I have had emails from Sprint, LG, and LG Open Source.
First, LG said they won't make JB until Sprint request it.
Sprint said they don't know when or if LG will make an update or when they will send it to them.
LG Open Source said that the source for 4.2.2 will come out in March when we get our update. I believe the March part but not the 4.2.
I have been trying just to get us some facts. Anyways, I wouldn't start a new post for rants. So....
SoftwareNumberLS970ZVB OSNameGoogle Android OSVendorGoogle / Qualcomm OSVersionAndroid 4.1.2 /
That is a copy and paste. I don't have a file.
There has been some frustrated folks here the last few days. I thought the first true bonafide piece of info that has the Sprint Optimus G and Jelly Bean in the same sentence might make your day.
Thanks to a post from Warlord722 we have found out LG uses letters for the software version after they exhaust the numbers on Sprint. Thanks. Look forward to "B" in the near future.
kc_exactly said:
I have had emails from Sprint, LG, and LG Open Source.
First, LG said they won't make JB until Sprint request it.
Sprint said they don't know when or if LG will make an update or when they will send it to them.
LG Open Source said that the source for 4.2.2 will come out in March when we get our update. I believe the March part but not the 4.2.
I have been trying just to get us some facts. Anyways, I wouldn't start a new post for rants. So....
SoftwareNumberLS970ZVA OSNameGoogle Android OSVendorGoogle / Qualcomm OSVersionAndroid 4.1.2 /
That is a copy and paste. I don't have a file. Personally I think the "A" might stand for alpha but don't quote me. There has been some frustrated folks here the last few days. I thought the first true bonafide piece of info that has the Sprint Optimus G and Jelly Bean in the same sentence might make your day.
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awesome...
kc_exactly said:
I have had emails from Sprint, LG, and LG Open Source.
First, LG said they won't make JB until Sprint request it.
Sprint said they don't know when or if LG will make an update or when they will send it to them.
LG Open Source said that the source for 4.2.2 will come out in March when we get our update. I believe the March part but not the 4.2.
I have been trying just to get us some facts. Anyways, I wouldn't start a new post for rants. So....
SoftwareNumberLS970ZVA OSNameGoogle Android OSVendorGoogle / Qualcomm OSVersionAndroid 4.1.2 /
That is a copy and paste. I don't have a file. Personally I think the "A" might stand for alpha but don't quote me. There has been some frustrated folks here the last few days. I thought the first true bonafide piece of info that has the Sprint Optimus G and Jelly Bean in the same sentence might make your day.
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I work near the campus and talked to someone close to the project 2 weeks ago. They said the update was in final testing and should see release in march. I'd say its almost definitley 4.1 for now. It does seem like it got delayed from release this month though so i GUESS there is the small possibility they did that to make it 4.2 but thats doubtful. Either way Sprints had it for a while and the 4.1 update is basically done.
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I have had emails from Sprint, LG, and LG Open Source.
SoftwareNumberLS970ZVA OSNameGoogle Android OSVendorGoogle / Qualcomm OSVersionAndroid 4.1.2 /
That is a copy and paste. I don't have a file. Personally I think the "A" might stand for alpha but don't quote me. There has been some frustrated folks here the last few days. I thought the first true bonafide piece of info that has the Sprint Optimus G and Jelly Bean in the same sentence might make your day.
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I used to have a Sprint LG Optimus S (LS670). Their updates were labeled in same way as the LGOG i.e. LS670ZV? . Once they got past LS670ZV9 it went to lettering i.e. LS670ZVC, LS670ZVD. When it upgraded to Gingerbread it was LS670ZVH, which was borked and had to rerelease as LS670ZVJ.
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I used to have a Sprint LG Optimus S (LS670). Their updates were labeled in same way as the LGOG i.e. LS670ZV? . Once they got past LS670ZV9 it went to lettering i.e. LS670ZVC, LS670ZVD. When it upgraded to Gingerbread it was LS670ZVH, which was borked and had to rerelease as LS670ZVJ.
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Yeah I remember that too. The update to the S were really insignificant until ZVH but really buggy. I stayed with ZVD and ran ICS on it.
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Using the same OS for a year gets tiring. Especially going from 4.2.1 to 4.0.4
Really glad that they are at least releasing 4.1
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Yeah I remember that too. The update to the S were really insignificant until ZVH but really buggy. I stayed with ZVD and ran ICS on it.
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Using the same OS for a year gets tiring. Especially going from 4.2.1 to 4.0.4
Really glad that they are at least releasing 4.1
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Same here. I actually just traded the S for the G last saturday. Thanks to the work of awesome devs over on AndroidCentral, those little phones can run 4.2...it's astounding.
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Same here. I actually just traded the S for the G last saturday. Thanks to the work of awesome devs over on AndroidCentral, those little phones can run 4.2...it's astounding.
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What?!?!?!? They were able to run 4.2! That's an awesome little phone. I'm glad I stayed 2 years with that phone. Who was the dev who made it?
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What?!?!?!? They were able to run 4.2! That's an awesome little phone. I'm glad I stayed 2 years with that phone. Who was the dev who made it?
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thekraven
Awww damn he did such a great job with the port for ICS. I gotta check this out.
Yes, I have ICS on mine too, running OXYGEN 3.0 that was ported over to it by thekraven, runs damn good too for what the OptiS is! My daughter uses it as wifi only device, and she has still has lots of fun with it.
My brother is currently using my S and still runs good. I have the extended battery on it that it last for 2+ days.
I think I will never sell that little phone.
Hopefully the ZVA will bring 4.1 God I really can't wait!!!
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Anyone else have news?
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Only thing I know is the device management team is in contact with lg about lte signal strength ,acquisition etc
I legitimately had a dream last night that we were able to pull the update from an LG server somewhere and give everyone JB.
I clearly care about this way too much. Hahaha
Listen, I'll take 4.2 but I want to have battery life better than note 2. Battery life for 2-3 days with heavy use would be amazing.
You better find a nice battery case for that 2500mah minimum
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I miss my little S running 4.2 was quite the feat for a low spec phone
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I really enjoyed my epic running 4.2 it is just not as smooth and fast as this beast is.
Current Phones
Sprint Optimus G/Sprint Galaxy S3
Previous
Epic 4g/ myTouch 4g/iPhone 3g
Tablet
HP Touchpad
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I changed the title. Maybe if someone knows what we are looking for it will be easier to find.
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Well l 'm glad that you have found that piece of information. Just hopefully it is soon.
Related
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_running_android_ics_rom-news-3274.php
Great news! We can only hope our neglected E4GT gets some ICS love soon too.
EDIT: Apparently it's been said this is just an ICS launcher...
Still some pretty cool mods though hey! I wouldn't mind the fast switch program he had. Its the same one I got on my galaxy tab 10.1 ICS will get here eventually amd when it does I hope it changes the android expereince with lots of eye candy and fun features. Hope it really takes advantage of our 1gig ram and fast internal storage and is coded specificly for duel core cpu's. How sweet would thay be !
Our phone is neglected? It's been out for a month. Hardly time to consider it neglected.
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Our phone is neglected? It's been out for a month. Hardly time to consider it neglected.
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I think they are talking in general the SGS2 has been out for a few months now it's just new for the US market.
there is a ICS launcher that looks just like that and the status bar is wrong i think its the launcher with a themed bar
I could not careless about the ICS Sprint would push to us. I want the ICS that the devs bring us.
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I think they are talking in general the SGS2 has been out for a few months now it's just new for the US market.
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No, I mean our phone!
Figgen AT&T version already has Cyanogen mod!
I can only hope that ICS performs as well as the video shows.
Definitely a cool mod though!
When ICS does come out, will this end up for sure on our E4GT?
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Definitely a cool mod though!
When ICS does come out, will this end up for sure on our E4GT?
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No, I mean our phone!
Figgen AT&T version already has Cyanogen mod!
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Its because its gsm
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Just enjoy your phone. With the heavily customized interface, don't expect ics until summer 2012. It is what you signed up for.
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I won't see a upgrade untilled 2013.
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Google WANTS Ice Cream Sandwich
It was my understanding that Google wants as many devices as possible to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich as soon as possible to push developers in to moving their current applications to this platform and that Google basically wants previous versions including Honey Comb to go the way of the Dodo or the Dinosaur. So this could mean that we would see an upgrade fairly quickly for our devices so as to reduce fragmentation.
Blu3Fr0g said:
It was my understanding that Google wants as many devices as possible to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich as soon as possible to push developers in to moving their current applications to this platform and that Google basically wants previous versions including Honey Comb to go the way of the Dodo or the Dinosaur. So this could mean that we would see an upgrade fairly quickly for our devices so as to reduce fragmentation.
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You are setting yourself up for disappointment. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. ICS updates will start going out in middle 2012.
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Its because its gsm
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Yes, sadly the CDMA and WiMax radios add a few hurdles.
Someone posted this on engadget as an idication that the epic touch 4g would get ICS. Frankly I'm not sure how they determined that from the link.
HTML:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D710/EJ14.rdf
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Someone posted this on engadget as an idication that the epic touch 4g would get ICS. Frankly I'm not sure how they determined that from the link.
HTML:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-D710/EJ14.rdf
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All that tells us it they're working on an update (which we already knew, since they have known bugs they're trying to resolve), and it's full of placeholder text. The only version is mentions is 2.3.3, and we're on 2.3.4. So clearly not an indication of any actually useful information.
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All that tells us it they're working on an update (which we already knew, since they have known bugs they're trying to resolve), and it's full of placeholder text. The only version is mentions is 2.3.3, and we're on 2.3.4. So clearly not an indication of any actually useful information.
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Thanks - I couldn't figure out why they thought that link had anything to do with ICS.
Of course if they really wanted a shock and awe campaign tomorrow, just imagine if the top 10 Android devices all got an update to ICS tomorrow
I would rather have to wait a bit for good ROMs than have everything the first week so we don't have to listen to the "Where's the Jelly Bean update " talk. My phone is perfect and will only get better. Its not like every CM7 nightly is perfect. It takes a lot of nightlies to get a stable release. I have been flashing all of the Nexus releases....last nights was great though...patience people
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I currently work for an indirect sprint store. I been waiting for the ISC update. Well today my regional manager from sprint came in. He said last night around 3 am he got an update for ice cream sandwhich, and its real. He doesn't hack his phone or anything. So just wait a little bit and its coming out. I can tell you that it doesn't have face recognition, but its alot faster than the gingerbread that was on there.
Pictures or it didn't happen. Just kidding. That's great news. Happen to remember the build number. Just wondering because the first update might not contain face recognition.
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Was there like a date he had in mind? Like early next year or late this month?
EDIT: I think its suppose to be ICS by the way man.
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I currently work for an indirect sprint store. I been waiting for the ISC update. Well today my regional manager from sprint came in. He said last night around 3 am he got an update for ice cream sandwhich, and its real. He doesn't hack his phone or anything. So just wait a little bit and its coming out. I can tell you that it doesn't have face recognition, but its alot faster than the gingerbread that was on there.
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http://markbiwwa.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/bull****.jpg
pics or it didnt happen. trust me, if it was coming, engadget and other sites would have been all over it because the et4g is still one of the co-kings of android along with the new nexus
^
Plus you have the wrong ICS! So a troll pointing out a troll.
Looks like there is some truth to this based on some google searching for the past 24 hours:
http://translate.google.com/transla...fficial&biw=1024&bih=660&tbs=qdr:d&prmd=imvns
http://translate.google.com/transla...fficial&biw=1024&bih=660&tbs=qdr:d&prmd=imvns
Dude hasn't posted anything in almost 2 years, he is either a troll who owns an iphone now...
OR
HE IZ RITE AND ICS IS ALMOST HER!1!!!!!!1
FYI
From the Samsung Mobile Twitter Feed
More: http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entry/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-to-get-the-ICS-4-0-1-Update-during-Jan-2012
I want to get excited too. Should our excitement be tempered by the fact that our device is a modified version of the GS2? The hardware is very different from the regular GSII from what I understand. Can't that cause delays?
Everyone called me a troll when I said I was going to get pushed an update early a few weeks ago, hopefully it is true, we will see. With the maintenance release just coming out though, I find it hard to believe ICS is just around the corner. Two otas in such a short period does not make much sense.
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btate0121 said:
I want to get excited too. Should our excitement be tempered by the fact that our device is a modified version of the GS2? The hardware is very different from the regular GSII from what I understand. Can't that cause delays?
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Our excitement should be VERY tempered. OG Epic users went through the same thing when GB was leaked for the i9000 (the int'l galaxy s). This time the leak is for the i9100 (the int'l galaxy s 2). I would not anticipate it will be of much use for us.
btate0121 said:
I want to get excited too. Should our excitement be tempered by the fact that our device is a modified version of the GS2? The hardware is very different from the regular GSII from what I understand. Can't that cause delays?
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The hardware is identical to the international and att Gs2 except for the radios. Its easier said than done to convert it to CDMA without samsungs source code.
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odub303 said:
Our excitement should be VERY tempered. OG Epic users went through the same thing when GB was leaked for the i9000 (the int'l galaxy s). This time the leak is for the i9100 (the int'l galaxy s 2). I would not anticipate it will be of much use for us.
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Exactlt. Just cause the international version might get it in january doesnt mean we will. I dont believe the ops story. Take a pic of his phone's about phone info.
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bbedward said:
The hardware is identical to the international and att Gs2 except for the radios. Its easier said than done to convert it to CDMA without samsungs source code.
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pardon my ignorance but the addition of the LED, the larger screen (even the ATT version has a different size screen and the epic is certainly larger than the international version) and the processor also varies doesn't it? Do those differences not make difference?
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Everyone called me a troll when I said I was going to get pushed an update early a few weeks ago, hopefully it is true, we will see. With the maintenance release just coming out though, I find it hard to believe ICS is just around the corner. Two otas in such a short period does not make much sense.
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Isn't the latest OTA dealing with the LOS and some other issues? I'd assume they can't really wait until the ICS and leave customers hanging that much longer with all the backlash.
im just letting you guys know... i know i haven't posted anything in a long time but i read and go through these forums almost everyday.. i just don't post things but usually other people post what i have to say.... so take it for what its worth, i personally don't really care if you guys think im lying its all good.
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Everyone called me a troll when I said I was going to get pushed an update early a few weeks ago, hopefully it is true, we will see. With the maintenance release just coming out though, I find it hard to believe ICS is just around the corner. Two otas in such a short period does not make much sense.
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This update date may be the one that allows the device to be updated to ICS. Im sure one of the Delvs will dig into the files to see the differences(other than CIQ)
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pardon my ignorance but the addition of the LED, the larger screen (even the ATT version has a different size screen and the epic is certainly larger than the international version) and the processor also varies doesn't it? Do those differences not make difference?
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the screen doesn't matter they are the exact same screen just different sizes. Processor, CPU, gpu, wifi/bt chip, dac are all identical.
The LED is as simple as a kernel that supports it and a rom that uses it.
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so this has been a terrible issue with samsung since the galaxy s 1 days... im sick and tired of slow updates.. whats your thoughts on this ? will it change your mind on what phone to get next?
http://www.androidauthority.com/u-s-galaxy-s3-jelly-bean-update-released-coming-months-123557/
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so this has been a terrible issue with samsung since the galaxy s 1 days... im sick and tired of slow updates.. whats your thoughts on this ? will it change your mind on what phone to get next?
http://www.androidauthority.com/u-s-galaxy-s3-jelly-bean-update-released-coming-months-123557/
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IMO, It really doesn't matter! I have used JB and ICS on my phone, and other than Google Now, I don't see the need to update to JB.
I look at it like this... the standard consumer is not rooted. The OEM and carrier have to smooth out bugs, and make the transition from ICS -> JB a seemless integration. This makes for a better customer experience.
Thats the business man... why release a sub par product and have thousands of support tickets for small minor issues.
From your sig, you're running JB already.
Pretty depressing if you ask me. God if the new nexus phone wasn't being made by LG I'd probably be all over that thing at this point.
It will have 4.2 before we even get 4.1
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Telus' S3 will get JB before the end of November, so I'm thinking we should be very close by.
Full application of project butter in an official release of jb will be worth it. Only reason my nexus is still stock is that the only rom on the s3 that comes close to matching its fluidity, for me at least, is tasks aokp. It's night, and day. Slow rollouts of software are just one of those burdens of this era in development. Fortunately, the software is beginning to be more, and more worth it. Someday you'll lecture your grandkids on how we didn't have all this fancy "cognitive request firmware updates, and 5tb/second data speeds" lol
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jbizz said:
IMO, It really doesn't matter! I have used JB and ICS on my phone, and other than Google Now, I don't see the need to update to JB.
I look at it like this... the standard consumer is not rooted. The OEM and carrier have to smooth out bugs, and make the transition from ICS -> JB a seemless integration. This makes for a better customer experience.
Thats the business man... why release a sub par product and have thousands of support tickets for small minor issues.
From your sig, you're running JB already.
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i get what you mean man, but its seriously been 5 months, dont you think we could of had an updated by then? how long does it really take to release an update..
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i get what you mean man, but its seriously been 5 months, dont you think we could of had an updated by then? how long does it really take to release an update..
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*shrugs* there was an update from 4.0.2 to 4.0.4
I know what you're saying tho... I always look at devs like the CM team who have already put out updates way before the OEM and think... how come a billion dollar company is so slow?
I wish carriers would allow users to do soak tests and **** before release to send bug reports and stuff.
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Stupid app take out my cuss word! Hah!!!
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By the time we even get Android 4.1, Android 4.2 will already be out in the market.
First, 4.2 will not be key lime pie.
Second, its not Samsungs fault, its the carriers.
And being the carriers fault - you have to wonder. Do they each only have like 2 people working on the Updates...or wtf. lol
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I know what you're saying tho... I always look at devs like the CM team who have already put out updates way before the OEM and think... how come a billion dollar company is so slow?
I wish carriers would allow users to do soak tests and **** before release to send bug reports and stuff.
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Because when there is a bug in CM, they can go *shrug*, we'll add it to the known issues list, like the bluetooth audio not working right. When there is a bug in a carrier supplied ROM, think of all the people that are going to want to call AT&T and be like 'Hey this isn't working, FIX IT!'. That costs money to pay the customer service people and it costs money from a PR point of view.
The carriers strive to make things as bug free as possible (which, is laughable considering some of the updates some carriers have pushed out, or even the state of a phone at release *cough*G2x*cough*). If they don't do super extensive testing on everything BEFORE the release, they're going to have to do the same testing AFTER the release, but after it costs them money in customer service and PR image.
It sucks that another manufacturer/carrier is delaying the update. Do we buy a phone on the promise/hope we will see the next update? I don't. "Why am I not getting update XX" seems to be a common complaint. I came from the Atrix 2. Motorola promissed ICS and an unlockable bootloader. The phone is now borderline if not already end of life with At&t and is just getting the ICS update and still a locked bootloader. I bought my GSIII with the thought "cool I will get JB" but didn't care when. With all of the leaks available, if you want JB, you can get it. Seeing some of the bugs in the leaks, do you really want that to be your update? If you got the update and had these bugs, thered posts of "how could they release this buggy version?" Don't get me wrong, I would like to see manufactures and carriers stand by their word, but I realize there are more important things to worry about than why my update is delayed or not getting it. If you want a phone that guarantees you'll see an update, get a ,cough cough, Iphone. Not all features may work but hey, you'll get your update. My one and a half cents and a THANKS to the hard working devs that bring us these leaks and roms (FOR FREE) to satisfy our need to update. YOU GUYS ROCK!
This phone is awesome straight out of the box. I'm just a flash junkie and I love new shiny stuff. I wonder if there's a support group for flash addicts?
I dont understand why carriers have to tweak the software when samsung already does it. I dont think carriers change the software that much that it takes so long. Someone please enlighten me
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jmacdonald19 said:
This phone is awesome straight out of the box. I'm just a flash junkie and I love new shiny stuff. I wonder if there's a support group for flash addicts?
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Lol
I'm sure a huge population ate xda are
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viking2.0 said:
I dont understand why carriers have to tweak the software when samsung already does it. I dont think carriers change the software that much that it takes so long. Someone please enlighten me
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Its not the OS they are changing, it takes them this long to make their BS bloatware work.
dntesinfrno said:
Its not the OS they are changing, it takes them this long to make their BS bloatware work.
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Well and doing carrier certification. I think that's more of what ends up taking a long time than updating any carrier add-on software.
Sprint is receiving their OTA to JB starting today. So I'm sure we're not too far behind.
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this sucks but never a problem with custom roms and Samsung is the easiest to update.
I'm new to Android, so maybe that makes me naive. But, I'd like to bring up a few points:
1) How do you know JB for the AT&T GS3 is delayed until 2013? No one has given a release date. Heck, it might be 2014 or 2015. It's misleading to post a title like that.
2) "Coming months:" this ambiguity goes both ways. Sprint released their GS3 JB OTA update today.
3) AT&T is taking long to update their bloatware?! There are three stupid apps: AT&T Hotspots, AT&T Messages, and AT&T Navigator. AND AT&T's already released the Note 2, which comes with Jelly Bean. Thus, these apps have already been updated to work with Jelly Bean!
The holdup on AT&T's part is something else...
The thing I love about the G is the clean lines of the device. That being said the teaser G Pro pics show what looks like a physical home button similar to the GS3. If the G Pro or whatever is coming after that have physical home buttons would you buy one?
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Dr. Mark said:
The thing I love about the G is the clean lines of the device. That being said the teaser G Pro pics show what looks like a physical home button similar to the GS3. If the G Pro or whatever is coming after that have physical home buttons would you buy one?
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I'm never buying again from lg.
If LG doesn't improve their phones update, i won't buy it anymore.
The Optimus G is a great device, however, stucking in ICS is not cool
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Samsung took 5 months to get Jellybean out for the S3. LG got it out in a little over 12 wks with carrier approval in Korea.
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it's not only about the update rate. Also, don't forget jellybean wasnt out when samsung phone went out. Now, android 4.2.1 is out and that phone was coming with 4.0.4. The repair center is a joke, The build quality is questionnable (Craked glass everywhere from not even a foot) and the code is attrocious. LG is not going back on the track, it's getting worse.
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it's not only about the update rate. Also, don't forget jellybean wasnt out when samsung phone went out. Now, android 4.2.1 is out and that phone was coming with 4.0.4. The repair center is a joke, The build quality is questionnable (Craked glass everywhere from not even a foot) and the code is attrocious. LG is not going back on the track, it's getting worse.
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Could not agree with you there.
LG is clearly among the best manufacturers and maintains a high quality of their products.
Samsung is not at that level with SGS3.
But as many have already said, the problem of LG's service updates.
Also disagree.. lg og is easily and without a doubt the best phone I've ever owned.. the build quality is superior to other phones and it feels durable but at the same time lightweight.
Say what you will about the software updates, but it sounds to me like when it comes to LG handsets many people are stuck in the past.
would you buy one ? - only if LG comes up with something to lure me away from current and upcoming 1080p flagships and i don't expect the something to be the inclusion of a mere home button . that being said a button won't be the deciding factor if the actual smartphone has tricks worth buying up its sleeve
why fix it if it ain't broken ?
@Chad The Galaxy Nexus got Jellybean on July 11th the GS3 was released 2 weeks before that and you know Samsung had the code because the Galaxy Nexus is a Samsung device. It took a whole 5 months before it would hit the first us carrier. The G should have been released with Jellybean but you have to give them credit that Jellybean is already out in Korea.
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chadouming said:
I'm never buying again from lg.
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me too!
chadouming said:
I'm never buying again from lg.
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You was probably saying that when Samsung was struggling to get updates out on the Galaxy S1 devices. Now look at them now.
LG has thoroughly impressed me with this device and I will most definitely look forward to future devices from LG. This phone is a winner and I'm not gonna cry about updates, which by the way is the number 1 complaint when it comes to any manufacture here on XDA.
This phone does everything I needed to do with or without the update.
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@Wangz It looks like you are frustrated with the G because you have Jellybean and there is no root yet. The source codes are not even out yet. Your best bet is to LGNPST back to a earlier version and reroot and wait for a rooted Jellybean rom to show up on XDA to flash. Ask the guys on the Sprint Optimus G forum for help they are awesome!
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@Wangz It looks like you are frustrated with the G because you have Jellybean and there is no root yet. The source codes are not even out yet. Your best bet is to LGNPST back to a earlier version and reroot and wait for a rooted Jellybean rom to show up on XDA to flash. Ask the guys on the Sprint Optimus G forum for help they are awesome!
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thank you,indeed,i don't want my phone unrooted,but the phone's bl is locked.next time,maybe i will buy s4,even if i don't like amoled.
The repair center is a joke
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Last time when i went to authorized service center in korea, they were accepting any of these: HTC, LG, Samsung, Pantech.
So, basically LG using same service center with Samsung and other companies
The build quality is questionnable (Craked glass everywhere from not even a foot) and the code is attrocious.
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Nah, thats just a price you pay for glass covers. Iphone 4 is easy to kill either.
I believe thats the main reason iphone 5 got metal covers.
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You was probably saying that when Samsung was struggling to get updates out on the Galaxy S1 devices. Now look at them now.
LG has thoroughly impressed me with this device and I will most definitely look forward to future devices from LG. This phone is a winner and I'm not gonna cry about updates, which by the way is the number 1 complaint when it comes to any manufacture here on XDA.
This phone does everything I needed to do with or without the update.
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Nope, i was saying that when i got a Galaxy S II. My next device was a galaxy nexus, which when i bought it felt already out of date. So i said to my self, i'm never buying again from samsung (Yet, all the biggies about how samsung is bad were started at that time and it was not so much after codeworkx decided to not work anymore on exynos device. Another good reason to not buy samsung again) So i bought this LG phone. Could'nt be more deceived.
Tsss....
Every forum of every brand there's always someone whinning about how the makers are total gibrerish and how much they will "not" buy again from them...
I guess your next phone should be a noka running Windows 8...
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Tsss....
Every forum of every brand there's always someone whinning about how the makers are total gibrerish and how much they will "not" buy again from them...
I guess your next phone should be a noka running Windows 8...
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no, i love the android OS. I'll probably go to sony and hope to not be deceived.
I got an LG device just to have something different (been with Samsung for more than 2 years). I am not into development and stuff so I can't comment on source codes documentation release etc. But I can say that it's not even 1% chance that my next device would be from LG. Maybe trying the most hated manufacturers for locking bootloaders like HTC and Motorola, or going back to Samsung on my next one.
But don't get me wrong. LGOG is a great device and does all I need.
Good luck then!
I honestly think there's no "perfect phone" anyway. So I'll deal with the "lesser evil" in what is currently available when changing device.
LG, just like any maker, is "slow to update"
Nexus' are fast on the updates but most lilely will lack an interesting feature
If you look at the current flagship offered by sony, the Experia T, it doesn't looks like it's running Jelly Bean quite yet. The Xperia Z (which is "comming soon") would be running it, but it's not even out yet... And don't expect Sony to release update any faster than the other makers for the "next" android release!
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Good luck then!
I honestly think there's no "perfect phone" anyway. So I'll deal with the "lesser evil" in what is currently available when changing device.
LG, just like any maker, is "slow to update"
Nexus' are fast on the updates but most lilely will lack an interesting feature
If you look at the current flagship offered by sony, the Experia T, it doesn't looks like it's running Jelly Bean quite yet. The Xperia Z (which is "comming soon") would be running it, but it's not even out yet... And don't expect Sony to release update any faster than the other makers for the "next" android release!
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Sorry, but sony has been working a lot with aosp project. And there is no lesser evil, they all are at max evil level !
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Heeeey
This is my first post here.
Here's is my comment and response on LG India page. everything is clear
Seems that LG is going to upgrade all his smartphones to 4.4 together
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Heeeey
This is my first post here.
Here's is my comment and response on LG India page. everything is clear
Seems that LG is going to upgrade all his smartphones to 4.4 together
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Is not very clear.. we know how this is.
But is a very good new.:good:
If I'm not mistaken it's not LG that replied to your comment but some random dude. So it doesn't mean anything. But on the other hand even LG had lied about updates in the past.
So don't get your up too much.
if it's true what he said he didn't mentioned our model, and i don't believe in that story until i see update on my e975 for 4.4
In consideration of all the other kitkat update claims, its either a very ballsy, stupid or genius first XDA post...time will tell.
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If I'm not mistaken it's not LG that replied to your comment but some random dude. So it doesn't mean anything. But on the other hand even LG had lied about updates in the past.
So don't get your up too much.
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as he says we're working I don't think that he's a random guy. and you know, LG admins don not have the right to announce anything until they arre told to do. So they act more conservative. look at the screenshot attached. Some information are company confidential. But the employees are more free to do it. I mean even if he's not true about next month he must be true about the coming of the update.
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if it's true what he said he didn't mentioned our model, and i don't believe in that story until i see update on my e975 for 4.4
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Well, Optimus g is optimus g. my model is e975 too. and this one must be the first to get it. becaause AT&T models should be customized and also requested by AT&T... International ones are the ones supported directly by LG.
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In consideration of all the other kitkat update claims, its either a very ballsy, stupid or genius first XDA post...time will tell.
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I hope it won't be the first one
One again, a "no-news" and a lack of reliable source...
Don't get me wrong, I'd like the KK update as anyone else but what is provided here is just enough to built hope on some, nothing more.
No reliable source, nothing official, and, IMHO, someone using terms like "dude" on a responce is far from beleivable. I don't know what is "confirmed" by this screen, but it's nothing but hot air!
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One again, a "no-news" and a lack of reliable source...
Don't get me wrong, I'd like the KK update as anyone else but what is provided here is just enough to built hope on some, nothing more.
No reliable source, nothing official, and, IMHO, someone using terms like "dude" on a responce is far from beleivable. I don't know what is "confirmed" by this screen, but it's nothing but hot air!
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We're going to receive it man. believe me. By the way, I can't see any dude in his response
His reply:
"Dude's new all LG smartphones are too gud..."
IMHO, sound juvenile!
And I do HOPE we receive an update, but will all due respect, don't expect anyone to believe you unless you provide solid proof.
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His reply:
"Dude's new all LG smartphones are too gud..."
IMHO, sound juvenile!
And I do HOPE we receive an update, but will all due respect, don't expect anyone to believe you unless you provide solid proof.
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Cannot see the word Dude mentioned in this thread before your posts and in any case, I'm not bothered what words are used to describe hopeful software updates for our devices
Also, belief in something is personal and I'm happy to at least hope for future updates based on this thread
As I'm sure other people are too
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I want to believe that our LGOG will get KitKat next month, but considering that not even G2 has it, I don't think that it's possible.. Maybe 1, 2 months after G2 - if LG decides to respect their customers..
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I want to believe that our LGOG will get KitKat next month, but considering that not even G2 has it, I don't think that it's possible.. Maybe 1, 2 months after G2 - if LG decides to respect their customers..
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The G2 already has 4.4 In Korea tho.
World wide, I meant.
Let's study the situation a bit deeper.
reasons we get the update:
1. if we consider the 18 months period of recieving updates, we still have 4 months left. G was released in October, 2012
2. I think except for the initial batch, most of the devices had Jelly bean 4.1.2 while being sold and they still have the same version. So there should be at least an update to a higher version.
3. Physically the device has all the potentials to be upgraded to kitkat and as a previous flagship deserves to get it.
4. the leaked news says that they were testing kitkat on both g pro and g. Now that they are releasing the update for g pro by the end of Q2. There should be an update for g as well since we know that the device doesn't lack anything to run kitkat smoothly.
resons no to get it
1. Why should a company care for a phone from 2012 while there are so many other new phones 2013 onward?
Well I think we have more reasons to get it than not to get it.
to get or not to get. this is the question
and look
Samsung officially announced the models which will get kitkat. Among them you can see Note 2 which was released in September, 2012 and Galaxy S3 which was released in July, 2012!!
So let's keep our fingers crossed :angel:
humm... i think we`re going to be in 4.1 forever :s
i think this guy forgot to add this screenshot ... in this image you can see the official (As usual) Announcement of 4.4 update to G....
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i think this guy forgot to add this screenshot ... in this image you can see the official (As usual) Announcement of 4.4 update to G....
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They give the same answer on the phone and on fb page in Latvia.
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i think this guy forgot to add this screenshot ... in this image you can see the official (As usual) Announcement of 4.4 update to G....
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And where is the announcement in that?
Standard canned response telling nothing at all. They'll forward the request! Dosen't mean LGOG is getting anything as of now.
Heeeeeeey
I didn't forget anything. I have written the question everywhere and I've got the same response as the one you attached. I myself attached one last page.
They are not allowed to announce anything. Actually they don't know anything. They are simply page admins. Whenever they say something it's not true or exact. No one knows exactly when everything will be ready but I believe it will be ready one day not so far from today.