Well, from a legal perspective, Samsung didn't mislead nor provide the wrong information. I've never seen any official literature from Samsung that says it's the exact same hardware (just without the phone bits.) In fact, they did provide everything that's mentioned in their specifications for the P1010 model, which is a 1Ghz cortex-based CPU, etc. They didn't specifically said you'll get the same Hummingbird CPU or the same GPU as the 3G version. So, from that perspective, they did provide you with a unit matching the specification that they advertised. So, in that sense complaining to Fomca or any legal actions would certainly be deficient. Whether it's ethical or not, to me, it's kinda grey, as in most advertising that I've seen, there's never been a direct comparison done on their part, they've advertised the Wifi-only model on the strength of it's own.

However, I'll agree that Samsung could have been a bit more transparent about it, but in this case, the principle of Caveat Emptor (or Buyer Beware...) together with the oft-ignored advices to read the fine print and to do the necessary research should always apply. To a certain degree, it's a common marketing strategy to never say, "oh BTW... this one ah, slightly more inferior to the 3G one la..."

So, in a sense, SonnyCool would be apt in saying, go approach the manager of the place you've bought it from. Talk nicely to them, and explain the scenario. If the sale-person had mentioned to you that "haiya brother, it's exactly the same.... just no phone..." then you'll probably have a bit of moral ground to stand on, to say, after buying and checking, it's slightly different from what the sales-person told you. See, in this case, it's probably the sales-person that was wrong, rather than Samsung. However, it'll always be the case of "he says, she says...", if the sales person denies it or said you misunderstood him/her.

Going in all gang-busters won't help, so talk nicely, even offer to top up the difference, and maybe you'll walk away happy.

I've hit this "supposedly" dead Tabs before. In testing, with some of the weird stuff some of the other devs allow me pre-test, but somehow it just get's "supposedly" fried. I know the dreaded feeling when it strikes. But somewhere along the way, it just turned back on later... dunno why, but it does. None of the devs has ever been able to tell me why, when it happens. Hold the power button down for a while. Hold it down and do a nice slow count to 15. Wait for a minute or so, then hit the power button again. Sometimes, I'd have to wait a while... sometimes I let it charge for a while, hence connected to the adapter... then take it off and repeat the process I mentioned earlier.

Then the stress relieving sight of the Samsung name & Galaxy Tab logo appears.... Feels really like voodoo....

LOL.... the link is alright if you're at XDA... think our bro, just copy and paste from the third post found in the thread there, hence it's truncated here...

here's the link to the first of my battery life reports there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=171

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Added on May 15, 2011, 6:03 pmGeez... I don't know how many times I've answered that there... ;-)

Anyway, it's on when your screen is on, and it's off when your screen is off. It has nothing to do with Overcome, as it's evident in the stock Gingerbread ROM as well. I think this is how Samsung is addressing the complaints that the backlight of the touch-sensitive keys going off too early and people were fumbling around in the dark for it. For me, it's a plus point.

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 15 2011, 06:03 PM

Lol... just follow the guide I've written there... just don't skip any parts (especially the prepping part!) and you should be fine! Feel free to PM me if you get stuck... best to PM me on XDA... since I'm there more.

For now, use the JPZ modem, as it's the default modem for the GB base. If you don't like it, you could always flash the JMF modem

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 15 2011, 06:35 PM

Just flash with CWM... that's it!

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Added on May 16, 2011, 8:23 pmThis is real funny! ;-)

He flashed and he doesn't know which version he's on! ;-)

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 16 2011, 08:23 PM

If you go to the upper most floor of 1utama... in the middle area that connects the new wing to the old wing... there's this Samsung style kiosk that has a working model for you to test...

This is chinese only, or does it support other languages?

Edit... been looking for something like this...

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 16 2011, 09:43 PM

LOL! Thanks!

We've just locked down RC1.... doing final burn-in testing with RC1. Should be on track for the release tomoro with the "surprise" that alterbridge has been alluding to. ;-) So to those who's aiming to get on Gingerbread-powered Overcome, might want to wait just a bit more, to save the effort! ;-)

Oops. Slight error there. All Gingerbread ROMs currently support RFS only and not ext4 as there needs to be some modifications within the kernel that still has to be done. Even in RC1. RC1 will still be RFS for now, despite the RichardTrip mods. We're aiming to fix this is RC2.

LOL! Stop pressing the F5 button for now, you'll only wear it out! Barring any show-stopping bugs that crop up in these last few hours of burn-ins... the RC1 is slated for release at about 8pm MY time, along with the surprise alterbridge86 has been alluding to. :-)

Right now, with permission from the team, I've opened up a special preview for only two people here on LYN... as I respect their opinion and feedback. So just be a little bit patient, yeah? Trust me, it's worth it.

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 20 2011, 01:29 PM

Hey guys,

Overcome ROM 2.0.0 RC1 is live. Head over to http://www.teamovercome.net for the latest ROM!

Enjoy!

TPB

Glad you liked it... time for me to retire...

Been a hectic, almost sleepless week for me! ;-)

Have fun!

TeamOvercome.net is getting slammed by the crush! Sigh... good problem to have! I think.... the team is smiling internally...

Anyway, here's alternative links...

(Thanks Bulut.o @ XDA!)
GB-stock-safe.zip: http://88.191.119.59/GB-stock-safe.zip
Overcome_v2.0.0_RC1_Full.zip: http://88.191.119.59/Overcome_v2.0.0_RC1_Full.zip
Overcome_v2.0.0_RC1_Update.zip: http://88.191.119.59/Overcome_v2.0.0_RC1_Update.zip

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Added on May 20, 2011, 10:20 pmYup, there's some issues with some notifications being "Black text on Black background...." we know about it! Fixing most of it in RC2!

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 20 2011, 10:20 PM

Yup, and assuming you're rooted already, you're good to go. Just follow the guide step by step, and let Odin finish the flashing completely. Some of the modules like factoryfs can take a bit of time, so don't be impatient and restart or unplug your tab till it's done. Good luck and have fun!

That should do it.

Where did you get anything on 3.0.0? We're working only on 2.0.0 Gold.

LOL... noted the dumbass error. Rectifying it now. It's supposed to be Overcome KERNEL 3.0.0.

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 25 2011, 10:47 PM

Still slow-going. Just got the stock kernel compiled. Some mods are not playing nice though...especially Voodoo initramfs :-(

Can always see our updates on the front page...

This post has been edited by thepittbull: May 25 2011, 10:57 PM

Hey guys,

Just to give you guys a heads up. I'm in the midst of testing the 2.0.0 Gold release of Overcome ROM, with our first GB-based Overcome kernel. EXT4-conversion is alright (though I'm seeing some bugs in the updater package, so might slow down the release a bit) Overclocking works with the smartass governor, Haven't had the chance to test underclocking yet. But so far, it looks good.

So, if you're on Overcome RC1 or planning to upgrade to it from stock or Froyo. I'd suggest you hold off for a while. Should be out in the next 24-48 hours.

TPB