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[T-Mobile LG G2x] mackster248:
Just wait till the next big waves of phones come. Probably around Feb or so. Wait for the next generation S4 processors and Exynos.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
None of the current phones which don't have ICS installed when you buy one. I also think you should wait until the next "crop" of phones which will have ICS and quad-core processors, more memory, better screens, etc. Also, check out the Android update history of the company, LG is horrible.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] fabricatedhero:
I agree with core. Wait till phones have ICS installed and new quad core processors. ICS is the software that will really make dual or quad cores shine due to its capability of multi-threading. Till then just make due. As far as i have seen android usually has a habit of making decent software upgrades every other official release its seems. Like we had donut then éclair but wasn't till froyo came out android was actually looking good. IMHO
[T-Mobile LG G2x] maoyoushisi:
I think you should get the GS II HD LET though
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Intel_x:
What are you guys talking about the nexus is out and it has pics 4.0 I jut got one today it came out today
[T-Mobile LG G2x] 95Z28:
I'd say wait for next Gen of phones also. You ask me there's nothing very impressive about this huge galaxy nexus they try to pass off as a phone. If it didn't come out with ics and the nexus name no one would even care. And since a multitude of phones will be upgraded to ics its really not the big deal its hyped up to be.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] vmartinez39:
Ditto on the bandwagon to wait for the next generation. After all the releases the g2x can hold its own. Don't really need a new phone until the following :

1. ICS ROM from CM9 team and manufacturer

2. Easy to root/ develop on

3. Multicore processing

I am very patient. Hell, I bought this g2x on impulse without knowing about xda forum. Never again I paid retail for my phone. Just works out waiting how xda develops a new phone. Better that way. I am very disappointed with amaze 4g and sgs2 from xda forum perspective.

I am a big fan of cm7 and prefer a phone that can run that over stock ROM.

Still, better of waiting. By then prices plunge and you can get great phone at a bargain.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] psychoace:
Considering op is talking about an upgrade option being available with tmobile, I'm sure he is only looking at subsidized plans. The nexus is not subbed so it will cost him 700 up front. So if your talking about saving subsidized phone you might see much of an upgrade when switching to any of the high end phones being offered right now. You will get extra ram a better screen and better battery but performance will be about on par with your g2x. I would say wait. I don't believe there will be any quad core phones in the next six months but the longer you wait the better the chance your phone might get an official update to jellybean and its possible a quad might appear. It might be buggy cause it's first gen but it's something I guess
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spitfire:
Supposedly quad core could be out as early as April, might be worth the wait.

I hope there's another G2X'ish phone that is powerful as hell but loses value quick so I can pick it up late in the year for cheap. Watched this G2X of mine lose half its value in 8 months and don't want that to happen again :D
[T-Mobile LG G2x] psychoace:
Yeah but where is it going to be released to is the question. Samsung phones are usually released 6 months in advanced internationally. Most updated roms are released internationally before it hits these shores. I doubt we will get the first quad core.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] truviet911:
What? It is already out. Damn
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mysterioustko:
OP, there is nothing out on T-mobile that's worth using an upgrade on right now. Your best bet is to just wait for the either the Galaxy Nexus to launch on TMobile or wait for the quad core phones (I would not recommend buying a tegra 3 powered phone either). But no need to waste an upgrade right now.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] idtheftvictim:
What phone is this?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] idtheftvictim:
I think that this is some good advise...even though im bored with the g2x...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
I agree with mysterioustko, don't waste lots of money losing money on your G2X and buying something now because you're disatisfied with what you have. Wait until ICS is available for the G2X and evaluate the phone's desirability again. If you're still disatisfied, wait until the new crop of phones are selling with ICS and research the manufacturer's update history and never buy an NVIDIA (Tegra) chipped phone, get one which has chips that have totally open sourced technical information for drivers, etc., such as the Texas Instrument chips in the new Google Nexus phone. When the new crop of phones are first sold, wait a few months until the hype abates and real user and developer experiences/evaluations are available and read them thoroughly. As well, research what independent developers are supporting with alternative kernels and ROMs.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] clninja:
I upgraded to the gs2 from the g2x and couldn't be happier.

Very fast and snappy.... faster stock than my cm7 overclocked g2x was...it has a 1.5 processor stock...g2x was max overclocked at 1.5

Huge screen that is very easy to type on

It has already seen an update just a month after being out...we just got an update to 2.3.6 with free wifi calling that doesn't count against your minutes

Its the first phone to be activated to use dual core gps !!!! Best gps on ANY phone out. uses GPS *AND* GLONASS satellites to equal 51 satellites instead of 27

Dual Core GPS explained

once again the tmobile gs2 is the FIRST AND ONLY phone right now to have this feature activated. Its only possible for snapdragon s3 processor phones

It has full cm7 and cm9 support...slayher and cyanogen himself are using the tmo gs2

Faux and whitehawx ( if you are a g2x user then you know these people) are developing roms and kernels for the g2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Newer phones almost always have updated/upgraded features/capabilities but beware of phone fever which is what the first buyers of the G2X suffered from because that was the first dual-core phone on the market and we all know what happened to it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] monte666:
Amen brother I got my g2x in April now their pretty much free wait is my suggestions
[T-Mobile LG G2x] clninja:
whatever you do... dont buy another NVIDIA device.... tegra 3.. whatever.. dont do it.

wait for the Snapdragon S4 quad core if you want quad core... dont be stuck in the same mess as the g2x was with the lack of drivers etc. ..

everyone in the rooting/custom phone crowd needs to boycott NVIDIA untill they are willing to play nicely with open source
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
A boycott by "the rooting/custom phone crowd" wouldn't be effective. A consumer boycott of anything NVIDIA and/or Google denying Android to anything which uses NVIDIA is necessary to apply enough pressure to force NVIDIA to play nice.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mackster248:
Just get what fits your needs the best, and also what fits your price range. Most people always say to wait till something new, since it's just on the horizon. But if you do that then that's what you'll always do, there's always something newer and better every 3 months or so.

Also, do you really need a quad core beast phone? Just get what fits your needs. If all you use it for is the general social network apps, browser, text, casual gaming, and etc. then pretty much any 1ghz and up phone can do that fine. Plus many of what we call "old" phones are still very much capable of doing 99% of what the newer and nicer phones do today. A G2x , MT4G, G2 and so on are cheap nowadays and maybe that might be your choice.

Anyways, good luck.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] d12unk13astard:
+1

Great advice
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tuan209:
I would get a Galaxy Nexus.

Sure, it would be nice to get a quadcore phone, but how much of a leap forward would it be from a dualcore? I'll take a guess and say not much.

I went from an N1 to the G2x and the difference is not drastic.

The biggest difference between most android phone vs a Nexus is developers support. As great as my G2x is, there are hardly any custom ROMs available for it like a Nexus phone.

Ill take a plethora of custom ROMs and developer support over a slight increase performance.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Core Memory:
Waiting until the next crop of upgraded technology phones arrives gives some advantages such as seeing where the technology is heading, which companies are going there, which companies support their previous generation phones, comparison between new generation and the most recently previous generation of phones, knowledge independent developer support of new generation phones and continuing committment to previously existing phones (the G2X is losing support by the day), being able to buy phones such as the G2X (which I own and have lost a bundle on its monetary value but I am still liable for its cost to me of over $500 if I prematurely stop service with my current service provider), etc., at substantially discounted prices. Regardless of whatever a person decides, no one should buy any phone which has anything made by NVIDIA in it, only buy a phone which has chips for which the manufacturer supplies complete open source information for such as Texas Instruments http://www.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu...DCMP=D_WTBU_WTBU_WTBU&CMP=KNC-GoogleTI&247SEM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Docavelli:
I agree, get the phone that fits your needs first and foremost. Then the biggest thing for me is future proof. You will want a phone with good carrier/mfg support or one that has good dev support. I messed up with the G2X. Its a good phone but while a lot of devs jumped on, a lot jumped off just as fast. And LG and NVIDIA, as you know, have been less than stellar with support

Hopefully the GN will come to Tmo. A nexus phone is the surest bet for development.

XDA Mobile
[HTC Amaze 4G] lgtsanev:
I tried to restore my phone back to 1.36.531.6 and redo the entire process to check something, but nothing seems to work. If I try any of the RUUs (either 531.5 or 531.6) I get "Main version is older". The longer method with the separate stock recovery also doesn't work anymore. Any ideas how to downgrade the stock rom?
[HTC Amaze 4G] HuskyHamburger:
I'm assuming you're not rooted?
[HTC Amaze 4G] lgtsanev:
nope, im rooted, just wanted to see whether i can use any of the downgrade methods and do it again. as i mentioned at the OP, they dont work on my phone, so im waiting for someone to confirm and hopefuly a solution will soon be found.
[HTC Amaze 4G] slidert:
do u have the new stock rom install on your phone?

if so, i think u can install new RUU only after using a custom rom...
[HTC Amaze 4G] lgtsanev:
Before the update, I was able to flash the 531.6 RUU without problem, now I can't. Also, I got a confirmation from another guy who gets the same "main version" message (he also flashed the OTA)... I was thinking that perhaps I should flash another ROM+kernel, and then try to do the downgrade... Im doing this right now with QuickSense, and will share what happened...

P.s. Of course, as a noob just now I realized this wont do any good, since theyve upgraded hboot... :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
You guys need to edit the text in the android-info.txt file.

It's because the hboot needs to verify the current file. For example in this new file that you just downloaded it has:

modelid: PH8511000

cidnum: T-MOB010

mainver: 1.43.531.3

hbootpreupdate:0

DelCache:1

The previous version that you tried earlier:

modelid: PH8511000

cidnum: T-MOB010

mainver: 1.36.531.5

hbootpreupdate:0

DelCache:1

See the difference? So all I did was modified the 1.36.531.5 with 1.43.531.3 and replaced the android-info.txt file in the zip file and it worked.

I'm not sure why HTC does this or even if there is a way around it but so far we have three versions for the US PH85IMG.zip files.

1.43.531.3 (newest)

1.36.531.6 (kinda new)

1.36.531.5 (shipped)

Other carriers such as Wind may have a different version so it's kinda difficult to make a universal PH85IMG.zip file. I'm curious if we could just use something as simple as:

modelid: PH8511000

cidnum: T-MOB010

hbootpreupdate:0

DelCache:1

or

modelid: PH8511000

cidnum: T-MOB010

mainver: *

hbootpreupdate:0

DelCache:1

Anyone is welcome to try if you like. ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] lgtsanev:
So 1.36.531.5 and 6 work with the new hboot? That would be an ingenious solution!
[HTC Amaze 4G] xboarder56:
wont work man sorry
[HTC Amaze 4G] 240dr:
I am having the same problem.

How to downgrade the device to be!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmaniac:
My girlfriend recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V). I enjoy all the features I get from rooting, etc on my G2. I saw the Gingerbread update from T-Mobile and have installed it for her. I wanted her to be able to have root, remove bloatware and have the lagfix (voodoo, assuming it is still needed) working. As I was getting ready to find her a good ROM this CM 911 dustup happened. It's ok if she keeps the Samsung ROM, my question is where is this 911 "feature" stored? In other words, what can be done to her phone without destroying emergancy calling? I am pretty sure just rooting it is fine. Removing bloatware after rooting should be good also. I believe the lagfix replaces the kernel. If the kernel gets replaced will that break 911 calls? Is anyone working on a stock GB ROM (as officially released Nov 15) that would have root, removed bloat, and anything else safe that keeps 911 working? I would be glad to wipe the phone, root, remove bloat, (lagfix?) myself and post. I just do not know what is safe to play with. Is this just a radio issue, library issue or kernel issue? Any information would be appriciated. I would like to make her android experiance a good one that still allows her to call 911. I have searched the forums and the web but can't seem to nail down a good answer of what can be changed and what must be left alone to allow 911 to work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kawika:
911 operators are drunks anyways... here's some proof, provided from a random Google search.

[YOUTUBE]9BggX0go6JU[/YOUTUBE]
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] younix258:
This is the vibrant forum,sgh-t959 not t959v... very different..

From my understanding, cm7 is the only one with the 911 problem (and any rom coming from cm7)

. Stick to samsung roms and your good. Also the 911 thing isnt the end of the world.. you call them, they cant hear you.. hang up and theyll call you back

Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmaniac:
Ah, since the download for the updater said "Vibrant" (offical from Samsung) and the model number is so close I assumed they were mostly the same. I see now there is a S 4G forum. Sorry for the mix up. I would assume this phone could have the same issues if CM was ported. Currently it is listed as not supported. I'll move to the right forum and dig some more. Sorry for the waste of space. If anyone knows if these are affected by the 911 issue feel free to chime in. Or if a moderator wants to move this to the othe forum feel free.

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] younix258:
Lol the waste of space is no big deal and your right, id forgotten that they call yours the vibrant 4g. But still the two phones are very different hardwarewise, idk why.

Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minimalist83:
hi guys, do T959 and t959V have different operating system? Can I use vibrant's rom for t959v 4g ?

thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mostdef:
You cant use vibrant rom. Both phone have different hardware. BTW you know the T959v 4g have Official Gingerbread.
[General Questions and Answers] paulie2907:
Hello,

I apologize in advance for the translation, I have a problem with my Sonny Ericson Xperia X8. Phone calls to me alone after 10-15 seconds will automatically terminate. SMS messages do not want to send, sometimes it goes for about 6 attempts. But even after the phone to original settings using Sonny Ericsson PC Companion, the phone will behave similarly. When the phone re-install the new ROM, if everything works right after leaving the CWM take out the memory card. When she put me immediately it begins to terminate calls. After taking out the memory card will not change even after rebooting the phone and even after WIPE. Probably the error somewhere else than in the SOFTWARE phone, I have to record a new KERNEL prove them and so I would not recognize the claim.

You do not have a compatible KERNEL someone please?

If so can you please upload somewhere? (including the loader please)

Thank you in advance thank you.
[LG Nitro HD] RevShogun:
Hi Chris,

do you like ponies? :D

I hope you have a great day.

byeee!
[LG Nitro HD] oxiubx:
hope you will do your job well :o
[LG Nitro HD] Trần Anh VN:
You're new mod ,I'm new mem :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] arberthebarber:
Hey guys,

Theres a Android 4.0.1 official from Samsung released for the i9100: http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/14/exclsuive-android-4-0-1-by-samsung-for-sgs2-custom/ . Wow it looks like they made Ice Cream Sandwich look like dog **** so do you guys think we can expect the same for our skyrocket and how long would it take!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Camaro1LE:
+1 can't wait

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] orlandoxpolice:
that has major issues from what i hear. it will still be a while...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
Do you know how many dev work on international sgs2? They have dev thread full of devs from all over the world. I can guess about 20 devs or more and they have tons of roms and kernels. We have bunch of devs too but idk who will bring it on skyrocket. I am not talking about official ics :rolleyes:either.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
They got a leak. What can we expect you asked? No one knows it may or.may not get leaked. Depends on if anyone has a friend inside.. which i dont believe anyone on ou..r forum does so dont expect a leak if it happens great but just because the gs2 did does not mean anything for us. Ours is a completly different phone..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MakAttak:
+1 Amen... Cant wait for ICS for S/R, will keep an eye out for CM9-stable in the meantime.. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
Knowing AT&T, they'll want to keep their latest and greatest phone with the greatest network up to date with the greatest software, so they probably have an alpha build of ICS for our phone, just no leak.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] LordGeek:
Hate to burst people's hopes, I saw posted somewhere in Twitter that someone had leaked a document showing the unverified release dates for various phones to get ICS.. however, the Samsung Galaxy S II series phones will NOT be seeing anything on ICS until approximately April 2012.

Now I know our phones are part of the SGS2 series, but don't know if it's included in that approximate release date !!

EDIT: Found the link - http://www.talkandroid.com/78981-oo...-for-htc-samsung-and-lg-devices/#.TupXle5Z62I
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] vbhines:
lolz

If I interpret your sarcasm correctly, I read "Get real - they're just as likely to say 'What's a Skyrocket? Are you sure you don't mean this conceptually identical phone called the Skyrocket 2 that's currently on sale on-contract (for you, sucker!) that comes pre-loaded with ICS?'"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Thegrimreaper3:
Don't you mean skyrocket HD with 720p display? Ob wait that's already been announced =(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Frogacuda:
Lmao, yeah, I'm sure AT&T really cares about updates. That's why they haven't even bothered to push out the already completed Infuse Gingerbread update, even though that's one of their most popular phones.

I guarantee you this: The international Galaxy S II LTE and/or the T989 will get their release first, and we'll all be flashing ROMs based on that long before AT&T gets around to doing an update.

Yeah, this is actually a possibility. The Skyrocket HD might come with ICS, in which case we'll have it too around the same time.

Luckily there are a LOT of popular variants of our hardware that feature largely identical internals, so I'm not too worried about us having to wait TOO long.

That's the main reason I didn't get the Captivate Glide, even though I love landscape keyboards. The Tegra internals and Samsung's lack of firm commitment on updates were enough to scare me away.

I need to know I'm going to have ICS, and the Skyrocket, Vivid, and Galaxy S II were really the only sure things for ICS on AT&T.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] planoman:
Seriously...they could not even complete the first update after they rolled it out and then pulled it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
They pulled it because of a deep with the ROM, that Samsung never noticed.

There's no reason to push a GB update now that Samsung has the nessesary things for ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] a_rocklobster:
I hate how it has to look just cause its Samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] quikt:
I was under the impression we can install s2 roms but need to use a skyrocket kernel. Is this correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
not even close.

you can install TMOBILE GS2 roms with skyrocket kernel, but not any other GS2 roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RiPpeR_dUdE:
Why does everyone try and speculate? Patience people.... Nothing is different from the original statement from Samsung and it doesn't change anything trying to interperate things differently than what they are. And NO, the Galaxy S2 is not categorized the same at the Skyrocket.

Samsung

Official statements:

Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for GALAXY devices. The platform update for GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.

The ICS-upgradable devices are the GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus.

For upgradable models, Samsung will make separate announcements on details of OS updates schedule for each market according to market situation and carriers' requirements. [December 20, 2011]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] skrambled:
Search this forum for "hard brick" and you'll find a ton of people who borked their phones trying to flash OG S2 roms on the skyrocket.

Don't do it!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Frogacuda:
We can use T-Mobile Galaxy S II (SGH-T989) roms, but NOT international GS2 or AT&T GS2 roms. VERY important distinction.

Our phone is the Galaxy S II LTE internationally. It's totally different hardware from the main GS2. T-Mobile's thing isn't LTE but uses the same hardware as ours for related reasons (needing a different modem than the one in the Exynos).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] SKyRocKeting727:
I think the Touchwiz will kill it. Pure 4.0 Vanilla is the best!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Frogacuda:
I've seen the TouchWizzed version of ICS, and it's gross. They made it look just like the Gingerbread version. But it matters not, what's important is that we get the drivers and sources we need from that version.

I'm pretty sure AOSP or CM9 will be my long term daily driver once they're in solid shape.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] R4INS:
I really hope CM9 is made for this phone. If not someone will cook up their own build. I hope samsung gets their butt in gear and gets the international or att version out soon.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] imitenotbecrazy:
Youve seen a leaked ICS version with touchwiz 4.0 on it, that was designed for GB. Samsung has said there will be a new touchwiz for ICS. Probably not as nice as vanilla ICS but it surely wont look like GB build