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4.2.2 firmware confirmed for mid June

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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tylerjames09 said:
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.

Joe0113 said:
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?

halodos said:
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

halodos said:
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.

5FOOTER said:
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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tylerjames09 said:
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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corys00 said:
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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tylerjames09 said:
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

tylerjames09 said:
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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Looks like no 4.2.2 for a while.

I guess anyone that had high hopes we were getting it soon should reconsider lowering their hopes. And to top it off we don't know how long Sprint will take once it is out so it might be a even a longer wait! :banghead:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/344545767609999360
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RayTrue04 said:
I guess anyone that had high hopes we were getting it soon should reconsider lowering their hopes. And to top it off we don't know how long Sprint will take once it is out so it might be a even a longer wait! :banghead:
https://mobile.twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/344545767609999360
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That why we have aosp
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aseercte said:
That why we have aosp
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Cool. But not everybody is a flashaholic and wants to install custom roms every minute to see what works and what doesn't or what's better on battery. I don't flash roms and haven't done so since the OG Epic with the keyboard.. I don't find it necessary as it was years ago. I like stock rooted and being able to take OTA updates.
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RayTrue04 said:
Cool. But not everybody is a flashaholic and wants to install custom roms every minute to see what works and what doesn't or what's better on battery. I don't flash roms and haven't done so since the OG Epic with the keyboard.. I don't find it necessary as it was years ago. I like stock rooted and being able to take OTA updates.
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You have point there .well I guess is just wait and see when we get that update I'm pretty sure it'll be by the time the note 3 is out and by then I'll upgrade to that phone and have the latest update .that's just the way it works
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aseercte said:
You have point there .well I guess is just wait and see when we get that update I'm pretty sure it'll be by the time the note 3 is out and by then I'll upgrade to that phone and have the latest update .that's just the way it works
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By then I'll have the Note 3 myself! Oh well I guess.. I just wanted some of those promised S4 features.
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Well they said postponed. I'm not sure but the note 3 will be out what Oct or Nov? I doubt it will take that long. Hope so anyway.
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Yup let see what happens
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So we're getting the new TW with 4.22 down the line?
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Yep

I think IMO we might see it in about a month or two. At least I hope Sprint is real good about putting out the updates and from what I heard at work they are working on it for the Note 2 and the S3
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Sprint and samsung do a very good job with phone updates imo. It could always be worse, remember the g2x situation lol.
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i agree
RayTrue04 said:
Cool. But not everybody is a flashaholic and wants to install custom roms every minute to see what works and what doesn't or what's better on battery. I don't flash roms and haven't done so since the OG Epic with the keyboard.. I don't find it necessary as it was years ago. I like stock rooted and being able to take OTA updates.
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i might be new to this site, but i'm not new to these devices and I agree...no flashaholic here. Its pointless to keep going around and round the rom tree when something new is going to come out next year and i'll be switiching my device again.

d12unk13astard said:
Sprint and samsung do a very good job with phone updates imo. It could always be worse, remember the g2x situation lol.
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still on Gingerbread!

I'm sorry to say this but this is Sprint and Samsung combined. Where you expecting anything else??
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http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/18/samsung-start-stability-update-galaxy-note-ii-still-android-4-1-2
We will have between July 1st and September 30th. :good:
At least, I would hope so. lol

biggness said:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/18/samsung-start-stability-update-galaxy-note-ii-still-android-4-1-2
We will have between July 1st and September 30th. :good:
At least, I would hope so. lol
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2013? Hmmmm.
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I love my Note 2, but this is why my next phone will likely be a Nexus. For a lot of people, having the most up to date OS is not that important, but I like have the latest and greatest. I do like to flash ROMs and do so often, but sometimes I don't want to have to do that.

nubsors said:
I love my Note 2, but this is why my next phone will likely be a Nexus. For a lot of people, having the most up to date OS is not that important, but I like have the latest and greatest. I do like to flash ROMs and do so often, but sometimes I don't want to have to do that.
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maybe when they have a nexus with a 5.5 inch screen.

Incremental updates are overrated and IMO I feel I ain't missing much now.. If so Ill just flash an aosp rom with 4.2.2. to satisfy the feeling of being left out.
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That's why I only buy Asus tablets!! They are a superb manufacturer at releasing updates! It's been on my Asus Infinity for a while now!!
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N2 Update 4.2.2?

Coming soon?

MixaDJ said:
Coming soon?
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Yes,pretty soon.Not 4.2,but 4.3!

At the end of the year maybe.

4.2.2? No, we will probably never get it.
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Tomorrow!
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Just came out! Hit refresh 14 times and it'll automatically download!
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Samsung decided to go directly to 4.3. When? To late as always.....
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Wiecznymw said:
Samsung decided to go directly to 4.3. When? To late as always.....
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The moment they realized that they weren't offering anything to people upgrading to the Note 3 UNLESS they stopped updating the firmware for the Note 2.

DanDroidian said:
The moment they realized that they weren't offering anything to people upgrading to the Note 3 UNLESS they stopped updating the firmware for the Note 2.
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Yeah pretty much. It's not going to be that big of upgrade hardware wise so that just leaves the software.
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DanDroidian said:
The moment they realized that they weren't offering anything to people upgrading to the Note 3 UNLESS they stopped updating the firmware for the Note 2.
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Couldn't have said it better myself :good:

No. Yes. Maybe.
Yesterday. Last week. Tomorrow. A minute ago.
Upgraded us to 4.2. Upgraded us to 4.3. Surprised us with 5.0
New SNote app. New Calendar features. Better versions of core apps i.e. SMS, dialler, contacts.
Animal translator app (liaise with your pet, refer to the included tutorial app 'paws and the spen - total confusion'
Longer Spen. Shorter Spen. No Spen. invisible SPen (unfortunately named iPen)
New colors. Only one color. New name: Bigass motherfu*ka
Thinner bezel. Thicker bezel. No bezel.
Gorilla glass3. Gorilla glass 5. Shares in Corning.
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OK- all Note 3 possibilities have been mentioned. Feel free to add in any I missed. Kindly take care & add some entertainment value too so future readers get some joy reading yet another thread, which is just like the other 15 threads, all saying the same thing ...

Dont think samsung can afford to leave the note 2 without updates, and anger the Note community.. the note userrange is not that big that they'll leave us without the note 3s upcoming updates.. softwarewise the note2 and 3 will propably look quite similar, maybe the n3 will get a s-pen update that this screen cant handle and ofcourse more ram and so on..
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Since Note 3 will come with Android 4.3, it would be safe to say that Note 2 will only get the update after Note 3 has been released and after the peak sales of the device. If update for Note 2 is to be released any earlier, it would disrupt Note 3 sales as existing Note 2 users might not migrate. Also, would be Note 3 owners might purchase Note 2 instead because it is cheaper. So, wait patiently.

According to Sammobile Samsung has sold the Note franchise to Apple and Apple has pulled all functionality for the GN2.
Tomorrow all of our phones will implode and turn into iPhone 3GS.
Read it on the Internet, must be true.
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apallohadas said:
According to Sammobile Samsung has sold the Note franchise to Apple and Apple has pulled all functionality for the GN2.
Tomorrow all of our phones will implode and turn into iPhone 3GS.
Read it on the Internet, must be true.
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The **** is wrong with you? If these rubbish posts are what you call a joke, just log the **** out and cut your lan cable because none of these would entertain anybody todays world wide webs. Maybe try again next century dip****.

U mean 2015
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lol new thread about update!! subscribe
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ams3401 said:
The **** is wrong with you? If these rubbish posts are what you call a joke, just log the **** out and cut your lan cable because none of these would entertain anybody todays world wide webs. Maybe try again next century dip****.
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Yeah man, you tell him! The nerve of some people... A repetitious thread emerges, same topic as 15 others, and some wise guy is cracking jokes. That is SO not what the interwebs is about. Harrumph I'm canceling my subscription.
The best part is where you call him a dip**** that was good
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You'll never know.
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ams3401 said:
The **** is wrong with you? If these rubbish posts are what you call a joke, just log the **** out and cut your lan cable because none of these would entertain anybody todays world wide webs. Maybe try again next century dip****.
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Lol you certainly seem entertained by it!
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Note 2 uodate to 4.3

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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mrbkkt1 said:
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

Macklessdaddy said:
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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My Last Samsung Phone EVER!

I'll never buy any Samsung or any other company's phone...I'll stick with googles' own phone, this way I can get updated ASAP.....have to wait until next year to get the Kitkat on my Note 2, and didn't even get the 4.3 yet...GOD what's wrong with Samsung..?

Does your phone not work with the current firmware? Did you purchase a license agreement with Samsung or your mobile carrier saying that your phone would ever receive more than bug fixes?
Hmm...
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I love Samsung. Custom ROM makes everything better.
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You_got_owned123 said:
I love Samsung. Custom ROM makes everything better.
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Couldn't have said it any better myself

Omfg... We're getting 4.3 in a few days. Calm down lol! First week of December. Not sure what's with all the whining. I agree... I'd rather wait a couple of months for 4.4 but still... Better than nothing!

loaferkan said:
I'll never buy any Samsung or any other company's phone...I'll stick with googles' own phone, this way I can get updated ASAP.....have to wait until next year to get the Kitkat on my Note 2, and didn't even get the 4.3 yet...GOD what's wrong with Samsung..?
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Have fun with your small, non-removable battery and no SD card..

OK folks, there is an off topic and other device thread already in existence...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2192602