yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] musclehead84:
No keep it going. I like how u post upcoming phones. I like to see what's coming up. Thanks. Within for me. Can't wait.

"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Best thread we have in the Epic section right now ... IMO
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Alrighty then, I'll tell you how I do it as well. I use twitter. Lol that's it. But let's see what I can find thas relevant today.

Edit: Added ACS link.

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Decided myself the answer to my own question.

Added Motorala portrait keyboard link to OP.

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] Custodian:
Informative thread. But it ain't got **** to do with the epic 4gizzle.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Dude, i've got the GB leak, and ACS roms on there. I suggest re-reading the op, which I'm cleaning up now. At least this is all in one thread instead of multiple threads. And I plan on just updating this for a while with new things.

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] anderson620:
I say keep at it! It will be nice to have valid information on upcoming devices; maybe it will distract from all the "I don't like my phone anymore because I'm butt-hurt" threads.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Lol today was a quiet day.

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
Shhh...don't tell nobody this or I might fired. I heard around the water cooler today that Sprint is cutting loose with the release of GB July 5th. Please don't spread this around, okay? :D
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I won't say anything lol :p. But ecooce said the 15th? Conflicting stories are perfect for my OP!!

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Tomorrow I will post everything I know about all the new devices coming along with possible release dates and pricing.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Yippee, posting it here or starting another thread? Either way, it'll end up in my OP. BTW, tomorrow, I'm removing the vzw slider, and droid charge stuff.

Sent from my Epic 4G, awaiting official Gingerbread.
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
Where is it :(
[Epic 4G General] professoroak:
Deeeeng, so August 22nd?? So sad :( Was expecting it right when I get out of school! but now it's not until I'm almost going back to school... But hopefully it will all be worth the wait! Thanks for the info!
[Epic 4G General] ecooce:
Tonight meaning Friday night around 11pm, lol, sorry...
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Nice lol.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
Ah ok... Lol I stayed up waiting lol
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Added new rumorto the top of the OP, not one I wanted to hear. Its the first two small paragraphs.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] OrygunGal:
I sure hope the Within is still coming later this month or early next...
[Epic 4G General] Mutiny32:
August 22? You gotta be kidding me. If that's the case, then hell no I'm never buying a Samsung phone ever again. I don't care if it's Sprint doing this or not. You don't see HTC sitting around and screwing with customers about timely updates.
[Epic 4G General] DCRocks:
Android SDK Release dates

Android 2.1: 09/10/26

Android 2.2: 10/05/20

Android 2.3: 10/12/06

Google Releases 2.2: 10/05/20

EVO Released with 2.1 OS: 10/06/04

EVO Receive 2.2 update: 10/08/03 (62 Days)

Google Releases 2.3: 10/12/06

EVO receives 2.3 update: 11/06/03 (148 days)

Google Releases 2.2: 10/05/20

Epic Released with 2.1: 10/08/30

Epic Receives 2.2 update: 11/02/21 (174 days)

Google Releases 2.3: 10/12/06

Epic Receives 2.3 update: TBD (183 days and counting)

Looks like Samsung is still lacking in the update category...

note: anyone notice any dates that need correcting?
[Epic 4G General] stud_muffler:
[Rumor] Samsung Epic 4G To Get Gingerbread At The End Of July?

original rumor source

:cool:
[Epic 4G General] asrielx1:
more photon rumors

Local Motorola marketing rep stopped in our store yesterday with a Photon. Pretty smooth/clean interface, Blur has been toned down A LOT. Screen is nice and big and clear. Asked about dates and he said early August was what he thought but he said he still didn't know 100%. Nothing we've seen in store or in the playbook makes it look like it will be out in July.

Just more rumors though I wouldn't say anything we hear in the stores is 100%, half the time the local vendor reps are even farther behind than we are.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I was just about to add that lol. Still putting it in the OP.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] kr@w:
Saw you talk about EF29.. figured you might want to add this now.

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D700/EG07.rdf
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Thanks, I saw your post in the other thread, so I added it to the OP.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
No, July 24th is not happening. I guarantee that. Ecooce's source will confirm this later tonight. I know it for sure. I don't know where SprintFeed.com came from, but so far the only thing they are good for is leaking Sprint articles fro the Playbook.
[Epic 4G General] tenaciousj:
WDM you know anything about US carriers not wanting the GS2 due to bad CDMA engineering as stated in the rumor?

Sent from my Samsung Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I figured so, but I must support all rumors until proven wrong.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] poit:
EG07 + 14 days = July 21 thru 27 (July 25th is a Monday).....If it gets released.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Yup it adds up.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I still trust wdm. Maybe ecooce can chime in later with more info.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G via Tapatalk
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
I thought mr timz was that person(s)
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
pm a moderator, preferably pulsar, and ask them to do it
[Epic 4G General] Qwallace70129:
*dead*
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
But who is going to keep the thread updated
[Epic 4G General] asdfghjkl:
So i went one by one and found this http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D700/EI01.rdf

NVM!!! There is one for 2, 3, 4, and 5....Whats up with that?
[Epic 4G General] Qwallace70129:
Excuse my English .....but **** SAMSUNG
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
+3000000

man... And here I was thinking we would get it over the summer, f u Samsung...

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] Wizard Knight:
everybody is throwing a lot of hate at samsung for all the builds, but you have to remember, they're not building it for us, but for everybody. we're the minority of phone users. they can't release it and let the devs fix what's broken because that doesn't help all the normal users (Us being above normal, obviously, lol).

I like that they're plugging away at it. I'd hate to see 2 or 3 official releases like with froyo. IMO, they've already made us wait too long for gingerbread, but we have waited, I'd be pissed if I waited so long for **** release. I'm more willing to wait a little longer for something worth waiting for.
[Epic 4G General] muyoso:
So you are saying it beats an unreleased untested OMAP SoC based on what exactly?

Especially since the LAST OMAP SoC that we have seen utterly destroyed the competition at the time.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
They better have a perfect build and I mean absolutely pefrect!

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
So, who wants to take on the responsibility of this thread? I could change it to Mr. Timz and share the password to a few trusted individuals.

What'dya think?

/sig
[Epic 4G General] cds0699:
If you want, I could just create a new thread for rumors, updates, etc... and keep it updated. I no longer have an Epic, but 2 people in my family do and I still frequent this section daily.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Normally that'd be ok, but I think that most people would rather keep this one open.

I've decided that I'm going to pm the info to a few people as soon as I can get this changed to Mr. Timz.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] cds0699:
Fair enough :)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Thanks for understandng )

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[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
Last i checked "most people" have their own mouth also.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] noobnl:
I know it must be hard on you but bugs are not easy to find. Look at the software life cycle of iOS. They do a Beta build for 4 month, second, they pull the RC or in rare cases, final builds, if it have serious bugs. You should look at Windows,Mac, linux, and many other software life cycle.

Do you think Samsung is going to release a final build in less than 6 month? They are working on lowering power consumption in many part of android system and fixing kernel, Modem, and android bugs. They are improving the power consumption after every build.

HTC just release a ****ty optimized build of android and low battery life such as the HTC EVO 3d and the EVO 4g on stock version.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
'Tis why I said "i think most people..."

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[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Imo my phone works fine as is, and this will surely be the last update this phone gets, and I'll still have this device for another year. So in that respect samsung and sprint can take all the time they need to produce a good quality "final build" for this device so long as their intent is to better it's quality for official release. I'll be happy so long as it's completed and "built right" before the end of the year.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Tru dis

/sig
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
OP has transferred over to MrTimz now, pming a few peeps.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Nice! Now i'll be able to edit it too. Keep this aliveeeeee!
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
You and 4 others if they all respond with a yes.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] viper786:
In my opinion, I felt you did a great job keeping the OP updated. Will you also be updating this or are you completely retiring? My vote goes to you also maintaining/updating the OP.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
If I can I'll update it, it is my account after all lol

But, with all the news lately, I needed help. At least 3 people, counting me, can edit it so far, so it should be good.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] viper786:
Good to hear! I check this thread everyday and will probably continue to do so even afte I get my sgs2 lol
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
They need to fix the inability to roam on the PCS band. Its definitely software as we all know it works on the PCS band when not roaming. :)
[Epic 4G General] rulyskull:
Here God everyone on the app checking the pm's hoping to feel loved lol
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Rofl

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[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
I agree with this 100%.

You are not going to like this bit of news though, deadline date was wiped out, that means there will not be another update after this one, period... I know, I know F samsprint, but really this was in the books for the past 2 months, it was never getting ICS.

This is a real #, the average power consumption from radio has dropped 7%, and another 2% just from kernel tweaks and optimized code.

Ill have some more info tonight, source is trying to get more info (like that wasn't enough :) ) . I can also tell you half the team is already on something else :( ...
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Were still getting a final build of gingerbread and source, right?

If that's the case, then idc about any more updates. Well have cm7 and miui by then and that's all I need
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Yes we will have source... But what I don't get is WDM (Korey) already knew it wouldn't be till Oct. ;)

Also there is a real business reason behind the delay, you don't think they're stupid do you o_0
[Epic 4G General] Specialksg1:
LOL Yes, they do think Samsung and Sprint are stupid ... but hey they are entitled to their opinions ... and in their opinions they are entitled to quite a bit more as well! ;)

Remember when the phone you got was the phone you got? Who ever heard of a software update for the Nokia 6160 or whatever the hell phone ya had back in the day? Remember when T9 was the ****?? lol
[Epic 4G General] Fatonuseni:
You can thank steve jobs for getting features with updates! Google just continued that trend.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
We should really be flattered that Samsung has let us take the ride with them. Besides source we're looking at what they are. I know it's galaxies apart in ways but there are phones less fortunate.

fing phone

Sent from the American Dream.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I blame the epic touch!

/sig
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
I blame Zanderboy!
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
0_o dang it!

Come on MrTimz, they've caught on to us!

No, you can't say goodbye!

What did I tell you about doing....ewww

*door slam* *tires screech*

/sig
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
^^^^THIS!!!!!! We have gotten how many leaks let's see here

Ed12

Ee03

Ef02

Eg14 (found in original sam tar as eg22)

Eg22

Eh06

Eh17

We have been using/testing leaks for like half a friggin year!
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
I checked my pm...I'm left out. :(
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
This looks pretty bad when displayed/layed out like that :(

And whats even funnier is we had an EG14 modem which dosnt even get mentioned in the modem thread, ever.
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
I guess I am too
[Epic 4G General] rulyskull:
Guessing its do do
[Epic 4G General] asdfghjkl:
For anyone who hasnt seen this please check it out!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1246964

They need an Epic to be donated or $$$ to buy a bad/broken one. If this worked it would be amazing!!! Definitely keep the Epic up to date because porting from phones (such as ns4g) would be so much easier (or so article/thread says)...
[Epic 4G General] Zor Omega:
This just sealed the deal for me. I almost got suckered into putting my epic up for sale and getting the sgsII (epic touch 4g). Not now though. October!! Really! I know they want to take their time and get it right, but come on, this is clearly a stategic plan to garner more sales for the touch 4g. I'm done, love sammy hardware, and I even don't mind touchwiz, but I can't stand waiting 6 -7 months for an update. Just think how long the epic touch 4g is going to take to get ICS. That's going to be a complete version number change and were waiting this long for .3 version change. I'm waiting for the nexus. Pure google all the way!

From cellblock D
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Never mind I'm in

Yippee I'll try my best to keep things good
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
Hehe, Echo Gingerbread in less than 7 months. :D Maybe the quick update is a sign that ICS will eventually make it's way to the Echo without any devs.

I was happy that it got updated so soon but I wish it had *A* dev. Luckily, the Epic still has devs interested in it so it won't die out too soon.

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I always felt bad for echo owners. Its so capable of root and beyond

/sig
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
anyone read my rumor article?

http://www.acsyndicate.net/what-might-google-be-up-to-conspiracies-or-just-good-business/
[Epic 4G General] moto_google:
Ics is only a dot release 2.4 or 2.4 is what I read. Google has neversaid what version it is.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Where'd you find that pic?
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
If they never said, then you don't know that it's a "dot" release. I think it'll be 4.0, because ics is for phones and tablets, and if a tablet went backwards in version number, regular consumers would be soo confused.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Sounds good to me

/sig
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
googling prime android or something
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
SamFirmware delivering near end of month!

/sig
[Epic 4G General] MrTimz:
Added to the OP.

Mr. Z
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
Will there be a re-sticky lol
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I personally am not requesting it. But if someone else with MrTimz does, then its possible

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
EH17 wasn't enough? I haven't even tried it yet on my old Epic...still running the last leak
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
You might want to update that poll. :D

It doesn't look as if Gingerbread is coming any time soon. :(
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
I know. D:

Once someone figures out a method of rooting 2.3.4 and I can find a reliable porting method for a recovery (or a nice dev who would do it instead), we might have something.

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
It is a nice phone. I played with one. It got a bad rep.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
has anyone heard from samfirmware if they are going to release anything month?
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Sad that most people will have moved on to other devices before official GB comes out ... SamSprint messed us up badddd...
[Epic 4G General] viper786:
End of the month.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
In the op lol

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[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Me as one if the mr timz requested to deca to update it as only mods can
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
Yup, I love mine. :D

Works great, looks great, tougher than most phones.

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Yeah, I don't get why everyone screamed "gimmick" when it was announced. Now the 3vo is a different story, but the echo is such a nice phone

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[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Me at radioshack while my brother was getting his evo shift.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhx7JgejDpw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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[Epic 4G General] Krazycamel:
Wtf! I don't want to read 208 pages! Wut rt hus meab for epic?
[Epic 4G General] Krazycamel:
Wtf is that transforming shat!?
[Epic 4G General] gophergun:
The whole project needs to be open source throughout the development process, ideally with a publicly available code management system. I understand why Google doesn't do it with Android, they have to keep new features secret until release to keep shareholders happy, and they are a corporate entity, after all, but I don't understand why Samsung can't do that. After all, we already know which features will be included, either because of stock Android or the changes they've made in other phones' 2.3 releases. They might be worried about people bricking their phones with bad builds, but I think a simple disclaimer would remove that as a problem.
[Epic 4G General] viper786:
Lol @ Epic
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I know, I was like wow.

It must have been a popular "phone" to mess with.

The echo was fun though

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
The Echo is a fun phone. :D

The bad rep from people who dobt own the phone isn't. D:

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Yeah, if my brother had gotten it instead of the stupid shift, i'd be looking at it, trying to learn to develop just for it. But nooooo, he didn't like it.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
Did you ever tell home the specs if the shift our tell him sprints gonna get a batch of great phones soon
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
Gotta root it first. :/

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I know.

And to gtuansdiamm:

Yes, but he is stubborn, doesn't like to listen to his older brother.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Jamin13:
I just want a way to do root. There's a system image that should be Froyo and fastboot flashable but I'm not willing to be the Guinea Pig if something goes wrong.

Sent from my Kyocera Echo.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Ya, I wouldn't either.

/sig
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
In other news.... :( look at the sig
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
What happened to your epic?

/sig
[Epic 4G General] rulyskull:
I smashed it lol jk
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
You mean my nexus.... Usb port broke I need to go to sprint but I don't have time right now
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Oh that's right! I forget who all has gotten the nexus. I'm sorry that happened dude :/, but you get to spend some quality time with your "retro" device lol

/sig
[Epic 4G General] rulyskull:
Hey man that hero is a tank lol I miss that little beast I was one of the few how could overclock to 750
[Epic 4G General] MrTimz:
Zander took care of this thread way better than me

But I'm trying my best and its gonna take a little time before I get used to it

Sent as Gtuansdiamm pretending to be Mr.Timz
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Same here. I'm gonna need to organize the OP a bit too :p

We need to make it by date. I can never tell what's "new" or not.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Yeah, it needed reorganizng. I did it by sprint,sammy, and epic.

Maybe it should be

Epic:

[Date]

Rumor

Sprint:

[Date]

Rumor

Samsung:

[Date]

Rumor

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[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
I always put new on the bottom of their respectful categories but if you want to have it the other way I'll do so just say

Lets not clutter this thread and discuss our game plan on our secret thread
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Newest first imho.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I love this phone, but I heard the prime is worth waiting for. Like phone of the year guaranteed.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Probably so.

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[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
No, I know. I have a guy who had hands on with the prime and said it is worth the wait.
[Epic 4G General] lballer69:
Guessing it was on Verizon ......I will take my gs2 and then I will wait with u
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
0.0

If it comes out before october in October I might get it

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Expect it for fall, but it will be on Verizon and then the other carriers will come later. Maybe more then a month later.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Nope, i'm getting a GSII. Can't wait that long

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
If I could get a cheap plan at Verizon, it would be a different story. Hell I could try to get a job there instead. But right now i'm working on getting a management position at the corporate store in gville. :)

I think I am going to get the Epic Touch and be happy.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Good choice lol

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[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Its sad, but I guess this was bound to happen, people will be leaving left and right now :(
[Epic 4G General] rulyskull:
Ill be staying buddy lol
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I'm getting a new phone, but I'm not leaving this part of xda. Kinda like Overstew, korey_nicholson, stevie_7, ziggsvo, etc

/sig
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
Until my phone breaks and they don't have any more to replace it, I'll get the sgsII BUT I really to like the idea of the galaxy note so maybe ill get it if it is in the US anytime soon
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Yep, i'm staying. This is my home.

1. Physical home

2. Epic section

3. Soon to be epic touch section

4. Reddit
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
This is mine:

1. Physical Home

2. Epic section

3. Soon to be Epic Touch section

4. Google+

5. Twitter

6. Facebook

/sig
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
1. Physical Home

2. Epic section

3. HTC EVO 3D section

4. Nexus S section

5. Soon to be Epic Touch section

6. Facebook

7. Twitter (kind of...lol)

8. E-mail

9. Amazon.com
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Well I totally forgot twitter and Facebook. Add those in there too lol

And while we are at it add ps3
[Epic 4G General] asdfghjkl:
So I just noticed that the RDF's for EI01-EI05 are gone. Get the 404 error....why would they pull them?

EDIT: Nvm lol i clicked the Galaxy s II rdf link xD

+1 on cleaning up OP lol
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Haha I'll try to snag my dads pc and clean it up

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[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I finally fixed my Google Voice settings so it actually acts like a normal cell phone. Whew!
[Epic 4G General] Wizard Knight:
Off Topic:

I know this doesn't really belong here, but in my opinion, this thread has more knowledgeable people than any other section so here it is...

Has anybody heard anything at all on if/when google voice will be getting MMS support?
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
Hey Korey, how close is my theory looking?

Sent from the American Dream.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I'll pm you.
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Google voice and mms support has been a dream for about 2 years now.