Samsung galaxy II ICS has arrived

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ronw

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#100846 19-Apr-2012 15:19

Ice Cream Sandwich has arrived on my SII on 2degrees. Just resetting everything up and I am so glad it is here

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#611974 19-Apr-2012 15:28

It looks like Samsung have recently started to push out a larger number of ICS upgrades. They released the Open Europe (XEU) firmware in the last 48 hours, which is possibly the firmware that your phone is using.

The first official ICS upgrades started rolling out at the end of March. I think that Poland (XEO) was one of the earliest releases, and they've had a re-release since then. There are a bunch of carrier-branded releases that are expected to arrive shortly, including Vodafone's.

That being said, SGS2 owners have been playing with ICS for a couple of months now. There have been numerous leaked releases that we've been installing and using. Have a look a the main SGS2 owners' thread if you want to see what we've all been up to.

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By the way, don't expect to see too many changes in stock ICS. Much of the visible stuff is the same is it always was. The most obvious changes are in the settings menu, the browser and the GMail app. The only other big cool thing is that you can use the Chrome Beta browser, or replace your app launcher with one of the excellent alternatives (such as Apex, Nova or Trebuchet).

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TENKAN

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#615615 26-Apr-2012 19:09

Any news on Telecom's XT SG2 update?

johnr

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#615619 26-Apr-2012 19:17

TENKAN: Any news on Telecom's XT SG2 update?

Already out and Vodafone NZ sold handsets should be tomorrow

TENKAN

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#615621 26-Apr-2012 19:21

Hi there John, so how do I get it,keys and ota say no update is available?same with Telecom's website,:-)

old3eyes

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#615623 26-Apr-2012 19:29

Tomorrow morning just plug in Kies and it should show new SW available. Follow the on screen prompts..

Regards,

Old3eyes

TENKAN

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#615626 26-Apr-2012 19:35

Cool will do then.realy keen on using chrome, with luck it will be way better than stock.

old3eyes

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#615843 27-Apr-2012 08:56

The only thing I can't seem to ge to work is when a SMS is received in V2.3.3 when driving mode was set to on it would read the name of the sender from the contacts or just read out the number it was sent from .In ICS 4.0.3 I can't get this to go. It works OK on incoming voice calls and GPS.

Any ideas anyone who has updated. Mine is the Telecom version..

Regards,

Old3eyes

johnr

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#615851 27-Apr-2012 09:06

ICS is now in KIES for Vodafone NZ sold handsets

nzgeek

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#615895 27-Apr-2012 10:27

Here's information from SamMobile about the NZ releases:

Vodafone
Date: 2012-04-23
Version: I9100XWLP7
CSC: I9100VNZLP2

Telecom
Date: 2012-04-09
Version: I9100TDOLP5
CSC: I9100TTNZLP3

It looks like the Vodafone version uses the same XWLP7 base that's been widely-released in Europe. Samsung must be happy with how it's running if they're using it this widely. Don't know what's different (if anything) with DOLP5 though.

openmedia

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#616012 27-Apr-2012 13:50

Anyone managed to upgrade using the Mac version of Kies rather than the PC version?

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.

nickb800

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#616018 27-Apr-2012 13:59

openmedia: Anyone managed to upgrade using the Mac version of Kies rather than the PC version?

I had to boot into windows to update mine - Mac Kies tells me that it doesnt support my phone (despite it being Samsung's current flagship phone!).

nzjwnz

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#616025 27-Apr-2012 14:07

nickb800:
openmedia: Anyone managed to upgrade using the Mac version of Kies rather than the PC version?

I had to boot into windows to update mine - Mac Kies tells me that it doesnt support my phone (despite it being Samsung's current flagship phone!).

Same for me, mac kies said my device wasn't supported, windows kies worked fine

openmedia

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#616033 27-Apr-2012 14:15

I know that Mac Kies doesn't support the Telecom XT model. I was hoping it atleast supported the Vodafone version as it i supposed to work with the Galaxy SII

Generally known online as OpenMedia, now working for Red Hat APAC as a Technology Evangelist and Portfolio Architect. Still playing with MythTV and digital media on the side.