Jazzy Network
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Got my Galaxy S 2 for Sprint. So nice. The screen is beautiful. And it runs like a charm. Barely any lag except for when it was loading my music up.
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I wonder what Gruber's take on this will be.
No, wait. I don't.
Christ, it's pretty simple really. Those manufacturers need people to keep upgrading phone hardware. Of course they're going to stop rolling out upgrades. Just like my wife's iPhone 3G is hobbled and then ignored by successive iOS upgrades. Apple wants her to upgrade just like the Android manufacturers want people to.
I bought a Nexus S knowing that I'd get the OS upgrades and even though I'm now running ICS I'm quite interested in upgrading the hardware was well ...
None of this makes it OK for them to promise updates for 18 months and then go back on it. The 3G was supported for like 2 years.
It doesn't seem much like that at all. Aren't some of those phones they wouldn't comment on less than a year old?
Zombie James
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I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that announcement specifically mentioned it would take effect after the release of ICS. I'll try and look up a video.
edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxzucwjFEEs
Starting at 33:40. He says "new devices," which is pretty ambiguous and doesn't have a date attached. Guess I just assumed it was starting with ICS devices.
Unknown Soldier
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Too bad MS seems to be utterly incapable of delivering timely updates to WP7, a platform which is already on life-support after a year of everyone ignoring it.
Mango was delivered pretty timely.
Unknown Soldier
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This is why you should all buy Nexus phones. See that lonely Nexus S? Yup, it's already been pushed the official Android 4.0.3 ICS OTA. See my shiny Tuna? Yup, I'm sure that when Android 5.0 Eternal Darkness is available, my Tuna will be updated. Will any of your phones?
Khalifa Jayy
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Agreed with that. Nexus line from now on for me. A Nexus device every year and half to two years sounds good with me.
Corran Horn
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Thank god for the community I got tons of updates for my captivate but now alot moved on ;;
Running ICSSGS Beta 3.0.1 on my Captivate right now. Smoothest thing I've ever seen on my phone. It runs circles around my brother's SGS2 lol
HTC God phone is around the corner in Spring. I'll wait for that.
What is this you speak of?
Nothing specific, but it would be crazy of HTC to not have a flagship phone ready to be purchased for all the original HTC Evo owners coming off contract in April.
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theres been whispers in the hills.
I really hope they work on thinness.
Jamesfrom818
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I just got an extended battery and case for my Thunderbolt. This thing is a hilarious brick.
Haha yeah I'm rocking the Thunderbolt now; the normal thickness should be what it's like with an extended battery. I couldn't bring myself to getting an actual physically bigger battery.
Al-ibn Kermit
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So when will American gs2's get ics? Or any other non-nexus phones?
Robobandit
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anyone ever have google lose their entire purchase history?
"My Apps" are there.. it just doesn't think I've purchased any of them.. same goes for market.android.com
I was enjoying being back on Android for a change after using a WP 7 device.. but I'm about ready to dump google for good over this shit...
edit - and now they're back.. ridiculous. Fix your servers, google.
"My Apps" are there.. it just doesn't think I've purchased any of them.. same goes for market.android.com
I was enjoying being back on Android for a change after using a WP 7 device.. but I'm about ready to dump google for good over this shit...
edit - and now they're back.. ridiculous. Fix your servers, google.
If HTC released a black aluminum evo successor with the exact same design mantra as the 4G sans buttons--ferari red accents, thickness and everything-ill cry. I'll fucking cry. Do it to me, HTC. The 3d is ugly as hell, sturdy, but ugly
Jamesfrom818
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And they'll only stick a 1200mah battery in it.
The Chosen One
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Am I allowed to mention a game app I just released ? I'd like to know if GAF thinks it sucks or not.
There was this thread a few months ago, not very many replies and maybe outdated now: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444443
Sure, wheres the link?
SolidsnackooFoxhound
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I misread the post.
The Chosen One
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Okay cool, just wanted to make sure it's okay.
The game is called, SocioTown: The Uninvited Guests
web: https://market.android.com/details?id=air.sociotownuninvitedguestsv1.A2.A0droidr1.A0.A0
mobile: search for "SocioTown" in Android market
It's an adventure game somewhat inspired by Manic Mansion and similar games. This was my first time developing a game on a handheld device, so I got all giddy inside the first time I had the game running in my hands.
The Faceless Master
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all of the phones they questioned about were released after the alliance announcement in may.
more than 18 months!
I really want google to do well since they make some awesome stuff, but they keep screwing themselves so badly, I don't understand how they can't see it.
Every time they are like "Hey! Check out our new hotness!!!", they get media fanfare, then its always "Oh wait you actually want to use it?! wait 4 months plz".
They are such a huge company I'm sure they could fix the upgrade problem if they wanted to. It almost seems like they are doing it on purpose to make the Nexus more competitive against the other phones, but screwing themselves over in the process by making android in general look bad.
I would be willing to be they show off Majel to great applause soon, but it won't actually be available for a significant portion of android users until this time next year.
Every time they are like "Hey! Check out our new hotness!!!", they get media fanfare, then its always "Oh wait you actually want to use it?! wait 4 months plz".
They are such a huge company I'm sure they could fix the upgrade problem if they wanted to. It almost seems like they are doing it on purpose to make the Nexus more competitive against the other phones, but screwing themselves over in the process by making android in general look bad.
I would be willing to be they show off Majel to great applause soon, but it won't actually be available for a significant portion of android users until this time next year.
HTC God phone? So it no longer has sense? Awesome!
I need a backup guide to follow before experimenting with custom ROMs. I have ROM Manager, Titanium backup and Titanium media sync and I'd like to know how to restore all my apps and settings after a system wipe or if something goes wrong. A step-by-step guide would be greatly appreciated.
If you do a nandroid backup before flashing you can always restore that if things go wrong. As long as you have a recovery on your phone you are pretty safe. Restoring a backup with titanium after flashing a new ROM - not the best idea IMO. I've tried it a couple of times with pretty bad results, apps not showing up in the launcher etc. I'd recommend reinstalling your apps instead.
So GAF, I need your advice. A guy I know is offering to trade my SGS 1 for an almost brand-new HTC Incredible S. The deal looks enticing, but are the differences worth moving over? I know the IS has a better camera, but I don't really use phone cameras a lot. There's also the fact that the IS has the slower Adreno 205 GPU, and I'd be giving up the SAMOLED and internal memory. Will any of these be even updated to ICS? Decisions, decisions...
Robobandit
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Why would you do this?
The SGS 1 is a better device in every way except for the camera..
that guy is trying to rip you off, imo.
You think it's that decisive? What about future support? Will the IS get updated to ICS officially or will it be left behind like the SGS too?
What about Sense? IIRC, it's a whole lot better than TouchWiz.
I find sense to be a horrible front end and a resource hog
The Faceless Master
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have you seen the benchmarks on the T-Mobile GS2 vs the HTC Amaze? same SoC, Amaze performs decisively worse on every benchmark! Sense is a resource hog even on the same hardware! now imagine with hardware that isn't even up to par...
it's not an even trade! maybe $100 with the Incredible S would make it fair... not really.
also, ICS seems to have taken quite a few cues from TouchWiz, so i'd say Samsung was headed in the right direction.
Robobandit
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he's talking about the SGS I
even the SGS I is better hardware wise than the Incredible S.
I'm not convinced that the SGS 1 or the Incredible S will get official builds of ICS..
For me personally, it would be a hardware question.. since I'd be loading cyanogenmod on either of them rather than using the stock rom.
The Faceless Master
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i'm talking about the SGS1 too! i only pointed out the TMo SGS2 vs Amaze to show that TouchWiz has better performance than Sense on similar hardware.
Play Epic Astro Story after, it's fantastic too.
Shame that Google treats their customers like 2nd class citizens.
The Faceless Master
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indeed, you'd be much better of with an iPhone 3GS, they still get support 2 years later.
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