ICS update rolling out for SGSII

[pandemonium]

Per Samsung: http://www.samsung.com/us/news/newsRead.do?news_seq=20138&page=1&gltype=localnews

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.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

just root and put an ics rom

 

[Puddle Jumper]

just root and put an ics rom

We need the source code that is released alongside an official update to get flawless ICS roms for the Galaxy S2 i777. Besides a official release usually gives the devs something more stable to build off of.

 

[Bateluer]

Any guesses on when ICS will launch for the Tab 8.9 and 10.1?

I'll start.
Feb 2013.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

Any guesses on when ICS will launch for the Tab 8.9 and 10.1?

I'll start.
Feb 2013.

They said it would be shortly after the S2 so I'd say late March/early April. The various honeycomb updates came out pretty quickly so there is no reason to expect ICS to take an eternity.

 

[Rifter]

so does this mean CM9 will work perfect with the i9100 soon?

 

[Puddle Jumper]

so does this mean CM9 will work perfect with the i9100 soon?

Not necessarily but it could be a boost for Samsung based ICS roms.

 

[Oyeve]

I received my ICS update for my transformer and have yet to figure out how to use the face unlock feature. So, I am not in any hurry to get ICS for my sgs2.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I received my ICS update for my transformer and have yet to figure out how to use the face unlock feature. So, I am not in any hurry to get ICS for my sgs2.

Its easy..... how can you not figure it out?

 

[ITHURTSWHENIP]

Just got the update. Seems to be a bit smoother but SGS2 was already damn smooth. Samsung included a new lockscreen that includes native weather widget, did not get any of the ICS camera features though.

 

[Oyeve]

Its easy..... how can you not figure it out?

Didnt spend much time looking as I dont use a 10" tab as a phone. I did find it tho, its not very useful.

 

[poofyhairguy]

We need the source code that is released alongside an official update to get flawless ICS roms for the Galaxy S2 i777.

Amen. It is predicted we could have ICS within hours of a source release.

GET ON IT SAMSUNG!!!!!!

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Is it me or does their ICS look like Gingerbread (because of stupid Touchwiz)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

 

[lothar]

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.

Look at all these Samsung devices getting ICS updates!!!
I doubt it would make the people complaining about ICS updates shutup though.
The Samsung of today is not the Samsung of the past. They learned most of their lessons.
Samsung is the 1st major Android device manufacturer to release updates to a majority of their devices.

Meanwhile, most of Motorola's devices are still in the Evaluation & Planning stage. :hmm:

This chart makes me cringe everytime I look at it.
You see all those "Development" stage phones that say "rollouts begin Q2 and Q3 2012"?

That could mean all those phones in the "Evaluation & Planning" stage either won't get ICS or will get them in Q4 2012 or Q1 2013(if Motorola ever decides to make a future announcement that they will even get ICS at all...)
Yay.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2226549

 

[blackangst1]

Its gonna be awhile before we see ICS in the states for SGSII (except a port, of course).

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Nothing new about Moto. Froyo came out when? May 2010? We didn't get it officially til Q1 2011.. FML. By then I had a stable CM7 to run off of...

 

[ponyo]

Look at all these Samsung devices getting ICS updates!!!
I doubt it would make the people complaining about ICS updates shutup though.
The Samsung of today is not the Samsung of the past. They learned most of their lessons.
Samsung is the 1st major Android device manufacturer to release updates to a majority of their devices.

I still dont trust Samsung and think their pace is too slow. Asus is my benchmark. Asus does reasonable job communicating with the community and putting out updates. Too bad they don't make phones.

 

[WelshBloke]

Is it me or does their ICS look like Gingerbread (because of stupid Touchwiz)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487

Why would the launcher look different?

I've just put the stock ICS rom on mine and after I've put back my favourite launcher and widgets it looks the same as before.

Edit: that's the Samsung stock rom not the Google one.

 

[lothar]

I still dont trust Samsung and think their pace is too slow. Asus is my benchmark. Asus does reasonable job communicating with the community and putting out updates. Too bad they don't make phones.

Since ASUS doesn't make phones, you have to go with the next best benchmark which is Samsung. Samsung was the 1st manufacturer to release Gingerbread on their phones. They are now also the 1st to release ICS.
ASUS, Samsung, and whatever particular Nexus device made by whomever are my benchmark.
I'd rather buy an Apple iPhone than a Huwaei or Motorola(assuming it's not a Nexus) device.

 

[sour07]

why does samsung release updates in certain countries first? last time I buy a samsung phone. Ive been waiting since January and they pull this crap, yea my next phone will be an iphone 5..

 

[poofyhairguy]

They are now also the 1st to release ICS.

The Vivid in the USA had ICS before the SGS2 series did.

 

[lothar]

The Vivid in the USA had ICS before the SGS2 series did.

When was this?
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-vivid-get-ics-coming-weeks-leak-available-now-brave

That article is dated March 6th.
From my understanding of that article, HTC hasn't released an "official" ICS update yet.
It is my understanding that that was a leaked ICS ROM/OTA update.

Could HTC have released an "official" ICS update between March 6th of the dated article and yesterday, March 12th when Samsung started doing rollouts for the Galaxy S II?
Possibly(but unlikely)...Then again I haven't really kept up with news.

 

[Viper GTS]

I would be looking for blood right now if I had a SII:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2867950/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-android-4-0-video

That would push me to root/ROM in a heartbeat. Normally I'm not one to do that within a devices' reasonable update window but that is simply unacceptable.

Viper GTS

 

[WelshBloke]

I would be looking for blood right now if I had a SII:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2867950/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-android-4-0-video

That would push me to root/ROM in a heartbeat. Normally I'm not one to do that within a devices' reasonable update window but that is simply unacceptable.

Viper GTS

Why? Because it comes with Touchwiz? You didn't think it wouldn't did you?
I would think that everyone that really hates the Touchwiz launcher already knows how to slap something different on there.

 

[gorcorps]

I would be looking for blood right now if I had a SII:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/13/2867950/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-android-4-0-video

That would push me to root/ROM in a heartbeat. Normally I'm not one to do that within a devices' reasonable update window but that is simply unacceptable.

Viper GTS

Huh? As a SGS2 owner I'm lost and confused at your statement.