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Check out this brief note about the ever elusive Froyo update for our beloved, under performing (OOTB) phone.
http://erictric.com/2011/01/03/sams...froyo-update-for-samsung-galaxy-s-smartphone/
Upside...well, I've speculated before and been wrong...probably am here too, but trying to break my life-long mold of being a total skeptic:
We might just go straight to Gingerbread?????
Even if we get ginger and not froyo this will be the last samsung product i purcase
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I don't really care anymore when the official 2.2 update will come out. I'm happy sticking with custom roms until the Motorola Atrix comes out. Hopefully it will live up to the hype. The Captivate is my first and last Samsung cell phone I'll ever buy.
I too am just waiting for the atrix. I've never bought a phone off contact but will be forced too cause I bought the captivate with my upgrade. Its not that I'm totally unhappy with the captivate, just upset that samsung has don't so little to ensure that their "flagship" phone stays up to date. Its too bad too cause it has such great potential.
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I agree with all of you. I'm fairly pleased with my custom rom too, but feel like it still could be better if devs had source for the cappy.
Also, my first and last Samsung phone. I'm boycotting them altogether. My next phone Sony or Motorola...CES showed off some good stuff. Next flat screen TV Sony prolly, or maybe an LG; def done with Samsung.
Bastards say still testing but steadily releasing new products with Froyo and even GB.
Gonna have to find the money to break my contract with AT&T cause I'm not paying them an upgrade fee.
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We want Galaxy S owners to have simple/reliable upgrade. We r running tests due to complexity/unique functionality.
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So i guess we can expect these delays on future phones too due to complexity/unique functionality? Heheh...
Those phones that samsung will announce next month better have gingerbread from the start, i don't think anyone can rely on samsung to put out an update anymore.
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So i guess we can expect these delays on future phones too due to complexity/unique functionality? Heheh...
Those phones that samsung will announce next month better have gingerbread from the start, i don't think anyone can rely on samsung to put out an update anymore.
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Yeah, that's the killer. The SGS line was supposed to be their Flagship Android line for the US...got tons of people on board only to essentially abandoned us to work on new products to trick people in to buying. They can't get us an update for this line but they can put the OS on new products without any problems. Just look at what the devs on this forum have done with a FW that's not even for our device. If they can do it, then surely the makers of the damn line could. I hope they crash and burn, market share wise. It may take a while but if they continue this BS with other lines and products people are eventually going to say f-off.
My next phone is going to be either Motorola or HTC. In fact, I just replaced my Samsung TV with a LG. I am done with Samsung all together.
Cry some more? Even when they come out with it, it will just be stripped and modded and redistributed on the forums. The custom ones will be better than anything Samsung will put out.
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Cry some more? Even when they come out with it, it will just be stripped and modded and redistributed on the forums. The custom ones will be better than anything Samsung will put out.
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No doubt...I don't care about the ROM they release; just that source code so the talented devs on this forum can unleash it. I will never run another stock ROM on ANY Android device, ever. This forum is the bomb!!!!
Like others above this is my last Samsung phone ever. Sucks I wasted my upgrade for this crap.
I do appreciate the developers on this forum though for the custom roms. Thanks again!
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My next phone is going to be either Motorola or HTC. In fact, I just replaced my Samsung TV with a LG. I am done with Samsung all together.
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This is the exact same conversation that everyone was having in the motorola forums with the backflip cliq and cliq xt. Htc is the only ones that have a reputation good for upgrading their phones, but moto and samsung have the best hardware (imo). Cant beat the screen on this thing and every moto I own has been indestructable. So now I buy the phone with the best hardware and community support. I have come to love flashing my phone with something different all the time, whether it be roms or themes, so I will never again buy a phone on the day of release. I will always wait untill the devs behind xda have a go at the device. Then at that point I could care less about manufacturer upgrades
Just my two cents... Take it or leave it
And ps. Youll never pry my 2 samsung hdtv's out of my cold dead hands. Best picture youll find in the price range
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Lets face it Samsung makes the best hardware, But everything Support Software Updates Sucks harry monkey ****.
I will never get a samsung android phone.
Samsung has been tweeting the same message since the end of December when they knew they would miss the "End of Year" commitment.
But for all those convinced they are evil, go read the forums and blogs for other phones - all manufacturers miss dates, and many times it is due to carrier involvement. The grass always seems greener elsewhere, but the truth is, the same frustrations exist with all vendors.
Then the choice is clear. Generic non carrier phones.
All you guys high on the Moto Atrix, doesnt Moto lock down the phones so you cant root (easily or at all) ? Every manufacturer has their issues. Im hardly a Samsung fan but Id rather have custom ROM's and Galaxy S seems to allow that without much hassle.
I'm not happy with Samsung by any means, but I also remember waiting for a year for the WinMo update for the HTC Tilt 2 and it came from HTC, not AT$T. It's a tricky balance the relationship these companies have. If a new release borks up a significant number of users it could be a customer service nightmare for both companies with each trying to figure out who gets to fix it. That said, it does seem as though Samsung has moved on and is more focused on selling newer phones than taking care of their existing customer base. That's a bad business decision for any company, especially in an industry where product cycles are so short, customer memories are so long and most marketing is by word of mouth and internet forums.
Can I ask why? I have a captivate, flashed froyo on it and i'm loving it. Is it just Samsung that you don't like or theres something wrong with your phone?
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Can I ask why? I have a captivate, flashed froyo on it and i'm loving it. Is it just Samsung that you don't like or theres something wrong with your phone?
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Because they made a promise (online and in writing) to provide the Froyo update. My dislike also comes from having had 2 Samsung HDTVs that, while having great pictures, developed problems that were poorly handled by Samsung service. And while you may be happy with your modded phone, we shouldn't HAVE to flash a non-OEM ROM just to enjoy things like a working GPS or enhancements that other users in other countries are able to enjoy.
Maybe you don't like Samsung, but I love them. Awesome screen, great performance, good battery, and well I don't use GPS so honestly I don't care (I would use Network GPS before real GPS anyway).
I will most likely buy the 4.5" Infuse 4G, unless they make a 4.5" windows phone 7 (which I doubt, WP7 has horrible phones).
The reason for the question is, as end users it is meaningless to get a phone that has no Dev support when we need to tweak or customize our phone than having it run stock.
I'm sure there is more research they must do before they decide to get a new device (are they able to root it, lock bootloader, accessibility to leak firmware upgrades and such), I'm guessing.
So far it looks like the Atrix is the device everyone wants, but if the Devs aren't able to work on it because of the lock bootloader, your pretty much SOL.
And I know if the Samsung Infuse has working GPS (which is the most common ***** session for the Captivate) I think most will rethink their purchase in the future. Especially if the traffic is as heavy as the Vibrant, i9000, Captivate, and etc.. forums.
I for one has said that I will never buy a Samsung phone again but if the Devs can do their magic, like they did with the Galaxy S phones (Vibrant, Captivate, i9000, etc), I will pretty much have to rethink my next purchase.
So Devs, which device are you looking forward on purchasing?
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The reason for the question is, as end users it is meaningless to get a phone that has no Dev support when we need to tweak or customize our phone than having it run stock.
I'm sure there is more research they must do before they decide to get a new device (are they able to root it, lock bootloader, accessibility to leak firmware upgrades and such), I'm guessing.
So far it looks like the Atrix is the device everyone wants, but if the Devs aren't able to work on it because of the lock bootloader, your pretty much SOL.
And I know if the Samsung Infuse has working GPS (which is the most common ***** session for the Captivate) I think most will rethink their purchase in the future. Especially if the traffic is as heavy as the Vibrant, i9000, Captivate, and etc.. forums.
I for one has said that I will never buy a Samsung phone again but if the Devs can do their magic, like they did with the Galaxy S phones (Vibrant, Captivate, i9000, etc), I will pretty much have to rethink my next purchase.
So Devs, which device are you looking forward on purchasing?
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DG has said he's going to be deving for both the Atrix 4g and the Infuse 4g.
I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, buy a Samsung phone ever again.
It's Atrix or HTC. But not for several months, I'd imagine.
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DG has said he's going to be deving for both the Atrix 4g and the Infuse 4g.
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I will be definitely be watching DG when the Infuse comes out.
And yes my next purchase will be based on what the Devs can do with the phone. I hate running it stock! (ex. Paying extra for tethering is absurd)
Looks like the infuse (SGH-i997) may only be a US phone? Basic google searches didn't reveal anything obvious like I would expect, for example the i9000 (galaxy s).
I know a lot (not all of course...) of the great innovations in terms of lag fix, rom/kernel dev work came from people working on the international i9000. I wonder if this will limit the diversity in kernels, roms...
Mine is on the way anyway
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Looks like the infuse (SGH-i997) may only be a US phone? Basic google searches didn't reveal anything obvious like I would expect, for example the i9000 (galaxy s).
I know a lot (not all of course...) of the great innovations in terms of lag fix, rom/kernel dev work came from people working on the international i9000. I wonder if this will limit the diversity in kernels, roms...
Mine is on the way anyway
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well im not saying you can interchange with a galaxy s. that is not true. but many methods when applied to the infuse sources will have little difference from the galaxy s in implimentaion. so in a way this may develope faster than the sgs2 or the sgsplus or the sgs2mini which all have much more major changes.
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well im not saying you can interchange with a galaxy s. that is not true. but many methods when applied to the infuse sources will have little difference from the galaxy s in implimentaion. so in a way this may develope faster than the sgs2 or the sgsplus or the sgs2mini which all have much more major changes.
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I hope so too. Really sucks that they didn't release it w/ 2.3 out of the box. Samsung CAN do it, look at the nexus s. Hopefully only a minor setback and they'll release the update OTA... yeah right
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I hope so too. Really sucks that they didn't release it w/ 2.3 out of the box. Samsung CAN do it, look at the nexus s. Hopefully only a minor setback and they'll release the update OTA... yeah right
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well they need the sgs 2 to look that much better. they fear we are too stupid to know what a dual core chip is. they need this to look good for the money and the sgs2 to look better. samsung did get the first 2.3 update out and the first 2.3 phone out that was not a google dev phone so cut them some slack. they are working hard on there flagship models. this will come later. google says they will work with manufacturers to get all capable handsets updated to 2.3 or 3.1, probably to keep android from getting too fractured. they will put pressure on them for updates and the manufacturers will get less ambitious with changes.
samsung also announced the north american sgs line will get 2.3 but did not indicate a timeline. unfortunately this is not being called a sgs so that statement is not a garentee but i think att has more concerns about updating the infuse than the captivate so if samsung says the captivate gets an update i think att will push for the infuse to get an update beforehand.
I'm currently on the ICS AOKP ROM for my Vibrant and I love mostly everything on it. Voodoo really makes it my go-to device for music because it sounds good and it sounds loud because of Wolfson DACs (one main reason why I'm considering the G2X: either that or the Galaxy S3, but I'm not sure the US is even going to get the Wolfson DAC). However, I've read issues with forced reboots and still hammering out the ICS stuff. I'm mainly interested in the G2X because I've read that the GPS works as great as Motorola's and HTC's. Basically: I want a phone that's as good as my Vibrant, but also has working GPS, as well as LED flash. Things like screen-type and weight isn't an issue.
To have good GPS you need to be on the latest baseband. There are only two custom roms that support it and they're both practically identical (one is based off the other, and the other is just a slightly modified version of stock).
That said I would choose my g2x over a vibrant any day. And if my ebaying is correct, the vibrant actually sells for more than the g2x, so you could possibly upgrade and make some money off of it.
Vibrant has official CM9 builds, G2x doesn't Stay with Vibrant or go for a SGS2.
being as i have owned the vibrant and now own a G2x, id say its a pretty safe jump. the internal storage is about half of the size of the vibrant but the dual core processor in the g2x rocks. I live in a pretty sprawling urban area and i need my GPS, so i stick with the latest baseband and GPS (and everything else for that matter) works perfectly. plus you get an 8mp camera over the 5mp cam on the vibrant and the front facing camera is always fun too =]
hope my 2 cents helped!
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being as i have owned the vibrant and now own a G2x, id say its a pretty safe jump. the internal storage is about half of the size of the vibrant but the dual core processor in the g2x rocks. I live in a pretty sprawling urban area and i need my GPS, so i stick with the latest baseband and GPS (and everything else for that matter) works perfectly. plus you get an 8mp camera over the 5mp cam on the vibrant and the front facing camera is always fun too =]
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Exactly what I was going to write (mius the GPS stuff, mine still takes a bit to lock, but thats due to the rom I use) I just came from the Vibrant to this and couldn't be happier.
I wouldn't consider a switch to a G2X to be a worthwhile upgrade from most phones. I don't know the vibrant, but I have to think that you can do better than a G2X. There's little hope now of an official ICS ROM, unless T-Mobile announced something recently and I missed it. It's also taken a year for them to get their act together and provide a ROM with working GPS.
It's a dead-end phone, with other phones out there now that have ICS support, and newer phones coming all the time, why move to this POS? I own one, and I regret it. When the SGIII is available on T-Mobile if they won't work me a deal on an upgrade to that, I'll pay whatever I have to to terminate my contract and move to another provider. I feel really burned by the G2X and am very disappointed with the way LG and T-Mobile haven't supported it.
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I wouldn't consider a switch to a G2X to be a worthwhile upgrade from most phones. I don't know the vibrant, but I have to think that you can do better than a G2X. There's little hope now of an official ICS ROM, unless T-Mobile announced something recently and I missed it. It's also taken a year for them to get their act together and provide a ROM with working GPS.
It's a dead-end phone, with other phones out there now that have ICS support, and newer phones coming all the time, why move to this POS? I own one, and I regret it. When the SGIII is available on T-Mobile if they won't work me a deal on an upgrade to that, I'll pay whatever I have to to terminate my contract and move to another provider. I feel really burned by the G2X and am very disappointed with the way LG and T-Mobile haven't supported it.
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I don't think people here understand that this phone has some amazing development. Sure, some of HTC's phones and the nexus phones all have better support, but have you seen the development for the rest of android phones? Most phones you're lucky to have a couple ROMs to try out (and a lot of times they're just debloated or reskinned).
But for what it is, this phone isn't bad and the development isn't bad. And we'll get ICS working once the P990 gets the drivers.
Thanks guys. It looks like I'm going to be in the market for a G2X in the near-future then. From what I gathered: the main problem of the G2X is the lack of software support from Nvidia and LG themselves because they have closed-source drivers that forces devs to do workarounds which can lead to inconsistencies. However, if you can hammer it all out, it should be a good daily driver that works.
Everyone gets a "thanks".
I'll eventually get a SGS3 if it can be confirmed that it'll get Voodoo Control support on the stateside. It was a huge blow to me that the SGS2 didn't have the Yamaha chip and therefore: no Voodoo LOUDER support.
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Thanks guys. It looks like I'm going to be in the market for a G2X in the near-future then. From what I gathered: the main problem of the G2X is the lack of software support from Nvidia and LG themselves because they have closed-source drivers that forces devs to do workarounds which can lead to inconsistencies. However, if you can hammer it all out, it should be a good daily driver that works.
Everyone gets a "thanks".
I'll eventually get a SGS3 if it can be confirmed that it'll get Voodoo Control support on the stateside. It was a huge blow to me that the SGS2 didn't have the Yamaha chip and therefore: no Voodoo LOUDER support.
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Not to hate on either device, I would like to stay as unbiased as I possible could.
Development goes to vibrant, although no one should complain about the g2x's dev. As someone said earlier, at least we have different roms, some don't have any.
GPS definately goes to g2x, never got a vibrant lock to work. I found GPS lock working better on certain roms and that is all different with every g2x so u are going to have to expirement
Gaming: I don't game on my phone a lot but when I do sometimes to test, it never lagged, accept on some ics roms and its not the devs faults. Vibrant gaming is close, just takes longer to open up apps and lags a little. That is only after I used g2x then switched to a vibrant. As for you, you would have never have knew the difference until u try both so it doesn't matter. Also g2x can play Tegra games, dunno any use if that
Camera : I never use
Screen: I know almost everyone out here likes amoled screens and I'm the only one that hates it. Personal preference basically.
Music: get an Ios device! Haha jk, I am not a heavy listener but it works for runs so that's all that matters to me. Voodoo is awesome on vibrant, never messed with it on g2x.
Battery, I have only played with bionix on vibrant so I am comparing that with bionix on g2x. I seem to have better battery life on g2x but that's because I was experimenting with kernels so Idk, what is ur best battery life and ill compare it with mine.
Drotest? Goes to vibrant the "said" to be *ahem* fake aluminium on g2x is horrible, it can't scratch from ur fingernail or even cases. Aren't cases supposed to be protecting the phone? :banghead: as for glass cracking, Idk g2x will probably crack first because it is heavier, who knows?
Now if you read my whole post, u must be desparate to find out what phone to get Also remember don't care about what other people think, its ur phone and it's up to you in the end. Leta see how many typos u get because I am in mobile
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Not worth it..go for another phone if u got the $
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Vibrant has official CM9 builds, G2x doesn't Stay with Vibrant or go for a SGS2.
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Vibrant still has intermittent 911 dialing issues on CM 9 builds. Until FaultException changes his threads to indicate otherwise or you test it, you have to assume you can't call emergency numbers. I went exactly that route - Vibrant to G2x.
Now, I'm only on the stock G2x ROM. But I'm on the audio-fixed 2.3.4 ROM (as I just got the phone yesterday, only paid $160 on eBay and it is in totally great shape). Solid as a rock and what appears to be good battery life. I used the GPS for around a 90 minutes of turn-by-turn directions and it never gave out on me.
The Vibrant was my first high-end smart phone. The G2x is my second, and it's pretty great. So it's not getting CM9 or any other ICS? Not a big deal to me; the Vibrant effectively didn't run ICS well enough for me, at least not yet. The battery life is awful on any Cyanogenmod (compared to stock) and GIngerbread on the G2x is nice nice nice. And fast.
That said, if you can swing the cash for a nicer phone, or if you have an upgrade credit coming, look at the HTC One S. If I was on post-paid and had an upgrade credit, that's where I'd be looking. I don't have $500 to blow on a phone, though, so I went a cheaper route and got a phone with great performance and a screen that won't burn in.
It's unfortunate that, due to the recent V21Y and audio updates, the G2X just became what it should have been when it was first marketed. At least it wasn't totally abandoned by LG and T-Mobile although it is now deactivated as a phone sold by T-Moble. Don't expect ICS until/if LG makes it available for the P990/O2X(non WIND model). Even then, it will take a few iterations of development to get it working well which, hopefully, will be able to happen if there are still developers working on the G2X.
Although I am extremely angry with prejudice with LG and NVIDIA, I like the G2X and I sticking with it because it now works well and I have to keep it until my 3 year non-contract-contract WINDTab+ with WIND Mobile pays for the phone which cost $500 when I got it.
Most of the newer generation of phones are not substantial or insignificant improvements, technologically, over the G2X. If you can get decent $ for your Vibrant and pay less than the $ you got for the Vibrant for a G2X, that would be a win-win for you. Even if you wind up selling the G2X later, you won't lose much if any $ as it is probably at its lowest value until LG stops selling the Optimus 2X which has updates that can be made compatible (except for the baseband) with the G2X.
I've been following, off and on, the struggle Entropy and other devs have been having with Samsung to ensure clearer documentation and accurate source files. It seems like Samsung may have opened up a little with their Insignal repositories. What I'd like to know - and haven't been able to discover - is if Samsung has already (or intends to) release the same for Exynos 3 (hummingbird). The source up on their regular opensource site is clearly not complete. Also, have Samsung opened up enough that Cyanogenmod will continue developing for Samsung devices?
I have a few reasons for asking. One is that I have another year on my contract with the Infuse and feel pretty annoyed that Gingerbread is as high as they'll go (my fault, but before this, I really had no concept of how primitive Gingerbread is). I'm happy that development has lived on here on xda, but I'd like to have a properly working camera. I don't think that's going to happen until Samsung open up.
The other reason is that, having read all Entropy has had to say on the matter, I won't buy another Samsung phone for me or family members until I know development can continue beyond AT&T and Samsung's arbitrary schedules.
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I've been following, off and on, the struggle Entropy and other devs have been having with Samsung to ensure clearer documentation and accurate source files. It seems like Samsung may have opened up a little with their Insignal repositories. What I'd like to know - and haven't been able to discover - is if Samsung has already (or intends to) release the same for Exynos 3 (hummingbird). The source up on their regular opensource site is clearly not complete. Also, have Samsung opened up enough that Cyanogenmod will continue developing for Samsung devices?
I have a few reasons for asking. One is that I have another year on my contract with the Infuse and feel pretty annoyed that Gingerbread is as high as they'll go (my fault, but before this, I really had no concept of how primitive Gingerbread is). I'm happy that development has lived on here on xda, but I'd like to have a properly working camera. I don't think that's going to happen until Samsung open up.
The other reason is that, having read all Entropy has had to say on the matter, I won't buy another Samsung phone for me or family members until I know development can continue beyond AT&T and Samsung's arbitrary schedules.
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You think samsungs bad...wait till you get an HTC lol they are even worse
Every manufacturer is bad with source unless its a nexus...if its not a mexus then they do the bare minimum
Anyways...I have no actually answer for your question...just felt like letting you know they are all bad...
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You think samsungs bad...wait till you get an HTC lol they are even worse
Every manufacturer is bad with source unless its a nexus...if its not a mexus then they do the bare minimum
Anyways...I have no actually answer for your question...just felt like letting you know they are all bad...
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I know! Afterlife development is what Android has going for it over iOS (IMHO). I guess Moto, Samsung, HTC, etc - just like every freaking retailer in America - really want everyone to buy into iOS? Had I opted for an iPhone 3GS, I'd still be eligible to upgrade to iOS 6. & I would have been able to copy and paste a tracking number the day I booted up my phone! LOL! Now, do I want a walled garden to enclose all my other walled gardens? Or do I want a walled garden with a gate?
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I've been following, off and on, the struggle Entropy and other devs have been having with Samsung to ensure clearer documentation and accurate source files. It seems like Samsung may have opened up a little with their Insignal repositories. What I'd like to know - and haven't been able to discover - is if Samsung has already (or intends to) release the same for Exynos 3 (hummingbird). The source up on their regular opensource site is clearly not complete. Also, have Samsung opened up enough that Cyanogenmod will continue developing for Samsung devices?
I have a few reasons for asking. One is that I have another year on my contract with the Infuse and feel pretty annoyed that Gingerbread is as high as they'll go (my fault, but before this, I really had no concept of how primitive Gingerbread is). I'm happy that development has lived on here on xda, but I'd like to have a properly working camera. I don't think that's going to happen until Samsung open up.
The other reason is that, having read all Entropy has had to say on the matter, I won't buy another Samsung phone for me or family members until I know development can continue beyond AT&T and Samsung's arbitrary schedules.
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Have you looked at the JB Roms for the infuse? I'm loving The ParanoidAndroid port Scott's done.. I've also put the AOCP rom on there as well as an AOKP rom but I always go back to PA..
as soon as the infuse was in my hands I installed a JB Rom I never had to deal w/ Gingerbread or Froyo or even ICS.. I did the same for my captivate and my 2 Skyrocket 2's as well..
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Have you looked at the JB Roms for the infuse? I'm loving The ParanoidAndroid port Scott's done.. I've also put the AOCP rom on there as well as an AOKP rom but I always go back to PA..
as soon as the infuse was in my hands I installed a JB Rom I never had to deal w/ Gingerbread or Froyo or even ICS.. I did the same for my captivate and my 2 Skyrocket 2's as well..
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I'm not sure why you ask. Yes, is the answer, but I don't know what that has to do with the topic. The camera doesn't work properly on JB and I don't think it will until either a) a developer with particular expertise in digital recording has time to spare or b) Samsung releases the source. I've tinkered enough with the source to know more or less what the main problem is, but where it is and how to solve it is well beyond me. There are other little problems too, but they may not be important in the long run.
I often wondered why Entropy called the Infuse, the Confuse. When I started rifling though the source, I found out: the Infuse is a Frankenphone.
I wasn't thinking of the video recording functionality w/ regards to the camera. Apart from that, it all works quite well for me. I haven't tried the 4.2 AOSP based ROMs so I don't know about the video recording functionality of that. I highly doubt Samsung is interested in furthering the development of the infuse as its getting pretty old.
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