Samsung Vibrant - Official Update - GPS Fix -T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S
This video is simply an announcement that the official Samsung / T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant update is out, as of October 7, 2010. T-Mobile is sending out official notification directly to your Vibrant handset telling you that the Ji6 update is available for OTA (over the air) download and install. You simply click “OK” on the message screen to allow your Vibrant to automatically download and install the update. As to WHEN you may get the notice, I do not know how T-Mobile is sending out the notice. I don’t know if they do it by phone number, geographic region or what. If you want to post a comment on where you live and when you got the notice, that would be helpful to all YouTube Vibrant owners. THIS IS AN INCREMENTAL UPDATE OF ANDROID 2.1 THAT IS INSTALLED ON THE PHONE. It does NOT remove your programs, contacts, settings, or Android 2.1 So you do NOT have to worry about backing up your data or tinkering with your settings. Some answers to questions: 1. This is the official update. For a few days via Samsung Kies there was an update called Ji5. But that was pulled by Samsung because there were problems with it. Ji6 is the official update and it is the version that T-Mobile provides. The only way to get this update, officially anyway, is via T-Mobile’s OTA update. 2. This provides the GPS fix that people have been talking about. Everyone who has installed this update have reported that the phone’s GPS now works great. 3. The download and install takes about ten …
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Well I got my update last week(Chicago). I don’t really notice much of a difference except the stuff you said in this video.
i,m in no hurry for 2.2 because my in-law got a 2.2 update for his droid and ever since then his phone went to shit. It’s all slow and less responsive i hope when they send it out no problems will happen but imma wait and see how everyones phone take the update before i do it..
@MsBadAssXIII … I like the HD camcorder icon, especially when I need to quickly shoot a video (such as the Tesla video I posted in here, shot while I was in my car and could not really see the screen since I was moving).
To shoot a video without that camcorder icon one has to:
Click the camera icon.
The click the arrow on the left to get to the camcorder icon.
Then click the camcorder icon.
Then click the “Start” icon to start shooting.
That’s ridiculous.
live in FL and just got it
Just now got update, Oklahoma City
Just got my update (Virginia Beach). I noticed they added a task manager app which is handy, and they’ve added a separate icon for HD camcorder which I don’t like because you can get to the camcorder from the camera icon…so don’t know why they did that it’s just taking up space on my menu which I hate. I wish we could delete the app’s that came with the phone that we will not use.
I just qot mines this morninq Houston, tx
I livee, in houston.
@rohw0016 Great. Thanks for posting this info so people can see how the roll-out is going.
i live in MN.. and i just got it
@TheDsb03 … I thought this month (October), but I don’t know.
If the old MyTouch is any indication, T-Mobile is currently rolling out an update to FroYo (2.2) for that phone. So T-Mobile is aware of and capable of updating its Android-based phones.
So IMHO any day now we should get notice that the Vibrant can be updated to 2.2.
when is the update for 2.2 coming out
dude i love how you get ever great phone for the vibrant
if i rooted my phone would updating it brick my phone??
I recently bought a brand new samsung vibrant in a box still from eBay. It’s a tmobile phone and I have a tmobile sim card. When I use my sim card with it and start it I don’t get any message or anyway to download or update firmware. I want to fix the gps and all. What are my only solutions for fixing it? I just had my phone for a day. Also, what’s some good stuff I should download for my vibrant? Still learning… xD reply!!
@seanp666 … The option is still there on mine. The boxes on the left of the in-box are unchecked (albeit they are a light shade if gray against a black background so they are not easy to see).
I press the box next to each e-mail and a green checkmark appears. At the same time three boxes pop up at bottom of screen saying “Mark read” “Add star” and “Delete.”
I can uncheck any e-mail where I change my mind. If I uncheck all the e-mails the boxes at the bottom disappear.
After your OTA update, has your gmail changed? When you click on gmail and you see your list of emails, there used to be little boxes to the left of the emails you could check to delete multiple emails at once. After the update, my little boxes are gone. Is this the case for you as well?
Thanks for the video. Still waiting for my update >:(
Also, I went on T-Mobile, My Account, and the update was NOT available, that I could find anyway. So it seems this is a T-Mobile OTA update only.
@gdude6064 me you both. sucks
@jokekill117 … Also, I am not sure, but getting the update via Samsung Kies is NOT a T-Mobile authorized procedure in the U.S., for the T-Mobile Vibrant.
So IMHO using Kies to download and install the update is at your own risk. If something goes wrong then T-Mobile may not honor the one-year Vibrant warranty.
Note: If there’s a delay in getting the update notice from T-Mobile I suggest giving T-Mobile tech support a call and see if they have info on getting the update.
I’m still waiting for mine
@jokekill117 … I imagine that Kies would be now allowing the update since it has been fixed.
Or it may not have the new update if T-Mobile wants people to use its version Ji6. So I would use T-Mobile only.
where do you update
cause on kies i clicked update it said its the newest verion