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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!

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.

nirogu325 said:
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.

Update Today ???

Hey Guys I have had a 65 meg update come down to my device today, the details stated somet about stability updates, anyone else had this, what was it, my build is still 4.1.2....
Im on Orange well EE really I guess. UK that is.

Maggot82 said:
Hey Guys I have had a 65 meg update come down to my device today, the details stated somet about stability updates, anyone else had this, what was it, my build is still 4.1.2....
Im on Orange well EE really I guess. UK that is.
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4.1.2 update with minor fixes as posted .
probably ME3..
No samsung dont supply a changelog
jj

On T-mobile (EE).
It seems to include the BBC iPlayer Radio fix discussed on the BBC-iPlayer-Radio-app-on-Android-devices blog:
While we wanted to launch the app to all Android users as soon as possible there is currently an issue with some Samsung firmware. This means that some owners of the popular and powerful Galaxy S3 device may not be able to stream our new HLS audio in the short term.
This applies specifically to some Galaxy S3 devices on EE, Vodafone and Three and we expect these networks to roll out a fix in the next month.
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After a quick check it seems that iPlayer Radio is now working, whereas it wasn't previously, for me.
Ian

Yh I got this as well.. It installed some Google play features like music and magazines is what I noticed.. And there was me thinking it is 4.2.2
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ezeekaY said:
Yh I got this as well.. It installed some Google play features like music and magazines is what I noticed.. And there was me thinking it is 4.2.2
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very easy way to know when 4.2.2 is released . Board will be flooded with hey guys 4.2.2 is out .
Your update from Orange will arrive when Orange get around to it probably the same time as we are running Android 5.0
jje
jje

JJEgan said:
very easy way to know when 4.2.2 is released . Board will be flooded with hey guys 4.2.2 is out .
Your update from Orange will arrive when Orange get around to it probably the same time as we are running Android 5.0
jje
jje
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Well that sucks for me then im thinking about ditching the i9305 and going for the s4.. I'm sick of this phone not being supported by many things... What phone/ROM you on?
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Non network Sim Free SGS3 I9300 with custom build 4.2.2 firmware and white S4 type mods .

[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).

Samsung France confirms KitKat update for the Galaxy S III LTE

Hi everyone! I have nice news today!
Today I talked with a samsung agent from Samsung France with live chat!
I asked him about KitKat update for the Galaxy S3 4G GT-I9305! He said currenlty Samsung is developping the firmware for The S III 4G and It will be announced when It s done! But unfortuently he doesnt know when it will be availble to download because Samsung has plenty of phones !
So Surely Samsung will update the S III 4G to KitKat :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I hope it's true. I'm waiting for it.

Good news, thank you.

I'll wait another month then get an s4 if it doesn't happen.

waiting
achrafi9305 said:
Hi everyone! I have nice news today!
Today I talked with a samsung agent from Samsung France with live chat!
I asked him about KitKat update for the Galaxy S3 4G GT-I9305! He said currenlty Samsung is developping the firmware for The S III 4G and It will be announced when It s done! But unfortuently he doesnt know when it will be availble to download because Samsung has plenty of phones !
So Surely Samsung will update the S III 4G to KitKat :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Still waiting for my update

lots of announcement. but nothing really came out of them

Bit late for me :silly:

I contacted Samsung Australia
Thankyou for contacting Samsung Australia. We know that you are interested to find out what the latest software. Please be sure to check the update via settings or download Kias... Bla bla bla we don't have a exact date when kit Kat will be out

if the S3 LTE internationaly gets Kitkat, will the S3 LTE Korea Version get it too ? What do u guys think ?