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[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
I agree here. The International version has reportedly received timely updates. I don't know if they were referring to 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 or an incremental bug fix upgrade but supposedly they don't have this issue. I can't resist anymore. I went to the Sprint store and the Manager is going to hold one for me until I get there on launch day. Maybe having 2 active phones is excessive but I can't wait until my upgrade comes. Also, I am not ready to get rid of my Epic. I still love this phone.
[Epic 4G General] usfslacker86:
Verizon??? The company with the last Galaxy S phone to get updated? The single carrier not to have any SIGN of the gingerbread update ever coming out for their Galaxy S phone? The carrier that believes that the Droid Charge is a suitable replacement for THE GS2? Sprint is probably the best carrier to bet on for upgrades to non "Droid" phones...
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
qb , maybe you should send a "how-to" video to Sprint/Samsung showing 'em how to get Gingerbread fixed and released ;)
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
I blame us having a keyboard. Look how fast the other Galaxy S (not counting the 2 on Verizon) devices got 2.3.x.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Your opinion is GARBAGE lol

My friend has the fascinate and he hasnt seen an update since the half assed froyo update they got. Lol im not a commie. Youre entitled to your opinion, but it needs to be backed up with facts lol
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Look how fast the g2 got it
[Epic 4G General] avlon:
IMO, the blame is on Samsung.

If I'm not mistaken, the Sprint Galaxy Tab got official 2.3 months ago and the Wifi only version still does not have it.

That on its own speaks volumes.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
The galaxy tab should've never been released. The wifionly version don't got it cuz no one bought it. It was awaste of r&d. The gtab 10.1 should've been the gtab 1
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Ummmm the Verizon version of the Galaxy S does not have Gingerbread either. They barely got Froyo. It came 2 months after Sprint. It was put out and pulled back also.
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Well, that's a good point. I hadn't thought of that. Its probably an upselling thing. I mean, hardware wise, people like the Epic and will wait for a dual core keyboard phone. If even one person jumps to an Epic Touch because they are sick of waiting for official Gingerbread then Samsung wins.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
From what I have been seeing Sprint is closest to release. Either way I need a keyboard. I went back to EG22 which had no reboots for me. The only issue that I have with this GB leak is the stock browser won't download from dropbox links and alarm don't work on silent. Both were fixed in EH17 but reboots are very frequent and calls drop unexpectedly. With EG22 I can wait. But as soon as the next dual processor with keyboard shows up, the drooling will start.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
I just want Gingerbread to have good battery life at this point. Every leak I've been on had awful battery life except EE03.

EE03 was amazing with my battery life.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
October, and has anyone actually tried logcating the reboot issue to isolate the problem?
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Aren't all galaxy s models still on froyo? Epics not alone.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
The international version, but it came out way before the epic too
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Eeeh, we don't need no stinkin log cats ;) actually a good idea, I'm not smart enough to narrow it down when the log shows 30 errors before crashing, lol, I don't know, it probably ain't that bad.
[Epic 4G General] nom303:
Lack of interest
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
International versions got Gingerbread in May. As with Froyo where the International versions got it 6-8 months before us. So we are right on schedule...lol.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yes. Apparently the phenomenom that causes the reboot also stops the logcat reporting prior to. I forget who reported this.
[Epic 4G General] bondosho:
Um, thought we were talking about Samsung devices here? HTC just releases crap, and then does constant maintenance updates.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
I'm thinking mid October. But on the brightside, when its official we'll have MIUI, CM7, new kernels!
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Well that's a *****
[Epic 4G General] garyf:
Now why would we get CM7 with gingerbread if we don't have it with froyo?

I must have missed something. Has Sprint said it will release more source from now on?

There is a race between when GB becomes available and when Sprint declares the Epic 4G end of life. I don't think GB has really good odds.
[Epic 4G General] dr_gibberish:
Actually they had already declared it EOL and then "undeclared" it. (Someone correct me if I am wrong on that) and GB was being updated the whole time. Unless they have hit some insurmountable roadblock now, I'm sure we will see GB on this phone. I'm wondering if it might even be next week, since this Friday marks two weeks since the last rdf (EI09).
[Epic 4G General] tony45x220:
I tweeted Samfirmware with no response...I'm guessing you might have a little more creibility to get a response?

Sent from my rooted, suited, & booted Epic 4G #knowdat!
[Epic 4G General] garyf:
But Omair, what do you mean by this?

Has Sprint said something that makes GB different from Froyo?
[Epic 4G General] dr_gibberish:
The only thing that might be different is that when they released source for the E4GT last week they released the driver source as well. I don't believe that makes any difference for us directly, but if it is a change in policy, then perhaps we will see the driver source released for the OG Epic when Gingerbread drops.
[Epic 4G General] dcowboys2184:
Never.com/SamsungPlayedUs..
[Epic 4G General] jnadke:
It seems Sprint stopped after EI09. I'd imagine 21 or so day for testing.

We'll probably see it early October.

USCC got EH09. I'm sure we'll be seeing either EH17 or EI09.
[Epic 4G General] zman519:
When is the xda app going to suport polls??? Wtf xda I mean this is the place devs dev at and the app is kinda a pos

Sent from the Drivers Seat of my Suby txting and Driving doing 100MPH+ in a school zone! Ha.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
They *might* give us driver source since this *might* be our last update.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I heard the guy working on the update when crazy that is why there haven't been any more updates....J/K.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I can believe it. Hardware-software interaction issues that basic and serious on a more than one year old phone...? They hired the Joker? "Gingerbread...Why So Serious?!"
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
OMG! LMAO!!

That was great.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Heheh. Well, actually *being* serious for a moment, I'm sure the hardworking Samsprint engineers will get it to us by...November. Will it be worth the wait though...no idea anymore. Aside from 1-3 more noticable bugs I don't find myself complaining much about Froyo, after I cleaned it up. I hope the overall performance wows me like it seems to have some other testers. Reboots and GPS flakeouts though, I can do without, so I must wait.
[Epic 4G General] garyf:
Somewhat OT, but have the GB leaks had Google Voice Video working well? If not, there is a lot of development still to be done for a phone that may or may not be nearing its EOL.
[Epic 4G General] MaxPatlick:
yea, it can work but you need to download talk 1.3(maybe newer?) installer from the market
[Epic 4G General] Tomcat5:
Official is near

Considering we have not seen any new builds in 11 days, I feel that official GB is just in testing and will be released soon. September will be over by then, though. I'm guessing October will be our lucky month. I still am content with EH06. It is stable and feels just as good as any official could be, except for maybe the reboots. We need to loosen up and give Sprint and Samsung the time to perfect the build so that it works the way it should.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
That'll never happen. No company has ever released the driver source or hardware blueprints.
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
Well, supposedly the driver source for the Epic4G Touch was released. Who knows? Perhaps Sammy actually is trying to become more "developer friendly". It could be pure rumor but I'm way too lazy to look it up. :-D
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
I heard only kernel source so far but I may be wrong. I hope this Gingerbread gets finalized but I am starting to wonder if it will ever run how its supposed to on our Epics. I don't want to have to freeze a bunch of things to have good battery. I haven't had the luck some have on GB when it comes to battery
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
I get decent life on CM7 beta. Much better when data is off but google voice doesn't work with it off. :-(
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Orrrr they are starting from scratch with 2.3.5.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Nope! Heard it was taken off EOL list. Also new build attempt just came out. Still working on it.
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
I'm going to get the real eol excel file tomorrow. Not sprint feeds unofficial email. Anyone can put something in an email.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Who are you anyway? I mean seriously...

Ill be waiting for whosdaman to get the Actual file not some n00b ;)

Lol

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] sohardivetried:
you know, i think samsung may leak this **** on purpose. you know theyve got to be reading this forum, and surely all samsung related anything. I havent heard anything about someone getting fired over this. Seems to me that if i had a fortune 500 company, a major force in tech development, i might track down and fix a leak... just sayin. Why pay a bunch of people to debug something when you can get the community to do all your work. I dont mind it really, but they should at least give us the full source on this thing, so someone can actually fix the ****in phone. Why wouldnt a company start rumours and leak **** about phones on purpose, get everyone saying samsung, or galaxy s blah blah blah...
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
When you say "everyone" you do realize we are like 1% of actual Epic owners here? Most Epic owners are oblivious to XDA and anything other than using the phone and whatever SamSprint gives them. I doubt leaking an RDF would get anyone fired. It doesn't do anything but show they are still working on it. Android is basically open source.
[Epic 4G General] sohardivetried:
i dont know about you, but everyone to me is everyone with enough of a brain to actually do something with their phone. i could give a **** less what the morons do. as for any company with half a brain running it, they would look for the people actually using the device, as opposed to making phone calls and texting about blah, no one gives a ****, blah. the power users are the ones that will find the major problems, the power users are the ones who root, and they are the ones who should test releases. it just makes sense to me that samsung would leak this **** to the power users, and while everyone is still oblivious to what gingerbread is, we get to put it through its paces. and i wasnt talking about leaking an rdf, im talking about the leaked builds... maybe i dont know what the **** im talking about. its all speculation, anything you read.

as for android being "basically" open source. it either is, or it isnt. And right now it sure doesnt feel open does it. the only thing they will release is kernel source, everything else is proprietary. they only release that because they have to, the linux kernel is GPL/GNU, android itself is under an apache 2.0 license. the entire environment should be LGPL. Full source, full documentation, and full driver source. End users would be able to do whatever we want to the android software. They allow minimal LGPL to appease some, but device manufacturers refuse to let it happen on a broad scale because they want to keep their device drivers and hardware specs proprietary. its a broken model for the end user. Im still waiting for this sun v. google to play out. id hate to see what no java will do to android. google says do no evil, so they just use java, call it dalvik and never license it from sun. awesome. if everything was LGPL we would all have ice cream sandwich running on our phones 3 months after its released. think about that.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I agree with about all of that. Unfortunately what companies like Sprint and Samsung care about is the bottom line and that is the 99% of users that just use their phone the way Samsprint intended. That is their money. I believe the only real reason they promised Gingerbread is better video handling which will make for more apps available turning into a larger user base of users not calling in to customer service. In a perfect world we would be able to have source for everything and Devs would have it all working by now.
[Epic 4G General] sohardivetried:
well fortunately we do have gingerbread... leak or not, my phone likes it. They promised it because they had to. i might switch phone companies and jump to the new **** on verizon if theres no gb by dec.... nah. i love my epic.
[Epic 4G General] Slothello:
The day after I buy the Epic Touch.
[Epic 4G General] Krazycamel:
POS htc devices. Just be happy you don't have a htc device. Nuff said.
[Epic 4G General] garyf:
I don't see any financial reason for Samsung/Sprint to release GB for the Epic 4g. I don't think they can even be purchased from the Sprint store any more.

I only wish they'd release the source for what they have so devs could both get it working and more importantly get it to CM.

Even if we get gingerbread, which I now mostly doubt, if source is released that would allow a link to CM, that would be the only possible way to get Ice Cream Sandwich later this year, or ever.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
They have already invested plenty of money into GB. As for sales, Radio Shack and Best Buy are still selling them so I am sure Sprint is as well which means lots of people with 20 months of Epic use. Lots of apps being geared towards GB minimum requirements. Also the 5 US versions of the Galaxy S series are the only ones without it. There is a reputation at stake and sales for the next Galaxy S series with plans for III and IV. Plenty of financial reasons to consder finishing this project. It took just as long to get Froyo from initial Galaxy S release in Europe so they are right on schedule.
[Epic 4G General] fhurricane:
I want them to scrap gingerbread if hey can give us ice cream sandwich
[Epic 4G General] rgregg504:
I was in a sprint store Saturday they still had the epic. $99 with new 2 yr agreement.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
I have a feeling we'll get it a week after the Samsung Statosphere is released..
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
There are more than 5 lol more like ~15

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[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I guess I was only thinking of the ones that mattered...lol. But really..15? Didn't think there were even that many carriers in the US anymore.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
Over 9000!!!

No, but seriously over 120

http://www.cheapestunlockedcellphones.com/gsm-carriers-in-the-us/

It says cdma carriers below gsm

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I wouldn't be mad about that. It's taken 'em this long, so next week sounds good. I'm not a never-again samsung person. GB is okay. CM7 and MIUI are awesome, but some samsung phones had those working before gb source, so they dont even need it. I think I'll get samsung or if nexus is samsung by the time my contract is up. Super AMOLED is awesome.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Well, I mean, that was a guesstimate:

Epic

Captivate

Fascinate

Vibrant

Mesmerize

Continuum

Galaxy S 4G

Showcase

Indulge

And soon Stratosphere

So 10, but then there's the Nexus S(4G), Infuse 4G, and Droid Charge which are all essentially Galaxy S phones.

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[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I meant true Galaxy S series but since you are on a roll...haha.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I know lol, so we were both off by 5.

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[Epic 4G General] styles420:
One flaw in your thinking - when has any beta test procedure for anything, on any platform since the first pc's in the late 70's, EVER involved giving the source code to the beta testers? (okay, so independent developers using services like git hub often already commit their source before releasing a compiled beta, but we're talking about corporations with proprietary code...)

Beta testers don't NEED source because they don't NEED to be programmers to test - they just need to report bugs to the developer... Even my computer-illiterate dad could be a beta tester, perfect for making sure the software is user-friendly (also known as "idiot proof")

It certainly helps to have some testers who understand the underlying principles of good, robust software, but programming knowledge is not absolutely vital.

You're asking Sammy to updgrade our status from beta tester to programmer... they may very well be using our community as a test platform, but if they just released source and told us to fix it, they'd appear to be giving up, admitting defeat - we, the minority, would be thrilled, but to the majority that doesn't care to understand these things, it would make the company look bad. And that majority is generally the same demographic that is willing to pay for things that we, the minority, often figure out how to get for free, so Samsung wouldn't miss us nearly as much as those that are willing to "pay to play."

That is why we won't see source before it is ready - they need to at least maintain the illusion that they can do something the average customer can't, or the less technologically educated majority might mistakenly think Sammy is completely unnecessary (they actually do have resources that we don't - even the official CM and MIUI teams probably can't manufacture the hardware, or they very likely would have done so already)
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
You are thinking the same thing as I am. I think we are the Stratosphere Gingerbread beta testers
[Epic 4G General] Slothello:
Hmmm... Tomorrow? http://m.androidcentral.com/gingerbread-sprint-epic-4g-begins-rolling-out-tomorrow-nov-9-rumor
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zzsetozz:
Hi, sorry for this but i have two Questions:

1- I have X8 with Synaptic digitizer, so i wonder if this can be changed to Cypress by anyway after the bootloader is cracked.( the problem i read almost all threads and no clear answer to that, is this a software or hardware matter. meaning can be changed by a dev or i need to buy a new phone with Cypress to start with).

2-about bootloader, is it really going to make a difference to our device concerning the stability,speed and perfect ROMs stuff. cuz the ROMs now is very stable,fast and fully working.

thanks for ur understanding and ur patience.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GHoSTABUD:
Hey man, Kifak?? :D

1.no, its a hardware issue, dev's can't do anything about it(I asked telelink if I could change it, they said it costs 60 JD's so I wouldn't change it in hell, buying a new phone is better....)

2.yes, big big big big ... big difference, we can have more features, stabler roms, lighter roms, better recovery options, faster system(by changing to ext4) and a lot more.

Offtopic: I'm from Jordan too, live in Amman n I go to the university of Jordan(5etyar :p), what about u?

don't answer if u feel uncomfy.

Hope I helped.

Regards
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zzsetozz:
Thank U

السلام عليكم أولا

thanks man, first of all that explain so much but to let u know telelink isn't SE company in jordan any more there is another one now at the seventh circle but i don't know the name, and if they can change it as u say it will be cheaper because everything is cheaper now after the change.

and i went to TTU (tafila) i graduated 2nd semester this year from civil eng. but i live in amman for now.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GHoSTABUD:
wa 3alaykom alsalam

Thnx for the info about telelink man, yet if ur insistent on changing it make sure that u take a look at it first, if it has synaptics or t1021a written on it,don't take it else u got urself a good deal :D

btw mabrook elta5arroj :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superuser.Angga:
1. You can Change Your X8 Digitizer But Very Risky

2.Here The Detail Of Unlocked Bootloader

A.Fully Working Sense Rom (Racht Is working Now)

B.Fully Working Gingerbread

C.Custom Kernel

Benefits Of Custom Kernels

A.Swap Support

B.Sypnatics Fake Dt Built-in

C.Cypress Real Dt built-in

D.MDDI fix built-in

E.Custom Netfilter

F.TUN/TAP/CIFS
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zzsetozz:
Thanks for the info
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nikkopt:
Why is it risky? Phone can explode?

zzsetozz, you can change you synaptics to a cypress digitizer, you just need to find someone that sells it in the first place.. That's the hard part, the easy part is to disassemble the phone and change them. Also, if you can find someone that sells the digitizer and the front cover as a whole, better since you don't have to glue the new one.

Disassemble guide: http://erkinson.altervista.org/en/sony-ericsson-xperia-x8-smontaggio-e-sostituzione-display-touch/

Note: If you think you don't have enough skills to do it then don't. Although it's pretty easy, some people can f*** up even the easiest things xD
[Motorola Photon 4G] ntawasha:
Does anyone know if there is a lockscreen download for the photon I just want the stock aosp lockscreen im not really a fan of the lockscreen that comes with Motorola's ui.
[Motorola Photon 4G] armyranger251:
You can try widgetlocker and lockbot pro both are paid apps in the market

Sent from my Moto Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] ntawasha:
Thanks armyranger I just downloaded lockbot pro and love it thanks man...
[Motorola Photon 4G] armyranger251:
Your welcome if you get a chance or care to check out widgetlocker also it has alot more options than lockbot

Sent from my Moto Photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] mybikeisblack:
Yeah my vote goes with widget locker
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Widgetlocker is good but I've been having problems with the stock lockscreen popping up from time to time while using it. Really annoying.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ntawasha:
I have had the same issue with lockbot now I just want aosp everything on my photon I had a nexus before and I miss it now!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadiq90:
Hi Guys

I want to know about the versions support Arabic Lang. (reading only, Not full system)

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadiq90:
No answers !!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denno020:
Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade my firmware through Kies, as I've just connected and it's alerted me that I am now able to upgrade to PDA:JVN / PHONE:JV1 / CSC:JV5(OPS). I am currently on PDA:JP5 / PHONE:JP3 / CSC:JP4(OPS), but when I click on the upgrade, it will pop up with a window that looks like it's downloading the firmware, but they disappears as quickly as it appeared, and my phone then needs to re-connect to kies...

This appears to be an infinite loop, without ever really getting anyway. My phone is rooted if that matters, and I don't think I have any lag fixes applied? I know I have applied lag fixes before, but I think I've since flashed with the stock 2.2 firmware, so there shouldn't be any lag fixes going on... :/..

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong or how I can better debug this problem?

Thanks in advance

Denno
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phil_man:
Using Kies, may be :D

If you have the 3 buttons combo, prefer Odin...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dfolt:
Kies is Satan Tool, its a big cup of ....

if u want do upgrade use just and only ODIN :)