Q: Will we ever have non-TW rom with good RIL? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

I'd like to start by saying I HATE Touchwiz. I mod my TW based rom to be as non-TW as possible. But it's still there.
I would love to run 10.1 or Liquid or whatever, but as we all know, reception is an issue.
Just curious if anyone in the know had any insights on the matter? I can't believe that it's impossible to get this working...but I'm starting to (believe, that is. )
Thanks,
damon

Wondering the exact same question here

SubliminalME said:
I'd like to start by saying I HATE Touchwiz. I mod my TW based rom to be as non-TW as possible. But it's still there.
I would love to run 10.1 or Liquid or whatever, but as we all know, reception is an issue.
Just curious if anyone in the know had any insights on the matter? I can't believe that it's impossible to get this working...but I'm starting to (believe, that is. )
Thanks,
damon
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Tell ya what, you get the RIL source code and someone will make it happen. The way they are getting RIL as it is, is very complicated and not perfect. More of a patch than anything.
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If we get RIL source as someone else stated, or some amazing dev, it may get fixed. Our best chances right now are invisiblek and aeroevan. Aero made aosp fully working on the inc2. it was incredible.

Its gonna be just like when I had my thunderbolt... Lol got sick of waiting for a nice ROM to come out and then jumped ship for the sgs3 and right after I find the TB got their RIL so if that's any indication... I could go buy a new phone tomorrow and then y'all would get a proper ril the next day ha ha ha
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Jaskwith said:
Its gonna be just like when I had my thunderbolt... Lol got sick of waiting for a nice ROM to come out and then jumped ship for the sgs3 and right after I find the TB got their RIL so if that's any indication... I could go buy a new phone tomorrow and then y'all would get a proper ril the next day ha ha ha
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Well wtf are you waiting for?
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Jaskwith said:
Its gonna be just like when I had my thunderbolt... Lol got sick of waiting for a nice ROM to come out and then jumped ship for the sgs3 and right after I find the TB got their RIL so if that's any indication... I could go buy a new phone tomorrow and then y'all would get a proper ril the next day ha ha ha
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Someone buy this guy a phone! Lol
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans

Hahaha
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I don't have any problems with RIL since over the past week or two on CM10.1 based ROMs. The work over the past week or two has been amazing!
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I don't suppose anyone is aware of any new developments on the RIL issue with our phones? I'm still on CleanROM 8.2 (Android 4.3) because of signal issues with AOSP ROMs. Last time I looked into this, my understanding was that since Samsung hasn't released the RIL for the Verizon GS3, AOSP ROMs are all using the reverse-engineering Cyanogenmod RIL, which I know from experience is not as good as the Samsung one but it doesn't seem as if anyone's working on it anymore (understandably).
I can't imagine Samsung has changed their minds three years after the phone's release and released the RIL, but with the news about the Stagefright vulnerability I'd love to get off of Android 4.3 and on to a version that has been or will be patched against that bug. But last time I was on AOSP (just a month ago I tried OctOS and AICP), I was not getting any signal at all in places where I have no trouble at all on Touchwiz.

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[Q] time update to ICS(android 4.0)

anybody knows when will our Nexus s receive the ICS ota?
They're waiting for the whiners to stop whining.
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They're waiting for the whiners to stop whining.
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Haha. Best response ever
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C'Mon don't be so rude
Polite answer - if you're getting impatient try the ICS Alpha ROMs
No one knows when the official OTA is going to come out exactly, so be patient or try out the Alphas...
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http://twitter.com/#!/SamFirmware/status/140409072951373824
so according to his twitter feed the samsung servers are giving information about ICS, he isnt answering questions though or getting into details, kind of disappointing
Well the Nexus is out now, so it shouldn't be too long. Sometime before Xmas I would imagine.
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back when i had an x10 there was a website that would show firmwares being uploaded by sony ericsson for ota updates. They were usually available within a few days, so im hoping its the same case here.
Let us wait for OTA... Now I am enjoying with Kwiboo's ICS V3...
I am thinking 1st to 2nd week of December. I think Google and Samsung wants to release the Galaxy Nexus first in the US before they update the Nexus S.
peacekeeper05 said:
I am thinking 1st to 2nd week of December. I think Google and Samsung wants to release the Galaxy Nexus first in the US before they update the Nexus S.
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It's for sure they'll hold back any OTA update until the U.S. release of the Galaxy Nexus. But I want it as soon as possible! I don't understand why some people flash ICS roms with no wifi for example, when the official update is so close.
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Why is it for sure? Unless you have inside info that nobody else does. Besides the US release of the Nexus won't impact sales any because the nexus s isn't on Verizon anyways.
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before we know that, we'll probably have to know when GNex is gonna be release in USA
Flodb just so you know I am running koushs rom and everything including wifi is working just fine! It also has wallet included and working. I was in all your boats waiting and wondering but I said what the hell and rooted my ns and got me some ics and love the change and hope u guys do too!
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Flodb just so you know I am running koushs rom and everything including wifi is working just fine! It also has wallet included and working. I was in all your boats waiting and wondering but I said what the hell and rooted my ns and got me some ics and love the change and hope u guys do too!
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Ok, even if everything is working just fine, it doesn't really mean it doesn't have some problems. That's why an official update is better than an "alpha"/"beta" rom.
Besides, this is the reason why you buy a Nexus S in the first place, for updates. After the OTA, it's custom rom all the way
EDIT: @Jeff Dunn: almost forgot, it makes sense to release the update AFTER the phone that is supposed to be the new android flagship. And it doesn't matter that the Nexus S isn't available on verizon. You know, there are other countries outside the US... but nevermind.
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But it has been released outside the US already. Which kinda invalidates your point. Regardless though we will see it when we see it. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
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4.2 ROMS

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:
qsewda said:
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.
x714x said:
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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abissel22 said:
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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Chuckleb0ne said:
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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TechSavvy2 said:
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......
EDIT: Ninja'd........haha
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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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waco2hot33 said:
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 !
sfobrien said:
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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It's official...we are not getting ICS :(

http://www.technobloom.com/htc-thun...mation-on-android-ice-cream-sandwich/2220603/
Kinda figured this would happen. Now if HTC was a decent company they would still release their source...but we all know they wont.
Im not all expecting to see an official release but that site is about the most vague pile of crap ever. I cant help but doubt the validity of anything posted there.
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Wow that read like the old I heard from my brother sisters cousin twice removed. If there was an email why not post it in the article?
So you needed an unknown site to tell you this? You couldn't take the hints over the months with delay after delay?
Hey I heard from a friend London bridge just fell down lol.
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Yeah, that site is not reliable by any means...
Though I personally doubt to see an official ICS launch for the Thunderbolt.
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RBarnett09 said:
Yeah, that site is not reliable by any means...
Though I personally doubt to see an official ICS launch for the Thunderbolt.
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If we do get it then it will be on Christmas morning from Santa. So be good all you little bolt owners lol.
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Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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bmax327 said:
Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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You mean it probably ran fine until they bloated it.
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bmax327 said:
Probably ran fine until VZW tried to put sense on it. Oh well.
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Ummm sense is from HTC not Verizon lol.
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Someone doesn't know what the word "official" means. Hint: an official statement regarding the HTC Thunderbolt won't be written by a Jr. High School kid.
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Ummm sense is from HTC not Verizon lol.
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Doh! Shows how much I know.
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Isn't technobloom the site that told us all Amazon was going to sell the Thunderbolt for free starting at 3AM one day?
Anyway, the Galaxy Nexus is cheap as ever now, go for it, I mean the Nexus one just got a 4.2 custom ROM, imagine how far along the GalNex will get!
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I never really expected this to happen after observing all the work from the devs on it. ICS has always ran kinda wishy washy for me. I mean it works and all, but there are definitely some performance issues and bugs no matter which rom you use. Verizon nor HTC intends to release a shoddy product. It either has to work 100% or not at all. If ICS cant run as well as GB did, then it aint gonna happen.
I wish I had a dollar for all the false rumors that have been posted about ICS, I'd buy Verizon and have enough left over to keep me in booze and hookers for the rest of my life!
I think this is one more dollar in my stash....
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I never really expected this to happen after observing all the work from the devs on it. ICS has always ran kinda wishy washy for me. I mean it works and all, but there are definitely some performance issues and bugs no matter which rom you use. Verizon nor HTC intends to release a shoddy product. It either has to work 100% or not at all. If ICS cant run as well as GB did, then it aint gonna happen.
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If that were the case though, the thunderbolt would've ran well from launch day, which anyone who had one since then will say that it didn't. Originally the battery life was horrendous and had to be fixed by an OTA.
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NO ICS
just called HTC ,,, and they told me , that we are not getting ics,,, htc thunderbolt is discontinued,,,, :crying:

			
				
We could call and email different reps at HTC and we would get a slew of different responses from them all. Stuff like this no one will know the correct answer as tech support as we all know is the last to know.
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So let's see if I understand this... the OFFICIAL WORD from Verizon AND from HTC is that the Thunderbolt will or will not get ICS and will get it within the next two days or later than that or never.
Does that about cover it? <G>
Honestly, I don't see what all the flap is about? ICS doesn't offer anything I need or want other than (I HOPE!) a better kernel for the Devs to work with.
Meanwhile, NuSense works for me and the BAMF leak works for me if I want ICS and, if I want Gingerbread, Infected ROM works for me and Thunderstick BB works for me along with a bunch of other ROMs I've tried.
Was at Verizon today, Reps informed me there will be no ICS for our phones...Cant say I'm surprised...my upgrade is in January, not going to worry about it .. Can't believe they state we would get the upgrade, then renege ..
If Apple can upgrade their older model Iphones for several years , why can' t our Android phones do the same.. and no I'm not switching..
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Anyone in need of some dead link materials?

Hey everyone! Most of you won't remember me, but I am back!
My kernel thread will be beyond repair to try and fix all the broken/dead links.
But....I have a CRAP TON of kernels and ROMs for the G2x stored on my laptop. Basically everything CM7 related kernels and ROMs, and some CM9 kernels and ROMs.
If there is something your in need of, let me know and I'll get it uploaded for you to download.
I'm still rocking the G2x for a little longer so I'll try to help anyway I can.
EDIT: Just did some checking on my kernel thread, seems the only dead links are Mazout360's. I can upload and share the Mazout kernels I have, although I believe the highest I have is v323OC but I'll fix up the kernel thread with new links since the rest are working.
Still, if there is something you need, contact me.
I remember!!! Missed ya man. Hope things are good. Glad you're back!!
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Pain-N-Panic said:
I remember!!! Missed ya man. Hope things are good. Glad you're back!!
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Things are much, much better now.
Glad to see someone I know is still around here!
I see we are at the same point as when I left like 7 months ago with this phone. That's sad. I'm still using vanilla CM7, what's funny is my G2x still puts some of my friends pre-paid ICS android phones to shame in speed/camera/gaming etc. lol
Glad things are looking up bro! After you disappeared a lot of the other gurus started fading out also to other forums and better phones. It's very sad about the dev issues man =( After you got me rolling with CM7 I became a flash-addict. I've flashed every ROM I could find for this device. Even made a few ports for personal use but none were that great. I have used every ICS hackfest and have tried most of the jelly bean hack fests.....if it wasn't for the damn ril wakelock the JB hackfests would be awesome. But they average around 4-5 hours of battery life and that's just awful lol. I'm currently on eaglesblood 4.0.4 but always have a CM7 nandroid handy whenever I feel like going to back. Picking up the Nexus 5 in a few weeks, you decide on your next rig yet?
Pain-N-Panic said:
Glad things are looking up bro! After you disappeared a lot of the other gurus started fading out also to other forums and better phones. It's very sad about the dev issues man =( After you got me rolling with CM7 I became a flash-addict. I've flashed every ROM I could find for this device. Even made a few ports for personal use but none were that great. I have used every ICS hackfest and have tried most of the jelly bean hack fests.....if it wasn't for the damn ril wakelock the JB hackfests would be awesome. But they average around 4-5 hours of battery life and that's just awful lol. I'm currently on eaglesblood 4.0.4 but always have a CM7 nandroid handy whenever I feel like going to back. Picking up the Nexus 5 in a few weeks, you decide on your next rig yet?
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Lol Im prob going to be stuck with this G2x for a bit longer, no money for an upgrade.
If I did pick something, I'd be looking at the LG G2, it's sweet, and being a non-nVidia device this time will make custom modding alot better as there's no proprietary drivers involved like with the G2x.
G2 is really sweet....but there doesn't seem to be a lot of development for it right now which is making me lean toward the nexus 5
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Pain-N-Panic said:
G2 is really sweet....but there doesn't seem to be a lot of development for it right now which is making me lean toward the nexus 5
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It will in due time. It just came out not too long ago.
If development picks up I might sway that way...Hopefully LG doesn't abandon it like they did this device though
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It will in due time. It just came out not too long ago.
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I only partially blame LG for the lack of development, nVidia played a huge role in the G2x's demise as well. The G2 has a Snapdragon and from what I've read, development on a Snapdragon device is pretty good on the mod scene.
I can only hope. But like I said, I have no money so I'll prob get stuck with an older model like the HTC One. Whatever Tmo is offering for free or discount on a plan renewal.
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T-Mobile is offering nexus 5's for $0 down and like $17 a month. I think I put up $70 or so for this thing. Actually I think they have this deal on all galaxy devices right now too. Anyway great to see you back dude and glad to hear things are better for you! My kid killed my g2x so I finally decided to upgrade.
Oh and Merry Christmas!
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You have the N5, Twitch?
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You have the N5, Twitch?
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I do. It is amazing! And there is so much development for it I can't keep up with all of it. Literally I can't finish reading one rom thread before the next one pops up with an update. I haven't slept in weeks... Lol
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Lmao that's awesome!
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KitKat - the 4.4.2 update - discussion thread

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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Dadud said:
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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xs11e said:
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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