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Official Froyo Changes ((For fun))

I just thought we should all share our thoughts of what's going to change or what's getting better in the official release of froyo just to pass time..
Ill start!
I don't know how but i think it will be faster and i think they are doing some changes to the launcher.
Share!

1. Smoother graphically when changing homescreens
2. Even better memory usage
3. Minor speed tweaks to the browser to make it even faster

What'll be different from the pre-release to the official you mean?
My vote is next to nothing

Rusty! said:
What'll be different from the pre-release to the official you mean?
My vote is next to nothing
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i think there is something big and they are hiding it!

johnnie93 said:
i think there is something big and they are hiding it!
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If it were that big, they would be beta testing it. I'm assuming they are just trying to make it as solid as possible.

Neah... i think they are just patching things up for Flash. I don't think we'll see something new. Just a few bug fixes with waking up from standby, browser improvements to meet the full flash requirements and most importantly a new build number

i think they will listen to us users and enable GPU acceleration

I predict they release Gingerbread instead of Froyo

Blueman101 said:
I predict they release Gingerbread instead of Froyo
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Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends

johnnie93 said:
Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends
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I though that was when Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to be released? And Black Mesa Source? Boy 2012 is gonna be a busy end of the world.

johnnie93 said:
Gingerbread will be released in 2012 when the world ends
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On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )

lorin.bute said:
On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )
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Now would that be 12 midnight Eastern Standard Time? I think they'll release it at 11pm let us play with it for an hr then the supposed end will come!

lorin.bute said:
On December 21st, 2012 Google will announce the biggest news in the history of mankind: the best mobile OS ever made, but its never going to be released because the world ends at midnight )
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Im thinkin that the Mayans weren't predicting the end of the world, but the end of Apple?

[Q] Will Froyo releases be leaked ?

Why are samsung leaking these to test, The FroYo FW must be into a good stage of development by now, I am unsure why we are 'beta testing' this and hoping for FroYo to be released working well straight off the bat,
Do you guys think we will get FroYo releases before it is officially released? I mean all these firmwares we are testing will be made into one that gets officially released.
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Of course we will get a leaked release.

dakine said:
Of course we will get a leaked release.
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Is there a better community of beta testers than xda-developers?
I'm very happy with all my Samsung mobiles (...,blade, i780, Omnia2, ...) I hope Samsung STEP IN into this community and help us help them
Samsung: let us test your Beta please (We do it for free!)

dan 6a said:
Why are samsung leaking these to test, The FroYo FW must be into a good stage of development by now, I am unsure why we are 'beta testing' this and hoping for FroYo to be released working well straight off the bat,
Do you guys think we will get FroYo releases before it is officially released? I mean all these firmwares we are testing will be made into one that gets officially released.
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Don't do that. You got the whole place jumping with excitement thinking that FroYo had been leaked. Your a cruel mean person.

Ancient_One said:
Don't do that. You got the whole place jumping with excitement thinking that FroYo had been leaked. Your a cruel mean person.
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Agreed you are mean

I nearly fell from chair.

IF they would release thier Froyo as beta to this forum - they could get beta feedback by reading about bugs posted by us AND does not have to deal with the consequences we know how to reflash - "normal" users dont.
So Win Win for both.

Yeah, you really should have titled the thread as a question. As worded, it makes folks think it's actually happened.

LOL at people's hopes being dashed.

there are already alpha versions out, if you check the Xda blogs

Samsung, your turn.
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FROYO
AllGamer said:
there are already alpha versions out, if you check the Xda blogs
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Already Alpha versions out :|? What!? Where?

Really? No one as excited about thus as I am?
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Really? No one as excited about thus as I am?
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I fired up a google search and i found a lot of hits about a froyo alpha on a galaxy spica. Maybe some things got mixed up.

Yep, can't find anything about Froyo alphas or leaks for the Galaxy S, just for some of the older Galaxy phones.
I think we Android owners are a fairly impatient bunch.
In the time it's taken for the iPhone to go from 3.0 to 4.0, Android has had:
- 1.6 Donut
- 2.0 / 2.1 Eclair
- 2.2 Froyo
The phone manufacturers must have a heart attack every time a new version of Android is released and their handset owners immediately begin screaming for it...
Luckily the Galaxy S is the flagship of Samsung which they intend to sell 10 million of, so chances are we'll be seeing good support and the stream of beta firmwares shows they're not sitting still.
Froyo has been confirmed for August in Korea, and most likely September in international markets.
We've got to be patient and remember the Nexus One is still the ONLY Android phone that has received an official Froyo update as of yet. Even the Desire, EVO 4G, Droid, Incredible and Droid X are still on the waiting list.
From the sounds of it August-October will be the time the various handset manufacturers will be rolling out their Froyo updates.

AXIS of Reality said:
Yep, can't find anything about Froyo alphas or leaks for the Galaxy S, just for some of the older Galaxy phones.
I think we Android owners are a fairly impatient bunch.
In the time it's taken for the iPhone to go from 3.0 to 4.0, Android has had:
- 1.6 Donut
- 2.0 / 2.1 Eclair
- 2.2 Froyo
The phone manufacturers must have a heart attack every time a new version of Android is released and their handset owners immediately begin screaming for it...
Luckily the Galaxy S is the flagship of Samsung which they intend to sell 10 million of, so chances are we'll be seeing good support and the stream of beta firmwares shows they're not sitting still.
Froyo has been confirmed for August in Korea, and most likely September in international markets.
We've got to be patient and remember the Nexus One is still the ONLY Android phone that has received an official Froyo update as of yet. Even the Desire, EVO 4G, Droid, Incredible and Droid X are still on the waiting list.
From the sounds of it August-October will be the time the various handset manufacturers will be rolling out their Froyo updates.
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You're absolutely right. However i have a HTC Magic (very old android phone) and i'm running Froyo and it rocks =) hehehe, i know, i know, it's not official
Let's just hope Cyanogen gets one of these Galaxy S and starts porting CMmod to Galaxy S =)
I'm selling my HTC Magic right now to help buying this phone
Cheers,
Phk

AXIS of Reality said:
I think we Android owners are a fairly impatient bunch.
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Yep we sure are
The phone manufacturers must have a heart attack every time a new version of Android is released and their handset owners immediately begin screaming for it...
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Well they don't do themselves any favours by launching a new phone every couple of weeks and insisting on putting their own UI on top of Android.
Looking further afield: anyone think that Samsung will put Gingerbread on this baby?

flamingpitofhell said:
Yep we sure are
Well they don't do themselves any favours by launching a new phone every couple of weeks and insisting on putting their own UI on top of Android.
Looking further afield: anyone think that Samsung will put Gingerbread on this baby?
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Possibly but I think I have to go with the sceptic masses here that say samsung support isn't good in longterm and so I guess they won't do that. Unless ofc gingerbread is going to bring the massive UI update that vanilla android so desperately needs for usablity and samsung decides that touchwiy isnt necessary anymore.

Phk said:
Let's just hope Cyanogen gets one of these Galaxy S and starts porting CMmod to Galaxy S =)
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There are developers assigned to port CyanogenMod to the Vibrant (T-Mobile US version):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729364
Unfortunately, looking at Wes Garner's Twitter, he seems rather more keen on the Slide than the Vibrant:
I like the slide better
@wesgarner so does that mean your gonna keep developing for the slide?
@XJRodzx probably more for it than the vibrant
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So don't know how that's necessarily going to work out. The intention is there, though, anyway - hope it's still in progress!

I have doubts with Gingerbread...from what we know so far, it's supposed to have a (MUCH NEEDED!) UI overhaul based around the Gallery's sexy look.
If a phone is launched with a certain interface, chances are the manufacturer probably wouldn't be keen on releasing an update that changes everything because of the issue with it being different to what the buyer paid for. Basically, it changes the product, and the picture on the box is no longer what you've bought. It's all well and good with something like Eclair to Froyo since it's largely just performance improvements and some new features rather than an overhaul.
If anything, I think Samsung would be more likely to release a new version of the Galaxy S at Gingerbread's launch. Much like it's doubtful the HTC Desire / Evo 4G / Incredible will get Gingerbread updates. Instead, HTC will probably have new devices ready for the new interface.
The Nexus One is the only current device I believe has a chance of Gingerbread, mainly because it's the 'official' Google phone and has been promoted and sold as a developer phone.They'll be wanting some nice apps ready for Gingerbread when it launches which will obviously need to be in development before Gingerbread-equipped phones launch.

[Q] Where is Samsung Official Froyo 2.2 Rom

Someone needs to put all these posts in order! and first of all establish a filing system! tags(well who puts tags?? maybe forced tick boxes) or brackets or something that will make it easier to find stuff!
That being said, can someone please point me to the official froyo for galaxy s? I cannot make kies work for some reason and I need to do it manually.
I have froyo but is either ****ed up, or beta, or something, cause it crashes like hell! Baseband version is I9000xxJP2
While you are at it, a guide on what is JPM, JP2, JP♥, etc is would be nice!
Thanks!
EDIT: I found one guide for installing 2.2 on the galaxy here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Also try this website: http://www.samfirmware.com which has all the "official" firmware for Galaxy.
Still it would be nice to know about all the JP*versions...

There is no official froyo as yet. JPM and JP6 were briefly released earlier this month but they are by no means complete and still seem to have a number of issues. Samsung said that a new super fast official froyo release will be with us sometime in November. If you're brave enough you can try one of the releases available, I did recently, but I've gone back to JM1 that was supplied on my phone.
I know its an annoying and long wait but with any luck this will give Samsung the chance to get it right

bigdyl69 said:
There is no official froyo as yet. JPM and JP6 were briefly released earlier this month but they are by no means complete and still seem to have a number of issues. Samsung said that a new super fast official froyo release will be with us sometime in November. If you're brave enough you can try one of the releases available, I did recently, but I've gone back to JM1 that was supplied on my phone.
I know its an annoying and long wait but with any luck this will give Samsung the chance to get it right
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Oh well, I thought the stuff they put up on their site was the official thing, and everyone is saying that they are rolling out froyo for the past couple of weeks...
it is VERY annoying, especially with all the good modders and coders that are around in xdadevs, and to be honest they prolly can build a froyo version much faster and cleaner than the "official" one....

sazinas said:
Oh well, I thought the stuff they put up on their site was the official thing, and everyone is saying that they are rolling out froyo for the past couple of weeks...
it is VERY annoying, especially with all the good modders and coders that are around in xdadevs, and to be honest they prolly can build a froyo version much faster and cleaner than the "official" one....
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Umm.. You do realise the modders here mostly take the Samsung code and enhance it right? Modding ROM's is a lot more difficult then writing/maintaining them (remember, the modders don't touch the drivers).
The situation does suck, but I actually respect many companies which delay releases more than those that don't. Because those that consistently deliver on schedule, often deliver their software with MAJOR issues (issues which may even require hardware to be returned for repair)

You can find here, on my PC:
c:\Users\Developer_007\.android\Froyo

FroYo for unbranded phones should be here early November. For carrier models Samsung have stated by the end of November. All we can do is play the waiting game. It gets delayed, delayed and delayed. Will probably get delayed till November, who knows?

Where you get information about november? Prooflink please!

It was posted on the Samsung Mobile UK twitter page - Link

Out in Japan?
Actually, the recently released Japanese Galaxy S seems to come with froyo...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821685

almaalma74 said:
You can find here, on my PC:
c:\Users\Developer_007\.android\Froyo
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I got mine from 127.0.0.1

Samsung uk it's not whole world.it's only damn island. In official news on samsung russia is october date
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They are busy working on the nexus two and forgot about us
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I think they'tre pushing for a Halloween release. Buhuhuhuhuhu
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Not overenthusiastic about Froyo.
Galaxy Tabs was released in Thailand a few weeks ago with official Froyo, played with it. The performance is subpar.

MadBob said:
I got mine from 127.0.0.1
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Damn, I tryed to hack this mofo down and make him pay for not sharing with us but my computer crashed when I started to give him hell :|

pmos69 said:
Actually, the recently released Japanese Galaxy S seems to come with froyo...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821685
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From what I've read there's a possibility the Japanese SGS is running slightly different hardware, has built in TV receiver and something different with the camera too

From Samsung UK on facebook 2 minutes ago
"We know you are all eagerly awaiting the Froyo updates, and we appreciate your patience. The network testing of the Galaxy S Froyo upgrade is proceeding according to the schedule we released last week (we expect all UK customers to receive their upgrade by the end of November). We can confirm that the software we’re working on includes a solution to the Froyo Android Market issue which has been widely discussed."

Lynchy30 said:
From Samsung UK on facebook 2 minutes ago
"We know you are all eagerly awaiting the Froyo updates, and we appreciate your patience. The network testing of the Galaxy S Froyo upgrade is proceeding according to the schedule we released last week (we expect all UK customers to receive their upgrade by the end of November). We can confirm that the software we’re working on includes a solution to the Froyo Android Market issue which has been widely discussed."
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So, another month of waiting. Fantastic.
I'm curious if this will be also the case for the rest of Europe?

They just replied to a customer asking when in November and they said
We're releasing Froyo from the beginning of November and we're expecting all networks to have it by the end of November. The key benefits of Froyo will include Google maps with navigation, as well as improved browser performance.

In Singapore too. Samsung Singapore has said that they are almost done with the froyo 2.2 and it should be release on schedule! =)
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[Q] WTH is with ICS for our device ?

Note: if you dont want to read flame thread, quit reading
Wth is with ice ICS for our device ? I had galaxy S and they was releasing gingerbred with half year delay.. (not sure)
Is this again happening with galaxy note ?
they said galaxy S2 and note will have cca similar date of ICS
at first it was end of january, they february, then 1st march and what the f*** now ? thay omg said at 1st quadrant of this year!! if they wont give us ICS in end of march i will quit samsung tour..
also i cant see CM9.. they said when there will be leak they will repair some things to make it more usable.. nonsense
i think next device will be Nexus...
i made this thread to see more people with suggestions on ICS for our device
lol you samsung
P.S. : sorry of my english its not my motherlang

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at first it was end of january, they february, then 1st march and what the f*** now ? thay omg said at 1st quadrant of this year!!
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Q1 is is January, February, March and April. If you were expecting ICS already in January then you simply weren't being realistic and the disappointment is all your own fault.
also i cant see CM9.. they said when there will be leak they will repair some things to make it more usable.. nonsense
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Nonsense? So you have some inside-knowledge that it's just some sort of a marketing tactics and the devs are not actually doing what they say they're doing?
i made this thread to see more people with suggestions on ICS for our device
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I have one: wait until it is released. OMGSODIFFICULT.

a/ Samsung only announced ICS for both SGS2 and Note for first quarter of the year , they NEVER announced a clear date, all you read about a clear date is speculation by other posters.
b/ CM9 => open source firmware, to be working with note and SGS2 , they need some proprietary drivers for ICS from samsung ( to make it short ), but for now, samsung haven't released the code.
if you ever installed any Linux suite on a computer, it's the same trouble with ATI and nVidia for recent card...
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instead of saying "lol samsung" , go code yourself what we are lacking , if you are so great ....
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Sramie said:
Note: if you dont want to read flame thread, quit reading
Wth is with ice ICS for our device ? I had galaxy S and they was releasing gingerbred with half year delay.. (not sure)
Is this again happening with galaxy note ?
they said galaxy S2 and note will have cca similar date of ICS
at first it was end of january, they february, then 1st march and what the f*** now ? thay omg said at 1st quadrant of this year!! if they wont give us ICS in end of march i will quit samsung tour..
also i cant see CM9.. they said when there will be leak they will repair some things to make it more usable.. nonsense
i think next device will be Nexus...
i made this thread to see more people with suggestions on ICS for our device
lol you samsung
P.S. : sorry of my english its not my motherlang
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It was 4 months. Galaxy S got Gingerbread in 4 months after Nexus S was launched.
So its about same / slightly quicker this time around.
No fixed date was ever announced by Samsung. It was always Q1 2012. That means they have almost 3 weeks more to deliver on that promise.
You can always buy Nexus if you want fast updates.
HTC too is just starting to roll out ICS updates to just one of its phones, so its not like everyone is already on board ICS. Hell even old nexus s update was halted.
And coming to CM9, they have no obligation at all to anyone. They will release it when its ready. Constructive criticism is welcomed, shouting is not.

WereCatf said:
Q1 is is January, February, March and April. If you were expecting ICS already in January then you simply weren't being realistic and the disappointment is all your own fault.
Nonsense? So you have some inside-knowledge that it's just some sort of a marketing tactics and the devs are not actually doing what they say they're doing?
I have one: wait until it is released. OMGSODIFFICULT.
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Actually Q1 is jan, feb. mar. If we don't get it by the end of march like Samsung said, then that is really bad. ICS was released last year and that was before Galaxy note was released. This is one of the problems with all these android devices.

Another whine thread.
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1Q isn't over yet, if you haven't got your precious ICS by 1st April, then you can whine (although we still won't care). Until then, check your sense of entitlement at the door.

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We aren't going to be allowing a bunch of whining for months on end until they finally put ICS on the Note.

Any word on an ICS update?

Has anyone heard anything new about us officially getting ICS? It is taking forever, i know our ROM's are stable enough without it but i miss the camera

no news yet.
it was supposed to be Q2 as far as i remember but time is running out.
im seriously pissed off at samsung who are being real d*cks about updating devices to ics.
even small sh*tty devices like huawei media pad have had official ics updates and we bought the most expensive tab thinking it would entail good support but so far nothing
basically i've given up waiting. when it comes ill be happy but im not counting the days / holding my breath

Totaly agree!, I am using ROM Stock (3.2) and I gave up about Sammy ICS, I'am waiting a net model with ICS in Brazil, but I feel so sorry because I think we will have no 8.9 new models
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Keep an eye on this websites
Www.sammobile.com
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00046726&fm_seq=49755
I think we will get an ICS update in Q3

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Keep an eye on this websites
Www.sammobile.com
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00046726&fm_seq=49755
I think we will get an ICS update in Q3
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For source that has been out since October? Take the Galaxian Soup AOSP and add the camera and touchwiz. Done.
This is an insane wait with so many other tegra 2 devices already having official ICS ROMs

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For source that has been out since October?
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yeah samsung just plain f*cked up. i really do hope this dampens their sales! for such an expensive tab this is really unecceptable!

bdfull3r said:
For source that has been out since October? Take the Galaxian Soup AOSP and add the camera and touchwiz. Done.
This is an insane wait with so many other tegra 2 devices already having official ICS ROMs
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Samsung just F***ked us up whit there updates come on Man for souch a expensive device and so long a wait to ICS update now still on Laggy Honeycomb!
PS: i'm not on honeycomb hate it!

According to this on Android Central it's going to be late July

July was confirmed by Samsung on Facebook Last Month
Waiting for warmer weather here in the UK before they start dishing out Ice cream Sandwiches

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July was confirmed by Samsung on Facebook Last Month
Waiting for warmer weather here in the UK before they start dishing out Ice cream Sandwiches
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we all know how well they stick to what they promise...

Well Samsung is always late for updates because they always manage to release a new device where there are new android versions coming up. :S
I can understand why they wouldn't want to update, I tried the galaxy tab 2 and it's much smoother and really working very well with ICS considering is the same hardware it just doesn't make sense to update when you can buy the same thing again just for the software update.
Honestly I would even pay some dollars to Samsung if they allow me to update next month.

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Keep an eye on this websites
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I think we will get an ICS update in Q3
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Well - the P7300 isn't mentioned in there at all :-(
Am I right in assuming that the SGH-i957 and the P7300 are completely different (the custom ROMs would suggest so)

Jestor said:
Am I right in assuming that the SGH-i957 and the P7300 are completely different
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yes completely different!
they use different hardware thats why the roms aren't compatible from one to another!

DBBGBA said:
Well Samsung is always late for updates because they always manage to release a new device where there are new android versions coming up.
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Yeah, but that argument doesn't hold because most of their new devices are still released with Gingerbread. The Galaxy IIIS is actually an exception and not the rule. Go to gsmarena.com and look at all the newly released and announced Samsung phones--most on Gingerbread

DBBGBA said:
Well Samsung is always late for updates because they always manage to release a new device where there are new android versions coming up. :S
I can understand why they wouldn't want to update, I tried the galaxy tab 2 and it's much smoother and really working very well with ICS considering is the same hardware it just doesn't make sense to update when you can buy the same thing again just for the software update.
Honestly I would even pay some dollars to Samsung if they allow me to update next month.
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Why would you say that? They don't even make an 8.9 Wi-Fi only anymore if what I'm getting on their website is correct. Unless that is you are not talking about the Wi-Fi one.
For Wi-Fi only people there is no new device.