Samsung pulls Froyo update for Bell’s Vibrant after reports of fried internal storage
We have no idea why Samsung's having such a hard time delivering its overdue promised Froyo upgrades worldwide for the Galaxy S series, but it's not looking any easier for them this weekend: the only Canadian Galaxy S to get upgraded so far, Bell's Vibrant, has just had its update pulled. Seems a healthy number of users attempting the upgrade using Sammy's Kies desktop software ended up with inaccessible internal storage, which sucks for a variety of obvious reasons -- and that would be the apparent reason for the removal of the update.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bell, firmware-update, fried-internal, internal, official, point, Reason, result, samsung, time, update, vibrant
Samsung Vibrant gets official Froyo update on Bell (sorry, T-Mobile customers)
Those promised December Froyo updates for Canada's Galaxy S models? Yeah, they've started hitting -- or at least one of them has
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget-mobile, galaxy, gets-official, mobile, models, samsung vibrant, their-updates, updates, upgrade, vibrant
Canada’s Galaxy S Froyo updates start rolling out this month
Samsung's probably wishing it could just forget its claim that it'd have Froyo rolled out to all carriers last month , but at least it's providing a little bit of updated guidance to its Canadian users. Turns out Bell's Vibrant and Rogers' Captivate are on track for the middle of this month, while owners of Telus' Fascinate will need to wait a little longer: "early 2011," to be exact, which really isn't exact at all since it could easily mean anywhere between January and, say, April or so. Of course, Gingerbread will be all over the place by then -- and we might even be seeing our first glimpses of Honeycomb -- so be prepared for your version envy to continue unabated.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bell, captivate, envy, fascinate, froyo, galaxy s, galaxys, glimpses, mobile, rogers, users, vibrant
Samsung rolls out JI6 update to fix Vibrant GPS issues
It's a tad later than initially promised , but it looks like Vibrant users frustrated by those serious GPS issues will soon have a fix -- Samsung has just announced that it's begun rolling out the JI6 over-the-air update to remedy the problem and finally bring it in line with the Captivate . No word on what else the update might include and, as with all OTA updates, there's also no guarantee as to exactly when you'll get it, with Samsung only saying that it will be distributed randomly over the next "several weeks." [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Samsung rolls out JI6 update to fix Vibrant GPS issues originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:36:00 EST.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: begun-rolling, engadget, entry, finally-bring, fix, galaxy s, ji6, Ota, problem, samsung, samsung vibrant, tad, update, vibrant
Confirmed: Galaxy S unlock codes are stored in your phone, Vibrant capable of AT&T 3G
Sure, the Samsung Vibrant's a T-Mobile device and the Samsung Captivate belongs to AT&T, but there's no longer any reason you can't swap them around -- all you need is a simple script and a USB cable to completely unlock your phone.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: captivate, hack, hacking, hacks, mobile, myriam-joire, phone, samsung, samsung vibrant, samsunggalaxys, tested-it-out, unlocked, Unlocking, vibrant
T-Mobile tells reps the Vibrant GPS update is ‘coming soon’
No word on what AT&T is communicating to its peeps regarding the similarly-afflicted Captivate , but it looks like T-Mobile fired off a communique to its sales reps in the past few hours letting them know that the Vibrant's update to solve its GPS woes is expected in September, echoing earlier an statement from Samsung . Interestingly, the reps are being told not to refer to the September guidance, but to instead rattle off a variant of Samsung's statement that says "the next few weeks" instead, presumably to give these guys some wiggle room in case it hits in August or -- perish the thought -- later than September
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: agps, bug fix, bugfix, case-it-hits, exclusive, galaxy s, gps, instead-rattle, mobile, update, vibrant, your-fingers
T-Mobile offering Vibrant for $99, if you’re quick about it
If the Vibrant's $200 price tag on contract was the only thing keeping you planted on the fence, you might want to head over to T-Mobile's interwebs right this second seeing how they're offering a one-day special -- $99, online only -- which makes it $100 cheaper than AT&T's Captivate and $150 less than Sprint's Epic 4G . Any way you slice it, that's a killer carrier-direct price for a high-end Android phone with a 1GHz core and one of the best phone displays we've ever seen...
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: blu-rays-yeah, captivate, entry, fence, galaxy s, interwebs-right, mobile, phone-displays, price, result, sale, samsung, thing-keeping, vibrant
Samsung Galaxy S review shootout: Captivate for AT&T and Vibrant for T-Mobile
We've got to hand it to Samsung with its Galaxy S line. Coordinating the launch of a single family of devices across all four national US carriers (plus a regional or two) is a feat very rarely accomplished, and usually reserved for really unique handsets that those carriers wouldn't be able to effectively source from anyone else; HTC's Touch Pro2 is a prime example of that. Add to that the murky issue of exclusivity periods..
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: business, challenge, entry, exclusivity, family, fascinate, launch, models, murky, samsung, single, vibrant, words
Samsung Vibrant launching today, awaits new owners in T-Mobile’s online store
A tiny bit of uncertainty has been cleared away thanks to good old Twitter, where T-Mobile has made July 15 (aka, today!) the official launch date for its Galaxy S derivative, the Vibrant . The original Tweet seems to have disappeared into the ether apart from that screenshot above, but T-Mo has reiterated the statement in subsequent missives, telling its followers that the Vibrant will be on sale today
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: availability, engadget, launch, offerings, samsung vibrant, samsungvibrant, store, uncertainty, vibrant, wait-the-extra
Root already working on Samsung Captivate, other US Galaxy S models
Normally, you've got to wait... you know, at least a few hours after a new Android phone's released for a root technique to pop up -- but thanks to the Captivate's lineage, hackers have already been able to get the ball rolling. Indeed, it turns out that the root method already employed on the European version of the Galaxy S works just fine on the Captivate and Vibrant , and presumably, it'll work just the same on Fascinate and Epic 4G with a minimum of modification.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: captivate, epic4g, feeling-good, hackers, mobile, root-technique, tue, vibrant