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When does Samsung plan to release the damn update for this phone.... Besides their decent phone they suck at supporting their phone with updates!!! I need Asus to get back in the game, one thing with them they make great products and they also support their devices in a timely manner...
1. That's how Samsung's always been
2. A brand new Note2 just came out why give people a reason to not upgrade
3. You need xanax if that's pissing you off.
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joe3681 said:
3. You need xanax if that's pissing you off.
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Maybe more than one, best laugh of my day
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klee2000 said:
When does Samsung plan to release the damn update for this phone.... Besides their decent phone they suck at supporting their phone with updates!!! I need Asus to get back in the game, one thing with them they make great products and they also support their devices in a timely manner...
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on another note, no pun intended, asus support sucks
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Maybe more than one, best laugh of my day
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I have to agree, its getting to me too. I feel like development is slowly dying for this device. Fingers crossed.
synergeticink said:
I have to agree, its getting to me too. I feel like development is slowly dying for this device. Fingers crossed.
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that's what usually happens when they update any device..happened to my EVO, happened to my galaxy2, and, it will happen to this device...
Its usually AT&T that holds up the process, they need time to put all their junk on it
If only the note was a nexus device.
As long as there is an XDA with fantastic Devs, I will never be subject to a manufactor's schedule!!!
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That might be true - but in the Note's case it is not as they have yet to really make a release where the video and even car bluetooth work. Not to mention the lack of SPEN support and the flakiness.
But on the good side, the Padawin ICS ROM almost eliminates the need to JB at this point - just miss the tablet mode.
I read somewhere the other day that Samsung is supposed to be releasing JB to the Note 1 later this month.
sholsten said:
I read somewhere the other day that Samsung is supposed to be releasing JB to the Note 1 later this month.
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Somebody said that one of the Canadian carriers was quoted saying that they are getting it at the end of this month, which logically would mean we get it soon, I guess. Not sure on the facts, we won't know till we know.
Thread going no where, Thread closed. And as always Thank you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031261
Well? Are our phones and the Canadian version compatible with each other?
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I'm not an expert (by any stretch), but no... I don't believe we can run this... although it is exciting that CM10 for the E973 has come that far.
I remember reading the comments of a user or a dev much more knowledgeable than I... he said that E973 can run E970 kernels, and E970 can run E973 kernels, but where the E973 has a leg up is that they can run Nexus 4 kernel... or something to that effect. I can't remember who said that and I tried searching for the post but can't find it, sorry.
Nevertheless... we are getting closer day by day, I would assume, and once this phone is running CM10...I'll be hanging up my flashing gloves for at least a year, probably two.
Yeah, we can't run this. The Canadian one can boot Nexus 4 kernels for some reason, hence 4.2, but we can't. It's stupid that all the variants are different.
That sucks I wonder if we will ever get a cm10.1 ROM why do the phones have to be so different.
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Dsmforlife92 said:
That sucks I wonder if we will ever get a cm10.1 ROM why do the phones have to be so different.
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I'm confident that we will get a CM 10.1 ROM. It's just not happening as fast as we would like.
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I'm confident that we will get a CM 10.1 ROM. It's just not happening as fast as we would like.
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CM10 is making good progress, not sure about 10.1
nygfan760 said:
CM10 is making good progress, not sure about 10.1
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Man, we won't look a gift horse in the mouth...we will take what we can get and be happy!
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CM10 is making good progress, not sure about 10.1
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My bad, I meant cm10.
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theres only a few roms available... i kinda assumed that since the s4 is such a popular phone there would be a huge amount of roms to choose from... maybe im dumb or doing something wrong... :/
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theres only a few roms available... i kinda assumed that since the s4 is such a popular phone there would be a huge amount of roms to choose from... maybe im dumb or doing something wrong... :/
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Neither of you last statements are correct. The lack of development is coming from a yet to be cracked ME7 boot loader as well as a just recently released MI1 update. If you are on MDK kernel still there are quite a few roms out there for your enjoyment.
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theres only a few roms available... i kinda assumed that since the s4 is such a popular phone there would be a huge amount of roms to choose from... maybe im dumb or doing something wrong... :/
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I was thinking the same. So I went with the note 3
mdorrett said:
Neither of you last statements are correct. The lack of development is coming from a yet to be cracked ME7 boot loader as well as a just recently released MI1 update. If you are on MDK kernel still there are quite a few roms out there for your enjoyment.
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could you make some suggestions then? i am on mdk, but it looks like theres only hyperdrive, beans or CM...
There's a healthy amount of roms available. Not to mention when some roms (like AOKP) use rootzwiki.
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could you make some suggestions then? i am on mdk, but it looks like theres only hyperdrive, beans or CM...
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Eclipse TW edition. It's so good that no one comments on the thread... no bugs.
Plus the pile of AOSP-based usual suspects.
Does this need to be a thread? Go look through the forums, and try whatever you think will work best for you and try them out. If you think the development is dead then don't get the S4 or sell it for something else. What are you looking for? someone to tell you that it's not dead, you should keep your phone, better things are coming? If your satisfied with the phone and what you have on their great, if not, do whatever you feel.
The ME7 issue killed a lot of development, there's no denying it. Just look at the development forums of an S4 from a different carrier.
Although the few ROM's that are available for this device are real quality. Really we should all stop debating about it and start cooking our own ROM's.
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Eclipse tw or aosp versions are excellent!
I'm hating my experience because of ME7
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Check out gummy.
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knock.back said:
theres only a few roms available... i kinda assumed that since the s4 is such a popular phone there would be a huge amount of roms to choose from... maybe im dumb or doing something wrong... :/
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It's you. There's a lot of development for the S4. We don't need 10 Roms that are all the basically the same. We have CM, touchwiz with plenty of tweaks, AOSP, and Google edition. Is there something I am missing?
DroidBabe said:
I was thinking the same. So I went with the note 3
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Note 3 has ZERO development
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richii0207 said:
Note 3 has ZERO development
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That's because it came out only 6 days ago
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That's because it came out only 6 days ago
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Made it sound like you left the S4 in search for a device with more development.
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knock.back said:
could you make some suggestions then? i am on mdk, but it looks like theres only hyperdrive, beans or CM...
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Lol are you looking at the right forum?
Try this section....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2319
Am I the only one that feels like the S4 has been partially abandoned by most devs [MK2]? Like AOSP is a dream we can say good bye to?
AOSP FOR MK2 IS THE MAIN POINT OF THIS DISCUSSION. STOP MENTIONING MDK
If you have an MDK S4 there are aosp ROMs available. If you aren't on MDK you're stuck with TW. I've actually seen a jump in the amount of developers in the past couple months.
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Am I the only one that feels like the S4 has been partially abandoned by most devs? Like AOSP is a dream we can say good bye to?
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not sure what you are saying...even with safestrap I have many ROMS to choose from
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Am I the only one that feels like the S4 has been partially abandoned by most devs? Like AOSP is a dream we can say good bye to?
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And also more Devs are making ROMs generic now... Like liquid smooth. Its one file for all s4's and it detects which carrier/boot loader your phone is and installed the propper files.
This opens up many more options for the future of mdk s4 at least.. Philz recovery also has this now too so more and more are starting to use this method
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Future reference, you should never buy a phone in which you don't like the stock software.
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decaturbob said:
not sure what you are saying...even with safestrap I have many ROMS to choose from
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None AOSP which is the biggest downer.
Mistertac said:
And also more Devs are making ROMs generic now... Like liquid smooth. Its one file for all s4's and it detects which carrier/boot loader your phone is and installed the propper files.
This opens up many more options for the future of mdk s4 at least.. Philz recovery also has this now too so more and more are starting to use this method
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Not talking about MDK, MDK is awesome and has CM and other aosp based roms, talking about MK2.
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Future reference, you should never buy a phone in which you don't like the stock software.
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Bought it w/ MDK software. Only bought it because of the exploit.
Had to replace phone.
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None AOSP which is the biggest downer.
Not talking about MDK, MDK is awesome and has CM and other aosp based roms, talking about MK2.
Bought it w/ MDK software. Only bought it because of the exploit.
Had to replace phone.
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Yeah I remember you saying that before, but this is exactly the situation that can happen. I would've never bought a Samsung device if I didn't love Touchwiz. Sure I run AOSP a lot, I'm on Google Edition right now, but if something happened to this phone I would be perfectly content with stock Touchwiz.
If you're going to stick on Verizon, it seems Motorola is the only company coming out with AOSP phones on this network.
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Yeah I remember you saying that before, but this is exactly the situation that can happen. I would've never bought a Samsung device if I didn't love Touchwiz. Sure I run AOSP a lot, I'm on Google Edition right now, but if something happened to this phone I would be perfectly content with stock Touchwiz.
If you're going to stick on Verizon, it seems Motorola is the only company coming out with AOSP phones on this network.
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The Hardware was amazing at the time of my purchase. I couldn't resist. Yay A year an a half more of Touchwiz... Goodie.
ericerk said:
The Hardware was amazing at the time of my purchase. I couldn't resist. Yay A year an a half more of Touchwiz... Goodie.
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You can always sell the phone and buy another on Swappa
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joshm.1219 said:
You can always sell the phone and buy another on Swappa
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They're selling for less than I purchased it on contract. Which is also a bummer. Honestly If there was some for of aosp like GPe port or a kexec method I'd really love this phone. I'm currently running foxes w/ a holo(yolo) theme which is the only reason I haven't chucked it out of a third story window.
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They're selling for less than I purchased it on contract. Which is also a bummer. Honestly If there was some for of aosp like GPe port or a kexec method I'd really love this phone. I'm currently running foxes w/ a holo(yolo) theme which is the only reason I haven't chucked it out of a third story window.
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Yeah like I said foxhounds is as close as you're going to get for the time being. And they're going for 300-500 depending on accessories etc. Which would still cover a Moto X, maybe a Maxx if you're lucky.
Just trying to help lol I know a lot of people hate TW I don't blame you.
It's funny how passionate we are about the look of or phone software when 99% of people could give a fuc.k
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Yeah like I said foxhounds is as close as you're going to get for the time being. And they're going for 300-500 depending on accessories etc. Which would still cover a Moto X, maybe a Maxx if you're lucky.
Just trying to help lol I know a lot of people hate TW I don't blame you.
It's funny how passionate we are about the look of or phone software when 99% of people could give a fuc.k
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It really is... But I really do wish that it would be up to us to choose.
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It really is... But I really do wish that it would be up to us to choose.
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Hey I know what your saying I felt the same way when I had the locked down one... The money part is a bummer but after I bought this mdk one and sold my other s4 I think in total I spent only $100 out of pocket so I could deal with that... Check it out.. may work for you too
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Hey I know what your saying I felt the same way when I had the locked down one... The money part is a bummer but after I bought this mdk one and sold my other s4 I think in total I spent only $100 out of pocket so I could deal with that... Check it out.. may work for you too
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That's a concept, but why put in more money for something w/ 100% no warranty?
Just buy something off contract, like that moto x or a G2
HOPE!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500826
There seems to be hope.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2500826
There seems to be hope.
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The last thing that remains in Pandora's box.
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Surge1223 said:
The last thing that remains in Pandora's box.
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Indeed indeed. I'm hoping that you guys will be successful.
If only bypassing the whole locked os was possible and just booting from an SD card (like the HD2), or kinda like what they did on the touchpad.
Just re-write the whole system. Seems like that would be just as easy.
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Indeed indeed. I'm hoping that you guys will be successful.
If only bypassing the whole locked os was possible and just booting from an SD card (like the HD2), or kinda like what they did on the touchpad.
Just re-write the whole system. Seems like that would be just as easy.
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If anyone is going to figure it out.. It's the people working together in that thread. It is a shame Verizon is such a pain in the asssss lol. My other s4 on sprint (granted its crappy sprint service) is nice an easy. Root it..use whatever form you want for a recovery and you're good to go....
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ericerk said:
Indeed indeed. I'm hoping that you guys will be successful.
If only bypassing the whole locked os was possible and just booting from an SD card (like the HD2), or kinda like what they did on the touchpad.
Just re-write the whole system. Seems like that would be just as easy.
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Unfortunately I cant find the right resistor to short to start the boot from SD process, though im still looking. The boot from SD is being tested on the note 3 today by some others so we'll see how that goes and go from there I guess.
I wish Samsung was as helpful as HP was with the touchpad, well that and a device was found with android already on it to help jumpstart that process.
With KitKat incoming, everything is being pushed into hyperdrive. http://m.cnet.com/news/samsung-updates-galaxy-s4-note-3-with-android-kitkat/57619025
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im still waiting for a miui port
I was browsing xda and ran across quite a few devices that have ubuntu touch os in development/working on their devices! I forgot how gorgeous it looked when the developer preview came out, I was truly looking forward to a working daily driver, back when I have the vzw Samsung galaxy S3. Never happend... I was wondering, does anyone plan on working inv something like this? Is there something for the G3 already? (I Google searched, xda searched, to no avail) I would love to see this on our device! We have a big community and I know people would jump on board to get this on there phones.
Id love to see that as well! Hopefully someone pick it up!
+1
@theonlykamph was this you?
skiman10 said:
@theonlykamph was this you?
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What you mean mate?
theonlykamph said:
What you mean mate?
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Riling up all the people about a possible Ubuntu Touch port ?
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skiman10 said:
Riling up all the people about a possible Ubuntu Touch port
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Oh haha
Verizon (and others) and Samsung are hurting themselves by locking down the device hard which is killing developer interest so I seriously doubt it. And the developer version is unsubsidized and hard to find.
Same thing as the S3. Once Verizon locked it developers started to drop like flys...
Man I was waiting for Ubuntu Touch for forever... being a huge fan of Ubuntu I was super excited it was being ported to android devices! Wasn't it supposed to be officially released like a year ago... alongside Ubuntu 14.04?
Lol I totally forgot I started this thread... Glad to see more people agree, but yeah ubuntu on the G3 is very doubtful with a locked boot loader :'(
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Bootloader isn't locked
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Bootloader isn't locked
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We have a workaround not an unlocked bootloader.
FYI: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2015/02/24/announcing-ubuntu-porting-guide-20/
PiousInquisitor said:
FYI: https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2015/02/24/announcing-ubuntu-porting-guide-20/
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Thank you for letting me know the new guide is up. I'll look at it and decide if it'd be practical and possible.
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This would be cool of it could be done.
I would love to try this. To bad no one will port it. Stupid Verizon stop locking our android phones.
As a long term ubuntu fan myself, I doubt I'd be able to at least contain my curiosity if touch appeared for my VS985
russnash said:
As a long term ubuntu fan myself, I doubt I'd be able to at least contain my curiosity if touch appeared for my VS985
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You and me both.
I'd be interested in working on a porting project for the Verizon G3. I'd always wanted to do some kernel-level Android development