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Where is the early July update for Bell's Galaxy S?

So where the hell is the early July update for Bell's Galaxy S?
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Hey man,
Great news, the update is out. In fact, it has been out since over a year.
Its called rooting your phone to install a polished, stable and overall superior rom.

2$ it'll be out tomorrow morning!
The SGS2 came out on july 14th and they probably didn't want to kill sales by upgrading the original SGS to GB first.
Now that it's available, I would expect the update anytime soon...

I live in Canada and bought my Galaxy s from bell also last year.
Whats wrong with you, root your phone.
Man, the experience is incomparable. Samsung takes an average 6month before dropping a new minor update that adds bugs of its own. Root your phone and you'll thank me later.
I mean i was planning to buy a sgs2 to resolve many of the major problems i had with sgs. At a point i thought it was hardware, since no matter how many times i exchange my phone at futureshop for free, or no matter how many application i installed, my battery would only last 3 hours. And when it reached 10% left, it would freeze, lag and become unresponsive. After installing a rom, my phone now last over a day from extensive use.
Non rooted users are dependent of samsung and their carrier. Rooted phone have unlimited possibilities and their request and want are usually answered rapidly by the community.

What rom do you use?
legendofjon said:
I live in Canada and bought my Galaxy s from bell also last year.
Whats wrong with you, root your phone.
Man, the experience is incomparable. Samsung takes an average 6month before dropping a new minor update that adds bugs of its own. Root your phone and you'll thank me later.
I mean i was planning to buy a sgs2 to resolve many of the major problems i had with sgs. At a point i thought it was hardware, since no matter how many times i exchange my phone at futureshop for free, or no matter how many application i installed, my battery would only last 3 hours. And when it reached 10% left, it would freeze, lag and become unresponsive. After installing a rom, my phone now last over a day from extensive use.
Non rooted users are dependent of samsung and their carrier. Rooted phone have unlimited possibilities and their request and want are usually answered rapidly by the community.
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HiKsFiles said:
2$ it'll be out tomorrow morning!
The SGS2 came out on july 14th and they probably didn't want to kill sales by upgrading the original SGS to GB first.
Now that it's available, I would expect the update anytime soon...
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I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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hansonator said:
I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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Link please?...

Jyst go to bell.ca and you'll see the lauch date is now the 21st and there's a few bilboards in Montreal
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Thank you for your interest. This contest is now closed.
Find out more about the Samsung Galaxy S II 4G superphone, coming July 21.
LAME

hansonator said:
I'll take that bet. Its been pushed back to the 21st.
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In that case, i'll bet you 2$ it'll be out on the 21st instead or a few days later...

Philgag said:
What rom do you use?
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Sadly, 80% of the rom available is faster and more stable that samsung firmware.
I used to use f1 galaxy s v6. Im testing many here and their before coming to a conclusion.
Anyways, this should be interesting for rooted users,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172898

legendofjon said:
Hey man,
Great news, the update is out. In fact, it has been out since over a year.
Its called rooting your phone to install a polished, stable and overall superior rom.
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You don't need to root your phone to install a different rom...
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GOTFrogqc said:
Jyst go to bell.ca and you'll see the lauch date is now the 21st and there's a few bilboards in Montreal
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I'll have to take your word about the billboards, because the only thing I see on the Website is info about the SGS2 on 7/21...

legendofjon said:
Sadly, 80% of the rom available is faster and more stable that samsung firmware.
I used to use f1 galaxy s v6. Im testing many here and their before coming to a conclusion.
Anyways, this should be interesting for rooted users,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172898
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I have no problem going the custom route, but since the official ROM may possibly be around the corner, might as well wait the extra day or two...
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ccrows said:
I have no problem going the custom route, but since the official ROM may possibly be around the corner, might as well wait the extra day or two...
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Milestone!?! :?
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BottleB said:
Milestone!?! :?
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I have both phones and still enjoy using them both.
If and only "if" Gingerbread doesn't kill my i9000m internal SD like Froyo did, then I might stick with the i9000m...
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I'm pretty sure those were hardware or manufacturing defects, that were blatantly exposed by Froyo.
Complaints nose-dived in January and all but disappeared after they finally started getting properly repaired/built units out.

haloimplant said:
I'm pretty sure those were hardware or manufacturing defects, that were blatantly exposed by Froyo.
Complaints nose-dived in January and all but disappeared after they finally started getting properly repaired/built units out.
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Actually it was a combo effect.
People that had the October and November Internal SD's, plus the original launch of Froyo were the main ones affected. Too many threads to post about this, but most are around here.
The Original Froyo FW was pulled for a reason.
All I know is that I had a "Perfect" and "Mint" November i9000m. Sadly the original Froyo upgrade didn't even 2 days with me. I had the *stutter vibrate* and then it was "Boot loop game over"...

i hope it out by friday. Knowing Bhell they will not release it till the end of the month or even later.

Hi, the sg2 will be available tomorrow with bell & virgin
So, for the room I agree, try a new rom. I had around 800 point in quadrant and now 1700 with a custom rom.
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Droid Bionic Source code released

Released at
sourceforge(DOT)net/motorola/droidbionic/home/Home/

Sweet this is good news.
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Saw the same at droid-life.com/2011/10/17/droid-bionic-source-released/

How does this help us considering the bootloader is still locked?

Because this will help in unlocking the bootloader.
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equake said:
Saw the same at droid-life.com/2011/10/17/droid-bionic-source-released/
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Haha, yeah, that would be because I'm the one who tipped them.

Mt4g slide source kernal has yet to be released. Lucky you.
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I'm guessing the next Bionic update will unlock it and it will be EOL for this device since the RAZR is coming tomorrow.
My 2cents

equake said:
I'm guessing the next Bionic update will unlock it and it will be EOL for this device since the RAZR is coming tomorrow.
My 2cents
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That wouldnt make any sense from a business perspective, they would be effectively ending the bionic's life before they've even earned back the R&D costs, and that they had to have been developing the RAZR before the bionic released, so it wouldnt make any sense to release the bionic, only to release the RAZR later. besides, it was ANNOUNCED today, far too many people neglect the difference between announced, and released. The bionic was announced in January at CES, it launched 8 months later...

witmah6494 said:
That wouldnt make any sense from a business perspective, they would be effectively ending the bionic's life before they've even earned back the R&D costs, and that they had to have been developing the RAZR before the bionic released, so it wouldnt make any sense to release the bionic, only to release the RAZR later. besides, it was ANNOUNCED today, far too many people neglect the difference between announced, and released. The bionic was announced in January at CES, it launched 8 months later...
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just so everyone knows, the RAZR was officially announced today. pre-orders start on Oct. 27th, and the phone will be available on Nov. 3rd
of course who would want that phone with a non-removable battery anyway. ppffftt!!

I couldnt do an non-removable battery, really think id break it somehow... and that kevlar, wouldnt help

voxigenboy said:
just so everyone knows, the RAZR was officially announced today. pre-orders start on Oct. 27th, and the phone will be available on Nov. 3rd
of course who would want that phone with a non-removable battery anyway. ppffftt!!
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True, hard resets wouldnt be nearly as simple. Ahah

Well, the Bionic is nearing EOL in a way. It will no longer be sold in stores.
Not sure the what or why, but that's what's up.
Per p3droid...

mistawolfe said:
Well, the Bionic is nearing EOL in a way. It will no longer be sold in stores.
Not sure the what or why, but that's what's up.
Per p3droid...
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Inventory problem. Article was updated.
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crupp said:
Inventory problem. Article was updated.
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Check his Twitter. It won't be back in stores.

Check update. Fullfillment problems.
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dadsterflip said:
Check update. Fullfillment problems.
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Check what he tweeted me directly
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i knew the bionic was not the device to get. Galaxy Nexus is the new king of the hill. I'm done with moto devices until a real googlorola phone comes out. Not the half baked crap like bionic or razr.

greenstuffs said:
i knew the bionic was not the device to get. Galaxy Nexus is the new king of the hill. I'm done with moto devices until a real googlorola phone comes out. Not the half baked crap like bionic or razr.
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Okay, once and for all, this is the BIONIC forum, if youre so excited for the galaxy nexus, go talk about it in a place where its appropriate. Dont come in here and tell us how the GN is sooooooo much better than the bionic.

ICS updates for Vivid "later this year"?

A little disappointing, since they stated ICS by first quarter 2012, later this year means almost one year after ICS release...
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-update/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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sooner
slimslim said:
A little disappointing, since they stated ICS by first quarter 2012, later this year means almost one year after ICS release...
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades/10150762287733084
http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...-update/&category=classic&icid=eng_latest_art
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http://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-ph...rtphones/?red=/mobile/phones/smartphones.html
look at the very bottom (velocity is Vivid) they are testing it for late February early march release. so even if at&t takes 2 months more than them, than you can still download it here on xda

Q1 isn't done yet...
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OH well ill just wait for Android 5

Im pretty sure q1 has a month and a half to go, i wasnt expecting at the earliest until at least the last week of march

droid 4 ics/cm9 coming soon...just fyi

ICS/CM9 will be coming to the droid 4 sooner than expected. Hashcode0f : the dev that develops for the d3,razr, and bionic is getting his d4 on monday and will be porting his work over to the d4. I just wanted to throw out this info for the people that don't follow hashcode on his twitter. if you want to follow him on twitter his name is Hashcode0f on twitter.
hascodes tweet
Check out his blog for more info on his work.
HASHCODES BLOG
Per HASHCODE's twitter
Droid 4 will be fully supported. My device will be here Monday.
all of the devices we support are getting close to needing just the camera. It'll be the same with D4 fairly quickly.
UPDATE PER HASHCODE:
D4 came in. Im a few days behind getting it setup for CM9 and AOKP. Wanted to iron out the RAZR build. #comingsoon
CAMERA FIXED!!!!!

Thanks for the heads-up. This is a fairly big deal to me, and I was hoping for good news.

No worries man, i came from a droid 3 and i was running his ics/cm9 rom and aside from the camera (which is very close now) issue everything else is pretty solid and stable so hopefully by the time he gets it ported over the rom will be in beta and camera will be working. He does awesome work.
THANKS HASHCODE.
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NICE!
I had been wandering since the RAZR and the D4 have the same innards if the roms could simply be ported back and forth with some minimal optimizations.
However I do love my camera, so I'll be looking forward to this ROM only after the camera has been implimented...

I'm not worried about the camera lol i could flash ICS and wait for a camera after an update

new tweet from the man himself regarding the D4:
https://twitter.com/#!/Hashcode0f/status/171993594763284480
@greekchampion04 D4 came in. Im a few days behind getting it setup for CM9 and AOKP. Wanted to iron out the RAZR build. #comingsoon
looks like we are just days away!

Op updated with hashcodes new tweet
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saweet!
I've been jonsing for some Cyanogen ever since i got the D4. I miss the freedom i had on my Inc with CM7.

Camera is working now on d3.
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on ICS? if so, thats a major breakthrough for all Moto phones as the camera modules have to be somewhat similar

phrir1 said:
Camera is working now on d3.
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Only the back camera... no ffc, no panorama, no video. And its all done by software, so there's a noticeable 'lag' when moving the camera around and taking a picture.
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yeah but thats better than no camera at all

[Q ] Rezound to Bionic.

So I recently shattered the screen on my Rezound
Thinking of getting a Bionic since Big Red has them for free. What do you guys think of the Bionic? Is development going strong? And do ICS ROMs exist? Are they stable enough to be a daily driver? Any input is welcomed
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If your warranty allows it, get another Rezound.
Development is not that active. Eclipse is the only active Gingerbread-base ROM available. Team Gummy & Hive Dev are doing ICS ROMs but since the locked bootloader of the Bionic prevents kernel changes, ICS is not 100% functional.

Well I have insurance on my Rezound but I don't have the $99 for the insurance claim and I have an upgrade on my plan now. Anything is better than the DX I'm using right now haha

Lol Hey Goku.
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I Am Marino said:
Lol Hey Goku.
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Lol hey. What're you doing in the Bionic forum???
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DbZ Gokuu said:
Lol hey. What're you doing in the Bionic forum???
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Bored, randomly surfing forums.
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projektorboy said:
If your warranty allows it, get another Rezound.
Development is not that active. Eclipse is the only active Gingerbread-base ROM available. Team Gummy & Hive Dev are doing ICS ROMs but since the locked bootloader of the Bionic prevents kernel changes, ICS is not 100% functional.
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I agree. I have the Bionic and my wife has the Rezound. I feel like I got the short end of the stick here.
You're better off to stay with the X and save up the insurance deductible, IMHO.
That being said, the Bionic ICS ROMs are nice, but they all have the silly camera issues. Those might not be resolved until an official Moto ICS is released. You can take pictures using the cameras, but no video, and no barcode scanners, etc.
Eclipse is a nice Gingerbread ROM. It's what I'm running now.

What if I could have both? Haha the upgrade is my moms, so it won't add time to my line. And later I can send the Rezound in to the insurance and get it fixed. Then I will have both. I don't see the downside in trading this DX for a Bionic for free. Because I cannot stand this phone after having my Rezound.
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Bored, randomly surfing forums.
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What do you think Marino?
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I will chime in here and tell you im currently on my third bionic in a week and number 4 will be delivered tomorrow. I would STAY AWAY from this phone. If you do any web surfing from your phone you will have issues with this one. The bionic is known for data drop issues . But if you dont plan on using this phone for anything other then developement i would wait on the rezound .
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DbZ Gokuu said:
What do you think Marino?
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Probably stick with the Rezound, only phone I'd ditch my Rezound for currently is the Maxx.
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Personally I'm a big fan of the Bionic. I got mine on release day last September and haven't had any major problems in all that time. I'm rooted and stock, with about 45 bloatware apps frozen. Each time there's an update I just unfreeze, update and refreeze with TiBu. Works great. If you don't want to spend the money for another Rezound I say go for it.

Unfortunately this is no longer an option for me. My girlfriend decided it would be a good idea to dump gatorade on her uninsured Rhyme. So now the upgrade will be going to her. Looks like I'll just have to bite the bullet and make an insurance claim
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Oops
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cbrown245 said:
I will chime in here and tell you im currently on my third bionic in a week and number 4 will be delivered tomorrow. I would STAY AWAY from this phone. If you do any web surfing from your phone you will have issues with this one. The bionic is known for data drop issues . But if you dont plan on using this phone for anything other then developement i would wait on the rezound .
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WTH do you do to your phones? I feel for you but this is an exception here. The majority of owners don't have issues as excessive as this.
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DbZ Gokuu said:
Unfortunately this is no longer an option for me. My girlfriend decided it would be a good idea to dump gatorade on her uninsured Rhyme. So now the upgrade will be going to her. Looks like I'll just have to bite the bullet and make an insurance claim
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I might have done that to a Rhyme too.
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I Am Marino said:
I might have done that to a Rhyme too.
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Might have? Lol
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cbrown245 said:
I will chime in here and tell you im currently on my third bionic in a week and number 4 will be delivered tomorrow. I would STAY AWAY from this phone. If you do any web surfing from your phone you will have issues with this one. The bionic is known for data drop issues . But if you dont plan on using this phone for anything other then developement i would wait on the rezound .
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I web surf on my phone daily without issue. I would not say what you experienced is common for other users.
Maybe you need to take a phone 101 class, or buy from a different seller.

LucasMN said:
I web surf on my phone daily without issue. I would not say what you experienced is common for other users.
Maybe you need to take a phone 101 class, or buy from a different seller.
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Lol phone 101 class? ?? I get my phones from Verizon . I cant help the data drop issues ( which is a KNOWN issue with this phone ) do a google search on the data drops and you will clearly see its not just me. If it dont bother you that the data drops off multiple times a day and you are used to sub par performance and you dont mind paying for data droppage thats you but I personally want my phone to work . The 905 update is rolling out to try and fix the DATA DROP ISSUE. There you have your first phone 101 lesson.
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