[Q] When do we think our S4 would get kitkat update? - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Probably as long as it takes verizon to put all there bloat in it and chains and shackles to make sure it stays locked down so we can't root it or anything
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qudwis said:
Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone

DjSkreem said:
VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone
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You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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joshm.1219 said:
You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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thats what i read on the verizon forums alot of people want their kitkat updates lol its believable if you ask me
cuz every one else got their kitkat update

I think once Samsung/Verizon are done with it, Kitkat on the non-MDK S4 will look more like Gingerbread than real Kitkat anyways.

DjSkreem said:
VERIZON is holding on to the update cuz they think giving us kitkat will cannibalize sales of the S5
so i say give it a week to a month after the S5 is on sale as for me im thinking of getting rid of my S4 not like im on verizon's network any more might as well get an international model or an s5 -_- annoyed i love this phone
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joshm.1219 said:
You sure about that? I would say 90% of Verizon customers don't know what 4.4.2 Android means.
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DjSkreem said:
thats what i read on the verizon forums alot of people want their kitkat updates lol its believable if you ask me
cuz every one else got their kitkat update
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The people on all forums about the VZW S4 are a very small number of VZW users. Almost all people will not get a new phone until their current plan is up. Therefore the S5 coming out is irrelevant to when KitKat is released. The majority of people will update to KK when it's pushed and most have never heard of it, let alone care.
VZW taking longer also means Samsung has worked out some bugs in their initial releases. Bloatware doesn't have much to do with it, IMO, most apps are tweaked to work with new software fairly quick.

Sir_Eagle said:
The people on all forums about the VZW S4 are a very small number of VZW users. Almost all people will not get a new phone until their current plan is up. Therefore the S5 coming out is irrelevant to when KitKat is released. The majority of people will update to KK when it's pushed and most have never heard of it, let alone care.
VZW taking longer also means Samsung has worked out some bugs in their initial releases. Bloatware doesn't have much to do with it, IMO, most apps are tweaked to work with new software fairly quick.
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I agree.
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qudwis said:
Like I said in the question, when do we think we get the update?
A. within a week
B. within two weeks
C. within a month
D. within 3 months
E. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tomorrow.
Ask me again, tomorrow, and I'll tell you the same.

Its sad that this thread needs to exist. I am on the 4.4.2 GE ROM from Danvdh which is running great.
All I really want is the new modem file that goes with it.
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i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol

DjSkreem said:
i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol
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They should, Samsung should give the latest and greatest to the S4 and Note 3, they still are flagship phones.

fillyo said:
They should, Samsung should give the latest and greatest to the S4 and Note 3, they still are flagship phones.
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DjSkreem said:
i guess your right but whats the hold back unless 4.3 and other had serious flaws or verizon is nit picking about buggs
what i wont mind waiting for is if they give us the GS5 touch whiz with out 4.4.2 rom lol make all other s4 owners sick lol
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+1

We have Verizon.. So we have great service but have to deal with locked bootloaders and wait forever for OTA updates lol what can we do.. Maybe move over to TMobile?!
Probably what I'll end up doing eventually just to have an updated phone I actually want that can have a custom recovery.
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was in VZW yesterday (held a S5, kinda nice feeling) and asked as they tried to repair my S4. Dude seemed very tech savy until i pointed out VZW is last to get KK. he didnt even know when it'll b out.. Some "flagship" device right? makes me think they'll be pulling a dinc2 ICS move on us

This is getting annoying. 4.3 update fixed none of the issues or bugs really.... and then they make the flagship phone wait for kitkat.

zero26800 said:
This is getting annoying. 4.3 update fixed none of the issues or bugs really.... and then they make the flagship phone wait for kitkat.
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VZW has been known to only care about the brand new phones. I had a HTC Droid Incredible 2 and at the time the Inc series was their flagship, but the Dinc2 was still 3g. ICS was getting put on everything and they had their lists out showing what would and wouldn't and our Dinc2's were on the confirmed list just never received nothing . VZW passed blame to HTC and of course HTC passed it right back to VZW. Then about 6 months or so later or so VZW comes out and says our old flagship isnt gettin ICS at all, stated communication errors with just that phone. Wouldnt even release source for it. Now if it was the 4g model, which was the Incredible S, we would've had ICS and source. I dont trust VZW as far as updates and they'll probably state same excuse and offer us a discounted S5 or a free upgrade to switch our plan totally and for us to pay more in about 4 months. If KK drops just be amazed if we get passed 4.4.2. this phone probably wont see 4.4.3

swieder711 said:
Its sad that this thread needs to exist. I am on the 4.4.2 GE ROM from Danvdh which is running great.
All I really want is the new modem file that goes with it.
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I, for whatever reason, had very bad luck with data on GE. It forced me back to AOSP 4.3.
Some of us still want a vzw branded KK.
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Related

TELUS ICS Date: LATE JULY

TELUS updated the OS Upgrade schedule,
ICS is coming LATE JULY.
Source:
http://www.telusmobility.com/pv_obj...ename/Device_OS_Upgrade_Schedule_June28th.pdf
There has been a slight delay in the submission of ICS for the Note by Samsung.
It is still expected for a commercial release in July
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Old message(s):
TELUS updated the OS Upgrade schedule,
ICS is coming on July 13th.
Source:
http://www.telusmobility.com/pv_obj...871B3F60200/filename/D-OS-Upgrade-EN-june.pdf
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It's now Early "July"
http://www.telusmobility.com/en/common/pdfs/DOU_May31.pdf
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well this suck...
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chunsaa said:
well this suck...
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I actually thought it meant, "Our original ICS version had at least 1 major bug that we discovered when testing in real-world situations and we aren't going to release it until it is ready for everyone."
Of course, they could have also meant, "At least one of our 'content partners' (who are paying big bucks to get their advertisement disguised as an application inserted into our release) hasn't actually sent in their app yet and we aren't going to release it until it is monefied for everyone."
LOL im so surprised people are surprised by lack of updates from telus/rogers/bell
we may get most phones before the usa, but we pay for it with our carriers holding back updates
JamieD81 said:
LOL im so surprised people are surprised by lack of updates from telus/rogers/bell
we may get most phones before the usa, but we pay for it with our carriers holding back updates
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I've been on vacation and out of the country, did I miss the AT&T release of ICS for the i717 model Note?
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knoxster said:
I've been on vacation and out of the country, did I miss the AT&T release of ICS for the i717 model Note?
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other then the fairly official firmware leak for i717 no, no OTA's, but who waits for OTA's anyways? only people that dont know about xda
JamieD81 said:
other then the fairly official firmware leak for i717 no, no OTA's, but who waits for OTA's anyways? only people that dont know about xda
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I'm waiting for official update from TELUS,
because I don't want to see any of AT&T's ****s on my phone, they're even in Wi-Fi settings..
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Jckpsa said:
I'm waiting for it from TELUS,
because I don't want to see any AT&T **** on my phone, they're even in Wi-Fi settings..
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who says you have to have or keep that stuff? root is there for a reason
throw on one of the highly debloated roms in the dev section based off LE2 leak.
or go one further and put one of the aosp based roms on there and be gone with all the ATT and Samsung bloat
JamieD81 said:
who says you have to have or keep that stuff? root is there for a reason
throw on one of the highly debloated roms in the dev section based off LE2 leak.
or go one further and put one of the aosp based roms on there and be gone with all the ATT and Samsung bloat
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I don't like AOSP ROMs, I was using OnlyOne HYFR B4, and it still has those AT&T things in Wi-Fi settings, and carrier name on the status bar.
Actually they were not big deal but it had some kind of bug, when I try installing an app from APK file, I can click "Cancel" but I can't click "Install".
So, I will be staying on rooted stock Gingerbread ROM with the holoNote kernel and wait for official ICS from TELUS.
Wow that's rediculous.....
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This kind of BS is why I almost got the Galaxy Nexus instead of the Note since Samsung is so ****ty at providing OS upgrades for anything that isn't a Nexus device (due to Google). Add the typical carrier delay on top of that..
goalcam said:
This kind of BS is why I almost got the Galaxy Nexus instead of the Note since Samsung is so ****ty at providing OS upgrades for anything that isn't a Nexus device (due to Google). Add the typical carrier delay on top of that..
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Gnex is no different from the note in Canada when it comes to updates
Telus/bell/rogers all have final say when the update is pushed
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JamieD81 said:
Gnex is no different from the note in Canada when it comes to updates
Telus/bell/rogers all have final say when the update is pushed
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I'm confused. Gnex already came with ICS loaded in Canada??? That's what the sales rep at Rogers were telling me. She also said G Note is getting its ICS update in March.
So did she lie to me twice?
sunshines4u said:
I'm confused. Gnex already came with ICS loaded in Canada??? That's what the sales rep at Rogers were telling me. She also said G Note is getting its ICS update in March.
So did she lie to me twice?
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Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
devonblue4u said:
Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
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Yes its ics out of box but 4.0.2 to 4.0.3/4 took/taking longer then Google's branded gnex
And I can't find any damaged n7000's to salvage :-(
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Idk if this is good news but the note for t mobile I believe is coming out the 11th of July! Which means a kernel source, right?
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Oh well not the worst thing in the world at least we have leaks but maybe on the 12th we could see if the s2 X official ics modem will work with our phone for better hspa speeds as I'm sure allot of people on Telus don't have LTE available
Edit: S2X ICS was released today ahead of schedule before an ATT or T-Mobile release, so the future is looking friendly (<-- see what I did there)
They updated the schedule !
sunshines4u said:
So did she lie to me twice?
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Don't forget that a lot of xda-members know lot more about Android phone than the sales rep. Test them first hehe
devonblue4u said:
Gnex is ICS out of the box.
@JamieD81, we're in the same boat with bricked N7000's. I bought another N7000 with a cracked screen just for the motherboard, since the only place to get N7000's fixed is in Europe. Plus I went thru 3 mainboards on my I9000M. I still buy Sammie's crap, but I'm being a little more careful about flashing roms now. I'm waiting until the official rom is released, and played with enough before I throw my i717 on the line this time.
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Are you serious? There are so many places that fixes phones in Vancouver/Richmond for a decent price.

OTA 4.3 coming 5days VZW s4

Leak: Samsung's American Android 4.3 And Galaxy Gear Update Release Schedule For The Galaxy S4, S4 Active, S III, And Note II
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...or-the-galaxy-s4-s4-active-s-iii-and-note-ii/
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Interesting. I thought Verizon won't be rolling out 4.3 anytime soon considering they just rolled out VRUDMI1 update
Maybe Verizon is starting to realize they're assholes and trying to remedy the situtation?
Nah, it's Verizon, they'll always be assholes.
sevron said:
Maybe Verizon is starting to realize they're assholes and trying to remedy the situtation?
Nah, it's Verizon, they'll always be assholes.
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+1
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the real question is when will the OTA come for 4.4...im hoping that when it gets announced with the Nexus 5, the Google Play Editions will get updated so we can get stock 4.4 custom ROM and that it will work with people who had to root using Safestrap
polke45 said:
Interesting. I thought Verizon won't be rolling out 4.3 anytime soon considering they just rolled out VRUDMI1 update
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According to the leak it's 10/28... who knows!
LOL!!!!
sevron said:
Maybe Verizon is starting to realize they're assholes and trying to remedy the situtation?
Nah, it's Verizon, they'll always be assholes.
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I wonder if we really will get on the 28th.
Not getting my hopes up just yet
I Will Believe When It Is Downloading
I've been thru this so many times with so many phones thru Verizon. I now only believe when it is downloading.
It sounds so pessimistic but that what they have done to us.
So for me seeing is believing.
Sorry to be so pessimistic
Not going to happen. I'm a pessimist too and I am nearly willing to bet this will not happen on 10/28. I think we should bug the hell out of verizon though....pointing them to this leak to make sure it gets out ASAP.
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the real question is when will the OTA come for 4.4...im hoping that when it gets announced with the Nexus 5, the Google Play Editions will get updated so we can get stock 4.4 custom ROM and that it will work with people who had to root using Safestrap
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IIRC GPE later then 4.2.2 (or what ever the current one that works on safestrap) uses a different kernal then the regular touchwiz and will not work until kexec is developed.
Though hopefully 4.3 does come out soon, I get the feeling that having a new update to android that cannot be installed w/o a new kernal will help push kexec along...
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I think the 10/28 date is when Samsung is submitting the 4.3 update to Verizon to review and approve. It makes no sense that Verizon would update first out of all of the US carriers based on their past history.
Look at the rest of the S4 and S3 dates, most of them are slated for mid to late November, which seems more likely for a Verizon release. The other carriers don't really have a reviewal process like Verizon does to my knowledge, so they get the update and just push it to devices almost immediately. Therefore, Samsung built our version of 4.3 first and is submitting it earlier so that all of its devices get 4.3 around the same time.
Of course, I could be completely wrong and Verizon is releasing the 4.3 update on Monday. I won't complain if they do
I wonder how many of you will say lol woot when you download the update on 28th or 29th whatever the date is
I'm not getting a woody over this atm. It will likely be so locked down as mentioned that safestrap & roms will be out of the question for who knows how long. I'll stick to the customizations that I have now via ME7 & safestrap/Hyperdrive Rom.
Updates to me are useless until at least root can be obtained.
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Tada10 said:
Updates to me are useless until at least root can be obtained.
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I'm not updating until I can safely stay loki'd.
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I don't care about the root aspect as I haven't been able to really flash a ROM being on me7 and now the newest update, but if this holds true, I am excited. Otherwise I think it was a typo and they meant Oct 28 2014 for Verizon.
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I wonder how many of you will say lol woot when you download the update on 28th or 29th whatever the date is
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All I'm going to flash is the modem: Google has been going sideways since 4.1.2.
s44 said:
All I'm going to flash is the modem: Google has been going sideways since 4.1.2.
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I dont have issues with google just came back from iphone 5 1 month ago

Rumor: Galaxy S III and Note II to receive Android 4.4.2 KitKat by March end

Just a rumor, but glad to hear that at least it's a possibility.
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/01/21...4-2-kitkat-by-march-end/#.Ut5_fYWG7_w.twitter
With 4.3 just coming out I won't get my hopes up. Though I am enjoying 4.4.2 on PA BETA 3 so there's that.
This almost always refers to the international unlocked version and has zero impact on when/if the US carriers (Verizon) will update it. Nothing to see here.
akellar said:
This almost always refers to the international unlocked version and has zero impact on when/if the US carriers (Verizon) will update it. Nothing to see here.
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Ports are a possibility, as limited as they are. I figure that we'll see it eventually. When is not paramount, I'm patient.
Noted
I remember seeing something on Android Central about April 2014 showing up on a spreadsheet. With this rumour, I'm more and more hopefully that they will be true.
Cant wait to see the differences in the theme although i will still likely run Beans rom over all!
Wow this is exciting news!
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I can't wait! i don't know if I want to let go on the Beans rom though haha
KitKat update April, Verizon update November... That's how it usually goes, right.
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After the knox stuff. I am in no rush to upgrade.
I will wait.
Some more substance to this but more than likely these are for international or GSM versions of the phone, no specifics to US carriers. Indeed VZW will be dead-last to get anything like this but thank God we have the developer community to port/develop ROMs for them eventually!
http://phandroid.com/2014/02/06/samsung-kitkat-upgrade-plans/
I'm hopeful but won't hold my breath for a verizon version. I was using Beans' rom then moved to CM 4.4 to see what I was missing.
So you will see a update around July!
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KitKat update April, Verizon update November... That's how it usually goes, right.
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LOL so TRUE!!

[Q] S4 abandoned.

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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ericerk said:
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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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.
ericerk said:
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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joshm.1219 said:
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.
ericerk said:
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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Mistertac said:
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.
ericerk said:
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.
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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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

Next Update ? Android L ? 4.4.3 ? 4.4.4 ???

So what do you guys think will be the next update we will get you think Samsung/Tmobile will bother updating us to the 4.4.4 ??? Or just wait it out and go str8 to Android L ?? Will be interesting to see how Android L Looks once touchwiz is on top
I was wondering the same thing I'm betting we may not get Android L.... It probably makes more sense for Samsung to come out with a Galaxy s6 with Android L....
XandroidX said:
I was wondering the same thing I'm betting we may not get Android L.... It probably makes more sense for Samsung to come out with a Galaxy s6 with Android L....
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But then again Samsung may want to compete with Apples iPhone6 . Let's try to keep hopes up :thumbup:
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I'm guessing they'll update us to 4.4.4, then leave it till the S6 comes out. Probably a month after the S6 comes out we'll get L.
aooga said:
I'm guessing they'll update us to 4.4.4, then leave it till the S6 comes out. Probably a month after the S6 comes out we'll get L.
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Same thing I was thinking I don't think the galaxy 5 will ever see Android L or at least for a really long time right before the galaxy 6 comes out.....
I'm guessing that Galaxy F/S5Prime will more than likely get the priority of the updates before the s6 lol
Well there's the 18 month upgrade rule, supposely these carriers follow. So we'll see L, just most likely in the summer or fall 2015 unfortunately.
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You guys are buggin! I got KitKat on my S4 (Sprint) around January/February. So I'd be willing to bet anything that w get L Q1 of 2015.
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You guys are buggin! I got KitKat on my S4 (Sprint) around January/February. So I'd be willing to bet anything that w get L Q1 of 2015.
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Lol they are buggin, sg5 is a brand new phone, of course it will get andriod L update.
I'm disappointed we don't even have 4.4 yet, I don't understand how this works. Samsung devs finalize it, and send it off to carriers? And then carriers mess with it? This takes months and months?
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bubblebuddyi said:
I'm disappointed we don't even have 4.4 yet, I don't understand how this works. Samsung devs finalize it, and send it off to carriers? And then carriers mess with it? This takes months and months?
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Android is a highly fragmented OS, which is pretty annoying, luckily we can root and install our own 4.4 roms! haha
Thanat0s24 said:
Android is a highly fragmented OS, which is pretty annoying, luckily we can root and install our own 4.4 roms! haha
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We can, but none of them actually work.
aooga said:
We can, but none of them actually work.
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Yea any 4.4.4 rom have a bunch of important stuff broken so we do have to wait till Samsung pushes their TouchWiz update for us to be able to use 4.4.4
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gdmlaz said:
Yea any 4.4.4 rom have a bunch of important stuff broken so we do have to wait till Samsung pushes their TouchWiz update for us to be able to use 4.4.4
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No, that won't help either. Even the 4.4.2 ROMs are broken. The devs are trying hard to get the drivers working, but I don't know enough about that stuff to see what exactly is holding them back.
Thanat0s24 said:
Android is a highly fragmented OS, which is pretty annoying, luckily we can root and install our own 4.4 roms! haha
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fragmentation is the wrong word, fragmentation implies that android as an entire OS is missing major features and apps are incompatible which is simply not the case, you're thinking of segmentation which is what android is now(back in the 2.2/2.3.3 days you would be right though). With 4.0 android being released, it really blurred the lines between different Android versions and made things very modular as opposed to lets say iOS which is very monolithic, you can not get the latest safari on an older version of iOS, you can however have the latest google now, maps, ect. on a device with 4.0 without rooting and have full functionality for the most part(just missing minor things like "ok google") and unlike iOS, aps built on newer versions of android work on older versions of android unlike iOS where newer apps are incompatible with older versions of iOS
I think an update is required. I have a glitch with the back cover. The current modem is pretty awful. It even makes my phone start up longer. The device even added that T-Mobile 4G LTE screen logo too. I remember it took no time to boot up the S5. Now, it takes mine roughly 30 seconds.
nviz22 said:
I think an update is required. I have a glitch with the back cover. The current modem is pretty awful. It even makes my phone start up longer. The device even added that T-Mobile 4G LTE screen logo too. I remember it took no time to boot up the S5. Now, it takes mine roughly 30 seconds.
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Mine takes about fifteen.
Edit: timed it. You're right. 27 seconds.
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next update I'm sure it will be 4.4.4

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