Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February

Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by robbiet480 on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @03:44AM (#4536885)

I don't get this. The S III has much better specs then the Nexus and with CyanogenMod 10 it runs great. Why is the Nexus so special other then being a AOSP phone? Also, camera sucks I hear

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by dkd on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @03:48AM (#4536895)

AFAIK, google's update for ICS to JB is only available in Goolge Nexus till now. So Samsung S3/2 will get updates probably a bit later. :)

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by robbiet480 on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @03:50AM (#4536900)

But again, install CyanogenMod 10 and you have Jelly Bean, pretty much stock. I still don't see the draw

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by barrkel on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:12AM (#4536959)

> install CyanogenMod 10

This bit is the problem. I don't jailbreak a device before I am ready to throw it away. I've seen too many issues with non-official hacks of various sorts. Nothing major; just rough edges.

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by bornhuetter on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @05:27AM (#4537133)

Samsung made it really easy to install Cyanogenmod on Galaxy phones.

They even provide an official tool for rooting.

There's pretty much no chance of bricking your phone, and if you go with a stable CM build, you shouldn't have any problems.

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by shahidhussain on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @06:33AM (#4537306)

There isn't (yet) a great version of CM10 or any AOSP based rom out for the S3:

http://get.cm/?device=i9300&type=stable

... while the Galaxy Nexus has already gotten its OTA update. Closest I've found is the SuperNexus ROM, but even that's still glitchy.

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Re:Samsung Galaxy S4 due in February by conradfr on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:34AM (#4537008)

AOSP.

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