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Where is all the developement?

I have had this phone since day one.. and I love it more than life lol xD but the matter at hand... I have watched development for this phone decay.. all roms are either getting abandoned, or support is just dying out.. this isn't applying directly to just AOSP, or AOKP, either.. but touchwiz as well.. should I switch to a different device? Ima nonstop hacker, and used to build roms myself.. but since I started tattooing again, I have no free time.. any good development phones out there?
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Cool story bro.
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you can only do so much with the same version of touchwiz jellybean. this device will most likely not see another carrier update. aosp will be the only way future updates are brought to the device. carriers specifically do this so you keep upgrading devices. that being said, why dont you have a note 2 already?

Not a fan of the size, seems easier to break
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droidstyle said:
you can only do so much with the same version of touchwiz jellybean. this device will most likely not see another carrier update. aosp will be the only way future updates are brought to the device. carriers specifically do this so you keep upgrading devices. that being said, why dont you have a note 2 already?
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They did announce that feature pack update, plus on release the device was given its 2GB of ram just for future support of new android versions.
My guess is it will get 4.2.1 official, but that will be the end of OTA. I have a feeling though CM and AOSP roms will be around for a while. Too many people have the US models of the GS3's, and due to the fact MOST of the code is similar between devices, it should not be hard to keep them all going as long as theres someone who cares to work on them.

ddggttff3 said:
They did announce that feature pack update, plus on release the device was given its 2GB of ram just for future support of new android versions.
My guess is it will get 4.2.1 official, but that will be the end of OTA. I have a feeling though CM and AOSP roms will be around for a while. Too many people have the US models of the GS3's, and due to the fact MOST of the code is similar between devices, it should not be hard to keep them all going as long as theres someone who cares to work on them.
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4.2 is a minor update, i already said aosp will be around to keep this device updated...im well aware of the ram i had a s3 before release day.
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KIRA-isJUSTICE said:
Not a fan of the size, seems easier to break
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seems? lol the size is no big deal...after a couple days of using you would never turn back.

With this phone you get the best of both worlds..touchwiz and ASOP..theres mad development BTW - go check out the droid charge section(no offence to the ones over there)

jager420 said:
With this phone you get the best of both worlds..touchwiz and ASOP..theres mad development BTW - go check out the droid charge section(no offence to the ones over there)
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Whats the droid charge section ?

ECrispy said:
Whats the droid charge section ?
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Seriously?
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KIRA-isJUSTICE said:
I have had this phone since day one.. and I love it more than life lol xD but the matter at hand... I have watched development for this phone decay.. all roms are either getting abandoned, or support is just dying out.. this isn't applying directly to just AOSP, or AOKP, either.. but touchwiz as well.. should I switch to a different device? Ima nonstop hacker, and used to build roms myself.. but since I started tattooing again, I have no free time.. any good development phones out there?
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I'll see you in hell.. where the devil knows my name...
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you couldnt be any more wrong.

The development hasn't stop just slowed down. There are 4 new ports and some of the older roms have moved on to 4.2(mainly CM,liquid smooth and slim bean). The other roms are still being updated. There is also a new ROM based on 4.2 called Pure Google. Team Baked is working on a 4.2 based ROM.

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Cool story bro.
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^^ This

Grab some do it yourself links and start cranking out builds to get our development back up.
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You want something with constant updates, try a Nexus device. IMO I think the development of the S3 is some of the best I've seen.
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ECrispy said:
Whats the droid charge section ?
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salas2324 said:
Seriously?
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I think the word we're looking for here is "sarcasm"
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As a backup to my S3 I have a Samsung Fascinate & just put JB 4.2 on it. If there is still development for a now antique phone, you really don't have to worry about the S3 not having development for a long time to come.

blestsol said:
Grab some do it yourself links and start cranking out builds to get our development back up.
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I think I might man only thing is working 9 hours at a tattoo shop and having a 2 year old makes this pretty difficult...
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But I don't use links, I just tear apart framework and source code/xml files lol
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KIRA-isJUSTICE said:
But I don't use links, I just tear apart framework and source code/xml files lol
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Like your picture. Dbz!
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans

neh4pres said:
Like your picture. Dbz!
Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans
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Thank you I have all three forms of Broly tattooed on my left arm
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[PETITION] Samsung release 2.3.6 Sources!!

Hello people!
Please head over to Petition.org and sign this petition!
https://www.change.org/petitions/sa...e-of-android-2-3-6-for-gt-i9001-galaxy-s-plus
#Every Firmware
#Same bugs
#Damn you Samsung !!

First !! ...thanks....
@Samsung:: better late than never !!
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I really think this is a good idea and will sign it, but does it really help to develop ROM etc. for our device? Sorry for stupid question, but I don't know much about this case

for what is this sourcecode useful ? will it accelerate and support only by creating gingerbread roms or android 4.x roms too ?

AW: [PETITION] Samsung release 2.3.6 Sources!!
Its better than the 2.3.3 Sources that we have.
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I don't thik samsung looks on these petitions and what we want. The couldn't release even a stable 2.3.6 and they said that our phone it's too old and it's not high-end. But they release 4.1.2 for s advance,ace plus,mini2 and ace 2.. which are lower than our phone. I feel unrespected but we all know that after a period of time we must change our phones is order to have the newest softwere, even though i have my phone for about 10 months..

AW: [PETITION] Samsung release 2.3.6 Sources!!
Lol got my s+ for about 19 months and I don't think about changing it cause of our great devs.
And in this period of time there were lots of petition about our phone and none has been listend or accepted. So I don't think it will help
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petitions are not generally useful . i have a similar proposition . if 100+ polite emails , nicely asking for what we want showing the advantages of the act , are sent then we might have a chance at it . samsung's customer support should care about it's customers wish , right ?
xda forum grasps a bit of a large community , which are potential or actual customers of samsung , and an act like releasing libs , sources and so on means a newsworthy xda post , especially for a popular low budget phone . this kind of acts is good marketing , and their cost is minimal , it's a win win situation . i mean look at Sony , they are doing this right now - supporting the community , and i personally think that my next phone should be an xperia .
sometimes , a bit of diplomacy would help a lot more than swearing your keyboard off at a gigantic corporation . just a proposition i hope you could get in consideration .
there are thousands of petitions out there and usually there are not many who are actually effective .
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XeLLaR* said:
Hello people!
Please head over to Petition.org and sign this petition!
https://www.change.org/petitions/sa...e-of-android-2-3-6-for-gt-i9001-galaxy-s-plus
#Every Firmware
#Same bugs
#Damn you Samsung !!
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Go home Samsung, you're damn too drunk!

Signed the petition . Hope enough people sign it tho .

Signed....
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Petitons? No use. As edisile said, we have more chances if we send some e-mails to Samsung.

You can send million emails no use of it...
S+ is outdated phone, almost two years since releasing. There is no chance Samsung is going to do anything about it...
I they wanted to do something they would have done it so far...
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TwinHeadedEagle said:
You can send million emails no use of it...
S+ is outdated phone, almost two years since releasing. There is no chance Samsung is going to do anything about it...
I they wanted to do something they would have done it so far...
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Oh the truth !!! .....the cold....hard...... truth !! :cyclops:

Signed....!!!! :good:

I signed it but i dont think this will help us any further.
Also, it is weird that samsung keeps releasing buggy 2.3.6 firmware..
Are they that stupid?

Signed. :fingers-crossed:

Perhaps it is better to write all such an email to qualcomm to get libs an drivers ?

AW: [PETITION] Samsung release 2.3.6 Sources!!
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EB20XY said:
Perhaps it is better to write all such an email to qualcomm to get libs an drivers ?
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Just for our Adreno 205? I am searching via GSMarena for phones with the same GPU and a upgrade to 4.0 or 4.1.

The Big Off-Topic Thread

Hello!
I thought I'd make a big general thread for people to say unrelated stuff or whatever. Of course, people can ask questions about ROMs or kernels or whatever.
Let's all try to help each other out here.
Thanks!

Oh I would love it if the mods let this one stay! There's a big and popular General Thread in the S3 section that's remained unlocked because we police ourselves well there ^^
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Yessssss we had one of these in the my touch 4g section it was greatt
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I have a black S4 and I just ordered this monster of a battery! Gonna be awesome!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXZI3DQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_asp_JWPkF.1WT3Z1P

This is what happens when a phone is too good. After a couple of months the forum gets boring

Hey Shawty. Keep us updated after you've had it for a while. Might get one myself.
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sxi200 said:
Hey Shawty. Keep us updated after you've had it for a while. Might get one myself.
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I sure will. I chose the low-cost shipping method, though, and I won't have it until at least 5th of July. I didn't wanna spend 50 euros (70 Aussie dollars) just for shipping.

Theshawty said:
I have a black S4 and I just ordered this monster of a battery! Gonna be awesome!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CXZI3DQ/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_asp_JWPkF.1WT3Z1P
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Hey, do you know how much bulk it adds? can not seem to find it.

Theshawty said:
I sure will. I chose the low-cost shipping method, though, and I won't have it until at least 5th of July. I didn't wanna spend 50 euros (70 Aussie dollars) just for shipping.
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Couple of weeks isn't too bad. I would have done the same. How much did shipping end up costing you?
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sxi200 said:
Couple of weeks isn't too bad. I would have done the same. How much did shipping end up costing you?
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Roughly 14 AUD.
EDIT: I cancelled the order for it. I think the phone's gonna be a tad too bulky with it.
wessel596 said:
Hey, do you know how much bulk it adds? can not seem to find it.
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No idea. Possibly a lot.

Thanks for this thread buddy. I was about to make this one. Great, now we can have chat in this thread regarding Off-topic & few rumours can be shared here..
I think it must be sticky here.

Okff topic: Wat time is it?

valentinrascu said:
Okff topic: Wat time is it?
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10:55 pm
Me Gusta!

Just a mild warning on this thread, as with the other off topic threads we will allow it to remain unlocked as long as no major forum rules are broken (ie as Theshawty said, police yourselves). Breaking major forum rules could result in this thread being closed (look at the Galaxy Y off-topic thread and you'll see what I mean).
Thread stuck, have fun guys

Guys, you really use that all staff from samsung (smart stay, scrooll etc.... Balbla)?? I deactivated everything...

valentinrascu said:
Guys, you really use that all staff from samsung (smart stay, scrooll etc.... Balbla)?? I deactivated everything...
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Nope.. only ir blaster sometimes, but only to fool the teachers at school
Me Gusta!

Is it just me or is smart pause very finicky? Sometimes it will work while other times it wont. Is there even a way to know if the phone recognizes your face?
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@Jonny
Could you sticky the general thread in the S3 section as well?
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And so it begins slowly the s3 users port themselves to S4
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Just checked the live Samsung updates page and it seems the Orange-branded Spanish firmware has the highest changelist so far: 779953 and it's an MF4 build. PDA version is lower than the unbranded Spanish release MF5, though.
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And so it begins slowly the s3 users port themselves to S4
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Oh yeah so they are, lol. I like the S4 better than the S3.
Welcome btw, Craig. ^^

I9500 is getting no love!

I seriously bought the wrong phone.Should have gotten the i9505 instead of the i9500 as this phone is getting no love from Samsung and also no love from xda either.
What do all other I9500 users think? Should we all move over to the i9505 or i9506?
sent from Sky Kingdom.

9500 got quality over quantity. 9505 are jealous of our perseus kernel.
And now that we have CM, development will speed-up
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kljs said:
I seriously bought the wrong phone.Should have gotten the i9505 instead of the i9500 as this phone is getting no love from Samsung and also no love from xda either.
What do all other I9500 users think? Should we all move over to the i9505 or i9506?
sent from Sky Kingdom.
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Only thing are left of 9500 is aosp, but now this is not a problem. 9505 is only for lte use now.
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IIIPowerIII said:
9500 got quality over quantity. 9505 are jealous of our perseus kernel.
And now that we have CM, development will speed-up
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I think he's right.
Perseus on S3 was the best kernel I've ever used on a mobile device, period.
Too bad i9505 doesn't have it.

I know this isn't a discussion on the persius kernel, but can someone elaborate on what made the kernel so great please
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osmosizzz said:
I know this isn't a discussion on the persius kernel, but can someone elaborate on what made the kernel so great please
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+1

read Perseus thread and compare to another...

Perseus kernel is literally the best thing that has happened to the S4 I9500.

What is the so good about Perseus kernel?
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matheus_sc said:
Only thing are left of 9500 is aosp, but now this is not a problem. 9505 is only for lte use now.
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A buggy rendition of CM doesn't suddenly put the I9500 on a level playing field in terms of development. The I9505 will always be ahead in this department, simply because Snapdragon is open source and easy to develop for. The developers of CM on the I9500 deserve great credit and what they have done is superb for the community as a whole, but they're flying blind a lot of the time. You only need look at CM for the SIII (and to a lesser extent, the SII) to know there is a massive difference between the initial release and the excitement that surrounds it and once things settle down it being stable enough to use full time without bugs spoiling the experience.
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comparing again...

Pagnell said:
A buggy rendition of CM doesn't suddenly put the I9500 on a level playing field in terms of development. The I9505 will always be ahead in this department, simply because Snapdragon is open source and easy to develop for. The developers of CM on the I9500 deserve great credit and what they have done is superb for the community as a whole, but they're flying blind a lot of the time. You only need look at CM for the SIII (and to a lesser extent, the SII) to know there is a massive difference between the initial release and the excitement that surrounds it and once things settle down it being stable enough to use full time without bugs spoiling the experience.
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Yes, in beginning, but with time exynos have major bugs fixed and benefits of better soc in aosp.
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Better SOC in AOSP? That's news to me.
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Better SOC in AOSP? That's news to me.
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Exynos 5410 is more powerful than the Snapdragon S600 then with the same ROM AOSP the 9500 is smoother.

It's really not that simple. And even if it was the difference in terms of real world use would be effectively zero, as the difference between the two phones running stock shows.
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Pagnell said:
It's really not that simple. And even if it was the difference in terms of real world use would be effectively zero, as the difference between the two phones running stock shows.
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If the two phones use a stock ROM then the 9500 is faster.

Stop the butthurt.
We have what we bought.
It's ALWAYS the device owner's fault for not researching before buying.
So be happy with what you have and enjoy it.
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Chuck Bartowski said:
If the two phones use a stock ROM then the 9500 is faster.
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Again, you're completely missing the point. Let me guess, you live your entire life by benchmark scores?
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You try to do this purposefully?
be happy with what you have man.....if you can develop, please do. If you can't, just sit tight and wait for the devs to work it out.
These kinda threads does no good to the community, instead it is creating a rift between the 9500 and 9505 owners.....think over it.
regards,
Achyut

achyut said:
You try to do this purposefully?
be happy with what you have man.....if you can develop, please do. If you can't, just sit tight and wait for the devs to work it out.
These kinda threads does no good to the community, instead it is creating a rift between the 9500 and 9505 owners.....think over it.
regards,
Achyut
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England UK Kit Kat

Official.
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/02/20...multiple-devices-confirmed-by-samsung-poland/
Kies or OTA, if anyone starts to get this update post here please.
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there is already a thread for this.
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It's been closed, and I was the guy who started the thread
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We already know it's coming, the question is when though.
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sorry i did not realise it was closed, was looking at it lastweek. I was waiting for BTU.. decided to flash the latest polish release a few days ago instead, it seems very stable and i like the pen window improvements.
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No worries, can't take this much waiting,
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ffs i see the thread title and think its been released. They closed the other thread why do we need this one as well. Why not just start a thread when the thing is actually released.

And how will you know? That's why this thread is here!
We need to know if it's kies or ota, and also we need to know which regions have it
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androidflea said:
And how will you know? That's why this thread is here!
We need to know if it's kies or ota, and also we need to know which regions have it
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How will you know?
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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My goodness. The other thread was closed by a mod because it was a complete waste of time after 1 month and because placeholders are not really allowed anyway.
Do you not think it's a bit foolish to open another one straight away... and again with a misleading thread title. There is no "England UK KitKat".
Your argument about how people will know when it is released is completely baseless. People will know because when it actually is released a thread can be made by anyone who first realises entitled "BTU KitKat 4.4.2 released OTA/Kies". In fact I can guess that when the release does occur that will happen anyway because the second any firmware is available there tends to be a slew of identical threads made to inform us 8 or 9 times that it has indeed been released.
Your stupid threads are in fact just getting in the way of real news and just clogging up the forum. Please close, delete and wait patiently like the rest of us. You are testing everyone's patience by changing titles misleadingly and now creating new threads. When you have something worthwhile let us know.
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It's been closed, and I was the guy who started the thread
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And I was the guy who reported your last thread, and the guy who will report this one. A waste of space, a placeholder and of no use to anyone.

I don't see how this is a waste of space. There are no other threads dedicated to the UK . I should have some more info to add soon as well. Otherwise you're reading about Poland and the US etc...
Personally I like having a thread for my country , how else would we be easily able to find info. The advanced searching isn't always the answer either.

gavinfabl said:
I don't see how this is a waste of space. There are no other threads dedicated to the UK . I should have some more info to add soon as well. Otherwise you're reading about Poland and the US etc...
Personally I like having a thread for my country , how else would we be easily able to find info. The advanced searching isn't always the answer either.
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I agree. But you're missing the point - i.e. there is no "official UK" KK to discuss. The other threads - India, Malaysia etc - have something to discuss. Until then, I maintain that this thread is a waste of space. No news and nothing to gain from it.
Great thread title too. Can we expect "official" threads for the Welsh, Scottish and Ulsterians too?! Or have Samsung become even more region specific?

B3311 said:
I agree. But your missing the point - i.e. there is no "official UK" KK to discuss. The other threads - India, Malaysia etc - have something to discuss. Until then, I maintain that this thread is a waste of space. No news and nothing to gain from it.
Great thread title too. Can we expect "official" threads for the Welsh, Scottish and Ulsterians too?! Or have Samsung become even more region specific?
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All that needs changing is the thread title and broaden the description of why it's around. The UK is a region for Samsung hence the BTU and why having a dedicated thread is helpful.
I do agree calling it England was not the best idea. I sent a pm to the thread creator asking him to modify the title and context to something more appropriate.

Thread closed as its a placeholder thread. Placeholder threads are not allowed, do not create another one.