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Samsung Beam I8520

Hi All,
I just got myself a new Samsung Beam - anyone have any idea if it shares any code with the Galaxy S?
How can I open a new forum on XDA for it? It's a terrific phone but I can't find much community for it
--summoner

Where you ge it?
An for how much $?

Are you sure? I was under the impression that it wasn't yet released. Infact I haven't heard any more on it since MWC back in feb.

summoner said:
Hi All,
I just got myself a new Samsung Beam - anyone have any idea if it shares any code with the Galaxy S?
How can I open a new forum on XDA for it? It's a terrific phone but I can't find much community for it
--summoner
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Yeah how'd you get ahold of that in Israel hah

Wow, congrats! I always wanted to own it and you got it!!! How do you like it and how much you paid?

Beam!
I was over for a visit in Singapore and picked it up for 800 SGD in a second hand store
Blazing phone trade
#01-576 Block 190
Toa Payoh Central
Singapore 310190
But they had only one from some singtel user which upgraded.
It's a realy nice phone - but it needs some OS hacking and a little froyo love

Hi Guys,
Attached is the ROM of the Samsung Beam.
It has Android 2.1, with support for flash and an internal Projector
http://www.4shared.com/file/RitogNYR/i8520-ROM-Dump.html
--summoner

Can someone make Froyo work on the Beam? That would be great!

Sprint Galaxy Tab 2.3?

Hey I see that Samsung has started rolling out Gingerbread to Galaxy Tabs through Kies, but is Sprint updated? They do not support Kies so will it be offered as an OTA update?
Thanks,
D3luSi0n4L

Apparently, the update has started to roll in Europe (Italy) but not in the US yet. My guess is that the US phone companies will need time to add their software and UIs to 2.3 before updating their customers. We might not see this update for months...

Hmm alright well thanks for the reply! Sucks to see the quick update experience ruined by Sprint ID in my case. I'm just using my tab over Wifi so I can't even use ID =P
Anyway thanks again!
Sincerely,
D3luSi0n4L

Samsung updating some Devices TODAY! (not necesseraly 8.9)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...hing-standing-in-the-way-now-is-your-carrier/
http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-posts-ics-updates-for-tons-of-canadian-devices-20120430/
Samsung Canada has finished porting Ice Cream Sandwich to a whole bunch of devices, which in Samsung press release parlance means they are "eligible" for an upgrade. Does that mean you can hit that "update" button today and start downloading ICS? Well, that's complicated.
First though, the list of devices:
GALAXY S II
GALAXY S II LTE
GALAXY S II LTE HD
GALAXY S II X
GALAXY Note
GALAXY Tab 7.0
GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus
GALAXY Tab 8.9
GALAXY Tab 10.1
Now, for the caveats: Sammy says "The upgrade will be available today on select devices in Canada and will continue rolling out to devices and carriers throughout the quarter." and "The availability of the software upgrade and specific models upgradable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers' requirements. For carrier specific details, please visit your nearest carrier retailer." So basically Samsung is saying "We are done, it's up to your carrier." So after the carriers get done testing, poking, and installing bloatware, you'll get your upgrade.
This should be good news for the aforementioned Galaxy owners in other regions too. The software for different regions is about 90% compatible, so your Ice Cream Sandwich updates should be well on their way, too.
The press release isn't exactly clear on exactly who, in Canada, gets Ice Cream Sandwich today and who has to wait. So a question to all our Canadian commenters: What Galaxy device do you have, what carrier are you on, and happens when you mash that update button? Good luck!

Interesting. Well I'm not on any carrier, mine is unlocked... But I am in the UK. You'd think these things would be simultaneous huh?
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Makes me wonder when will they deploy the updates for the Wi-Fi only units. It must be real soon.

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Makes me wonder when will they deploy the updates for the Wi-Fi only units. It must be real soon.
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It looks to me like the P7300, P7310 and LTE versions are all available from retailers in Canada. Who knows which one will come first or if they will come all at the same time.

When does this translate into a working camera on the cm9 and galaxian soup ROMs? Lol

bdfull3r said:
When does this translate into a working camera on the cm9 and galaxian soup ROMs? Lol
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Yes, once the guys get their hands on it Shouldn't be long now!

sbeddoesdesign said:
Interesting. Well I'm not on any carrier, mine is unlocked... But I am in the UK. You'd think these things would be simultaneous huh?
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Why would you think this when it's down to the carriers to test and countries have different carriers?

varsas said:
Why would you think this when it's down to the carriers to test and countries have different carriers?
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Did you even read his post... He is not on any carrier!

trekker99 said:
Did you even read his post... He is not on any carrier!
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Hah, clearly I didn't. Doh! I would say that there's still the regional differences causing delays.

i hope netherlands ics come soon!

If it's anything like the SGS2 the SIM free version came out a month after the carrier versions.

thx4de heads up!
this was for SGS2 in usa (central)att, rooted but cwm not working
it d/l'ed the update last nite 5/1 & this morning when i checked, it prompted for a reboot, followed by blue colored font saying updating....
then i went for coffee.. & when i checked the 'about' nfo, it still showed android 2.3.4 gingerbread. & was prompted to wait for 7hrs till i can check it again.
dunno update failed? process 1 of multiple? dunno
Any1else w/ the same problem/status?
for 8.9 still nothing yet.. 3.2 honeycomb

Any news? Did anyone get update for any device off that list?

Gizmo123 said:
Any news? Did anyone get update for any device off that list?
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International Galaxy S 2 devices updated ages ago. International Galaxy Note updating from today.

Yes i would say the update should be in a few weeks. If anything the Note is the most complicated to update due to its unique software, but its also very popular hence the urgency of the update.

black_math said:
International Galaxy S 2 devices updated ages ago. International Galaxy Note updating from today.
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I more than once quoted a link from them (Samsung) saying they would focus on their two flagship devices first (GSII and Note) and then the tablets. It makes sense they delayed the updates because the Galaxy Tab 2 will be released next week in the US. You know, they don't want an update stealing thunder from their recently (or about to as of now) released tablet. I think we will see news about new ICS firmwares next month.

[Q] Official KiKat for s3 LTE

Hi everyone! Yesterday Samsung has realesed official kitkat for the note 3 neo!
Anyone knows when Samsung will realese KitKat for our phone galaxy s3 LTE
I am currently using communty rom its good but battery life is very bad!
Thanks in advance

I think that Samsung stop updating our phone because it's already 2 years old. The last firmware on samsung-updates.com was uploaded 58 days ago.. And the note 3 neo is one of the latest phones

BAHbKO said:
I think that Samsung stop updating our phone because it's already 2 years old. The last firmware on samsung-updates.com was uploaded 58 days ago.. And the note 3 neo is one of the latest phones
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I talked with a samsung agent from Samsung US he said S3 4G will get KitKat but he dont know when !! maybe these days because note 3 neo users were waiting for the update since 4months

I think we can bury the idea of ​​kit kat for our smartphone. Samsung does not know those commitments and that's really sad.

KitKat will come
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I think we can bury the idea of ​​kit kat for our smartphone. Samsung does not know those commitments and that's really sad.
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Yesterday I called Samsung and I asked them about the update!They said KitKat update will come to S3 4G but when I asked them when
they said that they havnt a precise day for updating their phones I thinks the update will be availble in the end of tthis month

the update for the 4G version of the S3 will come...FOR SURE....but the actual date no one knows....so we just have to be patient....

achrafi9305 said:
Hi everyone! Yesterday Samsung has realesed official kitkat for the note 3 neo!
Anyone knows when Samsung will realese KitKat for our phone galaxy s3 LTE
I am currently using communty rom its good but battery life is very bad!
Thanks in advance
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Are you using the djb version of the community rom? My battery life with it was similar to stock after adjusting the AGNi settings a bit (some minor undervolting and underclocking).

(update 6-Jul) Android 5 for s5 mini will possibly be released in Q3-Q4

Update 6-Jul-2015:
Youmobile S5 mini updates Joseph Raphael (an official YouMobile Team Member) commented to S5 mini android 5 update: "It's expected by late Q3,2015"
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17-Jun:
According to the news on SamMobile, S5 mini will receive Android 5 before July (within only 13 days).
And the firmware for s5 mini shows that majority of s5 mini is currently having PDA of G800FXXU1ANL1, to me, this means all S5 mini are now ready to be updated to Android 5.
Finger crossed and lets wait for the big day
:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:

Im an s5 mini user too and I just hope this update doesnt cause any issues as its working fine at the minute and the battery life is great -Ive read threads about problems its caused the big s5 , so its fingers crossed for me .

WHERE IS OUR UPDATE???
SAMSUNG PROMISED ANDROID 5 FOR S5 MINI BY END OF JUNE BUT NOW 2TH JULY...
WELL PLAYED!!!

zyetonysmith said:
WHERE IS OUR UPDATE???
SAMSUNG PROMISED ANDROID 5 FOR S5 MINI BY END OF JUNE BUT NOW 2TH JULY...
WELL PLAYED!!!
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Well, for the record, it is now 30th of July. My other Samsung A3 at home has already got Lollipop update one week ago. What the hack is Samsung thinking?

Samsung releases too much devices. There are the large amount of low-end devices, the Note family and the S, A, J, O series. Samsung tries to keep up the support of this overwhelming bunch of smartphones, but that's a very difficult task. So, unfortunately this kind of chaos is "normal"...
...Anyway, we'll have to be patient and wait for an official announcement or the OTA update.