I've installed this today, Not sure about it, With TW its lost the nice look of ICS, Looks very much like Gingerbread part from a few minor cosmetic changes. Stock ICS would be nicer.
Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) False Hope!
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are you guys talking about the one available officially through Kies, or just the latest leaked versions? Didn't think we could get it officially yet.
Originally Posted by paulbrock:
“are you guys talking about the one available officially through Kies, or just the latest leaked versions? Didn't think we could get it officially yet.”
“are you guys talking about the one available officially through Kies, or just the latest leaked versions? Didn't think we could get it officially yet.”
Its not available in the UK yet via Kies but is in other parts of Europe thats what were talking about, its the final release, just hasn't made it to the UK yet
I was using I9100XXLPQ (4.0.3) the releases are being sent out gradually for the different countries. The release in the UK won't be any different really just the branded phones where the phone companies add their own tweaks.
now official word from Samsung UK:
Quote:
“Samsung UK can confirm that the roll out of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on Galaxy S II will be available from week commencing 19th March, however the availability of software upgrades in the UK will be dependent upon each network’s own software approvals process. ICS for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.”
“Samsung UK can confirm that the roll out of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on Galaxy S II will be available from week commencing 19th March, however the availability of software upgrades in the UK will be dependent upon each network’s own software approvals process. ICS for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.”
The daft false hope claim is now dead and buried:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17352795
S2 will get upgraded in the UK to ICS from 19/03/2012 dependent on operators.
So much for the OPs scaremongering!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17352795
S2 will get upgraded in the UK to ICS from 19/03/2012 dependent on operators.
So much for the OPs scaremongering!
Originally Posted by m4tt24:
“Tried the rom today seemed very buggy wouldn't let me view anything on my memory card and just looked bad didnt like the 'feel' of the rom at all, I've been avoiding the ics custom roms until they've seemed more stable but an hour with the Samsung rom and I switched to cyanogenmod 9 which just seems better and less beta than the Samsung releases. They've definately rushed these roms out half the issues that the leaked roms have had over the last month or so are still present.”
“Tried the rom today seemed very buggy wouldn't let me view anything on my memory card and just looked bad didnt like the 'feel' of the rom at all, I've been avoiding the ics custom roms until they've seemed more stable but an hour with the Samsung rom and I switched to cyanogenmod 9 which just seems better and less beta than the Samsung releases. They've definately rushed these roms out half the issues that the leaked roms have had over the last month or so are still present.”
Which issues
I've just installed it (thanks to the good folks at xda-developers
) and it seems fine to me - all very slick, can see my microSD card no problem, everything I've tried so far has Just Worked 
. What am I missing?
Originally Posted by flynn:
“Which issues
I've just installed it (thanks to the good folks at xda-developers) and it seems fine to me - all very slick, can see my microSD card no problem, everything I've tried so far has Just Worked . What am I missing?”
“Which issues
I've just installed it (thanks to the good folks at xda-developers
) and it seems fine to me - all very slick, can see my microSD card no problem, everything I've tried so far has Just Worked . What am I missing?”
I see what you did there
Good god! It looks like I started something here? I had not checked this post for 2 weeks. (Still no ICS)
Sammobile are good at getting the firmware out for download so look out on the 19th:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
Originally Posted by cat666:
“O2 are quoting mid -April.”
“O2 are quoting mid -April.”
That has been updated.....O2 now before the end of March...
O2 ICS
Quite a few bugs on this first release on some of the android forums, I may wait for a more stable version
Originally Posted by Brett:
“Quite a few bugs on this first release on some of the android forums, I may wait for a more stable version”
“Quite a few bugs on this first release on some of the android forums, I may wait for a more stable version”
I'm suffering battery drain, I thought Samsung could of done something more exciting with this, It just looks like 2.3
Originally Posted by falko89:
“I'm suffering battery drain, I thought Samsung could of done something more exciting with this, It just looks like 2.3”
“I'm suffering battery drain, I thought Samsung could of done something more exciting with this, It just looks like 2.3”
So it looks ruined with touchwiz over it, I had a bad feeling it would be ruined compared to the vanilla release on the Nexus.
Originally Posted by Brett:
“So it looks ruined with touchwiz over it, I had a bad feeling it would be ruined compared to the vanilla release on the Nexus.”
“So it looks ruined with touchwiz over it, I had a bad feeling it would be ruined compared to the vanilla release on the Nexus.”
It looks nothing like the Vanilla version, I was excited when I saw the pics of ICS on the Nexus, it looked so clean and fresh, this just looks the same as 2.3 nothing like the Nexus version.
Originally Posted by falko89:
“It looks nothing like the Vanilla version, I was excited when I saw the pics of ICS on the Nexus, it looked so clean and fresh, this just looks the same as 2.3 nothing like the Nexus version.”
“It looks nothing like the Vanilla version, I was excited when I saw the pics of ICS on the Nexus, it looked so clean and fresh, this just looks the same as 2.3 nothing like the Nexus version.”
Putting me off upgrading, I loved the clean look of ICS on the nexus
Agreed. I was hoping for something bluer and swishier. Still as our friends in the walled garden say...."there's an app for that"
Originally Posted by paulbrock:
“Agreed. I was hoping for something bluer and swishier. Still as our friends in the walled garden say...."there's an app for that"”
“Agreed. I was hoping for something bluer and swishier. Still as our friends in the walled garden say...."there's an app for that"
”
Well this is true, I tried a launcher called Nova, seems to work well, but the ugly green battery indicator still doesn't fit it.
I think I'll wait until a few have tried it out before making up my mind to switch or not. No doubt there will be a video or two about pretty quickly....
Can anyone advise on Galaxy SII on Vodafone UK? As far as I'm aware, its not branded in any way? Never seen even a Vodafone app? Will the software offer me an update automatically? Is it likely to be offered by Vodafone or straight from Samsung?
regularly updated "I'm on x, when do I get it?" page:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...get-it-1070589
says for Voda:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...get-it-1070589
says for Voda:
Quote:
“Vodafone has also confirmed that it's received the update from Samsung, and told TechRadar it is hopeful of rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update in double quick time:
"The Android 4.0 upgrade for Galaxy S2 smartphones running on the Vodafone UK network is currently under test to make sure that we provide the highest level of final software. As soon as the tests are completed we will upload the software to the update servers as quickly as possible.”
“Vodafone has also confirmed that it's received the update from Samsung, and told TechRadar it is hopeful of rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update in double quick time:
"The Android 4.0 upgrade for Galaxy S2 smartphones running on the Vodafone UK network is currently under test to make sure that we provide the highest level of final software. As soon as the tests are completed we will upload the software to the update servers as quickly as possible.”
Originally Posted by paulbrock:
“regularly updated "I'm on x, when do I get it?" page:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...get-it-1070589
says for Voda:”
“regularly updated "I'm on x, when do I get it?" page:
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-...get-it-1070589
says for Voda:”
That is really helpful Paul, thank you
Originally Posted by cat666:
“O2 are quoting mid -April.”
“O2 are quoting mid -April.”
This is one of the reasons why I get my phones from CPW. You get the same contracts/tarrifs, but you get an unbranded phone, so you don't get all the operator bloatware.
This means that you get OS updates much quicker, rather than waiting from the airtime companies to monkey with the code and add all of their cr*p.
I am impatient
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