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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexriio:
Well ima trade my htc mytouch 4g for a nexus s tmobile.. I just wanna know if theres still alot of devs and not be a dead phone.cause mytouch 4g is kinda dying in development,and the nexus s screen is 4.0 right? Does it get 4g too?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
The Nexus S is still getting active development from the devs with ICS roms. Are you on Sprint? Is so, you need a Nexus S 4G.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
dead phone? no. have you checked out the nexus s dev section here? its probably in the top three most active phones for development.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oogway13:
Yes, it's a 4" screen. Development section is awesome! Sooo many choices!!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexriio:
No im on tmobile and i really just wanted to know if it gets 4g, the nexus s.but know i know its only 3g.but is it fast.is there any build prop tweaks or roms that make the 3g as fast as 4g.or something like that?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljordan2:
3G as fast as 4G? Dude that's crazy:D Why would people use phones with 4G if 3G can become fast as 4G.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mixtapes08:
Make sense ;)

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xboxfanj:
Its got great development. Miui, cm9, cm7, sense, blur, touchwiz ics, xperia
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] autom8r:
Hey hey,

I know T989D guys are anxious for some ICS news. I called in today to Samsung Canada for some news about the 100% battery bug (where the battery status will stay 100% until you reboot). Anyway, the gentleman on the phone acknowledged the bug and said unfortunately it would not be remedied until firmware version 4.0 was released. He also mentioned that 4.0 was definitely in the works for the T989D, however, he could not confirm the timing, "whether two weeks or two months, I just can't say".

So, there you have it. I confirmed with him again that indeed ICS was on it's way, he acknowledged it was and he definitely knew what he was talking about.

Cheers!

PS: If you're a T989D owner please post your ROM/Kernel experiences and please recommend your top ROM. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] curry67:
Right now im running darksides ROM with included kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473077 it adds many options and cool boot screens I cant say ive ever had a crash... Gonna use it till ics comes out
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tazb:
Awesome! Thanks for the update! Hopefully they send it to Telus soon.

Sent from my SGH-T989D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
telus announced it will have ics last year...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] G1_enthusiast:
it comes out in 2 years when...burger french fries sandwich is made for other phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leoduncan83:
Dec 31 2012
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nyamd20:
We would be dead by then lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] leoduncan83:
If I have to wait that long I won't have this phone by then

From ya mums house
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rekzer:
If its not out by the next big thing, either SGSIII international, Some new google phone, or an Asus quad core(cause i think asus doesnt mess around when it comes to software updates), then id be upgrading.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
Asus is a better choice than Google. Google has totally botched our updates and can't seem to get the bugs fixed. Nexus S updates? Hold. Galaxy Nexus updates? Hold.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] autom8r:
I'm pretty satisfied myself with the speed of the phone with gingerbread, holding outs boot longer ain't so bad with such a powerful SoC. This thing bows away my tegra 2 with ice cream sandwich in many ways.

Any other ROM suggestions? Thanks for that one, trying it now! :-)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] starskyrob:
could always try foxstar ;]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funeralthirst:
a call center rep said it will happen, so it will...

i see this ending well... (looks back at similar vibrant threads)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] madizmo:
when i bought my t989d from telus in november it said on the website Android 4.0 - available in 2012. This was one reason i bought the phone knowing that it will get it eventually. I do hope it comes damn soon though cause if the gsIII comes out and we still dont have it i will upgrade for sure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
If the T989D gets it, we get it! That's the awesomeness of having a closely related phone to Canadian carriers that care more about updates. The T959D (I believe D) got Gingerbread and we got nothing. Only difference was the antenna bands.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
I'm not excited about ics at all, look at the international version of ics.. it looks exactly like gb.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kriEv:
Who cares, once it drops, we just need to wait a bit and we will get CM9. Bell has the international version and they said in December they would get ICS in April. Looks promising for their date since the other 9100s got the update this week. So if the international version gets it April in Canada, i would expect May to be a good release date for the variants.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Android_Guy:
Agreed. I have a Sensation with ICS port and the only thing that really improved was battery life. A few tweaks here and there...really isnt a big deal and other than better battery management, I dont see what all the fuss is about...the facial unlock that works 15% of the time maybe?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Raistline:
The fuss is many fold. Better application management. Better Task manager. First Android OS that I had not had to run a Task Killer on to be stable (on Vibrant). Slicker, smoother faster UI. Better Memory management and of course as noted better battery life because of all of the above. Finally, it's System settings screen has a better and more functional layout.

The face unlock is mostly gimmick but nice nonetheless. I will use it once I get it.

Another really big thing is the ICS stock unlock is so far the best I have used.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
once the official ICS drop for our phones, the first thing any Dev would do is rip off TW and replace it with something else more AOSP like

personally i've never used any stock launcher

the first thing i do all the time is freeze TW or stock launcher, and replace them with Go Launcher EX

the important stuff of ICS is not the looks of it, but rather the raw power by the 3.x Linux Kernel it uses, and the real usage of SMP

all the top layer stuff can be changed or replaced by something else
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] autom8r:
Look, I know how it appears.This was not your average call and ask about ICS.. I never once asked, he offered up information and he obviously knew what he was talking about. If you have nothing to add.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] autom8r:
Do people understand your can simply freeze TWLauncher and use whatever launcher you want?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rekzer:
Im starting to feel that way, which is sad. Im holding out until Win8 tablets i think to. The cool thing about the Asus Padphone, was it could dock inside of a tablet, then that tablet could attach to a keyboard. That was incredibly cool to me.

But Android is becoming a badly fragmented platform, and WP seems like itll trump android in the near future. A windows 8 tablet will be running a full OS to, not a mobile OS thats more limited.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PikkonX:
Biggest confirmation that our ICS is in the works is that even though Samsung never mentions our phone specifically, they have stated many times that it's coming soon for the international Galaxy S II LTE. That one shares the same exact chipset in our phone. The ROM from that should work right off the bat.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bile:
A T-Mobile engineer tech told me today that they expect ICS for the T989 in the next month or two. Just blurted it out when I mentioned that some people are having data connection issues with their phones. Even asked for the thread titles.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterhp:
All such and such says ICS "coming soon" merged

I watched a video of the international gs2 i've and i'm not really excited anymore. It looks really average, and i'm disappointed that it's not original ics look.

When we get ics will developers be able to make it look like the nexus ics?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HRodMusic:
yes to your answer, its a big deal ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Youre basing this on the GUI? :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] wondercoolguy:
I fully expected his post to end with something to the effect of going to the iphone .....

I have ICS on my HP Touchpad and I love it. The multitasking has been done in a way that makes a "taskkillers" obsolete. I can't wait for ICS on my phone in the form of CM9.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rekzer:
I find it hilarious that devices like the touchpad got it before us.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] djxcee:
If you care about the look why not just flash a ICS theme?

It's primarily the usability aspect of ICS that makes it so great. '

Also don't forget the new features (Face Lock, Live Camera Effects, Built-in Data Usage and etc).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zander21510:
having used ICS on my old Nexus S (CM9 alphas), I can say that ICS is eons ahead of gingerbread in every way. Notifications, app management, customization, all the new little features and options, it really is a nicely refined and awesome OS. If google hadn't taken a **** with it as far as pushing updates I think once you really got to using it you would never look back.

I have my juggs fully ICS themed...while close it just isn't the same as real ICS...flashed everlov briefly to see how it was...and boy was it snappy and wonderful.

I'm anxiously waiting (as I'm sure everyone else is) when the ICS update is released in a few years....i feel like I'm in the dark ages when Gingerbread and TW rear their ugly UI's on my phone after a re-flash...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JaZart:
ICS thread of the day: check.

Seriously can we not talk about ics every day? Whether it be good or bad.

C'mon now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unlvmike:
Such an ignorant thread. We don't want ICS because it looks a certain way, we want it for its features and functionality. :confused:

There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
I agree with you 100% samsung didn't bother to upgrade touchwiz but the whole point of ICS it adds hardware acceleration and other stuff under the hood. but Yeah theres no ICS eye candy on the GSII ICS update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Hoezack:
By the time ics comes out for the t989 or a stable ics custom rom, I will already have the gs3 with a custom rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] icepally:
Should have a sticky made for all ics content announcements

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DesignGrits:
Vanilla ics OS where it's at. Screw TW.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bikrame:
Samsung place its out dated TW again on ICS on Galaxy s 2 !!

We can set up other launcher look like ICS. I bet my adw launcer is same like ICS homescreen now. :)

But I am still waiting for ICS though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DesignGrits:
So far I have yet to see any launcher that looks like ICS, all that looks the same is the home screen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Agera:
Sad but true on that front... for the moment it look like its heading that way... As long as i can gte ics through kies as i live in australia with this phone then im not fussed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
I think the op means ics from samsung isn't a big deal, because it looks like crap.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
I really hope the galaxy s3 will use the same processor in all their phones so we can interchange roms with the international ones
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
And yet again Touchwiz is deffinately removable lmfao

And I read sumwhere (try 2 find link l8r omw 2 work atm) that when google updated their license their said sumthin 2 the effect Providers/manufacturers weren't allowed 2 bloat their rom wit their crap on ICS, and they split up sum permissioons, we'll probably see it launch with a second launcher, n last I checked, touchCRAP, was updated since GB? How can u comment and put a review on a rom that's not even released yet? Alls i want it 4 is well, obviously all the improvements, I plan on replacin TW wit the tablet GUI from another forum lmao it just looks so sexy ;)

On top of that, how can u base an opinion on a style or look? Its probably the easiest thing to correct? Only personal issie with ICS on my end, the blues to light, gonna make it darker lol

And agreed wit buddy sayin STFU about ICS, lol every day i come on here theres at least 2-3 new post/Topics about it lol itl b released when its done, when its done, then complain all u want lmao

I laughed when i seen a petition for it thats just sad really.. did the OP really expect that to make em jump on it and release it? Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
One the touchpad has been worked on way longer than our galaxy s2. It has been a year since the touchpad has been released. The next problem is that devices that use ti omap/exynos and humming bird have open source software and hardware. Meaning that developers have a way easier time to build drivers since they have access to hardware data sheets. They have a better understanding of how

Qualcomm keeps there hardware locked down no information is given to general public. This makes. It difficult to see what a processor is truly capable of. To put it simply you can have the best hardware around but if you lock information away it will always be severely limited.

Nvidia has certain gpu plugin configurations which are lock down dramatically. I mean its almost a joke. This is especially why hardware data sheets are needed. Because nvidia decided they want to be close off their gpu configuration it takes longer to get updates for a new os since ics use certain specifications for the gpu.

Manufacturers like htc, samsung, etc have to get the information they need from Qualcomm or Nvidia. That also means it takes longer to get updates. Because these companies have to wait on them. Then they have to make a build according to their configuration. When they are releasing in the U.S start making sure carrier network configurations work. Also that bloatware works. Then you need testing period within the carrier.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] notown775:
I used to have a sensation. and you wanna talk about bloat. sense is ablot monster. but the devs were great at removing the sense and making a pseudo ics. I'm surprised the s2 T-Mobile doesn't have a huge dev team working on leaks and making ports. thats the only thing o miss about the sensation 4g.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
Differant processor then the sensation we qualcomm don't have leaks. For now patience is a virtue. I myself cannot wait for it. It is a huuugggeeeeee deal to me At least

sent from my modded white beast.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
Holy crap..

Ok lets get one thing straight, ur comparin HTC to samsung, and wit 2 COMPLETELY different devices?

What leaks? And to port to another deviceu need drivers/LIBs from that device for that build, which aint leaked yet, if u have them, please by all means upload em leak em for us so we CAN start porting. Till then this topic remains pointless and more or less housing questions/comnts that have been acknowledged 1000x already. The part that suprises me is simply the non-devs rather dl the work rather then find out what goes into it, then have the audacity to post comments/topics regarding y something isn't working or y the devs haven't accomplished something. Never ceases to amaze me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Rod3:
Though it is a different model, the Sensation also uses a qualcomm chip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
that's correct!

the original both models of Korea LTE normal resolution or with HD resolution

they are both running the same innars as our phone

all we need to do is change the radio files
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
Edt oops I should have researched b4 posting sorry

sent from my modded white beast.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nikmel420:
ICS update coming but no date yet. wow what news! pardon the pun "but if I had a nickel for every time I've read that I'd have

enough to buy Samsung and actually do it"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
Hahaha awesome way 2 put it it'd b nice if ppl shuttup about ICS till it actually came out 4 the phone..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] notown775:
I just have to ask.. umadbro? I said their was always leaks for the se sensation. I wasn't saying their was leaks for the Samsung nope. as for ports, they've already ported the HTC one S rom to the sensation sure things dont work but its a port none the less. I wasn't comparing I was just saying I had a sensation.. sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
Not inn the least lmao just needed a d00bie xD

Just gettin tired of ppl askin/postin the same thing over n over

And as for porting HTC 1s to sensation u gutta remember, both origional builds were released, and drirvers etc available I do believe..

And on a side note if u wanna look at it that way we do have a port, that crap one that does nothing but boot lmao but it flashes n loads, so its a port nonetheless

HTC and Samsung are totally different. From my understanding doesn't HTC use bootloaders to load the rom anyways? If so that alone puts the rom base in 2 COMPLETELY different fields, so even using it as an example doesn't even really seem logical.. plz correct me if my statements incorrect..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] notown775:
yeah they use bootloaders. I found that rooting the Samsung was so easy. And it sucks that there isn't many leaks. I think HTC "leaks" test roms so the devs here can fix what they didn't catch. I mean I've had my T989 for three days and I love it. the HSPA+ is great. actually its much better than on my sedation. Im just spoiled I guess LOL. I really wanna use a bare bones ics build on this phone see how badass can actually be. only issue I have with vanilla builds are the camera options are sooo minimal
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] King_Paladin:
but the truth is, ICS really isn't a big deal anymore. since Jelly Bean 5.0 will be pushed by Google within the year.

one of the highlights ive read about for why 5.0 is coming, is it will be dual boot compatible with windows 8.

don't get me wrong. i still want the ics on our phones. and i hope 5.0 wont stop or slow down ICS' development.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] notown775:
so if thats the case then its going to be a tablet update kinda like the honeycomb operating system. cause why would I run windows 8 on my phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hunterhp:
Thanks for this comment, it's a nice perspective. Although i'm still not completely anxiously waiting for ics this makes me think I'll be glad when I get it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] madizmo:
Not sure how accurate this ics timeline is but if its true we might see it before the end of this month?

http://www.androidincanada.ca/andro...dates-available-everywhere-but-north-america/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MBIER:
tuesday

have you guys used the new tuesday rom for this phone it is by far my favorite so far great battery nice colors and its not purple lol the darkside kernal x is going strong i think this rom is going places haha like the forums im just trying to change the subject but forsure check it out its really nice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iloveandroid16:
no the theme is soo ugly.. I prefer the stock TW look.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Atmazzz:
All such and such says ICS "coming soon" merged

Well this is encouraging. We'll see.

Tech Radar - 23 Hours Ago

T-Mobile

T-Mobile is looking to keep Galaxy S2 customers sweet, as it promises to roll out the Ice Cream Sandwich update as soon as possible after the March 19 date.

A T-Mobile spokesperson said: "We're working to make our build available as close to Samsung's release date as possible.

Wait, I think Tech Radar is in the UK?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dominante58:
This is actually some good solid news for once for us T989 users. Not all the other bull about the international version and ROMs that were released for other models.

EDIT: Looks like this article is only dealing with carriers in the UK. and not sure that our version of the phone is the same as TMO in UK's version....more of the waiting game
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Atmazzz:
I may have spoke too soon. I think Tech Radar is in the UK. Is T-Mobile in the UK too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 8Fishes:
Not surprising. Expecting Valve 'soon'.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Atmazzz:
Well crap. :mad:

*slinks off to play with Gingerbread*
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MBIER:
ics

its ok the roms we have now are so sweet we can wait a little longer to throw those ics roms into the mix any way. i like the stock ics look but tmobiles is going to be twized out and all kinds of laggy the upside is the grass is getting greener waiting for the otherside to come up with something decent so as soon as tmobile releases theres maybe we can get a detwizzed and debloated good looking rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
yes, t-mobile is actually an European company owned.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Atmazzz:
So they hate Americans?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fastfed:
I spoke to someone who works at T-mobile as an engineer.. He says he doesn't work in that department but knows the team is in final stages of finishing up the ICS project for our phone..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MBIER:
ics

thats all very good news anyway that means they are not forgetting about us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] enserio:
Well, my T989 is sitting in the closet, as we speak. Got a good deal on a Sensation and there's definitely some good development going on over there. So until we get some drivers for a good ICS rom, that lovely phone will wait in shame.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iwasblown:
Cm9 will have your foot wiggling
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bryanpen:
what the hell.....

as i glance throught the device list i see a lot of devices with ICS. Some of them are old as hell, or some i have never seen before in real life. Phones like a ZTE Blade or a Hauwei, even a Experia x10 has ICS roms. Even the first Galaxy has it WTF? I got rid of an HD2 for a Sensation, HD2 gets ICS. Sold Sensation to get T-Mo GS2, dammit Sensation gets ICS. Other than a Galaxy Note, GS2 is the top android device around. I am tired of "ICS like" roms and "ICS like" themes its all tired and worn out to me. Its like putting makeup on a average looking female to make her look hot, and you know the **** aint real. No disrespect to devs who work on those roms cuz i know it is a lot of work but there is nothing like the real thing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MrKnitty:
got my hopes up....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
Why are these ICS threads even allowed, its one like everyday and they clutter the general section.

Not one of them has ended well..

Where are the MODs?...

Point is, stop worrying about ICS, if it was ment for us to have it now then we would have it already. Just wait and enjoy the monster device you have.

M&S