Hello
According to Sammobile we dont get 5.0 android update - at least no official update. S3 mini is recently new Samsung phone and having least no 1+ version upgrade is no fair, if i remember there some +1 version promise for all samsung phones. Im not going ever buy again any Samsung device if this become true. 4.2.2 is minor upgrade and dont count, not for me. What do you all think ?
Golempl said:
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According to Sammobile we dont get 5.0 android update - at least no official update. S3 mini is recently new Samsung phone and having least no 1+ version upgrade is no fair, if i remember there some +1 version promise for all samsung phones. Im not going ever buy again any Samsung device if this become true. 4.2.2 is minor upgrade and dont count, not for me. What do you all think ?
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It looks like, but this phone is still one of lastest released phones from samsung. I called samsung to ask them and they dont confirm this list and says there is no official information about future firmware upgrade for S3 mini. I still have hope !
Thats a shame if its true...I thought I was safe buying this phone thinking we would get the next generation Android OS. Hmm I hope its not true. You really have to buy high end to be guaranteed anything. Im amazed to see the S2 on our list. That phone seems pretty old now.
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I've heard talks about there being two versions of 5.0. Regular and lite... Someone said google wants as many devices as possible on 5.0 so that's the reason for lite version. Who knows, that might be all rumors, it's too early to tell...
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I really did not expect the 4.2.x update to hit the s3 mini.
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If you like samsung and want to keep you device for a longer time while still getting the updates go for the exynous powered ones, as i noticed it is more likely for them to get updates.
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Can you give me the link for this info picture?
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As the list say it's a pre-list. We still have a chance..
Heres the link
http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s_ii...roid_50_others_get_stuck_at_422-news-5720.php
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its not fair, considering that the SGS3 and the SGS3Mini both have the same Cortex A9 Processors and Mali400 GPU. If you'd look at it, the donwside should be on the SGS3, since it needs to cope up with a huge screen resolution as compared to the SGS3Mini. Bigger resolution needs bigger RAM since the devices both have the same GPU,. Can the bigger RAM needed by the S3 be handled only in a 1GB of RAM as compared to the smaller resolution, less RAM intensive S3Mini with the same 1GB RAM..?
S3 and S3mini have diffrent cpus with difrent clocks, even the gpu is diffrent. Look it up on gsm arena.
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Hahaha are you being serious? The only thing our phone has in common to the S3 is its design...
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is not official, and updating one time is a bad strategy from samsung, i think they will update our device to 5.0 and leave it there
That's just a preliminary list. Give them time to work something out.
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S3 and S3mini have diffrent cpus with difrent clocks, even the gpu is diffrent. Look it up on gsm arena.
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The only difference is the chipset, clockspeed and the number of cores. But both have the same type of processors intended for the same instruction set and the same GPU. If you'd take a look at Quadrant's benchmark at system information, you'll see that they both have the same Mali-400 MP GPU. See?
The proccesor is allready a big diffrence. And s3mini has mali400 vs mali400mp (s3), i'm not sure it's the same chipset.
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Really can't see the problem?
Isn't the phone working fine on 4.x version of Android?, why would you expect Samsung to spend money on firmware upgrades for older phones if there is nothing wrong with them?
To give us more features....
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limduldk said:
Really can't see the problem?
Isn't the phone working fine on 4.x version of Android?, why would you expect Samsung to spend money on firmware upgrades for older phones if there is nothing wrong with them?
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Well because they want us to buy another Samsung when the time will come.
Will you buy new phone if you will knew that there will be no updates? Not in this age. Updates are now parts on phone.
limduldk said:
Really can't see the problem?
Isn't the phone working fine on 4.x version of Android?, why would you expect Samsung to spend money on firmware upgrades for older phones if there is nothing wrong with them?
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You just single-handedly killed entire purpose of custom ROMs.
You can't say why fix if it ain't broken.
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No Oppo section so I though I'd post here. Seen it in another forum and just blatantly copied the text so I don't have to rewrite my self.
Specs are as follows:
Android 4.1 Jellybean
5-inch 1920x1080 Display (441 PPI)
Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Processor (Easily beats the Exynos 4412 in the Galaxy S III and Tegra 3 in the HTC One X)
2GB of RAM
12 Megapixel Camera
16 or 32GB of storage + MicroSD Card slot
2500 mAh Battery
This will probably interest a lot of current Note users
Some links:
http://www.gsmarena.com/oppos_find_5_flagship_will_pack_1080_screen_with_441ppi_-news-4808.php
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/15/oppo-find-5-1080p-441ppi-quad-core/
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Oppo-Smartphone-1080p-Display-Android,17494.html
Hi, I don't think you should post it here. You will get close thread soon. This is life. Accept it.
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Hi, I don't think you should post it here. You will get close thread soon. This is life. Accept it.
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Meh.... No Oppo section so I thought I'd post in here since I am an s3 user and s3 is top of the line at the moment, so it'll be good to compare to it.
Its only rumors as of now ..
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We can't exactly talk about something that's only rumored.
Also, how is this related to our phone?
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This is related to the galaxy s3 how exactly?
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Do you read what his said? How this people could understand? Probably never.
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Comparison or not, this isn't the place for discussions of other devices.
yeah that phone is beast, but think about this, LG Optimus 2X was the same beast phone two years ago, first dualcore processor, and great screen.. LG talked about it for a year, by the time they actually released it, all the phones were dualcore..
I think by the time they actually release this phone, Samsung, will have their own 1080p 5'' phone aswell
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yeah that phone is beast, but think about this, LG Optimus 2X was the same beast phone two years ago, first dualcore processor, and great screen.. LG talked about it for a year, by the time they actually released it, all the phones were dualcore..
I think by the time they actually release this phone, Samsung, will have their own 1080p 5'' phone aswell
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May be it is just hd super amoled
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Please have a discussion here for topics like this. Thank you.
http://www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_s_ii...roid_50_others_get_stuck_at_422-news-5720.php
Samsung has proudly announced that our beloved S2 will ends at 4.2.2 not at 4.2.1.
So we all have to wait and see what goodies we will be getting in 4.2.2 :fingers-crossed:
No read in again.... it's from a insider? not from Samsung...!
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cool story !!
now im just waiting for a leak !!
hope it gets release soon and that we australians get it. we still don't have the 4.1.2 update
We will end at 4.2.2 but higher galaxy phone got an update of android 5.0
how sad
I don't see why we wouldn't get 5.0. S2 has the same RAM as the S3 and that's getting it, so surely it's capable.
Unless marketing of course!
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Matt3333 said:
I don't see why we wouldn't get 5.0. S2 has the same RAM as the S3 and that's getting it, so surely it's capable.
Unless marketing of course!
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S3 (INTERNATIONAL) has 2GB RAM. S2 has 1GB.
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jj_95nano said:
S3 (INTERNATIONAL) has 2GB RAM. S2 has 1GB.
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nope only in selected markets s3 has 2 gig ram. int versions have 1 gig
What firmware does the s2 i9100p have at the minute, i'm from the uk, on o2, and just bought this phone a few days ago, i seen there was an update on kies but it was only to 4.0.3
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S3 (INTERNATIONAL) has 2GB RAM. S2 has 1GB.
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Only LTE versions of S3 have 2GB RAM, all standard Intl models have 1GB.
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Samsung is saying that Android 5.0 will need higher resolution screens. That's why they are dropping support for various devices, even for Galaxy Grand Duos which just released. It is probably a big fat lie so we can probably expect CM to work on it.
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mohitgalaxy3 said:
Samsung has proudly announced that our beloved S2 will ends at 4.2.2 not at 4.2.1.
So we all have to wait and see what goodies we will be getting in 4.2.2 :fingers-crossed:
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yeah, so where in that link did you actually read that Samsung has announced this? it's not even an official announcement, Samsung didn't even announce this. People should really learn to read better. I'm not saying this isn't going to happen, I'm saying this has been far from officially announced. so-called insider information isn't all that accurate...
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Samsung is saying that Android 5.0 will need higher resolution screens. That's why they are dropping support for various devices, even for Galaxy Grand Duos which just released. It is probably a big fat lie so we can probably expect CM to work on it.
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Codeworkx already said 4.2.2 will be the last version CM supports.
I don't really care about 4.2, to be honest. Well, don't get me wrong, it's awesome that Samsung updates the S2 to 4.2.2, but that update isn't that interesting from what I've heard.
I'm more interested in proper sources...
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I don't really care about 4.2, to be honest. Well, don't get me wrong, it's awesome that Samsung updates the S2 to 4.2.2, but that update isn't that interesting from what I've heard.
I'm more interested in proper sources...
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I can't see anything interesting going from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2. Not bothered at all.
Great news indeed. Lets now wait for official announcement from Samsung themselves.
the guys interested if they want to read the article, here is
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18...roid-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/
i think its good news
I think 4.2.2 is no more needed for GS2…4.1.2 had enough function for us…maybe 4.2.2's only adv is battery saving…
However,sam is good enough for an old model to give so much updates…
sorry for my poor English…
I love how the masochists in this thread announce how they DON'T want or need 4.2.2. The attitudes of some people ...
Going from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 will offer significant upgrades. Not least of all the lock screen widgets and hence the ability to use Dashclock.
http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...p-download-notifications-and-some-new-sounds/
we will still get the taste of the pie 5.0..... coz we have super devs
Alright guys,
I'll be due for upgrade in next month. I wanted to discuss it with you.
Which phone are you going for after this adorable phone. Being honest will easily and comfortably serve another year.
I would be enticed to get the s4 but the lack of full sources from Samsung seems going to repeat itself again.
I dropped this thread hear as people will biased towards their phones in the respected forums.
Many thanks
Tell me what u think guys.
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I'd wait for at least the next Nexus it's not really worth "upgrading". Whatever you're gonna "upgrade" to except Nexus or Samsung, you'll wait forever for the next Android version, unlike the S3 users.
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This year ill stick to s3.. Prob will put it on aosp..Best android experience is stock nexus one..
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I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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TigerCourage said:
I'd wait for at least the next Nexus it's not really worth "upgrading". Whatever you're gonna "upgrade" to except Nexus or Samsung, you'll wait forever for the next Android version, unlike the S3 users.
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Well the S3 is no speed demon with updates(still faster than the rest)
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Sticking with S3 for awhile. I'll upgrade a generation later than S4.
I'd say S3 still got a lot of potential for tweaks.
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I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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Read the S4 forums in detail, there are a couple of dealbreakers for me, at the moment.
Screen seems to have issues, smearing and red pixels not turning completely off on black images. Hopefully they are software related (wouldn't surprise anyone) but they could be defects.
It seems the S4 is a greatly rushed product, what a shame...
Thank you guys for your replies, people seems to mention the s4 only. What about the new handsome HTC ONE guys?
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CHEVYbarracuda1 said:
This year ill stick to s3.. Prob will put it on aosp..Best android experience is stock nexus one..
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My phone functions and behaves with AOSP only , I've been on it for months do I advise to do so
The only down side is the camera !!
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colang said:
I'm going the s4 but waiting for the 32 gig one is out in Australia as I normally buy my phone outright ....
i think allot of the gimmicks we find at we first we start to use like smart stay ect on the s3. I like TW (shock horror) and in general enjoy the innovation that Samsung has developed since the original i9000 anyway good luck with your choice . better the devil you know as they say lol
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Same here, will wait till the 32gb version, if they release one.. But fear we will never see one..
Didn't Sammy promise a 32gb S3..?
I might just wait otherwise until the S5, the S3 is still a great phone and I'm tied for another year on contract.
Once the ports come for 4.2 and eventually 5.0 this will make my phone seem like a new one anyway..
I don't know what are you talking about, i have 32GB S3 model for almost 8 months... o.0
johnk1973 said:
Same here, will wait till the 32gb version, if they release one.. But fear we will never see one..
Didn't Sammy promise a 32gb S3..?
I might just wait otherwise until the S5, the S3 is still a great phone and I'm tied for another year on contract.
Once the ports come for 4.2 and eventually 5.0 this will make my phone seem like a new one anyway..
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and why would you want to wait rather buying an sd card on the top of the 16g model?
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drreality said:
and why would you want to wait rather buying an sd card on the top of the 16g model?
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I already have a 64gb mem card thanks.. but all programs get installed to the internal memory and I have some bigs games and i'm getting fed up of making space.. Also you only get to use 11gb, not 16gb
Because I need my mem card to be formatted FAT32 so my laptop can read it I can't save files bigger than 4gb on it, therefore no HD films which i have to download to internal mem, which as that stands I don't have a 4gb spare anyway..
Using directory bind there is absolutely no need for bigger internal space
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Thank you guys for your replies, people seems to mention the s4 only. What about the new handsome HTC ONE guys?
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It looks nice, but the camera isn't great, battery life is hit and miss, I hate the button layout (why put the power button on the top left, yuck) and no room for extra memory.
none of the gpu s out there is enough for 1080p atm so ill stick with s3 better game performance than new phones and really very little difference on browser performance doesnt worth for upgrading atm.
HTC one also has no removable back cover/battery, so there's another negative. I don't like the trend towards 'apple'-fying new phones, having expandable memory & removable battery are very important for me!
I will keep my S3 32GB GT-9300I at least until S5, and who knows maybe untill S6 if i don't have problems with it.
it's perfect for me.
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HTC one also has no removable back cover/battery, so there's another negative. I don't like the trend towards 'apple'-fying new phones, having expandable memory & removable battery are very important for me!
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Hell yes!!! If I wanted an Apple iphone I'd buy one, not an I-clone from a company who's credibilty just went down 1000 points because it jumped on the Apple bandwagon....
Leave us our expandible memory and removable battery...
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none of the gpu s out there is enough for 1080p atm so ill stick with s3 better game performance than new phones and really very little difference on browser performance doesnt worth for upgrading atm.
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Better game performance than other phones? Is this true?
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Yep people
Google have named that kitkat.
It's being considered as a major android update
Its android version 4.4
So wait for it
And keep figures crossed
Hoping tab 2 will get it:beer::thumbup:
Check link below
www.android.com/kitkat/
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Oh already? Im pretty sure we don't get it officially but with custom roms probably.
Maybe cm supports our device officially,but its pretty clear that we don't get any touchwiz update (we don't even know about getting an official sammy 4.3 update)
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Droidlover123 said:
Yep people
Google have named that kitkat.
It's being considered as a major android update
Its android version 4.4
So wait for it
And keep figures crossed
Hoping tab 2 will get it:beer::thumbup:
Check link below
www.android.com/kitkat/
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Downloading NOW, really slow connection.
Probably we will get it....as it says best experience for everyone so this may support even low end devices.....
So keep praying
Figures crossed!:beer::beer::beer:
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I won't disapoint you, but dualcore devices are only suportet until 4.2.2 ist almost Official that de won't get 4.3 or 4.4 http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/25...abs&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Dexxmor said:
I won't disapoint you, but dualcore devices are only suportet until 4.2.2 ist almost Official that de won't get 4.3 or 4.4 http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/25...abs&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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above are words of hope
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Dexxmor said:
I won't disapoint you, but dualcore devices are only suportet until 4.2.2 ist almost Official that de won't get 4.3 or 4.4 http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/25...abs&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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What if , when sammy changes their mind ?
That posts are posted in sammobile before 4.3 were released, and also 4.3 is a minor update so there is a chance in building 4.3 for dual core devices....:what:
When klp rumors flied up,the most exiting feature heard was it would even support devices with 512MB . ie; klp would support low end devices ( And look there's no quad core device with 512 mb ram) .And this is just opposite of what sammy said (klp needs minimum quad core devices)...... just hope the rumor formed with klp will applicable for kit-kat ..
Edit: now also sammy is supporting their first gen tab series . So just hope they will extend our support period
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openmatrix said:
When klp rumors flied up,the most exiting feature heard was it would even support devices with 512MB . ie; klp would support low end devices ( And look there's no quad core device with 512 mb ram).
Edit: now also sammy is supporting their first gen tab series . So just hope they will extend our support period
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Google say the same for ICS, and we all know, that ICS laggs even with dualcore and 1 GB RAM So no argument. Second, you forget, that Samsung build this ****ty Touchwiz, so Quadcore will be a must to run Kitkat with TW
I dont believe that we will get 4.3/4.4. Samsung will forced us to buy new tabs.
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Google say the same for ICS, and we all know, that ICS laggs even with dualcore and 1 GB RAM So no argument. Second, you forget, that Samsung build this ****ty Touchwiz, so Quadcore will be a must to run Kitkat with TW
I dont believe that we will get 4.3/4.4. Samsung will forced us to buy new tabs.
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Ok I agrees with your argument...
But just think why sammy put dual core processor on mega 6.3 , And remember that mega is released after s4 (this makes sense that sammy is going to debloat their TW in their future builds)
So the sammy has responsibility to support mega atleast 1 yr . So they should bring support to dual cored devices in their next updates...
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Previously arguement was that key lemon pie do not support low end devices!
So this iteration a would be in our tabs court
So lets wait and watch!!
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Samsung announced in March that support for the Tab 2 series would end with 4.2.2
let's have a kitkat break ! very nice google
Or do you think we will have to wait for custom roms?
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until someone compiled the build for the device
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until someone compiled the build for the device
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Safe to assume that we would most likely lose the Touchwiz stuff and S-Pen features? Pretty much go stock 4.4?
some of the under-the-hood improvements in 4.4 are pretty interesting/exciting.
but Samsung is gonna take ages.. probably
(I only need the Spen...)
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some of the under-the-hood improvements in 4.4 are pretty interesting/exciting.
but Samsung is gonna take ages.. probably
(I only need the Spen...)
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I think the Note 2 people are still waiting for 4.3 ...... So I think we'll have a long wait unless you go custom.
Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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maidangisme said:
Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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Not really fair to be honest. Every Samsung device I've had got at least 1 major update within a few months of its release. It's the the older devices, ie note 2, s3 that will wait ages or not get it. The S4 + Note 3 will get kit kat by January if history repeats. Also in the past Samsung have denied updates to older devices due to hardware limits, Google are claiming kit kat can run happy on 512mb Ram so who knows, maybe old devices might just get a break (pun intended, sorry )
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maidangisme said:
Until Note 5 release, Samsung after sale service is horrible. Don't dream about you will get KitKat within a year.
-Kitkat will be on S5 or Note 4.
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This.
As always, samsung is super slow with updates, so don't bother in at least 6 or 7 months, and even with that, the note line is never the first one, so probably S4 and S5 will get 4.4 2 or 3 months before the note.
Saw someone quote a samsung rep tweet about them being more concerned about getting most of the older devices to 4.3 first. And about note 3 having to wait at least 2 months for 4.4
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on other news, HTC pledges to get 4.4 out to its HTC One in 90 days, Google Play Edition, in 15 days...
would be nice if Samsung could make and keep to a similar commitment
This is one thing, coming from iOS which is absolutely mind blowing how Samsung doesn't give a rats ass about being up to date. Why own a Android device that runs old software 1 month after buying it and not be allowed to update it.
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i dont think its going to be within a month but i ve had all the notes so far. i717 original galaxy note shipped with gingerbread(2.3)
got updated to ice cream sandwhich 4.0.4( i believe) and than got updated to jellybean 4.1.2
note 2 was ics→4.1→4.3 coming in next month
the updates come but they are slow......But we do have a secret weapon... XDA woot woot!
I wish it was faster but to be honest doesnt really matter to me since im just gong to mess with
They did sell a significantly larger amount of Note 3's in a much shorter period than previous Note devices. So who knows? We had 4.3 well before the flagship S4...
As for the N2 (and S3) still lagging behind, that's because they skipped 4.2.
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...Google are claiming kit kat can run happy on 512mb Ram so who knows, maybe old devices might just get a break (pun intended, sorry )
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yet...G refused to update the gnex to 4.4 it doesnt matter if the new OS version will work on the phone, what matters is do they still wanna support an old phone
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Khizar said:
yet...G refused to update the gnex to 4.4 it doesnt matter if the new OS version will work on the phone, what matters is do they still wanna support an old phone
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To quote Engadget :
Update: There's still no official word on why this is the case, but sources close to the company have pointed the finger at a different hardware issue on the Galaxy Nexus: its Texas Instruments-built chipset. The company is out of the mobile business and as such isn't in a great position to give the support necessary for continuing OS upgrades -- presumably some of those 1,700 employees let go in the shift away from mobile could have helped. Now we'll have to see if the community can pick up where the corporations left off or if this is the end of the road for the Gnex and its other OMAP-based kin like last year's Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and Droid Bionic.
Seeing as we're talking Samsung devices here, I think we should be ok
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i dont think its going to be within a month but i ve had all the notes so far. i717 original galaxy note shipped with gingerbread(2.3)
got updated to ice cream sandwhich 4.0.4( i believe) and than got updated to jellybean 4.1.2
note 2 was ics→4.1→4.3 coming in next month
the updates come but they are slow......But we do have a secret weapon... XDA woot woot!
I wish it was faster but to be honest doesnt really matter to me since im just gong to mess with
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The note 2 actually came shipped with 4.1 jb.
I don't really know about the fuzz with updates. It's not like apple pushes em out on a monthly basis, only when needed. Same for Samsung, people should stop whining about fast updates, making them work etc takes a lot of time. If they release it early and there are a few bugs people will whine about that.
If the phone works and it does very smoothly here under 4.3 why do you instantly need an update?
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Could someone (in theory) create a stock google 4.4 rom for our Note 3?
I know stuff like eye detection and the S-Pen and god knows what else wouldn't work..
AOSP roms won't be out for a while until Samsung gives the community the binary drivers.
Samsung are slow at doing, only in Oct did they release the binaries for S4 6 months after release.
In theory you can download 4.4 and cook your own rom but without drivers from Samsung it won't be stable or certain hardware will not work at all.
If you want the latest and greatest Andriod then you should have brought a Nexus phone.
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