Samsung Galaxy S2

It appears T-Mobile is getting ready to push a maintenance upgrade out to owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II. Ice Cream Sandwich it is not, but there’s not much to complain about when a device is receiving attention for bug fixes and minor enhancements. And who knows? Perhaps this could be a preparatory update. [...]

Samsung’s finally added the initial list of devices that will receive the upgrade to Android 4.0 on T-Mobile. The Samsung Galaxy S II was an obvious shoe-in, and the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G makes a surprise appearance on this list. We’ve also got a couple of tablets in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus [...]

Being the least popular amongst all the siblings can be unpleasant, to say the least. Take the Samsung I9100G for example, the other international Galaxy S2 variant. Already disappointed to get an OMAP processor instead of an Exynos, it never got the ICS update it so wanted when the roll-out for the original S2 began. [...]

While a high majority of Galaxy S II variants in the United States have yet to receive Ice Cream Sandwich, users of the unlocked GSM version will be happy to know that they”re among the first owners in the country to be graced with the sweet upgrade. A 216MB upgrade, you should still see much [...]

Users with unlocked, unbranded Samsung Galaxy S II units in the UK can now apply an official upgrade to Android 4.0. You can grab it via Kies, as usual. Sure, it’s a bit strange to see the unlocked version of the handset receiving the update after carrier versions see it, but the gap wasn’t too [...]

Vodafone has announce that the update to Android 4.0 for their Galaxy S II has gone live today, April 13th. The update is available via Kies, an application that you need to download to your PC in order to update the phone via USB. I know many of you are eager to get the update [...]

It looks like we may finally have ourselves a solid date for Ice Cream Sandwich on the Samsung Galaxy S II for Vodafone. They have confirmed that the update has been approved for release via Samsung Kies starting April 12th. They warn that the date is provisional, but unless they find something between now and [...]

Another new Ice Cream Sandwich ROM has leaked for a Samsung-made AT&T device. It’s the Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-i777 and the leaked build brings ROM users up to 4.0.3 from Gingerbread. The ROM comes rooted and deodexed, and there’s no list of major bugs to be found (though it is worthy to note that [...]

It appears O2 UK have beaten their target window of Mid-April for the Galaxy S II’s update to Ice Cream Sandwich by a long shot. It’s still March – late March, mind you, but it’s March – and the update is now rolling out to users. You’ll need to get it through Kies, but we’re [...]

If you folks were still wondering when Orange would bring Ice Cream Sandwich to their Galaxy S II, the answer is a decent one, but still a vague one – April. April’s not totally unreasonable. It’s only 8 short days away. That doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing this thing as early as 8 days, of [...]

Samsung was quick to issue the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for their Galaxy S II, and Three was quick to provide it to their customers after a quick round of testing. They’ve announced on Twitter that the update is now available for those who want it. You’ll have to connect your phone to a PC [...]

O2 UK won’t take too long to bring Ice Cream Sandwich to their Galaxy S II users as they have promised to bring the update in mid-April. Samsung started rolling the update out to unlocked users this past week, with another wave of OTA updates going out Friday to those in the UK, Germany and [...]

While many users in European countries have been able to pull down the exciting upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich for their Samsung Galaxy S II. Unfortunately, Samsung temporarily suspended the rollout. It’s likely not due to any issues, but due to them wanting to test the waters before rolling it out to everyone. They’ve confirmed [...]

Yesterday, the pool of Galaxy S II owners got all excited when it appeared that Samsung announced the update to Ice Cream Sandwich would be coming to unlocked, unbranded versions on March 10th. It was posted on their website, or at least the Filipino version of their site, looking as official as ever, and even [...]

It’s tough to hear a device confirmed to be getting the latest versions of Android sometimes. While the news itself is usually great, the wait is usually unbearable. Samsung Galaxy S II users, specifically the international GT-I9100 version, will be able to tell their children and their children’s children a different tale, though. The update [...]

Even more announcements have made their way to our inbox. Samsung and US Cellular are announcing that the Samsung Galaxy S II will be headed to the regional carrier sometime soon. It’ll feature a 4.5 inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Android 2.3 with TouchWiz, an 8 megapixel HD camera, 16GB of [...]

You’d better believe that Samsung is working on the upgrade to Android 4.0 for their flagship smartphones. It seems like we can’t go a week without seeing new Android 4.0 ROMs leaked for the device and we have another one today for two variants. The international I9100 version has gotten build I9100XXLPH, a step up [...]

Eldar Murtazin has tweeted some interesting information regarding Ice Cream Sandwich to some of Samsung’s most popular phones but we’re not sure how to take it. According to him, the Samsung Galaxy Note and the Samsung Galaxy S2 will “officially” be getting Android 4.0 on March 1st. I won’t take his word on that “official” [...]

Amazon Wireless is hosting an AT&T winter sale, offering some of the carrier’s best phones for some pretty nice prices. Highlights include the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket for $140 and the Samsung Galaxy S II for $95. HTC’s full slate of Android devices can’t be had in this sale but these are a few [...]

One of the most requested custom ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy S2 was MIUI 4 and it looks like our prayers have finally been answered. Developer adyscorpius from XDA has posted a “very stable” ROM and if what they say is true, I’d say that this is as stable as you could ask for out [...]