i'm more of a newb with samsung phones, first one. coming from long history with htc where flashing roms was much different and i guess easier/more up to date. but with the nexus s 4g releasing today, is it a pretty easy port to get 2.3 on GS4G? i know there is a lot going on with CWM and have used it on mytouch 4g, hd2, and viewsonic g tablet. yet like you are all frustrated with no gingerbread on samsung, wondering if its because of samsung touchwhiz or more hardware causing trouble with ports and roms?
so I am getting a new phone, i have en evo 4g that i love but am thinking it is time to upgrade. my choices are moto. photon 4g, galaxy sii 4g, nexus s 4g, or another evo 4g. i do not want the evo 3d or design (dont like em). i am concerned about dev support, for rooting, & custom rom's. I like the hdmi port on my evo, but it's not a deal breaker.
i'd like some thoughts from the community on their experience with these phones and why they chose it over the others.
mods sorry if this is the wrong section, this is my first post.
thanks,
Jack
Out of all of them the GS II would be the best choice. Nexus S has more development because it's a Nexus, but its behind now in it's specs. I'm sure of how popular the GS line, it should have good development and its current in it's specs.
best chooise is sgs 2
GS2
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Most definitely the SGS2... both for the average user and the avid ROM flasher.
It is the best phone I have ever gotten right out of the box. I'm just stubborn lol
Nexus. Cause tw really isn't my thing.
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I bought the SGS II (Epic Touch) on release day and I've had a blast with this thing. the specs are top notch and we're getting more developers by the day. Got the CM team working on a port (or so I've heard) and people working on ICS and MIUI (if that's your thing).
Got no-touchwiz roms too for those who don't like it.
And since the EL12 update got leaked, no more Loss of Signal bug and no more Game Crash bug either.
I was considering switching from it to the Evo 3D or Photon for awhile, but now that the problems are fixed (much faster than we all expected over there), I've got no reason to.
SGS II FTW
Well I went with the SGSII: E4GT (that is one long #@$&'ing name). I am loving it. Got it rooted, first went with tnz Blend ROM, very nice smooth ROM. I didnt think it could get better, then I found Phantom Hacker's Blazer ROM. I'm on v4.0, odexed, with the stock EL29 kennel, running the FB15 modem and its great so smooth and fast. Going to flash the Gunslinger v1.4.1 kennel next.
Being new to this phone and flashing, I learned something that someone may find helpful as its not always talked about. I don't know if it is ROM specific, but when you do a full wipe, an easier way to restore your data is to go into CWM recovery, restore, advanced options, and restore your data from your nandroid back up. It works allot better for me than TB, at least with Blazer v4..0.
A always do your research before doing anything. This XDA community has been great!
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are the device getting ICS this year.
Sucks that HTC announced ICS for DHD but we don't get ICS from AT&T.
Source :- http://www.androidcentral.com/att-provides-ics-list-nothing-surprise-us
But with the devs we have here, we will have ics for sure.
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We all knew it wasnt gonna get it. ATT EOL the Inspire a long time ago. This has always been the case with them. Once the DHD gets it then it can be ported over.
I'm not worried about it. The dev's at this site could run a ics on a toaster...
If your rooted already, you wouldn't get the update anyways right?
An official ics bloated to hell at&t version would suck so bad.
I'm pumped my Atrix will have it too. Overclocked to 1.45, that phone is sooo damn fast.
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You only need to hop over to the Desire HD forum to see that if you are S-OFF and rooted, you don't need AT&T...
After all the problems that the Gingerbread update had, would you want an official ICS update? Not me, no thank you.
OEM updates cost money to the service providers. I wasn't shocked at all that the DHD was getting it and the I4G wasn't.
Follow the link in my sig for an AOSP ICS ROM that makes a great daily driver.
I still don't understand why these kind of threads continue to pop up around these parts...it's been known AT&T won't give the Inspire ICS. It has been known that the Desire will get it. It has or at least should be known that a handful of devs are pumping out ARs of ICS for the Inspire. It's a known fact that there are literally 10 threads about this same topic that ends the same way: The Inspire isn't getting it but its getting it anyway because the Devs are freakin schweeeeet.
old news is old? Only phone that gets supported beyond the 6month mark is the iphone, and that is because it is supported an updated by apple. android phones dont get that luxury. but id rather have my os be open source so that way i can use custom stuff, as we all know ATT fails at life with their mods to the software updates. i didnt get into rooting and modding till i got that gb update from att and made my phone run like sh*t, id never trust them again. lol
Darunion said:
old news is old? Only phone that gets supported beyond the 6month mark is the iphone, and that is because it is supported an updated by apple. android phones dont get that luxury. but id rather have my os be open source so that way i can use custom stuff, as we all know ATT fails at life with their mods to the software updates. i didnt get into rooting and modding till i got that gb update from att and made my phone run like sh*t, id never trust them again. lol
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HTC is probably going to support the Desire HD for at least 18 months, it was their flagship at some point, so support will continue until it's specs are limited in some way that doesn't allow further upgrades (The Desire's internal storage was way too small to permit GB Sense or ICS Sense to be loaded.)
I laugh at this thread. My inspire got ICS back in January. All that matters. Props to the devs.
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Hi, i have a rooted inspire 4g with leedroid rom (waiting for ICS) and have sense 2.1. can someone tell me where i can download. i can flash it but a cant download it
kuiversj said:
Hi, i have a rooted inspire 4g with leedroid rom (waiting for ICS) and have sense 2.1. can someone tell me where i can download. i can flash it but a cant download it
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Do a little bit of legwork yourself. Read a bit. Threads marked [ROM] Have roms in them to download, the first page of each thread. Please keep questions to proper threads as well.
sebo1084 said:
I laugh at this thread. My inspire got ICS back in January. All that matters. Props to the devs.
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That's because you have a kernel that's filled with hacks that make things very messy and make bugs insanely hard to deal with.
Ok, I know I'm just someone that just sits back and watches things go by, but even if know that there will be no official ICS for the i4g. No offense to the OP or anyone else, but can this just stop? If you want it, just download and flash. If you want to have an official ICS, change phone.
Off my soapbox and back to lurking....
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That's because you have a kernel that's filled with hacks that make things very messy and make bugs insanely hard to deal with.
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Even with the bugs ICS, and any other rom around here for that matter, is still miles ahead of anything Att or HTC could come up with. Att needs to leave the software up to the real devs here on XDA.
.... Just my opinion
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nutt_case said:
Even with the bugs ICS, and any other rom around here for that matter, is still miles ahead of anything Att or HTC could come up with. Att needs to leave the software up to the real devs here on XDA.
.... Just my opinion
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Exactly... The only difference between those devs and our devs is one or two hardware specs.
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You want a real ics experience... flash aospx.... it is the definition of ics.
I would suggest that you do some serious homework before starting useless threads about subjects that have already been closed. Don't want to read, buy a nexus or note. You are throwing your wounded body to the wolves with your lack of initiative. IMO
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Pretty much as soon as proper camera support comes out I'm sold on one of the ICS roms out there. And even then its just video camera that they dont have working right, still camera has come a long way.
Been using RCMix 4.0 since November when capy stopped developing it, and it's truly a masterpiece. I'd never even consider using something AT&T put together over our devs. There are some true artists out there.
Okay, so we all know the likes of getting ports to the Infuse are super low. As of right now, our devs stick to Samsung based roms and modding them. Which is pretty cool. I just have one quick question. What are the likes of us getting a Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS rom? It is samsung based... But would like to know if it would be possible. I'm not that intelligent in the rom making world so go easy on me plz, if this turns out to be a stupid question. Also, while I'm at it. Does anyone know any good SGS2 roms for the Infuse??
Oh good another ICS Question thread.
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Boxerboy213 said:
Okay, so we all know the likes of getting ports to the Infuse are super low. As of right now, our devs stick to Samsung based roms and modding them. Which is pretty cool. I just have one quick question. What are the likes of us getting a Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS rom? It is samsung based... But would like to know if it would be possible. I'm not that intelligent in the rom making world so go easy on me plz, if this turns out to be a stupid question. Also, while I'm at it. Does anyone know any good SGS2 roms for the Infuse??
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Ports for the infuse low? Check my signature links for the super thread....good list of ports....btw
We have ics being birth...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601844
As far as sg2 rom being ported....well there is a reason why not done...believe something to do with hardware, make.
Btw don't know any good sg2 ROMs but again check my signature links for lots of great infuse native ROms and Ports.
Hi... I've been using a DInc for almost a year and a half; running rooted and CM7. I love the phone, love Cyanogenmod. I am in the market for a 4G phone - will probably give the DInc to my son. I am looking for a 4G Verizon phone with stable Gingerbread or ICS ROM's available. I would like to be able to root it and run an alternative ROM, preferably Cyanogenmod. I'm not seeing much that meets my needs in the CM supported devices area. Does anyone have any suggestions for Verizon 4G phones that are root/mod friendly? Thanks in advance!