Is anyone who currently has a Skyrocket going to get the Galaxy Nexus off-contract for $399? I don't live in an LTE area so I'm not worried about that part, but I have a 32GB SD card that I use from when I had an HTC Thunderbolt and the thought of going to only 16GB is a bit concerning. With an official ICS around the corner for the Skyrocket, would it be foolish to jump on this opportunity?
https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa&feature=banner
Depends on what you need out of your phone.
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Depends on what you need out of your phone.
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+1. The OP is a very open-ended question.
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+1. The OP is a very open-ended question.
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I smell another icenight-chappatti debate in the air
EDIT.... Nevermind.
Lte is too good to give up once cm9, aokp, evervolv or any thing else hit then really what's the difference?
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Better roms will come out all the time. However, if you don't have LTE, you can't add it. I personally go for the better hardware. Software is temporary, hardware is not.
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Better roms will come out all the time. However, if you don't have LTE, you can't add it. I personally go for the better hardware. Software is temporary, hardware is not.
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Better roms will come out all the time. However, if you don't have LTE, you can't add it. I personally go for the better hardware. Software is temporary, hardware is not.
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This could also be seen a different way. Hardware is also temporary if you consider the rate in which new phones are put out.
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Better roms will come out all the time. However, if you don't have LTE, you can't add it. I personally go for the better hardware. Software is temporary, hardware is not.
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Hardware is temporary when waiting for Samsung & AT&T to release the source so that AOSP builds can be built.
When you're just getting comfortable in ICS the Nexus will have Jelly Bean.
BTW: I bought one. Keeping my SR as a backup phone.
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This is true, but a contract is 1-2 years. On the other hand, we flash roms like winos drink Boone's. While phones are released constantly, I would guess that the majority of people do not buy them at that rate.
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Was out looking at tabs today.. they all suck.. my sr screen looks better and does the same thing..so..
The Samsung Note will be awesome .. no doubt.. heard it will be coming to ATT&T.. but I might just get the unlocked version instead.
I like big phones.. love the SR and the Note will be best of both worlds..
Not to mention the screen on the Note is beautiful!!
I'm with you on that. I can't wait for an LTE version of the Note to come to AT&T. However, I'm curious to see if people will be able to do much ROM work on this tab due to the specialized software that it's running. Other than rooting the phone and getting superuser access to it, I'm not sure you can mess with a lot of it's functions without losing a lot of it's digitizer functions.
I hear you on that, but I'm sure they will have something in the works...Heck the Note will be great as is..but its nice to "play" with them.
Its anybody's guess when Att&t will get it.. It will be soon I'm sure.. with the Nexus coming from Verizon.. The Note would be a perfect answer to the Nexus.
I love that "Pen" that comes with the Note..
I would pay $300 or more for the Note at Att&T no question.
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I hear you on that, but I'm sure they will have something in the works...Heck the Note will be great as is..but its nice to "play" with them.
Its anybody's guess when Att&t will get it.. It will be soon I'm sure.. with the Nexus coming from Verizon.. The Note would be a perfect answer to the Nexus.
I love that "Pen" that comes with the Note..
I would pay $300 or more for the Note at Att&T no question.
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i would trade in the rocket and pay full price for the note without question once/if it comes to at&t<<<
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i would trade in the rocket and pay full price for the note without question once/if it comes to at&t<<<
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According to this it will...
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-headed-to-usa-on-att-says-fcc-30184411/
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According to this it will...
http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-note-headed-to-usa-on-att-says-fcc-30184411/
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but when it hits will it have LTE, i mean im tempted either way to be completely honest, i would give up LTE to have the screen size, resolution, pen, and processor.
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but when it hits will it have LTE, i mean im tempted either way to be completely honest, i would give up LTE to have the screen size, resolution, pen, and processor.
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Me too.. I would sacrifice LTE for all the goodies this phone is packing.
One thing to ponder.. Snapdragon only supports LTE..... according to Att&T..
It should be out by the end of q1
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I would love the note but I'm not going to wait around holding my breath for rumored release dates.
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I would love the note but I'm not going to wait around holding my breath for rumored release dates.
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Me too.. I would sacrifice LTE for all the goodies this phone is packing.
One thing to ponder.. Snapdragon only supports LTE..... according to Att&T..
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Looks more and more like US version will be similar to the LTE version in Korea with the Snapdragon processor. Considering that the Nexus starts at $299 with contract, I won't be surprised if this one starts at the same price or even at $349.
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That's direct from my sources at Samsung
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I've heard that before...... Nexus lol
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Nexus will not hit art until late q2 maybe even q3
My guy has been dead on with release dates (for those that haven't followed me on android forums).one of the guys up there has a testing unit now actually.
Unlike previous devices they won't let me play with that one tho
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I've heard that before...... Nexus lol
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Nexus will not hit art until late q2 maybe even q3
My guy has been dead on with release dates (for those that haven't followed me on android forums).one of the guys up there has a testing unit now actually.
Unlike previous devices they won't let me play with that one tho
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So am i to understand that the NOTE will NOT have the Exynos Proccesor and instead the snap dragon when it comes to the US. BUT if i buy it from the UK it will come with the 1.4 exynos dual core??
thats retarded. if this is true i will be buying the NOTE next week and not wait for it.
Do you guys all like the Note that much? It's so big, even the SR is a little big for my taste. The extra screen space is nice, but when it's no longer practical to use as a phone, then doesn't defeat it's purpose? Maybe it's just me, but when the Streak came out and I saw people with them pressed against their heads, I just shook my head.
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Do you guys all like the Note that much? It's so big, even the SR is a little big for my taste. The extra screen space is nice, but when it's no longer practical to use as a phone, then doesn't defeat it's purpose? Maybe it's just me, but when the Streak came out and I saw people with them pressed against their heads, I just shook my head.
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It will Deff be a headset phone.....lol
but yes im all for it. i dont plan on looking like a fool with the tablet pressed to me ear......
I will see what I can confirm
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So am i to understand that the NOTE will NOT have the Exynos Proccesor and instead the snap dragon when it comes to the US. BUT if i buy it from the UK it will come with the 1.4 exynos dual core??
thats retarded. if this is true i will be buying the NOTE next week and not wait for it.
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I will see what I can confirm
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Good lookin, i am oh so curious about that if thats the case.
If it comes to Att&T and uses LTE it will have the Snapdragon.. unless the change something before then.. I doubt it..
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Do you guys all like the Note that much? It's so big, even the SR is a little big for my taste. The extra screen space is nice, but when it's no longer practical to use as a phone, then doesn't defeat it's purpose? Maybe it's just me, but when the Streak came out and I saw people with them pressed against their heads, I just shook my head.
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I love big phones.. I will get the Note... I don't put the phone to my head anyways.. use speaker..
I mean who talks on the phone these days?
I know theres a bunch of this around, but this is pretty new News,
even tho we all know it WILL take months to roll out... but just some more news,
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http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2012/03/22/at_t_reveals_phones_getting_ics
AT&T has listed its smartphones that will be getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the coming months.
Those devices are the LG Nitro, Motorola ATRIX 2, Motorola ATRIX 4G, Pantech Burst, Pantech Element, Samsung Captivate Glide, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.
The carrier made sure to note that it will take months for the updates to roll out to your device, but at least those are confirmed.
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Seriously. Their should be a rule where you can't post anything about ics unless its OFFICIALLY OUT. Its ok though. Im not trying to put you down or anything. Theirs just so many threads about ics already.
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Seriously. Their should be a rule where you can't post anything about ics unless its OFFICIALLY OUT. Its ok though. Im not trying to put you down or anything. Theirs just so many threads about ics already.
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There is also a lot of misuse of the word their.
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There is also a lot of misuse of the word their.
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I'm going over their. There my friends...
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I'm going over their. There my friends...
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Their, their, don't be ashamed, it's only there way of making a point.
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Months... Heh. I see where the priorities lie. Oh well, hopefully Rogers isn't as ****ty as them.
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I think it's on Samsung more than AT&T.
We'll get it either from T-Mobile's rollout to the Hercules or Rogers rollout to their Skyrocket clone or from AT&T.
Three carriers, three very similar phones.... three chances. Plus leaks from Samsung themselves.
We really should kill all ICS threads and have one single master ICS sticky thread for all ICS related news.
Someone else start it please.
I think there should be a grammar Police to fix the their, there, they're Monsters. Jus' Playin' you (you know who you are) are subtle and funny, you did it right.
Oh wait I should stay on topic!
I want ICS for my AT&T Skyrocket! WHEN!
The're, their and they're.
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Murder.... Now!
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Day 1726: skyrocket users getting fiesty from lack of ics. I think we might all eat eachother.
Moss out.
Jk but seriously though. Sorry for the grammar mistakes. Keep the love.
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I just hope the next couple releases don't break driver compatibility.
Like Froyo and Gingerbread weren't a big deal to upgrade from Eclair. That's good. That reduces fragmentation. When you break driver compatibility, you make upgrading a monster pain in the ass and it's slow.
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There're, their and they're.
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There're
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Huh, it looks like this is a real word.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there're
Sure, ICS might take awhile for the 727 and others already have it, but we _do_ have LTE and I love it- there's no software upgrade for that!
Like the developer commnity won't have it out before 90% of the carriers, and with less bloat. ^____^
My Two Cents Worth...
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Sure, ICS might take awhile for the 727 and others already have it, but we _do_ have LTE and I love it- there's no software upgrade for that!
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I totally agree with you there.
I bought the Skyrocket for a few main reasons:
LTE
Benchmarks compared to others available at the time of purchase.
The promise of the ICS update
If I wasn't in need of a phone at the time of purchase, I would have most likely picked up the Note.
I am a patient person and can wait for the release. If I don't like what is provided I am sure there will be plenty of other ROMs to choose from at the time as ICS should be available for the other 'brother' devices shortly.
But seriously, with all of the griping that I am seeing regarding ICS it makes me wonder what is going to be said when Jelly Bean becomes available...
Just my two cents, thanks for listening.
they better hurry up
I notice there's a multi boot app for the gs2 that allows the user to boot into different rims via different button combinations but is there any sort that will work for the skyrocket aswell??
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Doubtful we aren't popular
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Damn. Ok worth a try I guess
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Doubtful we aren't popular
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Which kills me because this and the note are the best phones for att :/
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droid512 said:
Which kills me because this and the note are the best phones for att :/
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You know as well as I do there are others cough sgs2 cough that would fight that claim
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You know as well as I do there are others cough sgs2 cough that would fight that claim
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Yes then you run a speedtest and then they kill themselves (null) ppl are crazy if they think that the infuse 2.0(gs2) is better than the rocket
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Lol so true one x is prolly a bit above us though but only maybe haha
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Lol so true one x is prolly a bit above us though but only maybe haha
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Yeah i was looking at it i liked my nexus 1 which was designed very well but htc seemed to drop off with phones like inspire and evo3d they were pretty junky
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Yeah i was looking at it i liked my nexus 1 which was designed very well but htc seemed to drop off with phones like inspire and evo3d they were pretty junky
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Agreed the only plus for the Inspire was the forum on here for it is really good, and it was easy to root and flash correctly.
Also side note I'd be willing to do some snooping around to figure out how to port some kind of multiboot to the Skyrocket.
However I feel like the major hardware differences will be major problems am I right?
BootManager Pro development???
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Agreed the only plus for the Inspire was the forum on here for it is really good, and it was easy to root and flash correctly.
Also side note I'd be willing to do some snooping around to figure out how to port some kind of multiboot to the Skyrocket.
However I feel like the major hardware differences will be major problems am I right?
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FWIW, Init2Winit recently announced that they are looking for someone to continue development on BootManager Pro. I used it on my old Inspire 4G and it worked great. Still looking for something...Anything...like it for the SGH-i727. I have zero coding skills, so if you think you can do something with it, please contact them for the sake of the community!
Hello comunity i just want to check if somebody esle at this point where our phone is locked and is kind of hard to get all the goodies that you can get with full root and unlock phone, think on return the phone and get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this is just curiusiti and also get some recomendation
Edit: ps: We can get the Nexus for
1 cent from Amazon Wireless. Wich is a big save
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Hello comunity i just want to check if somebody esle at this point where our phone is locked and is kind of hard to get all the goodies that you can get with full root and unlock phone, think on return the phone and get the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, this is just curiusiti and also get some recomendation
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Well chap,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsyLBxY-Sik
In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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I would keep it. Radio is better. Only by a little. Also i get 5+ hrs of screen time with s3 vs 2.5 on nexus.
There battery life alone is enough for me.
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keep it, the nexus hardware is outdated or atleast wait for the next Google phone.
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In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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thank you, that what i like from XDA community always helping that one of the part that make me refuse my iphone and go back to android this place, thank you again
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I would keep it. Radio is better. Only by a little. Also i get 5+ hrs of screen time with s3 vs 2.5 on nexus.
There battery life alone is enough for me.
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thanks
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Say what you will about the SG3 radio... But I have never dropped a call or had a 4G outage since I purchased it on launch day. My Nexus however was a completely different story. The Nexus will give you a new rom to play with every night, but the GS3 will give you fewer headaches in the signal and battery departments.
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Say what you will about the SG3 radio... But I have never dropped a call or had a 4G outage since I purchased it on launch day. My Nexus however was a completely different story. The Nexus will give you a new rom to play with every night, but the GS3 will give you fewer headaches in the signal and battery departments.
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i just rooted and start to play with my GS3 running CM10 so far so good, even is to late to return it, but ass soon i follow all the steps i can keep playing with it, im pretty sure official CM coul hit Verizon GS3 sooooon
Sell your Samsung s3 for $550, buy a Nexus for $250-325, profit? That's if you don't like it..
I'll trade you my brand new certified like new replacement nexus.
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Do what you feel. It's your decision.
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In my personal opinion I think that would be foolish when we are almost about to have full aosp and Adam, along with the community, is working very hard on cracking the bootloader.
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I totally agree. There's a large bounty for getting this thing unlocked. It will be soon. Just be patient. Speaking of, where did the bounty thread move to?
Good bye HTC Rezound, hello Galaxy S3!
Even if the bootloader dont get unlocked, ill be happy using the kexec method...other than the extra 30 seconds boot time, I see no difference. Also our current flashig methods dont trip the flash counter since were Not flashing non-stock firmware in odin!
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I'll trade you my brand new certified like new replacement nexus.
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Also willing to trade my near brand new Nexus (no scratches or marks on it as it was cased and screen covered) for an SIII. All original materials included.
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Also willing to trade my near brand new Nexus (no scratches or marks on it as it was cased and screen covered) for an SIII. All original materials included.
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Cash on top?
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Cash on top?
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like?
I had an Epic Touch (on Sprint) and went to a Galaxy Nexus (on Verizon) then a S3 and IMO it's a huge upgrade. I absolutely love this phone and wouldn't even consider going back to a GNex. The only thing I don't like is the physical home button but a stable AOKP will resolve that. As for the locked boot loader I was a little concerned too but with Kexec it's irrelevant. They already have CM9/CM10/AOKP running on this phone. I'd rather just use Kexec knowing I can return to stock then void warranty with a bootloader unlock. JMO!
Both are great phones, I have the GS3 and my old man has the Nexus. Touchwiz isn't too bad if you get use to it.
Is there anyone we can email - put pressure on .. start a petition?
I like my phone, and I am sure it has the processing power etc to perform fine. Wife has S3 and the interface is nice.. I like it much better.
How can the 990 be out for so long and yet nothing for the 999?
There must be somone we can pester???
Yes, Me.
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Yes, Me.
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Haha rabble, rabble, rabble!
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Biker1bob said:
Is there anyone we can email - put pressure on .. start a petition?
I like my phone, and I am sure it has the processing power etc to perform fine. Wife has S3 and the interface is nice.. I like it much better.
How can the 990 be out for so long and yet nothing for the 999?
There must be somone we can pester???
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Probably because it has a Qualcomm radio/modem in it.
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Yes, Me.
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Been thinking of donating to you and adampk. Bills first then maybe some beers?
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Where can we donate?
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Been thinking of donating to you and adampk. Bills first then maybe some beers?
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In my case, I'd rather say "girlfriend pacification fund" and some beers She's going to kill me if I continue developing like this hahaha.
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Where can we donate?
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You can donate, if you wish, via the Donate to Me button under my name from XDA web forum (not via the phone app I think). Thanks!
But seriously, concerning the OP, you can't really pester anybody for this. LG released this phone to make money and they didn't consider the jellybean update to be worth the investment I guess...
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LG released this phone to make money and they didn't consider the jellybean update to be worth the investment I guess...
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maybe the are still in shock that people have/use/want to upgrade this phone, and havent been able to pick themselves off the floor yet to fix it
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maybe the are still in shock that people have/use/want to upgrade this phone, and havent been able to pick themselves off the floor yet to fix it
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LG doesn't care.
Core Memory said:
LG doesn't care.
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Neither does Google. Remember their update Alliance? Hahaha what a ****ing joke
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its true, i switched to galaxy nexus and havnt looked back.
I am still hoping maz can make a perfect port though, since my mother is currently using my old g2x, i want to get a smooth rom for her.
hhwong said:
its true, i switched to galaxy nexus and havnt looked back.
I am still hoping maz can make a perfect port though, since my mother is currently using my old g2x, i want to get a smooth rom for her.
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lmao same situation but i switched to one x
hhwong said:
its true, i switched to galaxy nexus and havnt looked back.
I am still hoping maz can make a perfect port though, since my mother is currently using my old g2x, i want to get a smooth rom for her.
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Exact same situation here as well. My mom's already fed up with the damn thing freezing up every day, even though it's on the stock V21y ROM and baseband, which was supposed to "fix" these issues. She reboots it just about every day too (or else it gets slow as molasses).
For moms, just flash them a vanilla cm7 with either faux 048 or Trinity T15 kernel.
Solid, dependable, hassle free after initial setup.
Sent from G2x, CM7 Weekly 1-1-13, Faux 054.
Does anyone know if there has been any real progress since the ICS release/leak/whatever for the SU660? I thought that since it has the tegra 2 as well maybe it could be ported over more easily than from the p990. But I don't know what all is involved with that sort of stuff.
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Does anyone know if there has been any real progress since the ICS release/leak/whatever for the SU660? I thought that since it has the tegra 2 as well maybe it could be ported over more easily than from the p990. But I don't know what all is involved with that sort of stuff.
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Everything works except the radio. The geniuses are working on it.
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