http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18...roid-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/
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What?! I thought 4.1.2 would be the EOL for this phone. I'm surprised. I'm guessing the update from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 will be pretty easy for Samsung. Either that or they are going to extend the 18 months up to 24 months.
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WOW! samsung will make costumers so happy if they do this! It will give me a reason to stay happy with my current skyrocket.
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At the rate we move for US updates you wont see 4.2.2 until October or later this year. I hope im wrong. Prove me wrong Samsung and sprint.
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i'm very happy with 4.1.2 update, it will tide me over until we start seeing leaks of 4.2.2 on this phone, talk about support, i'm really liking my jump from sony/motorola to sammy!
Insane PPC said:
i'm very happy with 4.1.2 update, it will tide me over until we start seeing leaks of 4.2.2 on this phone, talk about support, i'm really liking my jump from sony/motorola to sammy!
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I just read this too! Man Samsung isn't playing with the updates!! Awesome stuff :cyclops::cyclops:
Too bad the list makes no mention of the E4GT.
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Too bad the list makes no mention of the E4GT.
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It makes no mention of any devices other than international models. Samsung, however, usually ports the updates over for other models and if the carrier won't accept the update samsung will just drop the source and a straight from them update you can grab off the site. This time tho you can almost guarantee sprint will accept all of the updates based on softbanks track record of updating devices for 24 months if possible.
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It makes no mention of any devices other than international models. Samsung, however, usually ports the updates over for other models and if the carrier won't accept the update samsung will just drop the source and a straight from them update you can grab off the site. This time tho you can almost guarantee sprint will accept all of the updates based on softbanks track record of updating devices for 24 months if possible.
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Fair enough. I would like to see a solid 4.2 update to our device.
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Fair enough. I would like to see a solid 4.2 update to our device.
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Softbank has been good about updating out to 24 months, mostly because unlike americans, the Japanese don't live in a disposable society. They re purpose things, hand them down, recycle and resell them etc. With the softbank/sprint merger I would see softbank pushing for continued updates as well as sprint wanting the continued updates to give them even more of an edge over their competition. Vzw tends to eol device's after 6-12 months, whereas if sprint continues updating out the full contract it will entice more people to sign a contract since their device's wont be outdated halfway in.
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Because of the uniqueness of our hardware configuration I would be surprised if we got this update. It will also be interesting to see how many people with stick with the s2 once the s4 is available or the nexus 5
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Because of the uniqueness of our hardware configuration I would be surprised if we got this update. It will also be interesting to see how many people with stick with the s2 once the s4 is available or the nexus 5
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The E4GT hardware is only unique when compared to the other US variants of the Galaxy S2. The E4GT compared to the international model are basically the same except we don't have NFC.
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The E4GT hardware is only unique when compared to the other US variants of the Galaxy S2. The E4GT compared to the international model are basically the same except we don't have NFC.
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And GSM vs CDMA but that's controlled mainly by the modem.bin and a few files in the rom itself which aren't a huge deal for samsung to port. All of our software has been ported from the International version and they even leave alot of the inactive code behind.
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Preach it on evil! )) btw what's sons of android and how does one join said group... :3
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i know some will jump ship to the latest and greatest, but i think this community will still grow this year. with Ting, virgin, boost...and other cheaper alternatives picking up this phone, also with the galaxy s3 mini (basically our phone/s2) our hardware is still very much good to go!
i know i won't be jumping ship for some time, i got away from verizon because of my usage isn't "unlimited" and i don't need to spend that much money on upgrades/contracts, so i'll be with this phone and my wife will be as well (probably until it dies)
still loving gb27 and i suspect we will see some good benefits from 4.2.2 as well
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Preach it on evil! )) btw what's sons of android and how does one join said group... :3
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Right now it's just miguel and me lol. There really is no group to join just the 2 of us. I've been working on some Roms for the note 2 and he's gonna be my tester and graphics guy, he has some cool ass homescreens which he maes the uccws for which we'll use in the roms and mods. You want in its fine by me just ask miguel im sure he'll be fine with it too. We thought the "team whatever" team name thing was kind of played out so we decided to do Son's of Android and gonna use the Son's of Anarchy logos as templates for the Son's of Android logos.
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So I wonder if the e4gt will even still see a 4.1 OTA or would they hold out even longer and just drop 4.2 to the public? Makes more sense to me that they would only push one OTA.
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In pretty sure that only the i9100 will get the 4.2.2 update.
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In pretty sure that only the i9100 will get the 4.2.2 update.
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If the i9100 gets it, so will we. If not officially, somebody will port 4.2.2 TW here. Either way, 4.2.2 source for i9100 will be immensely helpful for our devs, particularly kernel devs.
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Remember this is an pre-list. (Samsung could still change devices!)
Do not ask for other devices, if we know more we will tell you.
* List is not complete yet!
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The E4GT hardware is only unique when compared to the other US variants of the Galaxy S2. The E4GT compared to the international model are basically the same except we don't have NFC.
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Didn't know the international model was clocked at 1.2ghz and rocked wimax.
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Honest opinion? do u think we will get source from sammy soon?
This isnt a bash sammy/tmobil thread!!
What do u guys think?????
No
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I believe we'll see it within the next two weeks. (I'm hoping for this coming week, but I don't want to set myself up for disappointment!)
Yes. Two weeks tops.
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I honestly think we would get source pretty soon especially since Samsung is basically encouraging rooted Samsung devices. My reason behind this statement is because they hired Cyanogen and gave his Team free Galaxy S2 phones.
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I believe we will. I have no doubt that it will happen soon...ish.
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Has anyone here had the vibrant? If you have you can understand why i say no
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I've also had the Vibrant. Sammy took a while to release official updates for it, but they did leak a very large amount of roms and the dev community was excellent. The biggest draw back of the Vibrant for me was the GPS and lack of led flash. Other than that it was an excellent phone in its time.TRUST ME SAMMY WILL RELEASE THE SOURCE FOR THIS PHONE AND THE DEV COMMUNITY WILL BE EXCELLENT FOR THIS PHONE.
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I've also had the Vibrant. Sammy took a while to release official updates for it, but they did leak a very large amount of roms and the dev community was excellent. The biggest draw back of the Vibrant for me was the GPS and lack of led flash. Other than that it was an excellent phone in its time.TRUST ME SAMMY WILL RELEASE THE SOURCE FOR THIS PHONE AND THE DEV COMMUNITY WILL BE EXCELLENT FOR THIS PHONE.
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I almost got the Vibrant over the HD2, but the no flash killed it for me.
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Yes. Two weeks tops.
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Looks like you dumped sprint too huh? I remember seeing you over at the Evo forums.
It's greener on this side.
I think we will have source probably within a month or so.
Yea, been with tmobile over a month and very glad i made the switch.
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Looks like you dumped sprint too huh? I remember seeing you over at the Evo forums.
It's greener on this side.
I think we will have source probably within a month or so.
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If they don't I will be getting at Nexus prime. I think they are waiting till the telus variant releases.
Samsung probably wants to but T-mobile might be telling them not to.
If the telus version gets source we can just use that I hope its basically the same phone with different branding.
I hope so
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At&t GS2 already has source and its now rooted. That phone was released on October 2. So yeah 2-3 weeks tops we'll have source and be rooted. Hang in there!
To be honest this phone isn't my first choice I wish T-Mobile would of skipped the galaxy 2 and came out with a aws galaxy note. That probably would save gave T-Mobile millions of customers. Also gave me a reason to sell my galaxy tab 8.9 lol. Telus version comes the 19 all we can do is hope.
we'll definitely see the source
personally owning several Samsung phones, all of them having great support from both the community and from samsung
they could act faster if they had less devices on the market, but ... insanely enough they have like at least 6 version of every main line, that slows down their release process
just need patience
I think the mistake was realized with the vibrant. I believe they know and support what their customer base wants. They are a strong competative force and want to keep their customers happy. We will see frequent updates and root and massive mods.
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I think the mistake was realized with the vibrant. I believe they know and support what their customer base wants. They are a strong competative force and want to keep their customers happy. We will see frequent updates and root and massive mods.
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I really think the vibrant thing was more tmobiles fault and not Samsung. I say this because there were so many leaked builds for gingerbread. If Samsung never intended to release the upgrade then why would they spend all that time making different builds. I see Samsung supporting this phone for a good while. This is their baby and that new prime is google's baby. The focus for Samsung will continue to be making touchwiz better.
Disclaimer:this is coming from an employee at a smallish Sprint store, so please know that it's far from confirmed.
So yesterday I was at the Sprint store upgrading to the S3, and I was asking about the S3's JB update. After he told me that it's for sure coming soon(non help on when), and while he was porting my sister's number to my E4GT, he started to tell me that the E4GT would be getting JB, and that Samsung had told their store this information. The lady at the counter next to his had agreed with that he had just told me. I was given no time frame either, just that the device will be getting it.
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This is general uninformed employee hearsay that happens on absolutely every phone in absolutely every sprint store
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This is general uninformed employee hearsay that happens on absolutely every phone in absolutely every sprint store
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I was kinda thinking that. The same guy and lady both said that Sprint would not be getting the Note 2, when they've personally announced that they are and even had a hands-on with the Sprint device in new york. I would make a way better Sprint employee that that guy. But I'm only 16, so that's a no for two years for me.
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I hope it happens, but Sprint is probably telling them that to make sure the S2's keep selling
When JB arrive to Epic Touch, i think all of us will be in the galaxy 3 or note 2 forum postin LOL
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It's coming for the E4GT, all the rumors from reliable sources point to it.
Your backup source should be the fact that the phone just started rolling out for Virgin and Boost.
(Meaning they're not going to EOS it anytime soon.)
^ this guy knows his stuff... if he says its gonna happen. It means its gonna happen.
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Sprint will tell you any phone in there will get JB so they can make those sells.
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they say anything to sell phones
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Sprint will tell you any phone in there will get JB so they can make those sells.
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...And if you assume they are right you're also the fool. Hopefully lesson learned next time
Seriously, it's a point of competition against Apple. You'll probably see even longer support as they get closer to a standard build for most phones; one of the biggest reasons for delays on our device is the fact that more changes are needed.
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This thread lost all credibility in the first paragraph. S2 to s3 really? What's the point it's the same phone. Go return and wait for the new nexus or note 2. No reason to blow a 2 yr upgrade on a same generation phone.
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This thread lost all credibility in the first paragraph. S2 to s3 really? What's the point it's the same phone. Go return and wait for the new nexus or note 2. No reason to blow a 2 yr upgrade on a same generation phone.
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I for one think it is a completely different phone. It has a whole different feel from the S2, it's faster and lighter, bigger screen, that physical home button. My sister had me use her upgrade on the first to buy a new phone anyways so she would get my S2. So I still have my own upgrade to use, which probably will go towards the Note 2. On AT&T. I'll be switching once my contract is up in December.
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Then you aren't using your upgrade.....
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Then you aren't using your upgrade.....
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Always remember this. Unless that Sprint employee also follows the XDA forums, you probably know more about what's going to happen than he or she does.
That said, I do think this phone will see official JB.
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Well good to hear that the Note II is on the list to receive the 5.0 update. Hopefully this also comes with the S4 software updates.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...alaxy-S-4-Galaxy-S-III-Galaxy-Note-II_id40977
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emeraldayotte said:
Well good to hear that the Note II is on the list to receive the 5.0 update. Hopefully this also comes with the S4 software updates.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...alaxy-S-4-Galaxy-S-III-Galaxy-Note-II_id40977
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If you click back through to the source of the story, they only list the international models, not the carrier specific models. There is no way to know if Sprint will actually make a release of anything. Based on the device being released just last fall, I'd expect more updates, but I'm never assuming anything until a release has a Sprint model number or RDFs start leaking out.
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If you click back through to the source of the story, they only list the international models, not the carrier specific models. There is no way to know if Sprint will actually make a release of anything. Based on the device being released just last fall, I'd expect more updates, but I'm never assuming anything until a release has a Sprint model number or RDFs start leaking out.
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I agree Just because Samsung is releasing 5.0 for Note 2 don't mean Sprint will .
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If Samsung can still be working on the outdated Sprint S2 perfecting Jellybean I don't see why they won't work on Keylime for the Note 2 or S3. Probably the last major updates these two devices get but I can see it coming. After all it seems like trying to stay up with updates is what Samsung has been aiming for the past few years. Doing so good at it I just finished reading a forbes article were even they give props to Samsung for keeping up with updates better than others. On another note I'm tempted to get an S4 after reading about the gaming capabilities. Opinions?
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Also if you think about it all Galaxy phones got three major updates.
Galaxy S1 = Eclair -> Froyo -> Gingerbread
Galaxy S2 = Gingerbread -> ICS -> Jellybean
Galaxy S3 = ICS -> Jellybean -> Hmm I wonder if we have a pattern here...
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If Samsung can still be working on the outdated Sprint S2 perfecting Jellybean I don't see why they won't work on Keylime for the Note 2 or S3. Probably the last major updates these two devices get but I can see it coming. After all it seems like trying to stay up with updates is what Samsung has been aiming for the past few years. Doing so good at it I just finished reading a forbes article were even they give props to Samsung for keeping up with updates better than others. On another note I'm tempted to get an S4 after reading about the gaming capabilities. Opinions?
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Also if you think about it all Galaxy phones got three major updates.
Galaxy S1 = Eclair -> Froyo -> Gingerbread
Galaxy S2 = Gingerbread -> ICS -> Jellybean
Galaxy S3 = ICS -> Jellybean -> Hmm I wonder if we have a pattern here...
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We do
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If you click back through to the source of the story, they only list the international models, not the carrier specific models. There is no way to know if Sprint will actually make a release of anything. Based on the device being released just last fall, I'd expect more updates, but I'm never assuming anything until a release has a Sprint model number or RDFs start leaking out.
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With the international model being darn similar to ours... So long as the modem drivers don't change much it probably wouldn't be too painful to port.
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I agree Just because Samsung is releasing 5.0 for Note 2 don't mean Sprint will .
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Sprint might but you can bet it will be way behind the others. It always is.
Just think... The epic touch has been seeing jelly bean leaks since November and still no OTA so...
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Didn't the Sprint S3 get JB first in the U.S.? I maybe wrong. I can't search it now since I'm grocery shopping with the old lady.
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Sprint might but you can bet it will be way behind the others. It always is.
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Sprint might but you can bet it will be way behind the others. It always is.
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How do you know this ? Sprint has been very good at updates along with Samsung since Galaxy nexus came out the sg3 had updates just like the others .... I have been quite happy with the updates from Samsung and sprint lately .... try the updates from htc and the 3d lol lol
That one right there will make anyone laugh
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How do you know this ? Sprint has been very good at updates along with Samsung since Galaxy nexus came out the sg3 had updates just like the others .... I have been quite happy with the updates from Samsung and sprint lately .... try the updates from htc and the 3d lol lol
That one right there will make anyone laugh
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Lol. One of the many, many reasons why I won't but htc ever again! But again like I said the sprint epic touch is one is the last to get jelly bean. It still hasn't but the rest of the world had so yeah I wouldn't and don't expect 5.0 for us sooner than others. It simply won't happen. Never has. But I'm good with the many leaks I'm used to. Hope it continues.
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I agree Just because Samsung is releasing 5.0 for Note 2 don't mean Sprint will .
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How do you know this ? Sprint has been very good at updates along with Samsung since Galaxy nexus came out the sg3 had updates just like the others .... I have been quite happy with the updates from Samsung and sprint lately .... try the updates from htc and the 3d lol lol
That one right there will make anyone laugh
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Every phone I have had with Sprint going all the way back to the Samsung Moment was incredibly slow at getting updates.
Well get key lime pie for our l900's we might be last to get it but who cares. Even if sprint don't officially release it, our talented devs can hook us up with some anyways.
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Well get key lime pie for our l900's we might be last to get it but who cares. Even if sprint don't officially release it, our talented devs can hook us up with some anyways.
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Very true. But lately Sprint has been on a roll when it comes to updates. At least we get updates faster than big red phones. Definitely looking forward to see what more amazing things this phone can do.
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How are we going to be last? I believe the galaxy S 2 has jb already on sprint. Not officially but team sextape hooked it up. It works amazing on my epic touch. People on the other carriers are still waiting. And like I said earlier the Sprint galaxy s3 received JB first as I recalled. I know sprint and samsung came out with updates late in the past, yet, you can't ignore their recent efforts.
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How are we going to be last? I believe the galaxy S 2 has jb already on sprint. Not officially but team sextape hooked it up. It works amazing on my epic touch. People on the other carriers are still waiting. And like I said earlier the Sprint galaxy s3 received JB first as I recalled. I know sprint and samsung came out with updates late in the past, yet, you can't ignore their recent efforts.
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Yes I totally agree with you. Team sextape is amazing and has blessed us with multiple builds on our e4gts But, multiple s2s around the world in many different regions have already had this update pushed out by way of OTA and WE HAVE NOT. Hence why we are last. And will always be LAST. Even Canada has pushed it out and Sprint has not. We only make up so many users on Xda. Most users do not even know what sextape is lol. So that's why we are saying we are last... Because we ARE!
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Yes I totally agree with you. Team sextape is amazing and has blessed us with multiple builds on our e4gts But, multiple s2s around the world in many different regions have already had this update pushed out by way of OTA and WE HAVE NOT. Hence why we are last. And will always be LAST. Even Canada has pushed it out and Sprint has not. We only make up so many users on Xda. Most users do not even know what sextape is lol. So that's why we are saying we are last... Because we ARE!
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II see your point but I was comparing Sprint to other Us carriers. When it comes to international updates we are far behind unless you have an IPhone. Either way Sprint is getting better when compared to other us carriers.
Agreed. Sprint has gotten better as far as in the US. And like we have mentioned.. We have sextape lol. I've had jelly bean on my e4gt since November of last year. Who the hell knows when it will actually get pushed now with the talk from Sammy about 4.2. But leak they should so for us it really doesn't matter.
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CM11 FTFW!
^ I say touchwiz and all of tge great features the new s4 has cm11 wont. To me im always sticking to official tw roms. Just cant keep my hands off the awesome features. Cm10-11 dnt have. Its pretty awesome no lie. But my preference. TW forever. Cant wait for the new goodies
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This phone is less than 6 months away from reaching it's two year anniversary. How do you think Samsung did with keeping up with updates.. did it exceed your expectations?
I am because we have jelly bean leaks. Otherwise I think they do fine. My last phone was the atnt captivate and that never got updates like this phone.
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Coming from a device that received a froyo update from donut and was left without a gingerbread update. I am very satisfied.
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I agree. I came from a device that updated once in the year + that I had it. And like the other poster said, we have jb leaks. Just wait until the source drops, it's going to be cu-razy up in here! I think it is definitely keeping up with the times. And with folks on here improving it everyday, it's only going to get better.
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I had a Samsung moment that they were horrible with releasing updates in an acceptable manner. I don't know about other Samsung phones but this one has been pretty good with updates. Yes they always seem to release sprint updates last when compared to all the other carriers, but they are improving. Probably because this phone is so popular, even with slight variances in hardware between carriers. Blame cdma I suppose.
Be glad you dont have an lg. The optimus g just went EOL and its only been out like 6 or 8 months lmao. And samsungs updates are pretty fast the s3 and note2 on sprint were the first to be updated in the US
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My phone shipped with GB and its now officially on ICS so that is only 1 update. I hardly call 1 update good progress. The rest of the so called updates are maintenance releases and bug fixes. The JB leak is nice but not official. Our great devs have kept me happy with lots of great roms.
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Be glad you dont have an lg. The optimus g just went EOL and its only been out like 6 or 8 months lmao. And samsungs updates are pretty fast the s3 and note2 on sprint were the first to be updated in the US
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Damn. My fiance just got the lg. Thanks for the heads up
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I'm so happy I'm donating to the Samsung pension fund.
No complaints here have listened to others belly ache especially eye phoners and AT&T about no updates.
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Damn. My fiance just got the lg. Thanks for the heads up
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I got one for work i dont use, was cruising the forum and saw its listed as EOL in sprints database already. That's why I hate LG they drop support faster than you can activate the phone. I'm honestly kind of surprised it even got updated to JB it was on ICS til the end of February.
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I got one for work i dont use, was cruising the forum and saw its listed as EOL in sprints database already. That's why I hate LG they drop support faster than you can activate the phone. I'm honestly kind of surprised it even got updated to JB it was on ICS til the end of February.
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Lol faster than you can activate
rancur3p1c said:
Lol faster than you can activate
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It's true 6-10 months from release they EOL the flagship device's. I don't know why they even bother selling em if they don't want to support em. Not to mention their software is always buggy as crap and they never even release a maintenance update to address even the simple bugs.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
It's true 6-10 months from release they EOL the flagship device's. I don't know why they even bother selling em if they don't want to support em. Not to mention their software is always buggy as crap and they never even release a maintenance update to address even the simple bugs.
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Yup
Samsung performance here is a breath of fresh sir
Coming from a lesser provider, with a mid level smartphone, I am very pleased to have my eg4t. They may not hand out the updates at the speed of light, but we do get them. I give samsung (in regards to this phone) a . Imho, you may not understand what's good unless you understand what's bad. Comparing this phone and its designers to my previous phone is like comparing a hot dog to a Delmontico.
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What the heck is a delmontico
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random45 said:
What the heck is a delmontico
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Google is your friend.
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graydiggy said:
Google is your friend.
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I know this is a Sprint thread, but it makes me sad that Boost/Virgin is always a few software steps behind Sprint. Punishment for being prepaid I suppose? Before flashing Goddly's WoR I was on FL24. Not a bad kernel, but Google now is worth the update for sure. Those cards are handy so I'm glad Samsung didn't give up on this phone before making a software update for this phone including that feature.
AlkaliV2 said:
I know this is a Sprint thread, but it makes me sad that Boost/Virgin is always a few software steps behind Sprint. Punishment for being prepaid I suppose? Before flashing Goddly's WoR I was on FL24. Not a bad kernel, but Google now is worth the update for sure. Those cards are handy so I'm glad Samsung didn't give up on this phone before making a software update for this phone including that feature.
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They released JB alongside sprint. They have not been a few steps behind as far as I know.
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graydiggy said:
They released JB alongside sprint. They have not been a few steps behind as far as I know.
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You were right, I found the GC01 release days later and gave it a run for awhile. So, I remove my previous comment about Boost.
Any word on premium features coming to the phone after s4 release. I'm not blown away with s4, so I might try to make it one more phone cycle.
Also, any way to get a bit more out of the camera? That's been my biggest disappoint with the phone. I know the s4 has a better sensor, but from what I'm reading, it's processing is not stellar.
Cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39946555
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39940176
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221285
I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue
Had no idea today was release day. Can't wait for it to post, or of course to come ota.
Thanks.
Kind of cool that Sprint is releasing this on S4 day. Its in their best interests, since very very few S3 users will upgrade...just some of the devs and fanboys, I suppose.
Once I get it, I could care less about the S4.
evilmrt said:
Kind of cool that Sprint is releasing this on S4 day. Its in their best interests, since very very few S3 users will upgrade...just some of the devs and fanboys, I suppose.
Once I get it, I could care less about the S4.
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I agree. I have one more year on my contract and my S3 is in good condition. No hurry to drop full price in a S4 aka S3s lol
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Also, the S3 is the last phone to support SVDO (simulataneous voice and 3G data)
At least from the looks of it anyway, seeing that the S4 and HTC One only have SVLTE
CNexus said:
Also, the S3 is the last phone to support SVDO (simulataneous voice and 3G data)
At least from the looks of it anyway, seeing that the S4 and HTC One only have SVLTE
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All phones have SV4G/WiFi be they LTE or WiMax. And yes SVDO is going the way of the dodo as the new 1x-advanced band will allow for SV3G without the added hardware.
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Yes, but as of now, 3G is everywhere LTE isn't (and for a long time to come for a lot of people). Some never even saw WiMax in it's lifespan.
Sorry if I didn't read this correctly, but we just get multi Window?
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WindroidApps said:
Sorry if I didn't read this correctly, but we just get multi Window?
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Yes :thumbup: :thumbup:
Lol yay, something we've had in custom ROM's for a while
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WindroidApps said:
Lol yay, something we've had in custom ROM's for a while
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Yeah but the thing is, when its added at the source level (Java code thats then compiled into all the Touchwiz apps and framework) it tends to be much more stable than if we hack it in