Samsung Offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for GALAXY S II
SEOUL, Korea – March 13, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the global leader in Android™ smartphones, today announced the availability of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software upgrade for GALAXY S II. The upgrade will begin in the European countries including Poland, Hungary, and Sweden, as well as Korea today and gradually roll out to other markets. Android 4.0 ICS software upgrade for GALAXY Note, GALAXY SII LTE, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus, 7.7, 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.
Samsung Electronics has completed upgrading the GALAXY devices to Gingerbread last year by providing software upgrades to both Froyo and Gingerbread. With the ICS upgrade, Samsung Electronics has solidified its position as the leader of Android devices.
Samsung Electronics will also offer Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7", GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL(Super Clear LCD), and GALAXY W from end of March. The firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, for example, include Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and others.
"We expect that our customers will enjoy an enhanced experience with their GALAXY device through this upgrade. Samsung is committed to satisfying our customer needs", said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.
The availability and scheduling of the software upgrade and specific models upgradable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers' requirements.
That's a good news
I'm watting ICS and This is the best news from SS in March
Wow cool waiting for my tab 7.0...
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gingerboy92 said:
Samsung Offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade for GALAXY S II
SEOUL, Korea – March 13, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the global leader in Android™ smartphones, today announced the availability of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) software upgrade for GALAXY S II. The upgrade will begin in the European countries including Poland, Hungary, and Sweden, as well as Korea today and gradually roll out to other markets. Android 4.0 ICS software upgrade for GALAXY Note, GALAXY SII LTE, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus, 7.7, 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.
Samsung Electronics has completed upgrading the GALAXY devices to Gingerbread last year by providing software upgrades to both Froyo and Gingerbread. With the ICS upgrade, Samsung Electronics has solidified its position as the leader of Android devices.
Samsung Electronics will also offer Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7", GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL(Super Clear LCD), and GALAXY W from end of March. The firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, for example, include Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and others.
"We expect that our customers will enjoy an enhanced experience with their GALAXY device through this upgrade. Samsung is committed to satisfying our customer needs", said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.
The availability and scheduling of the software upgrade and specific models upgradable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers' requirements.
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Yes, this is good. Once they release their kernel sources we'll be able to start porting CM9. Right now teamhacksung is using a binary kernel from the Galaxy SII ICS leaks in their CM9 builds.
AMAZING!!!!
Best news all day..
have ICS on phone and find it much better than honeycomb
Im hoping for the best too, but until I see a P-6200 release I wont get excited.
Lets hope the release it for us too and not just P-6210.
chrisrotolo said:
Im hoping for the best too, but until I see a P-6200 release I wont get excited.
Lets hope the release it for us too and not just P-6210.
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oh god ye thats what i was thinking ahhhh....
Touchwiz?
well s2 got/are getting their ICS. And yes it has Touchwiz all over it. Damn you Samsung why couldnt you just leave it like the galaxy nexus? HAd to screw everything up.. anyway;
if any one want to see what touchwiz looks like on ICS.. TouchwizICS
its the picture on the top of the page.
Where is the leaked version? There is always a leaked version for us beta testers.
Finally some good news! Thank you~
chrisrotolo said:
well s2 got/are getting their ICS. And yes it has Touchwiz all over it. Damn you Samsung why couldnt you just leave it like the galaxy nexus? HAd to screw everything up.. anyway;
if any one want to see what touchwiz looks like on ICS.. TouchwizICS
its the picture on the top of the page.
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Galaxy Nexus is a Nexus, not a regular Samsung phone.
Besides that, vanilla UI is not as good as TW.
The only complaint I have about TW is it being "super intrusive". I own an (SPH-D700) Epic 4G and it took our developers about a full year to get it fully CM complaint/functional. Getting AOSP (CM/MIUI) fully functional was difficult due to the fact that our kernel(s)/file(s) were all reliant on TW. But (correct me if I'm wrong) I've heard that Samsung is now making TW less "intrusive" on Android devices. If this is 'true', I wouldn't mind having TW layed up on top of ICS (or any other Android version). TW actually has 'some' helpful features
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amtrakcn said:
Galaxy Nexus is a Nexus, not a regular Samsung phone.
Besides that, vanilla UI is not as good as TW.
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We have the right to our own opinion. I will take stock ics over touchwiz any given day. After using the nexus and the butter smooth experience, I will not touch anything else.
Agreed, Pure Vanilla tastes best.
It seems Samsung has released their kernel source code for ICS. Hopefully this helps our development move right along.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23792088#post23792088
29 March, still no ICS yet ??? when I plus in my Tab plus to Kies, it said my 3.2 is the latest
ldloh2 said:
29 March, still no ICS yet ??? when I plus in my Tab plus to Kies, it said my 3.2 is the latest
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Don't worry, there will be released maybe in April
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[David] said:
Don't worry, there will be released maybe in April
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April 2013?
garyd9 said:
April 2013?
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LOL...Let's hope we don't have to wait until 2014
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http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00046726&fm_seq=49755
Samsung is in close communication with both Google and our carrier partners to upgrade devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Specific models that will receive the ICS update include the following devices. Other specifics for the ICS update in the U.S. have not been announced.
This list may be altered as updates are confirmed or released.
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Wi-Fi (P6210)
How about P6200?
Engadget:
On AT&T, ICS is confirmed for its Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy Note, Captivate Glide, Nexus S and Galaxy Tab 8.9. T-Mobile customers, however, lack a similarly breathless list of upgradable hardware, instead Samsung says it will aim to upgrade "eligible devices" in the coming months and will "provide updates as we have additional details to share." Which all sounds like those updates aren't coming to Big Magenta any time soon. Samsung vows to update the list with more details as they arrive, which is available at the source below.
BS samsung
gingerboy92 said:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00046726&fm_seq=49755
Samsung is in close communication with both Google and our carrier partners to upgrade devices to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as quickly and as smoothly as possible. Specific models that will receive the ICS update include the following devices. Other specifics for the ICS update in the U.S. have not been announced.
This list may be altered as updates are confirmed or released.
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Wi-Fi (P6210)
How about P6200?
Engadget:
On AT&T, ICS is confirmed for its Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy Note, Captivate Glide, Nexus S and Galaxy Tab 8.9. T-Mobile customers, however, lack a similarly breathless list of upgradable hardware, instead Samsung says it will aim to upgrade "eligible devices" in the coming months and will "provide updates as we have additional details to share." Which all sounds like those updates aren't coming to Big Magenta any time soon. Samsung vows to update the list with more details as they arrive, which is available at the source below.
BS samsung
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Well good thing I have the 6210!
good to know
OP,
The announcement was made by Samsung mobile in the US.
The P6200 doesn't sell officially in the US so Samsung US didn't announce anything about it.
The P6200 was already announced by Samsung Korea as being upgraded soon.
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clubtech said:
OP,
The announcement was made by Samsung mobile in the US.
The P6200 doesn't sell officially in the US so Samsung US didn't announce anything about it.
The P6200 was already announced by Samsung Korea as being upgraded soon.
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now i see why its not in the list
Hmmm, interesting tot see that my device is in the list to. I think i'm gonna have to wait a bit longer before it rolls out in my country
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hopefully samsung will release ICS for Tab Plus sooner... been waiting for it for quite awhile... honeycomb also not updates.. maybe they are working for the ICS to be release... hopefully..
... I use P6201 3g and i hope after ics update i can remove all samsung **** from the phone...in short, the samsung features implemented in 3.2 are useless for me.
All other devices i use like HD2(with ics) and Xoom (with 3.2) are better to use.
Still waiting for ICS and upcomming cm9 rom.
is there anyone who has information about an ics update for the p6200 in germany/austria?
I can't find anything in the web.
Cu, gurry.
i think it's just announced...
here it is the link
w**.sammobile..c*m/firmware/?page=3&t=3&o=1&m=GT-P6200&r=1#modelsa
It's out for Open Austria :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762966
samsung tab 2 10.1 official jellybean?
whats the timeline? to release date?
sonikot said:
samsung tab 2 10.1 official jellybean?
whats the timeline? to release date?
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no official words from samsung.but expect it after s3 get 4.1 which is scheduled in october...but surely it will be updated this year.
Well, it's past mid November and we down South ain't getting any Android Jelly Bean love from Samsung. (Not even the HTC One X fans)
Therefore that I'm going the (un)official "Northern hemisphere" route via http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881675 specifically with the German release.
Biggest concern though is that it seems like www.hotfile.com is non-functional ...
First I only routed then later flashed my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 with hellybean.com's release as Samsung stop support on the device whilst still under guarantee and I only had it for 4 months !
I've tasted Jelly Bean and WILL NEVER go back, therefore that my TAB 2 P5100 being only 2 days old is "ready" to be uplifted !!
So Android 4.4 is here and we all start waiting for Samsung to deliver the update. But one thing that caught my mind is the news that Galaxy Nexus will not get the 4.4 update.
Google stops updating Galaxy Nexus just two years (November 2011 - November 2013) after it came out, it started with 4.0 and ended with 4.3 as the last official update. So it received updates for just 18 months.
Samsung Galaxy S3 started on Android 4.0, 4.3 update is coming in November and 4.4 update will probably be scheduled for next year. It got released in May 2012.
So who is delivering more updates here? I am not talking about the update schedule here.
accoding to Techworld24 http://techworld24.com/reviews/bell-upgrading-samsung-galaxy-s4-and-s4-mini-to-android-4-3-on-november-23rd-also-brings-galaxy-gear-compatibility
Finally. If you have the Samsung Galaxy S4 or the S4 mini then you’ll love what’s coming this weekend.
According to an internal Bell doc we received, owners of either of these Android devices will finally receive the upgrade to OS 4.3 Jelly Bean this coming Saturday, November 23rd. The update to 4.3 includes a number of long awaited features, most notedly Samsung’s KNOX security solution, better camera performance, plus compatibility with the Galaxy Gear smartwatch.
Samsung Galaxy S4 will be updated to version I337MVLUEMK6.
There is another, earlier thread on this also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2535801