Please take at a moment to read through this before making an announcement about an ICS release. We are seeing a lot of redundant posts and questions being asked.
Our phone, the Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket(SGH-I727) is scheduled to receive the official release. There has been much confusion and for lack of a better term, ignorance, of what is being released and when by the user. We all want to contribute something to the forum and that is great. That kind of eagerness is usually welcomed in a developmental forum such as this.
Samsung can not make one release and it be compatible with all Galaxy SII phones. There are different kernels, processors, chipsets, and other factors that come into play. When a release this big comes out. There is usually a lot of testing that goes into it. We have to wait for Google, Samsung, and AT&T to put their stamp of approval on it.
There have been several news articles that have given an ETA for this release. Thats an ESTIMATED time of arrival. It is not wrote in stone. There maybe and will be unforeseen setbacks in projects this massive. We, as a skyrocket community, are in line for the update. But where is our place in line? With some and checking some of the articles, which may not always be entirely accurate, we are still behind some of the Samsung EU variants to receive this update. So we still have a ways to go.
So please,be patient. Help our devs, who build some of the best roms. You can do your part by letting them know if any problems arise within the rom. We have received leaked builds of ICS thanks to DesignGears. Samsung has not forgotten about the skyrocket. Once we do get an official release, it will be a matter of hours before the custom releases begin.
Below I am listing some of the variants of Galaxy SII community.
Galaxy S II GT-I9100G
Galaxy R (GT-I9103)
Galaxy W (Galaxy S II Mini)
Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy S II HD LTE
Galaxy S II GT-I9100P
Sprint's Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (SPH-D710)
T-Mobile's Galaxy S II (SGH-T989)
AT&T's Galaxy S II (SGH-I777)
AT&T's Galaxy S II: Skyrocket (SGH-I727)
AT&T's Samsung Captivate Glide (SGH-I927)
U.S. Cellular's Samsung Galaxy S II (SCH-R760)
Japanese model (NTT DoCoMo)
SK Telecom's Galaxy S II (SHW-M250S)
KT's Galaxy S II (SHW-M250K)
Rogers' Galaxy S II LTE (SGH-i727R)
Bell's Galaxy S II (GT-I9100M)
Telus' 4G Galaxy S II X (SGH-T989D)
GT-I9100T
So you can see that there are a lot phones that are in the Galaxy SII family. Next time when you read the article about the release, please check the actual nomenclature of the phone, and scan the tags down at the bottom. See if SGH-I727 or something similar along those lines is mentioned.
If you would something mentioned, added, or deleted. Let me know. I pulled the list of variants from a wiki page. It may or may not be accurate.
This is a list of North American variants, of phones and tablets that have started to receive or will be receive in the coming future. The top list under Available have started the official update. The list coming soon is self explanatory.
AvailableUpdated 7/10/2012
Galaxy S II Skyrocket-(AT&T) We finally have it. As of July 09, 2012.
Galaxy S II (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy Note (unlocked)
Nexus S 4G (Sprint)
Nexus S (unlocked)
Select Canadian Galaxy devices (on limited rollout, continuing through end of Q2)
Galaxy S II (AT&T, T-Mo, Sprint)
Galaxy S II LTE (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy S II (SGH-I777)
Galaxy Note (AT&T)
Coming Soon
Galaxy Note (AT&T)
Galaxy S II Skyrocket (AT&T)
Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T-Mo)
Captivate Glide (AT&T)
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (unlocked, T-Mo, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy Tab 7.7 (unlocked, VZW)
Galaxy Tab 8.9 (unlocked, AT&T, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy Tab 10.1 (unlocked,T-Mo, VZW, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy R
Galaxy S II X (Canada)
Please do not forget that this is just the phones in North America. Do not forget to hit the thanks button for IEatKittys! for help with this.
Good luck with this. Its a good idea, but the reason all the Noobs keep multiple posting about the different ICS releases is because they failed to read or use the search function in the first place. The same way they will fail to read this post before posting about ICS, or BLN, or Kernel Source, or "which ROM is the best", or etc...etc...etc...
Can you edit your post and make the title in all bold and then ask for it to stickied?
Maybe even flashing red text... or some kinda siren when you type "ICS" or "OTA" while making a new thread...
I'm hoping that a bulk of the noobs will read and stop the posts.
Omg! Skyrocket ICS out today!1!11!!!
My best friend's cousin sister's butcher who used to go to school with my boss' cousin's minister who buys pork products from the butcher was talking to the bus driver who brings my kid's to school when they saw his teacher who is dating a guy who's father works with a guy at the mechanic who knows a guy who works with Samsung.
And anyway! It's totally awesome! ICS 6.2.1 RAWKS! Dude, it's got a telepathic UI that knows what you want to do just by reading your mind! That, and an advanced "Bull**** Technomometer Alpha GUI" which uses biometric skin temperature measurements to determine you're full of crap!
Dude, and the live wallpapers are awesome! They feature CCTV feeds from the Kremlin and Area 51! Touch the screen and the people actually feel it! WHOAAA!
sulpher said:
Can you edit your post and make the title in all bold and then ask for it to stickied?
Maybe even flashing red text... or some kinda siren when you type "ICS" or "OTA" while making a new thread...
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Yes, this needs to be stickied. Until then let's keep bumping this thread so it stays up top...
Thanks for posting this occ!
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noobs will read
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Well, was a good idea on paper....
Bump lol
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Noobs welcome here 24/7
Team~Kang
This is a great idea, but I don't think it will stop people from making the 500 ZOMG OTA UPDATE ICS BWAAAAA posts like dumb asses. Reason being.......a lot of people 20 and under are lazy, not really their fault, because of how easy our society makes things for them with the internet. Unfortunately they don't know to look. You also have the people who ask questions, get burned, then get upset with the "You don't have to be an ass wah wah wah instead of stopping and saying to themselves......yeah I am a dumb ass because the exact same post is 4 posts down and I should have seen that but because I want everything YESTERDAY I didn't see it. Lastly, the people who grasp only basic elementary English.
But good luck, I hope I'm proven wrong
Well I didn't expect this to be a rant thread.
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occupational_hazard said:
Well I didn't expect this to be a rant thread.
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Hahah yea seriously people. Drop the pessimism and just get this post stickied. There's no need to share your thoughts on whether or not it will work. Just let it be an informative OP that hopefully some new users will see. Thanks for posting by the way!
I would like to list which variants have the official update already. And which ones that will probably not receive it all. So any help with this is much appreciated.
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occupational_hazard said:
I would like to list which variants have the official update already. And which ones that will probably not receive it all. So any help with this is much appreciated.
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give me a second bro.
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Available
Galaxy S II (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy S II LTE (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy Note (unlocked)
Nexus S 4G (Sprint)
Nexus S (unlocked)
Select Canadian Galaxy devices (on limited rollout, continuing through end of Q2)
Coming Soon
Galaxy S II (AT&T, T-Mo, Sprint)
Galaxy Note (AT&T)
Galaxy S II Skyrocket (AT&T)
Galaxy S Blaze 4G (T-Mo)
Captivate Glide (AT&T)
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (unlocked, T-Mo, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy Tab 7.7 (unlocked, VZW)
Galaxy Tab 8.9 (unlocked, AT&T, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy Tab 10.1 (unlocked,T-Mo, VZW, WiFi, Canada)
Galaxy R
Galaxy S II X (Canada)
Cool I will update op later so we can at least know where we stand among Samsung phones.
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I updated the OP. I'm not so good with editing so please bare with me. oh yeah, and BUMP!
"Available
Galaxy S II (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy S II LTE (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy Note (unlocked)
Nexus S 4G (Sprint)
Nexus S (unlocked)
Select Canadian Galaxy devices (on limited rollout, continuing through end of Q2)"
the S II LTE (unlocked, Canada) is available? where and how do i get it?
vincom said:
"Available
Galaxy S II (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy S II LTE (unlocked, Canada)
Galaxy Note (unlocked)
Nexus S 4G (Sprint)
Nexus S (unlocked)
Select Canadian Galaxy devices (on limited rollout, continuing through end of Q2)"
the S II LTE (unlocked, Canada) is available? where and how do i get it?
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I believe the phone that you highlighted in red is the SGH-i727R, which is a rogers phone. But that is according to Samsung Canada. Or the international version I9210.
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I believe the phone that you highlighted in red is the SGH-i727R, which is a rogers phone. But that is according to Samsung Canada. Or the international version I9210.
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Yea i believe the only LTE one that has released is the international (korean) version.
afwx said:
This is a great idea, but I don't think it will stop people from making the 500 ZOMG OTA UPDATE ICS BWAAAAA posts like dumb asses. Reason being.......a lot of people 20 and under are lazy, not really their fault, because of how easy our society makes things for them with the internet. Unfortunately they don't know to look. You also have the people who ask questions, get burned, then get upset with the "You don't have to be an ass wah wah wah instead of stopping and saying to themselves......yeah I am a dumb ass because the exact same post is 4 posts down and I should have seen that but because I want everything YESTERDAY I didn't see it. Lastly, the people who grasp only basic elementary English.
But good luck, I hope I'm proven wrong
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Not necessarily disagreeing with the gist of your post, but bear in mind some of the developers here and elsewhere are 20 something and under.
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Is the infuse a galaxy s phone because i am currently in a debate with a friend that has the infuse and he says it is a galaxy s....so is it?
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In general it is, but in the states its not. but it is.
It is when it counts. Samsung has a remote viewfinder app for one of its digital cameras that only works with "Galaxy S" devices. And it works with my Infuse 4G, so that is "Galaxy S enough" for me.
It's not branded as a GS in the USA, but it is branded as such in Canada.
Also, hardware-wise it's 90% identical to the GS series.
strictly speaking it is if you are Canadian.
not if you are American.
galaxy s is just s branding at this point. there are sgs labrled phones with less in common to the i9000 than this but there are also many differences between the galaxy s i9000 and the infuse.
Dani897 said:
strictly speaking it is if you are Canadian.
not if you are American.
galaxy s is just s branding at this point. there are sgs labrled phones with less in common to the i9000 than this but there are also many differences between the galaxy s i9000 and the infuse.
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Infuse isnt the galaxy series nor in the US neither in Canada. Here in Canada Galaxy Sii is launched separately and infuse is scheduled to launch at rogers on the 27th and its not marketed as galaxy series.
correction: the poster above is right, i just checked here in Canada they are marketing it as Galaxy Infuse. So Im sorry for that.
hi.....
i just bought a samsung galaxy sii lte
can anyone point to the right forum so ican learn how to root, flash, etc ...
first i thought i bought this sgh t989 , but then after checking in gsmarena.com
the one i have with this t989 is different one, also they have same processor
this is the comparison thread..
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4124&idPhone2=4129
can anyone help me ? i just found 3 sgs2 subforum in this forum...
Which one do you have? The one in the left or right?
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i have the one at the left
the one at the right is the mobile of this subforum , the t mobile t989
the forum you are looking for Samsung Galaxy S II LTE, does not exist yet
however you can request it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301121
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301121
What i mostly wanna know is about data seeds. Which ice is better, and pictures a are a must. Speedtest
I was on the same boat as you, an eventually decided to get the SG2 because of the reviews,faster processor, an the Custom ROM's.
This video can help you out, both phones are great an fast just Google this.
Samsung Galaxy S II vs. Skyrocket – Smartphone Smackdown! (Video)
i bought samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket and i returned it and got sgs2 only because of the pictures.. For me I think the picture quality in sgs2 is way better than skyrocket its more crisp and not pixilated.. oh by the way another reason is its hard to text in one hand on skyrocket.
Skyrocket the best!!!!!
They are generally the same phone but the skyrocket is at&t's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II
canyon789 said:
They are generally the same phone but the skyrocket is at&t's version of the Samsung Galaxy S II
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Ok, this is like the 4th thread you commented on and you clearly don't know what you are talking about. The Skyrocket is not AT&Ts version of the SGSII. That would be the I777. The Skyrocket is the LTE version of the SGSII which coincidentally is the same phone (hardware wise) as the T-mobile hercules. OP, if you live in an area that supports LTE, get the skyrocket...if not, get the regular SGSII.
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Ok, this is like the 4th thread you commented on and you clearly don't know what you are talking about. The Skyrocket is not AT&Ts version of the SGSII. That would be the I777. The Skyrocket is the LTE version of the SGSII which coincidentally is the same phone (hardware wise) as the T-mobile hercules. OP, if you live in an area that supports LTE, get the skyrocket...if not, get the regular SGSII.
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Not really, T-Mobile's GSII is lacking the LTE bits of the Skyrocket (which makes both not the same hardware-wise), which is AT&T's version for the SGSII LTE.
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Not really, T-Mobile's GSII is lacking the LTE bits of the Skyrocket (which makes both not the same hardware-wise), which is AT&T's version for the SGSII LTE.
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Actually the LTE Radio is tucked away in there. Devs are working on the radio situation with that phone. They are the exact same phone. Same body, same guts, different branding. They can flash each others ROM's and radios, but they havent figured out a way to unlock the LTE radio inside of the hercules.
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Actually the LTE Radio is tucked away in there. Devs are working on the radio situation with that phone. They are the exact same phone. Same body, same guts, different branding. They can flash each others ROM's and radios, but they havent figured out a way to unlock the LTE radio inside of the hercules.
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Really? [citation needed]
Yes really
galaxy s2 or the note are better than the Skyrocket
2020legig said:
galaxy s2 or the note are better than the Skyrocket
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Better when it comes to screen resolution.
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hi there. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and would like to Root my device. I downloaded the DXKL3 insecure and original file. I would like to know if it will work as mine is I900DXKF4? it is the closest i could find to my Kernel.
Please advise
D Schrader
Agree, galaxy SII . hands down
definitely Samsung Galaxy S2 for me, way superior
Hey guys, I am a Rogers customer who recently had my captivate hard brick and after a war with customer support is getting a free Galaxy S II LTE (SGH-i727R.)
Is this the place for custom roms for that phone? I looked at the specs and it seems like the Skyrocket and the Rogers version are almost the same aside from the Skyrocket having a 4.52 screen and the Rogers version having a 4.5 inch screen.
I should have my new phone in a couple days and I am very excited!
it sure is the place make sure u read up before u flash anything
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Awesome thanks
I am having trouble deciding. Since you guys know already. I ask you.
It's between a galaxy nexus and the galaxy SIII.
Carrier might be either verizon or sprint depending on when I can get LTE.
Is there another phone I should consider?
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I am having trouble deciding. Since you guys know already. I ask you.
It's between a galaxy nexus and the galaxy SIII.
Carrier might be either verizon or sprint depending on when I can get LTE.
Is there another phone I should consider?
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SGS3, personally I like the Galaxy Nexus more (for the ROMs and development and soft buttons) but SGS3 specs are just better.
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Please read and search before posting