Will The Epic 4G Get Android Version 2.2?

[[ACL]]

Originally Posted by daddymikey1975

You and all the other devs were making remarkable progress on the android port for the TP2. I just got impatient :P

I picked up a samsung moment for a while.. then when the Epic came out, I couldn't resist..

We would definitely welcome your support for the Galaxy stuff

Nice to see some familiar developer faces coming on board

i got lucky bro.. my job paid for it. It was a win win situation.lol

[gTen]

Originally Posted by [ACL]

yeah .. completely different.. but so i winmo and android and we got that bad boy to run ..lol.

Thing is im a kernel dev and since epic already has an open kernel, there isnt much to do. Writing apps aren't my thing..

i could always venture into porting the sense ui ..lol .. maybe once the tp2 is done.

Its not fully open..from what I hear the drivers are pre-compiled...thus making it harder to port custom roms from say an EVO, Nexus one and etc...for now we can only use Samsung roms as a base for roms..

Also depending on how things go we might need a gingerbread port..


Edit: Also..hummingbird has specs for playing back 1080p and recording at 1080p..so there are a few functionalities like this locked away.

Here is a documentation for the hummingbird:
http://www.multiupload.com/835ZK0RAYR

[[ACL]]

Originally Posted by gTen

Its not fully open..from what I hear the drivers are pre-compiled...thus making it harder to port custom roms from say an EVO, Nexus one and etc...for now we can only use Samsung roms as a base for roms..

Also depending on how things go we might need a gingerbread port..


Edit: Also..hummingbird has specs for playing back 1080p and recording at 1080p..so there are a few functionalities like this locked away.

Here is a documentation for the hummingbird:
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

compared to reverse engineering winmo drivers, this cant be that difficult.

we will see how much time i have for this. But thanks for the info. Does xda have a place for galaxy S yet? ..

[gTen]

Originally Posted by [ACL]

compared to reverse engineering winmo drivers, this cant be that difficult.

we will see how much time i have for this. But thanks for the info. Does xda have a place for galaxy S yet? ..

Yes, they have 5 places for it (there is an initiative going to get it merged so some of the info isn't repeated)

The sections there are:
i9000 <- this is the original international version and most development is here
Vibrant <- 2nd on development
Captivate <- 3rd
Epic <-4th
Fascinate <-5th

yup in the order that it came out lol

Also there is a small Epic community on SDX (Its a site like XDA but for Samsung and they did development for the moment and now doing it for the Epic)

[[ACL]]

Originally Posted by gTen

Yes, they have 5 places for it (there is an initiative going to get it merged so some of the info isn't repeated)

The sections there are:
i9000 <- this is the original international version and most development is here
Vibrant <- 2nd on development
Captivate <- 3rd
Epic <-4th
Fascinate <-5th

yup in the order that it came out lol

Also there is a small Epic community on SDX (Its a site like XDA but for Samsung and they did development for the moment and now doing it for the Epic)

thanks.. i joined sdx .. lets see whats out there.

[Johnnymeg]

I used to try every rom on my tp2, saw the evo and almost pulled the trigger on it. when i went to the store, it was love at first sight with the epic. I played with it for 3 days and decided to upgrade my wifes palm pre to the epic. I only rooted my epic for the hot spot function but have come to find out there are alot more benefits. GO EPIC with out hesitation. take it from a die hard HTC TP2 guy.

[mplsfalls1973]

Has anyone heard anything more about when a update to Froyo will be coming?

[gTen]

Originally Posted by mplsfalls1973

Has anyone heard anything more about when a update to Froyo will be coming?

There is a rumor of Nov 14th I guess...(same day the sprint Galaxy Tab comes out which has 2.2 as well)

[mplsfalls1973]

Originally Posted by gTen

There is a rumor of Nov 14th I guess...(same day the sprint Galaxy Tab comes out which has 2.2 as well)

Thanks, that is helpful. I am wanting to root my device, but want to wait until Froyo pushes out first.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by mplsfalls1973

Thanks, that is helpful. I am wanting to root my device, but want to wait until Froyo pushes out first.

Rooting is fairly simple 1 click of a button and unrooting is same..rooting also has not conflicted with an OTA update yet.