Android police announced Samsung has released the official kernel for AT&T version of the S4.
Wait does this mean what I think it means!?!?!
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seriously?
Seriously, just checked myself, I also need to check my pants...
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Seriously, just checked myself, I also need to check my pants...
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This is HUGE. You guys have no idea what we can do now lol
Like what?
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Like what?
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For starters I believe we should be able to get things like IR support and all the little extra features that usually only TW based roms could offer.
It might also help Dan or some other dev to completely unlock the bootloader.
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For starters I believe we should be able to get things like IR support and all the little extra features that usually only TW based roms could offer.
It might also help Dan or some other dev to completely unlock the bootloader.
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Well since the source is released I believe devs can truly fix the weird screen issues we have (smearing and all)
And it might help with a bootloader unlock
also pure samsung kernels which should have better stability and speed
So could devs use the TW camera app with other Roms?
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So could devs use the TW camera app with other Roms?
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No because that requires the touchwiz framework.
We might see some hybrid Touchwiz/CM 10.1 Roms...
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Well since the source is released I believe devs can truly fix the weird screen issues we have (smearing and all)
And it might help with a bootloader unlock
also pure samsung kernels which should have better stability and speed
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Dont get your hopes up in regards to bootlader unlock, that requires the signature keys, which has nothing to do with the kernels.
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Dont get your hopes up in regards to bootlader unlock, that requires the signature keys, which has nothing to do with the kernels.
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True true but it might help Dan understand more about the device and possibly work around it. Yea odds are it won't help but its always nice to be hopeful now that AT&T is officially about to shut down loki
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True true but it might help Dan understand more about the device and possibly work around it. Yea odds are it won't help but its always nice to be hopeful now that AT&T is officially about to shut down loki
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Pretty sure Loki will only be patched if you choose to perform a ota update from them...so just don't update via ota... im waiting for the aosp image to drop from Google personally =)
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djkinetic said:
Pretty sure Loki will only be patched if you choose to perform a ota update from them...so just don't update via ota... im waiting for the aosp image to drop from Google personally =)
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Me too, hopefully they incorporate some sensors ... doubt it
Woooooooooooot! Party time!!!
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djkinetic said:
Pretty sure Loki will only be patched if you choose to perform a ota update from them...so just don't update via ota... im waiting for the aosp image to drop from Google personally =)
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Sorry I said that wrong, I know we are absolutely fine, but a massive amount of people are about to be locked out.
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hmm does warranty repair flash new updates when they fix your device?
also, means launch era GS4's should command a nice premium very soon.
Keys have been "leaked" for popular phones before
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Keys have been "leaked" for popular phones before
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Yep only a matter of time I say
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hmm does warranty repair flash new updates when they fix your device?
also, means launch era GS4's should command a nice premium very soon.
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Depends. If you send it to AT&T you bet they will patch for security. If you're using third party insurance I would just request they don't or at least ask if they do so you can plan for it or something, not that that would help :/
While it won't initially, you can bet people will be greedy and make you pay extra for day one models that are not patched but in reality it should only be like a 50$ premium at most. There are plenty of smart phones out there that are about just as good as the S4 that are unlocked, also holiday season will bring about plenty of competing phones and friendlier bootloaders.
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I am wondering if I still need to get the Developer Edition of the SIII to be able to root/unlock, install custom roms, tether, etc. or can all that be done on the regular version of the SIII just as easily that I can get at the Verizon store?
Thanks!
Any S3 . No need to get the developers phone .
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Any S3 . No need to get the developers phone .
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Ok, you sure?
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Ok, you sure?
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There's no need to get the dev version.
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SlimSnoopOS said:
There's no need to get the dev version.
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Yes its unnessesary to buy the dev edition. Hurts the dev community in the long run when people purchase it. Not to mention your dropping 700 bones on a phone that verizon wont touch or support. And has no warranty
billard412 said:
Yes its unnessesary to buy the dev edition. Hurts the dev community in the long run when people purchase it. Not to mention your dropping 700 bones on a phone that verizon wont touch or support. And has no warranty
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Yeah I have no intention of hurting the dev community, my main concern was that I could root/unlock/modify an SIII bought from the Verizon store just as much and easily as I could with a dev version......
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Yeah I have no intention of hurting the dev community, my main concern was that I could root/unlock/modify an SIII bought from the Verizon store just as much and easily as I could with a dev version......
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Here you go, check out section 1 that's how easy it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Would someone be able to list some roms for the sgh-i497?
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None..
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That sucks
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Corbanski said:
That sucks
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I know, some have tried the other roms for the other variants. but only wound up messing up their own tab. And the restore tab is for AT&T international version and even though it does work, it isn't all in English. The closest one is for Tmobile, but TMO doesn't have LTE, so you could kiss it goodbye. Probably why not many have tried it. It's a shame that the Dev's don't want to own one, I have dumped my rom also did a CWM backup of my tab. But since there is no one to work on getting us a JB rom, we have to wait for the update from AT&T, if they ever do it.
I'm sure at&t won't release anything soon
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Corbanski said:
I'm sure at&t won't release anything soon
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Regrettably I have to agree with you. Either way, this GT2 is 100% better than the Jetstream....
any roms yet for sgh-i497
Quick question..I have searched high and low for custom roms for my sgh-i497. Are we still waiting?
Thanks for the replies
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Regrettably I have to agree with you. Either way, this GT2 is 100% better than the Jetstream....
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I would rather have my jetstream back.
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Corbanski said:
I'm sure at&t won't release anything soon
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=(
Still nothing out there? I was just gifted a SGH-i497
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Still nothing out there? I was just gifted a SGH-i497
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I would also like to know this answer... I'm just starting my research on Rooting and installing a Custom ROM on my device.
I've found a few other sites that give you ROM's....
http://tips4droid.com/top-best-custom-rom-samsung-galaxy-tab-2-10-1/
http://www.thegalaxytabforum.com/index.php?/topic/16585-custom-rom-for-att-i497-p5113-solved/ Not sure if this is an Original ROM or not.
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-ta...-for-galaxy-tab-10-1-and-tab-2-android-4-2-2/
http://nasirtech.blogspot.com/2013/12/vlamj2-412-jb-official-rom-att-galaxy-tab2-10-1-sgh-i497.html
But I didn't know anything about what they were talking about in the above replies...I hope there are some ROM's as this Tab is constantly Freezing and slowing down... I hardly have anything on it and constantly keep clearing the Cache in the Recover Boot area... I was hoping a Root with a custom ROM would help me out.....
Anything new?
Figure this is so old that if nobody has done one by now, it never going to happen.
I don't think there's a custom rom for your device...
Is there any jellybean touchwiz ROM in the works for the blaze?
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Is there any jellybean touchwiz ROM in the works for the blaze?
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That would be epic.
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I think ktemp was supposed to update his tweaked ICS ROM
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I think ktemp was supposed to update his tweaked ICS ROM
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@dwitherell is the dev that has tweaked. It is ICS, but he has talked about updating it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1965232&page=22
I just don't think there is a strong want for touchwiz. It would take a lot of work to get it going. I would suggest finding a blaze dev that would do it and get some donations together.
Yeah the chops needed to craft JB TW on the Blaze are well beyond me. I started updating and further tweaking the ICS-based rom I put together, but I'm not a real dev, just a smali-hack sort that focuses primarily on tinkering with carrier-pushed stock packages.
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Yeah the chops needed to craft JB TW on the Blaze are well beyond me. I started updating and further tweaking the ICS-based rom I put together, but I'm not a real dev, just a smali-hack sort that focuses primarily on tinkering with carrier-pushed stock packages.
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Couldn't we do a port?
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Couldn't we do a port?
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Sure (that's what I was thinking), but it would likely need to be from a similar device (or at least much easier if so) - still out of my skillset though, and from my understanding they can be painful to pull off (disclaimer: never did one so I don't know - the exhilerate one doesn't count as I did next to nothing for it).
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Sure (that's what I was thinking), but it would likely need to be from a similar device (or at least much easier if so) - still out of my skillset though, and from my understanding they can be painful to pull off (disclaimer: never did one so I don't know - the exhilerate one doesn't count as I did next to nothing for it).
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I would totally do it but I don't have a computer.
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Since we don't have JellyBean for the Blaze it wont be "stock" possible. Unless you're okay with a CM themed ROM that makes it look like Touchwiz..
I recall someone working on remics-jb for the blaze.. Forgot who though.. :/
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I recall someone working on remics-jb for the blaze.. Forgot who though.. :/
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For the Blaze 4g? That would be kickass
Probably a dropped project now though./:
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unicorndust98 said:
Probably a dropped project now though./:
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Dropped.. Sorry. lol been sooo busy
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Dropped.. Sorry. lol been sooo busy
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Completely scrapped? Or just temporarily abandoned? I may be able to pick up with a few guidelines..
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Completely scrapped? Or just temporarily abandoned? I may be able to pick up with a few guidelines..
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I have a non-booting one. Stuck with some errors (which I've forgotten what they were). If I can find it I might look into it. I haven't been on in awhile so if I my ask. Is there a 4.3 version of Remics-JB floating around?
Well for the blaze.. Not currently... If you're asking about a 4.3 version of Remics-JB, im not sure either, as since the only way i knew about it was cause of my galaxy player, which I traded for store credit.. But I'm sure with all our support, testing and whatnot.. Who's to say we can't get a booting remics-jb ROM? We've made it this far right?
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Well for the blaze.. Not currently... If you're asking about a 4.3 version of Remics-JB, im not sure either, as since the only way i knew about it was cause of my galaxy player, which I traded for store credit.. But I'm sure with all our support, testing and whatnot.. Who's to say we can't get a booting remics-jb ROM? We've made it this far right?
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There isn't a 4.3 of the Remics ROM. There is a 4.2.. Might give it a try soon..
Don't know about u guys, but I'm running low on patience waiting on a root method for my S4 running the mj9 update. I really really need it. ?
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Don't know about u guys, but I'm running low on patience waiting on a root method for my S4 running the mj9 update. I really really need it. ?
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you shouldn't have done the update since you can't wait for the root.
^what he said^
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I am very much aware of this.. but I'm sure there will be a root method some time in the near future... it just can't get here fast enough tho. Smdh.
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troybklyn said:
I am very much aware of this.. but I'm sure there will be a root method some time in the near future... it just can't get here fast enough tho. Smdh.
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Well, not everyone got the update since Samsung suspended the new update due the issue that the update has. So we hope the best to come.
Do you mind if I ask why did you update your phone?
There is some root methods as they have been talked about, although its questionable if they are truly malware or not. But many people on the VZW S4 side have used it including these cleanup tools to remove any traces of the supposedly malware side. So its upto you to decide if you want to use that method or not. That's about all we can say here on this as we cannot link to those methods right now as the moderation team is trying to evaluate if those root methods are malware or not.
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Well, not everyone got the update since Samsung suspended the new update due the issue that the update has. So we hope the best to come.
Do you mind if I ask why did you update your phone?
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Cause I'm the type of guy who wants stability... And if there's an update that will provide such stability, then I'm all for it. And aslo, despite all the post going around about it being almost impossible to root after taking the update, I just didn't believe it to be so. Oh, and also because I'm a bit of a risk - taker as well! ?
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There is some root methods as they have been talked about, although its questionable if they are truly malware or not. But many people on the VZW S4 side have used it including these cleanup tools to remove any traces of the supposedly malware side. So its upto you to decide if you want to use that method or not. That's about all we can say here on this as we cannot link to those methods right now as the moderation team is trying to evaluate if those root methods are malware or not.
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Appreciate the response, dixit. Did u try any of those root methods urself?
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Appreciate the response, dixit. Did u try any of those root methods urself?
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I did and used the cleanup method from the VZ S4 forum. Seems fine to me.
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dixit said:
I did and used the cleanup method from the VZ S4 forum. Seems fine to me.
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Very, very GOOD answer dixit! I will do a little research for the necessary tools to get started and will report back. Thanks for the info again bud.
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I did and used the cleanup method from the VZ S4 forum. Seems fine to me.
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I also can confirm this. Worked fine for me too.
Just a side note, I have heard good luck from using SuperUser OTA Survival mode in MF3 then upgrading to MJ9.
colbur87 said:
I also can confirm this. Worked fine for me too.
Just a side note, I have heard good luck from using SuperUser OTA Survival mode in MF3 then upgrading to MJ9.
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Ok. Thanks for the info. I'm already on mj9 tho.
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Rooted on mj9
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Rooted on mj9
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Did u use the same method as the one mentioned in this post?
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Call AT&T (or visit their service center) and get your phone replaced (if under warranty). I told them what happened, and they switched mine without a problem. They said a lot of people have been switching their phones for the same reason.
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Call AT&T (or visit their service center) and get your phone replaced (if under warranty). I told them what happened, and they switched mine without a problem. They said a lot of people have been switching their phones for the same reason.
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Nice. Did they replace it with a new s4, or a refurbished one?
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Nice. Did they replace it with a new s4, or a refurbished one?
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They gave me a refurb, unfortunately. And with MF3.
Still better than MJ9, though.
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They gave me a refurb, unfortunately. And with MF3.
Still better than MJ9, though.
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Oh ok. Thanks again for the info.
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Sure is nice having a device you can root
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So once we obtain root using the "questionable" root method, How do we obtain a custom recovery?
This article speaks for itself.. Although as we all know. .The time frame could be iffy.
http://itechaddict.com/leaked-samsung-memo-shows-some-kitkat-love-for-the-galaxy-lineup
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link is not working for me.
I know not working for me too grabbed it from currents..I'll try to post it again.
Link updated to actual source website.
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thats the international version not u.s. variant version tho
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thats the international version not u.s. variant version tho
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Yes but when one gets updated it's a good sign that the rest will too
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People this has been confirmed as a FAKE on many sites.
Look at the models numbers of you think samsung doesn't know its models
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Who cares...it'll be loaded with TW crap anyway.
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People this has been confirmed as a FAKE on many sites.
Look at the models numbers of you think samsung doesn't know its models
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Where was it confirmed fake and what model numbers are wrong.. I'd like to check for myself
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People this has been confirmed as a FAKE on many sites.
Look at the models numbers of you think samsung doesn't know its models
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Yeah most likely. . I doubt that much will change with the TW UX. Being able to slide through screens in the phone app and In settings would be nice.. but I have a feeling that Samsung won't implement that.. (shaking fist)
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Then there's this.
http://androidspin.com/2013/11/25/s...gle-play-edition-android-4-4-files-available/
Unless I'm reading this wrong, Samsung released the kitkat source coding for the Google Play S4.
Exciting news, unless you're just looking forward to 4.4 TW.
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Then there's this.
http://androidspin.com/2013/11/25/s...gle-play-edition-android-4-4-files-available/
Unless I'm reading this wrong, Samsung released the kitkat source coding for the Google Play S4.
Exciting news, unless you're just looking forward to 4.4 TW.
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I doubt that the new TW will look much different than it does now. And I'm sure that when official 4.4 makes its way to our device it'll be ruined in some way by Samsung. There are a lot of things I like about TW but pure AOSP KitKat is going to win every time
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Then there's this.
http://androidspin.com/2013/11/25/s...gle-play-edition-android-4-4-files-available/
Unless I'm reading this wrong, Samsung released the kitkat source coding for the Google Play S4.
Exciting news, unless you're just looking forward to 4.4 TW.
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Or just use CM and have a "play edition" S4.
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Yes but when one gets updated it's a good sign that the rest will too
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Think so? That doesn't mean anything. International always gets first. Its up to whenever att gets done raping it. So don't get excited.
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Or just use CM and have a "play edition" S4.
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There's still some things broken in CM 10.2 and the other 4.4 ROMs that are being worked on, which is why I still use 4.3 at the moment. Source coding should make it easy to fix those issues, and fully functional ROMs should come from it.
But I could be wrong, that's just my experience from other phones and other android versions. And what Samsung released today may not even be the same kind of source coding that I'm thinking of.
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Do you think the S4 GPE update will work on the us versions of the S4, or are we going to have to wait until mid 2014...
Kyle
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Do you think the S4 GPE update will work on the us versions of the S4, or are we going to have to wait until mid 2014...
Kyle
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When the 4.4 GPE update hits, it'll be easily converted to work on all carrier S4's based off the Snapdragon 600. The international version, however, is a completely different story.
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The phones not even 1 year old of course it will get 4.4. I mean the s3 jusy got 4.3. You really think the s4 is eol
Awesome, can't wait!
It's here
4.4 OTA is here!
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...ns-htc-one-gpe-receives-official-kitkat-love/
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4.4 OTA is here!
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...ns-htc-one-gpe-receives-official-kitkat-love/
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No, that OTA is for the Google Play Edition S4. Not the i337 or any other i337X phone.
But if you have a recovery installed on your i337X, then you can install a ported version of this OTA.
I doubt i337X will see KitKat OTA official for 3-4 more months.
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No, that OTA is for the Google Play Edition S4. Not the i337 or any other i337X phone.
But if you have a recovery installed on your i337X, then you can install a ported version of this OTA.
I doubt i337X will see KitKat OTA official for 3-4 more months.
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Yes, the reason why I posted this was for your mentioned reason, custom recovery installs. I wasn't referring to any 4.4 based TW OTAs from the carriers.