why hasn't anyone made an unofficial 2.3 android Rom update?:fingers-crossed: froyo is so old..
edgaar_o said:
why hasn't anyone made an unofficial 2.3 android Rom update?:fingers-crossed: froyo is so old..
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Because, this is why; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875192
The reason: drivers and bootloaders.
edgaar_o said:
why hasn't anyone made an unofficial 2.3 android Rom update?:fingers-crossed: froyo is so old..
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You can thank Samsung for sweeping this Frankenstein of a phone under the rug. LOL.
afr33sl4ve said:
Because, this is why; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1875192
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orange808 said:
The reason: drivers and bootloaders.
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Drivers, yes. Bootloaders, not really.
Jobless for 6 months, and now under heavy load to help a startup company get going, I've just been too slammed to get moving further. I've talked with TheLastSidekick about sending him his phone back, but he declined and said I could hang on to it a bit longer.
Either way, I'm hoping after a few more bills get paid off (from being out of work so long), that I'll be able to buy an sk4g for me to experiment with hardware modifications to get an sk4g dev phone. Mostly because I don't want to mess up TLS's sidekick.
I've also had some problems with porting sk4g to the teamacid sgs4g 2.6.35.7 kernel. Not that it isn't possible, I'm just short on time. If you know how to hack on kernels, have a usb uart, and an sk4g, let me know. I can share code and builds.
I don't have time to teach kernel development, you'll have to wait for xda-university to come online for that.
So to answer the OP's question: It's being worked on, but very slowly. Sorry about that. I'm still waiting on my time machine to come in the mail so I can stop time and get everything done at once.
bhundven said:
Drivers, yes. Bootloaders, not really.
Jobless for 6 months, and now under heavy load to help a startup company get going, I've just been too slammed to get moving further. I've talked with TheLastSidekick about sending him his phone back, but he declined and said I could hang on to it a bit longer.
Either way, I'm hoping after a few more bills get paid off (from being out of work so long), that I'll be able to buy an sk4g for me to experiment with hardware modifications to get an sk4g dev phone. Mostly because I don't want to mess up TLS's sidekick.
I've also had some problems with porting sk4g to the teamacid sgs4g 2.6.35.7 kernel. Not that it isn't possible, I'm just short on time. If you know how to hack on kernels, have a usb uart, and an sk4g, let me know. I can share code and builds.
I don't have time to teach kernel development, you'll have to wait for xda-university to come online for that.
So to answer the OP's question: It's being worked on, but very slowly. Sorry about that. I'm still waiting on my time machine to come in the mail so I can stop time and get everything done at once.
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I say we ALL chip in and get bhundven an SK4G for Christmas. What do all of you guys think?
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RicAndroid said:
I say we ALL chip in and get bhundven an SK4G for Christmas. What do all of you guys think?
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I think that's very nice, but I can afford to get one on my own.
Thanks Ric!
bhundven said:
I think that's very nice, but I can afford to get one on my own.
Thanks Ric!
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Okay, cool. I just figured that I want to contribute to the future of the SK4G. I know...I get paid on the 15th so I'll send that donation I promised.
RicAndroid said:
Okay, cool. I just figured that I want to contribute to the future of the SK4G. I know...I get paid on the 15th so I'll send that donation I promised.
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Hehe, maybe help me get that time machine! I really could use that!
shame on samsung no updates.
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This phone has been cursed from day one. We need to sign a petition to Samsung to at least give us Gingerbread.
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RicAndroid said:
This phone has been cursed from day one. We need to sign a petition to Samsung to at least give us Gingerbread.
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I am agree with you:thumbup:
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Related
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/091172a81604c8a0
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SWEET !~!!!!!!!
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=heads
f5, f5, f5
CheesyNutz said:
SWEET !~!!!!!!!
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What Cheesy said!!
YUM!
OMG, I'm salivating, drooling even! Come oooooon! Gimme gimme gimme!
Lets try to do as the man said and not bork the servers. If your not a dev don't even bother with it.
P.s. this isn't directed at anyone particular
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Yea I dont develop so it wont do anything for me... but ill assume with this it wont be long until we see some gingerbread roms.
Direct from Jean-Baptiste Queru...
Jean-Baptiste Queru
Nexus S went on sale yesterday morning in the US, running Gingerbread.
Just like I did for Froyo, I'm open-sourcing the matching Android
platform source code, right after the first consumers get their hands
on it. I'm going to start literally right now, and the process will
take a few hours.
I'll give more details once the source code is available. However,
there are three aspects that you need to know ahead of time:
-As part of the process to push the source code, there will be some
points in time when the master branch doesn't build. Sorry about that.
If you're working on the master branch, I recommend that you don't
sync until I send an "all clear" when I'm done and things look good.
Other branches are expected to work fine as soon as their manifests
are created.
-Even though Nexus S is designed to be suitable for AOSP work, there
are some caveats. I very strongly recommend against trying to use
Nexus S for anything related to AOSP at the moment. Trying to unlock
or use your Nexus S for AOSP work could easily turn it into a Nexus B
(where B means "brick"); I have two of those, they're not very useful.
I'll send some guidelines about what is currently possible once I've
finished pushing the source code.
-Please take it easy on the kernel.org servers. They are very helpful
in hosting the AOSP source code, and I don't want to hurt the high
quality of their service with an onslaught of full Android downloads.
If you're not going to immediately work on porting Gingerbread to
devices with the intent of distributing the result to end-users, I'm
kindly asking that you wait a few hours or a few days before you
download it (just roll a 6-sided die and wait that long). In addition,
the slower the servers are, the harder it is for me to do the push.
Thanks for being patient.
JBQ
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Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google.
Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
warning.
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I imagine we will see some alpha/beta builds over the weekend. Perhaps stable RC's next week and fingers crossed CM7 with wimax by the years end.
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crpercodani said:
Lets try to do as the man said and not bork the servers. If your not a dev don't even bother with it.
P.s. this isn't directed at anyone particular
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Are you sure? It felt like you were singling me out man. I dont like being singled out. (Sarcasm, just in case it wasn't implied)
animal7296 said:
Are you sure? It felt like you were singling me out man. I dont like being singled out. (Sarcasm, just in case it wasn't implied)
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Actually you hadn't posted when I said that BUT you were just the douche nozzle I had in mind when writing it!
/s
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Does this mean I finally get my super hot and willing robot girlfriend?
Wow...wimax on CM is working, and now Gingerbread is being pushed? I'm totally geeking out right now!
Maybe now my phone will be able to surf the web, make video calls and play music! Oh yeah, it already does all that GB over Froyo will be like being able to go 110 mph instead of 90. Sure its faster but will anyone notice?
P.S., And where the hell is BlindType? I thought Google bought them, right? What are they waiting for? I want to be able to text with my eyes closed!
sw33t! cant wait for gingerbread and 4g on CM!
Is the nexus S in tmobile stores? Im going to go and fool with one today if it is just to see what the gingerbread hype is about. So since they're pushing it does that mean the nexus 1 will be getting it soon?
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Is the nexus S in tmobile stores? Im going to go and fool with one today if it is just to see what the gingerbread hype is about. So since they're pushing it does that mean the nexus 1 will be getting it soon?
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Only at best buy.
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Hmm... only thing I hate about the best buy near here is they dont usually have actual models out just those bs display phones.
Feels like christmas!!! This plus 4g on aosp
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http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git;a=heads
f5, f5, f5
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Please, don't. Last thing we want is to launch an involuntary DDoS attack on Kernel.org .
Hey guys i work for tech support on tmobile a costumer called this morning talking about she got a message from tmobile saying there is an update available for her phone...
This might be the official gingerbread... I havent got it on my g2x yet but we dont push an update to all of the phones at the same time...
So im gonna be looking into this..
And yall keep in mind in this post...
P.s... If your rooted tmobile wont tmobile wont push the update to you you would have to unroot to update the phone...
I'll keep yall posted
The GB update as well as the official MIUI both landing on the same day... this would be sick
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gypsy214 said:
Hey guys i work for tech support on tmobile a costumer called this morning talking about she got a message from tmobile saying there is an update available for her phone...
This might be the official gingerbread... I havent got it on my g2x yet but we dont push an update to all of the phones at the same time...
So im gonna be looking into this..
And yall keep in mind in this post...
P.s... If your rooted tmobile wont tmobile wont push the update to you you would have to unroot to update the phone...
I'll keep yall posted
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Just a friendly little anecdote for you. Do with it what you will...
I worked tech support in a call center for a large mobile provider and was terminated for posting on forums after they managed to link me to some posts I had made. They did this by monitoring network traffic in the building, which lead them to my computer since I was posting them while at work. I was fired for the content of the posts, although they were all completely harmless, such as your post. They felt I was divulging proprietary information.
For a long time I kicked myself for posting on the forums with my work computer, but really I should have been kicking myself for posting at all, from any device. In the end, just ask yourself if the risk is worth the reward.
Now, the bright side of this, 6 months later I landed a great job as a network admin for a great company.
Oh and about that company I used to work for, their name started with a T and ended with a Mobile.
well thats not very smart for you to do.....
do you really think im getting on this website from work...
im not DENSE like some people...
gypsy214 said:
well thats not very smart for you to do.....
do you really think im getting on this website from work...
im not DENSE like some people...
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Dude he was just trying to help
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gypsy214 said:
well thats not very smart for you to do.....
do you really think im getting on this website from work...
im not DENSE like some people...
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I think you're missing the bigger point here. As I said in the post, the conclusion I made in the end was that it really wasn't worth it to post at all, regardless of where I was posting. They could just as easily linked me to the posts using other methods, such as overhearing something, or someone tattling. Or maybe I became facebook friends with someone on the forums, and they reported me. There are plenty of ways.
Nevertheless, I did say to do what you will with the story. But seriously, consider the whole risk vs. reward part of it. What are you really getting out of posting small bits of 'insider' information? Probably not much. And believe me, I didn't think I was divulging anything proprietary, but it didn't matter what I thought. My posts were almost identical to yours. I wish someone had said this to me back then (even though I landed a better job in the end).
Anyhow, good luck to you. You probably won't get burned like I did, but as they say... **** happens.
Can someone explain why a rooted phone will not work with the OTA? Is having CWM also an issue? What do I need to do to prepare my phone before the update arrives?
I also do not understand why TMo would not publish the update on their site like they do with all the windows phones.
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Dude he was just trying to help
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Absolutely right. I later learned that I wasn't the first to be terminated for posting, and I'm sure I won't be the last.
In my last comment I mentioned that I wish someone had given me this bit of 'advice' long ago, but come to think of it, someone pretty much did. I distinctly remember someone replying to me one day and saying that they know other employees had gotten in trouble for posting. I brushed it off just like this guy/gal.
Just trying to pay it forward
jcbofkc said:
Can someone explain why a rooted phone will not work with the OTA? Is having CWM also an issue? What do I need to do to prepare my phone before the update arrives?
I also do not understand why TMo would not publish the update on their site like they do with all the windows phones.
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You need to revert back to stock for the update. This is because the update is designed to build on the stock OS, not whatever you have on your phone. As far as rooting it and leaving it stock, not sure what the root does to block the ota.
jcbofkc said:
Can someone explain why a rooted phone will not work with the OTA? Is having CWM also an issue? What do I need to do to prepare my phone before the update arrives?
I also do not understand why TMo would not publish the update on their site like they do with all the windows phones.
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I can't be positive, but perhaps its not so much rooted as flashed with another ROM. I've heard of rooted phones being updated. I've not heard of cooked ROMs being updated.
But, I know nothing for sure.
I don't know if this means anything other than what it says. But I have tried to connect to get software update and it keeps giving me the old can't connect at this time message. Could it be that the servers on their end are overwhelmed with others trying to do the update if it is indeed out?
And another question...I am not a T-Mo suscriber. I use Simple Mobile. Would the update get pushed to my G2x or would I have to manually install it? Thanks
Thanks guys. I am running rooted stock and stayed that way on purpose so I could get the update. I also stayed stock because my phone runs like a champ. Never had a reboot and everything works as intended.
You are probably better off waiting a few days to let our developers get a hold of it anyway.
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I don't know if this means anything other than what it says. But I have tried to connect to get software update and it keeps giving me the old can't connect at this time message. Could it be that the servers on their end are overwhelmed with others trying to do the update if it is indeed out?
And another question...I am not a T-Mo suscriber. I use Simple Mobile. Would the update get pushed to my G2x or would I have to manually install it? Thanks
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The update won't get pushed to Ur phone. Only T-Mobile customers will get the push.
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alpinestars said:
The update won't get pushed to Ur phone. Only T-Mobile customers will get the push.
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When there are 'Official' releases to multiple carriers, then each carrier would get a push, based on their own agreements with LG. If the phone is a regionally sold phone, also called unbranded, a push is made to them also. Most commonly, you see the unbranded phones get the update first, since the carrier testing does not have to be done.
But, in reality..it is all a crap shoot....so you're still waiting, no matter what.
Anyone have any solid information on this though? There are just too many threads of "I just heard the GB update..." with no solid ROM information or even a picture.
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The update won't get pushed to Ur phone. Only T-Mobile customers will get the push.
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No biggie, I can wait for it to show up on the LG or TMO website and download it. This probably is another false alarm anyways LOL.
mahgninnuc93 said:
No biggie, I can wait for it to show up on the LG or TMO website and download it. This probably is another false alarm anyways LOL.
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Yeah, most likely this is a false alarm. I just hope this long awaited update will fix the GPS (takes forever to lock). That's the only issue I have with mine. I don't have random reboots or overheating like others do.
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Phenomenon said:
Anyone have any solid information on this though? There are just too many threads of "I just heard the GB update..." with no solid ROM information or even a picture.
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This. Nobody get too excited yet.
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Phenomenon said:
Anyone have any solid information on this though? There are just too many threads of "I just heard the GB update..." with no solid ROM information or even a picture.
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So, I was wondering....where does one go to get 'solid' information? We're here in a community forum, using fake names. More than half of us can't vote, work in a burger king or in college. We all have a tendency to read and search and google/bing about the G2x.
I for 1 couldn't tell solid information from rumor. I will say this though...if the information you have, comes from Twitter, Android Police, TMONEWS, or anything with a 'Forum' in front of it....its a rumor. If your great news starts with, " I just talked to a TMobile CS...." its a rumor. If you just talked to your friend, who works in a store or is a TMobile CS agent, its a rumor.
You'll either get an OTA on your phone, and recieve the update which you can prove with a screen shot. Or you'll plug into the LG support tool and update, which you can validate again, with screenshots...
All else is rumors. Please post all rumors in the HTC Sensation forum...where they are living the dream.
P3Droid has EP3 Released on the TeamBlackHat app! I'm downloading now! I hope it goes well!
Same here...trying to see what the changes are?
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Where did you download the app from
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Where did you download the app from
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You have to pay to download the app from the Team Black Hat website. New leaks from TBH are exclusive to paid supporters through the app for about 48 hours before general release.
or somebody with the app can dl then upload it here tonight its a official leak and p3 didnt create it. so he really has no rights to it thous making it suitable for anybody to re-upload.....just saying. why wait?
i really hate that it's no longer on the marketplace. bought the app way back on my droid x, and now that my credit card got cancelled i'm always out of luck on new releases. :l
I'm thinking of trying this out tonight.
~John
So does anyone know what the differences are between EP1W and EP3?
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Undzis said:
or somebody with the app can dl then upload it here tonight its a official leak and p3 didnt create it. so he really has no rights to it thous making it suitable for anybody to re-upload.....just saying. why wait?[/QUOT. All I can say is wow and you see nothing wrong with this statement
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To anyone that installed EP3:
Does EP3 have new radios? The EP1W has better signals, but I get that "data dropping" issue that people have been complaining about since this phone was released. I never got that on the EE4 radio.
Everyone hold your horses. Imnuts has a copy that came from another source and he tweeted if you wait until tomorrow he will have infinityrom with the ep3 base. Much worth the wait instead of getting it stock.
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Undzis said:
or somebody with the app can dl then upload it here tonight its a official leak and p3 didnt create it. so he really has no rights to it thous making it suitable for anybody to re-upload.....just saying. why wait?
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cujo6801 said:
All I can say is wow and you see nothing wrong with this statement
SENT FROM THE DOG POUND
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no actually i don't see anything wrong with this statement. but I am a bit surprised you do. So you are saying you see nothing wrong with somebody profiting from somebody else work that in reality its work they stole? we can call it a "leak" but none of us actually own it. We didn't create it. So by taking it, we stole it. No different then dl a "leak" movie work print. except p3 is charging for ppl to dl it a little early. Personally i think its a despicable practice but that's my 2 cents.
Look at it this way. Devs pass out custom roms that they work very hard to give us. They often pass them around irc for testing purposes. So lets say Imnuts or team gummy gives you a copy of their newest rom for you to test. You in return upload it to another server and charge ppl to dl early befor they release it. P3 is doing the same exact thing. You see nothing wrong with that?
Man these things come out fast. I'm just gonna stay on my Gummy 2.0 until the Nexus Prime is released and get rid of this phone.
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no actually i don't see anything wrong with this statement. but I am a bit surprised you do. So you are saying you see nothing wrong with somebody profiting from somebody else work that in reality its work they stole? we can call it a "leak" but none of us actually own it. We didn't create it. So by taking it, we stole it. No different then dl a "leak" movie work print. except p3 is charging for ppl to dl it a little early. Personally i think its a despicable practice but that's my 2 cents.
Look at it this way. Devs pass out custom roms that they work very hard to give us. They often pass them around irc for testing purposes. So lets say Imnuts or team gummy gives you a copy of their newest rom for you to test. You in return upload it to another server and charge ppl to dl early befor they release it. P3 is doing the same exact thing. You see nothing wrong with that?
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Gotta say, I totally 100% agree with you. I hope more people in the future can get it from other sources.
Odin install or CWM?
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Undzis said:
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no actually i don't see anything wrong with this statement. but I am a bit surprised you do. So you are saying you see nothing wrong with somebody profiting from somebody else work that in reality its work they stole? we can call it a "leak" but none of us actually own it. We didn't create it. So by taking it, we stole it. No different then dl a "leak" movie work print. except p3 is charging for ppl to dl it a little early. Personally i think its a despicable practice but that's my 2 cents.
Look at it this way. Devs pass out custom roms that they work very hard to give us. They often pass them around irc for testing purposes. So lets say Imnuts or team gummy gives you a copy of their newest rom for you to test. You in return upload it to another server and charge ppl to dl early befor they release it. P3 is doing the same exact thing. You see nothing wrong with that?
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what I'm saying is it sound like your saying to wrongs make a right...your saying.he's wrong for doing it... so its ok break your agreement with him(by buying his app)....ect
Undzis said:
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no actually i don't see anything wrong with this statement. but I am a bit surprised you do. So you are saying you see nothing wrong with somebody profiting from somebody else work that in reality its work they stole? we can call it a "leak" but none of us actually own it. We didn't create it. So by taking it, we stole it. No different then dl a "leak" movie work print. except p3 is charging for ppl to dl it a little early. Personally i think its a despicable practice but that's my 2 cents.
Look at it this way. Devs pass out custom roms that they work very hard to give us. They often pass them around irc for testing purposes. So lets say Imnuts or team gummy gives you a copy of their newest rom for you to test. You in return upload it to another server and charge ppl to dl early befor they release it. P3 is doing the same exact thing. You see nothing wrong with that?
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Yep, we had this argument with most of the Charge users a few months back and it was like 60% in favor of it being bull$hit that P3 profits from stolen leaks. I personally don't agree with his tactics but we already had this huge discussion which ended pretty badly and abruptly. He got the favor in the end because he threatened everyone that he would stop giving us these leaks.
don't get me wrong I'm not saying P3 right or wrong....just saying too wrongs don't make it right...that's my point....
I just hope that nobody here is stupid enough to buy the app simply for early access to this leak. Aside from providing a leak a few hours earlier than the general public, the app is abso-****ing-lutely useless. Its an app that you buy solely for the purpose of obtaining the latest software for your phone? As the site says, the software provided is "sometimes leaked." So thats basically saying that they'll give you what you get from buying your phone or after receiving ota updates anyway, for a small fee of 2.99. And after looking at the site, its clear that team blackhat is just after a few bucks, and instead of making that money like most good devs do (by producing roms/mods/kernels/apps, and relying on donations made to support their work, or by selling useful apps on an app market), they try to dupe you out of a few bucks by offering you what you already have access to simply by coming here or going to other popular android forums. Or they'll unlock your droid pro or droid 2 global for 100 dollars, and for an extra 25 bucks, they'll even provide the shipping! Wow!
Don't buy the app for this leak. Wait a few hours and get it for free. Or wait a few hours more, and get a custom rom all tweaked up and debloated for free.
Is EP3 the 2.3.5 leak?
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I wanna put Ics on my phone but I don't wanna root it, what the best rom available for no root?
Also i'm waiting for the ota version so I need to know how can I go back to gingerbread when the ota comes out?
Thank you
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elias0441 said:
I wanna put Ics on my phone but I don't wanna root it, what the best rom available for no root?
Also i'm waiting for the ota version so I need to know how can I go back to gingerbread when the ota comes out?
Thank you
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Take this to General. btw why would you buy a nexus if you weren't going to root it?
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first off wrong section , secondly ... you cant flash any rom without rooting ur phone so if u want ics without root ur gonna have to wait for an official release
Just wait for the ota. Most roms come with superuser
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I'm afraid I'm gonna brick it
I still have 7 months till my next upgrade
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Not much experience with rooting
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Not much experience with rooting
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167819
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FL0OD said:
Take this to General. btw why would you buy a nexus if you weren't going to root it?
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Because it is stock android, which means no BS and for most people that is enough.
@elias, the only option you have if you want ICS and don't want to root is to wait for the official OTA which should be rolling out soon. Once you have ICS from the OTA you won't be able to roll back to GB without rooting (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this one)
True
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I wanna put Ics on my phone but I don't wanna root it, what the best rom available for no root?
Also i'm waiting for the ota version so I need to know how can I go back to gingerbread when the ota comes out?
Thank you
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Use ODINE. PM your email and I'll get you the file you need, but remember it's your responsibility..
vhgomez36 said:
Use ODINE. PM your email and I'll get you the file you need, but remember it's your responsibility..
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Yup you can Odin whatever vhgomez shares with you
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onigiri1692 said:
Because it is stock android, which means no BS and for most people that is enough.
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Thanks for clearing that up:thumbup:
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If you can follow simple, well written instructions you can reap the many benefits of a rooted phone. Btw... you know this is not even close to develeopement, why would you post a question here?
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FL0OD said:
Thanks for clearing that up:thumbup:
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Sure, I guess spending too much time on these forms makes some people complacent and forget that not everyone is a power user.
onigiri1692 said:
Sure, I guess spending too much time on these forms makes some people complacent and forget that not everyone is a power user.
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I think that has very little to do with being a power user. NeXus phones have always been developer based phones made to mod, root, and hack. People that buy these phones, for the most part, buy them because of that and not because they want a vanilla android experience. Of course there are roms out that can get you close to that but I would venture to guess that if you took a pole of neXus users 99% of them want a custom experience, not a vanilla one. So for me to ask why someone would buy a Nexus and not root it is probably a question that a lot of people would be interested in. And nice side ways attempt at a jab with the comment about people spending to much time here. People that are here enjoy their time here. Enjoy learning. Enjoy modding, rooting, hacking. But I don't expect some one with a stock development phone to understand that. You have your hobbies we have ours.
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zeeraf said:
you cant flash any rom without rooting ur phone so if u want ics without root ur gonna have to wait for an official release
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Also, the guides are written very well, so bricking should not be a concern.
FL0OD said:
/snip. But I don't expect some one with a stock development phone to understand that. You have your hobbies we have ours.
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oh snap!
FL0OD said:
I think that has very little to do with being a power user. NeXus phones have always been developer based phones made to mod, root, and hack. People that buy these phones, for the most part, buy them because of that and not because they want a vanilla android experience. Of course there are roms out that can get you close to that but I would venture to guess that if you took a pole of neXus users 99% of them want a custom experience, not a vanilla one. So for me to ask why someone would buy a Nexus and not root it is probably a question that a lot of people would be interested in. And nice side ways attempt at a jab with the comment about people spending to much time here. People that are here enjoy their time here. Enjoy learning. Enjoy modding, rooting, hacking. But I don't expect some one with a stock development phone to understand that. You have your hobbies we have ours. There is no way that 99% of people with a Nexus S have it for hacking. I have yet to meet one the wild that has been used that way.
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That is definitely why some people choose a Nexus devices, but there is also a large amount of people who choose them for "quick" updates and a stock experience. It is the only way to achieve those things. Some people probably also choose the Nexus S because it is a really nice, smaller handset with an awesome screen.
Don't forget, some people got them because best buy was giving them away for free.
Not me, although I did get mine for free, I got mine for "fastboot OEM unlock".
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jeremerw said:
That is definitely why some people choose a Nexus devices, but there is also a large amount of people who choose them for "quick" updates and a stock experience. It is the only way to achieve those things. Some people probably also choose the Nexus S because it is a really nice, smaller handset with an awesome screen.
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As others have said, this was the wrong section for this, but I will not harp on that.
I also want to apologize for a very poor showing from our community. Sometimes this forum is an embarrassment, especially in juxtaposition to other Linux communities. There are a good deal of very arrogant people here, who just cant seem to help jumping all over the new guy. Im surprised no one called you a noob.
With all of that said, I want to agree with your posting above. Speaking as a system admin for a mid-sized company, your reasoning for owning this phone is the exact reason why it has been handed out to every employee here.
Now on to your question. Because of the age of our phone, the development community behind it is very mature. Not the users, but the tools. It is very hard to brick your phone, in fact you might say you would have to go out of your way to truly brick the device. You might get a soft brick, but even that is hard to do and is still easily fixed via ODIN.
As others have said, there are very easy to follow instructions on unlocking and rooting this device. These are not really hacks, as this phone was meant to have these things done to it. I do understand the hesitation, though after the first time you go though doing it, you will wonder what you were so scared of in the first place. You can always give this thread a try, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250583&highlight=one+click+root
to make things easy on yourself. After you get it rooted, familiarize yourself with making a NAND backup in the custom recovery first thing. This is basically an image backup of your device allowing you to jump back to safety should you do something wrong during a custom rom install.
Here is the way I look at it. If you have your phone rooted with a custom rom and it breaks and you need to return it for some reason, then ODIN will flash you back to stock and you'll have no worries about returning it to Sprint. If you some how destroy your phone to the point where not even ODIN will have access to fix it(AKA your phone goes swimming), then Sprint will not have access to the device either and will have no clue you rooted it. What some of these knuckleheads are poorly trying to get across to you, is that the phone you own, wants to be rooted.
Good luck and welcome to the community.
Read this post
https://www.facebook.com/LGMobile/posts/354073154604011
Sounds bush ....but well see
Mastermind_hassan said:
Read this post
https://www.facebook.com/LGMobile/posts/354073154604011
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Yeah, comments on someone's facebook post is far from official. LG even referenced a page that contradicts its own statement. I will just chalk this up to a dumb pr rep and forget this ever happened
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I don't know why you guys are so pessimistic. They're the same phone, only different partitions. Do you really think they'll release a rom for one phone then say "Eh changing the partition table is too much work even after recreating all these drivers and framework. "?
I mean they could, but I really doubt it.
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redmonke255 said:
I don't know why you guys are so pessimistic. They're the same phone, only different partitions. Do you really think they'll release a rom for one phone then say "Eh changing the partition table is too much work even after recreating all these drivers and framework. "?
I mean they could, but I really doubt it.
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The problem is t-mobile and not lg. T-mobile has to install there own apps into the rom and do there own beta tests. That cost money which I'm betting t-mobile isn't willing to spend
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It's pretty much all on tmobile for sure stupid bloat ware
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redmonke255 said:
They're the same phone, only different partitions. Do you really think they'll release a rom for one phone then say "Eh changing the partition table is too much work even after recreating all these drivers and framework. "?
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which other phone are you talking about?
spitswap said:
which other phone are you talking about?
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LG Optimus x2 and G2x are the same phone just different partitions and are in different country's
Let's just encourage LG. With some encouragement they might do better. After all 2.3.4 was a really good update
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I seriously doubt they would go through the trouble of releasing 2.3.4 GB and then release ICS same quarter. The rep never stated that ICS would be released 2nd quarter, they said "an update" will be released 2nd quarter. Well, that update is already here and it ain't ICS. With the G2x being end-of-life, we're lucky to have gotten that, not at the fault of LG but because T-Mobile isn't going to dish out extra money for a phone they no longer sell. They want you to buy the new stuff and renew your contract. It is doubtful that an official ICS update will be released for the T-Mobile G2x simply for this fact, though I guess not impossible. Once the O2X gets its update the developers will have all they need for a "complete and stable" ICS ROM. Who here is going to stick with a stock ROM anyway? Not many.
Either way, even if they just release a P990 (O2X) version that's good enough. They release the source code here:
http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource.jsp
When it's released, so the dev's can just modify what's needed from the O2X and make it work for the G2X (like they've done with other ROM's), so don't get your knickers in a knot!
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Either way, even if they just release a P990 (O2X) version that's good enough. They release the source code here:
http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource.jsp
When it's released, so the dev's can just modify what's needed from the O2X and make it work for the G2X (like they've done with other ROM's), so don't get your knickers in a knot!
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That source is absolutely useless and big time incomplete. They have a lot of binaries and other files they intentionally leave out so it will not build.
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I'm losing hope...
Old news they've putting that link up for months, I'm thinking since November they've been telling people that.
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psychoace said:
The problem is t-mobile and not lg. T-mobile has to install there own apps into the rom and do there own beta tests. That cost money which I'm betting t-mobile isn't willing to spend
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What about the P999 on Wind? I don't own it, but as far as I know it doesn't have the T-Mobile stuff. If it's available for that you can easily put it on a G2x.
from now on I will know to get a PURE Google phone like the Galaxy Nexus. this way we will receive all updates when they come out.
c00lkatz said:
The rep never stated that ICS would be released 2nd quarter, they said "an update" will be released 2nd quarter.
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THIS. This all day.
Some people just know how to word things. What to say, what to leave out.
How to be just vague enough.
SefEXE said:
THIS. This all day.
Some people just know how to word things. What to say, what to leave out.
How to be just vague enough.
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OP says ICS update.
Rep says there will be an update.
Rep links to a post about ICS.
I think it's safe to assume they were talking about ICS.
redmonke255 said:
OP says ICS update.
Rep says there will be an update.
Rep links to a post about ICS.
I think it's safe to assume they were talking about ICS.
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And yet they can never actually say "T-Mobile G2x".
But don't get me wrong, I'm all for an update.
It's just nowadays... I'll believe it when I see it.
I'll believe it when I see some source on my desktop.
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