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Hey forum,
Well its official...i work for at&t and woke up to an email in my outlook that samsung is waiting for the final approval before the end of the month!! It seems the release date has been changing weekly. I originally had asked the head honcho samsung telecommunications rep (whose name I will leave un said) on saturday and didn't expect such a quick response.
Well there you have it forum its on the way!! and the 2.3 rumor is false.
As I'm not suppose to leak this proprietary information....i can't help myself
Coming soon to a captivate near you!
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Is it April all ready?
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Evilspawn said:
Hey forum,
Well its official...i work for at&t and woke up to an email in my outlook that samsung is waiting for the final approval before the end of the month!! It seems the release date has been changing weekly. I originally had asked the head honcho samsung telecommunications rep (whose name I will leave un said) on saturday and didn't expect such a quick response.
Well there you have it forum its on the way!! and the 2.3 rumor is false.
As I'm not suppose to leak this proprietary information....i can't help myself
Coming soon to a captivate near you!
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I hope you don't mind and don't take offense to this ...but...#1 I'm not holding my breath......and really don't care to load any official release that is full of bloat ware and will most likely cause issues when downloading... #2...Have heard this un-official report of it coming soon so many times...I really won't believe till I see it...I am after all from Missouri ya know..
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Evilspawn said:
Hey forum,
Well its official...i work for at&t and woke up to an email in my outlook that samsung is waiting for the final approval before the end of the month!! It seems the release date has been changing weekly. I originally had asked the head honcho samsung telecommunications rep (whose name I will leave un said) on saturday and didn't expect such a quick response.
Well there you have it forum its on the way!! and the 2.3 rumor is false.
As I'm not suppose to leak this proprietary information....i can't help myself
Coming soon to a captivate near you!
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Man, you got me all riled up and ready to update for nothin'. End of the month rumors have been floating around, thanks for the confirmation though.
Mac11700 said:
I am after all from Missouri ya know..
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Hey Mac, I doubt that many people know that Missouri is the "Show Me" state.
And no offense to EvilSpawn, in fact I appreciate that he is willing to share his experience and knowledge with us, but as a fellow Missourian, I'll have to see it to believe it.
Who really cares about gingerbread official?
We will get gingerbread in cm when that comes out
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i would think that if you could show this much, you could paste the text of the email... but even that doesn't prove anything.
After all, Samsung has always said "By the end of the year" so your email doesn't tell us anything new.
alphadog00 said:
i would think that if you could show this much, you could paste the text of the email... but even that doesn't prove anything.
After all, Samsung has always said "By the end of the year" so your email doesn't tell us anything new.
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Actually, if legit, it tells us there will be no delay. I, for one, appreciate hearing that.
No problem guys...I'm just excited hearing it from the source and not a rumor.....they usually fill us in right before so we are aware...none the less atleast it will be an official and not a buggy leak for devs to work with.....and the bloatware? Just remove it
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alphadog00 said:
i would think that if you could show this much, you could paste the text of the email... but even that doesn't prove anything.
After all, Samsung has always said "By the end of the year" so your email doesn't tell us anything new.
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This would be understood if samsung had the ok on the release...but as the email says "samsung is waiting for final approval" meaning there waiting for at&t...so samsung has no blame.
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Evilspawn said:
No problem guys...I'm just excited hearing it from the source and not a rumor.....they usually fill us in right before so we are aware...none the less atleast it will be an official and not a buggy leak for devs to work with.....and the bloatware? Just remove it
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sooo just because it is official means it won't be buggy?? This is samsung we are talking about.....
Evilspawn said:
Hey forum,
Well its official...i work for at&t and woke up to an email in my outlook that samsung is waiting for the final approval before the end of the month!! It seems the release date has been changing weekly. I originally had asked the head honcho samsung telecommunications rep (whose name I will leave un said) on saturday and didn't expect such a quick response.
Well there you have it forum its on the way!! and the 2.3 rumor is false.
As I'm not suppose to leak this proprietary information....i can't help myself
Coming soon to a captivate near you!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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So we will get Froyo in in the next 2.5 weeks? I'm holding you, Evilspawn, to that
Let's hope there's not some reason behind his screen name.
Evilspawn said:
atleast it will be an official and not a buggy leak for devs to work with.....and the bloatware? Just remove it
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Thats why I'm waiting for it
I would love to know which "buggy" froyo leaks people on the forums are talking about. The worst 2.2 beta that I have put on my phone is 1000 times better than the "final" builds that Samsung has put out. JH7 in particular is pure garbage (maybe not with bugs but it's features are neutered).
Bottom line, if anyone is still waiting for Froyo you deserve to wait as long as it takes them to crap out your bloated AT&T neutered froyo. I'll eat my keyboard if they put usb tether back in and don't cripple wifi tether so you have to pay for it.
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Bottom line, if anyone is still waiting for Froyo you deserve to wait as long as it takes them to crap out your bloated AT&T neutered froyo. I'll eat my keyboard if they put usb tether back in and don't cripple wifi tether so you have to pay for it.
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I, along with most people, are excited for the official release because that means source code follows shortly after. When the source code is released it means all sorts of stable roms, and tweaks to existing roms.
I really don't see why you and other people get so heated over other people wanting this released. I imagine by your attitude that you're running a custom rom. If that is the case there is no doubt you have flashed multiple beta releases of multiple roms and have had some issues along the way.
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nybmx said:
I, along with most people, are excited for the official release because that means source code follows shortly after. When the source code is released it means all sorts of stable roms, and tweaks to existing roms.
I really don't see why you and other people get so heated over other people wanting this released. I imagine by your attitude that you're running a custom rom. If that is the case there is no doubt you have flashed multiple beta releases of multiple roms and have had some issues along the way.
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QFT
It's amazing how people are not able to see that an official release is beneficial to the custom ROM community as well.
nybmx said:
I, along with most people, are excited for the official release because that means source code follows shortly after. When the source code is released it means all sorts of stable roms, and tweaks to existing roms.
I really don't see why you and other people get so heated over other people wanting this released. I imagine by your attitude that you're running a custom rom. If that is the case there is no doubt you have flashed multiple beta releases of multiple roms and have had some issues along the way.
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It's really not that I have a particular disdain for the official release but honestly I'm just an end user I don't have a huge problem with a memory leak if the browser is fast and I don't care about quadrant benchmarks etc. I don't really know what those things are or what they measure. What I do care about is removed features and willful crippling of the OS. The source code just means the rom devs will need to put out a few crappy buggy versions of their roms while they try to figure out how to "fix" all the crap samsung and AT&T broke. I saw it with JH7 I don't think froyo will be any different.
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QFT
It's amazing how people are not able to see that an official release is beneficial to the custom ROM community as well.
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Thank you...that was my point
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Ok... So I just purchased the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-i727 Today! It has a GREAT option to Set Up the device online with all of your Info and the availability to customize your phone! You simply log into type in a Web Address and use the Code that is presented on the front of the device upon first boot. However after I completed all of the steps an "ERROR" message appears on the phone that stated connection was lost and I was provided another Code to use to set it up. Failed AGAIN! Great option if it would work. So I attempted again with another New Code. I just set up my G-mail Info and clicked Finish! Success... But so much for Easy Set-Up with the "Easy Set-Up Program. And to the BIGGER issue! While in "Portrait View" the following keys do NOT work; "R", "X", "D", and "@"!!! Wow, Not a good start! And to top that off while is "Landscape View" the above keys work without issue. However... The following keys do NOT work; "K", "J", "L"! I did a complete Factory Reset and still same result! Has anyone else experienced these OR any other issues with this device???? P.S. No update available at this time...
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Ok... So I just purchased the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-i727 Today
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No problems here. Take it back for service if your keys aren't working... if they are on the same part of your screen in both modes maybe it's broken.
Yet another RETURN!
Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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No problem. Might want to give it another chance - It's pretty much the top performing phone out there. Just sounds like you got a bad one.
Definitely!!! I have pretty much owned EVERY AT&T phone worth having, including the Samsung Galaxy S II (Returned for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket) and Samsung Infuse! Not about to give up on it yet!
why back to Atrix, just change the phone... maybe that one was defective....
I'll suggest not to use at&t ready2go crap. If you need to backup your data use kies.
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justagirl82 said:
Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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Atrix 2 is wack as hell sammy is where its at bro
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OR...
Wait for the Nexus Prime.. .because... it has a curved display!
except the nexus prime is locked to verizon in the united states.
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except the nexus prime is locked to verizon in the united states.
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DONT BELIEVE THE LIES........
it WILL hit other carriers, verizon may get a month of exclusive. but if you noticed at one point Verizon had that term " EXCLUSIVE " on there site for the nexus.
last time i checked that TERM is no longer there. i wonder why. BECAUSE ITS NOT
it will either T-mobile or AT&T. big Red aint got that much pull sorry.
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DONT BELIEVE THE LIES........
it WILL hit other carriers, verizon may get a month of exclusive. but if you noticed at one point Verizon had that term " EXCLUSIVE " on there site for the nexus.
last time i checked that TERM is no longer there. i wonder why. BECAUSE ITS NOT
it will either T-mobile or AT&T. big Red aint got that much pull sorry.
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Seriously doubt that. We MAY get the opportunity to buy an unlocked GSM version, but I bet we don't see a subsidized version.
may not hit At&t....only Verizon though. Naw
Ah the nexus prime, were Andriod blew its shot to go head to head with the 4s. It should of released subsidized on all carriers a few days after it was announced.
justagirl82 said:
I did a complete Factory Reset and still same result!
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Hi justagirl82.
How do you do a factory reset on this phone ?
I setup a lock code and i can't remember it.
thanks.
Ok i found it myself.
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Trying to get some direct answers for everyone, feel free to set up an account and join in and help me out.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/518489#518489
JRW 28 said:
Trying to get some direct answers for everyone, feel free to set up an account and join in and help me out.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/518489#518489
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Good luck with that. Ive been there since I got my A2 and havent gotten anything in the way of a direct answer about anything, let alone even a response from Motorola. I have gotten some useful answers about various things from other users there though, but if ur wanting to know about ICS or any updates/fixes in the works for us, dont hold your breath!
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I'm not so much worried with ICS right now as the source code was just recently released, it will take a couple of months before it even starts seeing the devices they have stated will get it if not longer. What i would wanted to know was about any updates and their stance on unlocking the bootloader.
They said they havnt heard of any updates and it was up to AT&T on unlocking the bootloader. Which sounds to me just like the run a around the Vivid owners are getting from both HTC and AT&T. No one is confessing and just a bunch of finger pointing. But with that said they(Vivid Owners) are putting up some pressure and if they see results we may have to do the same thing!
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I'm not so much worried with ICS right now as the source code was just recently released, it will take a couple of months before it even starts seeing the devices they have stated will get it if not longer. What i would wanted to know was about any updates and their stance on unlocking the bootloader.
They said they havnt heard of any updates and it was up to AT&T on unlocking the bootloader. Which sounds to me just like the run a around the Vivid owners are getting from both HTC and AT&T. No one is confessing and just a bunch of finger pointing. But with that said they(Vivid Owners) are putting up some pressure and if they see results we may have to do the same thing!
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Yeah, that doesn't fly for me cause AT&T sells the SGSII Skyrocket and it's bootloader is unlocked. So clearly, just having an unlocked bootloader doesn't leave the carrier vulnerable so i'm calling bs. Has to be Motorola!
Well I'm trying to bust AT&T's chops now via Twitter. We'll see how this goes.....
Have the Razr been unlocked yet?
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No. Verizon has the Droid version locked down tight. The international phone is seeing a little progress but its still locked as well
Where can I see the international at?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1363
Look fir the posts with [GSM] in them. That is what they are calling the international version
JRW 28 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1363
Look fir the posts with [GSM] in them. That is what they are calling the international version
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Alright thanks ill see what they have. Once they get it unlocked wont be long till we can.
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Yea that's what I'm hoping. They are pretty sure that when the RZR receives ICS that it will be unlocked. I'm hoping the same for us but hopefully sooner!
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Yea that's what I'm hoping. They are pretty sure that when the RZR receives ICS that it will be unlocked. I'm hoping the same for us but hopefully sooner!
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Yeah hopefully sooner! Just the thought of a phone with a locked bootloader makes me sick! Just look at the Vivid forums!
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Yea there were several that swapped the A2 to get the Vivid just to be stuck in the same situation. That new white Skyrocket looks nice but if the screen isn't ant better then the SGII or Infuse its just a shame cause other then the screen it really is a nice phone.
Vivid is close to a unlock because of the rezound is almost unlocked. And reports say the new skyrocket fixed the color problem
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As Galaxy S owners, we are all united. As Android users we are all united. As far as Samsung is concerned we are all NOT created equal. Our device, the Vibrant (SGH-T959), is now being left to the wayside for any future updates from Samsung even though our core specs are extremely similar to the Google Nexus S, which has already received the ICS update. The CyanogenMod team has left us due to the on-going issue of 911/e911 and the lack of the proper code from Samsung to alleviate a potentially fatal result of a custom ROM. It is our intentions to serve Samsung with a petition asking for the update to ICS, which will in-turn, alleviate the 911/e911 issue as well.
We are asking all Galaxy S users to sign this petition to get Samsung to reconsider giving all top end Galaxy S devices the ICS update. Please help us with our goal and sign the petition. If you are on a Galaxy S phone, this affects you too.
Thank you for reading this and please see this link for more details and this link to sign the petition.
Ok, since it was explained a bit better to me, I'm allowing this to be reopened, however, I'll be keeping an eye on it. Keep it civil.
Thank you, Ann.
thanks for the update..hope things look up !!
I plan to sign this petition, but I'm a bit confused about how it includes all SGS devices. The entire letter speaks specifically to the Vibrant. Is a new letter still being written? Or how is it being conveyed that all SGS owners are signing this?
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The issue with the 3rd paragraph about how the Vibrant was released with 2.1 and then we fought for 2.2 only to be denied GB/ICS is in there to paint the picture of how consumer support has failed. It is specific to the Vibrant but the picture is for all Galaxy S users.
The CM team portion leaving the Vibrant is a problem (911/e911) that effects us all. For some reason they just dropped ONLY the Vibrant from their supported devices list b/c of this issue.
Still, we want to thank you for your support and help with this and hopefully they will at least listen to us.
Links to Samsung Twitter/Facebook/Google+:
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- twitter.com/samsungtweets
- twitter.com/samsungmobileus
- https://twitter.com/SamsungJohn
- https://twitter.com/DigitalTrends
Facebook:
- www.facebook.com/SamsungUSA
- www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileUSA
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let's be honest guys. Samsung did a logical thing by NOT giving us ICS update. I mean come on now.. even if they do decide to give us ICS, chances are it will be buggy as gs1 doesn't have enough memory to have ICS and TW... so really there is no point in giving us ICS, not only Samsung won't make any profit from doing this they might get flamed even more for making the phone slower buggier .. etc and
some people are saying they want stripped version of ICS on gs1 then why don't you just go buy yourself a nexus phone? Why would people buy nexus over galaxy when they're the same thing ? I could go on and rant about how samsung would have to meet terms with google, service providers and etc but ill stop here
Gingerbread from Samsung has been released. Rogers released it AGES ago.Gingerbread from AT&T has NOT been released.
your problem for Gingerbread is with AT&T. NOT SAMSUNG. Samsung released gingerbread to the carriers.
and to the post above, its not about buying an SG1 over a nexus, its about ALREADY OWNING SG1... and not enough memory for ics and touchwiz?? thats a propaganda lie. it would run fine. touchwiz consists of a launcher and a second (TW)framwork-res.apk and a few code changes to other system files. every rom has a laucher, so no loss there, wow extra 7mb framework... ohhh.. noo!
POST 3000!!!!!!
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Thank you.
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Signed even though I don't own one. you guys should get updates too!!
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TRusselo said:
Gingerbread from Samsung has been released. Rogers released it AGES ago.Gingerbread from AT&T has NOT been released.
your problem for Gingerbread is with AT&T. NOT SAMSUNG. Samsung released gingerbread to the carriers.
and to the post above, its not about buying an SG1 over a nexus, its about ALREADY OWNING SG1... and not enough memory for ics and touchwiz?? thats a propaganda lie. it would run fine. touchwiz consists of a launcher and a second (TW)framwork-res.apk and a few code changes to other system files. every rom has a laucher, so no loss there, wow extra 7mb framework... ohhh.. noo!
POST 3000!!!!!!
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Just curious how do you know Samsung released GB to the carriers? Any sources?
EDIT: it is just me who finds big size fonts very irritating and irrelevant?
viny2cool said:
Just curious how do you know Samsung released GB to the carriers? Any sources?
EDIT: it is just me who finds big size fonts very irritating and irrelevant?
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All carrier control the release of the updates, manufacturers create the updates for the phone, except for the Nexus line which is controlled by Google. The new exception to that might be the Verizon Nexus. The evidence is that the I-896 and I897 are the exact same phone, except one says ATT on the front.
Can someone explain this 911 issue? I mean how can you dial 911 and it won't work? IT seems like any number would work! I'm a bit confused by it, am I missing something? Thats seems like a phone being unable to dial, well Pizza hut, I dunno. It doesn't make sense.
Oh and I signed the petition.
Cor-master said:
Can someone explain this 911 issue? I mean how can you dial 911 and it won't work? IT seems like any number would work! I'm a bit confused by it, am I missing something? Thats seems like a phone being unable to dial, well Pizza hut, I dunno. It doesn't make sense.
Oh and I signed the petition.
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I think its related to dialing 911 when u don't have any network. I mean when u don't have sim card you can still make emergency calls.
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popfan said:
All carrier control the release of the updates, manufacturers create the updates for the phone, except for the Nexus line which is controlled by Google. The new exception to that might be the Verizon Nexus. The evidence is that the I-896 and I897 are the exact same phone, except one says ATT on the front.
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I agree that they control it. But we don't know if Samsung actually gave it to ATT yet. Also there is no need of those kind of statements like in the post above my first post. No one is forcing him to sign the petition.
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GB update (using KIES) for captivate:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00024051&fm_seq=24219
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I agree that they control it. But we don't know if Samsung actually gave it to ATT yet. Also there is no need of those kind of statements like in the post above my first post. No one is forcing him to sign the petition.
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I support this, samsung should definitely take some initiative in regards to their previous devices.
Signed!
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I will always be your side.But is it useful?
will there ever be a bootloader unlock for the s3
Uh, no.
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There already is. However if you're on anything past 4.3 then you're out of luck.
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well will see the smart people at xda will come up with somthing
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well will see the smart people at xda will come up with somthing
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That wud be gr8, but I doubt it will happen.
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That wud be gr8, but I doubt it will happen.
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Never doubt the inevitable.
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Poppers you are killing me with the suspense.
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Poppers you are killing me with the suspense.
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Im just saying, some miracle idea or discovery could happen. And, in time, has to happen.
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Well, the true is we were never able to crack unlock a boot loader, all the previous unlocked were due to leaks from the source. I got a feeling that it's going to get worst for all new phone released by Verizon. We will not able to use custom rom any more....unless either we got lucky and found some leaks or Verizon decided not to lock any more. This reminded me about DirecTv and Dish network, they upgrade their encryption and all the hack communities and third party equipment vendors, just dropped from the face of the earth and disappeared forever.
for the locked bootloader I'll leave Verzion the S3 4 5 & Note 3 are locked so far the S3 to my knowledge is the only one that can be downgraded 4.1.2 others.....