yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] mtwow789:
I just sold touchpad.

Although I enjoyed of owning a tablet for the first time, touchpad had too many hiccups that annoyed the crap out of me. At least android OS shows force close message when stuff doesn't work. So you can quickly turnoff or reboot. Touchpad just hangs without indications of error and this drove me nuts. I found myself tapping the ok button 10 times before it would respond.

So I sold it with profit and bought iPad2. It's gonna come on Monday.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I don't need bluetooth, gps, or camera. And, I wont touch 6 gigs. Trust me.
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
well then, enjoy... would I have reason not to trust you?
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
I had an Iconia A100 and sent it back to Amazon. Battery life was only fair, 4-5 hrs for me. YMMV, but I'm happier with a SGT 7 (v1). Of course, I don't plan to play 1080p mkv files either!
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Damn you for bumping this and getting me to think there was an OTA. Lol...

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] jocala:
Oops :)

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[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Bastards!

(oops now I bumped it...lol)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Imma bump this. Lol
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No news on Sprint and no more source on Samsung.

It's quiet.......

a little too quiet!
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Its also Saturday lol. If Whosdakoreyman is right, then they are prepping for the release as we speak.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
And if he is wrong, he will just make ANOTHER guess and then say he was right? LOL
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
correct me if I'm wrong but I thought someone said there was no mention of an OTA in the most recent Sprint playbook
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
You're not wrong, and nobody should expect an update this weekend or into at least the first half of this coming week. November or later. And I won't be surprised if a new build # rdf shows up any day now, or a bunch of them.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I am not going to explain this again. His first "guess" was for 2.3. Which was right, because they finished working on it and moved to 2.3.3. Same thing for 2.3.3, now we've moved to 2.3.4, which is where we're at now. He's been giving us the Sprint deadlines for certain android versions, not certain release dates. And, he's been on cue with every single one so far, whether or not you care. I have told you this is multiple threads. Court is still out on this guess, but if he's wrong, strike 1.
[Epic 4G General] slybarman:
LOL.

10 char
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Wow Z....switch to decaf...LOL. The community pretty much assumed he was always talking about an OTA release which is why everyone jumped on me when I said at least 6 months from the European release in April. It's all good though.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
No no no lol he was talking about an OTA, but samsprint kept scrapping projects, they'd start on 2.3 finish(maybe we don't know mabe they quit LOL) and then they'd start over again with 2.3.3. And then 2.3.4, ect.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
so we gotta wait ANOTHER 6 months for OTA ?!?!?!?!
[Epic 4G General] mtwow789:
Arrgghhh

Why no gingerbread samsprint!!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No. Probably a week I hope.
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
;) LOL .... I was just goofing off .... LOL :)
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I know. The reply was more for the others that didnt. Next thing you know there would be rioting, cats and dogs sleeping together, a disaster of biblical proportions....lol
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
that isnt update correctly... on the nexus page it says its still on 2.3.5 or .4... and were on 2.3.7... and have been for like a month or more.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Oh snap...that's disappointing.
[Epic 4G General] un1ocked:
SPH-D700_GB_Opensource.zip removed for opensource server

is there anyone had download it?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Our Devs have it.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
This guy put up a mirror, while he could.

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] jdelano:
I LOL'd !!!!!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
That would suck if there is no one at Sprint updating their own site now. For Froyo it was updated the Sunday night before the OTA's started for EC05.
[Epic 4G General] Forever Justice:
Well hoping for last friday and saturday was like....over excited knowing it wasnt going to happen!!!

But if it does Monday will be it, but if it isnt 2.3.7 or greater....why are we waiting for?

We Have that already....nothing doesnt have glitches or work arounds samsung and other phones prove that everyday!!!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
The kernel source is helping. Still no EXT4 yet but GPS has full lock with it. Would like to see a new modem with full signal again so that is at least one thing the OTA would provide.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
EXT4 is on marcusant's rom if you need it.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
With the new kernel from the dropped source?
[Epic 4G General] :
Since devs have the GB source, where are the full GB roms? Are they in the process of being made or is OTA still needed
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
That is not the new kernel. That has EH17plus kernel. I am looking for the new kernel from source release with EXT4. GPS has full lock on that kernel.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
You still need OTA for full ROMs. But they can use the kernel source to bake in all their tweaks. It is not easy to sort through line after line of source code to find out what can be changed and what cannot. Plus the devs we have left have jobs, lives, etc. There is a kernel out which can be added to existing EH17 ROMs but is for rfs file system so you would need to convert from EXT4 first. So the addition of EXT4 to the kernel apparently takes some time too.
[Epic 4G General] bender beerman:
I just want an awesome aosp kernel that will give me ext4 and overclocking and voodoo sound on cyanogen, until then, I'll just stock with cm7 stock.
[Epic 4G General] nom303:
Plus one
[Epic 4G General] :
Thanks for explaining, I know devs have lives outside of here and what not. I was confused to the whole source & OTA situation.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No problem. Just know that deciphering code is very time consuming. Didn't want somebody to say "well they had it for a week" so have to cover the bases....lol. I am hoping to hear something soon about a Bonsai release.
[Epic 4G General] Paris6906:
like monday, 10/24?

---------- Post added at 04:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:56 AM ----------

When froyo came out i was on stock and used the samsung tool to update it. my question is how long after a gingerbread OTA does it take for a full ROM to be made? I am wondering if i should go back to stock for the update and then reroot and flash a ROM again.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I'd wait for a prerooted rom to come out. Or a prerooted kernel. There's always the chance that it has a root exploit fixed. Like the Kyocera Echo is unrootable on GB.
[Epic 4G General] Monkey Pox:
I would wait until some of the Devs got their hands on it and did their magic. I am sure a rooted version/deoxed will be up within a day of the release.
[Epic 4G General] bender beerman:
as was the evo for like 6 months after their debacle of a gingerbread release...

thankfully, we have odin :)
[Epic 4G General] myepicyear:
Honestly, Samsung has made too many build progressions with Gingerbread to just abandon it. It would be a waste of money at this point in my opinion. I'd respectfully listen to an opposing viewpoint if somebody has one. I always keep in mind that I could be wrong :-)

The point I was eventually getting to:

Who Cares??

Right? The 10-22 Kang of CyanogenMod7.1, with new Kernel built-in, compiled by Deca and his Amazing Co-geniuses, is already light-years beyond what we thought we'd possibly get in the way of AOSP. Once we get an official build, things will get even cooler..but until that time, the stability many people have been waiting for in a CM7 build is finally here, and even on RFS, it's blazing fast. All apps work for me, phone call issues are fixed,and all tweaks work with the exception of the built in CPU settings, however Tegrak Overclock has blessed our lives throughout our various trials with GB leaks from Samsung, and Im happy to say, it works even better on cm7. I suggest the paid version to tweak and gain control of the core and inner-voltage. Titanium-Backup "Pro" and Tegrak-Overclock "Ultimate" are the only two apps I have ever bought, and they are apps I use religiously; so the tiny money investment in such practical apps can really pay off in the long run, making your overall user-experience much more enjoyable ;-)

Can you tell Im loving CyanogenMod7 right now? It's written on my forehead...isn't it? :-o
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
As much as I love CM7 (run it exclusively on my Nook Color) without working 4g it's a no go on my Epic. And it may be a while based on dev threads until this gets resolved... having source would go a long way to get everything to work.
[Epic 4G General] bender beerman:
they already have source
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
We have Odin so no need to worry about that and also more than likely we can just flash clockwork and flash Su.zip.. I love Samsung
[Epic 4G General] bender beerman:
That could be why they haven't released an official ota yet, they're waiting to block the root exploit. Probably not, but its not impossible. We've seen it on gingerbread with more than one phone.
[Epic 4G General] edscholl:
well run businesses don't let sunk costs determine what they will or will not do.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Glad we have odin though to counteract anything like this.
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Exactly. The old rageagainstthecage exploit doesn't work on Gingerbread, but as long as we can odin our own recovery we can install gain su that way.
[Epic 4G General] bender beerman:
this was all hypothetical, anyway. i also believe carriers and manufacturers are moving away from that practice, and i highly doubt samsung would ever release an unrootable update for most any of their phones.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Wtf where is the gb? Anyone have any sources for leaked dates?
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
No new info. Our source is korey. And his source hasnt answered him in over a month. Iirc.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Oh No! They got Deep Throat!
[Epic 4G General] counterfeit187:
what does this have to do with linda lovelace?
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
I sent opensource and e-mail with a response from them, nothing new though.

Dear Customer,

>

> Thank you for your continuous interest in our product.

>

> When GB firmware of D700 is released to market, we will support opensource of it.

> Sorry but we cannot inform about the date.

>

> Thank you!

>

> Sincerely yours,

>

> You may find the source code

>

>

>

>

> Select URL below to evaluate satisfaction for our reply.

> https://opensource.samsung.com/sati...ilId=A215B691C576F455EFCEFF4270C1DF9A94F2AA22

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> Sender :(shinydude100@gmail.com)

> Date : 2011-10-25 08:09:34 (GMT+09:00)

>

> Dear Samsung,

>

> I, along many phone owners, have realized that the 2.3 Source code was posted on opensource.samsung.com, and then taken down.

>

> What I, and many other users would like to know is the following.

>

> 1. Will the Samsung Epic ever see Gingerbread.

> 2. Sprint has disallowed it's Flagship device from Samsung Updating the Epic through Samsung's KIES, does this mean it's now Sprint's fault that we have yet to see a finished version of Gingerbread? (Also since Sprint has slated that they'd be under maintenence for October)

> 3. I don't mean to ask ''whose fault is it, or for Samsung to point fingers, but your community all know this.

>

> Google has released Gingerbread source about close to a year ago, Samsung does their part in making that source work with their Hardware tailored to Sprint's Network, with Samsung's Touchwiz. Sprint then tops it off with their bloatware.

>

> I don't know if any of this falls under an NDA made between Samsung and Sprint, so I do apologize in advance, and don't mean to promote anything negative that would jeopardize the relattionship Samsung has with Sprint. If there is any, TINY hint you could reply to my e-mail in regards on where this all lies right now, and just for giggles, as well to shut any rumors once and for all, if ICS is a YES, or NO, to ever happen on the Epic. I, alongside XDA-Developers, All Android Media Sites, and even Sprint Tech Representatives would highly appreciate and thank you for it.

>

> Thank you for your time.
[Epic 4G General] lazydazed:
At least they said WHEN not IF...
[Epic 4G General] Race2Speed:
Exact cookie-cutter response I received from them. Hopefully the "WHEN" holds up and not "IF".
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
I can't view link in op for the last couple of hours. I've been checking a few times a day. Maybe they are making some changes...... :-)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Works fine for me. Still says EC05 though.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Ummmm weird I had to clear cookies and history for it to show up again.
[Epic 4G General] FeelMyMagic:
Activity in this thread stopped quick, fast, and in a hurry. I sure hope our Gingerbread update isn't a hoax. We are already a full release behind;I'd hate to be two.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Well considering it was 7 months ago we got Froyo, I think they are dolng the best they can. The posting and removing of the kernel source leads me to believe it is all in Sprint's hands and they don't give a crap. They just want to sell new phones and get new customers. A free upgrade which may fill up their tech support lines is very low on their priority list. As for being a release behind, until a lot of phones start getting ICS upgrades I would not even count that. We are not getting it anyway so it is no big deal. It is not that big of an improvement over Gingerbread so who really cares! By the time the SGS II start getting ICS it will be time for all of our upgrades anyway.
[Epic 4G General] jaaka78:
It seems to me that sprint would actually benefit financially from keeping phones up to date. Since they lose money every time we use a two year upgrade, then make it up through the 2 year commitment, you would think they would want the upgrades to be spaced out as much as possible. While you can't upgrade the hardware of a phone, keeping the software up to date potentially keeps old phones in the hands of customers longer, increasing profits. Am I wrong in thinking this?
[Epic 4G General] steveo314:
That makes sense. But does it make sense to Sprint????

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Yes. The majority of cellphone users are oblivious to what is on their phone and even how to use all the features. Most just make calls, text and check their email and Facebook. All easily done from Eclair even. Most users will upgrade their phone regardless of the latest software updates. And Sprint will never lose money on 2 year upgrades. First it guarantees monthly income and I believe they pay less for the phones the the $200 the phone usually sells for at release with contract. Upgrading software will not keep the majority of users on the same cell phone past their upgrades. They always want something new, bright and shiny after 2 years. Not to mention the abuse the phones take in that time.
[Epic 4G General] Stringyquark:
I would believe that they would want you to get a new phone even if they subsidize it. They get to write you in as long term income. Accountants love playing the numbers. Here's almost 2000 reasons they want you locked in. 80×24=1,920. Being a publicly traded company, they get to put all that as income, make there quarterly numbers look better, and keep the shareholders happy. subsidizing phones makes them money and when you don't do your contract renewal you can walk anytime, they can't put you on the books for all that extra money. Subsidizing phones is very profitable, that's why they (all major phone carriers) do it.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
The link is under maintenance they might be updating it for gb
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Lol I wish...doubt it though. All they'd have to do is edit the post.
[Epic 4G General] poit:
Doubt it. The entire community.sprint.com blog is down for maintenance.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
If its that specific post only, then there wouldn't be another reason besides a release lol

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
WHAT ?!?!?!? We finally getting GB ?!?!?!?!?
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
No one said that...
[Epic 4G General] lepapirriky:
Hold ur horses cowboy, that ain't true yet.
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
In my line of work, I see the invoices from the manufacturers to the US importers (carriers), and I guarantee that Kenny is 100% correct when he says that the carriers pay FAR below the $200 "reduced" price when they import the phones from the manufacturers. Even with Customs duty and freight figured in, they have a HUGE markup on the devices. So we should shed no tears for any carrier who gives us a "deal" by selling us a $150-$200 phone and gets us to commit to a $2000 contract. ( that's Minimum! My family plan contract will gross over 7K!)

Kenny is also correct that 90+ percent of users will take the phone out of the box, turn it on, and never think once about speed, operating systems, launchers, or anything past phone calls and Twitter. If more people cared about exploring and personalizing their devices, no one would give a flying rat's every time Apple released a new Nazi box.
[Epic 4G General] greezestain:
This is such a great sentence.
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
the whole sprint.com website is down, dont think its gb :(
[Epic 4G General] JeffATL:
User here claims Epic was replaced by Sprint with GB installed

(Sorry if this dup posted....using phone and got error)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
We'll, thats not what I expected. Nice find

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES Phone, running "two. two"
[Epic 4G General] xopher.hunter:
And the plot thickens
[Epic 4G General] steveo314:
And the site is still down???????

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] elrey75:
Site back up, no gingerbread update.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Bastards!
[Epic 4G General] dbpaddler:
guy hasn't responded since that post and there are no pics. People are so desperate for official GB they just buy it sight unseen.
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
:( Bummer :(
[Epic 4G General] poit:
According to his profile he hasn't been online since his post about getting Gingerbread. Apparently he has a life.
[Epic 4G General] JeffATL:
Hey...I have no idea whether or not this guys "claim" is legit..... hence my use of the phrase "user claims"

I just referenced the post.... I'm sort of 50/50 whether or not I believe it...
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Its the 2nd phone in a one week period claiming to have a repaired/replaced epic with gb on it.

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES Phone, running "two. two"
[Epic 4G General] styles420:
The second could go either way - it might mean it's true, or just that we have a copycat trying to stir the pot again (whether the first one is real or not). It's really fairly inconclusive until we have more reports and better proof. Not that I'm not hopeful, I just try not to get too much so in case of a letdown - balance is key ;)
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Vertigo lol

Sent from my Samsung Legendary 4G, a Universe UTES Phone, running "two. two"
[Epic 4G General] mtwow789:
I also would not trust anybody saying they got EI22 until they upload a video showing every step from booting to "about" page.

Like many people said, photo can be easily spoofed.

So until they provide a solid evidence, all of them are troll to me.
[Epic 4G General] caileb:
Yeah, its stupid that we don't have an official port of GB yet.

But I'm even more stupid for always coming back to this thread and checking the link in the OP =/
[Epic 4G General] ivcesar:
Well I for one just got a replacement phone about 10 mins ago, and it didn't have EI22 nor did my gf epic that she got on Friday. Which lead to belive this is just a myth like bigfoot
[Epic 4G General] steviee7:
Hey. Big foot is real.
[Epic 4G General] xboxfanj:
So is the lochness monster
[Epic 4G General] elrey75:
Possible Nessie/Bigfoot sighting here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337043
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
LOL ... I was just gonna link that :)
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Neither area has been updated yet....and the wait is on. Who will be in the 3% tomorrow to get the first OTA? Who will stop it and get us the dump of the update.zip? Who keeps asking all these questions?
[Epic 4G General] :
How to dump an OTA update?
[Epic 4G General] counterfeit187:
Someone should really post a detailed new thread about that with a big BOLD title to increase the likelihood of it happening... I dunno how.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I know you accept the download but don't let it install. And then the file sits on your sd card and that is the file that is needed.
[Epic 4G General] orlzzt:
There is a post for it now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338609
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Man, I just tried using "update firmware" in the settings and it errored for the first time for me EVER. Not only that but after the error it soft rebooted and I had not data until I rebooted manually wtf...

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Don't do that then...LOL. Everywhere I have read said that will not get you the OTA until after you have been notified by the Google server that you are in the queue. Accessing the market is your best bet to get notified.
[Epic 4G General] sethlo:
Its up on first link!
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Holy CRAP! I just checked it 5 minutes before you and it wasn't up yet!!!!

It's twue! It's twue!
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Lol now I know haha

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
I was messing with this earlier this morning. I'm not able to update the Profile/PRL anymore either. Just gives me an error.

Same with "Update Firmware"
[Epic 4G General] jworkcoo:
Sooo Who will be the first one to get it here???? The suspense is killing me!!!! Lol. I'm looking forward to some polished CM7 and MIUI Roms....Lets go!!!
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
On the maintenance release thread on the sprint community, it said "prl and profile updates" so we'll have to see if that's the reason why.

Sent from my Samsung Legen-wait for it-dary! 4g
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
I saw that too. I bet that's why. The last time I had this problem, the only way I fixed it was to replace the phone altogether.
[Epic 4G General] bit1:
Hey everyone!!! I just put my phone back to stock EC05 fully using the semi brick thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1052813 I logged into Marketplace, downloaded a free app and then went to Update Android and it just started downloading EI22!!! Not sure if we can all get it to happen but it happened pretty quickly for me
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
Assuming you are telling the truth and not trolling, it would be nice if you extracted the zip and shared with everyone here.

Here is the thread with instructions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338609
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
This^ That would be pretty cool of you if you hooked it up.
[Epic 4G General] bit1:
I can't seem to find the file. Using Astro File manager i went to SD but there's no cache folder. I'll look more
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
look in the root directory of the SD card too, as I thought I read it is sometimes there as well.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
My mom is on stock, going to have her try to get an app.
[Epic 4G General] bit1:
I''ve looked. It says it's ready to upgrade it says but I can't find it in the sdcard or root. i searched for zip. oh stupid! it's probably a tar right? let me check again. it's asking me to reboot to install but I don't want that right?
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
It should be named update.zip?
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
Yes. 10char
[Epic 4G General] darrinbc:
Maybe it hasn't fully finished downloading yet?
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
It's asking him to reboot. That means the download is finished.