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[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] questionmark:
That's certainly very lucid :( from you Lucid... Is there something official? There is no explanation for this long waiting IMO other than pushing us to buy other devices. Especially since hearing (not sure if true) about Samsung programing on purpose HW failure over time.

Ok now I will only read this thread once in a while and try to get cool with what I have and try to sponsor DEV somehow. If WIFI get fixed as well as HW VIDEO acceleration it might be fine...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] miiike:
Are you talking about the US Samsung page that doesn't reference the 3G version? Because of course it isn't going to, as it has been said every time that page is referenced, the 3G version isn't for sale in the US so the US Samsung page has no reason to mention the device.

There has been no "real" reason to believe that any of the 7.7's won't be receiving ICS.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] haovh_85:
Waiting for a long time. So sad with samsung.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Mister_Mxyzptlk:
I wouldn't be quite so eager to slap Sammy's ICS build on my 7.7 if I were you. It was just recently confirmed that the Tab 7.7 contains the same superbrick bug as the international Note, Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy S II, and other Exynos 4210 devices. If the Tab 7.7's update goes like the rest of the ICS updates have, the new ICS build will be capable of triggering the bug. Personally, I'm not going to do anything with my 7.7 until Samsung releases ICS and the source.

Of course, it would still be nice to see that Samsung at least has the ball rolling. I too am growing tired of Honeycomb on the finest tablet Samsung has ever made.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] kishd:
Looking on the bright side maybe Samsung is still trying to really eliminate the brick bug before upgrading our device. :D:banghead:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] questionmark:
Yea I've been reading your thread and that got me worried as I verified with chainfire my device is affected... but understand that with HC we are safe as well as with Cm9 not meeting conditions to trigger the bug... Though not sure if the kernel in the cm9 dev thread got that flag removed... I flashed it couple times wih CWM wipping so did other I believe without issues.. But people reported doing this n times until kaboom...

Yea waiting seems to be now the best...

Thanks for the heads up.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] lucid:
Yes I was. You made my day. There's hope (not for me, for ICS)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boelze:
I don't think that the so called "superbrick" is the reason for the update taking so long. It is a known bug that would be no problem to remove with ease for the devs at samsung. As the note already received ICS having almost the same hardware specs I really think this is just about priority. Priority for the 7.7 is much lower so we will most likely see an update for the note which removes the superbrick before ICS will come to the 7.7 at all.

I don't like how samsung puts their priority on very successful devices only. It makes you think twice when buying a new samsung product, as if it could be a really good and expensive device but remains pretty unsupported if it isn't going to be a bestseller. That is like lottery imo.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] zsolti256:
But You know , they have just released the SGS3 ironing out last minute software bugs, Future and release bugs Im sure they have way more important stuff to do, Im not saying they have a 2man staff, i think thats a bigger priority to steamroll everything out first With the SGS3.

Plus I dont think this will be the strongest fastest tab for Samsung for long, yes samsungs Tabs are a bit all over the place but im sure, the will pick up the sgs3 flagship model for the tab soon.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] vegaman:
:rolleyes:

As has already been said, this isn't an acceptable excuse. Samsung is a large company, they can afford to have devs working on both at the same time. And with the amount we paid for these devices I expected better support.

If all companies operated like you suggest then there would be no support for any devices, because it's not going to be too long before they release another device and then ditch the 'SIII' because it's not new anymore.

Besides, they just released the Tab 7.7 6 months ago and never ironed out "last minute" software bugs.

I understand that this is probably the way that Samsung is currently operating, but that doesn't make it right or acceptable.

I'm yet another customer that Samsung has put in the "I won't buy another Samsung device unless I am certain there will be good support" camp, me and a lot of my friends feel that I have been ripped off with this purchase. Making good hardware doesn't cut it if they leave it with buggy software.

/rant
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] zsolti256:
Belive it or not, I want it just as much as You, but there are allot a things going on in the background, that we dont know about. If it would be that simple, it would be already out, they have to taylor their custom **** too, not only the base OS , regulations standard, test proceedure, and alot of stuff.

and Idont think they have a dev department for every single device, no matter how big the comany is, they have soo many products . .

But I think If they announce it, they should deliver in 2-3 mounts maximum, that would be an "acceptable" timeframe

And ofcourse They would be absolutly Loved by their cusomers, if theyd just put out new Updates quicker, than everyone else, If they can be the best in hardware they easyly be the best in software release too, but selling it is more important as we see.

They always aim for the buyer, not the customer that has purchased. Maybe sometime they will realize. . .
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aximtreo:
Time for Android to have standard hardware and software specs.

I have had the Verizon version of the 7.7 for two months now. It took a while to figure out how to use the SD card (still not satisfactory), how to change some of the fonts so I could read them and other quirks the unit has.

I am becoming a believer in in the WP7 way of having the hardware and software common to the units and not so varied from phone to phone and manufacturer to manufacturer. I'll keep the Tab until the WP8 units come out this fall and then will go away from Android.:(
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] chrisrotolo:
this is the only logical explanation I can think of as well,

except @Entropy patched the CM9 kernel for all devices in a short time, what is Samsung's excuse?

Even if they leaked a semi-stable build, XDA community would polish it to perfection Im sure.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] marblesmike:
I think it might also have to do with the Apple lawsuits too.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
Samsung rep claims there's no injunction against the gTab 7.7 in the US....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] funkyblue04:
They could just release the drivers and kernal for ICS. Community would sort it out then!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] zsolti256:
The T989 has just got ICS update , so I dont think they have forgotten about us :)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] haovh_85:
They forgot galaxy Tab. I fell tired :mad:
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Josvaz:
It will come after someone got excite 7.7! Hope some dev port the ics over rather waiting for samsung!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] questionmark:
Without samsung leaking anything I doubt will get something more than alpha ie wifi not working... So we depends on samsung to be helpful and helpful wih hard working dev and ultimately to there customer... The mistake I did having a phone from samsung as well as tab 10.1 8.9 and seeing the amounts of customers roms was to naivly believe if samsung does not take hen DEV will but everything changed so much on the HW of 7.7 that only samsung has the key... And we'll soon my older device will be a year old and this without any updates since...

Maybe they will even before samsung
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Josvaz:
Aww. .. Waiting n waiting again. Nexus tablet please come faster!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] uncle_buckman:
Its an Android problem in general, very slow with updates;

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/06/ios-vs-android-fragmentation-apple-users-stay-current/
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] haovh_85:
Samsung is very slowly. I fell That they forgot galaxy tab.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] flathunt:
I thought I'd ask as well:

"Dear flathunt,

Thank you for contacting Samsung and I have pleasure in providing the following assistance.

I can confirm that this device is due an update to ICS. Currently there is no information when it will receive the update, but it will be within the coming months.

If you require any further assistance, please contact Samsung again and we will be more than happy to help.

Kind regards,

Thomas

Online Support Team

SAMSUNG Customer Support Centre"

... So that's um whole heap help, but at least it's coming and the timescale is merely "months".
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] gvoima:
Phwww. Months o.O sounds nasty...I hope it'll be this month. But I guess we just have to wait.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] haovh_85:
I think They will realease next year!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] eseregin:
Ics will not bring something magic guys anyway. What your expectation? I think honey smooth enough....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Richdog:
Are you for real, or have you lived under a rock for the last 8 or so months?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] burhanistan:
ICS on the 7.7 will give me superhuman sexual powers. Quit being stingy with your space juju, Samsung. Give us the power!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
The problem is, even when it comes, wont we have to wait for devs to subvert the superbrick bug? Its in samsung's interest to leave it....most of us would be left having to just having to buy new devices, as we've all rooted getting tired of waiting for samsungs ics update.... even when they do release, i'm waiting for a ics release on xda
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boelze:
Haha I thought exactly the same! How can anyone say honeycomb and smooth in one sentence? Also the browser crashes way too often. To me it feels like I bought a device but still have to wait until I may use it. Like a christmas present that you accidently see weeks before christmas.

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I dont't think samsung will release the update before curing out that bug now that it's a known one. But I agree waiting for xda dev rom will be a good choice. That will happen pretty fast after official update releases though I guess. So... still waiting for samsung to finish the update...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] bomariam1:
I just updated my Note to ICS.

Its faster much better looking.for me the 7.7 is not that bad.

I think Samsung will releases the ICS shortly after the note and I hope they do it right.

تم الإرسال من جهازي GT-P6800 بواسطة تاباتوك 2
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] revomid:
Friggin P6800

I've had enough waiting for ICS on P6800.

For the first time I felt desperate on Samsung machines.

I get rid of P7510 for P6800, and yet no games on P7500 was supported on Exynos.

P6800 does not support Tegra games and fxxk this. Even P7500 has no AMOLED and no memory card slot, it does a better entertainment. This is one big problem I found on P6800

I guess it's useless to claim how superb Mali-400 is when you have no real cool 3D-HD games supported it or it supported.

And now I've been waiting for 6 months way after they officially announced that 7.7 WILL HAVE ICS, and yet Tab 2 10.1 is on the market, still no ICS for 7.7. I shall give it to the Samsung marketing dept, how good strategy to force consumers to "get a new machine if you hate waiting".

But besides these downsides, P6800 is really a perfect tab to have it around, to work, coffee, sightseeing etc. I just hate on waiting, not P6800

If ICS is not coming before July, I'm getting a transformer; at least I can name a list of HD games it supported.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] funkyblue04:
Jelly Bean will be out before we get ICS.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] FarmBoi:
Take care that you then don't rip it off! Hahaha! :D
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Kholargol:
The problem is not only the wait. I think it's more the lack of communication of Samsung whish is frustrating..
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Dragonn90:
When will ics come? the answer is never...

Samsung sucks last tab for me.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmydafish:
I would peg ICS for the tab 7.7 at less than 45 days away. Just a hunch.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] lucid:
Just tried scrolling through 1 month of call logs.. Horrible... Jerky.

On my Note, I have three months history on ICS and its fine.

Our tab 7.7 deserves an ICS upgrade ASAP.

But I guess that our Tab being a real GSM phone holds things up a bit.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] eseregin:
More than real.

I have Sgs 2 with ics. So what? Much speeder browser? Nop.

Much better video? Not at all.

faster nova 3? No, you kiddy?

You guys waiting for nothing.

Just relax and enjoy the best pad ever.

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Do you really use 7.7 as Phone?!

This is funny ....

As Pad it works great, all Honey was designed for Pad, not for Phone!

So Ics will be great , but now Ian really enjoying this great pad, the best for now for me on size, Weight, power.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Richdog:
I can see you are someone where logic does not play a huge part in your arguments. Glad you're happy with Honeycomb though, after all, it's got a great rep for being fast, responsive and trouble-free... right? ;)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] esthreel:
I called Samsung info line (yes that simple). They told me that ICS is in the works for 7.7 and they are planing to release it in a month, month and a half.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] thommygay24:
Ich habe heute folgende Mail auf eine anfrage von mir von Weber Shandwick erhalten:

“[...]

nach Rücksprache mit Samsung sind Updates für Tab 8.9, Tab 7.7 und Tab 7.0 Plus N geplant, allerdings gibt es zum jetzigen Stand keine genauen Zeitpunkte für die einzelnen Geräte. Das Galaxy Tab 10.1 wird aufgrund des Verkaufsverbots nicht mehr berücksichtigt.*Mit freundlichen Grüßen

[...]”

Thomas
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] questionmark:
I'm not a gamer but have few as pinball hd and chainfire 3d does a good job for me on the tab 7.7, works as good if not better than on my tegra tab 8.9...Again here is an example were dev people do what maybe samsung should have done first place...

Still don't understand why people say it would not add much more or any magics... For the one with fonts problem it will help.... For me and itap right click mouse it will help, and for memory management compared to HC it will do much better

And then the choice for every one to decide what to put on there device
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] LSD DREAMER:
I run ics on my HTC wildfire and its alot better than Hc .
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] LSD DREAMER:
I play all the latest games on my 7,7 y can't u
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] revomid:
Desperated

Can you name some?

As I can call out some heavy graphic game (for some reason not support by THIS Mali-400 of P6800, but they DO SUPPORTED by I9100's Mali-400) Asphalt 6, MC3...

I just have not yet complete both in my P7500.

Next time I shall check compatibility before purchasing, the machine.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] JemaKnight:
Just did my monthly questioning of Samsung Australia (I always ask them because they always answer, even though they're hardly the authority on Android releases). Usual type of reply, but it's at least a confirmation that it's, uh... Coming.

"Thank you for your patience, ICS is in testing stages for Tab 7.7 and we hope to see it released soon in Australia. Stay tuned!"
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] fastolfart:
Well i'm willing to wait for the ICS update.

I bought an ASUS TF101 over Christmas to update from my samsung P1000, the worst thing in the world for the TF101 was the update to ICS. All sorts of problems followed on from a release that was not fully sorted of bugs.

The TF101 was returned to ASUS and while it was away I found a good deal on a P6810 and have been loving it. The TF101 went straight onto Ebay and now has a new owner (Ido hope he's happy with it)

My Galaxy S2 has ICS and it is good for a few reasons, but not spectacular over GB. The best thing is better battery life in my opinion.

I have to agree with some others on here that to enjoy one of the best tabs on the market and wait will be worth it, Samsung have changed their ways from years ago when they would release half baked firmware updates that were full of bugs.

Cheers All:)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] VTR1000SP:
hi, i got a p6800 after trading in my note last week and i got this few games working, backstab, nova 2 & 3, mc 2 & 3, mass infl, gta 3, fifa 12 & shadowgun without chainfire. not enough memory to try more games....
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] chrisrotolo:
testing stages..this is great news.. so figure another 3 months or so to examine all of that bloat carefully...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boelze:
I don't know what you did to your sgs2 but it can't be healthy. Every device I tested ICS on including my old ass htc desire improved so much in smoothness as if I would use a whole new device.

We just wait for the best pad ever. Good for you if you don't , there are even people out there that are happy with apple products so I see there are lots of people you can satisfy with complete crap.

That made my day :-D "You really use your phone as a phone??? omg it has tablet os on it, you can't do that!"

Hilarious bull****!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Nutsonfire:
Maybe you need Apple products yourself if you evaluate an OS based on scrolling smoothness which is quite subjective in itself. I heard iOS is the smoothest around...

What are you going to do if Google release Jelly Bean at the end of the month? Start a new thread called "When will Jelly Bean come"?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Super-S:
Such a bull****... What a dumb post.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boxhead72:
So ignore it and move on, no need to be a nasty person.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] jimmbomb:
yes,, just ignore the comments of those people who love to carry 2 devices

,Most of us with the 6800 use it as a 'do it all' device and swap sim cards when needed with our other device.

I do.. and it's not silly.. very practical pocket management.

good luck.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] GOF007:
Phone + SuperAMOLET make 7.7 a unique tablet device in the market.

If you dont use phone, why not go for Tranformer(or anything else) :P
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] carlo67:
I am confuse why CyanogenMod 9 on Galaxy S III but not galaxy tab 7 7

WHY?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQU0GNOEwwA&feature=em-uploademail
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] kable:
Maybe because the GS III comes with ICS already installed?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] funkyblue04:
Because the source code and drivers for ICS on the Galaxy S III were released...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] carlo67:
ok

when the galaxy tab 7 7 get ICS ? geez
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] aletheus:
From ehat I;ve read here and elsewhere, the gTab 8.9 is due out end of June. The superbrickbug demolished ALOT of gNotes, our hardware is similar. Samsung has also said they're testing ICS on the 7.7. It'll be August everybody's guessing. My tab is suceptible to superbrickbug, so I'll wait for AOSP/AOKP development to upgrade anyway.

This is an experimental/production-level device. If you got it for media consumption, you may not be happy. I can't explain the creative avenues this device affords me, and I'm sticking with it, even if ICS never comes for it.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] eseregin:
Because Transformer does not exist in size 7,7!

And it cost even More than our device :-)

I dont want wear with me hugh devices, look to hugh iPads or Asus or Acer devices...

My one in size of little book, i can read it holding in 1 hand!

And the screen... The screen! After Sgs 2 i want to use rhe same amoled tecnolodgy...

And Processor. I prefer Exinos to Tegra 2, definetly better for battery life.

So - it was my choice.

I need reading pdf technical documents a lot, and this device suit me complitely...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] thommygay24:
ICS for Galaxy Tabs

There are some good news:

http://www.sammobile.com/2012/06/19...rt-galaxy-tab-android-4-0-updates-next-month/
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] steveathome:
Good news. Thanks for that! :)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] Alcibiade:
By then we will have better nd cheaper tabts around. And potentially also Jelly Bean

Shame on Samsung for that. And their loss as well (I have been holding to my original 7" Tab just because of that and will probably upgrade to something else than the 7.7 in the end...)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] funkyblue04:
I doubt there will be any cheaper and decent SAMOLED 7" Tablet's by then.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] thommygay24:
I Think, that if you look at the technical specs the Galaxy Tab 7.7 is really good.

S-Amoled Plus Display with high resoluten, Phone function and still mobile enough for everyday use.

Only Android HC 3.2 is not working very well on this device and software support by Samsung is very poor...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boelze:
Good news indeed! Thanks for posting this!

Agreed.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] adinis78:
Does anyone know if the update will be available over the air or only on Kies? I am asking because i am having issues connecting my tab to Kies,it just wont connect.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] manuarh:
only ics source matters

I would just like to add that I really don't care about SAMSUNG stock ROMS. I am just hoping for any 7.7 ICS ROM to come out so our excellent developers can turn out some groovy 'tweaked' ICS ROMS (e.g. sk806).

This is what happened with my first 'Android' (WM6.5 actually) phone, the HTC HD2. I think we were on ICS before the world had heard of ICS.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] turt:
Finally some positive announcement :)
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] haksam:
I'm not too fussy with the waiting times as HC is still usable (I treat HC similar to Windows Vista, and ICS being Windows 7),

my philosophy was evaluating the type of hardware first and software came last (as long as the device is not locked), because there will always be updates on software in the future but the hardware cannot be changed anymore, and the screen on this little device is wonderful.

For people who want to own one, wait for the fall in demand and the price range around $300 and below, and this will still be a nice ICS tablet to have around.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] burhanistan:
Good news, a definite time frame from Samsung.

Now, shut up and enjoy your tab until then.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] ascariss:
Excellent news.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] adinis78:
Another confirmation of the upcommig ICS for 7.7

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/06/ga...-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-updates-soon/
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] JemaKnight:
We should see it fairly soon. These things usually hit the net a few weeks before.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] adinis78:
Will this update be available over the air or Kies only? Only asking as i am havng issues connecting my tab to Kies
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] adinis78:
ICS might still include TouchWiz, as mentioned on this article

http://gigaom.com/mobile/samsung-galaxy-tabs-getting-android-4-0-in-coming-weeks/
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] furius:
Here is a donation link to help Locerra to buy a new device...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1722634
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] boxhead72:
Reboot it and try again, if you use Heimdal then you have installed alternate drivers, you need to uninstall them and let the Samsung drivers install
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] adinis78:
I dont use heimdall and i have been having issues installing drivers as well. I have asked in another thread if there is a link where i can get the drivers instead of just connecting my tab and trying to install them, but no response yet. I have the wifi+3g international version.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] DakiX:
I'm already looking forward to the ICS with tw but very happy with tweaked stock ROM and Ex Launcher HD ..but somehow really sad that so little is going into the rom / kernel, the scene is a premium Device and combined with the very top of the Performance. SHAME & SAD!