Good news - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

ICS is close.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...ogress-report-original-droid-to-lose-support/
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I hope its here soon
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Don't get too excited, while our phones may have a Exynos CPU we also are the only ones with a CDMA and Wimax radio. That the biggest reason we don't have CM7 yet while all the other SGSII's do, at least in beta form. It may take some time to get the driver situation sorted so I wouldn't expect the E4GT to get ICS in beta form as soon as the others.

sk63 said:
Don't get too excited, while our phones may have a Exynos CPU we also are the only ones with a CDMA and Wimax radio. That the biggest reason we don't have CM7 yet while all the other SGSII's do, at least in beta form. It may take some time to get the driver situation sorted so I wouldn't expect the E4GT to get ICS in beta form as soon as the others.
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This is right on the money unfortunately. Our phone will take awhile. Ah well, all good things come to those who wait.
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Doubt it bubby has a working AOSP kernel for MIUI 3g wifi and gps all work so far

Is it safe to say that we'll see an official ICS release from Samsung/Sprint before we see CM9 w/ 4G?

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Doubt it bubby has a working AOSP kernel for MIUI 3g wifi and gps all work so far
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Kudos to Bubby on that but just cause he gets it doesnt mean it'll be supported by CM. If they try to merge it and it breaks the existing builds, thats a no go. Slayher worked forever on the tbolt and it never played nice, the build itself is awesome but it couldn't be synced to mainline properly...not even sure its supported yet (although i sold that a couple months ago).
Not trying to be a downer, just realistic.
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Dchibro said:
This is right on the money unfortunately. Our phone will take awhile. Ah well, all good things come to those who wait.
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I didn't want to be the one to say it but I have been reading February or March...at the earliest....hopefully those reports aren't right but I think they are
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Samsung made a comment last month regarding ICS on the Galaxy SII.
Official update from Samsung and carriers will be 2nd Qtr next year = April - June. Unfortunately this sounds about right. I recall the original EVO 4G didn't get official Gingerbread update until June, six months after it was out.
Plus Samsung said they want the Galaxy S3 out a little earlier, Spring next year. I bet we see Samsung's next gen Galaxy series release first before the SII gets official ICS update.
Sprint Galaxy S2 w/ Calk's 1.5a + ICS 1.6

EDIT: Nevermind.

Related

Are we getting 2.3.5 or 2.3.7 anytime soon?

Just curious.
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Our next update will probably be ics but cm7 should be here pretty soon .............but dont worry devs are on it
lballer69 said:
Our next update will probably be ics but cm7 should be here pretty soon .............but dont worry devs are on it
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I thought ics wasn't coming to other devices until like spring 2012. But alright, we'll see.
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Hopefully by the end of the year.. and ics by April or later
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LOL.
That is all.
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carlangas20 said:
Hopefully by the end of the year.. and ics by April or later
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This may be a stupid question, but with the release of the source code for ICS, why do you think it would take so long for it to get it pushed to the E4GT?
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This may be a stupid question, but with the release of the source code for ICS, why do you think it would take so long for it to get it pushed to the E4GT?
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Well its been almost 2 months since the phone came out and we haven't got any updates that would fix the Los, and I read somewhere that cm9 will be out in about 2 months (some developer tweet it) so hopefully by march or 4 months from now, I'm no expert but that sounds very reasonable. I also read that the release was for the nexus, And that they are going to release the code for more devices in the future.
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I'm holding out hope for ics and cyanogen, it gets disheartening though, not hearing of any development progress other than basic mod roms
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If you are asking about an "official" release from either Sprint or Samsung no one really knows what version we will get IF any for that matter right now. IIRC the original Epic 4g just had a "official" 2.3.7 rom leak out but its still a beta so we can only hope that in the end that's the build we will be getting from Sprint/Samsung.

[Q] Samsung or Sprints fault?

As you know we dont have ics source yet for our phones :/
but other samsung phones like the GS2(AT&T) and the Note are already using ics.
So my question is, at this point, who is to blame for our ics not being released?
BTW, if im wrong about something, tell me cause im kinda new at this
Samsung controls the source code and the ROM.
Sprint only controls if we get OTA update.
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moeinyoho said:
As you know we dont have ics source yet for our phones :/
but other samsung phones like the GS2(AT&T) and the Note are already using ics.
So my question is, at this point, who is to blame for our ics not being released?
BTW, if im wrong about something, tell me cause im kinda new at this
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Historically, update around 6 months after the new android is released is normal for sprint android phones. Takes longer for cdma phones because GSM gets worked on first due to the much larger user base
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Could be that Samsung won't officially release ICS for the epic touch until S3 is out? The could be copying what HTC does for their devices. Release the update after a new model is launched.
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when we will we get the ics update?.I'm so pissed off cause tmobile is Rollin out their update and sprint is messing up...Does anyone know when should we expect the ics...This is so disappointing..sprint is so messin up..
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when we will we get the ics update?.I'm so pissed off cause tmobile is Rollin out their update and sprint is messing up...Does anyone know when should we expect the ics...This is so disappointing..sprint is so messin up..
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Is it really that big of deal. We will still be getting ics before a lot of other devices and some devices that came out around the same time won't get it all. Samsung/sprint don't even need to release ics for this phone. I am just happy we will be getting it at all. It sounds like its very close anyways.
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There are good reasons why ICS hasn't gone OTA just yet... And in the end it will be a win for everyone. Those that have been working on addressing bugs and trying to ensure the major ones - like the "superbrick" or eMMC bug - are addressed before OTA are doing so in the hopes that our release is the best that it can be.
But don't take my word for it... Just look at the most recent threads in the General forum. You will see the effort that the XDA community, Samsung and Sprint have put in so far to have this roll out with as few issues as possible.
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I really dont understand why everyone is complaining so much about this ota update. Some variant of ics has been available for this phone for months. Its been fun to flash the leaks and try out various roms with a stable gb base to roll back to just in case. Samsung and Sprint could have dumped a decent ics leak on us several months ago but they decided to work it a bit more and give us some 4.0.4. If you want ics now then flash el22, its awfully nice.
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How long until this happens

I remember being pissed at how it took Sammy longer to port either gb or froyo on to the gs1 than how long it took Google to make it so how long until this happens on ics?
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gtuansdiamm said:
I remember being pissed at how it took Sammy longer to port either gb or froyo on to the gs1 than how long it took Google to make it so how long until this happens on ics?
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Were supposed to be getting it very soon. I mean Samsung is pushing Sprint to finish testing the last builds they sent them. They are giving them an ultimatum saying they will release the source anyways if they did not OTA within like a week. As far as Samsung is concerned they are done. There probably will need to be a bug fix ota in the future but with source the community will have your back on that until that happens as theyre focus is heading elsewhere.
But heck many of us have been on ICS since February. Between some of the late leaks and CyanogenMod9 is pretty good. AOKP is getting there as well and MIUI just grabbed WiMax capability.

[Q] JB

Do you think Sprint is going to release JB for us? Even tho our phone is offically a year old, its still very powerful and popular
BennyBlu said:
Do you think Sprint is going to release JB for us? Even tho our phone is offically a year old, its still very powerful and popular
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I mean if the nexus s 4g got i dont see why we shouldnt get it
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i hope so, i used jelly bean on my photon and IT WAS AWESOME! imagine a jellybean with touchwiz? BEST EVER
BennyBlu said:
Do you think Sprint is going to release JB for us? Even tho our phone is offically a year old, its still very powerful and popular
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I believe that they have said that they will in the past. howwever, there are at lease 3 different JB builds in the development stages. i am currently using the CM10. it is working well. there is also an AOSP and an AOKP builds also. So you have your choice If you want to root and go custom.
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I believe that they have said that they will in the past. howwever, there are at lease 3 different JB builds in the development stages. i am currently using the CM10. it is working well. there is also an AOSP and an AOKP builds also. So you have your choice If you want to root and go custom.
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AOSP based builds, combined with ICS proprietary components ought to work pretty well... it's not like the GB to ICS jump, although some would disagree on that as wel..
Since the International versions are getting it, but it would be very lame if we didn't, but so I'm pretty sure we will. I the question is when, when. I got this phone the day it came out and will be able to upgrade in January for a small fee.
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Given the current lawsuit from apple in the US they may not release one until all the processes are finalized
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Wow, this hasn't been discussed in like 80 threads this week. Thanks for adding another one.

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.
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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.

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