[Q] 4.2.1 on E4GT? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Just a quick question, really. I know that FL16 has been put out for testing and whatnot, but does Samsung plan to do an OTA update to 4.2.1 for our phones in the future, or is 4.1.2 going to be it for us?
Thanks

mewikime said:
Just a quick question, really. I know that FL16 has been put out for testing and whatnot, but does Samsung plan to do an OTA update to 4.2.1 for our phones in the future, or is 4.1.2 going to be it for us?
Thanks
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No one knows.
Very very less likely is my guess.
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BluesRulez said:
No one knows.
Very very less likely is my guess.
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OK, that's good to know. I'm guessing that if it doesn't happen any improvements that 4.2.1 has will eventually, if not already, be available to be loaded onto the phone in custom ROMs or through other methods?

mewikime said:
OK, that's good to know. I'm guessing that if it doesn't happen any improvements that 4.2.1 has will eventually, if not already, be available to be loaded onto the phone in custom ROMs or through other methods?
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You have alpha aosp 4.2.1 ROM to test in original dev forums. Thats the only 4.2 ROM for our device yet.
We will likely see cm10.1 at some point.
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[System dump] Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

This thread has the system dump for Android 4.1. Can it ported over to our device?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27963070
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Is from the Galaxy Nexus leak?
piecemakr9 said:
Is from the Galaxy Nexus leak?
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It was dumped from the sdk
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Meh...as has been mentioned, we don't even have fully-working ICS yet...
Pandemic187 said:
Meh...as has been mentioned, we don't even have fully-working ICS yet...
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Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
Sdk ports are never good. Always run really slow even if all the drivers are in place.
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yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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I believe Google, Samsung on the other hand.....that's a different story.
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I hope devs can use this and put some of this goodness in our roms im hearing nothing but good reports of jellybean running on their devices
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I wonder if jb will work with ics drivers
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SDK dump?
Useless unless you want to dump a few thousand dollars to pay a few devs full time to get it where it needs to be.. in a month or two.
yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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Nah. There are still some (relatively minor) bugs.
And Google doesn't have the final say in who has Jelly Bean. I'm sure we'll be able to get JB here, but Google doesn't push OTA updates for our device. Same for most others.
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Nah. There are still some (relatively minor) bugs.
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Seriously, what software DOESNT have bugs?
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yroc1234 said:
Yes we do? We have official and many, many roms for it. Also google said they were gonna make it a priority to get more devices Jelly Bean much faster.
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T989 isn't even on the latest ics yet (4.0.4), but I'd love for them to focus on the jb update instead
Guys before you get all hellbent on getting JB, it's likely the T989 won't see official JB.
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algorhythm said:
Seriously, what software DOESNT have bugs?
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Ones that have had time to mature...? Have you ever heard of Debian Linux?
algorhythm said:
Guys before you get all hellbent on getting JB, it's likely the T989 won't see official JB.
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Well...obviously.
Pandemic187 said:
Ones that have had time to mature...? Have you ever heard of Debian Linux?
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Are you saying Debian does not offer bug fixes? Only new features which are obviously bulletproof?
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gonna be dropping all samsung branded devices soon, should have did so after my vibrant, would be a damn shame to see the T989 not get jellybean when the hardware would support it just fine
Forget the system dump. Just wait for the Source Code, which shouldn't take long to be out. GNexus is getting the update soon (2nd week of July is i'm hearing).
Can it be ported? The ICS is much closer to Jellybean than Ginger was to ICS. Maybe the ICS drivers might work and even the kernels.
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I know we probably wont see official but i know we could get a port or something of that matter i know this phone could handle it it has too much potential
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Telus Galaxy S 2 X (T989D) To Receive Official JB Update Late Decmeber

Was just reading through MobileSyrup and came across this article.
Nice to see that we will be officially getting the update to JB. I know we have been able to get it for months via AOSP, but still nice to see what the TW version will have to offer.
Proceed to link below for info:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/10/23/t...late-november-note-and-gs-ii-x-late-december/
Wouldn't the TW rom from Samsung help the AOSP devs port over certain features like Project Butter and other?
vassosman said:
Wouldn't the TW rom from Samsung help the AOSP devs port over certain features like Project Butter and other?
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Having actual source for our device will help to iron out any left over bugs that the aosp roms have
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But that may take more time than the actual release (if at all) right?
vassosman said:
But that may take more time than the actual release (if at all) right?
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It's usually pretty quick
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rymanh said:
It's usually pretty quick
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Updated Telus upgrade schedule on there web site also says late December.
Woohoo! Means were getting official JB on koodo too
Already Running 4.1.2
I dont know why you would stay stock with so many Rooted options.
Khameleon said:
Already Running 4.1.2
I dont know why you would stay stock with so many Rooted options.
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2 words : Better Drivers!
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Rogers Jelly Bean Release Date

Found this post on the official rogers website thought i'd share it with you guys!
Smartphone
Samsung Galaxy S III LTE (SGH-1747M)
Software Version*
Jelly Bean (4.1)
Release Date**
Late November
I saw that too. Looking forward to getting Google Now.
woo hoo! Finally, that must mean that ATT will get it very very soon.
I can't see the attachment. What does it say?
lisek99 said:
I can't see the attachment. What does it say?
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The important bit reads that the S3 will get JB in late November.
Stock ICS on my S3
hey guys noob question
who cares about rogers releasing jelly bean if theres already roms with jelly bean integrated into it. im assuming its samsung official jelly bean rom thats being released but what advantage does it have over aokp or cm10?
bengali548 said:
hey guys noob question
who cares about rogers releasing jelly bean if theres already roms with jelly bean integrated into it. im assuming its samsung official jelly bean rom thats being released but what advantage does it have over aokp or cm10?
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There are certain optimizations to this phone which Samsung keeps closed source. Having an official release may allow devs to take advantage of them.
Case in point: try doing a quadrant benchmark on both a touchwiz and aosp ROM and you'll see that the difference is profound.
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Im assuming Rogers/Telus/Bell etc etc.. will all drop at the same time again.... like the last OTA.. I read somewhere on mobilesyrup.ca that telus was saying sometime november as well...
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I saw that too. Looking forward to getting Google Now.
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Yeah so glad i came across that post im tired of going to settings and clicking check for updates every day lol
Totally argree!
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I just read on my flipboard that the Rogers jellybean update isn't coming now until early December
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thatsupnow said:
I just read on my flipboard that the Rogers jellybean update isn't coming now until early December
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This does not make me happy lol
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todorcim said:
This does not make me happy lol
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to be expected tho, the rest of the WORLD will moving on when we get 4.1
1 officially
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There are alot of users still on the original software, i am one of them. I never found one that looks or feels good like the original. Happy to see that JB will be here soon.
ugh that sucks rogers changed the date to early December but it seems as though a lot of the releases from other carriers have a lot of issues so hopefully bu the time we get it it will be worked out
Hopefully 4.2 will not be long after.
i can't stand Rogers.
Best choice i ever made was leaving them.
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i can't stand Rogers.
Best choice i ever made was leaving them.
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Me too!!
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[email protected] said:
i can't stand Rogers.
Best choice i ever made was leaving them.
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Good for you
Zehlek said:
Hopefully 4.2 will not be long after.
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Don't hold your breath.

[Opinions]Vzn sgs 3 just got 4.1.2 what do you think?

http://m.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s3-seeing-its-android-412-update-today
Just read that today. Wanted to know what you guys think. More geared to those not running 4.2.2 ROMs since we all know you can just flash those and not worry about updates.
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Nothing exciting. Biggest thing being improved Bluetooth. According to that list, they are leaving out everything from the International 4.1.2 update. And the 4.2 roms we have are AOSP, this update is stock TW.
Towle said:
Nothing exciting. Biggest thing being improved Bluetooth. According to that list, they are leaving out everything from the International 4.1.2 update. And the 4.2 roms we have are AOSP, this update is stock TW.
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Yeah it didn't look at that exciting to me. I'm sure Tmobile will lag on this let alone 4.2. I'm running stock now since I got my replacement. But, I think at least for me I'll skip the sgsiv and see what the end of the year holds. I've been through too many phones this last year to warrant me getting the sgsiv. Htc amaze>Sgs2>gbex>sgs3.
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No premium suite. Move along people nothing to see here.
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BaconStep said:
No premium suite. Move along people nothing to see here.
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Seems like they prioritize bloating their updates than including actual features from the Intl version.
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this is one of those times when i wished i didn't live in the U.S...the people here are so sheltered from the outside world...
what a pitiful update...
Was gonna work on a port of the OTA but ran into problems with the bootloader.
It doesn't seem to be much of a upgrade after talking to some Verizon users.
charlieb620 said:
Was gonna work on a port of the OTA but ran into problems with the bootloader.
It doesn't seem to be much of a upgrade after talking to some Verizon users.
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I was planning on porting their 4.1.2 leak but yeah its not that great
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Does anyone know ??

Will the t989 getting the same software update the same software as samsung s4??
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srdryl said:
Will the t989 getting the same software update the same software as samsung s4??
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nope we should get 4.2.2 because samsung has stated that is the last update any galaxy s 2 will get but we have yet to get 4.1.2 as it looks now we might be stuck on 4.0.4 forever
blizzardproof said:
nope we should get 4.2.2 because samsung has stated that is the last update any galaxy s 2 will get but we have yet to get 4.1.2 as it looks now we might be stuck on 4.0.4 forever
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I'm on 4.2.2. Touchwiz too! Lol
Edit: k...got too excited....I'm on 4.1.2 TW. but yes...lots of 4.2.2 roms on aosp. I think 4.2.2 tw also....but with bad issues....if I'm not mistaken.
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kj2112 said:
I'm on 4.2.2. Touchwiz too! Lol
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i personally dont want to ask for an eta because i dont even ask the devs here for those (nor will i ever ) but if they would at least say " hey we are working on it and here are the problems we are having" saying that would be such a nice gesture and maybe some devs would help out so they could hurry up and push the update
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i personally dont want to ask for an eta because i dont even ask the devs here for those (nor will i ever ) but if they would at least say " hey we are working on it and here are the problems we are having" saying that would be such a nice gesture and maybe some devs would help out so they could hurry up and push the update
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The t989 devs have put out a literal tonne of jb roms already.
And if you are talking about xda devs helping get official jb out....well.....I will just say not gonna happen. Xda devs are not affiliated with google, samsung or the carriers in any way.
So...I could care less when official jb comes out....cause I've been running it already for months!
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kj2112 said:
I'm on 4.2.2. Touchwiz too! Lol
Edit: k...got too excited....I'm on 4.1.2 TW. but yes...lots of 4.2.2 roms on aosp. I think 4.2.2 tw also....but with bad issues....if I'm not mistaken.
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Which ROM are you using? Any issues?
TU Homer said:
Which ROM are you using? Any issues?
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I just installed embryo 6.8 today. So far so good! Was using Whitehawkz Aokp 4.2.2 for about a month...its very good! I just wanted to try a TW rom again, since last time I did there were alot more issues on the t989. Seems most of its been ironed out now....even have signal bars now.
Anyway, those are the 2 I've used recently. There are a bunch of great current roms tho! Just read thru the different rom threads to see what folks are saying about them.
Remember....for what I do with my phone I have very few if any issues....but for what you do with your phone...that could be different. Just nandroid a safe good backup....and flash anything that appeals to you. If you don't like, then restore your nandroid.
Have fun!
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But do u think a developer can port it in??
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There are a few JB roms with ported S3 themes and apps, check the dev section and find one you like.
I'm asking bout the same software as what's coming out with the s4......(the ability to control the phone with your eye's
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srdryl said:
I'm asking bout the same software as what's coming out with the s4......(the ability to control the phone with your eye's
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No
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I don't think T-Mobile is in any rush to update our software. They would prefer to sell us S3 or S4.
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Yeah but can't it be ported in from at&t?
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some things can be ported (like themes), but some of the apps are hardware specific and probably wouldn't work on our phone.
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I'm asking bout the same software as what's coming out with the s4......(the ability to control the phone with your eye's
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If you're asking if this almost 2 year old device will be updated to support features of a yet unreleased flagship device, then the answer is no
Can't upgrade hardware buddy
srdryl said:
Will the t989 getting the same software update the same software as samsung s4??
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T-Mobile has announced software updates for the many of the devices I've used over the years and rarely have they ever followed through. There are plenty of JB ROMs that are worth looking at that will blow any T-Mo OTA out of the water.
And the T989 doesn't have the hardware capacity to run what the S4 will be able to run.

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