Official ICS & Galaxy Nexus Launch Thread

[AznAnarchy99]

Pushed to December? Not good, my OG Droid is on its last legs.
droid-life

My billing cycle ends on Dec 10th. If its not ready by then Im getting the Razr. Cant wait much longer with who knows how long Verizon is gonna have their double data.

 

[SViper]

i really hate verizon, if the phone is launching in 3 days in europe the only reason its not launching here at the same time is because of VZW

This...along with the interview of the Google VP saying that they hope to hear from Verizon on a release date. This is all on Verizon. :thumbsdown:

 

[I Saw OJ]

Why don't those clowns at Verizon want to take my money?

 

[s44]

Could T-Mo also be getting one (maybe sooner)?

 

[trmiv]

Maybe Verizon is trying to find a way to convince Google to allow them to install a bunch of crapware on it.

 

[Red Storm]

I think they just want to push buyers towards the RAZR and Rezound (and their bloat) for as long as they can.

 

[Piano Man]

I think they just want to push buyers towards the RAZR and Rezound (and their bloat) for as long as they can.

My thought exactly. They are going to have blackout on the Nexus as they don't get to put their crap bloatware on it. Thank god this phone will get updates first because its a google phone, or otherwise it could be a repeat of the fascinate.

The Samsung Fascinate was VZs flagship device for a long time spec-wise, but they treated it like a redheaded stepchild, taking months and months to fix bugs and update to Froyo.

 

[Demo24]

Or could be some minor bugs since vz's will be the only LTE one out there for awhile, who knows. On the plus side if you don't want to wait any longer:

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/1...return-phones-purchased-starting-november-15/

If they try to wait until jan 10th to release this phone I'm going to be epiclly pissed, as of right now I can kinda deal with it but really wish it would come out on thursday.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Android 4.0.1 Source is ALMOST LIVE and is being pushed to public servers. GO GO GO

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...eam-sandwich-source-is-uploading-to-aosp-now/
"Hi! We just released a bit of code we thought this group might be interested in.
Over at our Android Open-Source Project git servers, the source code
for Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is now available.
That's it! However since this is a large push, please be aware that it
will take some time to complete. If you sync before it's done, you'll
get an incomplete copy that you won't be able to use, so please wait
for us to give the all-clear before you sync. "

http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

Also

"This release includes the full history of the Android source code
tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb
releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want
everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any
tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the
changes are present in the history."

Guess they can make Cyanogen 8 now.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Android 4.0.1 Source is ALMOST LIVE. GO GO GO

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...eam-sandwich-source-is-uploading-to-aosp-now/

http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

Also

"This release includes the full history of the Android source code
tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb
releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want
everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any
tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the
changes are present in the history."

Im more excited to see them finally get this on the Touchpad. =D

 

[Bateluer]

Also

"This release includes the full history of the Android source code
tree, which naturally includes all the source code for the Honeycomb
releases. However, since Honeycomb was a little incomplete, we want
everyone to focus on Ice Cream Sandwich. So, we haven't created any
tags that correspond to the Honeycomb releases (even though the
changes are present in the history."

Guess they can make Cyanogen 8 now.

This is interesting. While I doubt they'll waste the time making a HoneyComb CM when ICS is already there and improves on HC in every way. Still, I wonder if this means we'll be seeing Source built HoneyComb roms for the Tegra 2 tablets.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

This is interesting. While I doubt they'll waste the time making a HoneyComb CM when ICS is already there and improves on HC in every way. Still, I wonder if this means we'll be seeing Source built HoneyComb roms for the Tegra 2 tablets.

It'll be Cyanogen 9 and I doubt it as Google themselves called HC incomplete compared to ICS.

 

[smartpatrol]

Could T-Mo also be getting one (maybe sooner)?

Keeping my fingers crossed that T-Mobile gets it. Or at least that Google sells an unlocked version that will work on T-Mobile's 3G frequencies.

BTW, does anybody know, if an unlocked HSPA+ capable device works on T-Mobile's 3G bands, would it also be compatible with their HSPA+ 4G?

 

[postmortemIA]

this just means RAZR was not selling good enough over the weekend.

another thing is Motorola is not even breaking even, while Samsung is making lots of money... it is almost like welfare to Moto by Verizon.

 

[Fire&Blood]

BTW, does anybody know, if an unlocked HSPA+ capable device works on T-Mobile's 3G bands, would it also be compatible with their HSPA+ 4G?

Yes, HSDPA categories 7 through 10 are cross compatible (if the device carriers the bands for both carriers) hence same limitation would apply.

However, currently only Qualcomm's chipset is able to pull from T-mobile's 42Mbps network. It's difficult to speculate whether T-Mobile will get it's own handset as opposed to "universal" GSM phone.

Brian Klug hinted that the T-Mobile SGS2 may have bands for both carriers. He couldn't investigate further because he would have had to unlock the review unit. Users are reporting that the unlocked HTC Amaze operates on AT&T's network. Next gen chipsets will expand upon cross carrier compatibility.

As for the G Nexus though, if I had to speculate I would guess that T-Mobile will get their own unit rather than a cross compatible one.

 

[Bateluer]

The Samsung Fascinate was VZs flagship device for a long time spec-wise, but they treated it like a redheaded stepchild, taking months and months to fix bugs and update to Froyo.

The Fascinate was never Verizon's flagship device, they never intended it to be and never treated it as such. Doesn't excuse their botched handling of its updates, bugs, or the still broken GPS though.

 

[YoungGun21]

The Fascinate was never Verizon's flagship device, they never intended it to be and never treated it as such. Doesn't excuse their botched handling of its updates, bugs, or the still broken GPS though.

He said Spec wise, and I'd agree with him. It was definitely the fastest when it came out. It still doesn't really lag much behind the newer phones.

They didn't market it like it was the flagship phone though.

 

[thescreensavers]

My billing cycle ends on Dec 10th. If its not ready by then Im getting the Razr. Cant wait much longer with who knows how long Verizon is gonna have their double data.

I believe its until Jan, look into it.

 

[jalaram]

ICS sources released

Hopefully, my N1 gets a port.

 

[s44]

The 515 finally cleared FCC, so that's something.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

no US GSM frequencies. #epicfail.

this is what happens when phone manufacturers are held hostage by carriers

 

[AznAnarchy99]

no US GSM frequencies. #epicfail.

this is what happens when phone manufacturers are held hostage by carriers

Isnt it pentaband?

I wonder if the CDMA LTE version will have a sim card slot for world use.

 

[smartpatrol]

no US GSM frequencies. #epicfail.

this is what happens when phone manufacturers are held hostage by carriers

I thought Verizon was getting its own custom version of the Galaxy Nexus. It's supposed to be fatter with a bigger battery for LTE.

So that doesn't mean there won't be another version.

 

[s44]

Yeah, the GSM version already passed FCC. i515 (Fascinate was i500, Charge i510) is Verizon-specific.

 

[thescreensavers]

no US GSM frequencies. #epicfail.

this is what happens when phone manufacturers are held hostage by carriers

It was discussed that CDMA+LTE made it hard to implement GSM.

Next year it will prob happen.