Looking to get a tablet and know I don't want an ipad, but do want a similar size screen. I'm leaning toward the Galaxy Tab 10.1. I currently have a Samsung Epic and have not been at all happy with the frequency of Android updates (we *just* got gingerbread OTA). Is it the same with the Galaxy Tab, or are the Epic upgrades slow because of the carrier (Sprint)? Sorry if this is a duplicate thread. I did a quick search but didn't find anything.
Samsung is rather slow. Asus was much faster in the past.
The Galaxy Tab will get ICS Update in Q1 2012, whatever that means Could be january, could be march. The good thing is, at least you're not carrierdepending (at least if you buy the WIFI version. but I think the 3G version isn't different).
The ipad and Galaxy Tab 10.1 do not have similar screen sizes. If that is what you want I suggest the Galaxy Tab 8.9 or 7.7
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pgriffy said:
Looking to get a tablet and know I don't want an ipad, but do want a similar size screen. I'm leaning toward the Galaxy Tab 10.1. I currently have a Samsung Epic and have not been at all happy with the frequency of Android updates (we *just* got gingerbread OTA). Is it the same with the Galaxy Tab, or are the Epic upgrades slow because of the carrier (Sprint)? Sorry if this is a duplicate thread. I did a quick search but didn't find anything.
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This is XDA, a forum for custom ROM devs and users. Nobody here (except some of the new folk who are afraid to root) cares how fast Samsung pushes updates.
Except this is the Q&A thread so the OP has a valid post IMHO.
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This is XDA, a forum for custom ROM devs and users. Nobody here (except some of the new folk who are afraid to root) cares how fast Samsung pushes updates.
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SaneinOne said:
Except this is the Q&A thread so the OP has a valid post IMHO.
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Good of you to answer it then.
Here's an answer: Your question is subjective; some folks think that 6 months is fine, others think that we should have gotten it on the day it was announced. Here on XDA the vast majority of people will be running it long before the carrier releases it. Of course, there will be a few people here that will say "I don't want to root, when will the official update come?" and the rest of us will think "why are you here?"
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"why are you here?"
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To get answers on devices from the less pretentious members.
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I came across this article :
http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/flash-mobile-dead-adobe/
Not sure either smartphones or tablet will be affected by that news. Will it affect Galaxy Tab 10.1 in long run?
Never mind guys I found another thread regarding my question. I did not saw that thread before.
tabing said:
I came across this article :
http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/flash-mobile-dead-adobe/
Not sure either smartphones or tablet will be affected by that news. Will it affect Galaxy Tab 10.1 in long run?
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It will take a while for html 5 to be ubiquitous so likely youll be good for a couple of years.
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Ok maybe the flash content we saw online will not be available on our device. I think depends on website how fast they implement HTML5 on their site
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No I don't think so
I sent Samsung an email concerning the volume problem I have been having with my Samsung Galaxy S wifi 3.6. I got a reply from them telling me to connect to Kies and update to the latest firmware to sort the problem. However I have sent my SGS wifi 3.6 back to my local electrical store awaiting a replacement. My question is has there been a new firmware update in the past week for the SGS wifi 3.6? As about a week ago the firmware on the SGS was up to date according to the Kies software.
To be honest I am not at all happy with Samsung's customer service and their products
Artmuzz said:
I sent Samsung an email concerning the volume problem I have been having with my Samsung Galaxy S wifi 3.6. I got a reply from them telling me to connect to Kies and update to the latest firmware to sort the problem. However I have sent my SGS wifi 3.6 back to my local electrical store awaiting a replacement. My question is has there been a new firmware update in the past week for the SGS wifi 3.6? As about a week ago the firmware on the SGS was up to date according to the Kies software.
To be honest I am not at all happy with Samsung's customer service and their products
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Wrong forum...
BTW, Samsung beats Apple. Samsung being the only iPod touch competitor (Not too mention CHEAPER then the icrap) I would say the SGP is pretty freakin awesome, especially considering its superior hardware.
If you ask me, samsung's customer service is pretty good, considering how big they are. I sent a bricked and rooted galaxy player in for repair, was willing to pay if they charged for the service (rooting voids warranty), but they had it fixed and sent back in 2 days, free of charge! And that was durring Christmas week, when I am sure there must have been Mega overloads! There software kies is absolute junk, though.
Se7enex said:
Wrong forum...
BTW, Samsung beats Apple. Samsung being the only iPod touch competitor (Not too mention CHEAPER then the icrap) I would say the SGP is pretty freakin awesome, especially considering its superior hardware.
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If there is not specific forum for Galaxy 3.6, where is the forum to publish topics about this device? in general Q&A?
It would be posiible to open a new section inside this?
Thanks in advance
jarriskua said:
If there is not specific forum for Galaxy 3.6, where is the forum to publish topics about this device? in general Q&A?
It would be posiible to open a new section inside this?
Thanks in advance
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Well in order for a new forum to be opened there would have to be sufficient interest in the device and so far I haven't really seen it for the 3.6.
I'd imagine yes the general Q&A because when people post information about their device in ANOTHER device's forum and other people don't realize the device is different then people brick their devices, etc...
Hello,
I would like too to open a new section for the samsung player YP-GS1 3.6 or merge it with its bigger cousins.
Thanks.
Does anyone know when ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0) will be released for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510)? According to Samsung it was supposed to be last month but its already June and still no ics.
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Does anyone know when ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0) will be released for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7510)? According to Samsung it was supposed to be last month but its already June and still no ics.
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You don't have it yet? Use the "factory reset" while dunking your tablet in a bucket of icewater and the download will start.
Just kidding. Welcome to XDA. You're going to have a much better time here if you learn to use the "search" function before you post. The answer to your question is in many, many threads here. But since you're new, I'll give you a hint: nobody knows.
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You don't have it yet? Use the "factory reset" while dunking your tablet in a bucket of icewater and the download will start.
Just kidding. Welcome to XDA. You're going to have a much better time here if you learn to use the "search" function before you post. The answer to your question is in many, many threads here. But since you're new, I'll give you a hint: nobody knows.
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I agree with you,,Samsung never let us to know bout pics update''if you want feel the pics,,use in official rom
It was planned for May, but then Samsung decided to release Galaxy Tab 2 with the only major difference being ICS. So the planned update for the original tab was delayed until end of Q2 to help Tab 2 sales.
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It was planned for May, but then Samsung decided to release Galaxy Tab 2 with the only major difference being ICS. So the planned update for the original tab was delayed until end of Q2 to help Tab 2 sales.
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Please don't let another thread go this direction. If you want to tell this story, provide links to reputable sources in which Samsung (not some third party) has stated a release date for ICS for the GT10.1. If you don't have links, please stop making this stuff up.
At present there isn't even an official Samsung leak for ICS version of Tab 10.1, that's the reason why only nightly custom ROM's are available. Usually it takes still time after a leak arrived.
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Please don't let another thread go this direction. If you want to tell this story, provide links to reputable sources in which Samsung (not some third party) has stated a release date for ICS for the GT10.1. If you don't have links, please stop making this stuff up.
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"The Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade that Galaxy device fans have been waiting for is finally available – but only on select devices.
Galaxy Tab 7.0, 7.0 Plus, 8.9, 10.1 and the Galaxy Note will receive the new software update effective April 30th."
http://www.thegalaxytab.com/2012/04...rades-galaxy-tablets-with-ice-cream-sandwich/
Sharky444 said:
"The Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade that Galaxy device fans have been waiting for is finally available – but only on select devices.
Galaxy Tab 7.0, 7.0 Plus, 8.9, 10.1 and the Galaxy Note will receive the new software update effective April 30th."
http://www.thegalaxytab.com/2012/04...rades-galaxy-tablets-with-ice-cream-sandwich/
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A single blog post? Come on now, if Samsung had promised something, don't you think you would be able to find at least one actual news outlet that carried the story?
Well... they did. And the blog post you linked to misquoted it. It took me 10 seconds to figure that out (hint: just google a line of the text). Nobody from Samsung has ever given a date for the release of ICS on the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Whether that's a good business practice is dubious, but claiming that they said something they didn't--and quoting a badly written blog post as proof--is lazy and increases the amount of misinformation floating around this forum...
Hmm still no update on this?
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Hmm still no update on this?
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Everything should be in the speculation thread.
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Just for fun I keyed into Samsung Live Chat and asked when 4.0 was coming out. I got some robot named Arnold who basically said:
"I'm sorry to inform you that there is no information available on an update for your device. Watch our website and STFU"
So it's gone from UK/Ireland and then the rest of the world to "we don't know sh*t". Sigh...back to beating the crap out of my ADW launcher
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Just for fun I keyed into Samsung Live Chat and asked when 4.0 was coming out. I got some robot named Arnold who basically said:
"I'm sorry to inform you that there is no information available on an update for your device. Watch our website and STFU"
So it's gone from UK/Ireland and then the rest of the world to "we don't know sh*t". Sigh...back to beating the crap out of my ADW launcher
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You should just flash the UK ROM then...
Jay Rock said:
You should just flash the UK ROM then...
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Tempted. Seriously tempted. Here's my thing...I'm a big time rookie and a victim of the "rolling recovery" disease that is flying all over the place in this forum. I've looked everywhere on all of the recommended threads and have investigated all kinds of tidbits but can't find a whole lot of consistency with regard to a potential answer to my question. I started a new thread in the Q&A here about it and would consider that for SURE if I could just get my recovery back to where I can read it so I can do a simple root.
You're probably laughing at my green ass and that's OK. I'm just hoping someone will have pity on me so I can finally start playing with this thing the way I want to.
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Tempted. Seriously tempted. Here's my thing...I'm a big time rookie and a victim of the "rolling recovery" disease that is flying all over the place in this forum. I've looked everywhere on all of the recommended threads and have investigated all kinds of tidbits but can't find a whole lot of consistency with regard to a potential answer to my question. I started a new thread in the Q&A here about it and would consider that for SURE if I could just get my recovery back to where I can read it so I can do a simple root.
You're probably laughing at my green ass and that's OK. I'm just hoping someone will have pity on me so I can finally start playing with this thing the way I want to.
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Wish I could flash a ROM for mine....
Unfortunately I'm on a Korean version of the 10.1
Developers are no where to be found!
I am not asking this question based purely on the specs but more based on the specs and the world these phones live in. What i mean is, both are proven, good, reliable Android phones. But consider the price you would pay for an unlocked contract free handset on Ebay or somewhere. Availability off latest software and updates etc.
I was looking on Ebay UK and seems you could get a good example of either phone for around £250. Now i hate bloatware so rooting on the S2 is essential to remove any crap useless programmes.. stock market prices app as standard...!! do they think we are all rich stock market traders!!!
Galaxy Nexus is pretty much bloatware free and i actually now run the F1 Galaxy Nexus ROM on my S2 and i prefer it 5000% over any version of GB or ICS.
So seeing now that JellyBean 4.1 is available for Nexus phones and may/may not ever appear on the S2 and if it does it could take a while. Google Nexus phones seem to be getting their Google updates pretty much straight away, take these things into account....
Does anyone think the Nexus might currently have gained an edge over the S2, maybe even the S3 and the best Samsung Android phone currently available?
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Does the Galaxy Nexus now have the edge over the S2????
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No.
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No.
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True !!
really... is that the intelligent replies that are going to be posted??? how disappointing...
well your worthless replies can be ignored seeing as you obviously couldn't be bothered to back up your answer with a few reasons why.
Worthless questions are doomed to get worthless answers. Specially when they are made in the wrong forum.
I think this beats both the Nexus & the S2.
(as the poster above me said, you deserve nonsensical answers because threads like this are stupid. They don't belong here. This isn't Sammobile or GSMArena).
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Worthless questions are doomed to get worthless answers. Specially when they are made in the wrong forum.
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S2 General Forum and you say that is the wrong one... a forum for 'general' discussion about the S2 phone. i think asking a question like i have counts as general and i am an S2 owner so i am asking from the point of view of an S2 owner.
So which would be the correct forum oh mighty forum god????
I didn't know you had a learning disability, my apologies.
On top of the general forum you will find a sticky reading:
***QUESTIONS BELONG IN Q&A!***
But hey dude, keep fighting the good fight and ignoring guidelines and rules, after all the whole world is here to serve you!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111
Okay I will tell you what I think about. My suggestion is, that more and more people want the newest Google experience. So they want the Galaxy Nexus. It´s a good device, but it has not the power off the Galaxy S 3. But you must ask, is it be needed? I think not! You can have a good OS without much power. Look at windows phone single processor and 512 MB of RAM and not so bad performance in many cases.
Some little points are very imported you may miss. The GN has no FM-Radio, "only" a 5 MP Camera and no SD Slot. So everybody can choose what is imported for yourself.
One point I miss... Do we need a update each time?
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Hi guys, I posted a thread in General but figured that some folks may only browse device specific forums, so please take a look:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775475
I'm hoping for more input to help me decide. Thanks in advance!
The S3 is better in every way so unless the HTC is much cheaper why would you possibly choose it?
Michael_P said:
The S3 is better in every way so unless the HTC is much cheaper why would you possibly choose it?
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Thanks for your reply Michael. I posted some likes and dislikes of each in my main thread (from my observations so far). I'm more interested in hearing other people's personal experiences. For example, what made you decide on the S3 over the other? What issues have you had since getting your devices? What do you love on your S3 that's not available on another device?
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Thanks for your reply Michael. I posted some likes and dislikes of each in my main thread (from my observations so far). I'm more interested in hearing other people's personal experiences. For example, what made you decide on the S3 over the other? What issues have you had since getting your devices? What do you love on your S3 that's not available on another device?
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Expandable memory, removable back cover, menu button, CPU/GPU.