Samsung Rolling Out Android Ice Cream Sandwich To Galaxy S II This Month
Mar 05 2012 06:03 PM | mobile_sensei in Articles
South Korea consumer electronics giant Samsung has unveiled that its current flagship Galaxy S II handset, will be receiving an update to Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich' 4.0, mid-March.
The company made public this news over Facebook, from their Israel SamsungMobile.IL account - reports Android news website Android Authority.
This Google mobile OS site has noted that "March 15 will be the release date for the Samsung Galaxy S2 upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich", where the Israeli version of the Samsung Galaxy S II is based on the international version.
The site goes on states that it's safe to assume that the new version of Android platform will then roll out globally, as a result of the mobile phone variant used in Israel.
Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich' OS was seen on a number of new mobile phones launched at Mobile World Congress last week, but it is really only widely available on the Samsung made Galaxy Nexus, manufactured for Google.
ICS marries the mobile phone version of the operating system, with aspects only once found in the tablet ‘Honeycomb' 3.0 platform - where this deployment by Samsung could placate those awaiting the Samsung Galaxy S III, which never made an appearance at MWC.
Source: Android Authority
thats the international version bub...not ours
The site goes on states that it's safe to assume that the new version of Android platform will then roll out globally, as a result of the mobile phone variant used in Israel.
still all referring to the 9100. not the i777. You could probably discuss it with the folks over in the 9100 forum, who will actually be getting that update though.
Not really new news, not a question of if we get it but when. Samsung has said for the last 2 months they will roll it out to our phone "late first quarter" which would be March. Real question is if we will be subject to carrier delays.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531759
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307818
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307818
There's the correct thread with a link to that article.
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Please keep garbage rumors off this board.....please.
I just bought my first Samsung Android phone, Galaxy S III (Sprint). Historically I've been brand loyal to Samsung, but I've went with the HTC EVO line for the past two years because I thought Samsung didn't release Android updates in a timely fashion. Is this still the case? How likely is Samsung going to release Jellybean for the S III and when?
DiGiTY said:
I just bought my first Samsung Android phone, Galaxy S III (Sprint). Historically I've been brand loyal to Samsung, but I've went with the HTC EVO line for the past two years because I thought Samsung didn't release Android updates in a timely fashion. Is this still the case? How likely is Samsung going to release Jellybean for the S III and when?
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Since this is the variant, it will definitely be slower than the international version. Most are quick to blame Samsung but thats not really the case. It does take time for them to come out with the update (no different than HTC or anyone else), but the carriers are normally to blame for the later releases. ON my international Galaxy S 2, we could get leaked updates fairly quickly through samfirmware but the variants do take considerably longer. The variant SGS2 just got ICS in the past few months where my international SGS2 had it month upon months before that. Lets hope that since our variants are very similar, that it may be much quicker than a year this time. Fingers crossed
From my experience, Samsung comes out with updates quickly. The carriers take forever to release and add their bloat ware.
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Damn carriers! I remember my Sprint EVO 4G getting Gingerbread relatively quickly (2 - 3 months) and being shocked. But my EVO 3D still hasn't gotten ICS after 14 months. Looks like Sprint has started slacking big time which probably means the even slower Samsung update timeframes won't ever produce an update
Can't be any slower then Motorola can it?
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http://www.ibtimes.com/android-43-j...e-2-system-roll-out-retracted-has-update-been
The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for older Samsung devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 may be in jeopardy as one clue of the prospective update has been retracted by its source.
Those anxious to see the Galaxy Note 2 get what would be its first update since its September 2012 release were pleased when the Australian carrier Telstra announced on its support page that the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy Note 2 had been “withdrawn” in favor of a new Android version. Though no other details were given, many believed this was an indication that the Galaxy Note 2 would update to Android 4.3.
But now Telstra has updated its support page and information about the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and its update schedule has notably been removed. It is unclear why the carrier removed this information about the Galaxy Note 2 update, and many fear it could mean the Android 4.3 update for the device might be canceled.
Mid-July reports suggested that older yet still popular Samsung devices such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 would be skipping the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update in favor for Android 4.3. Both devices have been stuck at various iterations of Android 4.1 for some time, and users have been anxious to see what treatment these devices would get in the wake of newer flagships such as the Samsung Galaxy S4, which released with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is expected to ship with Android 4.3.
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Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Update To Rollout For U.S. Handsets In September?
In addition to Telstra’s vague announcement, the German carrier Deutsche Telekom also announced on its official forum that the Samsung Galaxy S3 would be receiving an Android 4.3 update at some point. Many took this news as confirmation that plans for the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 where similar, but with the release schedule for Android 4.3 on Telstra now uncertain, we wonder what will happen to the update on Deutsche Telekom.
Meanwhile, a rival flagship, the HTC One, is now confirmed for an Android 4.3 update. HTC president Jason Mackenzie divulged that the handset will similarly skip Android 4.2.2 in favor for Android 4.3 because it is a particularly minimal update between the two versions.
It is likely that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Samsung Galaxy S3 will be updated to a new Android Jelly Bean version at some point, but the matter of which Jelly Bean version it will get and when it will roll out may continue to be a mystery for some time.
However, with U.S. models of the HTC One expected to be running Android 4.3 by the end of September, we can assume that Samsung will ensure an update for its older flagships to keep up with the competition.
Good lord people jump off buildings over nothing. Telsta is not Samsung. No release date does not mean never. Relax people.
Wait so since a random phone company, with no relation to Samsung nor in the same country as Samsung, removed update "Information" from their page now the update is cancelled? Right.
hate seeing this stuff, IF, and a big if at that, Samsung decided to remove the 4.2.2/4.3 update for the note 2/s3 then Samsung would honestly be stupid and lose a lot of backing from its customers. so if an Australian company has removed the update status of a Korean (at least i think Samsung is Korean...) company then this post needs to post about something that actually matters, because this is obviously a troll/sad attempt at news by the online news website.
Note 3 will have 4.3.
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mrlaigle said:
Note 3 will have 4.3.
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You buying a Note 3 for all of us?
akellar said:
Good lord people jump off buildings over nothing. Telsta is not Samsunguunclear . No release date does not mean never. Relax people.
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I basically said the same thing on Google+. The info being removed doesn't necessarily mean the update won't come.
The speculation of the update not coming when the articles state the reason for the removal is unclear is ridiculous.
Guys don't worry another Australian carrier has confirmed they're skipping 4.3 because we're going right to 6.0 Milkshake next month.
But does it bring all the boys to the yard??????
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Guys don't worry another Australian carrier has confirmed they're skipping 4.3 because we're going right to 6.0 Milkshake next month.
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I believe the N3 will have 4.3 before Verizon gets around to sending it out OTA.
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I believe the N3 will have 4.3 before Verizon gets around to sending it out OTA.
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and thats why we wait for the int n2 to get leaked. eff vzw, they release things forever after Samsung releases otas
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You buying a Note 3 for all of us?
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Plan to buy at least one ...
And I say this really because who really cares if it ever gets 4.3... If it never did, what are you missing out on? Most of all the features can already be had.
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joshm.1219 said:
Guys don't worry another Australian carrier has confirmed they're skipping 4.3 because we're going right to 6.0 Milkshake next month.
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What about 5.3 update, lemon Morang Pie?
You guys do realize why these all got revoked? Samsung mad an announcement about 3 weeks ago that the note 2 as well as a handfull of other devices will be skipping the android releases and the note 2 will be one of I beleive 22 devices to get the first Android 5.0 update.
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You guys do realize why these all got revoked? Samsung mad an announcement about 3 weeks ago that the note 2 as well as a handfull of other devices will be skipping the android releases and the note 2 will be one of I beleive 22 devices to get the first Android 5.0 update.
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Link or not true
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By the time Vzw sends out 5.0 I may be on N4.
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By the time Vzw sends out 5.0 I may be on N4.
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By the time vzw sends out or releases any phone on 5.0, smartphones will be a thing of a past, us unlimited users will have been forced off our plans and verizon will be charging $500 a month plans. $100 for 1gb data, $300 for taxes, and another $100 for the privilege of raping you without lube
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By the time vzw sends out or releases any phone on 5.0, smartphones will be a thing of a past, us unlimited users will have been forced off our plans and verizon will be charging $500 a month plans. $100 for 1gb data, $300 for taxes, and another $100 for the privilege of raping you without lube
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There are people who have been saying that the data plan prices will drop when VZW starts putting up the newest 4G towers, I can't remember the name for the newest 4G, because its much faster and will be capable of giving the user more bandwidth etc. What they aren't taking into account is that prices shouldve dropped when the 4G towers went up and we went off of 3G to 4G, that never happened though. Instead VZW dropped unlimited and moved to a ****ing ridiculous Shared Plan.
VZW is going to do nothing but charge more and more for data no matter how much better, faster, etc it gets.
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There are people who have been saying that the data plan prices will drop when VZW starts putting up the newest 4G towers, I can't remember the name for the newest 4G, because its much faster and will be capable of giving the user more bandwidth etc. What they aren't taking into account is that prices shouldve dropped when the 4G towers went up and we went off of 3G to 4G, that never happened though. Instead VZW dropped unlimited and moved to a ****ing ridiculous Shared Plan.
VZW is going to do nothing but charge more and more for data no matter how much better, faster, etc it gets.
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The worst part of this whole 4.3 debacle is that only one site has even made mention of it. And truly, is removing information even making mention of it? The aggregate "News" sites then post it as the gospel.
Any word on when we can expect the update? It's rumored the S4 and htc one's will get it sometime in January. Do you think we will get it before them or around the same time?
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Any word on when we can expect the update? It's rumored the S4 and htc one's will get it sometime in January. Do you think we will get it before them or around the same time?
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Samsung leaked doc that listed the S4 also had the Note 3 for Jan.
No one knows. Only lists you will find are approximations for international versions. It will be months after that for the carriers to release it.
And the carriers have the final say on whether your device gets it.
This same question is asked every time a new version of OS is released
The only reason 4.3 was pushed to everyone was for Galaxy Gear compatibility before the holidays.
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Now that people starts getting their T-mo SGS6 / 6 Edge, Can the mods open a forum for this phones' specifics?
yea we need this asap, especially with the T-mob specific update that just came out
I doubt carrier specific forums will be opened before the official release on April 10th, most likely awhile after that