Don't know if anyone was aware of this yet or not.. Hoping for a port soon.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar-and-google-now-available-to-download-now/
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Sweet.I'm one of the few who actually likes the new touchwiz and the features have really grown on me.
I agree. I came from sense and touchwiz is much nicer imo
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Don't know if anyone was aware of this yet or not.. Hoping for a port soon.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar-and-google-now-available-to-download-now/
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This I'm interested in!
I personally like the TouchWiz interface but also really like Jellybean and a smooth functioning Google Now
Keep hearing end of August so this looks promising. Also no one who's using the beta build mentions a speed increase. We all can assume its going to have a huge speed increase like on the Nexus.
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Keep hearing end of August so this looks promising. Also no one who's using the beta build mentions a speed increase. We all can assume its going to have a huge speed increase like on the Nexus.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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:laugh: Yea, hopefully Samsung can tell Verizon to move it with this. I'll be surprised if a update doesn't come out before to fix any issues or if the JB update will include them. This phone is great but, their are a few issues I hate. One being the music popping.
Wait so if this comes out for the INT varient is it really that hard for developers to just transition it over to our verizon model?
I was hoping they'd add a couple unified widgets to it with the update.
I love this phone (features, screen, battery), and Touchwiz isn't as bad as people make it out to be..... but..... Is it too much to ask that they add a contacts widget (so that I don't have to use a different syncing app) and a social feed widget that go along with the email and calendar widgets? I miss having a unified feel across the board like on sense. It seems that no matter what widgets I download and install from the market, they look horrible next to Samsung's calendar widget which I've grown to like a lot.
That's really my only gripe on an otherwise great phone. Still looking forward to seeing what JB brings.
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Ya end of August for international version. After Christmas for us.
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Ha that sound's about right. But I think that since we have the unlocked bootloader , devs might be able to get it to us before verizon. IDK.
I'm looking forward to this. I'm also one of those people that like TouchWiz. Way better than the motoblur I had one my droidx.
Ive become dependant of the smart alert feature, somi definitly wouldnt mind a port haha
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Wait so if this comes out for the INT varient is it really that hard for developers to just transition it over to our verizon model?
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Probably not hard at all, especially since we can unlock our boot loaders now.
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I don't mind TW either but at the same time I loved the pure OS feel of ICS on my GNex.
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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JB isn't even out officially for the Verizon. I wouldn't hold my breathe on it.
is anyone working on a port?
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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Probably not hard at all, especially since we can unlock our boot loaders now.
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There international GS3 runs Exinos 4412. The use variants run MSM8960. Could be decently hard to get full hardware support.
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There's features in Touchwiz that are not on stock Android that I have grown attached to, one of them is direct call.... Major win
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I agree, the direct call was great. I also liked that you can take a screenshot by swiping your hand over the screen. And the little notification that there's a missed notification when picking up (causing a short vibrate). The missed notification one allowed me to turn off the LED all together and use that to let me know there was something on the phone
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Hmmm i wonder if anyone can rip the NEW touchwiz features from Galaxy S 2 and put them on the Droid Charge?
That would be awesome!!! From what ive seen the new Touchwiz is looking Good!!
Sherwood1 said:
Hmmm i wonder if anyone can rip the NEW touchwiz features from Galaxy S 2 and put them on the Droid Charge?
That would be awesome!!! From what ive seen the new Touchwiz is looking Good!!
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what features? touchwiz 4 launcher has been made to work on froyo but involves some edits
besides that its just some rather unimpressive widgets and a nicer theme on top of gingerbread
its the phone itself thats great...the rest of the stuff may be better than whats packaged into vzw sgs phones so far...but not worth a huge amount of effort to use
We will probably get the new TW w/ gingerbread update, rumored to be sometime this summer. We'll see though.......
The new touchwiz just seems to flow. Also less cartoony.
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We will probably get the new TW w/ gingerbread update, rumored to be sometime this summer. We'll see though.......
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samsung, verizon, and updates.....what could go wrong
The only reason we will get updates is the droid name
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The only reason we will get updates is the droid name
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well one can be optimistic that droid branding means something...but the same inherent issues exist...samsung submitting hit or miss builds and verizon rejecting them
the day gb is released for the charge will be nice...but id think that day isnt right around the corner
Man i hope we hear about a GB build that improves the touchwiz. I got a couple days till i cant return it.
Samsung has the worst rep man it kills me. Why do they do it to themselves.....
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Sherwood1 said:
Man i hope we hear about a GB build that improves the touchwiz. I got a couple days till i cant return it.
Samsung has the worst rep man it kills me. Why do they do it to themselves.....
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Unlikely you would hear anything in the next few weeks..let alone days
So everyone knows that today was the official announcement of android 4.2 and the devices that will have them pre-installed. How long do you guys think it will take to get a ROM up for the GS3?
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Well depends when the source is released then complied and bug tested and posted here. I would say 2 days to 2 months depending how much it has to be tweaked to run right.
Samsung has a headstart probably because of its galaxy nexus series phones,so probably other galaxy series phones will get it fast too?? i would say less than one month from now.SGS 3 is still one of Samsung's flagship models still though. :good:
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Samsung has a headstart probably because of its galaxy nexus series phones,so probably other galaxy series phones will get it fast too?? i would say less than one month from now.SGS 3 is still one of Samsung's flagship models still though. :good:
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You forget we are on Verizon though haha. Verizon slows down updates like nobodies buisness.
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Offical ota? Probably late 2013 or something stupid like that. I have no clue why Verizon sucks ass with updates but its annoying. iirc they released JB for the Nexus like 2 months after every other carrier had released theirs.
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Offical ota? Probably late 2013 or something stupid like that. I have no clue why Verizon sucks ass with updates but its annoying. iirc they released JB for the Nexus like 2 months after every other carrier had released theirs.
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Verizon has strict update certification policies. Don't see that changing anytime soon.
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An aosp version shouldnt take long after the source code is released.
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An aosp version shouldnt take long after the source code is released.
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Will it be big new when the source code is out?
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Will it be big new when the source code is out?
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Yes it will be
Chuckleb0ne said:
Will it be big new when the source code is out?
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Did you mean big news? Yes, very much so, you'll probably see 976 threads labeled "4.2 source code released!"...........and then 985,456 people flaming them because there are 975 too many threads about it, lol.
Regardless, you'll probably see some AOSP merges in roms including 4.2 within a week of then, I'd be willing to bet. Whether they're stable or not is a whole new question......
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Did you mean big news? Yes, very much so, you'll probably see 976 threads labeled "4.2 source code released!"...........and then 985,456 people flaming them because there are 975 too many threads about it, lol.
Regardless, you'll probably see some AOSP merges in roms including 4.2 within a week of then, I'd be willing to bet. Whether they're stable or not is a whole new question......
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looking forward to those merges!!
lol... by the time this phone gets official 4.2 ill probably be on another device or two already. :silly:
Being on Verizon is like being in jail waiting for your court date to come to be released..why are they such a holes about this update thing!
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I agree with tech as soon we can get our hands on it someone will have the success to port it, but it won't be anything like a regular rom until the source is released. I'd say it shouldn't take no more than a few weeks for us to see 4.2
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Being on Verizon is like being in jail waiting for your court date to come to be released..why are they such a holes about this update thing!
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They are famous for their time consuming ROM testing and evaluation process for delivering a perfect device that we have to root and ROM to get it to run like it should !
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They are famous for their time consuming ROM testing and evaluation process for delivering a perfect device that we have to root and ROM to get it to run like it should !
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Senseless, Sometimes they make me wonna go to another carrier if the others didn't suck so much!
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Its gonna take a long time for a ROM. Because they official clock zip just came out. That's all they can do in a day?
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Watching the live feed right now, and i'm impressed. My S3 can gladly be sold and i'll buy the S4
I really feel like its only necessary to upgrade with every other model. The gs3 is still going strong IMO but to each his own.
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Watching the live feed right now, and i'm impressed. My S3 can gladly be sold and i'll buy the S4
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I'm liking alot of the features - but many seem software side and I'm sure the devs would be able to port it over pretty easy....
theyll be a s4 rom for s3 most likely.
and this presentation is hard to watch with all these lame ass actors.
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I really feel like its only necessary to upgrade with every other model. The gs3 is still going strong IMO but to each his own.
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Well I've got an upgrade so if I wanted to get rid of unlimited data I could. But I think I'm caught up in the hype right now. Some of those camera features look nice though
Using it while wearing gloves is cool.
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I saw nothing that great over my S3, nothing worth an early upgrade anyway.
TouchWiz still looks the same which is disappointing.
I dont run touchwiz ROMS so upgrading seems pointless to me.
Keeping S3. Just want the software upgrades.
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Well I've got an upgrade so if I wanted to get rid of unlimited data I could. But I think I'm caught up in the hype right now. Some of those camera features look nice though
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Same thing here. Have upgrades but don't wanna lose unlimited data. I think a lot of the software features could be implemented on our sgs3.
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this is what im afraid of... i just got my S3 and now everyone wants to leave... i feel like i made a reailly dumb purchase........ pretty distrought right now..... ive always had the second hand phone the crappy phone now i feel i just got that same scaniro thrown in my face with my S3....
Little comparison.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/1...sung-galaxy-s4-vs-galaxy-s3-vs-galaxy-note-2/
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Only complaint i have cosmetically is those ugly black dots at the top of the phone minus the front camera. The two on the s3 don't bother me but more? I know there censors or something but I think they could have done a better job and making them not so visible. Just my 2 cents. I'll still upgrade, cause I've gotta have the latest and greatest!
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looks like a nice spec bump, but I'm good with the S3 for a while.
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I saw nothing that great over my S3, nothing worth an early upgrade anyway.
TouchWiz still looks the same which is disappointing.
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Agreed! Nothing really seems new enough to drop my S3. The new smart features are tempting though....
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this is what im afraid of... i just got my S3 and now everyone wants to leave... i feel like i made a reailly dumb purchase........ pretty distrought right now..... ive always had the second hand phone the crappy phone now i feel i just got that same scaniro thrown in my face with my S3....
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Don't regret it at all lol if you root and unlock, I'm almost positive you'll get a lot of features from the sgs4. I hope so!
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I agree. And some will come. But the devs will do their best to bring us what they can.
http://briefmobile.com/samsung-says-some-galaxy-s4-features-will-come-to-the-galaxy-s3
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S4 is not worth the upradeI would like to see if I can put the battery in the s3 though
Will get it asap I skipped the s3 glad I waited for a better resolution screen and new features.
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Although it seems like a great device, I don't see that "wow" factor over the s3. I have like 5 upgrades that I could use and it still doesn't seem worth it. The software will eventually make its way over here. My hardware never seems underpowered and my battery life is great so my real world upgrade would be for a nicer screen.
It is from an 'insider" but it's good news. Not holding my breath but better than nothing.
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/1...-galaxy-s3-and-note-2-to-receive-android-5-0/
Doesn't mean we (Verizon) will get it
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At worst though, we'll get a port well before the Verizon update comes out.
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At worst though, we'll get a port well before the Verizon update comes out.
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Sadly, that is always the case.
Hey at least we get to extend the life of our phones to another flavor of Android!
In any case, shame on Verizon in advance...
Thanks to our talented developers, the fear of not getting an update fails to seize me
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That's good news. If it comes out on one of the US variants a port will bring it to the other versions.
Either way it's good news all the way around whether if T-Mobile, Verizon, or At&t get it first.
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I honestly don't care if Verizon doesn't let us get it. I'd rather run custom ROMs anyway.
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cvsolidx17 said:
Thanks to our talented developers, the fear of not getting an update fails to seize me
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This! X 100000
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I honestly don't care if Verizon doesn't let us get it. I'd rather run custom ROMs anyway.
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Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't it easier for devs to develop on official OTAs rather than porting something over?
compir99 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't it easier for devs to develop on official OTAs rather than porting something over?
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Actually it is easier to develop from AOSP. It is also easy to port from the same phone but different carriers. The difficulty comes from porting from one device to another.
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I honestly don't care if Verizon doesn't let us get it. I'd rather run custom ROMs anyway.
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Ditto. Waiting for big red and ota's is like waiting for wet paint to dry in a moist room.
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Actually it is easier to develop from AOSP. It is also easy to port from the same phone but different carriers. The difficulty comes from porting from one device to another.
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We don't all want AOSP. We know its easier because devs get full control of the ROM, unlike having to deal with an issue on touchwiz.
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Well that's good, makes the wait for my contract to be over and getting the GS5 much shorter. I hope we get an official version but first I want the real 4.1.2 with all those god damn features the worthless new update doesn't have.
can't wait
years itypsva
This is gonna be epic in my opinion Rumors were being thrown around saying that there is a possibility that we (GS3 users in general) could get Smart Stay for like videos as seen with the GS4 and maybe Smart Scroll too.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is great with 5.0?
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is great with 5.0?
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Nobody knows yet. Hasn't been announced, but hell... Any update is a good update in my book. Even if the official OTA sucks, our devs can turn it into something awesome.
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is great with 5.0?
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5.0 is a major O/S upgrade for Android called Key Lime Pie (currently we're Jelly Bean 4.x). Here some details what's in the new Operating System:
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...ime-pie-release-date-news-and-rumours-1091500
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5.0 is a major O/S upgrade for Android called Key Lime Pie (currently we're Jelly Bean 4.x). Here some details what's in the new Operating System:
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...ime-pie-release-date-news-and-rumours-1091500
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Seems like a lot of speculation at this point.
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Couldn't have said this better myself.
Well, Samsung has finally announced the list of phones that will get 4.4 and the S3 is on the list. Now we just wait for Verizon to send it out to us.
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/02/18/samsung-confirms-list-of-phones-and-tablets-to-receive-kit-kat-updates-begin-today/
Here's to to hoping for a new exploit and a way to flash custom roms again.
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All of the AOSP roms are on stable versions of 4.4.2 by now. Unless you love VZW bloat go check one of those.
To everyone about to post anything along the lines of "lol touchwiz sux" move along. Most of us know it already.. and for one reason or another we got stuck on 4.3. I know I'm looking forward to 4.4
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To everyone about to post anything along the lines of "lol touchwiz sux" move along. Most of us know it already.. and for one reason or another we got stuck on 4.3. I know I'm looking forward to 4.4
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I don't like the look of it but my phone runs better on it. I've tried everything but nothing beats Beans 20. Hopefully 4.4 touchwiz will be as stable.
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I'm just hoping some sly samsung dev "accidently" left an exploit to allow custom recoveries
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Don't want it if it is just going to break FoxFi...
I'll believe it when receive it
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End of March if I had to guess
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All of the AOSP roms are on stable versions of 4.4.2 by now. Unless you love VZW bloat go check one of those.
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Doesn't help those that took the 4.3 OTA. I agree that 4.4.2 AOSP ROMs are rounding out very nicely. Although TW has the benefit of all the phone's hardware working correctly.
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Doesn't help those that took the 4.3 OTA. I agree that 4.4.2 AOSP ROMs are rounding out very nicely. Although TW has the benefit of all the phone's hardware working correctly.
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Could we keep this thread limited to talking about Verizon and Samsung bring 4.4.2 to the S3 and not arguing about different ROMs. If people want to talk about different roms then they can go to the other threads for that. Thanks!
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Except camera and signal strength tend to be hit and miss on aosp ROMS at least for me anyway.. I highly doubt Verizon will bring us 4.4.2
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It's cool that they made it official.
International first and then the trickle down will happen.
I say August for Verizon.
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Verizon always takes a while to get OTA. But good thing s3 not getting left behind
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If Sprint rolled 4.4.2 out to the S4 already then I would guess Verizon will soon too. Then say another month and Verizon could roll it out for S3 in April or May. That's just my uneducated ghess
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Well, Samsung has finally announced the list of phones that will get 4.4 and the S3 is on the list. Now we just wait for Verizon to send it out to us.
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/02/18/samsung-confirms-list-of-phones-and-tablets-to-receive-kit-kat-updates-begin-today/
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So, how do we got to know that they have released the list of new phones?
Krishu said:
So, how do we got to know that they have released the list of new phones?
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What?
Just a wild guess but I suspect this will be the LAST upgrade for the S3 which is getting a little long in the tooth now...
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On carbon nighties and it is running pretty smooth except the camera to video issue.
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Just a wild guess but I suspect this will be the LAST upgrade for the S3 which is getting a little long in the tooth now...
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Your spot on about that man. It will sadly be our last update. But none the less the S3 is a solid phone
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