Samsung Vibrant

CyanogenMod drops support for Samsung Vibrant citing 911 issues

12 December 2011 by Michael Crider Discuss (5)

Here’s an odd one: the CyanogenMod team, makers of the most widely-used custom ROM out there, have completely dropped support for the T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant. It’s not a hardware issue, as CyanogenMod supports much older and weaker phones. No, the problem comes from Samsung’s proprietary radio software, which is apparently keeping the custom version …

Samsung Vibrant gets an update tweak

18 April 2011 by James DeRuvo Discuss (8)

Users of the Samsung Vibrant (aka the Samsung Galaxy S) can get an update for their phones that fixes a few bugs here and there. The update, known as KB5, also updates Gmail and YouTube, boosting them to R9 versions respectively. There was also a DRM issue with the music player that prevented some music …

Samsung Vibrant passes FCC

25 March 2011 by James DeRuvo Discuss (1)

Samsung has gotten the green light from the FCC for the Samsung Vibrant to operate in AT&Ts 3G spectrum. The repackaged Galaxy S 4G, may be a phone that will be used to transition T-Mobile customers over to Ma Bell as it’s model designation points to a Get More network pedigree (Model SGH-T959P). The speculation …

Samsung Fascinate, Captivate, and Vibrant First Free Phones Revealed for Best Buy Free Phone Fridays

03 February 2011 by Chris Burns Discuss (2)

Tomorrow at Best Buy Canada you’ll have the opportunity to participate in Best Buy’s “Free Phone Fridays,” a promotion where you’ll be able to grab any of the phones listed on a particular Friday’s list.* *With a three year contract, of course. Is it worth three years of being tied to one single phone? How …

Samsung Vibrant 2.2 Update Today Disputed

21 January 2011 by Chris Burns Discuss (63)

Although there does appear to be a few people getting the promised Android 2.2 Froyo update via Kiew Mini from T-Mobile, there’s a general disagreement amongst the rest of the population not quite able to access the yogurt. If you’ll take a look at TmoNews they do appear to have a legitimate internal email saying …

Samsung Vibrant Gets Froyo Tomorrow – January 21

20 January 2011 by Chris Burns Discuss (9)

All you lovers of the Vibrant that’s about to get replaced by its big brother Vibrant 4G, you’re in luck. Right here on the same day the Vibrant 4G is basically thrown in everyone’s faces, chief marketing Cole Brodman (of T-Mobile) speaks with PCMag, telling them that the updates should start rolling out tomorrow and …

T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G “coming soon”: Vibrant 4G confirmed

20 January 2011 by Chris Davies Discuss (2)

T-Mobile USA has officially confirmed the upcoming HSPA+ version of the Samsung Vibrant, which will launch as the T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G. “We will launch as new the Samsung Galaxy S 4G” CEO Philipp Humm apparently confirmed at a briefing earlier today, reports PCMag, as well as giving the official nod to the Sidekick 4G. …

Samsung Vibrant 4G Passing Through FCC

19 January 2011 by Chris Burns Discuss (0)

It’s getting closer! Take a peek at this FCC application that’s just passed, it’s got all the markings of a possible next wave version of the original, and not much to hold us back from such a conclusion. The original T-Mobile Vibrant had the model number SGH-T959, this new one is dubbed SGH-T959V. It’s a …

Android Community Daily Wrap Up: January 18 2011

18 January 2011 by Dylan Bailey Discuss (0)

What a busy day in Android news! As we approach Mobile Word Congress 2011, we are getting many leaks of upcoming devices that are set to be showcased at the worldwide event in Barcelona next month. Grab hold of the massively wild story surrounding Samsung’s possible charging of fees for Android updates (refuted by they …

Samsung Vibrant 4G Launching on Feb 23?

18 January 2011 by Chris Burns Discuss (2)

According to a screen grab seeming captured from… I dunno, out of thin air? T-Mobile News is showing the release date of the Samsung Vibrant 4G to be February 23, 2011. Furthermore it notes that a Samsung T259 “Sienna” will be released on February 9nd, and the Motorola Cliq 2 will be released tomorrow. Who’s …

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