I just got the new update an hour ago and wanted to share my thoughts because I know there's still a lot of people wondering what it fixes. So far I've noticed:
- Phone in general feels much much quicker.
- gallery no longer lags.
- switching from wifi to 4g o longer lags the phone
- camera is improved. Still slight shutter delay but I'm thinking it must jus be how it works since it's taking such high quality pics.
-updating apps in the play store no longer makes the phone lag.
-one of my favorite things is the home button response speed is really fast now(yes svoice home button is disabled) I noticed the home button used to lag sometimes. Much faster now.
- I noticed some buttons in the camera and gallery are different and have some extras. Haven't had much of a look yet.
-it appears all my apps are on the SD card now.
I can't comment on battery life or anything else yet but I'll keep an eye on it tonight.
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What is the build number?
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What is the build number?
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I just get "the device is up to date"
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I just get "the device is up to date"
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I think t-mobile gets it in the next day or so. Verizon didn't release it through ota. I kept checking for software upgrades to and nothing. I downloaded kies on my laptop and plugged my phone into it and it worked.
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Hasn't rolled out to me either.. But it will
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Dude, you're in the wrong forum.
You have the Verizon S4. This is the T Mobile Forum.
You're working with a different radio and everything. The battery results would be non comparable.
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Dude, you're in the wrong forum.
You have the Verizon S4. This is the T Mobile Forum. You're working with a different radio and everything.
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Yeah I know but it seems like the update fixes the same things for sprint att and Verizon
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From what I've heard though and idk if t-mobile is doing this but Verizon locked the Bootloader so apparently you lose root and can never root again which is fine for me cuz i dont even know how to root and see no reason to now.
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can never root again
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Hello, I'm XDA. We clearly haven't met.
Can't ever root again......not if Samsung had the NSA itself encrypting the bootloader.
Also, the locked bootloader is only a requirment to run Samsung's Knox protection sofware, which is only really relevant for business use.
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Hello, I'm XDA. We clearly haven't met.
Can't ever root again......not if Samsung had the NSA itself encrypting the bootloader.
Also, the locked bootloader is only a requirment to run Samsung's Knox protection sofware, which is only really relevant for business use.
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Hey. That's way past my level man lol I'm just repeating what a see a lot if people saying about losing root etc.
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Should come tomorrow
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I called t mobile and they said that there aren't any updates in the system now.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
I called t mobile and they said that there aren't any updates in the system now.
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I beg to differ. I spoke to a friendly women there and she said there is one coming up
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You all should know by now that they are idiots.
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spoke with 3 different people. 2 people calling, and another person chatting on t mobile.com and all said no updates in system.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
spoke with 3 different people. 2 people calling, and another person chatting on t mobile.com and all said no updates in system.
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Dude, you are being trolled.
thegalaxys4rocks said:
Well I got different info. Idk who to trust. Jeez tmo. I swear I need an iPhone.
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I wish you would go get a pos iphone so I won't have to see your bs post on this forum anymore for real
Excited to see if this fixes the slight but noticable lag on the keyboard predictions.
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Just waiting for the update, I dont mind the locked bootloader as im not going to root this device anytime soon mate. However I was voing to root so I can use the apps2sd feature but since I heard about the update, root not needed. Till the galaxy s4 no longer runs the latest version of android then I will root. Tmobile your always last to do anything hurry it up will ya.
Unrooted Samsung Galaxy S4 Up and Running
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Verizon locked the Bootloader so apparently you lose root and can never root again . . .
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LOL. Yeah, that'll last a day. :laugh:
Called T-Mobile and Samsung today and they both said that they didn't see anything about a new update for our S4.
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Looking to get the Galaxy Note 2 from T-Mobile today, however can someone confirm that it doesn't have this 'multi-task' sifebar? Wasn't this some type of OTA update recently from Samsung to add this functionality to the international versions?
Is this something we're going to have to wait six months to get?
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Looking to get the Galaxy Note 2 from T-Mobile today, however can someone confirm that it doesn't have this 'multi-task' bar? Wasn't this some type of OTA update recently from Samsung to add this functionality to the international versions?
Is this something we're going to have to wait six months to get?
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Offically we might be in for a wait. However if some of the sensation developer come here its just a matter of days. Maybe even just hours if they can get there hands on the international update.
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Looking to get the Galaxy Note 2 from T-Mobile today, however can someone confirm that it doesn't have this 'multi-task' sifebar? Wasn't this some type of OTA update recently from Samsung to add this functionality to the international versions?
Is this something we're going to have to wait six months to get?
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UK t-mobile lte note 2 came with the lastest updates that included the multi task feature
You are correct. There is no multitasking with this one. I was distracted by the other features so I didn't realize it until this morning.
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You are correct. There is no multitasking with this one. I was distracted by the other features so I didn't realize it until this morning.
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That is confirmed with me as well.
What about the screen recorder? Does it work? The one I purchased for my wife will not be in until tomorrow at the earliest.
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Looking to get the Galaxy Note 2 from T-Mobile today, however can someone confirm that it doesn't have this 'multi-task' sifebar? Wasn't this some type of OTA update recently from Samsung to add this functionality to the international versions?
Is this something we're going to have to wait six months to get?
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I was pretty bummed to discover no split screen on mine. was the first person in the East Bay to buy one yesterday. Boo!
Spoke with a T-Mobile service rep, and she told me that T-Mobile has no plans to update our phones in the foreseeable future. Nothing is on the horizon.
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Spoke with a T-Mobile service rep, and she told me that T-Mobile has no plans to update our phones in the foreseeable future. Nothing is on the horizon.
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Most service reps have no clue about any update. I am sure Samsung will get this out soon if not we can always get it via root.
I expect 1-2 months. After that something is wrong.
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90% of sales reps have no knowledge of phones whatsoever. The reps I went to didnt even know about the note 2 and those that knew didnt know any of the new features. It seems that they hire people that know how to sell and not people that know WHAT they sell
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They only know as much as they're told.
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What about the screen recorder? Does it work? The one I purchased for my wife will not be in until tomorrow at the earliest.
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Yea it does
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Yea it does
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Talking about recording and not capture. Capture works, but recording doesn't. I have literally tried every combination to see if it works and also searched the tutorial on it. It doesn't work for me. My wife could care less though she enjoys the phone.
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Talking about recording and not capture. Capture works, but recording doesn't. I have literally tried every combination to see if it works and also searched the tutorial on it. It doesn't work for me. My wife could care less though she enjoys the phone.
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Same here. Another feature we wont see till who kniws when, and that is if we see it.
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Same here. Another feature we wont see till who kniws when, and that is if we see it.
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Those are two heavy features for me in buying the phone. I really like the size and the stylus, but multiwindow and screen recorder is what sold me. I will buy the Nexus unless the next update enables both features. They have a month for me to get the cash after dropping 700 for my wife to get this phone.
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Those are two heavy features for me in buying the phone. I really like the size and the stylus, but multiwindow and screen recorder is what sold me. I will buy the Nexus unless the next update enables both features. They have a month for me to get the cash after dropping 700 for my wife to get this phone.
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Theres a rom for our phone that has the multiwindow feature. Now for the screen recorder. I can only hope
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I just did a quick google search and apparently Samsung had to remove this feature due to copy infringement. Who knows if we will see it :/
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Sadly something like that I shouldn't have to root for. If it is advertised I should have it on my device without having to root. I actually prefer not to root because there is nothing rooting does for me since 2.1.
Also I don't think it's a copyright or patent issue. Sony has open sourced their screen recorder and contributed to the open source community. So Samsung could use that much like CM has done for theirs.
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Sadly something like that I shouldn't have to root for. If it is advertised I should have it on my device without having to root. I actually prefer not to root because there is nothing rooting does for me since 2.1.
Also I don't think it's a copyright or patent issue. Sony has open sourced their screen recorder and contributed to the open source community. So Samsung could use that much like CM has done for theirs.
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You are so correct! There really is nothing i can think of that can talk be into rooting my GN2. I know, I know, CarrierIQ is a bad thing, but I'm now at the place where if I root my phone, I will loose the ability to use my new best friend which is the ISIS app. I'm one of the few individuals who live around the Austin Texas area, which is one of he cities that ISIS has rolled out. I have been depositing funds in my ISIS account, and using it for purchases like gas, and groceries. If I was to root my phone, I will loose ISIS, and the ability to watch movies from the Google Play store.
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You are so correct! There really is nothing i can think of that can talk be into rooting my GN2. I know, I know, CarrierIQ is a bad thing, but I'm now at the place where if I root my phone, I will loose the ability to use my new best friend which is the ISIS app. I'm one of the few individuals who live around the Austin Texas area, which is one of he cities that ISIS has rolled out. I have been depositing funds in my ISIS account, and using it for purchases like gas, and groceries. If I was to root my phone, I will loose ISIS, and the ability to watch movies from the Google Play store.
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You can opt out of CiQ. It's on page 346 of the user manual. It doesn't specifically state that's CIQ, BUT that's what CIQ does for T-Mobile. CIQ isn't as bad a people think or claim. Due to HTC's bad implementation of the software given to them by CIQ they got a bad rap.
The galaxy s3 is getting our multi window, split screen features before we do. Sad face!
http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/12/7/3739174/galaxy-s-iii-premium-suite
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colonel187 said:
The galaxy s3 is getting our multi window, split screen features before we do. Sad face!
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No they don't. This just means that Samsung is releasing it to the S3, which they already did to the Note 2. The carriers still have to approve it and release it to the devices, so it's going to be a while until the AT&T S3 gets it.
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No they don't. This just means that Samsung is releasing it to the S3, which they already did to the Note 2. The carriers still have to approve it and release it to the devices, so it's going to be a while until the AT&T S3 gets it.
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Let's hope for that. Because if the S3 gets them before my GN2, I would really be mad:banghead::thumbdown:
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I think sammy will have an update through kies to past the carriers like they did for the S3 for 4.1.1. Hopefully soon.
Verizon had it since release day...
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No they don't. This just means that Samsung is releasing it to the S3, which they already did to the Note 2. The carriers still have to approve it and release it to the devices, so it's going to be a while until the AT&T S3 gets it.
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thought i read att already pushed it to the S3. Sworn i seen it on a few different sources.
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thought i read att already pushed it to the S3. Sworn i seen it on a few different sources.
edit http://www.androidcentral.com/att-g...hitting-kies?utm_source=ac&utm_medium=twitter
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That's not the update with the note 2 features
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That would be pretty messed up though. I don't know why they need carrier approval for a feature update anyway. It's not a full os update.
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thanks sir
Why not just root and install a ROM with multi-view?
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fonso4g said:
Verizon had it since release day...
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They also had to wait 3 weeks longer to touch their phones. It's a trade-off, for sure. For all we know, that's why Verizon delayed releasing their phone, so they could update the firmware with multiview (and add their bloatware to it!).
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Why not just root and install a ROM with multi-view?
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Believe it or not some prefer stock with the Note 2
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meh, don't really care for it.
Yeah its not all that great, though I have only been playing around with it for a day
I think you'll only really hear people who are anal about rooting their phones, who tend to always complain about stock UI. I've owned HTC phones with stock Sense and Samsung phones with stock TouchWiz, and I've yet to find anything so terrible about either, that I feel I simply must root my phone to replace it. What exactly is so bad about stock UI?? Maybe someone can point some things out to shed a light on what I may be missing due to my ignorance.
Just got the full confirmation from my Samsung mobile rep yesterday that sprint will be dropping the 4.2.2 firmware for the S3 in mid June. Anybody hear anything differently of can back up what he told me?
Edit: it's mid June and we've seen nothing yet lol *(clearly)*. Either my rep was mistaken on the ETA or the rumors are true about the delay for the S3 and the Note II. I apologize for the mixed information.
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I'm fairly sure they meant only for the international version because that's been all over the place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287110
That would be cool and I wouldn't be surprised if Sprint did release it as they are pretty good with updates. But like someone said, the international version will probably get the update first.
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CNexus said:
I'm fairly sure they meant only for the international version because that's been all over the place.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287110
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That's what I assumed but he elaborated that it will be the sprint firmware. Got me pretty hyped lol
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That's what I assumed but he elaborated that it will be the sprint firmware. Got me pretty hyped lol
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That would be awesome if we actually got the update around that time :thumbup:
But news leaked that the international will get it in June....and I've never seen them release it for Sprint at the same time
This is great if it is true.
Interesting but history doesn't lie... usually international will get it then the US gets it months later. So I would not be surprised if you have been told false info.
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Interesting but history doesn't lie... usually international will get it then the US gets it months later. So I would not be surprised if you have been told false info.
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I admit I am a little skeptical although sprint has been getting better with getting the updates out promptly so hopefully we all get a surprise next month lol
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SEXTAPE time.....
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I'm guessing that to get that OTA 4.2.2 update I would have to go back to stock everything from something like this: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099)
I feel like quite a bit of people on XDA already are rooted and have a custom ROM that is already 4.2.2; is there a reason to unroot and go back to stock when 4.2.2 comes back?
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I'm guessing that to get that OTA 4.2.2 update I would have to go back to stock everything from something like this: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099)
I feel like quite a bit of people on XDA already are rooted and have a custom ROM that is already 4.2.2; is there a reason to unroot and go back to stock when 4.2.2 comes back?
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No, check the thread in my sig (everything OTA)
Very common misconception
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I'm guessing that to get that OTA 4.2.2 update I would have to go back to stock everything from something like this: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099)
I feel like quite a bit of people on XDA already are rooted and have a custom ROM that is already 4.2.2; is there a reason to unroot and go back to stock when 4.2.2 comes back?
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Right now only AOSP based Roms are on 4.2.2 for our phone. Some people like Touchwiz Roms better. You don't have to unroot. When OTA drops you can just flash a rooted version of the OTA update or other OTA based TW Roms when they update.
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SEXTAPE time.....
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Cant wait lol. If it truly comes soon I'll be glad I didn't upgrade so the s4.
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That's what I assumed but he elaborated that it will be the sprint firmware. Got me pretty hyped lol
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Is your Samsung contact actually from Samsung or just a 3rd party marketing partner like MarketStar or Marketsource?
MarketStar and Marketsource folks don't know squat.
This will be validated if we start seeing rdfs drop in the next couple of days as this has always been the cycle in the past.
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All I know is that my note 2 is rooted but my wife's s3 is not and I still find myself using her phone all the time. It's a great phone and if it's updated to 4.2.2 that will definitely hold her off till her upgrade.
And like someone said, Sprint is getting better with updates, probably the best from the 4 major companies.
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Is your Samsung contact actually from Samsung or just a 3rd party marketing partner like MarketStar or Marketsource?
MarketStar and Marketsource folks don't know squat.
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No he's an actual samsung mobile rep lol he comes into my stores to check my Samsung displays and while he's there he always tells me what's on tap for the future.
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No he's an actual samsung mobile rep lol he comes into my stores to check my Samsung displays and while he's there he always tells me what's on tap for the future.
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Ah, so this is an insider story
Well, let's just hope he is spot on with the timing
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No he's an actual samsung mobile rep lol he comes into my stores to check my Samsung displays and while he's there he always tells me what's on tap for the future.
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These samsung reps that travel from store to store know what they are talking about. I've gotten early ota's from them in the past.
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Should prove to be interesting.
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was doing a Lil reading on the Interweb, seen a few post about the Galaxy note 2 possibly skipping 4.2 update and going straight to 4.3. It's suggested that the update might come out sometime in October. Not getting my hopes up it is the interweb lol. Anybody know what are some of the upgrades or tweaks they changed from 4.1 to 4.3
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Saw something of that likes as well. I'm sure people will lecture me for saying this but I'm saying it anyway.
"I'm getting tired of waiting...."
I'm a very patient person and have always experienced this anticipation towards each update I've ever received since cupcake. Oh well
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What you know bout Cupcake
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My ex gfs n4 is on 4.3, my daughter's tab 7-2 is on 4.2, and my own note 2, and note 10 are on 4.1 . Dammit, I buy all the devices, why are my own the farthest back?
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What you know bout Cupcake
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Omg a virtual keyboard!
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My ex gfs n4 is on 4.3, my daughter's tab 7-2 is on 4.2, and my own note 2, and note 10 are on 4.1 . Dammit, I buy all the devices, why are my own the farthest back?
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I know the feeling, the note 2 is the first new phone I got, I normally wait for them to be out for a bit and do all the updates but had the money and really liked this phone, but always read about the updates and hate waiting lol
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was just wondering if any knows whats the difference was between the 4.1 to 4.3 updates were
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FYI October date if for international Touchwiz phones, not US carriers. Will be months later before US carriers accept what Sammy gives them, adds their files and then decides when it is a good time to push it.
To add to that^, I have a Galaxy S4, that I'm selling, but every other major carrier in the US, Canada, and really much of the world, has received an update so you can move apps to the SD card months ago.
T-Mobile? Not a single word about it.
It will be months after international gets 4.3 for the other 3 major carriers in the US. And likely months after that that T-Mobile sends it out.
The fragmentation is alleviated if you go custom roms
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Omg a virtual keyboard!
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And video recording! lol
Aria807 said:
The fragmentation is alleviated if you go custom roms
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always one.Anyways I'm tired of the chase for that perfect rom,I just want my damn phone to work period without flashing roms to find out that the rom has more broken crap than samsung
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always one.Anyways I'm tired of the chase for that perfect rom,I just want my damn phone to work period without flashing roms to find out that the rom has more broken crap than samsung
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Im with you that's why I stick to stock roms but tweak them to what I want, tired of flashing different roms to find one that is close to what I want but has extra crap I don't want either broken or its just like having the boatware the carrier installs. Yes the Developers do a great job here at xda over the cell phone carriers. I haven't found one that fits what I want( mostly get rid of bloatware and a few tweaks I like) and one thing is I don't complain and do give thanks, cause I don't develop.
To all you developers who read this you do amazing work. I'm not putting you down, I'm a select few who likes to take your mods and add them to my stock rom that's all
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I'm thinking about getting the HTC One but I want to know what changes Verizon's made to the device. Hardware and software changes. I currently have the Galaxy Note II and I'm disgusted with what Verizon did to the phone. Removing the WiFi toggle and replacing it with an ongoing WiFi notification that can't be disabled, removing Blocking Mode, putting their ugly logo on the home button, and making completely unnecessary changes to UI.
nothing to the hardware i dont think.
the software is raped with verizon stuff, per usual.
nothing a little root wont take care of though.
its a great device .
ddurandSGS3 said:
nothing to the hardware i dont think.
the software is raped with verizon stuff, per usual.
nothing a little root wont take care of though.
its a great device .
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none
All Verizon's bloat can be wiped out with root and a custom ROM, and it is so easy to root. Just download rumrunner, find your build number, right click in a exe file and let it go.
Get the device, i've had it for 6 months and really like it.
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nothing to the hardware i dont think.
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Think again. VZW deleted the FM App, but even if you reinstall it, you'll find that they also disabled the ability to have the headphone cord act as an FM antenna.
Result: instead of listening to any FM station in your location at no charge, you can run up Verizon data usage by an app like TuneIn.
So to this day the most updated HTC one for Verizon has an unlockable bootloader and is root able? I have the galaxy s4 and am considering buying one off contract but only if it's not locked down like the Samsung s4 is.
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Anthony825 said:
So to this day the most updated HTC one for Verizon has an unlockable bootloader and is root able? I have the galaxy s4 and am considering buying one off contract but only if it's not locked down like the Samsung s4 is.
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Yep we have a program that s offs, unlocks, and roots in less than 5 minutes.
Damn. What're the specs on the phone? The Samsung is pretty awesome but I hear really good things on the One.
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Anthony825 said:
Damn. What're the specs on the phone? The Samsung is pretty awesome but I hear really good things on the One.
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The specs are so close it doesn't matter... The Samsung is slightly better on paper but lags sometimes with bloated touch wiz and I think it's locked down right now.
Yes us s4's on Verizon are locked down. But we get to play around with some Roms due to Safestrap recovery. Last question. Anyone know the off contract price of the One? Only one I can find is from release day.
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Anthony825 said:
Yes us s4's on Verizon are locked down. But we get to play around with some Roms due to Safestrap recovery. Last question. Anyone know the off contract price of the One? Only one I can find is from release day.
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I think eBay has it around 400.
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The specs are so close it doesn't matter... The Samsung is slightly better on paper but lags sometimes with bloated touch wiz and I think it's locked down right now.
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Why do you think the Samsung is a little better? Just wondering bro. I have article saved on my pc where just recently HTC ONE won best phone of the year out beat Samsung,Apple,gayberry,winodws if you call that a phone.
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Loving the gayberry term lol.
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Reaskn I'm asking about contract price is because I will trade my s4 in to best buy and use the credit.
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