I'm fairly sure someone has asked this question, but I couldn't find anything in search anywhere.
Is this possible? A lot of people are getting excited about the North American version of the phone, but there is little information about using any variation of the S3 firmwares on any S3.
This would really suck because all the development is happening on the I9300, so we don't get much development attention or flavours of ROMS.
No. And give it a few days/weeks, we'll have a ****-ton of development. 75% of the people don't even have their phones yet.
Again, NO. And if the S3 is like the Note, trying to flash an international ROM on a US phone will turn your pretty new phone into a paperweight (aka hard brick).
Thanks for clearing that up. I did forget about the fact that NA providors will only be carrying the NA variant which is probably a larger audience therefore more exposure to development.
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no... do NOT flash an I9300 rom until a developer releases a post, and dont worry. most developers dont have their phones yet, and within a couple of weeks, there will be lots of ports for roms like Omega, AOKP, CM9 ParanoidAndroid, etc
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Hey,
So I currently have a Motorola Atrix that I love but am selling today. I want to switch to the i777 because of better future development. The locked bootloader that the Atrix had at launch didn't help matters, although we now have CM7, MIUI, and some CM7-based ROMs. However, how far behind is the i777 from i9100 development? In other words, if the i9100 got stable CM9, for example, how long would it take us to port that?
Also, how long do you think strong development (like I see there is now) will last? For example, Captivate development is still going strong (considering they have multiple builds of ICS). Will it be anything like that?
I'm only wondering because there is a somewhat hefty price jump between a used Atrix and a used i777 which I am willing and able to make, but only if development will be strong for at least another year. How likely do you think that will be?
Just as a note, I'm not asking you guys if I should buy the i777. I'm just asking what you think development will be like a year from now, and how close we are to the i9100 development. I already read about the hardware differences between the i777 and i9100 (NFC, FM radio, home button, etc.)
Thanks a lot,
vinay427
Dev community is at about same level that the captivate was when it came out.
As for i9100 port of cm9 or any other 4.0 roms it's a matter of kernel sources being available. I've messed with kernels recently, but entropy would be the brains for that job.
Anyhow, going from your current phone to this phone will be a night and day difference.
Running ICScrewD ROM
jivy26 said:
Dev community is at about same level that the captivate was when it came out.
As for i9100 port of cm9 or any other 4.0 roms it's a matter of kernel sources being available. I've messed with kernels recently, but entropy would be the brains for that job.
Anyhow, going from your current phone to this phone will be a night and day difference.
Running ICScrewD ROM
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Once kernel sources come out for ICS, we should be able to get most functions ported in a week or two. The main issue is the audio libraries - we might need some workarounds for call audio.
The other question is whether Samsung breaks the modem interface - if ICS requires new modems we might have a problem. However at least on the Infuse, modem interfaces didn't change at all from Froyo to Gingerbread.
This means that we won't be able to do much with ICS leaks for the I9100 though - we won't be able to do much until official kernel sources come out with the official release.
Yes, ICS poses some challenges for the devs here. We will get ICS through a i9100 port months, if not quarters, before we see leaks or anything official from att.
As far as gingerbread, any i9100 ROM should run on the i777. There is a "Hellraiser" package that will replace the appropriate files to make the ROM work fine.
As you said the captivate is still going strong, the i777 is the next captivate. It will be the best flagship Android phone on att until a Galaxy S III version comes over. (Unless we get a note by some miracle. Also the Galaxy Nexus could be around the corner.) If they follow the same cycle, thats fall 2012 for the att version. We can only hope att meddles with that version as little as they did the i777. I would bet there is another half upgrade between here and then (like the infuse), but, I doubt it will pull significant amounts of devs from this phone.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
Ok, thanks a lot guys! There's about a $120 jump from the i777 to the i9100, and I simply can't justify that. I considered the Skyrocket (as does everyone..) and removed it from my list due to a certain lack of development, which is why I was switching in the first place. Same with the Vivid and Nitro HD. There seems to be the most hope for the i777 out of the current AT&T line. Look for me on the i777 forums soon (hopefully)!
I recently brought the Galaxy S2 from Straight Talk. And, I thought that it was on ICS already. But, its still running GB. I've been flashing, and testing roms on the sly for a while for my previous phones. HTC Droid Eris, HTC Evo 4G Design, Motorola Defy. And, I know there are different models of certain phones. I hadn't realized until I purchased the phone, and looked at the model number that it was different from the mainstream S2 models. I figured that it wouldn't be a factor since in my mind. Just about all S2 no matter the model number are the same. I was wrong.
In my search for anything about this model. I have came to many consumers who brought this phone that was looking for custom roms. That there aren't any custom roms for it, or CWM Recovery. And, we're stuck with this great phone, and crap stock. I know myself, and many people who own this phone either is just sticking with stock, or on the hunt.
So as the topic of this forum thread indicates. Is any devs going to port over CWM or some Roms for this model? If there is can anyone steer me to it.
Hi, I just wanna know if the current development scene here for the SGSII is still active.
It's because I plan on buying a secondhand one (regarding my choice of purchase, I'm still a college student, therefore I don't have the cash for a SGSIII, etc and am perfectly fine with the SGSII).
But before I go on with it, I want to know if development here is still great, how much have things changed (eg., have most of the top developers for the SGSII gone to other phones) and until when do you think the development here will be still active.
Thank you.
You could answer your own question easily by vising the dev sections.
Answer is yes its still very active and we have new roms and updates generally every day.
You just go to the roms and look at the dates of the version releases.
yes dev still actif even on old galaxy s i9000 section because there is always new android 4.1.2
and galaxy s2 at android 4.1.2 xxlsj with many mods is great are crazy man for me galaxy s2 is still the best
Well that's good to hear. Yeah, I checked the dev section, but I just wanted to make sure that it's genuine development I was seeing (not just duplicate roms, merely changed apks, etc).
Thanks guys!
Have been on a research on how to root my device for the past one month. As my device's warranty got over last month I am planning on testing out the rooting.
Is there a Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ROM released for Canadian Galaxy note and if so could somebody please point me to the best ROM available right now.
Read a lot about Paranoid Android ROMS. Are they good? I really liked there idea of delivery notifications regardless of the screen we are in.
Please help.
Thanks again.
"Best threads" are typically frowned upon here. ALL developers work hard and are proud of their work and don't like being compared. Whatever ROM works on the USA Note will work on a Canadian Note. If you want to learn about features then at least read the first post of each of the ROM's threads. Or hold off for a short time until the Canadian 4.1.2 ROM is officially released. Since you don't seem to be in a hurry then take the time to read and learn for yourself. Your other thread has some very good links in it to get you started.
Hello everyone I been away from samsung for some time and looking to get a samsung device that has some decent developement strength. I live in the usa and learned from research that there are two different varients snapdragon and exnyos (sp?). Which one would i get to be able to have developement like custom roms, twrp? Last time i had a samsung device was the s2 days lol long time ago. Thanks in advance guys and gals.
Exynos.
Forget AOSP, at least for the time being.
So unless you *badly* need Adblock or Viper, I wouldn`t bother rooting or triggering knox at this point.
You can still use themes (substratum / sungstratum).
Exynos has more development. But I'm not sure if it will work with US sim cards. Make sure that it works with US bands and other stuff.
Don't bother for ROMs, no offence to the devs but there really isn't anything there will blow your socks off.