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(q) no 2.3 for epic?

Sorry, but i don't understand why our Epic doesn't have Android 2.3 and my old HTC Touch Pro CDMA from Sprint does. Isn't that ridiculous?

We don't have the development community of the touch pro. They basically built gb from scratch we just don't have the manpower..
cd's or tapes?

That's verry sad.

This needs to go to the Q&A

903tex said:
This needs to go to the Q&A
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agreed .......

It's because they use HARET, which more or less boots into Windows Mobile, then boots into Android(which gets GPS, data and stuff like that from the WinMO Haret boot)

Sorry, won't do it again.

in before the kick.
once the nexus 4g comes out we'll prolly have straight port.

Wer have gingerbread but it's not fully functional. Cm7. Tmiller also got a nexus s rom to boot on the epic. Still needs work tho. Just wait to sprint gets the nexus s. Big things will come
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mhafeezr said:
once the nexus 4g comes out we'll prolly have straight port.
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Because it's not like that has stopped any other device from already porting the Nexus S ROM. Sadly the above is true, Epic has no community. Most has left for the Shift, and even before that we barely had a community to start with.

I have a feeling that the Epic will get an offical Gingerbread from Sprint...

Wouldn't that be nice to have.
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Engadget just said that sprint source said its coming soon http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...ad-is-on-the-way/&category=classic&postPage=1 ,how soon?idk

lviv73 said:
Engadget just said that sprint source said its coming soon http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...ad-is-on-the-way/&category=classic&postPage=1 ,how soon?idk
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That article was only made because of noobnl's discovery of ED12 on this forum ...
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903tex said:
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No, this needs to be closed, shot, smashed into a million pieces then burned.

agreed this thread is misleading from the title. and we are geting 2.3

Yea we,have CM7 which is Gingerbread in Alpha 4 so we will have it from the community before samsung decide to release it.
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perrito2000 said:
Sorry, but i don't understand why our Epic doesn't have Android 2.3 and my old HTC Touch Pro CDMA from Sprint does. Isn't that ridiculous?
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Wasnt Sprints HTC Touch Pro a Windows phone? Or am I just that tired right now?

Herp Derp.
Derp Derp derp.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Thanks.

MikeyLee said:
Wasnt Sprints HTC Touch Pro a Windows phone? Or am I just that tired right now?
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yes... but he's referreing to the haret boot port that they have for it... not official android

ANDY rubin just confirmed ics for another devices

"As for when Ice Cream Sandwich will show up on other Android devices, Rubin said it will be a matter of weeks after the Samsung device".
http://allthingsd.com/20111019/andy-rubin-asiad/

digweed4me said:
"As for when Ice Cream Sandwich will show up on other Android devices, Rubin said it will be a matter of weeks after the Samsung device".
http://allthingsd.com/20111019/andy-rubin-asiad/
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It will start going out in middle 2012
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We've seen that statement before. But with Samsung owning both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S(which gets ICS slightly after the Galaxy N launch) It will be nothing for the Euro GSG2 to get ICH. But as we all know the carries in the US will add months if not quarters to that.
So what I'm saying is don't hold your breath for anything on US SGS2's.

Thank goodness for xda. I bet we have it before the nexus galaxy comes out. And with full root and mods.

hermeticist said:
Thank goodness for xda. I bet we have it before the nexus galaxy comes out. And with full root and mods.
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the euro/att version will probably have it soon, but the Epic Touch seems to be a whole different animal.

Just enjoy your phone people. History shows that the branded phones will get the OS updates in the middle if 2012, a long time away. I for one love the touchwiz ui on this phone and am happy with it. There is nothing I need the phone to do that is doesn't do with gingerbread.
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We will get it when CM9 comes out for our device. That will be the first we see of it.
No ETAs. Don't ask me and definitely don't ask them.
So get to praying for (or helping with) getting CM7 running now to help with ICS later.
Me? I'm no worry. The phone kicks ass as it is. Enjoy it.

This phone with Ice Cream Sandwich will bring it to another level. Once that happens, I won't feel a need to even want the Galaxy Nexus. Will definetly be able to wait a lot more patient for the SGS3!

hermeticist said:
Thank goodness for xda. I bet we have it before the nexus galaxy comes out. And with full root and mods.
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Already here. Very soon on our device.

[email protected] said:
This phone with Ice Cream Sandwich will bring it to another level. Once that happens, I won't feel a need to even want the Galaxy Nexus. Will definetly be able to wait a lot more patient for the SGS3!
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and this is the exact reason US carriers will not bring it to older devices anytime soon

[email protected] said:
This phone with Ice Cream Sandwich will bring it to another level. Once that happens, I won't feel a need to even want the Galaxy Nexus. Will definetly be able to wait a lot more patient for the SGS3!
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I think the same way epic touch has better camera and processor overall better hardware so epic touch and ics will be match made in heaven.

I love my stock phone and touch wiz. I can wait
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Is this nexus prime phone coming to sprint? i read online it would be nov. 24. but why release a phone with almost identical specs to our phone, on the same carrier?

locoboi187 said:
Is this nexus prime phone coming to sprint? i read online it would be nov. 24. but why release a phone with almost identical specs to our phone, on the same carrier?
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well it said it was an LTE phone, so dont think sprint will be first
although google said it would come to multiple carriers on release date I believe

SayWhat10 said:
well it said it was an LTE phone, so dont think sprint will be first
although google said it would come to multiple carriers on release date I believe
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I would suspect sprint will release the phone when they introduce lte next year.
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Why should I buy this phone?

So I saw in a post on my sub forum you can get a Nexus S for about 60 bucks. I've played with this phone before and I loved it. I thought it was true good to be true, and I want to buy one sooooo badly.
SO the point of this thread is for you Nexus S owners to talk me into buying this phone, or talk me out of it.
Any recalls? And as of now I have the Samsung Epic 4G as my current phone and was wondering if the nexus isn't a good phone compared to my epic.
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Are you desparate to have top end phone?
Do u just want ICS?
Then the nexus s will probably justsuit u
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If you can't find a reason yourself, save your money until you do.
Its going to be your pocketbook it hits, not ours.

olyloh6696 said:
Are you desparate to have top end phone?
Do u just want ICS?
Then the nexus s will probably justsuit u
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Yes, and yes! Ics is just so smooth I love it. I'm on cm9 but the nexus is a lot thinner and I liked it when I played with it.
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adrynalyne said:
If you can't find a reason yourself, save your money until you do.
Its going to be your pocketbook it hits, not ours.
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60 bucks isn't much, id prolly sell my epic if I really needed to. But the thing I want to know is: would you recommend this phone?
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OP you said Nexus S. This is the Galaxy Nexus forum. If you meant the Galaxy Nexus, then yes buy one.
If you mean the Nexus S, No, wait for the Galaxy Nexus to launch on Sprint.

prochargedls2 said:
60 bucks isn't much, id prolly sell my epic if I really needed to. But the thing I want to know is: would you recommend this phone?
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I reccommend it to those who don't mind being early adopters which means bugs, and are not gamers/benchmark whores.
Games play fine, but it is not the fastest gaming device out there.
If you want latest and greatest software, this is it. It is not perfect by any means but.it.is enjoyable as long as you are not a perfectionist.

adrynalyne said:
I reccommend it to those who don't mind being early adopters which means bugs, and are not gamers/benchmark whores.
Games play fine, but it is not the fastest gaming device out there.
If you want latest and greatest software, this is it. It is not perfect by any means but.it.is enjoyable as long as you are not a perfectionist.
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That's me summed up in that post. So looks like I'm buying it! Thanks guys for your input. More videos=more want
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[x] Nexus S Thread
[x] Galaxy Nexus Forum
[x] Confusion among posters

Yeah I thought maybe he typoed it.

Add "T" when needed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3D2DI2834s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
(On the other hand, had a nexus s. But I got sold on Gnex screen "eye candy" and dual core processor "more oomph")

battery life or no battery life.

prochargedls2 said:
60 bucks isn't much, id prolly sell my epic if I really needed to. But the thing I want to know is: would you recommend this phone?
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Of course we would recommend it, this is the Galaxy Nexus forum after all.

You can probably buy a GN for $60 from the people disappointed about the 4.0.5 delay.

Wow... you guys are patient.

So, I have been eyeing this phone as well as Samsung phones in general for quite some time. I have to say, you guys have been more the patient in your wait for an official ICS release. This kind of delay doesn't fly for HTC users... and from what I am seeing, the HTC EVO 3D will likely release ICS before this phone... which is very surprising to me. But the most surprising thing is that there is no animosity over here about that.
You guys impress me.

Well the leaks we have received are definitely stable enough to hold us over. The majority of us are waiting for the kernel source to be released!

2 different companies doing the same kind of work. Nothing says one will beat the other. The job is done when its done.

Ive had ICS on this since the day I got the phone. Basically used an upgrade from another line I had so I could get the hell away from Evo3D. I was always an HTC fanboy but that device is the biggest POS I've ever had the pleasure of owning. And went through 4 of them (Had since launch). Waiting to see what happens by Nov to see what happens next.

There is something called life, and people live it. Why waste time waiting for ics when there are so many other activities to do besides pimping your phone?

edufur said:
So, I have been eyeing this phone as well as Samsung phones in general for quite some time. I have to say, you guys have been more the patient in your wait for an official ICS release. This kind of delay doesn't fly for HTC users... and from what I am seeing, the HTC EVO 3D will likely release ICS before this phone... which is very surprising to me. But the most surprising thing is that there is no animosity over here about that.
You guys impress me.
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I own both phones. Until the recent virgin mobile leak for the Evo 3D, the Evo didn't even have a decently working ICS build. For the longest time the dual camera setup prevented working cameras in any ICS build and even to this day there isn't a single AOSP rom that isn't without major missing features.
The E4GT was much better off than the Evo 3D for the past few months and to be honest it still is since the only 100% functioning ICS build on the Evo right now is sense 3.6 based which just doesn't compare to sense 4.0. Yes official ICS may release first for the Evo, this will indeed greatly improve the phones ****ty original sense 3.0 gingerbread setup but it will still only be sense 3.6. Yuck.
Trust me, I've got no reason to hate on the Evo, I've always been an HTC guy and own an Evo 3D afterall.

O yea the evo design and 3d already have ics
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Iandv said:
There is something called life, and people live it. Why waste time waiting for ics when there are so many other activities to do besides pimping your phone?
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Lol
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Been an HTC guy myself....had the EvO when it first came out. Upgraded to the Evo3D and kept that for a month and swapped for a Sam'sung Epic 4g Touch....best choice I have made. Love this phone....not a die hard fan of ICS.....but Love this phone.....trying to talk my wife into switching to the Epic 4g Touch from the Evo Shift
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I haven't used Gingerbread since February.

Who needs ota when you got xda?
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peanut1596 said:
Who needs ota when you got xda?
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+1 AOSP ics for the win. Yes kernel source would be nice but we are getting by just fine for now.
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I had the evo 3d and it was probably the worse phone ever. Too many hardware problems with a really bad design and HTC supposed to have good build quality lol. Sense 3 kind of made it slow for a dual core. I have yet to use sense 3.6 but it looks ugly.
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kali323 said:
I had the evo 3d and it was probably the worse phone ever. Too many hardware problems with a really bad design and HTC supposed to have good build quality lol. Sense 3 kind of made it slow for a dual core. I have yet to use sense 3.6 but it looks ugly.
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I thought the same thing. I swore by htc since my apache lol but the 3d made me switch to samsung.
And samsung users are more mature than htc users. Htc forums were always full of drama
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I've been running ICS since February on the e4gt, but to be honest, I really don't find a big difference between it and gingerbread. Really just incremental upgrades. So, I really don't understand the huge clamor for ICS from the user side, when it's more of a boon for Google and the manufacturers who can use a single release on both their phones and their tablets.

gmfeny said:
I thought the same thing. I swore by htc since my apache lol but the 3d made me switch to samsung.
And samsung users are more mature than htc users. Htc forums were always full of drama
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All I'm gonna say to that is samsung moment, transformer, epic 4G.......CM7

cemzie said:
Ive had ICS on this since the day I got the phone. Basically used an upgrade from another line I had so I could get the hell away from Evo3D. I was always an HTC fanboy but that device is the biggest POS I've ever had the pleasure of owning. And went through 4 of them (Had since launch). Waiting to see what happens by Nov to see what happens next.
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Same with me. Been an HTC fanboy... and I don't know why. Their products have been crap for a long time. I am waiting for the SGS3 to drop.

Iandv said:
There is something called life, and people live it. Why waste time waiting for ics when there are so many other activities to do besides pimping your phone?
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You don't belong here.

I will say this much..
Just because something is newer doesn't mean it is better.
Change for the sake of change as opposed to improvement.. it is..
IMHO..

kc_exactly said:
I haven't used Gingerbread since February.
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Me too.

Heads up .. 4.2 Update; one step closer

Found this article just now:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Update Gets Stamp Of Approval
http://www.autoomobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-android-42-jelly-bean-update-3/10011064/

Honestly, I remember back in the Epic 4G days when Samsung had the reputation that they did not support their devices, but it appears they've changed their attitude and now they're releasing updates like mad, even more efficiently than HTC is (at least for CDMA-based devices.)
If this is true, then the Samsung devs in charge of CDMA development will start porting it over to our devices. Perhaps we'll see RDFs in the next few days?

Very interesting... I'll be following this thread closely.
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Overstew said:
Honestly, I remember back in the Epic 4G days when Samsung had the reputation that they did not support their devices, but it appears they've changed their attitude and now they're releasing updates like mad, even more efficiently than HTC is (at least for CDMA-based devices.)
If this is true, then the Samsung devs in charge of CDMA development will start porting it over to our devices. Perhaps we'll see RDFs in the next few days?
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I had an Epic as well and it seemed like Samfirmware was our only hope. I share your sentiments and look forward to any changes Samsung is willing to make with regards to device updates.

I'm from the OG Epic as well (from its release to the s3 release); It is really refreshing to see them pushing out the updates for this phone!!

I too am from the OG Epic. People continuously blamed Samsung for the slow updates for it when in reality rdfs were being generated and test releases sent to Sprint almost daily and within weeks of the international update. I think the less intrusive touchwiz allows for faster updating. So hopefully we will see some rdfs reported soon.
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Also a fellow OG Epic user ... boy I miss that phone (still drooling over that keyboard), but also love my GSIII. Nice to have the OG Epic family reunited here. If Samsung releases a 4.2 update for the GSIII in the near future, I'll take back all the bad things I said about them

hah what are the chances that 4.2 gets released before the s4 marketing train comes rolling through town

jdelano said:
I'm from the OG Epic as well (from its release to the s3 release); It is really refreshing to see them pushing out the updates for this phone!!
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X2. Also, you see Samsung promo the crap out of this phone, unlike what they did with the OG Epic, so it seems that they're really behind this one.

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X2. Also, you see Samsung promo the crap out of this phone, unlike what they did with the OG Epic, so it seems that they're really behind this one.
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That's because this phone is available for all major carriers. The Epic was only for Sprint thus Samsung relied on Sprint to advertise who decided to push the Evo instead.
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Epic user also
I'm glad I stayed with Samsung
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I, for one, HATE updates.. haha
I spent um-teen plus hours making my rom and dont feel like doing it again..

strongsteve said:
I, for one, HATE updates.. haha
I spent um-teen plus hours making my rom and dont feel like doing it again..
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Actually the first thing I thought when I read that article was ... oh sweet ... damn Steve is gonna be mad. hehehe

strongsteve said:
I, for one, HATE updates.. haha
I spent um-teen plus hours making my rom and dont feel like doing it again..
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Hahaha! Looks like you are going to have some long nights ahead of you Steve
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"Reunions" like these make me miss the good ol' OG Epic threads...and the horribly timed updates
Having it ship with Éclair and not getting Froyo until half a year later. Then waiting for GB another 8 months...
*back on topic*
Sammy and the carriers (well atleast Sprint) have really come along way since...To be honest, they surprised me with the JB update. I hope they continue stride with 4.1.2 and/or 4.2 soon
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Can't wait! Super excited
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daniel4653 said:
Hahaha! Looks like you are going to have some long nights ahead of you Steve
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Naw.. I think I'm done. Can't do it again. I'm burnt out. Probably just wait for GS4.
odexed for efficiency, blue for beauty

strongsteve said:
Naw.. I think I'm done. Can't do it again. I'm burnt out. Probably just wait for GS4.
odexed for efficiency, blue for beauty
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Ohhh...I am sure you got one more in you Steve!
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jdelano said:
Found this article just now:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Update Gets Stamp Of Approval
http://www.autoomobile.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-android-42-jelly-bean-update-3/10011064/
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This is also supposed to fix the WiFi bug
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Cant wait for this update.
SamsungGalaxyFan said:
This is also supposed to fix the WiFi bug
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What was the wifi bug? Just curious because I've never run into issues with wifi.