Come on Telecom, Samsung Galaxy S2 update

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#586809 25-Feb-2012 21:33

netspanner: I totally disagree, even though I have no idea what a wakeboad is. I have used it since I got my phone in May last year. When I bought my wife the same S2 she was down to 30-50s% each night while I was still in the 60-70s%. When I put it on her phone it mirrored my battery levels. Right now, 9pm, I am at 66% and she is at 84, with our phones charged up overnight. we have stock phones and use a number of apps

You can't really compare devices like that because there are so many other factors that can be involved with battery life including usage (length and type), signal strength and applications installed.

You really shouldn't need to cripple your phone using Juice Defender with a GSII

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#586843 26-Feb-2012 00:28

lokhor:
netspanner: I totally disagree, even though I have no idea what a wakeboad is. I have used it since I got my phone in May last year. When I bought my wife the same S2 she was down to 30-50s% each night while I was still in the 60-70s%. When I put it on her phone it mirrored my battery levels. Right now, 9pm, I am at 66% and she is at 84, with our phones charged up overnight. we have stock phones and use a number of apps

You can't really compare devices like that because there are so many other factors that can be involved with battery life including usage (length and type), signal strength and applications installed.

You really shouldn't need to cripple your phone using Juice Defender with a GSII

i don't see the issue here... he has juice defender installed and happy with it (it achieves what he wanted). i have also used juice defender in the past on my vodafone galaxy S2 and motorola milestone2. battery always lasted more than 2 days with this app installed. money well spent.

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#591520 7-Mar-2012 09:28

So its official with an ICS release around the end of next week, but how long till it gets here and why are Vodafone seemingly so far advanced and Telecom saying nothing?

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#591539 7-Mar-2012 10:08

Yeah it would be nice to hear something official from Telecom around this, even to just acknowledge if they are going to be releasing an ICS update.

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#591697 7-Mar-2012 13:08

The ICS update may go around their custom CSC, so Telecom's SGS2s might be able to be updated via a generic Kies upgrade when the update turns up.

I wouldn't bet on it though, it tends to take a while for these things to trickle down anyway.

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#591711 7-Mar-2012 13:22

openmedia: Yeah it would be nice to hear something official from Telecom around this, even to just acknowledge if they are going to be releasing an ICS update.

The delay is annoying but we could understand that given explanations in the past however the lack of communication shows a disregard for their customers. One is a technical issue the other is poor business practice and will influence peoples purchases in the future I think.

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#591984 7-Mar-2012 21:07

tallmaninthecnr: One is a technical issue the other is poor business practice and will influence peoples purchases in the future I think.

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#592368 8-Mar-2012 15:00

Just heard back from telecom they will be updating to ics didn't give a date though check the link for updates http://telecom.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2247

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#592691 9-Mar-2012 10:41

Sithis88: Just heard back from telecom they will be updating to ics didn't give a date though check the link for updates http://telecom.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2247

Thanks! I didn't see that message before! Will have to keep a closer watch on it. :)

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#593270 10-Mar-2012 17:16

Looks like the March 10 upgrade is not happening.

Samsung: never mind, no Android 4.0 ICS for GSII

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-never-mind-no-android-4-0-ics-for-gsii-09217734/

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#594693 13-Mar-2012 18:00

Upgrades now rolling out in Europe and South Korea
http://phandroid.com/2012/03/12/samsung-galaxy-s-iis-in-europe-officially-receiving-android-4-0-updates-now/

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#594694 13-Mar-2012 18:02

hazza87: Upgrades now rolling out in Europe and South Korea
http://phandroid.com/2012/03/12/samsung-galaxy-s-iis-in-europe-officially-receiving-android-4-0-updates-now/

So we should have it by May 2013 then LOL

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#594697 13-Mar-2012 18:12

The Poland release is the one to get as they are generally "Open" and have full English.

Expect flashable leaks any moment now. There's no reason Telecom should need to do anything beyond VERY minor changes to the firmware as long as there's no issues with the modem, so no reason they shouldn't be able to get their version out pretty soon.

Depends how long they want to "test" it of course.

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#594706 13-Mar-2012 18:29

How do people upgrade? When you connect to Kies, does it take into account regional settings or is it just an international common system?

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#594930 14-Mar-2012 08:54

When I open Kies up it knows mine is a Telecom supplied fone so I guess that I will have to wait until Telecom release ICS for their models..

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