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Hey guys,
Does anybody know any info about the Samsung Hercules? I really want a new phone from T-Mobile, but I don't wanna get one yet because there will probably be a more amazing phone coming out the next month. So comment about the Hercules and about upcoming T-Mobile phones.
Thanks
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Hercules should be late aug or sept 26
its coming real soon
SGH T989 already anounced
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/08/samsung-hercules-unveiled-for-t-mobile-galaxy-s-2-variant-confirmed/
Well I know it sounds like an awesome phone, lol. Man I can't stand waiting for the better phones to slowly come out it's killing me!
i want that phone now!
yes, the waiting is killing me, i so want a new phone, but nothing is good for Tmobile, now that the Galaxy 2 is finally out for Tmobile, i can't stand the wait
Hey guys,
Theres a Android 4.0.1 official from Samsung released for the i9100: http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/14/exclsuive-android-4-0-1-by-samsung-for-sgs2-custom/ . Wow it looks like they made Ice Cream Sandwich look like dog **** so do you guys think we can expect the same for our skyrocket and how long would it take!
+1 can't wait
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that has major issues from what i hear. it will still be a while...
Do you know how many dev work on international sgs2? They have dev thread full of devs from all over the world. I can guess about 20 devs or more and they have tons of roms and kernels. We have bunch of devs too but idk who will bring it on skyrocket. I am not talking about official ics either.
They got a leak. What can we expect you asked? No one knows it may or.may not get leaked. Depends on if anyone has a friend inside.. which i dont believe anyone on ou..r forum does so dont expect a leak if it happens great but just because the gs2 did does not mean anything for us. Ours is a completly different phone..
+1 Amen... Cant wait for ICS for S/R, will keep an eye out for CM9-stable in the meantime..
Knowing AT&T, they'll want to keep their latest and greatest phone with the greatest network up to date with the greatest software, so they probably have an alpha build of ICS for our phone, just no leak.
Hate to burst people's hopes, I saw posted somewhere in Twitter that someone had leaked a document showing the unverified release dates for various phones to get ICS.. however, the Samsung Galaxy S II series phones will NOT be seeing anything on ICS until approximately April 2012.
Now I know our phones are part of the SGS2 series, but don't know if it's included in that approximate release date !!
EDIT: Found the link - http://www.talkandroid.com/78981-oo...-for-htc-samsung-and-lg-devices/#.TupXle5Z62I
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Longcat14 said:
Knowing AT&T, they'll want to keep their latest and greatest phone with the greatest network up to date with the greatest software, so they probably have an alpha build of ICS for our phone, just no leak.
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lolz
If I interpret your sarcasm correctly, I read "Get real - they're just as likely to say 'What's a Skyrocket? Are you sure you don't mean this conceptually identical phone called the Skyrocket 2 that's currently on sale on-contract (for you, sucker!) that comes pre-loaded with ICS?'"
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lolz
If I interpret your sarcasm correctly, I read "Get real - they're just as likely to say 'What's a Skyrocket? Are you sure you don't mean this conceptually identical phone called the Skyrocket 2 that's currently on sale on-contract (for you, sucker!) that comes pre-loaded with ICS?'"
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Don't you mean skyrocket HD with 720p display? Ob wait that's already been announced =(
Longcat14 said:
Knowing AT&T, they'll want to keep their latest and greatest phone with the greatest network up to date with the greatest software, so they probably have an alpha build of ICS for our phone, just no leak.
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Lmao, yeah, I'm sure AT&T really cares about updates. That's why they haven't even bothered to push out the already completed Infuse Gingerbread update, even though that's one of their most popular phones.
I guarantee you this: The international Galaxy S II LTE and/or the T989 will get their release first, and we'll all be flashing ROMs based on that long before AT&T gets around to doing an update.
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lolz
If I interpret your sarcasm correctly, I read "Get real - they're just as likely to say 'What's a Skyrocket? Are you sure you don't mean this conceptually identical phone called the Skyrocket 2 that's currently on sale on-contract (for you, sucker!) that comes pre-loaded with ICS?'"
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Yeah, this is actually a possibility. The Skyrocket HD might come with ICS, in which case we'll have it too around the same time.
Luckily there are a LOT of popular variants of our hardware that feature largely identical internals, so I'm not too worried about us having to wait TOO long.
That's the main reason I didn't get the Captivate Glide, even though I love landscape keyboards. The Tegra internals and Samsung's lack of firm commitment on updates were enough to scare me away.
I need to know I'm going to have ICS, and the Skyrocket, Vivid, and Galaxy S II were really the only sure things for ICS on AT&T.
Longcat14 said:
Knowing AT&T, they'll want to keep their latest and greatest phone with the greatest network up to date with the greatest software, so they probably have an alpha build of ICS for our phone, just no leak.
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Seriously...they could not even complete the first update after they rolled it out and then pulled it.
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Seriously...they could not even complete the first update after they rolled it out and then pulled it.
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They pulled it because of a deep with the ROM, that Samsung never noticed.
There's no reason to push a GB update now that Samsung has the nessesary things for ICS.
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Hey guys,
Theres a Android 4.0.1 official from Samsung released for the i9100: http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/14/exclsuive-android-4-0-1-by-samsung-for-sgs2-custom/ . Wow it looks like they made Ice Cream Sandwich look like dog **** so do you guys think we can expect the same for our skyrocket and how long would it take!
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I hate how it has to look just cause its Samsung.
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I was under the impression we can install s2 roms but need to use a skyrocket kernel. Is this correct?
quikt said:
I was under the impression we can install s2 roms but need to use a skyrocket kernel. Is this correct?
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not even close.
you can install TMOBILE GS2 roms with skyrocket kernel, but not any other GS2 roms.
Why does everyone try and speculate? Patience people.... Nothing is different from the original statement from Samsung and it doesn't change anything trying to interperate things differently than what they are. And NO, the Galaxy S2 is not categorized the same at the Skyrocket.
Samsung
Official statements:
Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for GALAXY devices. The platform update for GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.
The ICS-upgradable devices are the GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus.
For upgradable models, Samsung will make separate announcements on details of OS updates schedule for each market according to market situation and carriers' requirements. [December 20, 2011]
quikt said:
I was under the impression we can install s2 roms but need to use a skyrocket kernel. Is this correct?
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Search this forum for "hard brick" and you'll find a ton of people who borked their phones trying to flash OG S2 roms on the skyrocket.
Don't do it!
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I was under the impression we can install s2 roms but need to use a skyrocket kernel. Is this correct?
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We can use T-Mobile Galaxy S II (SGH-T989) roms, but NOT international GS2 or AT&T GS2 roms. VERY important distinction.
Our phone is the Galaxy S II LTE internationally. It's totally different hardware from the main GS2. T-Mobile's thing isn't LTE but uses the same hardware as ours for related reasons (needing a different modem than the one in the Exynos).
I think the Touchwiz will kill it. Pure 4.0 Vanilla is the best!
SGS III coming to all US carriers in June.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/...rier-launch-att-verizon-sprint-t-mobile-uscc/
I had a feeling AT&T was purposefully waiting for the release of the SGS III to finally release ICS for the SGS II, Skyrocket and Note and this just only confirms my suspicions.
Dude fix the title
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petrochemicals said:
SGS III coming to all US carriers in June.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/...rier-launch-att-verizon-sprint-t-mobile-uscc/
I had a feeling AT&T was purposefully waiting for the release of the SGS III to finally release ICS for the SGS II, Skyrocket and Note and this just only confirms my suspicions.
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I am sorry but I believe you are wrong. I have the HTC Amaze and we all thought that too until a team member from Tmobile told us what the actual hold up was (on And-Dev.us) ICS upgrades rarely have anything to do with new phones. The updates have everything to do with testing, fixing, re-testing, re-applying, testing again, fixing again. AT&T has nothing to do with phone upgrades. AT&T and Samsung have to work together to push these updates.
AT&T tests the update, they find problems and bugs, they send the results back to Samsung to fix them. Samsung developers start working on the issues. They send their fixed product to AT&T to give back to testers. Testers find more bugs, send it back to Samsung. And the loop repeats itself. Until all problems are fixed. We had to wait a long time for ours because we have that stupid Sense rom on our phones, and Sense is a hassle and a half!
Marketing and ICS development have nothing to do with each other. ICS is coming don't sweat it!
The interwebs today are a'blaze' with a rumored August 15th release of a Blaze Q - essentially a slider querty version of our blaze with a 720p display - that will launch with ICS. I don't care for rumors too much but I'm hopeful that the official T-Mo ICS for our blaze to be around August 15th - or about a month from now since the 2 blazes are rumored to be almost identical. Nothing official from T-Mo and as of today the support page still says release date TBD. Will we finally be getting ICS?
Source article for my speculation:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_...le-could-debut-galaxy-s-blaze-q-on-august-15/
That's too long lol plus we need source which comes out up to 30 days after T-Mobile update :/
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This is pretty much a failure on Samsung's part. This phone should have came with ICS too, honestly. Or at least it should have been released already.
Hopefully we can have an unofficial port of CM9 or JellyBean since the source was just released.
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This is pretty much a failure on Samsung's part. This phone should have came with ICS too, honestly. Or at least it should have been released already.
Hopefully we can have an unofficial port of CM9 or JellyBean since the source was just released.
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cm9 in time jelly bean it's eh also maybe since from api 15 to 16 wasn't that big of a jump
It could be sooner. I can't imagine T-Mo selling any Blaze 4g's on GB at all right next to the ICS Blaze Q's. Unless T-Mo is shipping all of their Blazes back to Samsung they need to have both of them running ICS by the 15th. I just don't see another price drop happening since the Blaze just dropped $50 not that long ago and is only 4 months old.
Ironic thing is by then we'll all likely be running a CM9 port from you and won't care until source is released
:good:Thanks for all of your great work ericmm!:good: We're all happy to have a great dev here!
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It could be sooner. I can't imagine T-Mo selling any Blaze 4g's on GB at all right next to the ICS Blaze Q's. Unless T-Mo is shipping all of their Blazes back to Samsung they need to have both of them running ICS by the 15th. I just don't see another price drop happening since the Blaze just dropped $50 not that long ago and is only 4 months old.
Ironic thing is by then we'll all likely be running a CM9 port from you and won't care until source is released
:good:Thanks for all of your great work ericmm!:good: We're all happy to have a great dev here!
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lol thanks and it's erik* lol sorry that and clean dev threads are my only pet peeves lol
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The interwebs today are a'blaze' with a rumored August 15th release of a Blaze Q - essentially a slider querty version of our blaze with a 720p display - that will launch with ICS. I don't care for rumors too much but I'm hopeful that the official T-Mo ICS for our blaze to be around August 15th - or about a month from now since the 2 blazes are rumored to be almost identical. Nothing official from T-Mo and as of today the support page still says release date TBD. Will we finally be getting ICS?
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Man I hope you're right. Still running unrooted, stock ROM, but using Holo Launcher just to get the ICS-like experience haha
Hoping I can grab the official ICS if/when it comes out so I can root and get rid of some bloat and enjoy Google Chrome
I'm getting anxious. I at least want a set date!
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spartanerik said:
Man I hope you're right. Still running unrooted, stock ROM, but using Holo Launcher just to get the ICS-like experience haha
Hoping I can grab the official ICS if/when it comes out so I can root and get rid of some bloat and enjoy Google Chrome
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You cab root now and there are a couple great roms out for this phone as we speak! I'm running dark knight build 4 and it is amazing
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Relay 4g officially announced
...and it's identical to the Blaze minus ICS and the slider keyboard. Rumors had this device to based on the SGS3 with a S4 chipset but it is in fact what I thought it would be... an S3 with 5MP rear/1.3 MP front cameras, 4 inch SAMOLED display, 42Mbps '4g' from TMO.
Source article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57...y-s-relay-4g-to-hit-t-mobile-in-coming-weeks/
So since these phones are nearly identical it would appear ICS will be released for us this month alongside the Relay.
I would also guess the delay has to do with the Apple lawsuit and Samsung needing to comply with their 'software enhancements' that were found to be infringing.
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...So since these phones are nearly identical it would appear ICS will be released for us this month alongside the Relay....
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That's a big assumption. Usually they avoid upgrading a phone's OS when they have a nearly identical phone coming out because it can hurt the sale of the new phone.
Having a new phone that competes in the same space as the Blaze 4G is not a positive sign for us.
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That's a big assumption. Usually they avoid upgrading a phone's OS when they have a nearly identical phone coming out because it can hurt the sale of the new phone.
Having a new phone that competes in the same space as the Blaze 4G is not a positive sign for us.
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I'm not so sure. I believe the ONLY reason the Blaze was on the short list for the ICS update is because Samsung was planning on re-using the hardware from the Blaze to make a slider phone (aka the Relay) and put ICS on the re-released device. It just doesn't make any sense otherwise for this device to be getting the update.
Even if Samsung snubs us on ICS the Relay is so similar it may be very possible to develop ICS for the Blaze based on the Relay source (which from what I understand would be easier than porting the current GB source).
EDIT: I can find no information that the Relay will have a 720p display like was rumored. So the display will likely be the same as the Blaze too.
Doesn't the Relay use an s4 processor and the Blaze uses a s3? Wouldn't that make it harder to port
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Read the link I posted on page 1 from cnet. It is in fact an s3.
There is a link to the official TMo announcement that tells all the specs... I will post the link in a bit.
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Read the link I posted on page 1 from cnet. It is in fact an s3.
There is a link to the official TMo announcement that tells all the specs... I will post the link in a bit.
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S3 processor 100%
link http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/articles/t-mobile-announces-samsung-galaxy-s-relay-4g
Damn it sure is
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The s2 source is closer to the blaze than the relay will be ....still requires a lot of work to kernel to just get a booting kernel.
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The s2 source is closer to the blaze than the relay will be ....still requires a lot of work to kernel to just get a booting kernel.
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If helped don't be afraid to hit the thanks button it doesn't bite lol
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I will take your word for it... you know way more about it than I do (I'm just a noob after all lol). Still, from just looking at the specs everything about these phones (the Relay and Blaze) look exactly the same- same S3 @1.5, rear cam @5MP, front cam @1.3, same SAMOLED 4" 480x800 (driver may be slightly different), and perhaps the radio is different as well but it could be the same (after all they were calling this phone the Blaze 4G Q - there may be nothing different at all under the hood). I know the display is different for the S2 for sure along with the cameras.
I just wish things like this were simple (although I know they never are).
Stooopid question I'm sure, but how is it I can put ICS roms on my old Mytouch 4g and HP Touchpad, but not this phone?
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Stooopid question I'm sure, but how is it I can put ICS roms on my old Mytouch 4g and HP Touchpad, but not this phone?
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Well I would say it's because you haven't made an ICS rom yet
Seriously if it were an easy thing to do, everyone would be making roms. It also depends on how many devs get the device in question among other factors.
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I was wondering if anybody knows if the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4g will ever get the Jelly Bean update?
Dunno quite yet. Samsung's been pretty good about providing firmware updates - but normally with very little documentation.
Only time will tell, although a little birdy said something about the GS2 possibly gettin JBizzle, hope it's true!
Thanks. Hopefully they don't forget about this phone and keep it up to date
I'm almost positive the Relay will get at least one update to JB (4.1 or 4.2). Maybe not anytime soon, but eventually it will.
We won't get Key Lime Pie, but JB for sure.
The Relay is a Galaxy line smartphone, and Samsung has a good reputation of updating that line.
My guess is sometime after the heat over the Galaxy S4 and Note 3 cools down, they will focus on updating their older devices.
On the other hand, the Sidekick 4G was the most anticipated phone of its year, and though it got more patches than we've had, it didn't get updated. So Samsung/T-Mobile arn't above being dicks.
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On the other hand, the Sidekick 4G was the most anticipated phone of its year, and though it got more patches than we've had, it didn't get updated. So Samsung/T-Mobile arn't above being dicks.
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it's a matter of brand.
t-mobile branded stuff won't be upgraded. sidekick and mt4gs never were.
the relay on the other hand does not fall under the t-mobile brand but is samsung's own, and it's part of the Galaxy S family which is the top tier.
i'm quite sure it'll get official JB eventually, but i don't think it will get key lime pie
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it's a matter of brand.
t-mobile branded stuff won't be upgraded. sidekick and mt4gs never were.
the relay on the other hand does not fall under the t-mobile brand but is samsung's own, and it's part of the Galaxy S family which is the top tier.
i'm quite sure it'll get official JB eventually, but i don't think it will get key lime pie
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i beleieve this phone is tmobile branded. beacuse its not available to any other carrier. and when you start the phone it says "tmobile, galaxy relay". and the defaukt theme and wallpaper is pink and white(tmobile colors).
that being said....i hope we get an official update of jb sometime soon.
Maybe not official, but cyanogenmod 10.1 (4.2) is alive and kicking.
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i beleieve this phone is tmobile branded. beacuse its not available to any other carrier. and when you start the phone it says "tmobile, galaxy relay". and the defaukt theme and wallpaper is pink and white(tmobile colors).
that being said....i hope we get an official update of jb sometime soon.
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it is a samsung phone... the mytouch line that was made by htc in the start and then dropped to lg and huawei was a brand by t-mobile... they acted as the OEM of the thing and htc/lg/whatever was playing the role of the ODM.
the relay is a Samsung Galaxy phone, and even tho its branded by t-mobile it is not the same as the mytouch or sidekick line
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it is a samsung phone... the mytouch line that was made by htc in the start and then dropped to lg and huawei was a brand by t-mobile... they acted as the OEM of the thing and htc/lg/whatever was playing the role of the ODM.
the relay is a Samsung Galaxy phone, and even tho its branded by t-mobile it is not the same as the mytouch or sidekick line
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Yes that's correct. It's a galaxy phone. Why Samsung didn't make a global gsm variant of the relay is beyond me. It wouldn't be that hard either
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gtmaster303 said:
Yes that's correct. It's a galaxy phone. Why Samsung didn't make a global unlocked gsm variant of the relay is beyond me. It wouldn't be that hard either
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I have read in google that we won't :crying:
Actually, you can get it today.
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/04/lg-optimus-l9-samsung-galaxy-s-relay-4g-jelly-bean-updates-incoming/
I guess its clear at this point that the JB update is out and its pretty good.
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