Epic 4G

New Gingerbread leak for the Epic 4G gets stable

epic-4g-ee03-gingerbread-leak-550x406 When the first Gingerbread leak for the Samsung Epic 4G reared its ugly head, there was a terrible initial reaction. Not only did 4G data not work, but there was GPS, temperature, and charging issues with the ROM to say the least. Now, there's a now ROM in town. Gingerbread build number EE03 has just made its way online, and things are already going... Read more »

Samsung releases Froyo source code for Epic and Vibrant

the-matrix Your average Joe type Android user probably won't find much of interest here, but hackers and modders are gonna love this. Samsung has taken the time to release the Froyo source code for not only the Vibrant, but for the Epic as well -- Yes, the Epic doesn't even have Froyo quite yet (the OTA was announced today), and the source code is already released. Now that... Read more »

Galaxy S GPS fix not for the faint of heart

Galaxy S GPS fix not for the faint of heart Galaxy S owners, I feel your pain. In the brief time that I owned a Vibrant I must have pulled over half a dozen times to wait for my GPS connection, having typed in an address and pulled out of the lot expecting the kind of response I had become accustomed to on other Androids. But as you know it's not uncommon to wait 5 minutes for one of Sammy's gadgets to... Read more »

Epic 4G set to receive post Christmas update to Froyo

samsung-epic-4g-open Well Epic owners, this has been a long time coming. Your journey isn't over quite yet, but if some leaked screen shots of an internal memo obtained by Phone Arena are correct, December 26th is the day you should start seeing your official update to Froyo. If everything goes according to plan, build DL11 will start rolling out in phases on the 26th, and should reach... Read more »

Sprint technicians flashing Epics with Froyo back to Eclair?

Sprint technicians flashing Epics with Froyo back to Eclair? As of right now, this is still to be filed under unconfirmed, but if it's true then Sprint may have some problems on their hands. According to AndroidGuys, Sprint is unofficially telling employees that if they come across Epic 4Gs in need of repair that have a leaked Froyo 2.2 build installed, to flash Eclair 2.1. I understand most carrier's position on... Read more »

“All operator versions” of the Galaxy S to see Froyo by end of Nov [UPDATE]

“All operator versions” of the Galaxy S to see Froyo by end of Nov [UPDATE] Begin update: It's as we may have feared, but hoped it wouldn't be. Samsung has said via Twitter that their Tweet, which was essentially the same thing as the press release, pertains only to devices in the UK. As I said earlier though, it's still a good sign for Galaxy S devices in the US. End update. Before you go and get too excited on what the... Read more »

Epic 4G hits the streets

Epic 4G hits the streets I'm curious about how many of you were out there (or are out there right now) for Sprint's 8:00 opening on the Epic 4G launch day. Stores across the country have or will open early, selling the QWERTY-packin' WiMAX version of Samsung's Galaxy S for $249.99 after contract and rebate, and we want to know what you think. Have you bought an Epic? Did you try a demo and... Read more »