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Seen on Tweeter:
@SamFirmware
"Samsung: No Android 3.0 for Galaxy Tab."
http://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/55595012687282177
"today in meeting Samsung told me no 3.0 for Galaxy Tab. (Problem = Hardware.)"
http://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/55600489827549184
To put these statements in perspective:
http://androidandme.com/2010/09/news/galaxy-tab-qa-honeycomb-tablet-coming-next-year/
"The Samsung Galaxy Tab will launch with FroYo (Android 2.2) and eventually be upgraded to Gingerbread (maybe Android 3.0), but Samsung said Honeycomb was for a different kind of tablet experience."
“Moving forward with Honeycomb, that will be used in the next generation tablet as it is specifically optimized for different type of tablet, and will be used on another product only.”
it stinks samsung, samsung ever for me, any product that carries this brand will be part of my house !!!!!!!!!!
he not take care of their customers and it will lose one today! of that there is a 7-inch tab with another brand, I buy, preference for HTC !!!
thanks for this news, even if it is bad
Have they posted the source for this 'quote'? Probably not. Things like this shouldn't be believed until its official.
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I would take anything samfirmware takes with a pinch of salt. It was the same site that said Samsung IS updating to honeycomb not so long back.
Until Samsung themselves say anything ill wait.
daniel.weck said:
Seen on Tweeter:
"@SamFirmware: Samsung: No Android 3.0 for Galaxy Tab."
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Should have posted with source link. Otherwise.....
"@SamFirmware: Samsung: No Android 3.0 for Galaxy Tab but free ipads for tab owners."
Agreed! Lets wait for an official response but I'm pretty sure its true.
Ps-this has nothing to do with development do why did you put it in this section? We all need to do our part in cleaning & maintaining these threads.
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These are the same people who have bricked more tabs than fixed.
I trust Samfirmwares as far as I can throw a fat kid. Bout 2 inches.
I dont see an abysmal difference between 2.2, 2.3 ... 3.0, everything works pretty much the same. the layout of 3.0 may not be the best for a 7inch tablet anyways... perhaps google will meet us halfway and release something that is not 3.0 but will run apps made for 3.0 or something like that. if we never get 3.0 its not going to be a big deal for me, maybe I am on a different situation because I just got it, and most of you have had it for while. and I could get the xoom if 3.0 was that big of a deal but I've played with the xoom and its just too big for me, I like the portability of the galaxy tab and that is more imporant that having honeycomb.
Honeycomb was the last reason to keep GTAB... now i will sell it and buy Kindle...
faust86 said:
Honeycomb was the last reason to keep GTAB... now i will sell it and buy Kindle...
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How many devices are out there right now with ROMs on them that aren't official or haven't even been released?
Crummy reason to give up the best available tablet on the market today. (That's called an opinion, and I'm entitled to mine)
I'm fairly confident that at some stage we will have fully functional and stable honeycomb on our tabs. Does it really matter if it's not an official Samsung release?
After all, if all we're interested in is getting official updates from vendor sources then there's little or no point being on these forums.
Have faith in the developers here, in my opinion they provide more reliable roms than the vendors!
just one question, what the hell do you guys expect? if somebody port honeycomb to the tab we will have it. but whats the point? what you are actual missing on your tab? why need sooo much honeycomb? i guess in 95% of all cases its just the childish "must have" instinct like me....
so stay calm, lets enjoy our tab and stop to blame samsung....
I did quite trust the dev here, more than a samsung, but I am disappointed to have paid a very expensive tablet and end samsung not take care of customers, but many want our money !!!
I do not like their politics !!!
I trust samfirmware saying no honeycomb for the galaxy tab as much as I trust apple to tell me a quote from samsung[1]. wait for official sources to confirm or deny.
[1] referring to steve jobs displaying the misquote of samsung's ceo at the iPad2 event
abuser0815 said:
just one question, what the hell do you guys expect? if somebody port honeycomb to the tab we will have it. but whats the point? what you are actual missing on your tab? why need sooo much honeycomb? i guess in 95% of all cases its just the childish "must have" instinct like me....
so stay calm, lets enjoy our tab and stop to blame samsung....
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Maybe because some apps will only work on honeycomb.
Can anyone here honestly say that they bought there Tab because Samsung said that it would get Honeycomb? I don't recall Samsung ever officially saying anything of the sort personally, though I stand ready to be corrected!
Yes, it would be really nice to get an official Honeycomb ROM, but when I bought my Tab I knew it was coming with Froyo and I knew that Samsungs track record in the past with respect to new Android versions wasn't great.
If we get Gingerbread out of Samsung, I'd say that was a win personally.
Regards,
Dave
EDIT: Interesting article here dated September 2010, where Samsung effectively say that the Tab 7" wouldn't get Honeycomb.
HoneyComb IS here...
Hey guys its actually already been done. A russian developer already flashed it, and it works. ofcourse its an alfa version and there are tons of stuff that is not working, but that means in a few weeks and with all the smart people we have here, it will be done. Here is the link
http://www.max-up.ru/news-apple/android-30-honeycomb-galaxy-tab-gsm.html
Mohamed Sewidan
even htc flyer will be offered honeycomb.
http://www.carrypad.com/2011/04/06/...t-how-will-it-work-with-inking-and-htc-sense/
samsung has to do better to keep their customers.
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Hey guys its actually already been done. A russian developer already flashed it, and it works. ofcourse its an alfa version and there are tons of stuff that is not working, but that means in a few weeks and with all the smart people we have here, it will be done. Here is the link
http://www.max-up.ru/news-apple/android-30-honeycomb-galaxy-tab-gsm.html
Mohamed Sewidan
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Erhhh, you're coming a bit late to the party here!
a) This is based on the work of spacemoose1 from these forums for CDMA Tabs.
b) Many people here have flashed it or tried flashing it.
c) At best, it can be considered a very early alpha - it isn't in a state where you could remotely use it as a daily driver!
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
Erhhh, you're coming a bit late to the party here!
a) This is based on the work of spacemoose1 from these forums for CDMA Tabs.
b) Many people here have flashed it or tried flashing it.
c) At best, it can be considered a very early alpha - it isn't in a state where you could remotely use it as a daily driver!
Regards,
Dave
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yes I completely agree but that means that we have hope that the devs are going to work on it to make it work. So saying No honeycone is not accurate.
Also Here is the link from the tab general forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1023437
Received an OTA notice last night and updated, but didn't actually use my Tab again until today. Imagine my surprise when everything looked a little bit "different"!
My Tab is typically part of the early soak tests, being a pre-release unit. Here are the build details:
db.tt/Pr3PlYLL
Nice! Unfortunately, this doesn't help us wifi-only owners, does it...
jakesteed said:
Received an OTA notice last night and updated, but didn't actually use my Tab again until today. Imagine my surprise when everything looked a little bit "different"!
My Tab is typically part of the early soak tests, being a pre-release unit. Here are the build details:
db.tt/Pr3PlYLL
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Could you give us somehow access to it? The tar file or a nandroid backup? Would like ti see if I can port this to a 3G version.
BeeGee_Tokyo said:
Could you give us somehow access to it? The tar file or a nandroid backup? Would like ti see if I can port this to a 3G version.
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That would be cool. I used you're work on the Vega and been waiting for something to show up for the tab.
Nice. I shipped my tab to Verizon on Monday (Nov. 7) to get replaced or fixed (newton ring issue). Hopefully I get one back with the updates.
What do you think of 3.2 with TouchWiz on the 4G tab? I'm using jflowers ROM which has been pretty good to me. I do prefer vanilla Android, even though TouchWiz on the tab seems nice.
xenokira said:
What do you think of 3.2 with TouchWiz on the 4G tab? I'm using jflowers ROM which has been pretty good to me. I do prefer vanilla Android, even though TouchWiz on the tab seems nice.
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Same ROM here. If this update goes live I may just have to restore back to stock to be able to get the update and check it out.
I would love this update. And why no love for this tab? I mean i seriously feel like im being punished for buying the verizon version. Damn near every other tablet including eveything else samsung makes has at least 3.2. And they've had it since August. Its almost december!!! Sorry for the vent
mmadchild said:
I would love this update. And why no love for this tab? I mean i seriously feel like im being punished for buying the verizon version. Damn near every other tablet including eveything else samsung makes has at least 3.2. And they've had it since August. Its almost december!!! Sorry for the vent
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I agree with you about being punished...I love this tab, but it seems we're on the "pay no mind list"...
Same here, I'm amazed how few of us are on the forums. This model must not have sold very much. Simply amazes me because I can't even imagine myself with a wifi-only tablet anymore.
I held out on an iPad because of AT&T and by the time the iPad2 came out I had a rooted Nook Color running CM7 so I patiently waited for an LTE capable android tablet (having seen the light). When the Verizon GT 10.1 dropped I jumped and am so glad I did.
I'm still salty that the design is different. There's just a few cases available for our model all of which basically blow . . .
Now I'm counting the days before ICS but wonder if Samsung or the CM team will come up with something for the LTE tabs at the same time as the wifi versions. On the plus side Pershoot is spreading the love across the entire platform with his kernel updates so that's great, there's hope!
Has anyone else with a 4G LTE tab gotten this update? I have not... Still on 3.1.
Nope, nothing here
Read this article. It mentions other Samsung devices confirmed as getting ICS. Is the "galaxy tab 7" our device, or is it referring to the "plus" version?
http://www.technobuffalo.com/compan...rs-in-u-k-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich-update/
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Well, when u go to the link for the 7.0 it takes u to an advertisement for the 7.0 plus, so probably not. But, I'm sure there are some genius and generous devs on here that are going to give it a try!
It hasn't been 'unconfirmed' yet so you never know. .....
Sorry guys, but theres no ICS upgrade forthcoming from official channels. Samsung has confirmed that the entire Tab line, EXCEPT for the original (ours) will be getting the upgrade. Custom builds are likely in development with source code available but there'll be nothing official.
agc93 said:
Sorry guys, but theres no ICS upgrade forthcoming from official channels. Samsung has confirmed that the entire Tab line, EXCEPT for the original (ours) will be getting the upgrade. Custom builds are likely in development with source code available but there'll be nothing official.
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I think you are right
I'm not holding my breath. They made it pretty clear they weren't going to give it a Honeycomb upgrade, why would they do ICS?. After all, they would much rather you buy their new tablets.
Shame, thank god for the wonderful devs on here Personally, I think Samsung owes it to the people who went out and bought this tab to give us an official upgrade
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I highly doubt that Samsung will offer an official upgrade to ICS for the original Tab. However, am I right in thinking that the hardware in the Tab basically matches the SoC and memory configuration in the Nexus S? If so surely that bodes well for the ability of the Tab to eventually run ICS seeing as the Nexus S will receive and official version of ICS.
Samsung doesn't even bother to give Gingerbread update for P-1010 and you would like ICS? Get serious. And no devs here bother to do anything for P-1010 also, not even CWM. This line of tabs is forgotten from anybody. If you want ICS buy yourself a proper tablet.
here it says "project stopped".
If you read the thread to the end you'll see that other guys are actively working on it.
Samsung just confirm the dual-core phones because they know that ics will work, for single cores like p1000 they will test first.
bongski55 said:
here it says "project stopped".
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but angel66 and koxudaxi made a rom alpha1
Hopefully we can get someone to work on a cdma version
dfvt said:
Samsung just confirm the dual-core phones because they know that ics will work, for single cores like p1000 they will test first.
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Possibly true for other Samsung devices but the P1000 and P1010 (and associated variants) will *not* receive an ICS update. Unfortunately, Samsung confirmed that the newer ones would be the only ones from the Tab line to get ICS.
stenc55 said:
Samsung doesn't even bother to give Gingerbread update for P-1010 and you would like ICS? Get serious. And no devs here bother to do anything for P-1010 also, not even CWM. This line of tabs is forgotten from anybody. If you want ICS buy yourself a proper tablet.
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I use a p1000 which DID get the official gingerbread update. I will follow the devs and get ICS for THIS tab. I am sorry your version gets no love!
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stenc55 said:
Samsung doesn't even bother to give Gingerbread update for P-1010 and you would like ICS? Get serious. And no devs here bother to do anything for P-1010 also, not even CWM. This line of tabs is forgotten from anybody. If you want ICS buy yourself a proper tablet.
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Which one is a proper tablet?
i second that for cdma... have alpha build on evo would love to see the tablet version running on my cdma sprint tab
Wishful thinking getting ICS officially on our Tablets. After the "Gingerbread" update I am not sure I want to have an official version from Samsung.
samsung told me the update may be here by the end of the month
LOL. Just like it was gonna be released. Q1 2012 as well.
Did they mention which region/csc?
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LOL. Just like it was gonna be released. Q1 2012 as well.
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Don't worry. Q4 2008.
lol how many topics we gonna have on this>?
The problem is samsung is too busy making new **** rather than improving their products...
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Guys check the update in the settings. I am currently receiving something. I had 3.2 before, so I think this is the ICS. =))
In addition, Market was updated to Google Play right before that.
upd: Nevermind. That was just a minor update. Sorry, I was too excited.
samwest39 said:
samsung told me the update may be here by the end of the month
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And where did u hear this news?
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Rogdin said:
Guys check the update in the settings. I am currently receiving something. I had 3.2 before, so I think this is the ICS. =))
In addition, Market was updated to Google Play right before that.
upd: Nevermind. That was just a minor update. Sorry, I was too excited.
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Hopefully you didn't ejaculate before you woke up from your dream.
Lol I feel like it was "almost here" in February because it was promised by the end of Q1.
Now I feel like the status is "should be here"
ill believe it when i see it.
Hurry up Samsung!
Well today, the tab 7 here in Korea got an update that was promised.
source: http://samsungtomorrow.com/2590
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I'm glad you can read that.
Sent via Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 & Honeycomb
ICS will never be released for galaxy tab 10.1
I think that ICS will never be released for galaxy tab 10.1. The main difference between galaxy tab 10.1 and galaxy tab 2 10.1 (besides mechanics) is that it works with ICS. If the old tab will have ICS there is no reason to buy tab 2. Since they want to make profits from tab 2 they need to keep older OS on older tablet.
TomH54 said:
Hopefully you didn't ejaculate before you woke up from your dream.
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Almost did. But the update finished earlier =(
va4ik said:
I think that ICS will never be released for galaxy tab 10.1. The main difference between galaxy tab 10.1 and galaxy tab 2 10.1 (besides mechanics) is that it works with ICS. If the old tab will have ICS there is no reason to buy tab 2. Since they want to make profits from tab 2 they need to keep older OS on older tablet.
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You got to be really clever for this, are you working for samsung's marketing department? That's a real scheme you got there!
In case you didn't get the sarcasm, samsung already announced ICS for the Tab 10.1...stop your nonesence for once...
yea its been confirmed and almost if not already complete for release so how can they not be releasing it?
^Yes....and the most suspicious thing is that there is not a single leak....curious, if I might say...
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t1mman said:
You got to be really clever for this, are you working for samsung's marketing department? That's a real scheme you got there!
In case you didn't get the sarcasm, samsung already announced ICS for the Tab 10.1...stop your nonesence for once...
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Im not in marketing deparment but im related to android development of tablet and cellular devices. And I strongly beleive that the same ICS version that runs on tab 2 should also fit older tab. So the only reason they delay it or postpone are marketing issues that im not aware of. Also the anouncement is hardly mentioned on the internet and the ICS should have been delivered along time ago.
Have you ever thought why Samsung released ginger breads for Galaxy S on all international versions, while TMobile vibrant version still runs Froyo?
Meh...
If we get a working camera driver out of it, not that big of a deal. We have several ICS options that kick ass and the only thing missing really is working cams
What do you think, will samsung limit Nougat on the S2 to the newer Snapdragon version of the tablet?
I dont think Samsung is going to have Nougat for S2. That will be in the Tab S3.
Yes, it's been reported that the T810 is testing and will be released soon.
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Itchiee said:
Yes, it's been reported that the T810 is testing and will be released soon.
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As long as we have it by Easter, I will be happy. Nougat is awesome on my OnePlus 3 and the split screen mode will be great on the Tab S2.
Now this is interesting.
wilson_smyth said:
What do you think, will samsung limit Nougat on the S2 to the newer Snapdragon version of the tablet
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The rumours about Nougat is getting louder:
https://www.sammobile.com/2016/12/19/galaxy-tab-s2-running-nougat-surfaces-on-gfxbench/
My galaxy tab s2 wifi only (t710) is still in 5.0.2 on sammobile but thanks to flashing, I was able to get MM. Now I am worried that my tab s2 will not get a proper nougat update because the update rolls out only to LTE versions.
According to this source (https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-begins-rollout-of-android-7-0-nougat) the "Galaxy Tab S2 (LTE unlock)" will be included in the Android 7.0 update rollout for Samsung devices this year. Seems legit, considering it's from Samsung themselves
I think the S2 will get Nougat. It's just a case of when and how good it will be?
However, I also think that will be it. Absolutely no chance at all of getting Android 8.
Given my experience with Samsung tablets, I'm not even clear T813 will see an update to 7.x.
That would be 2 in a row for me (poorly supported Samsung tablets), and probably my last purchase from them.
zim2dive said:
Given my experience with Samsung tablets, I'm not even clear T813 will see an update to 7.x.
That would be 2 in a row for me (poorly supported Samsung tablets), and probably my last purchase from them.
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Guys Tab S2 9.7 is getting Nougat soon!
According to many sources, Samsung has already made Nougat & is testing it now (nougat benchmarks seen on GFXBench).
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...t-spotted-on-gfxbench-update-nears-launch.htm
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/01/26/galaxy-tab-s2-nougat-update-gets-wi-fi-certification/
So you guys can knock the negative crap off....
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zim2dive said:
Given my experience with Samsung tablets, I'm not even clear T813 will see an update to 7.x.
That would be 2 in a row for me (poorly supported Samsung tablets), and probably my last purchase from them.
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The problem is, who else is making good spec Android tablets with Amoled screens? From my point of view, MM is running well and has been for the last 6 months. A Nougat upgrade would be nice, (especially for the multi window mode,) but I wouldn't loose any sleep if it wasn't updated. They do need to release a recent security update though.
As my experience with the One Plus 3 has been so good, I'd like to see them shake Samsung up by entering the tablet market. I know it wont happen but I can dream. :angel:
Masteryates said:
The problem is, who else is making good spec Android tablets with Amoled screens? From my point of view, MM is running well and has been for the last 6 months. A Nougat upgrade would be nice, (especially for the multi window mode,) but I wouldn't loose any sleep if it wasn't updated. They do need to release a recent security update though.
As my experience with the One Plus 3 has been so good, I'd like to see them shake Samsung up by entering the tablet market. I know it wont happen but I can dream. :angel:
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It would be a great thing for the tablet market to have OP enter. (maybe not great for the OP bottom line, as the tablet market seems to be stagnant.. still I think there is room for a Nexus-like tablet.. and Google seems to have abandoned that niche)
zim2dive said:
It would be a great thing for the tablet market to have OP enter. (maybe not great for the OP bottom line, as the tablet market seems to be stagnant.. still I think there is room for a Nexus-like tablet.. and Google seems to have abandoned that niche)
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So it begs the question, what specs and how much would you be prepared to pay?
For me, take a OP3, put it in the tab S2 body and I'd happily pay £400 (~$450) all day long. Of course, it would have to be running OOS.
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So it begs the question, what specs and how much would you be prepared to pay?
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I bought a T813... hard to find a more expensive Android tablet
Coming from OP, I would expect it to cost less
Itchiee said:
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/01/26/galaxy-tab-s2-nougat-update-gets-wi-fi-certification/
So you guys can knock the negative crap off....
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No mention of the 710
Masteryates said:
As long as we have it by Easter, I will be happy. Nougat is awesome on my OnePlus 3 and the split screen mode will be great on the Tab S2.
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isnt this tab has multitask already ? using 2 apps in the same time ?
zim2dive said:
I bought a T813... hard to find a more expensive Android tablet
Coming from OP, I would expect it to cost less
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Out of curiosity, how much did you have to give for it? I got my 32GB T813 as an impulse buy for $399 the other day, and while I've seen used ones for less, it felt like a decent deal for a new unit.