[Q] The release of Android 2.3.5 for Galxay S - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is the release of Android 2.3.5 for the Galaxy S going to postpone the official release of Gingerbread?

Maybe, maybe not. The time between the 2.3.3 rdf's and the 2.3.4 rdf's were pretty close
sent from my uncyanogen modded epic 4g. with the key skips.

I am hoping that is the fix for the reboot bug and they will apply it to our phone in an attempt to get it out.

I have no problem on epic. maybe u download movies or video that have virus.

add119 said:
I have no problem on epic. maybe u download movies or video that have virus.
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Who and what are you talking about?
We are talking about Gingerbread.

kennyglass123 said:
I am hoping that is the fix for the reboot bug and they will apply it to our phone in an attempt to get it out.
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Doubt it. I remember reading that .5 was only to allow NFC chips in phones to work. And the Epic hasn't got one.

DroidApprentice said:
Doubt it. I remember reading that .5 was only to allow NFC chips in phones to work. And the Epic hasn't got one.
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Yea it added functionality for the npc chips but also increased the preformace of wimax. So hopefully that's what 2.3.5 is going to do. And I don't have a boot problem. Even when I was on 2.2. And now I'm on EH17 leak and no boot problems for me.

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Latest Leaked Update Issues

Since the thread got closed for who knows what, let's build a list of known issues, fixes and whatever else...
For one, my brightness didn't work, so I flashed Kernel #15 which fixed that issue. Now my camera only shows a white screen.
BTW, I looked for a similar thread, but didn't find one. I tend to miss things sometimes though.
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Rydah805 said:
Since the thread got closed for who knows what, let's build a list of known issues, fixes and whatever else...
For one, my brightness didn't work, so I flashed Kernel #15 which fixed that issue. Now my camera only shows a white screen.
BTW, I looked for a similar thread, but didn't find one. I tend to miss things sometimes though.
Sent From My HTC Evo 4G On The Now Network From Sprint Using Tapatalk Pro!
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I'm pretty sure the thread got closed, because wdfowty requested it be closed. Based on a comment he made in the thread, I presume he requested the thread be closed because of the ridiculous, juvenile, and inappropriate tags that people were leaving. So as usual, the thread was closed due to people acting like 3 year old kids.
Anyways, on your topic, I have fortunately not encountered any of the bugs that other people have mentioned in the thread. Everything I've been able to test so far is working perfectly. The only thing that I wish, is that HTC released the leak with Sense 2.1. I want a 2.1 sense rom with working 4g!!!
Right, people have been acting so ridiculously here lately.
Back on topic, camera with kernel 15 seems to be my only issue. Anybody got a link to just the kernel on the new leak? I would rather have my camera rather than brightness adjustable. Unfortunately.
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I haven't had any probs yet been runin since the release . Ruinin on 004 everythings good for now can't wait hope sumone gives it a facelift lol
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Right. I'm happy for now, just wish it was a bit better. For the most part, its smooth.
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Same here, no probs yet all the basics work...GPS, 4G, camera, phone, wifi...I dont use BT haven't tried VM everything ran fine.
p.s. 0003 HW and using one of Mik's betas
i din't try the BT yet but the only problem i had was with the hdmi, FullHDMI didn't work and the teamwin HDMI didn't work eather.
youtube and gallery work fine with out the apps, i tested the brightness and it works fine, i can bring it all the way down and up with no problem i usually live on auto,
my hardware is 0003.
im using everthing stock. just with the root from the leaked thread.
BT works for me I connected to my car radio and all is good
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Where can I get his beta?
madflasher said:
Same here, no probs yet all the basics work...GPS, 4G, camera, phone, wifi...I dont use BT haven't tried VM everything ran fine.
p.s. 0003 HW and using one of Mik's betas
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Sent from my iPhone with the bigger Gee Bees.
When I turn on the camera/camcorder to take a pic/record, the screen appears all white. However, if you take a picture, it comes out but looks a little fuzzy. If I try to record a video in mpeg4, it will record but force close when it tries to save it. If I try to record a video using H.264, it force closes immediately. I tried clearing the data of the camera app and that did not help.
Weird.
I'm downloading Virus's version which has the camera fixed, but it may be just for pics. I think video still may be borked, but I cannot confirm that yet.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am running Netarchy's 4.3.4 kernel with the leaked 2.3 update.
Yea, the issue I had was brightness lock, fixed with kernel 15, which left me with the white screen camera.
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rugedraw said:
When I turn on the camera/camcorder to take a pic/record, the screen appears all white. However, if you take a picture, it comes out but looks a little fuzzy. If I try to record a video in mpeg4, it will record but force close when it tries to save it. If I try to record a video using H.264, it force closes immediately. I tried clearing the data of the camera app and that did not help.
Weird.
I'm downloading Virus's version which has the camera fixed, but it may be just for pics. I think video still may be borked, but I cannot confirm that yet.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am running Netarchy's 4.3.4 kernel with the leaked 2.3 update.
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i got my to work with everyting, but with the stock kernel.
I have a hardware 002 which I don't think is an Epson screen. I can not change the brightness on the leaked ROM. When I try to flash HTC Kernel 15 the phone won't boot it gets past the HTC EVO white screen but then hangs up right before the Boot Animation. You can tell the screen is on but nothing ever happens...
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Rydah805 said:
Yea, the issue I had was brightness lock, fixed with kernel 15, which left me with the white screen camera.
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I can adjust the screen brightness with Netarchy's kernel, too. Forgot to mention that.
Cjunior said:
i got my to work with everyting, but with the stock kernel.
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Do you mean the stock kernel that came with the leaked update, or the previousw stock kernel #15 like Rydah is using? I may just re-flash it with the stock kernel for now.
Or, just nandroid back to Myn's rom until all the wrinkles get ironed out. I don't see so much of an improvement so as to keep a buggy rom when it was working perfectly before.
notasimpleway said:
Where can I get his beta?
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http://themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=111
Everything works fine on my 0004 EVO. Love the Fast boot feature. Plus the pocket ring. Hopefully they update Sense before final release, but I doubt it.
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Everything is working for me too!
I only use sense for 4g so I'm excited for my new nandroid backup.. it is.... pretty fast :l
Can't wait to see what Myn does with it...
002 hardware launch day evo
jessesse said:
Everything is working for me too!
I only use sense for 4g so I'm excited for my new nandroid backup.. it is.... pretty fast :l
Can't wait to see what Myn does with it...
002 hardware launch day evo
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I have the same version EVO... Which Kernal are you using?
new ROMs poppin up everywhere..lol!
I found the leak to be stable and considered making it my daily Rom but it kept overheating my battery so now its a no go. Outside that I had no problems with it.
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[Q] (Req) Touchwiz 4.0 Port

Is anyone working on proting over touchwiz 4.0? I saw that it has already been ported over to the galaxy s I9000.
We'll wait til our gingerbread has a first release. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll come with 4.0. (doubt it)
Shoulon said:
We'll wait til our gingerbread has a first release. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll come with 4.0. (doubt it)
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Haha good one...
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sfal8705 said:
Is anyone working on proting over touchwiz 4.0? I saw that it has already been ported over to the galaxy s I9000.
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You can easily try it, all anyone would be doing is taking that and dropping it on here.
k0nane said:
You can easily try it, all anyone would be doing is taking that and dropping it on here.
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I did try to see if i could just flash it in recovery and ended up in a boot loop.
sfal8705 said:
I did try to see if i could just flash it in recovery and ended up in a boot loop.
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Wouldn't work either way since the framework in the Touchwiz 4.0 MOD is removing alot of the basics of the Epic causing boot loops or frozen samsung start ups. For example the basic 4G layout. If you want to make it work you have to manually edit it so it can atleast work with leaky gingerbread. To be honest its not worth it that much since 1) leaky gingerbread might not even be compatible even if its edited, 2) most gestures and features are not included in the mod, 3) it better to save the work time for nexus 4g and porting that or the epic2 framework. Or if you got the coding skills and patience make your own launcher, launchers like launcher 7(status bar and tile layout), Spb Shell(3D interface), and Regina(with nice animations) show that you can pull off UIs similar Touchwiz 4.0 or Honeycomb but it requires time.

[ DEVS ONLY ] GT-I9100XXKP8 ICS 4.0.3 IML74K System Dump

MOD EDIT/NOTICE: You all accept the risks of flashing this - anyone caught complaining, flaming or idiot posting will receive a 24 hr ban. Off topic will also be subject to the same.
Here is the system dump & custom TAR of the ICS XXKP8 ROM that was leaked for the international version. This version will boot on our phones but without a CDMA kernel, there will no data, wifi, CWM, etc, so this is meant for DEVS\POWER USERS ONLY to play with.
DO NOT TRY FLASHING THESE FILES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DON'T COMPLAIN IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO REVERT TO A WORKING ROM AS YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
GT-I9100XXKP8_4.0.3_IML74K.7z - System dump plus zImage
GT-I9100XXKP8_4.0.3_IML74K.tar - Flashable through ODIN
interesting, thanks for this. how far do you suppose we are from a somewhat functional ICS build?
ninja edit: first!
Oh man, thing's are getting hot in the kitchen.
So just a quick question: Why wont this won't brick our phones? Why have their been so many people with bricked phones for flashing international ROMs?
Other then that, awesome work. Just saw your Stock EL29 repack. Youre on fire !
Sweet, great job calkulin... you the man.
I'll do a quick review video of these for sure
This is a good starting point. We need to someone who can hack the 2.3 kernel to run Android 4.0
rpnunez said:
Oh man, thing's are getting hot in the kitchen.
So just a quick question: Why wont this won't brick our phones? Why have their been so many people with bricked phones for flashing international ROMs?
Other then that, awesome work. Just saw your Stock EL29 repack. Youre on fire !
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Because this is just the kernel & system files. If they flashed the complete tar(modem, bootloader, etc), then they definitely will cause a lot of issues
When you get that one bastardized kernel, it'll be good for all international ports to use for awhile til we get source
Has anyone been able to DL the .tar?
qbking77 said:
Sweet, great job calkulin... you the man.
I'll do a quick review video of these for sure
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It has it's issues, front cam doesn't work(main cam works tho), rotation is inverted, no data, no wifi, etc but at least we get a feel for what the official ICS update will be like once it's released. If we get a working kernel, then fixing those issues wouldn't be that hard as I have fixed them before on the EVO ports but until we get a kernel, I'm not even going to start trying
KingOfThaJungle said:
Has anyone been able to DL the .tar?
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He's uploading it lol
KingOfThaJungle said:
Has anyone been able to DL the .tar?
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EDIT: Link is up now
Review video is done... just have to compile and upload
doesn't seem to work for me? just stutters and doesn't respond to any input.
Dioscorus said:
doesn't seem to work for me? just stutters and doesn't respond to any input.
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Kernel is the problem. Need to try to compile a kernel that will align the hardware with ICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348832
it appears that this group had a working kernel...
Dioscorus said:
doesn't seem to work for me? just stutters and doesn't respond to any input.
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Yep, although if you wait for it to unfreeze, you can then move around momentarily, before it freezes again...so far I can see that it DOES NOT have the face unlock, and other than settings, popup\menus and the Gmail app, which you can notice a difference right away, even without emails in it, it looks pretty much the same being that its TWIZ and not AOSP!
Dioscorus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348832
it appears that this group had a working kernel...
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I was watching that thread intently during November & all of December. Seems to be completely dead in the water tho
dbaybay said:
I was watching that thread intently during November & all of December. Seems to be completely dead in the water tho
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For many many reasons, not least of which was no significant progress towards ICS (which at that point needed CM7 as a prerequisite). Hopefully with the system files maybe someone can drag up that kernel and see if they can be made to work together but I think it is a CM kernel and I'm not sure that could be made to play with this...
Review of this port is up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXqOZ2DCKDE
Thanks calkulin, feel free to add to the OP
Dioscorus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348832
it appears that this group had a working kernel...
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The kernel we compiled for that does not work with this. Were going to see if we can get it going though.

[MOD]Upgrading OpenGL to 2.0

Hi guys!.Managed to add OpenGL 2.0 driver support to our Heroes.Don't expect any miracles,our GPU can't support everything,that requires 2.0 graphics.The mod increases display performance,gives a high boost to Android 4.0 ROMs(turns on hardware accelerating) and maybe helps in some games.For those,who want to try it,flash attach from CWM Recovery(zip is not signed).In case if something goes wrong or you want to turn it off just delete file data/local.prop
harut56 said:
Hi guys!.Managed to add OpenGL 2.0 driver support to our Heroes.Don't expect any miracles,our GPU can't support everything,that requires 2.0 graphics.The mod increases display performance,gives a high boost to Android 4.0 ROMs(turns on hardware accelerating) and maybe helps in some games.For those,who want to try it,flash attach from CWM Recovery(zip is not signed).In case if something goes wrong or you want to turn it off just delete file data/local.prop
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turns on hardware acceleration?
Does it work on all Android versions?
Nice, I want to try this, especially on ICS. Have you tried it on ICS yourself?
Here's a signed one for Amon_RA users
AdmcPL said:
Does it work on all Android versions?
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Just tried it on VanillaEclair, got stuck on Hero screen... :/
bharat_goku said:
turns on hardware acceleration?
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maybe he meant that it makes it possible
AdmcPL said:
Does it work on all Android versions?
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It supports android 2.1 and up
bharat_goku said:
turns on hardware acceleration?
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Or something like that.On our local forum almost all testers on ICS reported,that their phones become much more fast and responsive.I tried it myself on ZeroHero,it increased scrolling speed a bit
I tried it on ICS now, and I got to say, it's a HUGE improvement! Really! Of course, it's not like VE, but for example pulling down the pulldownbar is about as smooth as it's possible. With this mod I think I can use ICS as a daily!
Thanks
Im gonna test it with gingerbread rom now.. report back tmr.. ciao!
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Flash on my gingerbread rom.. booted.. but i simply did not see much improvement.. thx for the file anyways!! =)
Habarug said:
I tried it on ICS now, and I got to say, it's a HUGE improvement! Really! Of course, it's not like VE, but for example pulling down the pulldownbar is about as smooth as it's possible. With this mod I think I can use ICS as a daily!
Thanks
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could you make a video or something like that? i need my phone at the moment for work :/
so i can't try it...but would like to see the results
@topic: this is really exciting i hope someone can port the new cdma version & use this....maybe there is a change for a usable ics on hero
maybe, just maybe it will be possible to get a fully functioning ics rom on our heroes (well hopefully anyway)
darkmansd said:
could you make a video or something like that? i need my phone at the moment for work :/
so i can't try it...but would like to see the results
@topic: this is really exciting i hope someone can port the new cdma version & use this....maybe there is a change for a usable ics on hero
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Sorry, I´m already back at VE, as I also needed my phone :/
Edit: BTW, congratz Harut56, this is the first time in a LONG time there has been some development on the GSM side which isn´t a port from CDMA
harut56 said:
Or something like that.On our local forum almost all testers on ICS reported,that their phones become much more fast and responsive.I tried it myself on ZeroHero,it increased scrolling speed a bit
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Hmmmm this will b something to check soon,I'm fixing some bugs on zero hero will try implementing it,great work harut
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hi, can this be flashed using Amon_RA recovery mode. I am running LewA OS port.. will it work.
I made a signed version on the previous page, that one works on Amon_RA
I can't see any difference on latest CM nightly.
krygo said:
I can't see any difference on latest CM nightly.
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tats because cm nightly's already have open gl 2.0,even decked elelinux and most roms already implement open gl2.0,its only certain builds that dont use opengl 2.0 like zero hero and most 2.2 and below roms...
Okay :>
too short
Habarug said:
I tried it on ICS now, and I got to say, it's a HUGE improvement! Really! Of course, it's not like VE, but for example pulling down the pulldownbar is about as smooth as it's possible. With this mod I think I can use ICS as a daily!
Thanks
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Habarug, ICS theme or ICS Rom?

L710VPLG8 OTA update (was wrongly called L710VPLG4)

L710VPLG4 update is announced.
- KI – Touch Wiz home has stopped
- Single picture MMS no longer displayed as slideshow
- Optimized LTE system selection
- Enhanced Smart Stay function
- Enhanced Voice recognition algorithm
- All-Share Cast (All-share accessory hub) support
- Music Hub support
- Security Fixes
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EDIT: Sprint's first announcement got the version number wrong. The official OTA update is named L710VPLG8
thank you will check it out.
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nothing for me yet; last update i received it 5 days after most received it
The most significant news in this update is this item:
- Optimized LTE system selection
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Apparently one cause of the negative experience in the first LTE rollout markets is that handsets had been programmed to downshift from LTE to EVDO at a threshold signal strength for LTE that was too high. So many users couldn't get an LTE connection or hold on to in. (See this article at S4GRU.)
The other big factor was skimpy tower coverage at the time of launch. The handset factor magnified this problem.
Any way we can download it via odin because it not showing up in my phone yet.
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my phone says its lg8
Wonder what Google features were removed in this "security" update.
Bradfordv said:
my phone says its lg8
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But you are running a custom ROM. I see that build LG8 is floating around here.
LG4 is announced as an OTA update for stock.
no the zip my phone downloaded says its lg8....the file says 04646f9535b3.update_sph-L710_LG2_to_LG8.zip
If anyone is looking for the RDF from Sprint, you can find it here:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L710/LG8.rdf
Looks like LG8 is real as there is an RDF page for it. I don't know who is and isn't familiar with these, but we used/found RDF pages for the Epic frequently around upgrade OS time. Most of them are test builds, but it shows a lot of information about that release.
For example, if you change the last part of the URL to LG4.rdf, you'll get a page too as that's a legit build from Sprint. However, if you change it to LG9.rdf you get nothing as that build doesn't exist.
I don't know exactly what the number means but L must be for 2012 and G is for July. I'm assuming the number stands for the build (not necessarily a specific date) of that month. So the first build in August would probably be LH1.
Since we don't have any OS updates on the horizon yet, these may not do much good, but once we start hearing more about Jelly Bean, we'll at least know when Sprint starts working on it.
And FWIW, it's formatted nicely when using IE but I know some browsers don't format those pages well at all. I'm forced to use IE at work, so it's a bummer for 99% of things.
Bradfordv said:
no the zip my phone downloaded says its lg8....the file says 04646f9535b3.update_sph-L710_LG2_to_LG8.zip
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Something is wrong. Maybe Sprint just botched the announcement. Let's hope they didn't actually foul up the OTA.
EDIT: Sprint rep online now says they are checking.
I don't even have lg3
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fabzbear said:
I don't even have lg3
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There was no LG3 released. The last official release was LG2.
hayzooos said:
If anyone is looking for the RDF from Sprint, you can find it here:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L710/LG8.rdf
Looks like LG8 is real as there is an RDF page for it. I don't know who is and isn't familiar with these, but we used/found RDF pages for the Epic frequently around upgrade OS time. Most of them are test builds, but it shows a lot of information about that release.
For example, if you change the last part of the URL to LG4.rdf, you'll get a page too as that's a legit build from Sprint. However, if you change it to LG9.rdf you get nothing as that build doesn't exist.
I don't know exactly what the number means but L must be for 2012 and G is for July. I'm assuming the number stands for the build (not necessarily a specific date) of that month. So the first build in August would probably be LH1.
Since we don't have any OS updates on the horizon yet, these may not do much good, but once we start hearing more about Jelly Bean, we'll at least know when Sprint starts working on it.
And FWIW, it's formatted nicely when using IE but I know some browsers don't format those pages well at all. I'm forced to use IE at work, so it's a bummer for 99% of things.
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i made a thread for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777713
master acehole said:
i made a thread for this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777713
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Heh, I saw that literally about two minutes after I posted that. I'm into the habit of not checking General often because it was such a mess before...looks like I need to start jumping in there more often now that the separated all the carriers out.
Sprints now says it is LG8 after all
Sprint just corrected their announcement "for date and version number.". It is LG8 after all.
Release notes seem the same:
- KI – Touch Wiz home has stopped
- Single picture MMS no longer displayed as slideshow
- Optimized LTE system selection
- Enhanced Smart Stay function
- Enhanced Voice recognition algorithm
- All-Share Cast (All-share accessory hub) support
- Music Hub support
- Security Fixes
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When someone flashes this please post anything negative hat might have changed like Google taking away some functionality like they did in LG2 or if signal level, and download speed or something else is messed up.
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One of the people from the sprint community site mentioned that their phone runs hotter after update. Anyone else notice that?
edufur said:
One of the people from the sprint community site mentioned that their phone runs hotter after update. Anyone else notice that?
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My phone got quite warm when running the update and rebooting, since it had to rebuild lots of stuff during the first boot. It seems fine now.
poit said:
My phone got quite warm when running the update and rebooting, since it had to rebuild lots of stuff during the first boot. It seems fine now.
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The comment I saw was about how the phone ran AFTER the build.

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