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Looking at this phone and have some questions:
-if the T989 receives CyanogenMod support will it work with this variant?
-any indication that Android 4.0 ICS will be ported in a timely manner?
StepanLevin said:
Looking at this phone and have some questions:
-if the T989 receives CyanogenMod support will it work with this variant?
-any indication that Android 4.0 ICS will be ported in a timely manner?
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I've got the Telus SGH-T989D, it's identical to the t-mobile version. Any rom I've tried that was made for the t-mob works fine on the telus.
CM is in the works, in fact early alpha ports have started popping up, ICS can't be far behind.
Tons of love out there for this phone, you seriously can't go wrong w/ this.
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I'm new to all this rooting and I'm a bit cautious...
I've seen some posts say that when they rooted with the T-Mobile instructions, it made the 4G icon disappear... Was that the case for you?
What instructions did you use?
DeNitE said:
I'm new to all this rooting and I'm a bit cautious...
I've seen some posts say that when they rooted with the T-Mobile instructions, it made the 4G icon disappear... Was that the case for you?
What instructions did you use?
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4G icon only disappears if you flash a T-Mobile custom ROM. BUT, if you use Juggernaut, you can change that in the ROM Control. Rooting will not affect your Telus ROM in any way.
DeNitE said:
I'm new to all this rooting and I'm a bit cautious...
I've seen some posts say that when they rooted with the T-Mobile instructions, it made the 4G icon disappear... Was that the case for you?
What instructions did you use?
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I've still got the 4G icon, running Juggernaut 3.5.
I rooted my phone using [REF] ROOT via ZergRush Exploit Superoneclick v2.2 (confirmed working)
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emmdub said:
I've got the Telus SGH-T989D, it's identical to the t-mobile version. Any rom I've tried that was made for the t-mob works fine on the telus.
CM is in the works, in fact early alpha ports have started popping up, ICS can't be far behind.
Tons of love out there for this phone, you seriously can't go wrong w/ this.
m.
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Thanks for the quick and informative reply. I've loved what I've read/watched from the Samsung Galaxy S II X but heard significant criticism about Samsung's OS updates and support. Took me a bit to find the thread showing early alpha of CM for T-mobile and just wanted to double check there'd be no hiccups with Telus' version. I'm quite excited to get this phone and see what it is capable of!
StepanLevin said:
Thanks for the quick and informative reply. I've loved what I've read/watched from the Samsung Galaxy S II X but heard significant criticism about Samsung's OS updates and support. Took me a bit to find the thread showing early alpha of CM for T-mobile and just wanted to double check there'd be no hiccups with Telus' version. I'm quite excited to get this phone and see what it is capable of!
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The manufacturer is always going to be slow bringing out updates... I know on my old Milestone, it was close to a year after Froyo came out that it finally got that update. This right here is one of the best reasons to use a custom rom... that, and you get rid of most of the garbage that the manufacturer and the carrier pre-installs.
Personally, I'm gonna stay with Juggernaut til CM gets a stable release.
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DeNitE said:
I'm new to all this rooting and I'm a bit cautious...
I've seen some posts say that when they rooted with the T-Mobile instructions, it made the 4G icon disappear... Was that the case for you?
What instructions did you use?
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This phone is the first Android phone I've used. Rooting and the like may seem daunting at first but the steps are pretty simple and well documented. Make sure you read the entire thread (yes, I read 150+ pages in the Juggernaut ROM thread before I even did anything), this will save you much grief.
I haven't had any problems in terms of bricking my phone or experiencing boot loops.
Also, there is no issue with using T-Mobile ROMs on our Telus phone. There may be some bloat that you don't want but it can be easily removed.
I would highly suggest rooting and installing a custom ROM. You'd be surprised to see how limited the stock ROM is compared to some of these customs.
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Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?
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Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?
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When I started flashin ICS Roms...Couldn't get a lock or very spotty coverage...I tried all the Apps out there for GPS...None worked...What worked best has been used by many people on here...for me it worked the first time and I always get a lock...Here's the deal...
If you are willing to take the time to do it, this seems to work for everyone:
Odin one click back to Gingerbread
Odin flash kernel w/ recovery
Restore nandroid (optional)
Get GPS lock on Gingerbread and keep it on.
Boot to recovery and flash format all zip and ROM.
So Odin one click back to el29 GB...
get CWM there as well...Get your lock...leave it on...Go to CWM...restore your ICS Rom of choice...Reboot...ICS will open up and you will have GPS lock...works everytime...At least it has for me and a lot of people on here...
GPS was the Deal breaker for me as well...I use it a lot...Now I have an ICS Rom for my Daily Driver...
Well GPS hasn't been a strong point for Samsung in general. The devs your referring is Samsung, right? They have the necessary tools, like source code and non-gpl drivers. I'm pretty sure Samsung will get GPS better on ics at some point.
El29 is very refined. I would totally expect it to run smoother than any ics leak at this point.
I don't use any car/voice mode, so I cant comment on that.
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ronny71 said:
When I started flashin ICS Roms...Couldn't get a lock or very spotty coverage...I tried all the Apps out there for GPS...None worked...What worked best has been used by many people on here...for me it worked the first time and I always get a lock...Here's the deal...
If you are willing to take the time to do it, this seems to work for everyone:
Odin one click back to Gingerbread
Odin flash kernel w/ recovery
Restore nandroid (optional)
Get GPS lock on Gingerbread and keep it on.
Boot to recovery and flash format all zip and ROM.
So Odin one click back to el29 GB...
get CWM there as well...Get your lock...leave it on...Go to CWM...restore your ICS Rom of choice...Reboot...ICS will open up and you will have GPS lock...works everytime...At least it has for me and a lot of people on here...
GPS was the Deal breaker for me as well...I use it a lot...Now I have an ICS Rom for my Daily Driver...
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It works for a while. Then you lose gps again. It's too much trouble flashing and reflashing, whereas it should just work.
EL29 calks roms is very nice and smooth. Everything works, with a proper theme it looks a lot like ICS. It's just not worth it putting up with ICS bugs right now.
The only thing I'm really missing from ICS was the browser.
In the two days I've been running FC15 I've experienced none of what you mention. I think it's the luck of the draw with hardware/software and sprint service in your area. Are you updating your profile and PRL after flashing new modems?
FC15 is the smoothest build I've experienced since EL29 (which remains my goto version if the current ICS build doesn't do the job).
Did you do a complete wipe before installing? Did you make sure to flash the full rather than the nodata version if going from GB to ICS?
I'm certainly not insinuating you are incapable of knowing how to flash new builds but sometimes we overlook the simplest steps which leads to major complications.
If you've done all the above (including using Calkulin's format all) and still experience these issues then I'd definitely stick with EL29 for awhile longer.
My gps locks faster than ever. It's insane. I used gps all over CT, RI, and MA this weekend and was perfect. Didn't even get confused by 95 exchange in Providence.
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In the two days I've been running FC15 I've experienced none of what you mention. I think it's the luck of the draw with hardware/software and sprint service in your area. Are you updating your profile and PRL after flashing new modems?
FC15 is the smoothest build I've experienced since EL29 (which remains my goto version if the current ICS build doesn't do the job).
Did you do a complete wipe before installing? Did you make sure to flash the full rather than the nodata version if going from GB to ICS?
I'm certainly not insinuating you are incapable of knowing how to flash new builds but sometimes we overlook the simplest steps which leads to major complications.
If you've done all the above (including using Calkulin's format all) and still experience these issues then I'd definitely stick with EL29 for awhile longer.
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Yeah, I've done all those things and even more you never heard about.
nabbed said:
Well, maybe two and a half.
I was using FB17 on my old black ET (bought on launch week), before it was bricked.
GPS would not connect. Vlingo was very broken - would not work with a bt car kit unless you manually unlocked the screen.
It was very snappy in my testing though.
I now have a brand new white ET, and I tried FC14.
Exact same problems. None of those were fixed in the last 3 1/2 weeks.
Thank god someone has figured out that you can simply remove vlingo garbage and replace it with a number of dialing apps like google voicedialer. I don't know if it can be done on ICS, but it works very well in EL29 gb roms.
So, GPS is a deal breaker right now, possibly on two somewhat different versions of hardware (old black et vs white new et.) What the hell are the developers thinking not fixing gps?
Also, FC14 was noticeably choppier than both EL29 and FB17. Maybe it was because of the particular widgets/software I used, I don't know. Could be a problem too.
Anyway, any thoughts?
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Of course el29 will be smoother it's an official release. It isn't the developers fault GPS is goofy on ics either they been working hard to fix it... maybe you should read the bug list before you flash anything. Nothing will be completely stable until an official release is out thank the devs they got us this far and at least we can use most ics roms as a daily driver... a couple months ago no one can even get ics to function now look were we Are.
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musikalharmony said:
Of course el29 will be smoother it's an official release. It isn't the developers fault GPS is goofy on ics either they been working hard to fix it... maybe you should read the bug list before you flash anything. Nothing will be completely stable until an official release is out thank the devs they got us this far and at least we can use most ics roms as a daily driver... a couple months ago no one can even get ics to function now look were we Are.
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I was talking about Samsung developers, not xda developers. Maybe I should have clarified. But I thought it was self-evident, since there's no source code for ICS available yet (and probably won't be for months.)
As for bug lists - ICS roms threads simply don't have them. So please don't patronize and act all butthurt for no reason.
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Yeah, I've done all those things and even more you never heard about.
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Well if you've tried all those and many you 'assume' I've never heard of then I think you've answered your own question.
Stick with EL29 until the official ICS is available. With any luck we aren't far off.
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Well if you've tried all those and many you 'assume' I've never heard of then I think you've answered your own question.
Stick with EL29 until the official ICS is available. With any luck we aren't far off.
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It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?
nabbed said:
It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?
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FC15 gps does work. I'm getting a lock right now on 8 satellites.
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FC15 gps does work. I'm getting a lock right now on 8 satellites.
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It doesn't work for qbking77, so I assumed it won't work for me.
nabbed said:
It's hard.
The flashaholic in me wants to try fc15. I know gps wont work in it, from the review qbking77 posted. But maybe it will be as snappy as FB17 was...
BTW, when is the official Sprint ics release due?
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It is hard to not flash and I'm only a recent flashaholic (boy do I wish I'd paid more attention to XDA when I had my EVO 4G, would've saved me the mistake of buying the POS 3D).
After FC07 I was going to stick with EL29 until the official release came out but then the 13, 14 and 15 leaked builds came out with overall good reviews so I dove in again and so far I haven't regretted it.
Official release date, who knows, this is Sprint after all but with the leaks coming fast and furious common sense would dictate it can't be too far off (at least we hope).
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It doesn't work for qbking77, so I assumed it won't work for me.
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Believe me mine works...EveryTime...Im runnin on FC14 at the moment ...didn't think there is a need to update to 15 since 14 is runnin fine...Everything runs on My Rom...But like I told ya if GPS didn't work Id be back on GB...Right now Im runnin an EL29 Modem on MIJJz BLEND ICS "THE GOODNESS" 2.3...IMO its the hottest ICS Rom out there hands down...Its smooth quick snappy...uou name it...With functioning GPS for me...But if you think you'll be happy with GB go back...Im stickin with the ICS leaks till the final and I think they are Damn close...
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I was talking about Samsung developers, not xda developers. Maybe I should have clarified. But I thought it was self-evident, since there's no source code for ICS available yet (and probably won't be for months.)
As for bug lists - ICS roms threads simply don't have them. So please don't patronize and act all butthurt for no reason.
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You are aware of the difference between "unknown dev-state leaks" versus "official releases", right? Also that devs post leaks for us to test and report back bugs, of which there are multiple threads containing these lists, right? The issues you report have been answered in several threads, several times.
My gps has worked in every FC ICS build so far. (Lucky me I guess)
Few things that don't work, error out.
Accuweather daemon sometimes FC's.
Moving apps to SD card a bit wonkey. Currently doesn't move them to the ACTUAL SD but to "usb storage" on the phone. FC15 only.
A handful of apps still aren't compatible with ICS. (NOT the rom fault).
Signal bar info isn't correct on any build pre FC15.
Market sometimes takes awhile to actually start downloading apps.
GPS sometimes doesn't turn OFF. <- eating your battery VERY quickly.
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You are aware of the difference between "unknown dev-state leaks" versus "official releases", right? Also that devs post leaks for us to test and report back bugs, of which there are multiple threads containing these lists, right? The issues you report have been answered in several threads, several times.
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I wasn't reporting anything. I was just reflecting on how in 3.5 weeks of my absence, the most blatant deal breaker bugs have not been fixed.
I've never flashed an ICS rom but I use FC15 modem with blazer 4.0 and It's possibly the best modem I've used with this phone. Smooth as can be and what seems to be better data speeds than the other modems.
I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
I've never flashed an ICS rom but I use FC15 modem with blazer 4.0 and It's possibly the best modem I've used with this phone. Smooth as can be and what seems to be better data speeds than the other modems.
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Im on an ICS Rom...just flashed FC15 for test run...
I see 17 and 19 are due out soon...
guys im fixing to buy a white galaxy s2, what should i be concern about? is the root method easy, kernels, roms, is there anything hiding from samsung? like im coming from the amaze, htc havent released the wifi drivers for it and have no s-off, just wondering if you guys has had any problems with this phone, and how is the development here is, is it dead or alive?
Well look around lol. Rooting is easy as pie, everything else is based on your preference. Many solid gingerbread roms and kernels here
Were on the brink of some great releases...thanks to a recent ics leak there are all kinds of rooms being cooked up. I'd say its a great time to buy one within a few weeks we should have some great ics roms.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA
gypsy214 said:
Guys, I'm fixing to buy a white Galaxy S2; what should I be concerned about? Is the root method easy, kernels, roms? Is there anything hiding from samsung? I'm coming from the Amaze, and HTC hasn't released the wifi drivers or (an engineering?) s-off; furthermore, I am wondering if you guys have had any problems with this phone? How is the development here, is it dead or alive?
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You don't need to worry about s-off like HTC phones. Just put the phone in download mode and flash clockworkmod, then install whatever ROM you want. It is much to root easier than any HTC phone I have rooted. Samsung also has released all source code up to the latest update. No one has had problems besides the same that exist with all phones. As for development with the skyrocket leak of ICS it is heating up faster than a junkies spoon (see thread below)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577041
thank you guys i just got the phone, love it so far, i think more than the amaze..
im new to samsung though, i know its totally different on rooting and such,
ill start downloading drivers and start rooting!
As someone previously said, development is on the cusp of being current with every other major device. The ICS leak for the AT&T SkyRocket is very crucial for us because the phones are nearly identical.
With that said, the GB roms are all solid but not AOSP with the exception of a couple Kanged CM7's. Not sure if they're working entirely however. There is an AOSP ICS which is what we all crave, but it's only partially working. The TouchWiz (Samsung stock/themed) ICS leak is almost perfect. We just need a native kernel to fix auto-rotation and the little bugs.
The phone's specs are among the best in the world right now lol. YOU WILL LOVE THIS PHONE, I have no doubt about it.
Also, feel free to PM me about any other questions you may have that aren't being answered.
gypsy214 said:
thank you guys i just got the phone, love it so far, i think more than the amaze..
im new to samsung though, i know its totally different on rooting and such,
ill start downloading drivers and start rooting!
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to start..check youtube... how to root tmobile galaxy s2[sgh] T989 galaxy s2 root...enjoy your new phone..
or just look at the stickies in the general section
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Flashing Kernels
is there a guide somewhere to flashing kernels for SGS2?
gypsy214 said:
guys im fixing to buy a white galaxy s2, what should i be concern about? is the root method easy, kernels, roms, is there anything hiding from samsung? like im coming from the amaze, htc havent released the wifi drivers for it and have no s-off, just wondering if you guys has had any problems with this phone, and how is the development here is, is it dead or alive?
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Root and ROMs are great. However we don't have any good ICS kernels because we're still waiting on samsung
ok guys been playing around with some roms and stuff, like some of you said rooting this device was a peace of cake,
loved the megamix ICS rom, the only problem was roration and the calling echo witch you already know.
some of the fixes that i seen for the echo issue dont seen to help mine though,
now i have a question, why do we need a blaze modem?
this phone suppost to be one of the 42mgp of tmobile, if i recall the amaze, the galaxy s2, and now the blaze.
gypsy214 said:
ok guys been playing around with some roms and stuff, like some of you said rooting this device was a peace of cake,
loved the megamix ICS rom, the only problem was roration and the calling echo witch you already know.
some of the fixes that i seen for the echo issue dont seen to help mine though,
now i have a question, why do we need a blaze modem?
this phone suppost to be one of the 42mgp of tmobile, if i recall the amaze, the galaxy s2, and now the blaze.
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not sure if this has been said, but only flash t989 and i727 skyrocket stuff.
the blaze's modem is just another modem.... rado for HTC that may or may not strengthen your phone's signal. It all depends on your phone and location. I got spotty service here in socal with but when I do have reception.. it is faster. Just too spotty.
Are you a real gypsy?
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Are you a real gypsy?
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yes i am
Cool welcome
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how do we get 40 million leaks but no actual release yet? I guaran-darn-tee you effin sprint is waiting to launch the S3 before releasing ICS for the S II so more people will be inclined to buy a new phone :\ >_> <_<
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-on-att-gets-android-4-0/
Well considering the gs3 drops tomorrow, you would be right. But its not sprint alone holding it up, Samsung is trying to fix the brick bug in the kernel before releasing so they don't end up with 1 million bricked devices from performing a factory reset. Idk about you but I'd rather wait for something that works right and is stable than rush into something that could potentially destroy my device.
We are legion, for we are many.
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Well considering the gs3 drops tomorrow, you would be right. But its not sprint alone holding it up, Samsung is trying to fix the brick bug in the kernel before releasing so they don't end up with 1 million bricked devices from performing a factory reset. Idk about you but I'd rather wait for something that works right and is stable than rush into something that could potentially destroy my device.
We are legion, for we are many.
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actually I work for sprint and we got a memo this morning that said the launch had been pushed back to next week. Dunno about pre orders, but the official launch for sprint stores wont be for a few days, atleast not in my area. And also I wasnt implying my wish for them to "rush", I just think its sad when att beats anyone at anything.
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Well considering the gs3 drops tomorrow, you would be right. But its not sprint alone holding it up, Samsung is trying to fix the brick bug in the kernel before releasing so they don't end up with 1 million bricked devices from performing a factory reset. Idk about you but I'd rather wait for something that works right and is stable than rush into something that could potentially destroy my device.
We are legion, for we are many.
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except teh att sgs2 has the same thing >.>
Notice 4.0.3? WE have 4.0.4...
FD26 was the best leak we had and was completely OTA worthy and it was 4.0.3 but they restarted with 4.0.4.
We most likely would've been the first if we stuck with .3 but it is what it is...
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actually I work for sprint and we got a memo this morning that said the launch had been pushed back to next week. Dunno about pre orders, but the official launch for sprint stores wont be for a few days, atleast not in my area. And also I wasnt implying my wish for them to "rush", I just think its sad when att beats anyone at anything.
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Preorders I think are still on time a friend of mine got his tracking number for his and it's scheduled for delivery tomorrow. The delay on the ICS was cuz they found the brick bug and it can even brick from a factory reset in settings so it wasn't safe to release into the wild yet, especially since it would be samsungs fault and they would have to eat the cost on every device bricked, that would be financial suicide since it affects even unrooted devices and sprints go to fix is a factory reset. Imagine how many bricks would pour in in the first few days alone, let alone the period of time it took to push out a fix for it. I'm not in a huge rush for the ota tho since I prefer AOSP, I just want the damn kernel source like NAOW. That's the only thing I'm impatient for. But for now I can survive, its not like we don't have plenty of development to hold us while we wait it will come soon enough, I'm just glad for once they aren't rushing out firmware with issues like the initial release of the et4g with the LoS bug. Samsung is actually trying to step up their development image and compete with other manufacturers a little more compared to previously. They have come a long way since I had the intercept, that thing was flaky as hell and never made it past froyo.
We are legion, for we are many.
lilotimz said:
Notice 4.0.3? WE have 4.0.4...
FE26 was the best leak we had and was completely OTA worthy and it was 4.0.3 but they restarted with 4.0.4.
We most likely would've been the first if we stuck with .3 but it is what it is...
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This too we are a build ahead of every carrier that has been released so far which is a big + cuz 4.0.4 fixed alot of issues wwith flash and web based video without patched in workarounds.
We are legion, for we are many.
HaiKaiDo said:
actually I work for sprint and we got a memo this morning that said the launch had been pushed back to next week. Dunno about pre orders, but the official launch for sprint stores wont be for a few days, atleast not in my area. And also I wasnt implying my wish for them to "rush", I just think its sad when att beats anyone at anything.
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Hook me up with a job bro
I graduate high school in about a week and have been applying to every store I can think of
No place is hiring
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
hold your horses. aint the end of the world, cant win every race...
patience is a virtue.. this thread should be closed...2.3 is good enoguh and getting all the things done.
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This too we are a build ahead of every carrier that has been released so far which is a big + cuz 4.0.4 fixed alot of issues wwith flash and web based video without patched in workarounds.
We are legion, for we are many.
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Even Gingerbread does provide basic functionality's that 4.0.4 of Sapplesung can not provide..I think Samsung had screwed big time again...Remember LOS etc and how long it took them to provide non solution? HTC already provided the solution to the issues people are facing
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Notice 4.0.3? WE have 4.0.4...
FE26 was the best leak we had and was completely OTA worthy and it was 4.0.3 but they restarted with 4.0.4.
We most likely would've been the first if we stuck with .3 but it is what it is...
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Fd 26
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If I'm not mistaken, FD26 had emmc brick bug.
Ascertion said:
If I'm not mistaken, FD26 had emmc brick bug.
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All ICS kernels so far have had the brick bug, its tied to MMC_erase_cap I believe is the string that causes the write error that damages the eMMC chip by writing to a partition that's not supposed to be written to.
We are legion, for we are many.
After starting with the G1 I never buy any devices expecting anything as far as updates.
I'm rocking a 10.1 gt I bought on launch day. I've been running cm9 without a working camera for months.
I really don't understand the constant hand wringing over updates. The ICS ota will be here when its ready.
Its not like this phone just launched and it's going to be stuck on GB.
We have an outstanding development community that is providing us with a plethora of ROMs.
Most of the people clamoring for source just want a signature that says, "Rockingasupercoolkernelbro."
AT&T and T-Mobile have a 4.0.3 update with many of the same or more bugs. Who cares?
Our update will be here when it's ready. Enjoy the leaks and tremendous ROMs that we are lucky to have for the time being.
If the current kernels aren't giving you enough display time then invest in a spare battery and reevaluate what's important in your life.
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BrandoKC said:
After starting with the G1 I never buy any devices expecting anything as far as updates.
I'm rocking a 10.1 gt I bought on launch day. I've been running cm9 without a working camera for months.
I really don't understand the constant hand wringing over updates. The ICS ota will be here when its ready.
Its not like this phone just launched and it's going to be stuck on GB.
We have an outstanding development community that is providing us with a plethora of ROMs.
Most of the people clamoring for source just want a signature that says, "Rockingasupercoolkernelbro."
AT&T and T-Mobile have a 4.0.3 update with many of the same or more bugs. Who cares?
Our update will be here when it's ready. Enjoy the leaks and tremendous ROMs that we are lucky to have for the time being.
If the current kernels aren't giving you enough display time then invest in a spare battery and reevaluate what's important in your life.
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Only reason Im waiting for source is for recovery so I can stop all the extra steps of odining el26 just to backup/restore, or try a new rom, flash a mod etc. Its just getting kind of annoying having to do 4 or so extra steps just to use recovery :banghead:
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Who needs ICS? GB is rock solid and can be themed like ICS! (blazer 4.1 FTW)
revamper said:
Who needs ICS? GB is rock solid and can be themed like ICS! (blazer 4.1 FTW)
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I've been running ICS since mid march, I tried going back to GB a few times and just couldnt do it. I'm running aokp with on-screen nav bar and the soft keys disabled, just couldn't handle the things missing in GB after all this time on AoKP. And I've had 0 bugs since about April when i started modifying aokp myself off of TCPs ports. Hell I haven't rebooted my device in 2 weeks since the last time I flashed a new build.
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I've been running ICS since mid march, I tried going back to GB a few times and just couldnt do it. I'm running aokp with on-screen nav bar and the soft keys disabled, just couldn't handle the things missing in GB after all this time on AoKP. And I've had 0 bugs since about April when i started modifying aokp myself off of TCPs ports. Hell I haven't rebooted my device in 2 weeks since the last time I flashed a new build.
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I couldn't stand the lack of a 4g toggle when I tried it. Otherwise it seemed like a solid ROM. I'm just picky. There's usually just one thing that makes me go back to GB.
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I couldn't stand the lack of a 4g toggle when I tried it. Otherwise it seemed like a solid ROM. I'm just picky. There's usually just one thing that makes me go back to GB.
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Ehh I don't have 4g in my area and where I get 4g I'm not there much so going to network settings to turn it on isn't a huge deal for me. Although if i had 4g I'd probably just make a shortcut to the setting with anycut or something similar. I'm pretty picky too that's why whenever I try to go back to GB a few small things missing make it seem so lacking even tho they are minor things, like the webos recent apps, the customization of the dropdown and lockscreen and a few other little settings/customizations that I always seem to crave when I'm on GB. I go back to a GB backup every now and then to update prl and profile and i can never stay on more than an hour or so b4 I'm running back to one of my AOkP backups
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I've loved this phone since I got it, and was terribly excited when it was successfully rooted. Many roms sprung up by a few devs, such as dman, and thegreatergood. But now, dman is prioritizing his daily driver, which is fine. Thegreatergood has disappeared due to personal reasons, which is also fine. I don't demand updates or anything, however it seems all the other smaller devs abandoned the device. Thegreatergood has 5 jellybean roms in the dev forum, and sadly none of them have been touched by anyone in almost a month. I'm starting to see issues with every 4.2.2 rom spontaneously fast booting, and there is no mention of any updates on Jelly Bean.
Basically, what I'm trying to ask is, is anyone out there working on something? I know asking for ETA's is a no-no, but I'm just asking if anyone has adopted development for this device? I use this phone for everything, and I'm not able to change to some of the more "preferred" devices such as the Nexus series. Is there anyone who knows of anything coming soon?
Sorry for the little wall of text, I'm just kinda sad that the glide seems to be dying off.
Worried about this too, the DEV section of forum seems to be totally dead.
AT&T seems to abandon this device too, since hasnt release a proper ICS ROM (It was like "Oh, ICS didnt work, lets leave it on GB").
Have to stay at GB because of that
dman with do what he can, I am sure. Other than that, I think development is dead.
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Are there any decent QWERTY phones out there or any coming up this year?
I love this phone and it seems like there is no suitable replacement out there.
i would have to say that development isnt exactly dead... but its dying quickly... this phone isnt the main focus of the devs that hash out roms and tweaks for it anymore (for some not sure it ever was)... its an older phone now, there are bigger better phones out there (have been for a while). granted this is probably still the best qwerty phone, the interest to develop full time for it isnt.
i am sure here soon dman will put out whatever he is working on.... eventually...
in my opinion dont expect a 100% fully functional custom rom that isnt based on the stock ics... the only one i could say that is there is literom... all others out there arent even close.... we wont ever see 100% working JB...
Yeah, for a while I was checking in daily and flashing some patch, mod or rom like once a week! I am still happier on CM 10.1 than I was on GB or even the very nice ICS literom, but it would be great to see the list of fixes get worked on like they were.
I guess we are being put out to pasture, but I sure appreciate all the Devs did to help keep this phone feel great as long as it did!
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I'm part of the Covenant Team as well as a co-dev for the IcePop rom. All I can say. Is that I know most of the other devs are either spending more time with their families with the near stable roms having been released, and maybe a few are back in school for the spring semester. I personally looked into the graphical and appearance of the roms, not as much of the coding due to computer technical issues and spacial issues with my hard drive. But don't give up hope just yet! Our glide may have a comeback soon. who knows. There are still a ton of we glide users in this community that are working behind the scenes to push out either patches or completely new roms.
Nevermind.
You are kidding right? The dev forum is full of different roms for all tastes, ICS, JB, the like. As far as I am aware, nobody got a "free phone" as you say. People just donated to dman (who paid for his Cappy out of his own pocket), and rightfully so because he and thegreatergood put our phone on the map again with great ROMs and updates.
Vanilla Rootbox has been my DD for a while now. The 4.2.2 roms have very few issues and none of those affect me fortunately.
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Worried about this too, the DEV section of forum seems to be totally dead.
AT&T seems to abandon this device too, since hasnt release a proper ICS ROM (It was like "Oh, ICS didnt work, lets leave it on GB").
Have to stay at GB because of that
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Hmm, I don't think this is true. I got the busted ICS update for these devices when it was out before it was pulled. It was then posted a few weeks later again with the proper fix. You have to go through Kies, but you should have an ICS update for your device, at least to 4.0.4..
Really hope it hasn't died but at this point I am considering moving back to ICS just so my sound works properly. Sucks. If my VOIP calling worked correctly, CM10 is exactly what I want. Its so smooth and less bloated than the official ICS ROMs. I wouldn't even be considering a new device this year if we could get the sound issues fixed. But its gone on so long now that I would just like a straight answer from the few devs we have - is this issue ever going to be addressed?
I'm as happy as anyone to have any sort of development for the Glide and none of the developers owe us a thing. But this has been an issue for so long now, I wish we could just get a straight answer. Working on it, can't be fixed or they just don't care. Any answer is better than nothing at this point.
I really like the glide, because a like the tegra graphics for games, but, i like switch roms too. I hope that someone come to help us. Maybe we must wait a little more
Hi to all. I've tryed different roms till now. Im a noob still regarding android development, but i'm trying to learn a bit. I would definately love to have the VOIP calling enabled, photosphere less lag at wakeup for 4.2.2 and no lag for voice calls. Regarding photosphere, i've tryed it with every rom available i set permissions and everything. As far as what i observed is on 4.2.2 I can get 1 photo and then the app simply close. On ICS i can take up to 7 - 8 pics and after that the app close.
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Hmm, I don't think this is true. I got the busted ICS update for these devices when it was out before it was pulled. It was then posted a few weeks later again with the proper fix. You have to go through Kies, but you should have an ICS update for your device, at least to 4.0.4..
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I would be happy to be wrong, but as far as I know ATT has released ICS with much errors, after that released the GB again to roll everyone back.
Also, all the versions of ICS have the deep sleep issue, so they are totally unusable as a phone itself.
People that asked ATT support for a solution had unacceptable answer like "Reboot your phone once a day".
As for Kies, my phone is not recognized with any rom to update so I do everything manually.
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I would be happy to be wrong, but as far as I know ATT has released ICS with much errors, after that released the GB again to roll everyone back.
Also, all the versions of ICS have the deep sleep issue, so they are totally unusable as a phone itself.
People that asked ATT support for a solution had unacceptable answer like "Reboot your phone once a day".
As for Kies, my phone is not recognized with any rom to update so I do everything manually.
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The best answer I can give... Actually read the development section for our device...
ICS IcePop Rom -modded UCLJ3)
UCLJ3 rooted (ICS -the fixed one-)
you guys complaining about ICS need to read up through the development forum before coming here to complain...
as for JB users (including myself)
Liquid Smooth (has working panorama, video (with sound), sound recording, and skype like apps work)
To be honest, liquid smooth i dont try it a lot, but in the issues say, that skype doesnt work
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you guys complaining about ICS need to read up through the development forum before coming here to complain..
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Lol, and what?
I've mainly been reading the dev section for all the time, and tried most of the roms availible there.
Stock and modified 4.0.4 has problems with the GSM deep sleep issue, so do all the roms above 4.0.4 (4.1 and 4.2). All this makes a good toy out of the phone, but looses the main purpose - recieve calls and sms on time.
And yes, I've already tested the 4.2.2 version of liquid smooth, but skype and bluetooth are not working, as stated in OP.
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Lol, and what?
I've mainly been reading the dev section for all the time, and tried most of the roms availible there.
Stock and modified 4.0.4 has problems with the GSM deep sleep issue, so do all the roms above 4.0.4 (4.1 and 4.2). All this makes a good toy out of the phone, but looses the main purpose - recieve calls and sms on time.
And yes, I've already tested the 4.2.2 version of liquid smooth, but skype and bluetooth are not working, as stated in OP.
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use Wake My Android Pro < for the deep sleep. it's a free app and it works on everything from GB + and it works