Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE with 2GB RAM

the Galaxy S III LTE, SC-06D, equips with 2GB RAM and 32GB ROM but with a 1.5 GHz dual core processor only due to incompatibility with the Samsung Exynos processor and 4G LTE networks. NTT Docomo detailed the specifications of the next coming Galaxy S3 LTE features a 1.5 GHz dual core processor MSM8960, and will be available in June or July in Japan

on the other hand, the LTE version is believed to be shipped in USA and Canada also, while Verizon US will launch a LTE S3, SCH-I535, with a dual core Snapdragon S4 processor

Galaxy Note ICS N7000DXLP9 Android 4.0.3 released

DXLP9 is the second ICS for SGN after N7000ZSLPF for the Asian countries. however, no idea yet if this firmware contains the bug that can cause phone bricks as ZSLPF and XXLPY do at the moment

for more info about the phone bricks issue on the official ICS releases, read these:
Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - issues
Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - advice
possible phone bricks - Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe




firmware details:
pda: N7000DXLP9
modem: N7000DXLP5
csc: N7000OLBLP6


build info:
ro.build.display.id=IML74K.DXLP9
ro.build.version.incremental=DXLP9
ro.build.version.sdk=15
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.0.3
ro.build.date=Sat May 12 15:41:21 KST 2012
ro.build.PDA=N7000DXLP9
ro.build.hidden_ver=N7000DXLP9
ro.build.changelist=551076

download links:
link 1 with Thailand csc
link 2 with Indonesia csc
link 3 with Malaysia csc

possible phone bricks - Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe

Galaxy Note Android 4.0.3 firmware N7000XXLPY may brick your phone as i mentioned eariler, and now the bug is confirmed by Android. besides, the second leaked official ZSLPF for the Asian region is affected

reference: Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - issues


according to Ken Sumrall, an senior engineer from Android, this is a known bug which can damage your phone

if you issued an mmc erase command, it could screw up the data structures in the chip

the emmc chip can lockup after an erase command is given. Not every time, but often enough. Usually, the device can reboot after this, but then lockup during the boot process. Very rarely, it can lockup even before fastboot is loaded......

after an emmc erase command, it could leave the internal data structures of the emmc chip in a bad state that cause the chip to lock up when a particular sector was accessed.

in other words, if you do a wipe or reformat to the partitions on these affected firmware, you have a chance to get your phone unbootable or bricked


and as i suggested, stay away from the ICS roms until the problem is solved finally

you may take a look at my advice posted couple of days ago about this: Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - advice

Galaxy S2 I9100XWLPD ICS Android 4.0.3 released

Samsung released another Android 4.0.3 ICS rom update XWLPD for SGS2 in Europe

firmware details:
pda: XWLPD
modem: XXLPW
csc: NEELP4
Build Date: 8 May 2012




build info:
ro.build.id=IML74K
ro.build.display.id=IML74K.XWLPD
ro.build.version.incremental=XWLPD
ro.build.version.sdk=15
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.0.3
ro.build.date=Tue May 8 19:07:11 KST 2012
ro.product.board=smdk4210
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US


download links:
link 1 with Sweden csc
link 2 with Poland csc
link 3 with Netherlands csc

N7000ZSLPF official Chinese ICS for Galaxy Note

UPDATE: Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe


the first Samsung official Android 4.0.3 ICS Chinese rom ZSLPF for SGN just leaked for the Asia region like Hong Kong and Taiwan. no premium suite is included






firmware details:

pda: ZSLPF
modem: XXLR1 REV 05
csc: OZSLPF


build info:

ro.build.id=IML74K
ro.build.display.id=IML74K.ZSLPF
ro.build.version.incremental=ZSLPF
ro.build.version.sdk=15
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.0.3
ro.build.date=Tue May 15 15:25:28 KST 2012
ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-N7000/GT-N7000:4.0.3/IML74K/ZSLPF:user/release-keys


WARNING:
- this ZSLPE is not proved to be safe yet at this time
- make sure you are aware of the XXLPY phone brick issues before flashing this
Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - issues
Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - advice



downloads:
link 1

Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - advice

UPDATE: Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe

not all phone bricks are irrecoverable. it depends what you have done before and what can be done next



A BIT OF ADVICE


there are two kind of phone bricks: soft bricks and hard bricks. in fact, soft bricks are relative easy and possible to recover but hard bricks are not recoverable even with JTAG recovery

soft bricks:
- you can still see the phone boots up with the Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 logo
- the phone enters a boot loop, ie keeps rebooting after booted up
- you are able to enter the recovery mode by pressing and holding the volume up button, home button, and the power button
- you are able to enter the download mode by pressing and holding the volume down button, home button, and the power button
- you are able to enter the download mode with a usb jig
- your phone boots but with lots of FCs

hard bricks:
- you are unable to enter the recovery mode by pressing the keys
- you are unable to enter the download mode by pressing the keys
- you are unable to enter the download mode with a usb jig
- you only see a blank, black screen
- the phone does not response at all after power up and just like running out of battery, but you can feel it is warm somewhere near the camera at the back


do's and don'ts:
as time goes by, there are more and more victums. as to play safe, especially for normal users and those without warranty, it is suggested that:
- do not upgrade to ICS XXLPY yet
- do not flash any affected roms
- do not flash roms in the recovery, neither cwm nor stock XXLPY
- do not wipe or format disks in the recovery
- do not run factory reset in settings on your phone with leaked ICS or LPY based roms
- stick with a safe rom for now (at the moment, all Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread roms are REGARDED as safe)
- go back to one of the roms that confirmed safe if possible, but IF AND ONLY IF you know what you are doing and what you need to do


important:
if you want to go back to gb or other safe roms (no guarantee and do it at your own risks):
- use pc odin to flash a safe rom only
- not until a safe rom is flashed, do not use the recovery or factory reset
- no need to care about the yellow triangle thing, it is easy to get rid of it
- in case the phone FCs (force closes), don worry, they can be fixed
- you should bear in mind that rom flashing is dangerous itself


nevertheless, developers are trying to find out the root causes. so in the meantime, be patient and wait for a solution or newer and safer roms


finally, i want to end this with one more advice: do not have the wrong impression of offical roms or products are 100% safe and harmless. this is not the case in our real world. otherwise, there wont be any windows sp1/sp2... sp5, osx 10.0/10.3... 10.7, ios 4.0/4.0.1... 4.2, android 2.2.1/2.3.6... 4.0.3/4.0.4, linux kernel 2.6.27.62/2.3.35.13.. 3.2.17. there wont be any recall of defective cars, contaminated medicine and the like. you may argue that why ppl still using them? simple enough, just because we don have better alternatives but have to rely on them for now, at least


good luck to you all


back to Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - issues

Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - issues

UPDATE: Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe

some N7000XXLPY users reported phone bricked issues with this official ICS rom released by Samsung in Germany recently when they were trying to do a wipe or reformat, with cwm or stock recovery

actually this is an old issue that happened to some other devices like Samsung Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710, as well as all leaked ICS based firmwares for Galaxy Note including the international version GT-N7000, US AT&T SGH-I717 and GT-I9220 in China


DISCLAIMER
- this is just a message to inform ppl about possible threats and dangers
- this is only intended for raising your awareness
- this is not aims at scaring you or anyone in any way
- all i want is to express my own opinions
- this is not intended to say nor to find out who is liable or who is to be blamed
- any suggestion provided is for reference only
- phone bricking is not a must
- it does not mean you will brick your phone eventually or certainly
- it does not mean using XXLPY or cwm will brick your phone for sure
- you are not forced to do anything or not to do anything
- you should decide what you should do and should not do
- you are responsibile for what you are going to do
- no one can assure you anything, not excluding me
- i have flashed several leaked roms before a lot of times and currently with XXLPY on my phone at the time i am writing this


NOTICE
- it is up to you whether to ignore this post or not
- it is up to you whether to continue reading this post or not
- you are welcome to leave comments should you have any disagreement or question, but no flaming or bashing please





THE ISSUE


couple of days ago i found chainfire, an experienced developer, issued a warning message in his post:

WARNING: I have just been informed that LPY *does* suffer from the I/O bug. Do *not* use any CWM functions ! They are dangerous and may hardbrick your flash memory !

Deleting large files while fully booted may also cause problems with your flash memory.

at that time, there was one brick incident reported only with the XXLPY, but countless with leaked ICS roms including my SGN bricked weeks ago. and then, even upgrading via the OTA or FOTA (Firmware Over-the-Air) reported bricks. it is believed that there are bugs in the kernel, rom or the recovery, that can cause damages to the eMMC (Embedded MultiMedia Card) on the phones and make your phone unbootable


The eMMC is composed of the MMC (Multi Media card) interface, the flash memory, and the flash memory controller

eMMC is a standard for embedded memory devices that contain not only a data storage element (such as NAND flash memory), but also a controller for the storage element integrated on the same silicon die.

source: samsung.com


so far there is no evidence if this could be due to cwm or the stock rom, and the actual problem areas are yet to determine at the moment, but what we learnt is that problems can occur likely when the following actions is performed:
- doing a wipe in the *recovery mode
- formatting the partition(s) in the *recovery
- rom flashing in the *recovery mode that involve disk wiping or formatting
- resetting the phone by performing a factory data reset in the settings application

*including cwm recovery by chainfire, XXLPY stock recovery and leaked ICS roms recovery


some argued that wipe is safe and does no harm. but i found after reading the source codes, the wipe will in turn calls for a disk format (format_volume function). simply speaking, a disk wipe means disk formatting


however, the bricks and damages are not happening each time you do a wipe or disk format on your phone. no one knows when it will happen and no one knows if it will happen. personally, i flashed my phone for over a hundred of times with the leaked ICS roms without any problem, but finally i got my phone bricked (not relating to XXLPY). that is to say, may be you are lucky that you don have any problem so far, and may be i was lucky for flashing so many times without any problem, but you will never know what will happen next time and you wont realized you are one of the victums until your phone bricked


after reading the message from chainfire, i started to think this can be a diaster since the cwm is so popular that a lot of ppl are using it and now the developer had issued this warning. so, possibily this will affect a lot of users.

yes, i knew that the number of bricked phone was so tiny, and i understand rom flashing does involve risks, but i opted to post in a forum talking about this aimed at alerting users about this possible threat. i also suggested ppl to stay away from the affected roms until the problem is solved, or stick to their Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread rom for now. as a responsible forum member and developer, i believe this is not a bad thing especially for normal or non-experienced users by informing them about this. it was not for my own good but for the benefits of others and there is no gain for me at all


unexpectedly i saw some ppl flaming and said something not very nicely,

"even a 5-10% bricks is not an issue"
"you are scaring ppl with no evidence"
"i flashed more than 20 times with no problems and i am not scared"
"it is an official rom so it is totally safe"
"you are not a developer and you know nothing about development"

in less than an hour, i realized i was wrong. i was wrong for "no gain for me" but in fact i benefited from learning some english words and phrases which i will never have a chance to learn in my life from books, ever....

to be honest, i don mind these bashings since i believed i was doing the right thing. as i said,

what we know is the number of ppl suffered
what we will know is the number of ppl who suffered avoidable issues after reading this post
but what we dono is how many phones we saved

interestingly, someone then replied, "0 (zero saved)"


anyway, up to now there are more than 10 known soft bricks or hard bricks incidents, involving previous cm builds based on leaked ICS roms and the LPY rom. i can see some of the guys who disagreed with me before had reported phone bricks also


continue to Galaxy Note ICS XXLPY phone bricks - advice

Galaxy Note official ICS N7000XXLPY released

UPDATE: this may brick your phone. read this Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe


the official Android 4.0.3 ICS for Samsung Galaxy Note finally out today, but without the premium suite mentioned before yet. in general, this rom is quite smooth, especially the browser. the wifi disconnect problem found in the leaked roms seems gone and i can have a stable connection with my router now at the same location



firmware details:
pda: XXLPY
csc: OXALPY
modem: XXLPT

build info:
ro.build.version.incremental=XXLPY
ro.build.version.sdk=15
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.0.3
ro.build.date=Fri May 4 04:23:15 KST 2012
ro.build.date.utc=1336072995
ro.build.PDA=N7000XXLPY
ro.build.hidden_ver=N7000XXLPY
ro.build.changelist=474507


download links:
link 1
link 2

I717UCLD3 - 2nd ICS for AT&T Galaxy Note leaked

UPDATE: Galaxy Note official ICS ZSLPF and XXLPY confirmed unsafe

UCLD3 is the second Andriod 4.0.3 ICS rom leaked for AT&T Galaxy Note SGH-I717 (US version of GT-N7000). I717UCLD3 is an improved version of the previous leaked UCLC5 with no new features, where smoothness is one of the major gains as reported by the users






PS this is non-rooted and will wipe your data, and is SUPPOSED for I717 only

download links:
link 1
link 2




read the original article for details and installation here

source: briefmobile.com

Galaxy Note Sony Bravia Engine ICS mod available

this is the Sony Bravia Gallery3D mod for the Samsung Galaxy Note ICS with wallpaper rendering, based on the deodexed LP6 Android 4.0.3 ICS rom

this is an incomplete but working demo for implementing Sony Bravia Engine in Gallery3D on Samsung Galaxy Note for Android 4.0 ICS. once you have installed it, your existing Gallery3D WILL BE REPLACED by this demo. note that no performance or memory tweaks, stress tests, etc were performed in this demo, and bugs or force closes are expected but not observed so far

click here for Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread version





WARNING: LEAKED ICS MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE Public Service Announcement: ICS Leaks and Recovery - HARDBRICK WARNING

it is suggested to follow the installation procedures and copy the files manaully if you worry about bricking your phone




as to use the Bravia Engine to render your wallpaper, create/re-create it with this gallery app

for more info, how-to and installation, please refer to SGS2 Gallery Sony Bravia Engine demo

note: the installation procedures and howtos are the same for Samsung Galaxy SII GB/ICS and Samsung Galaxy Note GB/ICS

original Gallery	Gallery with Sony Bravia Engine

if you like this mod, please give it a like or share this post to your friends, etc, or consider a small donation. thank you

feedbacks and questions are welcomed



PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER AND WARNING CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THE FILE(S)!!



DISCLAIMER

The file attached below is an unfinished demo resulted from a feasibility study for integrating Samsung Gallery3D application and Sony Bravia Engine, and is provided for educational and research purposes only. This demo is solely to describe and explain how to implement the engine with the Samsung Android Gallery application, and is only intended for demonstrating the outputs produced by Samsung Gallery3D application with Sony Bravia Engine on the Android platform. It is, however, in no ways or by no means to be used on a daily basis, nor to be used for any commerical purpose, and it is not supposed to be distributed or published in any kind.

Samsung Gallery3D, Sony Bravia Engine, Android and all other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.



WARNING

The file(s) attached are provided as is and for demo only. You should pay attention to the laws in your country or region, whichever and wherever applicable. You have to make sure you are not offended by downloading, accessing, transmitting, using, or in any other way utilizing any material contained in the file(s). You further understand and acknowledge are legally able to use or access the material(s) according to the laws in your country or region, and agree to waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may have against me, regarding all matters related to your use of the file(s).

I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for any damages, including bricked phones, partial or total loss of data resulting from the use of the file(s) contained, in all kinds and/or by any means, caused by using or accessing the file(s)/material(s), including problems caused by the file(s) and/or by third parties. You shall be solely responsible for the consequences of using or accessing the material(s) and I will not be held responsible in the event any charges, including but not limited to civil and criminal charges, be brought against any individuals using the material(s) contained in this post and or attachment(s).





By clicking on the link below you agree to all the terms and conditions described above, and fully understand the risks involved for using or accessing any materials found here, and agree to assume and take on all of the risks and responsibilities in any way associated with this yourself.


NOTE: 4share.com now requires registration, i will upload it elsewhere soon. sorry about that

download (in CWM zip):
link 1 Gallery3DWallpaperSBEDemoICS-SGN
link 2 Gallery3DWallpaperSBEDemoICS-SGN
md5: EBD010ED72D6495C819419E37A1625D0


references:
more Bravia Engine screenshots marked with differences

SGS2 ICS 4.0.3 Sony Bravia Engine demo with wallpaper rendering available

now with wallpaper enhancements - SGS2 wallpaper Sony Bravia Engine demo

Galaxy Note ICS with Sony Bravia Engine soon

UPDATE: Galaxy Note Sony Bravia Engine ICS mod available

the Sony Bravia Engine mod for Samsung Galaxy Note Android 4.0.3 ICS will be available soon

sorry mates, i thought i have done it already... before my note bricked

Samsung Galaxy S III I9300 photo gallery

some more photos for the next coming S3, with desktop dock, flip cover and S pebble

front view	rear view
side view	desktop dock
flip cover	S pebble

source: samsung

Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 unveiled with specifications and features

UPDATE: Samsung Galaxy S III photo gallery

Samsung finally unveiled the Galaxy S III which will be available by the end of May in UK. it comes with a quad core processor at 1.4 GHz running Android 4.0.4 and a 4.8 inches screen




source: www.telegraph.co.uk


specifications:
- Exynos 1.4 GHz quad core processor
- 4.8 inches Super Amoled HD display
- 1 GB RAM
- 720 x 1280 resolution
- 2100 mAh battery
- wireless charging (optional)
- 8 MP camera
- Android 4.0.4
- LTE (depends on countries)

design:
- 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.55 mm
- 133 gram
- pebble blue/marble white
- available in 16/32/64 GB internal memory


some new features:
Direct Call - dial the number for you automatically when you put the phone near your face
Smart Stay - the display will not turn off while you are looking at it
S Beam - transfer files in up to 300Mbps high speed via WiFi Direct or NFC


source: www.telegraph.co.uk (original article)