Tab 3 7.0 should be getting update very soon

[Relgoshan]

I hate this message board app. The like and thanks buttons need to be moved!

Anyway, I've never had any trouble from tower switches and changes in data speed with my iPhone if that's what you're referring to.

There's a lot of different phones I've had and reviewed in the past. Some great and some awful but the honest best experiences with prior handsets were when the hardware and software both came from the same manufacturer which at that time there were three. Apples once new iPhone, many different BlackBerry devices one of which a personal favorite was my old Bold 9700. Finally, the pre-Microsoft Nokia smartphones that while stylish, were feeling more dated and hard to manage than a legacy BlackBerry 6.0 phone from any provider.

I had used my my Bold 9700 (T-Mobile branded 3G/AWS with UMA (WiFi calling in indoor areas that easily handed off to 3G without dropping your call) later Android phones had the WiFi calling feature but would not hand off to mobile when out of range. Lose your WiFi, your call drops like a bad habit.

This feature was on top end phones such as my previous phone, the Galaxy S3. Only T-Mobile models supported it despite having nearly all the same internals as every other GS3 device on every other carrier still it wasn't seamless like the old BlackBerry was.

Now with the second iPhone I've used on T-Mobile, (an iPhone 5) which literally blows away the GS3 I had in network speed and call clarity.

Sure there's plenty of haters out there but I look at it as having the best of both worlds with my Tab 3 and my older iPad 2 and with the iPhone with LTE speeds (my GS3 lacks LTE so it saw the way of craigslist from a die hard Apple hater) I found it funny as he's talking trash about the iPhone he never realized the speed I was tethered at provided by my iPhone 5 and provided him temporary access over an Apple device.

Needless to say, he was blown away at the speeds of the internet access and was still pulling data when I got a call and answered it. His tune changed a bit as he never seen such quick speed before from an Apple iPhone. I could only imagine if I had a 5S.

The sale of my GS3 did lose me a nice point & shoot camera of which I loved the real time effects filters and the larger display but the change is for the better.

The old S3 would barely last me a day on a full charge. On the other hand, my iPhone will easily last a day and a half under the same conditions.

It's obvious that I'm no brand fanboy or I'd be typing this on a iPad Mini. I simply see more value in the T210 despite the dated OS. It is fast and responsive in most all situations and the value is great even with the largest MicroSDXC card I could stuff in it and the official Samsung book cover.

I've never bothered with rooting it and quite happy with it overall.

I'm curious what you're getting at with ***** phones...?

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

Last first, there are problems with LTE band switching on several phones and tablets INCLUDING my single-lte-band Tab 3 7.0 LTE. If it drops back to 3g you sometimes have buggy data and cannot reestablish 4g/lte without toggling Airplane mode. Heck for my region the desk jockey said "it's a bad time to have the Note 3 around here", because network updates were confusing the poor beast. I think this problem is strongest in Sprint multiband markets, but have heard of similar affecting other networks to a lesser extent.

If you can believe, my G Flex has better battery life than my 7.0 LTE under most circumstances. I have been listening to music on my bluetooth over a constant data link for hours now, while browsing. I haven't even used 40% of my battery since I got up this morning. Put it in airplane tonight I could do the same thing again tomorrow. Best life is three days practical thus far, not as miserly in that sense as my 7.0 LTE can go five days at an hour of screen time per day. If I find that my wakelocks are from an unneeded app and get a tad more miserly, I will be able to go four days of web and calling with charge left over.... YES.

 

[ungibbed]

Last first, there are problems with LTE band switching on several phones and tablets INCLUDING my single-lte-band Tab 3 7.0 LTE. If it drops back to 3g you sometimes have buggy data and cannot reestablish 4g/lte without toggling Airplane mode. Heck for my region the desk jockey said "it's a bad time to have the Note 3 around here", because network updates were confusing the poor beast. I think this problem is strongest in Sprint multiband markets, but have heard of similar affecting other networks to a lesser extent.

If you can believe, my G Flex has better battery life than my 7.0 LTE under most circumstances. I have been listening to music on my bluetooth over a constant data link for hours now, while browsing. I haven't even used 40% of my battery since I got up this morning. Put it in airplane tonight I could do the same thing again tomorrow. Best life is three days practical thus far, not as miserly in that sense as my 7.0 LTE can go five days at an hour of screen time per day. If I find that my wakelocks are from an unneeded app and get a tad more miserly, I will be able to go four days of web and calling with charge left over.... YES.

That still doesn't answer my question "What are ***** phones"? Every other model you don't have?

Pulled my iPhone off the charger @0630 this morning and get constant push updates, calls and etc. It just reach 20:05 hours and I still have 75% of my battery life remaining after a full work day and kids watching Toy Story 3 on it. All day with LTE enabled

In stark contrast, my galaxy S3 which was 4G at best would be ready for a recharge near lunch with light use. Some app on that phone was a real vampire. As for my Tab 3, I haven't had the need to charge it for three days now. Still 60% on the battery.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

 

[Relgoshan]

That still doesn't answer my question "What are ***** phones"? Every other model you don't have?

Pulled my iPhone off the charger @0630 this morning and get constant push updates, calls and etc. It just reach 20:05 hours and I still have 75% of my battery life remaining after a full work day and kids watching Toy Story 3 on it. All day with LTE enabled

In stark contrast, my galaxy S3 which was 4G at best would be ready for a recharge near lunch with light use. Some app on that phone was a real vampire. As for my Tab 3, I haven't had the need to charge it for three days now. Still 60% on the battery.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

Bad antenna phones, phones that have trouble making and receiving calls on Sprint, phones with broken data handoff. That's all.

You are getting REALLY good life for an iPhone.

 

[ungibbed]

Bad antenna phones, phones that have trouble making and receiving calls on Sprint, phones with broken data handoff. That's all.

You are getting REALLY good life for an iPhone.

The trick is with Gmail accounts on an iPhone which are IMAP supported, lack push ability compared to an Android device. You can change "fetch" intervals which most users make the common mistake of having it fetch and look for changes every few minutes.
A crucial mistake. I have mine check hourly for my primary Gmail and every four for my spambox. Other applications that abuse push notifications (I'm looking at you Gameloft!) which spam you needlessly for you to play and them hoping you drop another few bucks.

I removed said games and only have a couple of games on it. The iPhone 5 is supposed to raise the bar on mobile gaming visuals and the 5S even more. I have a racing title on there which looks stunning but the small screen really is bothersome to me. So games don't find much play. It does however make for a beautiful color accurate display which is ideal for Netflix. My Cable connection went down in the middle of an episode of Breaking Bad. Thankfully the LTE connection came to my rescue tethered to my Wii U got ne back to a full 1080p.

It makes for a great all around tool having come to my rescue.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

 

[Relgoshan]

The trick is with Gmail accounts on an iPhone which are IMAP supported, lack push ability compared to an Android device. You can change "fetch" intervals which most users make the common mistake of having it fetch and look for changes every few minutes.
A crucial mistake. I have mine check hourly for my primary Gmail and every four for my spambox. Other applications that abuse push notifications (I'm looking at you Gameloft!) which spam you needlessly for you to play and them hoping you drop another few bucks.

I removed said games and only have a couple of games on it. The iPhone 5 is supposed to raise the bar on mobile gaming visuals and the 5S even more. I have a racing title on there which looks stunning but the small screen really is bothersome to me. So games don't find much play. It does however make for a beautiful color accurate display which is ideal for Netflix. My Cable connection went down in the middle of an episode of Breaking Bad. Thankfully the LTE connection came to my rescue tethered to my Wii U got ne back to a full 1080p.

It makes for a great all around tool having come to my rescue.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

Ah yeah I am loving my six inch screen here.

 

[ungibbed]

Ah yeah I am loving my six inch screen here.

Too big of a mobile phone for me to carry. I do love first rate apps though I'm only rocking a 4" screen. Some effects I've seen done on much older hardware from Apple has yet to see a visual rival in games such as NOVA 3 and other GPU intensive games.

That's just me though on device size and weight for personal reasons. I can't grip anything much larger than the old GS3 which was a gamble at that. The iPhone fits my grip well without the potential danger of dropping it. But gaming overall is best left to my PS Vita without having to obscure the screen with my own fingers.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

 

[Relgoshan]

Too big of a mobile phone for me to carry. I do love first rate apps though I'm only rocking a 4" screen. Some effects I've seen done on much older hardware from Apple has yet to see a visual rival in games such as NOVA 3 and other GPU intensive games.

That's just me though on device size and weight for personal reasons. I can't grip anything much larger than the old GS3 which was a gamble at that. The iPhone fits my grip well without the potential danger of dropping it. But gaming overall is best left to my PS Vita without having to obscure the screen with my own fingers.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

Hehe I see! Well this would have been untenable without all of the one handed, ambidextrous and/or reversible functions. Especially tweaks like left-right biased softkeys, hideable softkeys and further the fourth key to bring down the notifications panel. The top half of the panel is populated with function keys so your thumb can more easily interact with messages in the lower half. It's not perfect but it is good. It also helps the thing is lighter than almost everything 5"+ except the Note 3, and even a full ounce lighter than my 3.5" screen Echo...without feeling like it will flip out of my hand.

The nearest competition to Apple game optimizations are the Tegra only versions, mostly. Since they sell so cheap they mostly have weak graphics that will work on more devices. Bard's Tale with HDtex is a rare counter, but very very heavy on storage. And getting old too.

Since so many games run smoothly on my 7.0 LTE and even your 7.0 wifi, it's little wonder that few games look substantially better on a top shelf Android gadget :/

 

[jtbelfast]

So May is nearly overnand no news of update
But then when we get it we will say its rubbish and wait for Android 5.1 Cat food*
* If they call it Cat Food I want 10% of profits

 

[mikey88772]

Or Android 4.5 Twix
But seriously, I'm seriously thinking of installing CM11 if 4.4 doesn't come after June/July 2014.

 

[epsato]

Has there been anything on this? My SMT-210R is still running Android 4.12 and I still can't use App to SD. I'm a bit worried that Samsung's just going to screw us all over at this point.

All I want to do is put movies and music on this tablet without them eating up the anemic internal memory! Why won't Samsung update this machine?!?

 

[bluzman]

If you are just wanting to put music and movie files on external SD card, you can do that with any decent file manager including the My Files app that came installed on your device. As for running actual apps from your SD card, be careful what you wish for - KitKat has changed the rules about SD card access. Just sayin'.

 

[James Felix]

I hate this message board app. The like and thanks buttons need to be moved!

Anyway, I've never had any trouble from tower switches and changes in data speed with my iPhone if that's what you're referring to.

There's a lot of different phones I've had and reviewed in the past. Some great and some awful but the honest best experiences with prior handsets were when the hardware and software both came from the same manufacturer which at that time there were three. Apples once new iPhone, many different BlackBerry devices one of which a personal favorite was my old Bold 9700. Finally, the pre-Microsoft Nokia smartphones that while stylish, were feeling more dated and hard to manage than a legacy BlackBerry 6.0 phone from any provider.

I had used my my Bold 9700 (T-Mobile branded 3G/AWS with UMA (WiFi calling in indoor areas that easily handed off to 3G without dropping your call) later Android phones had the WiFi calling feature but would not hand off to mobile when out of range. Lose your WiFi, your call drops like a bad habit.

This feature was on top end phones such as my previous phone, the Galaxy S3. Only T-Mobile models supported it despite having nearly all the same internals as every other GS3 device on every other carrier still it wasn't seamless like the old BlackBerry was.

Now with the second iPhone I've used on T-Mobile, (an iPhone 5) which literally blows away the GS3 I had in network speed and call clarity.

Sure there's plenty of haters out there but I look at it as having the best of both worlds with my Tab 3 and my older iPad 2 and with the iPhone with LTE speeds (my GS3 lacks LTE so it saw the way of craigslist from a die hard Apple hater) I found it funny as he's talking trash about the iPhone he never realized the speed I was tethered at provided by my iPhone 5 and provided him temporary access over an Apple device.

Needless to say, he was blown away at the speeds of the internet access and was still pulling data when I got a call and answered it. His tune changed a bit as he never seen such quick speed before from an Apple iPhone. I could only imagine if I had a 5S.

The sale of my GS3 did lose me a nice point & shoot camera of which I loved the real time effects filters and the larger display but the change is for the better.

The old S3 would barely last me a day on a full charge. On the other hand, my iPhone will easily last a day and a half under the same conditions.

It's obvious that I'm no brand fanboy or I'd be typing this on a iPad Mini. I simply see more value in the T210 despite the dated OS. It is fast and responsive in most all situations and the value is great even with the largest MicroSDXC card I could stuff in it and the official Samsung book cover.

I've never bothered with rooting it and quite happy with it overall.

I'm curious what you're getting at with ***** phones...?

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

Thats not the case with me the iphone had ****** internet speed cause the dam thing would not connect to lte so I threw at the wall
and got a galaxy s3 and never looked back cause the s3 DID connect to lte unlike the iphone

 

[mikey88772]

Looks like the S3 got it...
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 Android 4.4, Android 4.4.2 KitKat Guide: How to Update - International Business Times
let's hope we're next.

 

[wakesmith]

I think I am done buying any Samsung electronics. It seems that they are only interested the last phone or tablet they put out. I think the oldest customers should get the updates first. Also they never get back when emailed about problems.

 

[ungibbed]

Thats not the case with me the iphone had ****** internet speed cause the dam thing would not connect to lte so I threw at the wall
and got a galaxy s3 and never looked back cause the s3 DID connect to lte unlike the iphone

If you had a 4S, it lacks LTE. My iPhone 5 came directly from T-Mobile which shortly after getting it a new LTE tower came up roughly after a month of having to suffer with EDGE or even worse, GPRS. The GS3 was great due to it having WiFi calling saved it.

Now with good signal, I have amazing data speed and never one technical issue.

Different strokes for different folks it seems.

I can stream full HD video while tethered to my computer when my cable service went down. Netflix saved the day!



Sent from my Galaxy Tab 3 via tin cans and string.

 

[jlmalone]

I got 4.4.2 today and my carrier is Sprint.....

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[lds710]

Im getting it now also!

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[axllebeer]

I think I'm downloading it as I type this....


Edit:
Indeed, I was. ;-)

Sent from my Sprint Tab 3

 

[mikey88772]

Has the non-carrier versions got it yet?

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[tube517]

Has the non-carrier versions got it yet?

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I've only seen the Sprint version getting it now. Hopefully us non carrier owners get it soon

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Has the non-carrier versions got it yet?

Sent from my SM-T210 using AC Forums mobile app

I've only seen the Sprint version getting it now. Hopefully us non carrier owners get it soon