still1 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Rejoice Samsung Galaxy S2 owners. your wait is almost over. Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) owners will be excited to see their device software get upgraded from Android 2.3.X Gingerbread to 4.0.X! This will be one of the first phones to be getting the OTA update to Android's most current OS. Eldar Murtazin, tech insider, has confirmed this update starting on the first of March depending on the country and carrier. Android 4 aka ics for sgs2 is going to be officially offered by March 1(depends from county/operator). - @EldarMurtazin The best news is that Samsung has had plenty of time to add their custom UI overlay, TouchWiz to the Ice Cream Sandwich goodness. TouchWiz + Android 4.0 sounds lame in theory due to all the ?extra features?, but I doubt there?s much they can do to take away the sheer awesome that is ICS. On December 20th last year, Samsung had announced that the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab, and SGS2 devices would get the ICS update in near future, while not specifying an exact date. Another update from Samsung had stated that the SGS2 and Galaxy Note would receive the OTA update before the end of Q1 2012. http://rootzwiki.com/_/articles/general/android-40-ota-for-sgsii-beginning-march-1-r440 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) nothing to rejoice about ,no way to switch from touchwiz nonsense ICS stock look light year better let hope CM9 stable in due time Edited February 22, 2012 by Ci7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerLG Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 No word on the T-Mobile GSII? The T989? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 22, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 22, 2012 Sweet, can't wait for CM team to get source code then we can get CM9 running even better! Open Minded and Ci7 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastones Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 nothing to rejoice about ,no way to switch from of touchwiz nonsense ICS stock look light year better let hope CM9 stable in due time I'd personally rather have stock ICS too. Don't want to use TouchWiz or other UI's from other manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARchamps Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Not bad... but it looks like it has a "Gingerbread" look to it with the colours. Stock ICS ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Kudos to Samsung for finding a way to screw it up. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Sweet, can't wait for CM team to get source code then we can get CM9 running even better! Thats the best part. Open Minded 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 come on now we don't know how they will implement touchwiz. I say we give them the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted February 22, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 22, 2012 It might have Touchwiz however, it is a great improvement for an already great phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybertimber2008 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 come on now we don't know how they will implement touchwiz. I say we give them the benefit of the doubt. Based on the images (obvious ICS with the programs launcher), I'd say it looks about the same as before, and therefore same implementation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Minded Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 nothing to rejoice about ,no way to switch from touchwiz nonsense ICS stock look light year better let hope CM9 stable in due time See, that's the great thing about Android. If you don't like one phone, you can buy something different. If you bought a phone with Touch-Wiz, you can download a new launcher (Launcher Pro, Go Launcher EX) and change it to suit your liking. You can even swap between launchers and change the look everyday if you always wanted something different all without flashing ROMs. Speaking of ROMs, Shotta is spot-on about access to the source code. That alone is great news for people that own the SGS II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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