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The current petition for Galaxy S users to get an ICS update from Samsung has taken on a new look, idea and plan of action. Theexel, Xriderx66, NOOB_IN_N33D and I have decided to spearhead this into a new realm. We are not alone in this. We are not the only Galaxy S users. We are not the only ones who want/need this update. Therefore the 4 of us have decided to revamp the petition to include all Galaxy S devices and not solely the Vibrant users.

Below is a copy of how the petition reads. We need your help. We want a link to this thread posted in as many XDA forums as possible and allowed. We are also wanting this to be posted in some outside forums to broaden our reach.

This is what we need from you. If you do help post in other forums, please use the standardized text in post #3. Please put in this thread where you posted it and if outside XDA, post the link. If we can get other devices on board with this, we will have a much better chance of being heard. This is our time. ICS is brand new and can be used on most of our devices. We just need them to give it to us.
Remember to post where you put yours so that we don't duplicate.

Post #2The Petition

Post #3 – A standardized header for posting this petition in Galaxy S forums as well as other device manufacturer forums.

Post #4 – News and References

Please keep this thread clean as it will be the point where any and all other forums will come to see our petition in the raw, as well as the direct link to it.

Thank you all for your time and respectfulness.


Spread the word.
 
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The Petition

Dear Sir or Madam,

We Galaxy S users would first like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment to excellence in your products and software. It is this type of forward thinking that will propel you further into the realm as truly one of the giants of the mobile telecommunications front-runners. It is in this assurance of merit that we ask for your time and consideration.

Recently many internet news agencies, blogs, forums,…have claimed that Samsung is reevaluating its stance on supplying Galaxy S phones with an update to the newest Android operating system platform, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS-4.0). It is with great interest that we are monitoring this development and our intention to be on that update list.

With that being said, please allow us to give some background information as occurring over the past several months. Our main carrier for the Vibrant is T-Mobile. The Vibrant (Galaxy S) was at its release considered one of the flagship devices for both Samsung and T-Mobile. As such, many of these devices were sold to customers who in order to afford the device were required to sign a subsidized 2-year contract with T-Mobile. The Vibrant was released with the Android o/s 2.1 (Éclair) and was catapulted into the top ranks of the smartphone technology. Since then, the Vibrant has fallen into the mediocre category as technology has driven faster and further than many have expected. While the specifications of the Vibrant are comparable to that of Google’s Nexus S handset, it had not been scheduled for an upgrade at all. Only through perseverance did it receive the Froyo (2.2) o/s, only to be provided news accounts that the Gingerbread (2.3) o/s would not be delivered to our handset. Needless to say, we were happy with our upgrade; however the fact that without an upgrade to Gingerbread (which our handset supposedly has the optimization needed), we the end-users were, to our dismay, essentially stranded at that point.

As we all know, the Android operating system is open source, meaning that the kernel developed for Android falls under a General Public License (G.P.L.) which allows many developers to create their own custom ROMs, freely and openly. This very business savvy approach is one of the things that many end-users absolutely love about Android. It is also why the Android smartphone is one of the fastest developing, most customizable and highly regarded devices in recent history. Recently the CyanogenMod team has dropped its support for our device due to a potentially dangerous development regarding the 911/e911 issues in the code for the device. (see articles at CNET, Engadget and PCWorld) Being open source does not mean the proprietary files are to be divulged. And we understand that. One of the reasons that CyanogenMod team decided to drop support for the Vibrant is because it could not get the source from Samsung directly to alleviate the 911/e911 issue and in good conscience they decided that they could not endorse a product that had potentially fatal implications. We applaud them however we are a bit unnerved as well because we were dropped, yet again.

A custom ROM is not what we are looking for with this petition. What we are looking for is your consideration and hopefully favorable decision to provide the many Galaxy S users with a reliable, safe, state-of-the-art device that will rival any of its competitors. Since many of us are still locked into the subsidized contracts, simply purchasing a new handset is not an option for many of us.

We thank you for your time, patience and exceedingly high quality of product, support and technology.

***The issue with the 3rd paragraph about how the Vibrant was released with 2.1 and then we fought for 2.2 only to be denied GB/ICS is in there to paint the picture of how consumer support has failed. It is specific to the Vibrant but the picture is for all Galaxy S users.

The CM team portion leaving the Vibrant is a problem (911/e911) that effects us all. For some reason they just dropped ONLY the Vibrant from their supported devices list b/c of this issue.
 
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Galaxy S Devices - A standardize copy/paste to appear in the Galaxy S forums’ General category. It needs to have a direct link to this thread, as well as the petition itself.

As Galaxy S owners, we are all united. As Android users we are all united. As far as Samsung is concerned we are all NOT created equal. Our device, the Vibrant (SGH-T959), is now being left to the wayside for any future updates from Samsung even though our core specs are extremely similar to the Google Nexus S, which has already received the ICS update. The CyanogenMod team has left us due to the on-going issue of 911/e911 and the lack of the proper code from Samsung to alleviate a potentially fatal result of a custom ROM. It is our intentions to serve Samsung with a petition asking for the update to ICS, which will in-turn, alleviate the 911/e911 issue as well.

We are asking all Galaxy S users to sign this petition to get Samsung to reconsider giving all top end Galaxy S devices the ICS update. Please help us with our goal and sign the petition. If you are on a Galaxy S phone, this affects you too.

Thank you for reading this and please see this link for more details and this link to sign the petition.



Non Galaxy S Devices - Now this one is tricky. Many times spouses, girl/boyfriends, roommates may have different phones than yourself. There is nothing wrong with that. Chances are that whatever device they do have, there is a forum for it. This is the canned response for any non-Galaxy S type phone, as well as non-Samsung devices. If you decide to enlist other manufactures, please post this exact verbiage and links directly to this page (**Not the petition itself, as we don’t want any accidental signatures **).

We have all decided to purchase a phone running on the Android operating system. It is in this choice that we are now linked. Our device manufacturer has left us behind. Recently they (Samsung) has let it be known that they will be willing to reconsider updating all Galaxy S devices to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Most of our devices never received the Gingerbread update and while our development community is packed with talented individuals and teams, they lack the necessary code for some such basic functions as 911/e911 (the CyanogenMod team has dropped the Samsung Vibrant from its list of supported devices, indefinitely due to the potentially fatal 911/e911 issue).

Below is a link to a petition that we are asking Android users to sign. This petition to get Samsung to reconsider giving all top end Galaxy S devices the ICS update. Please help us with our goal and sign the petition. As Android users we all are, we are asking you to unite with us in our journey and goal.

Thank you for reading this and please see this link (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1427969) for more details.
 
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News and References

Cnet - http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57343479-93/for-samsung-vibrant-no-911-means-no-android-mod/

Engadgethttp://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/cyanogenmod-team-bails-on-samsung-vibrant-cites-inability-to-di/

PCworld - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2463...ant_support_citing_inability_to_dial_911.html

Android Central - http://www.androidcentral.com/no-samsung-ics-value-pack-coming

Click and Read parts 1(why we won’t get it) and 3 (who does and who doesn’t).
The "Nobody knows what the hell's going on with the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab," saga continues today (see Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3) with the latest news now being that Samsung has no intentions of delivering a "Value Pack" upgrade. According to a Samsung source who spoke to The Next Web:
Samsung "will not offer the update due to the hardware specifications of the older Galaxy devices, in that they are limited to and fully optimised for the Gingerbread experience."
That'll likely frustrate some Galaxy S owners but realistically, it's not in anyway surprising. As for the Galaxy Tab, while it's not mentioned specifically -- it's safe to assume that's lumped in there as well. Luckily, there is plenty of custom ROM's floating around to keep you busy if you're that upset over the matter.

Possible Death Blows

Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/samsung-galaxy-s-ice-cream-sandwich_n_1183578.html

ComputerWorld - http://blogs.computerworld.com/19513/samsung_galaxy_s_ice_cream_sandwich?source=rss_blogs
 
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Posted in main XDA-General Forum
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21141472#post21141472


Android Police -
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...nlock-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-165787

Phandroid.com/ - submitted request as News Tips. Just waiting on email confirmation from them. Once I get that, I will post the link.

Seanknighton posted in the HTC EVO 4G thread and they are running with it.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1431851

Nabeel10 posted in Wiihacks
http://www.wiihacks.com/android-phon...r-support.html

Taxiozaurus Posted in AndroidPit forum
http://www.androidpit.com/en/android...dwitch#p931894
Plus they put us on the News Page with a pretty good endorsement
http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/blog/402147/samsung-galaxy-s-android-update


I-9000 just got the Value-Pack leaked yesterday (1/6/12). Here is the link.

We've got their attention!!!!
From the Epic 4G thread
Samsung keeps removing my wall posts about it this.

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

Mine to... I'm gonna keep putting them up until they get tired of taking theem down

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Remember to post where you put yours so that we don't duplicate.
 
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As of 1/5/2012 all active Recognized Vibrant Developers should have received a letter from me about this petition. Hopefully they will help in promoting the awareness of our petition by adding a notice to the top of their thread OP's. So if you find that your favorite rom or kernel thread is containing a big red notice with a link to this thread please show them some appreciation and hit their thanks button...

Here's a list of developer supporters -
  • neobuddy98 (Didn't post the banner, but he does have a link to the petition in his ICS thread)

> Petition Status: 3,341+ SIGNATURES <
________________
MY CONFIGURATION:
Phone: Samsung Vibrant | Rom: MIUI(.us) | Kernel: Glitch v13 (HL) | Theme: Black Ice v2.3 | Firmware: 2.3.7
MY GUIDE'S:
Guide- Easily Flash MIUI for Vibrant + Themes/Modems/Kernels/ and more! | Guide/List- Best Free Apps For Your Rooted Device

If I have helped you please clickity-klack on that 'thanks' button ↘

sig12.gif
 
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WHERE PETITION HAS BEEN POSTED

POSTED IN ALL GALAXY S FORUMS:
Captivate
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030486#post21030486
Epic 4G
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030502#post21030502
Fascinate
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030513#post21030513
Galaxy S I9000
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030530#post21030530
Galaxy S 4G (or Vibrant +) (thanks to n00b)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21148623#post21148623
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted in Evo: (thanks to seanknighton)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1431851

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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N00B_IN_N33D

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Actually, there are 950+ as of now! (Keeping track of the signatures in my post on the first page :D). Also this thread should be stickied.
 
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I added my name to the list...

Still wonder why Samsung likes to say it won't run, when clearly it does. they should just dump touchwiz.
 

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Deleted this post since thread was moved and combined with another.

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    Click the above to sign​

    The current petition for Galaxy S users to get an ICS update from Samsung has taken on a new look, idea and plan of action. Theexel, Xriderx66, NOOB_IN_N33D and I have decided to spearhead this into a new realm. We are not alone in this. We are not the only Galaxy S users. We are not the only ones who want/need this update. Therefore the 4 of us have decided to revamp the petition to include all Galaxy S devices and not solely the Vibrant users.

    Below is a copy of how the petition reads. We need your help. We want a link to this thread posted in as many XDA forums as possible and allowed. We are also wanting this to be posted in some outside forums to broaden our reach.

    This is what we need from you. If you do help post in other forums, please use the standardized text in post #3. Please put in this thread where you posted it and if outside XDA, post the link. If we can get other devices on board with this, we will have a much better chance of being heard. This is our time. ICS is brand new and can be used on most of our devices. We just need them to give it to us.
    Remember to post where you put yours so that we don't duplicate.

    Post #2The Petition

    Post #3 – A standardized header for posting this petition in Galaxy S forums as well as other device manufacturer forums.

    Post #4 – News and References

    Please keep this thread clean as it will be the point where any and all other forums will come to see our petition in the raw, as well as the direct link to it.

    Thank you all for your time and respectfulness.


    Spread the word.
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    WHERE PETITION HAS BEEN POSTED

    POSTED IN ALL GALAXY S FORUMS:
    Captivate
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030486#post21030486
    Epic 4G
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030502#post21030502
    Fascinate
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030513#post21030513
    Galaxy S I9000
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21030530#post21030530
    Galaxy S 4G (or Vibrant +) (thanks to n00b)
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21148623#post21148623
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Posted in Evo: (thanks to seanknighton)
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1431851

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    5
    As of 1/5/2012 all active Recognized Vibrant Developers should have received a letter from me about this petition. Hopefully they will help in promoting the awareness of our petition by adding a notice to the top of their thread OP's. So if you find that your favorite rom or kernel thread is containing a big red notice with a link to this thread please show them some appreciation and hit their thanks button...

    Here's a list of developer supporters -
    • neobuddy98 (Didn't post the banner, but he does have a link to the petition in his ICS thread)

    > Petition Status: 3,341+ SIGNATURES <
    ________________
    MY CONFIGURATION:
    Phone: Samsung Vibrant | Rom: MIUI(.us) | Kernel: Glitch v13 (HL) | Theme: Black Ice v2.3 | Firmware: 2.3.7
    MY GUIDE'S:
    Guide- Easily Flash MIUI for Vibrant + Themes/Modems/Kernels/ and more! | Guide/List- Best Free Apps For Your Rooted Device

    If I have helped you please clickity-klack on that 'thanks' button ↘

    sig12.gif
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    The Petition

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    We Galaxy S users would first like to take this opportunity to thank you for your commitment to excellence in your products and software. It is this type of forward thinking that will propel you further into the realm as truly one of the giants of the mobile telecommunications front-runners. It is in this assurance of merit that we ask for your time and consideration.

    Recently many internet news agencies, blogs, forums,…have claimed that Samsung is reevaluating its stance on supplying Galaxy S phones with an update to the newest Android operating system platform, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS-4.0). It is with great interest that we are monitoring this development and our intention to be on that update list.

    With that being said, please allow us to give some background information as occurring over the past several months. Our main carrier for the Vibrant is T-Mobile. The Vibrant (Galaxy S) was at its release considered one of the flagship devices for both Samsung and T-Mobile. As such, many of these devices were sold to customers who in order to afford the device were required to sign a subsidized 2-year contract with T-Mobile. The Vibrant was released with the Android o/s 2.1 (Éclair) and was catapulted into the top ranks of the smartphone technology. Since then, the Vibrant has fallen into the mediocre category as technology has driven faster and further than many have expected. While the specifications of the Vibrant are comparable to that of Google’s Nexus S handset, it had not been scheduled for an upgrade at all. Only through perseverance did it receive the Froyo (2.2) o/s, only to be provided news accounts that the Gingerbread (2.3) o/s would not be delivered to our handset. Needless to say, we were happy with our upgrade; however the fact that without an upgrade to Gingerbread (which our handset supposedly has the optimization needed), we the end-users were, to our dismay, essentially stranded at that point.

    As we all know, the Android operating system is open source, meaning that the kernel developed for Android falls under a General Public License (G.P.L.) which allows many developers to create their own custom ROMs, freely and openly. This very business savvy approach is one of the things that many end-users absolutely love about Android. It is also why the Android smartphone is one of the fastest developing, most customizable and highly regarded devices in recent history. Recently the CyanogenMod team has dropped its support for our device due to a potentially dangerous development regarding the 911/e911 issues in the code for the device. (see articles at CNET, Engadget and PCWorld) Being open source does not mean the proprietary files are to be divulged. And we understand that. One of the reasons that CyanogenMod team decided to drop support for the Vibrant is because it could not get the source from Samsung directly to alleviate the 911/e911 issue and in good conscience they decided that they could not endorse a product that had potentially fatal implications. We applaud them however we are a bit unnerved as well because we were dropped, yet again.

    A custom ROM is not what we are looking for with this petition. What we are looking for is your consideration and hopefully favorable decision to provide the many Galaxy S users with a reliable, safe, state-of-the-art device that will rival any of its competitors. Since many of us are still locked into the subsidized contracts, simply purchasing a new handset is not an option for many of us.

    We thank you for your time, patience and exceedingly high quality of product, support and technology.

    ***The issue with the 3rd paragraph about how the Vibrant was released with 2.1 and then we fought for 2.2 only to be denied GB/ICS is in there to paint the picture of how consumer support has failed. It is specific to the Vibrant but the picture is for all Galaxy S users.

    The CM team portion leaving the Vibrant is a problem (911/e911) that effects us all. For some reason they just dropped ONLY the Vibrant from their supported devices list b/c of this issue.
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    Good job you guys, this is excellent! Ill be sure to help the best I can!

    SO SHOULD YOU! Yeah I'm talking to you, the one who just read this thread and ignored it. Just do it ;)

    Sent from my Vibrant