We currently have put a hold on the update. Samsung and AT&T are aware of the issue with the Infuse 4G Update and are developing a fix.

AT&T has confirmed that the update is indeed on hold and that “we are working with Samsung to get this resolved as quickly as we can”. For everyone still stuck on froyo, hang on a tastier treat is coming very soon.

Yeah this is the bad part about Android, you wait for ever for the update then it gets pulled or put on “hold”. We’ve seen this with a few devices, what we need is Google to update all Android devices during a length of a week or so. I mean some phones are still getting Gingerbread updates, that’s just wrong in an open source world.

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Later this week I will have my full review here for you guys to take a look at, and we will be posting the contest on Friday. So be sure to stick with Android Authority. You can purchase one online at powerbygen.com or androidcharger.com for just $25.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC4yvTt0Klk

I want to apologize for the quality of the video, but the next video will be much better quality I guarantee it. There was an issue with my camera, that I am working on fixing.

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What’s in this version:

1. This version addresses various bug fixes and minor updates including:
2. Updates to address issues with Trending Topics
3. Support for t.co links
4. Bug fixes based on feedback
5. Dropped Google Buzz support

Seesmic hasn’t seen any updates in a while – anyone still using it for their social networking needs? Let us know in the comments below. If you don’t have it installed, hit the source link to download from the market.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qqY43_l0go

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The update is just 57.6MB in size. Go to Settings > About Phone> System Updates and check to see if the update is ready for you too. Hit up the comments and let us know when it shows up on your device, it hasn’t yet shown up on mine. Let us know if you see any data drops or Black Screen of Death (BSOD) after this update, we are interested to see if this really fixes all the problems.

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The G-Tablet was one of very first Tegra 2 tablets, long before the Motorola Xoom appeared. Unfortunately this also meant that it came with an un-optimized version of Android for tablets. To make matters worse, Google didn’t open source Android 3.0 or Honeycomb, so it wasn’t available for the G-tablet, because only a few manufacturers had early access to it.

Others have tried putting custom versions of Honeycomb on it, but it kept being limited by the performance and bugs of Honeycomb, plus the fact that Honeycomb wasn’t fully open source. The G-Tablet was a decent tablet for its price, so it couldn’t just be forgotten by passionate developers.

Now, thanks to Team DRH you can put a custom ICS ROM that is in beta stage and completely changes how the G-tablet works (for the better). Not everything works perfectly, but the most important stuff seems to work. Here’s the full list of what works and what doesn’t:

WHAT WORKS

• WIFI
• Hardware Acceleration
• Sleep!
• Sensors
• Sound
• Capacitive Buttons (work for a bit then crash)
• Hardware Buttons
• HDMI Video (possibly sound?) If you have a dock/cable let me know.
• USB Flash Drives
• Proper SD Card Mounts
• HD Videos
• More to come…

WHAT’S NOT WORKING

• Camera
• USB Has Issues
• Bluetooth
• Microphone
• Possible ROM Slowdowns
• For those of you who installed my GPS mod, it is not functioning at the moment but it will be added soon.
• More to come…

Follow the source below to see how to install it on your G-tablet and get all the necessary files:

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If all the earlier leaks and rumors we have seen and heard prove to be correct, the Galaxy S3 will feature a 4.6″ 720p Super AMOLED plus display, running on a 1.9GHz dual-core Exynos processor , 2GB of RAM and a 12MP camera. Now those are some hefty specs.  Yesterday we also heard that the phone will be just 7mm thick, makes you think, why doesn’t Sammy make the device a bit thicker and throw on a battery with the capacity of the Droid Razr Maxx or bigger? Yeah we all love having a thin phone, but we also love not having to carry our charger around every where we go right?

I still have hope that Samsung will slap a nice 2500mAh or higher battery on this beast of a phone. What’s the use of having all these great specs if the battery can only last a few hours? Especially if there is an LTE version, which I really hope they make one since the Galaxy S3 most likely won’t be in the US until fall and Sprint will have their LTE network up and running by then. Either way be sure to share your comments below.

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The LTE version of the very popular Galaxy Note is due to launch on AT&T, they’ve already started the pre-orders, as well as all of the major Canadian carriers. The Galaxy S2 LTE is already available on a wide range of carriers worldwide. Until now neither phone has seen an official Australian release, but with Samsung aggressively pushing both devices out around the world, it wouldn’t be a big surprise to see an Australian launch coming very soon.

As always we will keep you posted with the latest on the Galaxy S2 LTE and Galaxy Note with Australian carrier Telstra. For those of you in Australia, are you interested in either of these phones? Let us know in the comments which ones. You can also check out our review of the Galaxy Note (international edition), while we wait confirmation

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This friday is going to be a pretty big day for Verizon customers, especially those looking to pick up the Motorola Droid 4. The device is going to be $199 on a 2-year contract. But hang on that’s not all big red has in store for you.

Verizon Wireless is bringing back their famous Buy-one-get-one free offer on their colorful lineup of Droid Razr phones, which include the Droid Razr Maxx. They are also bringing back the double data promotion so you can get 4GB of 4G LTE data for only $30 with any smartphone purchase. But look, that’s still not all Verizon has in store for us.

If you know someone that’s still hasn’t moved on to a smartphone, Verizon is giving out $30 giftcards in-store for those who are willing to leave their feature (dumb) phone behind and move in to 2012. Finally, if you have your eyes set on one of Verizon’s 4G Tablets, you can get $100 off with any smartphone purchase and a 2-year agreement.

Makes you wonder, can the other carriers out do Verizon with their Valentine’s day sales? These are some pretty great deals Verizon’s got going starting this Friday. So who’s running out to pick up the Motorola Droid 4? Or are you waiting on the Droid 4 Maxx? Hit up the comments and let us know.

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With so many official and unofficial firmware releases for the Samsung Galaxy S2, many consumers can have a hard time rooting their devices. Starting off with the latest release of the leaked XXLP6 firmware, rooting methods used from past firmware versions for the Galaxy S2 usually won’t work, thus requiring a fresh rooting solution.

The Android 4.0.3 ICS build XXLP6 firmware update promises near-perfect functionality, with only minor bugs and a few disabled features.  It is allegedly a leaked copy of the latest firmware update for the Galaxy S2.

If you’ve manually applied the firmware update to your rooted Galaxy S2, your root access may have been revoked, but you can get it back using CF-Root.  If you want to regain root on your Galaxy S2 after applying the XXLP6 firmware update, you can do so by following the instructions in this guide.

Important Reminders

This tutorial is intended to work only with the Samsung Galaxy S2 with model number GT-I9100.  You can check by going to “Settings > About phone” to verify whether you have the same model number.  This tutorial may or may not work for other handset models.  So, use these instructions at your own risk and don’t hold us responsible if you damage your phone by using the information in this tutorial.

Instructions

1. Download the CF-Root kernel for the Galaxy S2 and save the file to your computer.
2. Unzip the CF-Root file without modifying the contents of the file.  You should get a .tar file named CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LP6-v5.2-CWM5.tar. style=”text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;”>Do notextract the contents of the TAR file.  If you’re getting a file named zImage, it means you’ve extracted the TAR file, which you shouldn’t have.
3. Download Odin3 v1.83 and save the file to your computer.
4. Turn off your phone.
5. Boot your device to Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down, Home, and Power keys. When you reach the warning screen indicating that you have entered download mode, press the Volume Up key to proceed.
6. On your computer, open the Odin application by double clicking the “Odin3 v1.83.exe” file.
7. Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable. Once the phone is connected, you should see “Added!” inside the Message box in the Odin3 window.  If you don’t get the message, then probably there is a problem with your phone’s driver. Make sure to install the right drivers for your phone to be recognized.
8. Select the PDA tab and browse for the .tar file that you just unzipped earlier.
9. Under “Option” in the Odin3 window, make sure that only “Auto Reboot” and “F. Reset Time” are checked.  The other options should style=”text-decoration: underline;”>not be checked.
10. Press the Start button in the Odin application to flash the CF-Root kernel. After the installation process is complete, you will be prompted with a PASS message written in green background.
11. After CF-Root is installed, your phone will automatically reboot itself. Allow the phone to completely reboot before disconnecting the USB cable.
12. Check whether you have successfully rooted your phone by launching the Superuser app on your phone.  The Superuser app ought to have been installed when you flashed CF-Root.  As an added bonus, ClockworkMod Recovery is also automatically installed on your device. Use the CWM application to boot into recovery mode and create backups, restore backup images, or install custom ROMs.

Congratulations! You have successfully rooted your Samsung Galaxy S2 running on XXLP6 firmware.

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One of the things I like about Samsung and don’t like about HTC is that they are willing to use other chips for their devices, especially if one of their favorite chip is not top dog anymore (fortunately Samsung’s chips have always maintained the lead so far). HTC on the other hand, no matter how good or bad was the performance of Qualcomm chips, they would stick with them. There are hints that this year they will use Tegra and even OMAP chips alongside the Qualcomm ones, but that remains to be seen.

I do like that Samsung is using other chips, especially when they are more powerful, but it usually happens for another model, which I’m completely fine with. However, I don’t like it when the exact same model uses 2 different chips that don’t even have similar performance. That ruins the brand image of the device. What will someone who got the Snapdragon version say when his friend who got the Exynos one shows him better performance in games and applications?

The dual core 1.5 Ghz Snapdragon was already shown to have sometimes less performance than the dual core 1.2 Ghz Exynos. The reason for that is because the Exynos is based on Cortex A9, while Snapdragon S3 is roughly similar to the Cortex A8. The only improvement it has received is that it’s now made at a smaller processing node – but so is the competition – and that it has a higher clock frequency, which doesn’t seem to be enough to compensate for the improvements in Cortex A9.

The Krait based S4 should be significantly more powerful than Cortex A9 at the same frequency, but until then we’re stuck with the Scorpion based S3, and so are the future buyers of the Galaxy Note on AT&T, because that version of Galaxy Note will not have Exynos inside, but Snapdragon. Here are the performance comparisons for the GPU:

Galaxy Note with Exynos
GLBenchmark 2.1 Egypt High: 2827 Frames (25.0 Fps)
GLBenchmark 2.1 Egypt Standard: 3012 Frames (26.7 Fps)

Galaxy Note with Snapdragon
GLBenchmark 2.1 Egypt High : 1014 Frames (9.0 Fps)
GLBenchmark 2.1 Egypt Standard : 2425 Frames (21.5 Fps)

There seems to be quite a bit of difference, because I think the real world difference will be closer to the “High” benchmark than the “Standard” one. On the CPU side the difference shouldn’t be as big, because of Snapdragon’s overclocking. But does this make it less likely for you to buy a Galaxy Note?

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