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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occupational_hazard said:
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.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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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.
Okay I am looking for a new phone on T Mobile. I am looking at Samsung Galaxy S III. Does anyone have one and give a review on it. Are there better phones on T Mobile or phones that may be coming out this year that I should wait for? Does anyone know if any phones with the Nvidia Tegra are going to be coming out for T-Mobile
The only in depth reviews for Galaxy S III were for the international version with the quad core.
Does anyone know if HTC One X will work on T-Mobile?
depends what are you needed..
generally...sgs3 have a more performance...
but one x is have the beautiful design
htc one x will work on t-mob but am not sure about data bands.. check for data bands otherwise you may stuck with 2g.
galaxy s3 will be best choice , but also check htc one s
it should depend on how long you want to stick with the phone, and whether you want to use 3G or 4G/LTE...
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Okay I am looking for a new phone on T Mobile. I am looking at Samsung Galaxy S III. Does anyone have one and give a review on it. Are there better phones on T Mobile or phones that may be coming out this year that I should wait for? Does anyone know if any phones with the Nvidia Tegra are going to be coming out for T-Mobile
The only in depth reviews for Galaxy S III were for the international version with the quad core.
Does anyone know if HTC One X will work on T-Mobile?
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Buy a galaxy s2 and root it to the max!
justajoel94 said:
Buy a galaxy s2 and root it to the max!
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Well I actually have a SGSII now because i found it and rooted it. I want to have at least 3G if not 4G. The reason i am looking is that i have a lot of credit with tmobile and i have that upgrade option right now.
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Okay I am looking for a new phone on T Mobile. I am looking at Samsung Galaxy S III. Does anyone have one and give a review on it. Are there better phones on T Mobile or phones that may be coming out this year that I should wait for? Does anyone know if any phones with the Nvidia Tegra are going to be coming out for T-Mobile
The only in depth reviews for Galaxy S III were for the international version with the quad core.
Does anyone know if HTC One X will work on T-Mobile?
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The One X will only work on 2G/EDGE speeds until the refarm is done in your area. I personally didn't like the S3 because of the size so I went with the HTC One S. I think the 1S has the perfect size for a phone and has the same processor as the T-MO S3 but it all comes down to what YOU want in a phone.
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The One X will only work on 2G/EDGE speeds until the refarm is done in your area. I personally didn't like the S3 because of the size so I went with the HTC One S. I think the 1S has the perfect size for a phone and has the same processor as the T-MO S3 but it all comes down to what YOU want in a phone.
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I think the refram has been done. They are pushing for the family to upgrade phones right now. My mom still has an old flip phone. Her signal seems to be getting worse.
I just looked it up and apparently the quad core SIII and the One X are not available in the US. Does the One S have a MicroSD slot? The SIII does have a slight advantage with the extra gig of ram. As for size i really need to hold them and see if they can fit comfortably in my pocket.
AT&T and T-Mobile for example should have the same physical phone?
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AT&T and T-Mobile for example should have the same physical phone?
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This was not the case for the S3. Each carrier had its own variation
tmobile special?
It could be like the galaxy note 2, at&t roms could be flashed on the T-Mobile note and vice versa with everything working, but the radios weren't cross compatible.
I don't recommend trying it when you get your s4 though because you might end up with a very expensive paperweight
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This was not the case for the S3. Each carrier had its own variation
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Nope. All S3 variants were physically identical. You are thinking about the Galaxy S2.
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Does anyone happen to know if Samsung is planning to cover the Samsung Galaxy s6 under their protection plus plans ? http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/P-GT-AKXXS0HC
It seems as of now they only are covering up to s5 their plan is far better than what my carrier offers and I fear the carries have gotten to Samsung and asked them to not cover their latest flagship phones.
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Looks like I just needed to wait longer. you can now purchase the plans off Samsung website http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/protection-plan
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Looks like I just needed to wait longer. you can now purchase the plans off Samsung website http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/protection-plan
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Is that only available in the US? Im in the UK, sounds good.