[Q] New version of Touchwiz - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

I'm wondering if anyone knew if the new version of Touchwiz will be an S5 exclusive or if it is something that will be included in the new Kitkat stock rom?
Kind of early I know, but still have to ask.
It's nothing groundbreaking but it is a bit fresher. If not I'm sure someone will find a way to extract it to our S4's...

Where did you find the new version? Well, I mean where did see it?

islandboy_2000 said:
I'm wondering if anyone knew if the new version of Touchwiz will be an S5 exclusive or if it is something that will be included in the new Kitkat stock rom?
Kind of early I know, but still have to ask.
It's nothing groundbreaking but it is a bit fresher. If not I'm sure someone will find a way to extract it to our S4's...
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I don't think it will, it definitely hasn't with other models that have been updated to 4.4, but maybe down the road, who knows
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Where did you find the new version? Well, I mean where did see it?
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Interwebz, it's everywhere
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I was wondering the exact same thing myself. Wishful thinking I suppose. My only complaint with TouchWiz is that it would get slightly laggy after awhile.
Next device I get is definitely going to be a GPE so it doesn't really matter to me lol.
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The next version won't have it but there is a chance some features will be brought to us later. I think i read that the s3 got some s4 features via updates last year.
Also especially if it coincides with their business initiatives like the gear watches
But dont count on it, you bought the phone u have and its not bad Wait till the s6 or s7

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When does 4.1.2 come out o galaxy s 3 for t mobile?

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Not really too sure but it should be soon. Maybe within the first month of next year? the note just got it and we should soon follow. Its not easy either because there are a lot of updating that needs to be done and they test everything so it takes time. It will be some time before we get 4.2 and by that time, google will probably have released another OS in google IO. Ill be real, JB is great on these devices, i actually want google to slow down the updates so that manufacturers can somewhat catch up to the latest one in updateing capable devices and then move on forward. Also you have to look at the fact that they well you your S3, they make money. zthe already worked ICS onto it and were paid for ICS and the S3. when they have to develop and work on JB, Thats on their own money and time. But yeah, im getting off margin here. I belive that the s3 can probably see one more update after 4.2. after that, well it will be pointless as the GS5 may be in the horizon which aint bad. After my s3, ill probably go for the GS5 if im not too compelled by the note 3 lol
Just flash it now
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It really comes down to the manufacturers to release the update OTA, samsung has been putting all the updates out pretty quick.
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Just flash it now
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That is NOT the Stock OTA update. That is CM10
If that were the OTA Update, we'd say share the File with others , so we can MOD it to death!
Once the OTA update hits The east coast of USA or where ever it hits first, someone will upload the stock file! I herd it was suppost to hit Poland Dec 21, 2012
I just bought mine yesterday and the update was available when I get home with it.
Dont you have to be rooted for that?
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I just bought mine yesterday and the update was available when I get home with it.
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U mean u have 4.1.1 Right ? If u have 4.1.2 then share it... show screen shot ... I don't think it's out yet (Dec 22, 2012)
we would be flooded with Posts that it hit last night at 3:00 am in NY or east coast etc. and many would post!
I heard that 4.1.2 should be out for update sometime in Feb 2013.
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I heard that 4.1.2 should be out for update sometime in Feb 2013.
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Cant wait that long!! :crying: Think its worth it to root and instal the leaked 4.1.2 or should I just wait? I feel like battery life sucks on stock 4.1.1 that im running. I might reset to factory settings(where I had best battery life) and just wait for word on 4.1.2
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dunnny said:
Cant wait that long!! :crying: Think its worth it to root and instal the leaked 4.1.2 or should I just wait? I feel like battery life sucks on stock 4.1.1 that im running. I might reset to factory settings(where I had best battery life) and just wait for word on 4.1.2
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Strange, I'm getting pretty good battery life on stock.
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I get the same battery life I did before.
Use BetterBatteryStats to determine what's the cause of bad battery life. I had problems when I first updated - found out it was Google Now trying to use GPS all the time for the most part. They really ought to tell people about that and make it more clear since many don't seem to realise what's going on.
I know that the eBay app is also a battery hog, but I can't part with it.
I'm happy to have JB...I was on ICS previous with the HTC One S (long story but good ending). My question with 4.1.2.....will it come with Photo Sphere camera app? I'm completely stock unrooted...not ever going to root...so don't even tell me to root please.
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osmosizzz said:
Not really too sure but it should be soon. Maybe within the first month of next year? the note just got it and we should soon follow. -edit- after that, well it will be pointless as the GS5 may be in the horizon which aint bad. After my s3, ill probably go for the GS5 if im not too compelled by the note 3 lol
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#1 The T-Mobile Note 2 does not have 4.1.2, it got an update to 4.1.1 allowing multiview.
#2 The GS5 on the horizon ? The GS4 hasn't even been announced yet dude.
#3 Do your homework and find a smaller sig.
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I'm happy to have JB...I was on ICS previous with the HTC One S (long story but good ending). My question with 4.1.2.....will it come with Photo Sphere camera app? I'm completely stock unrooted...not ever going to root...so don't even tell me to root please.
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4.1.2 does not have photosphere dude, that's a feature of 4.2 AOSP. Most likely will be integrated into the sammy 4.2 update but who knows.
KillaHurtz said:
#1 The T-Mobile Note 2 does not have 4.1.2, it got an update to 4.1.1 allowing multiview.
#2 The GS5 on the horizon ? The GS4 hasn't even been announced yet dude.
#3 Do your homework and find a smaller sig.
4.1.2 does not have photosphere dude, that's a feature of 4.2 AOSP. Most likely will be integrated into the sammy 4.2 update but who knows.
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Haha this is comical good one... well from what I know 4.2 obviously international markets would get it first(maybe they already have it?) Maybe someone can chime in on this. Since these updates take so long I bet most carriers are just skipping 4.1.2 and go straight to 4.2 next year. Consider most US carriers just got 4.1 lol
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The only devices that have 4.2 is Nexus devices at the moment. They always get stuff as soon as it is announced because they are pure google devices. 4.1.2 is incremental and the international Note 2 already has it. 4.2 is still some time away bro. I mean you can flash a CM10.1 ROM and that literally is 4.2, but it is missing all the Samsung packages. Samsung's actual 4.2 official release is still far off. Expect to see it leaked before the OTA hits.
My bad....I posted that very early in the morning....I confused 4.1.2 with 4.2. Still hope we get photo sphere at some point though. Never understand why carriers get rid of some features.
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chrishoyt2012 said:
My bad....I posted that very early in the morning....I confused 4.1.2 with 4.2. Still hope we get photo sphere at some point though. Never understand why carriers get rid of some features.
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I dont think carriers get rid of some features!!! But if you want photo sphere just install the stock camera apk it works pretty good.
He's not rooted, and doesn't plan to be.
I've had 4.1.1 now for a few weeks and I do not see the buttery-ness of jelly bean at all that everyone is talking about. I actually notice some severe lag whenever I use the keyboard. Anything from typing in text messages and searching in the browser makes the keys sticky as can be
Where is my butter!

Why would u buy Google edition S4 vs. Regular S4 pricing wise

The GE S 4 cost ruffly around $650 while the regular one cost $580. Considering u can install a GE ROM on the regular one. is there any benefits?
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Pretty much what you said. Why would you buy a GE s4, when youre paying for the features of the regular s4?
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If i could go back in time I would have waited for the GE S4.
I've tried many GE ROMs and none are perfect yet. Like one rom i tried didn't have bluetooth working, another I couldnt get NFC to work, etc etc. I believe these ROMs don't even support direct OTA updates which is sorta a convenience I would like to have on a GE device.
This and the fact that all the samsung stuff is pretty much useless to me.
On another note, I wonder why one couldnt just dump an entire system ROM of a stock GE s4 onto a carrier variant GTI9505, instead of having to rely on these slightly modified GE ROMs.
Push it down to $450 and i would, then I would port things i like from touchwiz over via a new rom.
But at or near the same price, no.
No like my S4 and custom roms who cares about google
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If i could go back in time I would have waited for the GE S4.
I've tried many GE ROMs and none are perfect yet. Like one rom i tried didn't have bluetooth working, another I couldnt get NFC to work, etc etc. I believe these ROMs don't even support direct OTA updates which is sorta a convenience I would like to have on a GE device.
This and the fact that all the samsung stuff is pretty much useless to me.
On another note, I wonder why one couldnt just dump an entire system ROM of a stock GE s4 onto a carrier variant GTI9505, instead of having to rely on these slightly modified GE ROMs.
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The 4.2.2 or 4.3 GE roms you flashed are TEST BUILDS, on top of that, they were LEAKED, you should keep that in mind.
unless youre able to get some kind of major discount, i do not see the pt of buying a google edition gs4
Bob Hodges said:
unless youre able to get some kind of major discount, i do not see the pt of buying a google edition gs4
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If you don't care about touchwiz I could see it making sense on ATT since the bootloader is locked. But, on tmobile it doesn't seem to make much sense.
I would love to support Google and buy an unlocked phone, but t-mobile had their version for $529. That's a lot less than Google's price. Currently running CM and couldn't be happier.
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I was thinking of buying a s4 active, but I already bought m919
"Give a man a fish you feed him for a day, teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." In other words help others find an answer don't just give it to them.
There is no benefit in buying the GE S4 and I mean NONE.....
So now I guess I have to explain why?
Simple..
GE is not Aosp, it still uses TW framework, a truer nexus feel can be made by flashing cm or something like that. As what was mentioned already you can also flash the GE Roms. I also read that either HTC or Sammy would allow current users to install the official GE rom if they desire to.
Basically same phone different rom. Not worth an extra penny.
However I'm pretty sure we aren't the target consumers anyway. Google sells unlocked phones and for the S4 specs the price is worth it. For non tmo customers anyway.
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You do get 3gb more internal partition space default. I flashed a system dump in the general section, NOT a modified ROM and everything worked. I'm just a touchwiz man
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ROM similar to Note 3??

Just wondering if any of the Devs are working on a ROM similar to the note 3 yet?
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Not sure what you mean. The Note 3 just runs a TWiz ROM like any other TWiz ROM with a bunch of Sammy bloatware added.
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Not sure what you mean. The Note 3 just runs a TWiz ROM like any other TWiz ROM with a bunch of Sammy bloatware added.
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I think the user might be asking if any ROMs have some of the note 3 features...I think I'll be going with a nexus this time...Samsung has great hardware but I run AOSP 90% of the time anyways...the features are cool to show off but I feel they lack practicality...plus Sammy bloat is so annoying lol
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To be more specific, will it be possible to have the new Note3 like Air Command and S Finder on the Note2?
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To be more specific, will it be possible to have the new Note3 like Air Command and S Finder on the Note2?
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Anything is possible on xda! But for real we just need a system dump and the devs I'm sure will be able to figure some features out if not all of them.
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To be more specific, will it be possible to have the new Note3 like Air Command and S Finder on the Note2?
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I'd wager these features will get backported in an official release. Just like Note2's multiwindow got backported to the Note 1.
Who knows when Samsung will release said though
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Anything is possible on xda! But for real we just need a system dump and the devs I'm sure will be able to figure some features out if not all of them.
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Depends entirely on how Samsung integrated these into the ROM.. Or if they're just apks that don't depend on that much. With how Samsung willingly chooses to completely rewrite TouchWiz for every minor update, I'll guess that these features deeply depend on ROM code... And as such we have to wait for an official update.
That is sheer supposition at this point.
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And to answer your question, as there are no leaked ROMs yet...where would they get the files?
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To be more specific, will it be possible to have the new Note3 like Air Command and S Finder on the Note2?
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This is exactly what I was trying to ask. Yes I know most of touchwiz is pretty much just bloatware but some of the new feature looked like they would actually be useful.
Sorry for posting in the wrong place by the way.
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I bet the note 2 and other samsung phones will get 4.3 so that it makes that silly gear watch available more than the note 3. They need to sell that crap.
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S4 4.3 update coming in october

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Road...xy-S4-Galaxy-S-III-and-GALAXY-Note-II_id47806
So how likely are we to get this update quickly since T-Mobile seems to have forgotten about our updates so far. Really want apps2sd already with Wi-Fi calling
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Road...xy-S4-Galaxy-S-III-and-GALAXY-Note-II_id47806
So how likely are we to get this update quickly since T-Mobile seems to have forgotten about our updates so far. Really want apps2sd already with WiJane-Fi calling
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Sorry bro but I wouldn't hold my breath for any tmobile update. They always have some lame excuse like we're testing for months and months...good news is you can have 4.3 and apps to sd NOW if you root and install a custom rom. Look in the roms change log and it will tell you if its 4.3 and all other features it has. i have apps to sd now with my current rom. So if you don't want to wait for God knows how long you can get these things you want now by rooting. Also you can change back to stock and unroot if you like so its not a permanent thing. There are some wonderful how to root threads in tmobile android development section. Look in the forum for tmobile Samsung galaxy and find the development section where the roms are kept and you should find a how to guide.read read read and when your comfortable with the procedure proceed to root your device. You won't regret it for a second. Best wishes. Otherwise you can wait on tmobile which is likely just going to frusterate you. Ive been with tmobile ten years and my only complaint is their update process.its always one excuse after another why we're not getting our update. So you do have options. You can root and run these things now or wait on tmobile. Its up to you. Best wishes. If your already rooted and just wondering when it will come out my guess is after a newer device is announced. Tmobile is awful when it comes to updates!
Surprisingly the moto x on Tmobile was the first to get the camera fix update. But I guess it's more a patch than an update.
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Sorry bro but I wouldn't hold my breath for any tmobile update. They always have some lame excuse like we're testing for months and months...good news is you can have 4.3 and apps to sd NOW if you root and install a custom rom. Look in the roms change log and it will tell you if its 4.3 and all other features it has. i have apps to sd now with my current rom. So if you don't want to wait for God knows how long you can get these things you want now by rooting. Also you can change back to stock and unroot if you like so its not a permanent thing. There are some wonderful how to root threads in tmobile android development section. Look in the forum for tmobile Samsung galaxy and find the development section where the roms are kept and you should find a how to guide.read read read and when your comfortable with the procedure proceed to root your device. You won't regret it for a second. Best wishes. Otherwise you can wait on tmobile which is likely just going to frusterate you. Ive been with tmobile ten years and my only complaint is their update process.its always one excuse after another why we're not getting our update. So you do have options. You can root and run these things now or wait on tmobile. Its up to you. Best wishes. If your already rooted and just wondering when it will come out my guess is after a newer device is announced. Tmobile is awful when it comes to updates!
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What ticks me off is that this slow update crap is one of the reasons I left Verizon, only to find out it's an issue with t mobile.
Right now I am seriously considering the Nexus 5. For now, thank God I am rooted.
Yes I understand. I went through this with my htc and it makes me furious. It is ALWAYS the same excuse. We're testing and it might take awhile. Its total bs. I honestly think its a marketing strategy of sorts to hold the update as long as possible until the latest and greatest comes out. Then we no longer even care about the update and want to move on..I just don't know why they are this way. I've been with tmobile ten years and I've seen this over and over. Always the same excuse.its really my only complaint about the company. They just won't give us our updates ever so small or large. Until we don't care anymore because we're moving on to something else anyway. Its ridicoulas. So many complain but it seems they turn a deaf ear to our pleas.i was hoping this device would be different and they would send out the update in a timely manner. But its looking like that's not the case. Very frustrating. ..
If you really want bleeding edge updates, check out what happened to the 2013 Nexus 7 and its updates: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380866
It's bad enough when a tablet reboots randomly; I can't imagine a primary communication device like a smartphone doing the same... you know, like in the middle of a phone call.
I agree with realsis, don't count on T-Mobile. Right now you have 4.3 roms but they might not be perfect, I'm sure when Samsung releases the update with Touchwiz and everything, someone will figure out how to port the features to our S4. This seems like it's been repeated a million times, but latest updates can only come from 2 sources: XDA or directly from Google for Nexus devices.
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As soon as the internatinal i9505 galaxy s4 4.3 is realesed we will be able to install it becuase we run the same hardware so thats the good thing
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Sorry but this thread is funny and painful. We know tmobile employees are too dumb to rely on them for software
I'd honestly have a hard time believing that Samsung isn't going to be pushing the providers HARD to get the update out. They've got watches to sell...
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I'd honestly have a hard time believing that Samsung isn't going to be pushing the providers HARD to get the update out. They've got watches to sell...
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That's a good point, but i dont think the carriers care.
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Pray for the update in Oct 2014
Im sure not waiting till october 2014 for this update. hopefully I'll have jumped over to something else. By that time. .in the meantime I'm going to enjoy what we have available here on xda... tmobile ALWAYS uses the same excuse every update. "Oh were testing it" or " there was a issue with it" having been with tmobile ten years ive heard this over and over. Different device SAME story. This might sound odd but I think they hold their updates as a sort of marketing strategy. They will wait till something even greater is released by the time the updates comes out its so old it does not matter and we jump ship to the latest and greatest... think about it..if they gave our updates as they should be given we might actually be happy with our device therefore less likely to buy the latest and greatest new device... I dont know I can't help but think that they hold these updstes for their OWN reasons.. hopefully I'm wrong but ive seen this before....
Correct me if I'm wrong, the "WATCH " is only compatible with the Note 3 when it's released. I could seriously see T-Mobile waiting to see how many S4 owners are desperate enough to go out purchase the N3 just to get the watch before releasing the update.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, the "WATCH " is only compatible with the Note 3 when it's released. I could seriously see T-Mobile waiting to see how many S4 owners are desperate enough to go out purchase the N3 just to get the watch before releasing the update.
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No the watch will be compatible with the s3 s4 and note 2 IF they are updated by T-Mobile/Samsung to 4.3.
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They wouldn't do that as marketing strategy because the only people that care about updates are people that know a lot about the phone so if they continued to never update any phones customers would eventually go to other carriers that care about updates versus buying a new phone again that will never get updated
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nymikey said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, the "WATCH " is only compatible with the Note 3 when it's released. I could seriously see T-Mobile waiting to see how many S4 owners are desperate enough to go out purchase the N3 just to get the watch before releasing the update.
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I still think Samsung is in a nice position (in regards to market-share) to push the telcos to release the update. Seems kind of silly anyway since Samsung are the ones creating the update. One leak to SamMobile would put the pressure back on T-Mobile. Samsung has a lot more to gain from watch sales with multiple compatible devices in the wild than they would hoping that people would upgrade to a N3 AND get the watch.
I'll probably still be running CM, but it'll be nice to have an official 4.3 release
I saw a thread somewhere on xda an hour ago about a leaked Sammy 4.3 for the i9500/i9505 trying to find it again to share the link.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465713
[GT-I9505][Leaked firmware] I9505XXUEMI8 (Android 4.3) - Open Europe (OXA) [01-10-13]
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I saw a thread somewhere on xda an hour ago about a leaked Sammy 4.3 for the i9500/i9505 trying to find it again to share the link.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2465713
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I saw this and was wondering is there anything special one needs to do before flashing. Like should I wait for a CWM rom or can I just use the download as is?
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I saw this and was wondering is there anything special one needs to do before flashing. Like should I wait for a CWM rom or can I just use the download as is?
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Not sure haven't tried it yet lol but from reading the thread I believe if u flash without the new bl file it should work maybe a more experienced dev can work their magic for us. :thumbup:
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Note II - the 4.4.2 update - discussion thread

http://www.intomobile.com/2014/02/18/samsung-begins-rollout-android-44-kitkat-14-devices/
Aww man I cant wait im not sure if this thread has already been made but thank god they have not forgot about us. :victory:
Woohoo...Samsung finally gets around to publishing their own bloated take on something we've had for months.
If tw still look the same with nothing extra that's useful I won't Bother. I use to like Samsung but once you get to the top there's only one way to go. Hope I'm wrong and they give us something nice, if not I'll stay on stock Android.
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Already have it with CM11.. minus all the bloatware too.
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Already have it with CM11.. minus all the bloatware too.
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can you give me the link for that thread?
TIA
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can you give me the link for that thread?
TIA
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SPRINT GALAXY NOTE II ONLY:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524130
The good thing about this will be the new customization with all the KK ROM's we do have available once the developers get the KK source from the official release right?, most of them are pretty stock without as many options as my PACman 4.3.1 JB ROM has right now.
Wonder if I'll still get the ota if Knox is removed from otherwise stock 4.3 setup.
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The official kit kat tw Rom actually isn't coming with much bloat at all.. and Samsung has revamped tw to be more streamlined. I'm actually looking forward to it since I use the spen alot and upgrading to a Note 3 is really a waste of money.. I can wait for the Note 4
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The official kit kat tw Rom actually isn't coming with much bloat at all.. and Samsung has revamped tw to be more streamlined. I'm actually looking forward to it since I use the spen alot and upgrading to a Note 3 is really a waste of money.. I can wait for the Note 4
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Can you uninstall all the utterly useless Samsung apps? Does the OS image weigh any less than 1GB? If not they may have made it run better, but they didn't debloat it.
And I *highly* doubt that Samsung got rid of their own useless apps they spent money developing.
Hopefully Google comes out with a phablet form device. Then I'm done with Samsung. Might go to an LG next. Screw Knox and Samsung.
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Can you uninstall all the utterly useless Samsung apps? Does the OS image weigh any less than 1GB? If not they may have made it run better, but they didn't debloat it.
And I *highly* doubt that Samsung got rid of their own useless apps they spent money developing.
Hopefully Google comes out with a phablet form device. Then I'm done with Samsung. Might go to an LG next. Screw Knox and Samsung.
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I have had only a few android devices (kyocera zio, og evo, evo 3d, note 2, and kyocera torque) and samsung has been the easiest to work with. As far as knox is concerned (on note 2) it is nothing to worry about. The first day 4.3 was out we (me and lorjay) already had knox nullified and on day 2 root was working. While the same may not be true with new samsung devices. Point is knox means nothing to xda users/devs since there will always be a way around it.
4.4 on the note 3 looks okay and should be a better upgrade than 4.3 although we will have to wait and see. For myself i like aosp better since i found most of the things i like from samsung in 3rd party apps. Only thing I miss and can't get is a feature from note 3 mods (air command).
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You've always been able to uninstall bloat.. it's one of the main reasons for having Titanium Backup. And a simple Google search will confirm my above statement. It's still gonna have bloat, just not nearly as much.
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johndillinger1932 said:
You've always been able to uninstall bloat.. it's one of the main reasons for having Titanium Backup. And a simple Google search will confirm my above statement. It's still gonna have bloat, just not nearly as much.
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Always...so long as you are rooted...
Skripka said:
Always...so long as you are rooted...
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Sure, but who would even be on XDA if they weren't rooting...
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Anyone heard any updates about our release yet? I keep seeing it for so many other phones.
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Should be ready by the end of 2015
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johndillinger1932 said:
The official kit kat tw Rom actually isn't coming with much bloat at all.. and Samsung has revamped tw to be more streamlined. I'm actually looking forward to it since I use the spen alot and upgrading to a Note 3 is really a waste of money.. I can wait for the Note 4
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I'm excited to see what it's like if this is indeed the case.
sliverr7x said:
Should be ready by the end of 2015
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By then i'm pretty sure most of us will have upgraded to a new phone but for those who keep their phones for 2+ years it will be nice to not be left out of KK update. Who knows I might keep my Note 2 for a while longer... I have no problems with it and it works just fine and does everything I need and then some.
I guess we either going to get 4.4 in April or May
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-44-k...axy-note-2-galaxy-s3-rollout-surfaces-1561321
Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
I guess we either going to get 4.4 in April or May
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-44-k...axy-note-2-galaxy-s3-rollout-surfaces-1561321
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Probably on the later side. US carriers never update to the "latest" version of Android...Google always gets another release out before carriers choose to finally re-write their ROMs to get up-to-date.

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