Samsung Galaxy SII in the works
If you have not already heard about it, this is great news! Apparently the Samsung Galaxy SII rumors are true and this bad boy has been approved by the FCC. What's so sweet about this device is that it supports 2.4ghz and 5ghz frequencies, meaning it'll almost certainly come with dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi. We heard this is one of the first phones ever to come with this feature.
Looks like this may also be a hybrid (dual band) device which is great for developers if so. Sources suggest it's potentially headed to AT&T as well as Canada. Which ever place it will go first it shouldn't be too much longer before you start seeing images and prices flooding the internet.
For now let us know what you think in the comments box below.
Source: Engadget
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Not bad that they are progressing but… Why dont they try to support some of their current devices first? Make their customers happy with their devices so that they can in return buy MORE Samsung products.
They should focus on UPDATING THEIR CURRENT DEVICES… I know that the TRANSFORM is not the greatest phone but, its one of the few with a front facing camera and SAMSUNG will NOT update it to at LEAST 2.2? It was and is advertised for its front camera but you CANT use it as a videochat device… What is going on??? the front facing camera is not even compatible with any application for VIDEO CONF. I bought the phone for that… It could be capable of so much but… SAMMY seems to get out devices, but when something new comes out… They make you buy something else and dont support their previous stuff… Dont get me wrong, I like SOME of the Samsung devices but.. Updates for them are HORRIBLE!!! HORRIBLE I TELL YOU!!! Its like being stuck in the dungeon of a castle after you were king for just a moment and the only way to get out is for your loyal subjects to pay $$$ for your next “out of jail” term and then… DO NOT PASS GO, PAY $200 DOLLARS TO GETG BACK OUT OF TO JAIL…
mapaz04 Reply:
March 14th, 2011 at 5:19 pm
@mapaz04,
And obviously… I was talking about SOFTWARE UPGRADES/SUPPORT and not the HARDWARE…
gTen Reply:
March 14th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
@mapaz04, The Transform was a specially made phone for Sprint..its not part of their normal phone releases..in actuality Samsung isn’t that bad at updating phones that they directly control..the problem happens is when carriers get in the middle…
That said the Transform == Intercept == Moment…its exactly same phone with different screen…and the original phone its based on has been discontinued with samsung already even before the Intercept and Transform even came out…
mapaz04 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 5:48 am
@gTen, Alright, here goes nothing… The EPIC was not updated for a very long time… the EVO had 2.2 and the EPIC was left “behind” even thought thesame basic hardware on both phones… Everyone KNEW that SAMSUNG could do the update and actually did not start doing them until people started calling them out and saying that SAMSUNG did not want to update the EPIC (and other GALAXY MODELS like AT&T’s) because the new phones coming out have the new software and they were trying to capitalize on that… I dont know how true that is but once they were called out on it, miraculously, the update came….
Back to the TRANSFORM… So, now you are telling me that not only did the update with the EPIC also lag behind but that SAMSUNG released 3 phones (essentially thesame phone) that it had already KILLED off BEFORE it was released?
So now they are releasing phones that they are not supporting? What? Its even worse than I thought… I was just complaining about my updates but now… wow…
gTen Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 9:59 am
@mapaz04, Calling out of samsung had 0 to do with it..Samsung already upgraded EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY other then the US..even Canada was already upgraded before US got it…The delay in the US was the carriers…
The EVO got the update early for 2 reasons, 1) HTC had froyo before the other manufacturers 2) Sprint PUSHED them cause they wanted to be first
That said..the EVO and Epic do not have same hardware..its a HUGE difference in hardware between the 2.
As proof..the i9000 already has leaked Gingerbread roms rolling around…
Now as for the Transform/Intercept/Moment thing…as stated..those phones were request by sprint individually..Samsung does not produce these phones normally..Sprint special ordered them to keep them under 1ghz due to the $10 fee thing…The decision to not upgrade the moment was actually Sprints too..
That said you really get almost no benefit from the Froyo update on Moment/Intercept/Transform…the CPU is not capable of hardware acceleration :/
mapaz04 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
@gTen, I just want the update because it was promised to be a video conference phone… Why promote it as that if it CANNOT be used as that?
Unless you root and change, but I cant root this device, people say with thesame software as the EPIC but its a semi-root. cant flash roms…
gTen Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
@mapaz04, Umm…Sprint is the one who promoted it…not samsung…they wanted an excuse to charge 150$ for an out dated phone…personally I’ve warned people against buying that phone unless they wanted a moment with a bigger screen…
And its not the same software as the Epic…the Epic runs Android and TouchWiz…the Transform like the Moment and Intercept runs stock Android + they have their Sprint ID thing…aka its closest to the Intercept…
You should have gotten an Epic :/…
That said there is a full root and a experimental Froyo port (from the intercept) for the Transform if you are interested..pm me.
There is an expiremental Froyo
mapaz04 Reply:
March 16th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
@gTen, imma take you up on that offer gTen. Ive been looking for a bit and would not mind a little direction on this for the TRANSFORM… I’ll PM you once I get home, thanks! jejeje
gTen is correct.
Updating the OS is easy for any manf to do the problem is that the Carriers also need to add their carrier branded stuff to that update and they are not really interested in spending time and money to do something that has no revenue generation for them.
Carriers are all about selling phones and for years they have tried to insist that phones hardware sold by them were specific to them despite all of us knowing differently.
They don’t want to redo and rebrand an OS everytime a new one comes out as they can’t make a penny on it.
In fact they will even request that a feature of the hardware be broken so it will not take business away from one of their money making services. (See the videoless Skype app Verizon has packaged with their phones.)
If a software is held up but released elsewhere you can be sure the reason is the carrier not the company who produced the phone.
And considering how many custom roms are available why anyone still complains about not having an official BLOATED carrier version of an OS is truly beyond me!
Flash CyanogenMod and get 5 times the performance, 20 times the features and 50 times the reliability!
Why complain?
Now if you had a Moto phone with a locked bootloader that would be a different story!
But even that I am willing to bet had more to do with a carrier request than a Moto decision.
mapaz04 Reply:
March 15th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
@Asphyx, What will root the Transform? I have tried many things and get a semi-root but never a true S-Off.
Along with that, I have not found the Cyanogen mod for it (but I have not looked in a while)…
I will look for that because I agree with you about flashing, if its available, WHY COMPLAIN?… I NEVER keep the stock OS on a phone but I have not found how to fix this on the TRANSFORM…
Another thing, not complaining, I prefer HTC over SAMSUNG when it comes to my phones… I am simply stating from the customer perspective end of the deal… If I did not use custom roms, NONE of my phones would be worth a … you get the point.
Asphyx Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
@mapaz04,
As for rooting have you tried Z4Root? I’m not really up on the transform but I know some of the newer phones are tricky in that root doesn’t stay permanent. Not sure how that occurrs since I have never really experienced it.
As for HTC I have a love hate relationship with them.
They were the best phones for awhile but they do have a tendency to not hold up to much abuse and have notoriously been under powered under rammed devices. I skipped the TP2 because it was not much more than a slightly bigger screen on the same poor performance TP hardware.
Then they go and make a unit like the HD which seems to be able to run anything!
They are like any big manufacturer. They have their really good line and a bunch of cheapo crap units as well and you really have to do your research before you pick.
On the bright side HTC has never been one to care that you will hack and flash the phone which gives them a plus not found with Moto and Samsung.
I would check XDA for your root problems and if CyanogenMod is available thats the way to go. But you will stll have to solve the root issue first.
Asphyx Reply:
March 17th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
@Asphyx, Just wanted to add if Cyanogen does support the unit that will likely also get rid of whatever keeps unrooting you as they usually incorporate a custom Kernel
PM’d ya… thanks
I tried Z4Root and VISIOnary… Once I utilize these, I DO KEEP the “ROOT USER” after reboots and even after hard-resets… but when I use an application that actually requires ROOT it gives it the “permisions” the first time, and only that time for that app… never again nor do the apps run…
Its sorta a Perma/Semi-Root… if that makes any sense, but the root stays…
Anyways, we are getting WAY WAY OFF SUBJECT… jejeje
Im looking for Cyanogenmod for this though… Thanks guys!