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Samsung says OS 2.3.3 upgrade for the Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate 3G+ coming “later this summer!”

By on July 12, 2011 at 7:27pm in Mobile News, Samsung


Late last week it was revealed that Bell will be upgrading several Android devices to OS 2.3 sometime this Summer. The list included the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S Vibrant, Incredible S, Desire Z and the ATRIX. There is no definite date of when the upgrade will be taking place but Samsung Canada has just announced that the entire Galaxy S family (Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate 3G+) will be getting OS 2.3.3 “later this summer!”. No word on when the upgrade to 2.3.3 for the Fascinate 4G will be available.

Source: Twitter

Related posts:

  1. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant and Captivate getting upgrade to OS 2.2 Froyo “mid-December”
  2. Android OS 2.2 upgrade available again for the Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant
  3. Android OS 2.3 coming to Bell Galaxy Tab, Vibrant, Incredible S, Desire Z and ATRIX this Summer
  4. Rogers Samsung Galaxy S Captivate upgrade to OS 2.2 now available via Kies

Discussion

27 comments for “Samsung says OS 2.3.3 upgrade for the Vibrant, Captivate and Fascinate 3G+ coming “later this summer!””

  1. Pretty good that they update but by now people have most likely rooted their phone

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    Posted by sean | July 12, 2011, 7:40 pm
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  2. Yay!! After months and months of waiting we’ll only be two updates the game!!

    Good Job Bell and Samsung…………..

    First and last non-Google phone I ever buy.

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    Posted by Charles | July 12, 2011, 7:51 pm
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    • *behind the game :p

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      Posted by Charles | July 12, 2011, 8:00 pm

    • Just root it and get cyanogenmod. It’s easy and awesome.

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      Posted by Nex | July 12, 2011, 9:02 pm

    • It is not easy. I tried. It failed. Many. Many times.

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      Posted by michael | July 12, 2011, 11:21 pm

    • See my comment about how Android is developed, Gingerbread 2.3.3 is pretty much up to date with the current standard in Android, Honeycomb is only for Tablets and Ice Cream has not been released yet.. I think all this hand-wringing about updates and Android is getting ridiculous, people expect manufactures to release their update the day that Google announces the GA of the product, it takes some time to certify Android for each manufacturer.. Do you want to release something that is buggy, incomplete etc etc.. I’ve run lots of custom roms on my Captivate, and though I’ve found some I like, they all have a down side..

      I’m back to the stock rogers rom, it works fine, has minimal bloatware and I’ll just wait for the 2.3.3 rom to hit and I’ll be happy.

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      Posted by Kevin Daly | July 13, 2011, 10:32 am

  3. Buy the SGS2

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    Posted by Mercy | July 12, 2011, 8:04 pm
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    • the SGS2 will have the same issue with Bell.

      Not sure why the SGS is getting 2.3.3 and not 2.3.4?

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      Posted by Kris | July 12, 2011, 10:29 pm

  4. Why does it to take so long to get an outdated official update?

    oh god i just remembered we’ll have to use Keis again…

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    Posted by dan | July 12, 2011, 8:09 pm
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    • You could always just download and flash using Odin.

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      Posted by daveloft | July 12, 2011, 11:07 pm

  5. Already running the leaked AT@T gingerbread ROM. :)

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    Posted by Wayne | July 12, 2011, 8:23 pm
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    • ugh, don’t use AT&T Roms on the Cappy. GPS goes to crap.

      I’m using Firefly 3.0 which runs Froyo. Very solid ROM, going to check out some 2.3 roms soon probably.

      My question to Samsung, why are we only getting 2.3.3? Why not 2.3.4?

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      Posted by wtf? | July 12, 2011, 9:23 pm

  6. Like my vibrant, like it on Froyo, last non Nexus branded phone I will get. And OTA please.

    What happened to the Tab update leaked?

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    Posted by cass_m | July 12, 2011, 8:32 pm
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  7. can someone tell me how do i get cyanogenmod on an Xperia X10a?

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    Posted by Abe | July 12, 2011, 9:57 pm
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  8. I am using cyanogenmod on my captivate it runs really smooth I have tried several roms and this seems to be the best.

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    Posted by whatitdu | July 12, 2011, 10:58 pm
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  9. 2.3.4 is just a patch for NFC, the captivate doesn’t have the hardware for this, so no biggy, and Honeycomb is for tablets only, all of the other phone MFGs take a while to bring new OS’s to their hardware, so stop complaining,

    I’m and Android developer and here’s how the Android ecosystem works.. Google releases the next version of Android and it will take the hardware manufacturers 6 months to a year to update the phones.. 2.3.3 is pretty much state of the art in the Android world. (at least for phones)

    From all reports the 2.3.3 Samsung Captivate rom is excellent, they actually seem to have looked at what the guys developing custom roms had done, and have incorporated that into this rom. There’s many instances where the guys developing custom roms have actually been helped by Samsung.

    The captivate with 2.2 has been the best smartphone experience I’ve had to date, that’s coming from quite a few blackberries and a Sony X10 Android phone..

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    Posted by Kevin Daly | July 13, 2011, 10:22 am
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    • Hi Kevin, you seem to know what you’re talking about.

      Hope you might give me a bit of insight. If you were to buy a Rogers android device today, which would it be? I lean towards the Captivate over Nexus s, mainly for hd video, expandable storage, and flashy interface, but I know it is an older device and don’t want to regret it in a couple months…

      Ideally, I would love a Galaxy S II (of course), but Bell is not an option.

      Any kind of guidance would be much appreciated!

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      Posted by SebFox | July 13, 2011, 10:47 am

    • not true at all. 2.3.4 added Google Maps 5.1 with 3D, Voice Search 2.1.1 with Voice Actions and personalized voice search, and the latest version of Google Books not to mention Google Talk with video and voice chat. NFC was addes in 2.3.3.

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      Posted by Kris | July 13, 2011, 11:03 am

  10. I am using 2.3.4 Mosaic from xda-developers.com and it’s sweet. Fast, stable and the gps works like a charm.

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    Posted by 4walls | July 13, 2011, 11:30 am
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  11. SebFox… The Nexus S is the one to get. Latest version of Android already loaded and no Samsung bloatware to slow it down.

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    Posted by 4walls | July 13, 2011, 11:34 am
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  12. I am running the “leaked” Gingerbread 2.3.3 on my Captivate. GPS is better, battery life is better, and a lot of the apps, that I couldn’t get to work on the official Froyo 2.2, work now. Can’t wait for the official release!

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    Posted by 24fan4life | July 21, 2011, 1:58 am
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  13. one month later and still nothing?

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    Posted by Kris | August 8, 2011, 4:22 pm
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  14. Well, I can’t afford to break my warranty by rooting my phone so as a Samsung customer this is very frustrating. It’s great that we’re getting 2.3, finally, but it’s late, very late, and on Telus, I still don’t have it.

    There’s only two things I get out of this: Not buying a Samsung again, not coming back to Telus. It was the same with my BlackBerry; Telus has a track record of not keeping up with updates.

    What’s more? Bell now has all the latest and greatest Android smartphones, including the 2.3 update for their old SGS. Talk about better support than Telus.

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    Posted by Pacoup | August 17, 2011, 1:07 am
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  15. I have a Google Nexus One, that I bought in Europe, and my wife has a Samsung Captivate from Rogers.
    My GNO is fabulous! I love it! I received 2.3.4 OTA several months ago, no problem.
    My wife is beyond frustrated with her Samsung, and with Rogers. Still on 2.2, Kies is an idiotic program to use, and Samsung just doesn’t seem to care. They were happy to take her money, but less to maintain the relationship.
    $600.00 to get lied to – Boo to both of them!
    I would not buy another Samsung product. I have no faith in their concern for me as a customer. Samsung treats customers as some gullible bunch who exist to be exploited and lied to at their pleasure.
    We do pay as you go with Rogers, and I would drop them in a flash if another carrier offered better rates. I have no sense of loyalty to either.
    My son was thinking of a Galaxy Tab, but I advised him to wait for the Archos G9 series to come out next month.

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    Posted by mike | August 21, 2011, 5:30 pm
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  16. When is this update ever going to be released??? and i agree with no more samsung but above that i have decided no more android, im going back to blackberry…..after i find out what the iphone 5 has

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    Posted by blairmn | August 24, 2011, 4:25 pm
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  17. I find it fairly sad that the x10 gets the update before the captivate. Gingerbread makes the x10 run very well so far and i like the improvements of 2.2. So rogers get your act together.

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    Posted by Rod | September 2, 2011, 12:23 am
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