Don't flash this on At&t. It will work but you will not have a working phone or data. You also might have a lot of trouble getting 3g/4g to work when you flash back.
I know it is for the Korean version but I thought your devs might find a way to download and take a peek. The site is in Chinese and I can't figure it out.
http://bbs.gaodi.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=642638
I am sure something more substantial will pop up very soon.
Here is an official video of the new LG Jelly Bean on the Optimus G too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jInp9DeNko0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Now I am going back to the Sprint forums.
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Can't wait....
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Good news, hopefully we'll see this soon!
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Doubt we'll see it soon. AT&T still needs to get it's grimy little hands on it. I say two months before they start releasing it, then they'll stop updates because of issues with AT&T crap, then try again after another month. Textbook OTA updates.
Well more of hoping that the Korean source will help our developers
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How about leaked firmware? This is not for At&t ask don't flash it.
http://blog.seabow.pe.kr/?p=3149
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Neither are these. I am just posting so you can attempt to pull stuff. Don't flash!
http://disk.previrtu.com/list/10003/
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i want thaaaaaat!!!!
must be a way to put it in our phones!!!!!
Official AT&T JB upgrade is 6 months away, if we are lucky. A strong possibility that LG will renege on their promise to bring JB to US. But, no worries, as we have devs who are working hard to bring us JB and more. Right, devs?
ATT still needs to add the required bloatware before releasing it after LG does. I even unlocked my bootloader using shellnutt's $1 app on Google Play to show some support. hell i even logged in and did my first post after being registered for 6+ years with 0 posts to thank the devs on their posts!
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must be a way to change it from ATT to International one....
so we can install any leaked rom!
I know with the inspire, the device here able to port the leaked desire hd roms over just updated the kernel for the inspire
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^this. I came from the inspire too so I k ow it can be done, I just also know it took a ton of work from the devs.
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Very true it did take a lot of work to smooth it out, I was just trying to point out our devs here may be able to bring this to us and may even help with aosp as well
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Official AT&T JB upgrade is 6 months away, if we are lucky. A strong possibility that LG will renege on their promise to bring JB to US. But, no worries, as we have devs who are working hard to bring us JB and more. Right, devs?
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I'm sure we see nexus 4 roms ported over by then, and at that point it won't even matter ( stock 4.1.2)
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Ok what no one seems to understands is that the thread creator posted this so devs can use this to work with and possibly port this to att... So why does everyone keep talking about the at&t update we all know that's going to be a while
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Ok what no one seems to understands is that the thread creator posted this so devs can use this to work with and possibly port this to att... So why does everyone keep talking about the at&t update we all know that's going to be a while
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You guys want some good news?
I worked a 96 hour shift minus 12 I came home to run errands. Well, I was going to flash one of the roms but I could at work. Everyone thought I was crazy but I knew the hardware was just too similar.
Anyways, someone flashed the firmware and it worked. One of the roms is a CDMA Rom but it is set up for a different frequency. Everything works but no phone or data. WiFi even worked.
So, I don't know if one of you want to try it but the K or S version might work on at&t.
Check and see what frequency they are on and try that one. You might have everything but lte.
Anyways, I am not sure how different the At&t phone is but it is worth a try.
Do it at your own risk.
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Thanks to Elisha here is the korean kernel.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hdfl15d7j4albhm/boot.img
And system dump.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/na0gqlhdnmduspf/JB.ZIP
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kc_exactly said:
You guys want some good news?
I worked a 96 hour shift minus 12 I came home to run errands. Well, I was going to flash one of the roms but I could at work. Everyone thought I was crazy but I knew the hardware was just too similar.
Anyways, someone flashed the firmware and it worked. One of the roms is a CDMA Rom but it is set up for a different frequency. Everything works but no phone or data. WiFi even worked.
So, I don't know if one of you want to try it but the K or S version might work on at&t.
Check and see what frequency they are on and try that one. You might have everything but lte.
Anyways, I am not sure how different the At&t phone is but it is worth a try.
Do it at your own risk.
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Nexus 4 Roms? I'd like to find out a little bit more about this.. I'd just like an AOSP ICS rom..
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This is interesting.
Found these links in the Moto Atrix forums.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/28/rumor-motorola-puts-gingerbread-on-hold-builds-for-droid2-global-etc-to-work-out-bugs/
http://phandroid.com/2011/06/29/did-verizon-reject-motorola-gingerbread-updates-for-being-overly-buggy/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Wonder if there is truth to this or not.
if it is true then +1 to verizon. tmobile or att would probably allow them even if they were buggy.
Yeah I saw that on phonearena.com this morning. I wonder how often this kinda stuff happens. Moto needs to step up their game bigtime.
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stratax said:
if it is true then +1 to verizon. tmobile or att would probably allow them even if they were buggy.
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Lmao are you kidding me? Have you seen how long it takes AT&T to push out updates to their android phones?
I'd rather have a buggy release sooner because devs on XDA are like 10x faster at fixing them anyways.
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Maybe the update also has the possibility to unlock bootloader and Verizon is saying f*&k no, take it back.
probably not, but would suck for vzw users
Hopefully that doesn't delay the Atrix update D:
Forget that. Send it out now. I trust our devs more than moto to fix the bugs and do it better lol.
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Lmao are you kidding me? Have you seen how long it takes AT&T to push out updates to their android phones?
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I dont use At&t (;
also you have to think about the phones verizon has.. the droid x2 is a piece. lol
cant see where this is relevant to ATRIX... verizon doesn't carry it...
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cant see where this is relevant to ATRIX... verizon doesn't carry it...
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because att has most likely seen this and other carriers might follow? who knows.
think about if verizon doesnt let this release because of so many bugs, then think about if att does let it release with all its bugs. people will think att is careless, att doesnt want that im sure.. just my oppinion
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cant see where this is relevant to ATRIX... verizon doesn't carry it...
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It's relevant because the same or similar bugs could exist in the Atrix GB they are developing. Also, if they are putting more resources into making Verizon happy, this could delay an Atrix release.
The whole point of the thread was to raise discussion about the possible implications if this news is in fact true.
I don't think that it should have any effect on our beloved Atrix 2.3 release (AT&T version), coz the bootloader is unlocked, so even if the update will be buggy the skillful devs here at XDA will do there magic to provide us with stable roms.
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I don't think that it should have any effect on our beloved Atrix 2.3 release (AT&T version), coz the bootloader is unlocked, so even if the update will be buggy the skillful devs here at XDA will do there magic to provide us with stable roms.
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I very much doubt that AT&T or Moto will be relying on XDA devs to finish their work for them.
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I very much doubt that AT&T or Moto will be relying on XDA devs to finish their work for them.
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ye if anyone it would be moto allowing it, and att saying no. lol I just want the update though, depends on the bugs.
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I very much doubt that AT&T or Moto will be relying on XDA devs to finish their work for them.
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He's not saying that. He's saying that most of us here will not be running stock. So a lot of those bugs many of us won't encounter
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He's not saying that. He's saying that most of us here will not be running stock. So a lot of those bugs many of us won't encounter
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I believe you are wrong. As soon as the GB update goes live everyone is going to dump the HKTW build and flash the Moto update. At that point everyone is running stock and waiting for devs to fix all their complaints. Yes most of us will not be running stock, but that will be after the update comes.
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I'm not dumping the HKTW build until it's been verified that the AT&T 2.3.4 build will have an unlockable bootloader. I've had a couple of friends that got hurt by the Sprint EVO 4G update and are still stuck waiting just to get root back.
CaelanT said:
I believe you are wrong. As soon as the GB update goes live everyone is going to dump the HKTW build and flash the Moto update. At that point everyone is running stock and waiting for devs to fix all their complaints. Yes most of us will not be running stock, but that will be after the update comes.
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Um, I believe none of us can know exactly what will be out. For all you or I know, we could be on the verge of cm7. With most things working.
Of course, a reply I would expect from you is "the devs won't have roms out by then."
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Of course, a reply I would expect from you is "the devs won't have roms out by then."
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I have never mentioned timing or the ability of devs to get ROMS out. Your point is?
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TELUS updated the OS Upgrade schedule,
ICS is coming LATE JULY.
Source:
http://www.telusmobility.com/pv_obj...ename/Device_OS_Upgrade_Schedule_June28th.pdf
There has been a slight delay in the submission of ICS for the Note by Samsung.
It is still expected for a commercial release in July
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TELUS updated the OS Upgrade schedule,
ICS is coming on July 13th.
Source:
http://www.telusmobility.com/pv_obj...871B3F60200/filename/D-OS-Upgrade-EN-june.pdf
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It's now Early "July"
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/common/pdfs/DOU_May31.pdf
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well this suck...
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chunsaa said:
well this suck...
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I actually thought it meant, "Our original ICS version had at least 1 major bug that we discovered when testing in real-world situations and we aren't going to release it until it is ready for everyone."
Of course, they could have also meant, "At least one of our 'content partners' (who are paying big bucks to get their advertisement disguised as an application inserted into our release) hasn't actually sent in their app yet and we aren't going to release it until it is monefied for everyone."
LOL im so surprised people are surprised by lack of updates from telus/rogers/bell
we may get most phones before the usa, but we pay for it with our carriers holding back updates
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LOL im so surprised people are surprised by lack of updates from telus/rogers/bell
we may get most phones before the usa, but we pay for it with our carriers holding back updates
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I've been on vacation and out of the country, did I miss the AT&T release of ICS for the i717 model Note?
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knoxster said:
I've been on vacation and out of the country, did I miss the AT&T release of ICS for the i717 model Note?
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other then the fairly official firmware leak for i717 no, no OTA's, but who waits for OTA's anyways? only people that dont know about xda
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other then the fairly official firmware leak for i717 no, no OTA's, but who waits for OTA's anyways? only people that dont know about xda
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I'm waiting for official update from TELUS,
because I don't want to see any of AT&T's ****s on my phone, they're even in Wi-Fi settings..
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Jckpsa said:
I'm waiting for it from TELUS,
because I don't want to see any AT&T **** on my phone, they're even in Wi-Fi settings..
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who says you have to have or keep that stuff? root is there for a reason
throw on one of the highly debloated roms in the dev section based off LE2 leak.
or go one further and put one of the aosp based roms on there and be gone with all the ATT and Samsung bloat
JamieD81 said:
who says you have to have or keep that stuff? root is there for a reason
throw on one of the highly debloated roms in the dev section based off LE2 leak.
or go one further and put one of the aosp based roms on there and be gone with all the ATT and Samsung bloat
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I don't like AOSP ROMs, I was using OnlyOne HYFR B4, and it still has those AT&T things in Wi-Fi settings, and carrier name on the status bar.
Actually they were not big deal but it had some kind of bug, when I try installing an app from APK file, I can click "Cancel" but I can't click "Install".
So, I will be staying on rooted stock Gingerbread ROM with the holoNote kernel and wait for official ICS from TELUS.
Wow that's rediculous.....
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This kind of BS is why I almost got the Galaxy Nexus instead of the Note since Samsung is so ****ty at providing OS upgrades for anything that isn't a Nexus device (due to Google). Add the typical carrier delay on top of that..
goalcam said:
This kind of BS is why I almost got the Galaxy Nexus instead of the Note since Samsung is so ****ty at providing OS upgrades for anything that isn't a Nexus device (due to Google). Add the typical carrier delay on top of that..
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Gnex is no different from the note in Canada when it comes to updates
Telus/bell/rogers all have final say when the update is pushed
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JamieD81 said:
Gnex is no different from the note in Canada when it comes to updates
Telus/bell/rogers all have final say when the update is pushed
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I'm confused. Gnex already came with ICS loaded in Canada??? That's what the sales rep at Rogers were telling me. She also said G Note is getting its ICS update in March.
So did she lie to me twice?
sunshines4u said:
I'm confused. Gnex already came with ICS loaded in Canada??? That's what the sales rep at Rogers were telling me. She also said G Note is getting its ICS update in March.
So did she lie to me twice?
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Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
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Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
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Yes its ics out of box but 4.0.2 to 4.0.3/4 took/taking longer then Google's branded gnex
And I can't find any damaged n7000's to salvage :-(
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Idk if this is good news but the note for t mobile I believe is coming out the 11th of July! Which means a kernel source, right?
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Oh well not the worst thing in the world at least we have leaks but maybe on the 12th we could see if the s2 X official ics modem will work with our phone for better hspa speeds as I'm sure allot of people on Telus don't have LTE available
Edit: S2X ICS was released today ahead of schedule before an ATT or T-Mobile release, so the future is looking friendly (<-- see what I did there)
They updated the schedule !
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So did she lie to me twice?
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Don't forget that a lot of xda-members know lot more about Android phone than the sales rep. Test them first hehe
devonblue4u said:
Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
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Are you serious? There are so many places that fixes phones in Vancouver/Richmond for a decent price.
http://www.sidhtech.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-3-s3-android-422-update/1006086/
Since its safe to assume verizon will be running over this update again and again with its monster truck of doom and then leaving it to die in the mud long before even thinking about passing the carcass of whats left to its customers, our awesome dev's will be needing an international base, I'm sure, as soon as it is available in order to pass the greatness on to their VZ followers(ok me ) through their awesome ROMs that they work so hard on.
Soooo I was thinking; in order to hopefully cut the first step out (getting a hold of the update file itself) maybe the right combination of peeps(someone who is or knows someone that is on the international base) could read this thread and kindly have the update file extracted and ready to share to the devs as soon as its available...
If this is a waste of thread then I apologize. I'm just trying to help any way I can...
I flash ALOT ...and also yes.
I'm thinking we'll have the international base out by middle of next week. Hopefully we'll get some of the new features that's on the GS4 like the new photo stuff.
crossfingers :fingers-crossed:
Takes a deep breath, holds it, holds it, passes out.
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I really hope for the gesture features
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I wonder if the ROMs we have now will update their base to 4.2.2.. Or start a new rom/thread
Why would they?
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BornDroid said:
I wonder if the ROMs we have now will update their base to 4.2.2.. Or start a new rom/thread
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That's not even a question to ask. The devs are already on the latest version. And usually have the new base out ASAP.
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Id say it depends on what rom youre talking about. Ones built off the VZW base wont be updated until we get an OTA more than likely. Roms based on the International firmware will be updated straight away.
The article the OP linked only applies to the International variant, therefore its only moderately exciting.
I don't see the goods of the 4.2.2 and I prefer 4.1.2 lock screen.
littleguevara said:
Id say it depends on what rom youre talking about. Ones built off the VZW base wont be updated until we get an OTA more than likely. Roms based on the International firmware will be updated straight away.
The article the OP linked only applies to the International variant, therefore its only moderately exciting.
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I prefer the Intl' roms myself so it still holds a lot of excitement.
tw33 said:
I prefer the Intl' roms myself so it still holds a lot of excitement.
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Im right there with ya! The international roms almost always have more features, seeing as how Verizon hasnt managed to get their grubby hands on it, and run a bit smoother than the VZW roms that have been modded to add the features back.
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4.2 will have some of the s4 stuff
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littleguevara said:
Id say it depends on what rom youre talking about. Ones built off the VZW base wont be updated until we get an OTA more than likely. Roms based on the International firmware will be updated straight away.
The article the OP linked only applies to the International variant, therefore its only moderately exciting.
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I was just wondering. Thank you for explaining this to me and answering my question .
littleguevara said:
Id say it depends on what rom youre talking about. Ones built off the VZW base wont be updated until we get an OTA more than likely. Roms based on the International firmware will be updated straight away.
The article the OP linked only applies to the International variant, therefore its only moderately exciting.
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Plus Beans builds off of VZW OTAs, so the thread title is a bit of false-advertising.
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1ManWolfePack said:
Plus Beans builds off of VZW OTAs, so the thread title is a bit of false-advertising.
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Beans said in his thread that once there was a 4.2 Intl ROM he would build off that...
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Yeah I can see some of the devs doing that since itll take verizon forever to push it to the note 2
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That was going to be my response exactly.
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I bet Samsung will not update the note 2 anymore if the note 3 comes in september like it's suppose to.
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rippedwarrior69 said:
I bet Samsung will not update the note 2 anymore if the note 3 comes in september like it's suppose to.
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They updated the s3 with the s4 coming out like it did. That's a silly assumption. And Samsung is great with updates. Verizon is the one who takes forever to push them. Please get your facts straight kind sir.
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Any devs thinking of the possibility to make things with the new note 3 such as, the spen features work(ACTION MEMO, SCRAPBOOK,ETC) on our older note2's? It looks like the snote refresh is more user friendly to everyday actions. The rest is still ok, for me anyway. But I would rather donate than spend $700 for a new phone. Thoughts?
Or just wait for the update that should give us these features as well
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akellar said:
Or just wait for the update that should give us these features as well
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Seems like we have waited forever for samsung to release anything for an update towards the note2. Touchwiz related anyway. Romming is always great. I hope your right!
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Or just wait for the update that should give us these features as well
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Us being verizon users may be holding our hands on our asses for that update. Was the same with my last phone. By the time the uodate came out I was eligible for another upgrade anyway lmao.
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Seems like we have waited forever for samsung to release anything for an update towards the note2. Touchwiz related anyway. Romming is always great. I hope your right!
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Guess you haven't heard but the Note 2 is getting updated to 4.3 in October.
Those features will most likely be included
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Us being verizon users may be holding our hands on our asses for that update. Was the same with my last phone. By the time the uodate came out I was eligible for another upgrade anyway lmao.
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When the update comes out, I'm sure devs will port it to our Verizon devices within hrs... so no need to wait on Verizon
Nice! That is good news. So your guess was correct.
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Hälftebyte said:
Guess you haven't heard but the Note 2 is getting updated to 4.3 in October.
Those features will most likely be included
When the update comes out, I'm sure devs will port it to our Verizon devices within hrs... so no need to wait on Verizon
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Stock firmware will be going to 4.3?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ill be able to reflash stock and not have to worry about unstable ROMS?
...Im still a newb haha.
narc0tix said:
Stock firmware will be going to 4.3?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ill be able to reflash stock and not have to worry about unstable ROMS?
...Im still a newb haha.
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Yes, although it'd be best just to flash the 4.3 stock ROM that our devs release, when it becomes available, so you'll stay unlocked and rooted because they may not be able to unlock any new updates.
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I was doing some reading and came across this interesting article. I hope our devs can UN dm-verify our stock kernel.
It may make rooting future devices much more difficult. I wonder what bug crawled up Google's butt.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/google-taking-aim-at-device-modders-in-android-4-4-kitkat/
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There always seems to be work around on every new version but this looks like bad news. Read the whole thing. Scary stuff for locked bootloaders.
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So do we get the pitchforks out and commence advance on LGs social media, etc? To get them to churn out an official build, of course.
It's a great phone and I bought it knowing they might not be quick on the draw. Didn't consider that 4.4 might make all these ROMs all for naught. Still, I needed a faster phone and this certainly fits the bill!
At same time I did know that short of a GSM Nexus that I couldn't have guarantee of latest Android.
I'm stuck on Verizon until March 2013. I can then slap a GSM Sim in, hopefully. But I paid retail so it's not like I want to buy a new phone anytime soon.
Well. I have myself to blame. Again. But I am off contract in March and this will never happen to me again!
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I am hopeful that when 4.4 comes out our devs will be able find a way for us to upgrade from 4.2 to a custom rooted 4.4 with out any issues. I do think that even stock unrooted this phone is fantastic it is carrier iq that is killing me. I'm sure att will put it in 4.4 also. Even though it was the carriers idea LG allows it to happen so I blame them also.
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Are all G2s bootloader locked? Including the international D802? Or only the carrier branded ones?
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sacredsoul said:
Are all G2s bootloader locked? Including the international D802? Or only the carrier branded ones?
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LG to my knowledge locks the bootloader on all its devices regardless of carrier.
This is troubling. The reason I chose the G2 was because it was the closest thing to the Nexus 5 on Verizon and had good developer support. Hopefully our fantastic developers will figure out a solution.
From what I understand, unless we upgrade to the official 4.4 LG ROM, there is no chance of this happening. Is that correct ?
I guess I'm selling the g2 for the nexus 5
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This is rubbish man..
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From what I understand, unless we upgrade to the official 4.4 LG ROM, there is no chance of this happening. Is that correct ?
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That's my take on it. It is built into the 4.4 kernel. I wonder if this had anything to do with Google buying Motorola in August. Lock the phones way down for the carriers.
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If there will not be a 4.4 rom within 3 months guess it is a dirty shot for those who bought it and want to buy it like me
Looks like I'll be rolling with Nexus devices from now on. I guess it was bound to happen though, I'm sure OEM's wanted another security layer because of bootloader work a rounds. On the upside though, there will be less threads on device release days asking for root and ROM ETA's!
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the funny thing even though android are opensource, the phones and hardware are not. Thats where improvement is. If you create an abstraction layer, where due to propriatary stuff its closed and updateable by vendor. Another layer, the OS can go on top, thusly eliminating hardware dependancy as well as increasing updatability. OS and security issues can then more easily be adressed, without the now unduable vendor involvement needed in integrating the new OS with all the hardware specifics. Given the entropy rate of new phones coming out, its undoable. This last, as wel as commercial reasons is why updates and fixes for security holes dont come fast. As of yet.
Right now we see the true devs juggling various devices as the rate of entropy in new devices is higher then more true devs coming in. Devices not even picket up by community cause there are no devs for it. The breaking point has come.
A new design must be made for this momentum, a new standard
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The bootloader may be locked, but since custom recovery is available our kernel can be modified...so we should be okay...right?
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hhhmmmm not enjoying reading this thread
brucipher said:
The bootloader may be locked, but since custom recovery is available our kernel can be modified...so we should be okay...right?
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right. as long as you can flash custom kernels all this stuff should not be a problem.
it's about time to build some kitkat
KitKat has been out for like 5 days. Let's give the developers some time before everyone starts freaking out for no reason. They always find a way.
brucipher said:
The bootloader may be locked, but since custom recovery is available our kernel can be modified...so we should be okay...right?
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I think people who are already rooted will be ok , they will just need to avoid the official 4.4 until a custom rom is built. The bigger problem will be for new unrooted owners. I would imagine it being tricky to flash a custom kernel without the ability to root. I also agree in time the devs will figure something out.
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KitKat has been out for like 5 days. Let's give the developers some time before everyone starts freaking out for no reason. They always find a way.
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Intub8 said:
I think people who are already rooted will be ok , they will just need to avoid the official 4.4 until a custom rom is built. The bigger problem will be for new unrooted owners. I would imagine it being tricky to flash a custom kernel without the ability to root. I also agree in time the devs will figure something out.
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I just uninstalled recovery and was about to unroot and return to store, you guys gave me the slap in face I needed. Going to keep my badass phone now, thanks, drinks on me.