Jelly Bean release date? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I'm either imagining things or illiterate, but wasn't today supposed to be the release date for the OTA official Jelly Bean patch? I browsed some of the other forums and news articles but haven't found any mention of it.

yeaa i been doin the same thing man

pwhoeler said:
I'm either imagining things or illiterate, but wasn't today supposed to be the release date for the OTA official Jelly Bean patch? I browsed some of the other forums and news articles but haven't found any mention of it.
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There was word JB would be pushed to International Versions of the S3 but I guarantee Verizon will be the last US Carrier and probably the last of the S3 phones to push the JB OTA.....

Samsung, vzw, and google all have to sit around in a room and stare at a gs3 that is sitting on a table in the middle of them for 6 months. They will literally have a team of engineers and marketing people just sitting there staring at it. The vzw guy on the team will have a thumb up his ass for reasons unknown. Their budget will be nearly unlimited. Meanwhile a few guys in their spare time and no budget will have a port running almost perfectly 2 days later. That 2 days happened the other week so we have over 5 months to go for an official release.

My bet is that the build's done. It's probably 95% identical to whatever is on the Note 2, with S-pen stuff being the only difference.
Now it's on to the carriers, which as we know (T-Mobile leak) some already have it nearly complete.
I bet a month for everyone but Verizon.
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1ManWolfePack said:
My bet is that the build's done. It's probably 95% identical to whatever is on the Note 2, with S-pen stuff being the only difference.
Now it's on to the carriers, which as we know (T-Mobile leak) some already have it nearly complete.
I bet a month for everyone but Verizon.
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I month for everyone but Verizon
Everyone but Verizon
Verizon
Why do I torture myself with Verizon?

We'll probably get it next year and that is wishful thinking. I think my wife's Fascinate got Gingerbread at the end of our last contract while my DX got it a week after we got our phones lol.
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I've heard anywhere from today, Sept. 1st to next year...I'm very impatient so I went and installed Cyanogen Mod 10
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??

I called Verizon yesterday time complain about my poor signal strength, less than -100 DBm in metro Nashville, and he told me there was an update that improves "network connectivity" coming in the next two weeks. Now he was probably just telling me something to get rid of me, and nice one mentioned JB, so take it for what it's worth.

<3 roms. Much less waiting from a group of enthusiastic developers eager to push out the latest and greatest for the enthusiast community
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jmorton10 said:
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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I believe you can manually update flash.
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...sion-to-All-Android-devices-Tutorial-Download

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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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you can manually update flash to work on jb...there is a thread floating around here somewhere on it.
^missed the post above somehow lol.

When the Detox drops.
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blestsol said:
When the Detox drops.
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I got it
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geech72 said:
I called Verizon yesterday time complain about my poor signal strength, less than -100 DBm in metro Nashville, and he told me there was an update that improves "network connectivity" coming in the next two weeks. Now he was probably just telling me something to get rid of me, and nice one mentioned JB, so take it for what it's worth.
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I hope so, I'm in Nashville too and can barely get 4G in my apartment. NEVER switched to 3G on my Bionic and it does all the time with GS3
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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Not disabled, just not able to be installed through Play. You can still load the .apk and it'll work fine

I just read a couple Google articles that said jelly bean will be out in September for all versions of the s3. The caveat is all the carriers get to sit on it to ensure adequate bloatware comes with it.
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pwhoeler said:
I just read a couple Google articles that said jelly bean will be out in September for all versions of the s3. The caveat is all the carriers get to sit on it to ensure adequate bloatware comes with it.
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The machine they use to cram the bloat up the phones ass takes a lot of power/time to get all of that crap up there.

Well I just came from the gnex boards and a new leak is out for vzw gnexs with new radios and possibly jb. So I'm gonna say we will get jellybean 2.5 months after all other s3's have it. But oh well....running paranoid android on my s3 right now and pretty darn stable. Also got 20 hrs or so with only 2 hours screen time but I was tethering for approximately 8 of those hours which IMHO is amazing.
Was going to have a couple screenshots of battery life but then playing that new space shuttle landing game which glitches out and caused a reboot.
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got556 said:
Well I just came from the gnex boards and a new leak is out for vzw gnexs with new radios and possibly jb. So I'm gonna say we will get jellybean 2.5 months after all other s3's have it. But oh well....running paranoid android on my s3 right now and pretty darn stable. Also got 20 hrs or so with only 2 hours screen time but I was tethering for approximately 8 of those hours which IMHO is amazing.
Was going to have a couple screenshots of battery life but then playing that new space shuttle landing game which glitches out and caused a reboot.
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Same here, PA 2.0 is pretty damn good. I had a few issues on restore but a quick reflash and everything is runing pretty well. I just wish App Devs are quick to optimize the Apps to JB.
The voice engine on JB is awesome, a lot less errors

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Jellybean?

Huh at&t or google screwing us over already one of the two lol. We don't even have official gingerbread and there getting ready to release this? Wow!
http://www.redmondpie.com/android-j...r-android-with-game-changing-features-report/
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Hey bro, how does this equal "Google screwing us?" ATT's the one to blame for us not having an official Gingerbread OTA drop.
EDIT: Better yet, I'm going to find you in IRC
beatblaster said:
Hey bro, how does this equal "Google screwing us?" ATT's the one to blame for us not having an official Gingerbread OTA drop.
EDIT: Better yet, I'm going to find you in IRC
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.......infuse.....Infused....infusion.........
Some people lack common sense.lol but ya dude..its all AT&T not google..
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Nowhere in the posted article does it say that Jellybean is "about to be released."
It's almost comical that they are referring to another release when ICS hasn't even been released.
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ZeroIsntTheHero said:
It's almost comical that they are referring to another release when ICS hasn't even been released.
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Rumor has it. ICS is gonna be release in October with the nexus (droid)prime
Android kicks apples ass.. Infused 2.1.0
lukas_s said:
Nowhere in the posted article does it say that Jellybean is "about to be released."
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Ok there Guy could be early as next month but mostly points at October or November. We don't need a bunch of doctor Phil's In here trying to correct everything. Lol funny. Just read the post and leave it be.
But Google is comical they don't even have other things fixes but they are trying to release more. Im glad they are staying in the fastlane but they need to kick ATT in gear and fix other issues then release new stuff.
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I blame Samsung and not AT&T. My Atrix we updated twice within 2 months of it coming out.
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ATT definitely needs to get on the bandwagon with the Infuse, my Atrix got Gingerbread pretty quick. Not sure what the big deal is.
I hate to say it guys but get used to it. ATT is terrible with updates. Each phone may get one major update and thats about it. Any of you that have been in the smartphone world for a while will know this. Hell sometimes ATT wont push any updates for a phone at all.
I mean think about it. A phone is termed EOL after 4 months of ATT releasing it.
zelendel said:
I hate to say it guys but get used to it. ATT is terrible with updates. Each phone may get one major update and thats about it. Any of you that have been in the smartphone world for a while will know this. Hell sometimes ATT wont push any updates for a phone at all.
I mean think about it. A phone is termed EOL after 4 months of ATT releasing it.
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I know its just crazy you would of figured this phone being 4g lol would have been perfect opportunity to run newer faster system
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I know its just crazy you would of figured this phone being 4g lol would have been perfect opportunity to run newer faster system
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T-Mobile was bad with updates except with the Nexus S.
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Samsung or ATT?
We don't know who is holding up the update, do we? It could be either Samsung or ATT. It's so frustrating that Ice Cream Sandwich is supposed to be released within the next few months and Infuse owners don't even have Gingerbread yet.
its the captivate all over again, over emphasis on updates(2.2 works fine for me), and a carrier that doesn't care about updates. why make the infuse their flagship and not push samsung to update it? i mean motorola got the atrix updated and att doesnt push that phone as hard, htc also got the inspire updated, att doesnt give a dan about that phone. but i really think it is samsung who wants to push updates only after a new device is released (sgs2!) and only because they want the new device to look beter the the "old" one
Bottom line here is simple: don't ever buy hardware in anticipation of future software releases (with the exception of a Nexus device). Once the device is sold the manufacturer really has no obligations to ever have anything to do with it again except for warranty services.
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Ok there Guy could be early as next month but mostly points at October or November.
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Reread the first paragraph, Tyshemi. Ice cream sandwich will be released in Oct/November. Jelly Bean will be released AFTER that, and if you go by Google's usual schedule, it would probably be around February.
entropism said:
Reread the first paragraph, Tyshemi. Ice cream sandwich will be released in Oct/November. Jelly Bean will be released AFTER that, and if you go by Google's usual schedule, it would probably be around February.
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Doesn't matter when really a month two months its the fact that phone released at the same time as ours have seen nice updates and dome even two updates since launch. Its the fact that this was a eye opener for ATT you know a "look at me " phone that's going to need a time machine to catch up.
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All I see is too many phones coming, that the ave user will miss out on, because they are stuck on a 2 year contract, lol not everyone can afford to blow 300 plus every few months on the something new,
Truth be told I have an atrix ( which I love, great little workhorse ) and a infuse coming monday, Also have a droid incredible, and a inspire, and a few others laying around,
But the funny thing they all do the same thing, just some slightly faster than the other, etc.. right now even the droid incredible/nexus 1 still is plenty fast for gingerbread... and does everything those new dual core beasts can do.. for me its gonna boil down to design and the screen, much like when i used to shop for a pc/laptop.. <----hardly use those anymore, too. my 2 year old asus still runs like a champ. guess my point,. is choose what you like. dont get caught up in specs and hype. ..
rant over...

Update coming

None of this sounds too exciting.... Never had the no sim error personally.
www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-software-update-fixes-no-sim-error/
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Ryno77 said:
None of this sounds too exciting.... Never had the no sim error personally.
www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-software-update-fixes-no-sim-error/
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well that's underwhelming for people who like to use the stock firmware, wonder if verizon will get jellybean out for the s3 this year...was at my local vzw store yesterday and the sales guy was surprised to see a touchwiz-less S3 running jellybean. then i got an earful about voiding warranty when all i went there to do was get a sim for my wife's nexus. (my old phone, just replaced it with the S3 this week)
Happy to see that error being killed. A couple of areas around Rochester are basically s3 dead zones thanks to that. Not quite as exciting as jb but... enough to make me happy.
galaxy. s3. synergy. yadda yadda.
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well that's underwhelming for people who like to use the stock firmware, wonder if verizon will get jellybean out for the s3 this year...was at my local vzw store yesterday and the sales guy was surprised to see a touchwiz-less S3 running jellybean. then i got an earful about voiding warranty when all i went there to do was get a sim for my wife's nexus. (my old phone, just replaced it with the S3 this week)
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The JB upgrade will most likely come in late 1st Q.
No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
I had a sim error once, when I went to install my SD card I realized the vzw rep didn't fully insert the sim card... never again since then.
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Elite49 said:
No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
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This is a Verizon only issue that NEEDS to be fixed. It is bull that Verizon wasted time locking down the bootloader that they screwed up their device... but to people who live in one of the "dead zones" the phone is all but useless as anything except a music player. Just because it's not an issue you have suffered doesn't mean it's not a necessary and needed fix.
galaxy. s3. synergy. yadda yadda.
Elite49 said:
No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
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Typically, Verizon updates follow general releases to the international and other carriers by 6 months.
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Typically, Verizon updates follow general releases to the international and other carriers by 6 months.
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The NO SIM error is ridiculous, and I am glad this will fix it. For those who don't know, some people can hardly use their S3 at times. I've had instances where every time I try to send a text for 20-30 minutes, it says sending, I lose all connections (no network at all) for a minute or two, then it reconnects, rinse, repeat. This happens when trying to send texts AND making a phone call. Imagine if you had an emergency and every time you tried to call your network dropped for 2 minutes.
But I don't know what else this will do to the phone. Disable current root methods? Bootloader issues?
Zalithian said:
But I don't know what else this will do to the phone. Disable current root methods? Bootloader issues?
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Yes, many of us have the same issues, even in great 4G areas like DC. No new sim card or handset replacement would ever fix it. Took long enough for VZW to release this fix.
As usual if you are rooted/unlocked/running a ROM do NOT download the OTA update. Wait less than 24 hours for someone on the forums to debloat and flash manually. Obviously if you are stock, rooted, and locked go ahead and take the update VZW pushes out.
fearlesspaula said:
Yes, many of us have the same issues, even in great 4G areas like DC. No new sim card or handset replacement would ever fix it. Took long enough for VZW to release this fix.
As usual if you are rooted/unlocked/running a ROM do NOT download the OTA update. Wait less than 24 hours for someone on the forums to debloat and flash manually. Obviously if you are stock, rooted, and locked go ahead and take the update VZW pushes out.
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Yep, planning on it. I'll wait a little longer to be safe. But I would love to be able to use my phone where I have full bars on campus.
Anybody else surprised there was no leak for this build? Or any other build for that matter? Especially having it go live within the week. I don't know maybe seeing so many leaks on previous devices over the years has left me spoiled. Regardless I am looking forward to some new radios.
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ajd88 said:
Anybody else surprised there was no leak for this build? Or any other build for that matter? Especially having it go live within the week. I don't know maybe seeing so many leaks on previous devices over the years has left me spoiled. Regardless I am looking forward to some new radios.
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It is possible it won't include new radios.
I'm not familiar with how these updates work on a Samsung phone.....I had a droid x2 and when that phone received and OTA update it would prompt you to download and install the update. I am assuming this will work the same way? I'm stock unrooted but don't want to get stuck that way....I'll let a few people here download and install and say it's safe before installing
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I'm not familiar with how these updates work on a Samsung phone.....I had a droid x2 and when that phone received and OTA update it would prompt you to download and install the update. I am assuming this will work the same way? I'm stock unrooted but don't want to get stuck that way....I'll let a few people here download and install and say it's safe before installing
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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That's not good. I really have no desire to root the phone at this point but this may push me in that direction. I'm surprised that's legal.... When updating you typically lose all service briefly, which I would think is a choice up to the user. I would be pissed as hell if this thing updated without me ok'ing it.
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con247 said:
It is possible it won't include new radios.
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there is a new radio VRLG7
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phone search still nerfed, doubt that ones coming back in the USA.
I had this no sim error only in a few places around my home area... but one of those areas included my house. Two new sim cards and two new S3s later, I am extremely happy to hear about this fix! Oddly enough, I never got a no sim error here on a 2 week business trip to Utah.
Had to manually load the update tho, now all is well! Thx for the tip!
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Hrmph. I buy and sell a lot using the ebay app. The update killed the app.
Just got the update pushed to my phone. Deferred until we find out if the new version is rootable/unlockable.

Motorola updated their Android software upgrade page...

...And the Photon Q is still slated to get Jelly Bean (4.1)! Though it doesn't have an estimated time like some of the other more 'popular' devices they have.
https://forums.motorola.com/pages/00add97d6c
Link^^^
Posting this here just to fill everyone in on Moto's latest decision.
Without a time estimation other than the 'it will get it', I'd say we're looking at June/July or later.
Good news. Hopefully they work out the major bugs that they have.
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Good news. Hopefully they work out the major bugs that they have.
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What bugs? Mine seems to work pretty good.
i always buy the phones that get neglected i guess we may have to wait a bit. i agree tho ^, my device is running great, no problems, and loving the keyboard. great battery life too, since i switched to CDMA-only anyway.
I've been checking the phone for updates every day since I got it two weeks ago.
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I've been checking the phone for updates every day since I got it two weeks ago.
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Don't hold your breath, lol.
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yogi2010 said:
i always buy the phones that get neglected i guess we may have to wait a bit. i agree tho ^, my device is running great, no problems, and loving the keyboard. great battery life too, since i switched to CDMA-only anyway.
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Ha, dude, I hear ya. I've had the exact same problem. Only phone I got that was well supported was teh original Motorola Droid. Since then, it was Droid Charge, which was ignored by everything, HTC Rezound, which had decent enough support, but nothing great, and now this thing. I just can't get a break.
Still waiting for a new OTA. Have been switched back to the Evo Shift for more than a month now. I may just go with a Galaxy Note 2.
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Ha, dude, I hear ya. I've had the exact same problem. Only phone I got that was well supported was teh original Motorola Droid. Since then, it was Droid Charge, which was ignored by everything, HTC Rezound, which had decent enough support, but nothing great, and now this thing. I just can't get a break.
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Lol, I find it kind of irksome when the carrier gets you on a 2-year contract, and then stops updating the device after 7 months. That's basically what happened to the Sidekick 4g and the My touch 4g Slide.
Just received notification as attached..did anybody receive it also? Not JB i guess..
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Just received notification as attached..did anybody receive it also? Not JB i guess..
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Yep, i just got it too. It's only 8.17 MB so probably too small to be JB. Hopefully it will fix up a few things..
That's the little "overall device stability" improvement update Sprint has begun to push out.
I'm rooted, unlocked, and modified, so I won't get it. Can y'all report back on any stability improvements?
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After update it, not much differences that i felt..but will get back to report if i find something good
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Update failed(
I just got a notification for an update for today too (77.8.14.XT897.Sprint.en.US)
According to the release notes it's "Various fixes and enhancements to improve overall device stability." I'm willing to be there's some other stuff in there to make it harder for us to actually *use* our phones. (like how the one from November silently broke bluetooth tethering...)
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That's the little "overall device stability" improvement update Sprint has begun to push out.
I'm rooted, unlocked, and modified, so I won't get it. Can y'all report back on any stability improvements?
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here it is if you wanna have a look:
FXZ here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536
Just got the update as well.
I'm unlocked, rooted, deOdexed, & modded so I don't want it (unless anyone can confirm it won't affect any of that).
Any quick way to do away with the notice and have it not come back? Maybe edit the build.prop?
I'll peek around in the build.prop in a bit when I have time to see if anything jumps out.
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here it is if you wanna have a look:
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Yogi that say .10 does anyone have a Zip flash-able upgrade to .14? I am getting the upgrade note, Also I know(belive) we can fastboot restore stock recovery, is there a flashable zip somewhere containing this aswell?, Thanks in advanced
Just installed here too. Verified still 4.0.4 so no JB. Nothing obvious for sure and it seems to be running the same to me.

Confirmed thunderbolt is getting ICS!!!!

HTC just tweeted, "ICS for thunderbolt is coming soon..."
About time. Thunderbolt needs new life breathed into it. Can't wait for this!
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HTC just tweeted, "ICS for thunderbolt is coming soon..."
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Lol you must have read my other post. They have been saying this since July mind you. Don't get your hopes up to high yet. Verizon can always shoot it down.
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I was under the impression that Verizon already had HTC's ICS. It is Verizon that is not releasing the software.
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HTC has been posting that same twitter reply since they was testing the test build back in April lol.
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Bout time, cant really find a phone that with a better radio and easy of use rootwise than the tb plus the darn thing will run any app and setting I toss at it.
If they only would hurry up and updrade it or shut up and admit that they built a monster that they cannot code for.
Its okay to admit failure you f'ing retards. Its the first phone of its kind and you were not prepared for it. (i.e. HateTC and VZW)
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ICS = Inadequate Customer Support
Of course they have happily provided that to TBolt owners for almost 2 years now.
Yes I still rock the Thunderbolt. You gotta problem with that?
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/12/1...-ice-cream-sandwich-update-will-be-here-soon/
Mind you i dont think there ar emany left in the thunderbolt area, but i cant wait to see it.
If an update doesn't come within a year of Google releasing it, it shouldn't count as an update.
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Lol you must have read my other post. They have been saying this since July mind you. Don't get your hopes up to high yet. Verizon can always shoot it down.
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That is certainly true but I also suspect that HTC wouldn't bother devoting any resources to developing s/w for a phone if a carrier has even a remote chance of shooting it down.
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That is certainly true but I also suspect that HTC wouldn't bother devoting any resources to developing s/w for a phone if a carrier has even a remote chance of shooting it down.
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I remember a few months ago there were rumors htc finished the build and was waiting on Verizon's approval.
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If you call HTC they mostly say Verizon has it. Then if you call Verizon they say waiting on HTC.
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Was the leak from ihtfp69 (TeamBamf) legitimate ? It was real nice other than the suck-the-life-out-of-battery kernel it had.
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Was the leak from ihtfp69 (TeamBamf) legitimate ? It was real nice other than the suck-the-life-out-of-battery kernel it had.
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From what I understand it is but the build was a very incomplete rom.
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Not before the end of the world!
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Was the leak from ihtfp69 (TeamBamf) legitimate ? It was real nice other than the suck-the-life-out-of-battery kernel it had.
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My understanding, right or wrong, was that HTC/VZW released some T-Bolts with an ICS "soak test" to around maybe 100 people? I applied too late to get in on it. The phone came with an NDA that apparently was almost iron clad as there were NO leaks at all until after the test ended and the test phones were returned.
It's my belief that the TeamBAMF leak was from one of those phones, someone may have copied it to his/her/it's PC and leaked it AFTER the test had closed and AFTER he/she/it had learned how to remove the identifying bits so that he/she/it wouldn't be subject to enforcement of the NDA.
I may be wrong, the above is merely pieced together from what I've read here and elsewhere.
FWIW, I ran the leak and had the usual short battery life BUT..... Later I restored the backup I'd made and, after a couple of days, the battery life improved a huge amount, it became about the same as other ICS ROMS.
As always, YMMV.
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From what I understand it is but the build was a very incomplete rom.
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They probably had the same issues as the devs did and can't figure it out but it's on the back burner and not forgotten. I hope
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At this point, I would be pretty surprised if ICS was released at all. I found that ICS, combined with Sense 4, is too much for the phone to handle smoothly. And I'm sure it would be worse when the typical Verizon bloat is added. Some work could probably be done to make it smoother and more power efficient, but I don't think that struggling HTC has any motivation to expend development resources on a phone that's rapidly approaching its second birthday.
Most Thunderbolt owners are able to upgrade now, or at least will be in the next couple months. Most people probably will -- and might even get a DNA. At least that's what HTC hopes!
I blame HTC for turning their backs on their customers and I will never buy another HTC product. They probably won't be around much longer anyway.
They have promised ICS for the Bolt several times before. I got tired of waiting, upgraded to Droid Maxx HD. 3 days after buying it Verizon pushed out Jelly Bean. Wow it was nice to actually get an update that fast!!!!
pdxdon said:
Most Thunderbolt owners are able to upgrade now, or at least will be in the next couple months. Most people probably will -- and might even get a DNA. At least that's what HTC hopes!
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If they wanted me to get a DNA they'd have given it a removable battery and an SD card slot, as it is it's totally useless to me.

For Those Upgrading To The HTC DNA

I've been searching for the lowest prices for the HTC DNA and stumbled upon this deal and figured I'd share it with you guys.
The HTC DNA for only $119.99... probably the best deal out there right now.
If you use coupon code TALK4TEN it MIGHT lower the price to $99.99, but it didn't work for me. Anyways, I figured it would maybe be worth a shot for you since it has worked for many other people... but it MAY have expired.
Enjoy guys.
http://www.justmywireless.com/DROID-DNA-by-HTC--4G-LTE-Verizon-Wireless_p_124.html
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That price is so low, it's like a trick you play on old people!
I just posted this.
Why would anyone buy another HTC phone after this? Maybe you'll get Android 5 in 2015.
lukesed said:
Why would anyone buy another HTC phone after this? Maybe you'll get Android 5 in 2015.
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More like the latest jelly bean a year after it's released, then an announced update to key lime pie that never arrives.
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I recently decided I'd just wait for the M7 in February.
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The thunderbolt is horrible I can't believe I'm stuck with this cricket like phone!
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My Thunderbolt is not horrible. I am a power user and while I have had problems with mine, the worst issues were with custom roms. Data drops were fixed with a new SIM card. I do have an extended battery that lasts all day. I was ready to throw this phone against a wall when I kept having issues with different roms. I had to remove root because the company I work for requires MobileIron to connect to our exchange server. Since I have been back to factory condition the phone actually works pretty well!
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braxtoq said:
My Thunderbolt is not horrible. I am a power user and while I have had problems with mine, the worst issues were with custom roms. Data drops were fixed with a new SIM card. I do have an extended battery that lasts all day. I was ready to throw this phone against a wall when I kept having issues with different roms. I had to remove root because the company I work for requires MobileIron to connect to our exchange server. Since I have been back to factory condition the phone actually works pretty well!
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Agreed! I love my TB. I have flashed so many ROMS i can not even keep them all straight. I have been stuck with Liquid ICS for a few months and it has been FANTASTIC! I flashed the most recent dual radio last night and hope it clears up the data in/out issues i have had. I would love them to fix the video camara and netflix at some point but from what i read Liquid isn't working on the project anymore. Is that true?
I have an extended battery and with Liquid i get at the very least 16 hours of use including some standby time. Liquid's rom made a world of difference on battery life.
In any case i am fairly new to this forum. Played over at CM with their rom for a while and still have it on my Touchpad. Love that rom!
Anybody know of a good rom for Droid X by Motorola? I rooted and installed one on my wifes a few months back but know it isnt perfect. I cant recall what it is at the moment but if anyone has had a good experience with a Droid X rom please share.
joelfranke said:
Agreed! I love my TB. I have flashed so many ROMS i can not even keep them all straight. I have been stuck with Liquid ICS for a few months and it has been FANTASTIC! I flashed the most recent dual radio last night and hope it clears up the data in/out issues i have had. I would love them to fix the video camara and netflix at some point but from what i read Liquid isn't working on the project anymore. Is that true?
I have an extended battery and with Liquid i get at the very least 16 hours of use including some standby time. Liquid's rom made a world of difference on battery life.
In any case i am fairly new to this forum. Played over at CM with their rom for a while and still have it on my Touchpad. Love that rom!
Anybody know of a good rom for Droid X by Motorola? I rooted and installed one on my wifes a few months back but know it isnt perfect. I cant recall what it is at the moment but if anyone has had a good experience with a Droid X rom please share.
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Off rootz wiki .. they have many good ones. From vortex remix to wizard's miui gb. Those are great for battery and being a daily driver. I have miui on mine still...
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It looks like that same website (justmywireless.com) is having a one day only sale on the 18th.
They do not show the promotional prices yet
Judging by the reply in the blog, I am assuming it's going to be a big sale
I've been wanting to get the DNA, I guess I will wait until the 18th
Thanks for the link
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It looks like that same website (justmywireless.com) is having a one day only sale on the 18th.
They do not show the promotional prices yet
Judging by the reply in the blog, I am assuming it's going to be a big sale
I've been wanting to get the DNA, I guess I will wait until the 18th
Thanks for the link
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As a DNA user who loves his phone, it's arty if you're going to wait till the 18th I'd wait till the m7 odds announced on the 19th just to see if and when it's coming to Verizon. That's just me, but unless you're hellbent on the DNA, ous wait to see if the DNA+ it's right around the corner.
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vdChild said:
As a DNA user who loves his phone, it's arty if you're going to wait till the 18th I'd wait till the m7 odds announced on the 19th just to see if and when it's coming to Verizon. That's just me, but unless you're hellbent on the DNA, ous wait to see if the DNA+ it's right around the corner.
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I went back to the site (justmywireless.com) to see if there were any hints as to the sale price. They have it in sneak peek mode...I picked up the DNA for me and Galaxy 3's for my wife and son.....I paid $160 for all 3!!
They even have Galaxy 3 (white and brown) renewed units for free with upgrade....I was seriosuly thinking of going that route for my son, but in the end paid 44.99 for his new one.
The m7 is going to be priced too high I'm sure, that's why I didn't wait.
What is the catch here?
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What is the catch here?
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hopefully none! I should be getting my order on tuesday, so I will let you know
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hopefully none! I should be getting my order on tuesday, so I will let you know
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I remember hearing that the deals on wirefly and amazon were so good because their penalties were so high and because they technically count as a premium reseller, and thus you have to go to then with warranty issues and whatnot instead of going to Verizon. I wonder if this reseller is the same.
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