5 will be out next year!!
Wait for that instead.
Come on this is ridiculous!
The S4 is a great phone, there will always be better phones just around the corner so just go for the S4.
Either version is good. If you need help making up your mind read one of the hundred threads already on xda about this.
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Well, I only planning to buy an S4 and only confused due to different models in S4. And if the Snapdragon 800 model is going to be out in say 2 months or less, I guess its worth the wait?
P.S. No time to wait until S5 launches

Lollipop Android 5.0

Lollipop Android 5.0 will come for note 3? Note 2 received kitkat in march/April similarly Note 3 will get Lollipop in March?April? whats u guys opinion?

jdomadia said:
Lollipop Android 5.0 will come for note 3? Note 2 received kitkat in march/April similarly Note 3 will get Lollipop in March?April? whats u guys opinion?
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I must be outdated.
I thought the name was key lime pie? or something pie like that?
but it will be good if we can have it by then.
:good:
Sent from somewhere under the sky, at the corner of this rounded earth.

Could even be something like banana pie or even cream pie
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It is alphabetically named.
E for éclair
F for froyo(frozen yoghurt)
G for ginger bread
H for honeycomb
I for ice cream sandwich
J for jellybean
K for KitKat
and all are named after desserts
So now the alphabet is L...
So it could be any dessert starting with L
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not much exited
the update is just like few bugs solved and even more security staff not for your privacy no , its just more things for Knox crap and things makes you pissed off from them and coming to xda to deal with its - also there update took time after Google released it don't expect the new ui or even s5 feature this is the way Samsung update there phones - really you cant enjoy samsung phone more than a year or two .

I wonder what could be when is the S time???
Sweet sh*t...
Stinking strawberry...
sent while I ride my Yamaha

Lonzo_SGS2_506 said:
I wonder what could be when is the S time???
Sweet sh*t...
Stinking strawberry...
sent while I ride my Yamaha
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Or.. Strawberry Shortcake or... Strudel lol
We'll probably end up going through Android 4.5 though before we see the next big release.

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Wow in list of Samsung Note 3 is ON TOP
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Android L = Android lollipop

wil it be available for note 2 n7100?

rohan164 said:
wil it be available for note 2 n7100?
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Will it be available for a 25 month old device that has had 2 major upgrades; when Google contracts only allow for 18 monts or 2 major updates.
I'm sure you can figure out the answer. But if not, it's NO.
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You always can get it by rooting your device mate. Happy flashing ...
sent using my 6th sense...

Hey... any idea or link there for Android 5.0 (i hate the fvckin' name) on SM-N9005 (Note 3)?

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redndian said:
It is alphabetically named.
E for éclair
F for froyo(frozen yoghurt)
G for ginger bread
H for honeycomb
I for ice cream sandwich
J for jellybean
K for KitKat
and all are named after desserts
So now the alphabet is L...
So it could be any dessert starting with L
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The name of the next android version marshmallow:fingers-crossed:

zangoo said:
:silly:
The name of the next android version marshmallow:fingers-crossed:
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Hm! Sounds proper! They also sometimes use brand candy names (kit-kat) so if it ain't marshmallow then my second guess is definitely on Milky-way.

ShadowLea said:
Will it be available for a 25 month old device that has had 2 major upgrades; when Google contracts only allow for 18 monts or 2 major updates.
I'm sure you can figure out the answer. But if not, it's NO.
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If not it should be. The Note 2 is still quite a powerful device for its time, and I own a Note 3. It's asinine that two years of age somehow makes this technology obsolete, and antique. If Note 2 ran Kitkat, what stops it from running Lollipop, especially considering that Lollipop will run more optimally than its previous incarnations. These companies know this, but are too money hungry to care.

Double  said:
If not it should be. The Note 2 is still quite a powerful device for its time, and I own a Note 3. It's asinine that two years of age somehow makes this technology obsolete, and antique. If Note 2 ran Kitkat, what stops it from running Lollipop, especially considering that Lollipop will run more optimally than its previous incarnations. These companies know this, but are too money hungry to care.
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It's always been this way.
In the technological world a device is outdated the moment it rolls off the assembly line. Such was the case with the first computers, and it remains that way.
Two years seems a short time to the people who spend several hundred hard-earned quid on a device, but in the world of technological advances, it's centuries.
Just because the customers think otherwise doesn't change anything.
I have a Note 2 as well and I would love to see it updated to Lollipop. I know it could run it. But I also know better than that. Contracts between companies are binding. That's it, the end.
It won't happen. No matter how much we want it to, how powerful the hardware is or how unfair it seems.
You have to realize how many updates they have to push out every time, and then realize how many more it becomes if they had to support every device they ever made. At any time, Samsung is processing upwards of 2100 updates. Every single time there's an update. Here, I explained it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55385445
Read that, and then imagine adding every single device older than 18 months to that list. Do you really think that's humanly possible? Because it's not.
And there's the very important fact that if companies had to continue their focus on old devices, they'd run out of money and time to make new ones. If they used that system, we'd still be using 1Ghz single cores and non-functional touchscreens. Progress demands casualties, I believe the old saying goes.
We may not like it, but that's how it works. Calling them greedy and evil is simply an excuse to not have to face the truth that our demands are impossible. If we demand the Note 2, others have a right to demand the S3. And the S2. And the S1. And the Galaxy Nexus. And the list goes on, because they all want it.

Hi buddy,
Thanks a lot for this wonderful work.
This is an awesome ROM and working flawless.
I am having one problem but not sure if it's a real bug or only my problem.
I have flashed V7.0 with full wipe on my Note 3 International (N9005), everything working great but whenever I am calling or receiving any call, The incoming voice volume is very less (even though I have made the volume control full).. It's very hard to understand if I am travelling or the person on other side is speaking gently.
any fix for this will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Callprabs

callprabs said:
Hi buddy,
Thanks a lot for this wonderful work.
This is an awesome ROM and working flawless.
I am having one problem but not sure if it's a real bug or only my problem.
I have flashed V7.0 with full wipe on my Note 3 International (N9005), everything working great but whenever I am calling or receiving any call, The incoming voice volume is very less (even though I have made the volume control full).. It's very hard to understand if I am travelling or the person on other side is speaking gently.
any fix for this will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Callprabs
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Wrong thread I believe.

Lollipop *NOT* Confirmed for the SM-P600 (Arriving eventually)

Hi everyone. I was just chatting with a Samsung Representative and he/she has confirmed lollipop for the SM-P600 (at least in the US) very soon!
I have attached a screenshot of the conversation as proof of this exciting news.
SAMSUNG HASN'T FORGOT ABOUT THE NOTE 10.1 USERS!

I am sure Lollipop is coming to the SM-P60X devices eventually, but I would take the word of a lowest-level web support tech who is likely reading from a fill-in-the-blanks style script with SEVERAL grains of salt.
It will come when it comes.

The man stated that lollipop has been released for some versions already, which isn't true. It will come but there is no guarantee it will be soon as this guy in the chat doesn't seem to have a clue.

Out of curiosity: why is there so much interest in Lollipop for this tablet? I have Lollipop on my phone and 7 inch tablet, and KitKat on two of my Samsung tablets and I haven't noticed any features I'm missing on the Samsung tablets. Lollipop seems only slightly different, and I don't know if I can say it's any better. Am I missing some feature that would improve our Samsung tablet usage experience?
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kisrita said:
Out of curiosity: why is there so much interest in Lollipop for this tablet? I have Lollipop on my phone and 7 inch tablet, and KitKat on two of my Samsung tablets and I haven't noticed any features I'm missing on the Samsung tablets. Lollipop seems only slightly different, and I don't know if I can say it's any better. Am I missing some feature that would improve our Samsung tablet usage experience?
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Leaner TouchWiz among others...

I think Samsung's history is that newer TouchWiz versions only ship with new products, I don't recall them shipping new TW versions on older devices - i.e. most likely TouchWiz will remain at the current functionality level even with the Lollipop update on the Note 2014.
Given how buggy Lollipop is/was - I almost want them to either go straight to M or at the very least get us 5.1.1. (Moto G Alarm did not sound today due to messy and buggy downtime settings - no thanks Lollipop!)

blinkingled said:
I think Samsung's history is that newer TouchWiz versions only ship with new products, I don't recall them shipping new TW versions on older devices - i.e. most likely TouchWiz will remain at the current functionality level even with the Lollipop update on the Note 2014.
Given how buggy Lollipop is/was - I almost want them to either go straight to M or at the very least get us 5.1.1. (Moto G Alarm did not sound today due to messy and buggy downtime settings - no thanks Lollipop!)
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Not sure 5.1.1 is good enough. I have that on my phone and its performing worse than on the earlier lollipop versions. Could be a sign I need to upgrade my phone, but I think lollipop needs more work. Though I also think Samsung Touchwiz needs a lot of work too...
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Yeah 5.1.1 is terrible with the s6, still has memory leak, ram management problems.. I'll stick to cm12 on my tablet
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tylerholbrook said:
Yeah 5.1.1 is terrible with the s6, still has memory leak, ram management problems.. I'll stick to cm12 on my tablet
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Lolipop on Tab S actually made it faster than ever whilst letting it use less ram. I think that our version would be closer to what was released on Tab S than S6

Stevethegreat said:
Lolipop on Tab S actually made it faster than ever whilst letting it use less ram. I think that our version would be closer to what was released on Tab S than S6
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Errm not really. Yeah its smooth and all that but multitasking and switching apps is where it is absolutely terrible. I own the Tab S and only the scrolling lag and a few things are better. Ram usage is a ton higher and is terrible on lollipop.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Errm not really. Yeah its smooth and all that but multitasking and switching apps is where it is absolutely terrible. I own the Tab S and only the scrolling lag and a few things are better. Ram usage is a ton higher and is terrible on lollipop.
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I don't own one but I played with one running lollipop and it felt quite a lot faster/smoother than my Note 10.1 even when a new Rom was installed which I thought as weird given that they run the same hardware. Also checked Ram consumption after booting and it was 500-600 MB less as compared to my my Note's...
Of course all this may change after extended use. For example due to the ram bug that exists on many lollipop setups ram may go out of the window pretty fast. In which case performance may/will follow. But my initial experience was exactly that (as compared to KitKat): way more mature drivers.
Here's hoping -then- with all that extra time that Samsung put into it would fix any bug that lollipop brought to all other of her devices before releasing lollipop to our device.

The multitasking lag is a Google issue not something we can help. I would say that my Tab S is lightning quick now.

I sometimes wonder how google can **** up stuff like that, also the memory leak etc. I mean they are probably the richest company in the world and they hire the most intelligent people. And half the world will use their OS on multiple devices. IMHO they should only release new versions when they are sure that now big bugs are still present.

Lollipop definitely speeds this device up. I'm running the P905 port at the moment and it's awesomely snappy.

Any thoughts on gaining root access on Lollipop after updating?
My S4 had to root before updating and install a special update version...

Shanghai.Knight said:
Any thoughts on gaining root access on Lollipop after updating?
My S4 had to root before updating and install a special update version...
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I use a P905 port of Lollipop on my P605 and hadn't any problems to maintain root. Flashed Rom and twrp with odin, then Supersu via recovery.

Svartsyn333 said:
I use a P905 port of Lollipop on my P605 and hadn't any problems to maintain root. Flashed Rom and twrp with odin, then Supersu via recovery.
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I hope they port it to p600
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demmo81 said:
I hope they port it to p600
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Most likely not, you guys always seem to forget that P600 and P605 have totally different processors.

I, personally, do not like Lollipop on my Nexus 7. I do like KitKat on my Note 4.
What I'd really like to have KitKat on my US Note 10.1 (I have 4.4.2 and it says no other updates available). I haven't found anything in these forums about the US 4.4.3 or 4.4.4, but maybe I missed them.

peaceridge said:
I, personally, do not like Lollipop on my Nexus 7. I do like KitKat on my Note 4.
What I'd really like to have KitKat on my US Note 10.1 (I have 4.4.2 and it says no other updates available). I haven't found anything in these forums about the US 4.4.3 or 4.4.4, but maybe I missed them.
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It's not about lollipop. It's about the upgraded sources and drivers. To this day even the hardware of this tablet (espec the exynos version) goes untapped. Android version 5.0 would be a side-effect, the real "star" would be tapping more of the resources of the tablet.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...oma-12-jul-t3155589/post62272383#post62272383
These guys are running the same hardware as us but their (official) lollipop based Roms caused their tablets to ... take flight. Basically that's what many of us wait, more optimization.
I mean we can have (some of) it by using AOSP but then we lose proper MultiWindow and Pen Support. An official Lollipop release solves all...

Marshmellow's comming and no official Lollipop in sight...

...Thank you Samsung now I know which manifacturer never to buy again!

Please use spell check.
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Mine updated a week or so ago...
Sent from a hole in the time/space continuum.

detrexer said:
...Thank you Samsung now I know which manifacturer never to buy again!
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True. Samsung sucks on updates.
Having said that, the only thing I miss from lollipop on my tablet is the smart clip feature. Almost everything else is available through third party app, root and Xposed. It's still one of the greatest tablets on the market. Which is the good thing about Samsung - the hardware is majorly future proof.
I wish they'd update the spen and snote features independent of system updates. Would make life so much easier.

detrexer said:
...Thank you Samsung now I know which manifacturer never to buy again!
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Do we really need another thread on this?

If you are unsatisfied, then say something to them. Doing so on here won't help anyone. I have lollipop on my 607T and wish I never downloaded it, as I didn't have issues with the Bluetooth audio skipping. Lollipop may be a better OS overall, but it still comes with bugs even though it is 5.1.1
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Entirely agree with op.. In fact I struggle to see a future for me with android now. Even friends family with nexii are struggling
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Samsung is good in hardware things, but in firmware support and updates, myass.

planetf1 said:
Entirely agree with op.. In fact I struggle to see a future for me with android now. Even friends family with nexii are struggling
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nexus (singular), nexi (plural)

Samsung has way too many devices out and therefore does only support the ones that have the biggest impact. Though I like to see at least 5.1.1 officially supported I feel it is wishful thinking and also made me turn my back on Samsung all together and I will enjoy the rest of it's life with a community ROM. (Although I did notice the developer just announcing he is stopping). It does run fine with 4 4.2 as well so 18 more months and I will allow myself a better supported tablet

I love this tablet, it is great in pretty much every aspect, except internal memory. I wished it could've been available in 64 and 128 GB variants, but it is what it is.
UPDATES though is the point where Samsung sucks. I'm running Marshmallow already on my Nexus 7 tablet (it's great by the way, smoother and faster than Lollipop) and only about to get Lollipop on this tablet. What the F... Samsung?!
I think it would be great to get Marshmallow to this tablet but I have a gut feeling that it is never going to happen

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I love this tablet, it is great in pretty much every aspect, except internal memory. I wished it could've been available in 64 and 128 GB variants, but it is what it is.
UPDATES though is the point where Samsung sucks. I'm running Marshmallow already on my Nexus 7 tablet (it's great by the way, smoother and faster than Lollipop) and only about to get Lollipop on this tablet. What the F... Samsung?!
I think it would be great to get Marshmallow to this tablet but I have a gut feeling that it is never going to happen
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Yes it will, when pigs fly square circles around my living room....
But seriously, this tablet is now 2 years old(close enough), the agreement was to keep updated for 18 months... Be thankful we got 5.1.1 and not the less desirable 5.0 with its memory leaks and other problems...