UK Galaxy S owners seeing 2.3.5

By on November 24th, 2011 6

borrowed from: http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entry/Samsung-Galaxy-S-Official-2-3-5-Update-Released-to-UK-with-Improvements-Screenshots

So my phone has been having some issue lately.  Really has me debating this whole rooting/flashing ROM thing again.

I see CM7.1 is up to 2.3.7.  My “captivate” is sitting oh-so-nicely on 2.3.3, and that last +.0.4 is tempting, but I am still gun-shy on trying it [bricked an old treo and a magic back in the day].  So, sometimes it’s just as easy for me to rest on my laurels and just use what the manufacturer gave me.  Plus I’m afraid of losing all my mileage, expense, AngryBird data. [I know there should be ways to back it up, but I haven't fully researched]

I have some high hopes for ICS eventually making it to my phone, but definitely not officially, so I started my research on how to flash/ROM and some day will just have to pull the pin and start doing it so I can get comfortable with it for when ICS is ready.

I had just gotten used to the fact that official releases were done for my phone… then something happened in the UK.

The i9000 version just got an update to 2.3.5.  Which is +.0.2 more than mine.  What’s the difference?  From what I can tell, not much [2.3.4 added video google talk, and .5 fix a bluetooth bug on the Galaxy S line..] … wait it fixes a bug?  Probably that’s the reason I notice my phone having a difficult time with WiFi fixing when I get home after having had the BT headsets on.  Hrmm…

Well, with the last few releases from Samsung’s firmware, it seemed to hit the UK first, then rolls out to Canada after [and happily before it goes to south of the border].  What I can’t find out is whether it’s the first Ging update for the i9000 or did they get 2.3.3 THEN get 2.3.5 as well?

Will we see this update here in Canada?  Doubtful… our carriers aren’t often too supportive for updates.  Despite the improvements, the effort to assign one person on staff to update a test phone, and then test it is too much … they should just pay somebody from XDA (like Sammy did with Kondik) … they’ve shown it works.

Anyways, that’s what excited me recently… maybe some slightly new ‘official’ breath into my rapidly aging phone.  Maybe Tom will cut me a good price on his S2LTE for Rogers when he gets his Galaxy Nexus.  *_*

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  • Anonymous

    Dude, 

    If you using the Rogers 2.2 captivate firmware until only recently, you shouldn’t be posting on a blog about android.

    The concept of being stuck with manufacturer firmware makes me nervous.

    I mean the Roger’s 2.2 firmware didn’t even do bluetooth voice dialing…!!???!!!??&#???!!!

    The only reason why I chose android over any other phone is because it can be rooted and you can install custom roms.

    Speaking of which, there are even 2.3.5 custom roms available for the Captivate based on leaked captivate roms from Samsung available.

    Cough…. cough…. xda-developers…. cough…..

    • Anonymous

      No, i’m on the 2.3.3 update they sent round [note how i said that 2.3.5 was a 0.0.2 upgrade], as i said in the first line.
      yeah, if i do CM7.1 it’ll be 2.3.7

      so what have you installed on yours [i take it you have a captivate]?

      looking for any tips/tricks for flashing mine.

      • Anonymous

        Ryan,

        As far as I know the 2.3.3 update came out only recently. Given your statements about not flashing custom roms in the article, I assumed that meant that you were stuck on Rogers stock 2.2 until the update came out.

        I am currently running Firefly 3.0 on mine, which is a modified version of the Rogers stock 2.2 rom. I tried some of the leaked i897 gingerbread roms and even the i9000 gingerbread roms and found that gingerbread doesn’t bring a whole lot to the table in comparison to froyo. In the end, I went back to froyo because of battery life and better modem support (HSDPA and HSUPA on the 2.2 modems) and reception (in northern ontario none of the gingerbread modems come close to the 2.2 modems).

        Custom roms allow users to get around the silly restrictions carrier impose on stock firmware. Like making customers pay an extra fee to use tethering on you phone. Currently, XDA-devs have got 2.3.5 roms available for the captivate, which I suspect would give you significantly better performance than the stock rogers rom. If you are there be sure to check out the latest development on the ICS 4.0.1 port.

        FithyGrifter

        • Anonymous

          yeah, this is the rogers’ “approved update” I ran [came in october i think].  I’ve been meaning to sit down and really learn as much as I can for flashing, but I get a little spooked now and again.  I bricked a couple phones in the early years and tried like hell on my htc magic and could never get it to do it, no matter what i tried.

          i think if I’m stuck on the captivate for a little bit I’ll have to flash.  any tips on how how best to do it?  i know all the benefits of using a custom ROM, but just get a little ‘anxious’ about it.

  • STU

    Be careful while updating! I got an over the air update 2.3.6 for nexus s and it changed the radio band on my phone. My phone could no longer make any phone calls i had no service at all.  I had to send it back to samsung (which took about 6weeks) before they could resolve the issue. I believe the update added a few things and fixed a problem (or was supposed to) with the voice search randomly turned on. I am running 2.3.6 now having got it back from a company in Quebec. VERY FRUSTRATING!!!

    Always BACKUP.  ALWAYS ALWAYS check if one million people fucked there phones up before you are about to.

    GOODLUCK!!!

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