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Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:18:46 GMT

C'mon O2, all galaxy s2 owners are waiting for Android 4 (ics). Many say O2 are hopeless for not updating existing customer handsets, but new customers get all the attention! Prove us wrong! I agreed to a contract longer that I would like so look after my interests please!!
Its way harder to find a new customer than keep an existing customer.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:38:42 GMT

I thought it was not officially out yet, so O2 can't do anything even if they wanted to.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:51:13 GMT

Its available. You can buy devices like the Galaxy Nexus that have Android 4 on them. Its more likely that Samsung are the limiting factor.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:42:03 GMT

It will be available as a software upgrade from Samsung, on your S2 click settings, about phone, software update.
It will tell you that there is no update available yet (2.3.5 is the last I think).
They have penned the offical release date for ICS for April 2012.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:14 GMT

Its available. You can buy devices like the Galaxy Nexus that have Android 4 on them. Its more likely that Samsung are the limiting factor.

But Samsung have not yet released it for the S2. I know it is being developed and will be released when it if fully compatible with the phone.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:49:16 GMT

Google write it, then it gets released to the phone manufacturers who have to interface it with each of their individual devices and different chip-sets etc. THEN it gets sent to the service providers for them to write and add all their stuff on as well. So don't expect it to be a fast procedure.
The problem with Android is that there are so many different hardware configurations that each individual phone has, to have unique code written for it. I have an unbranded Optimus 3D (so I won't have to wait for the service provider stage to be completed) and I am still not expecting ICS till at least August.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:14:34 GMT

Hey guys, it will be out on the 1st of March. Just hope that O2 can release it as soon as ICS is out on that day.
http://nvonews.com/2012/02/15/samsung-g ... n-march-1/

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:58:02 GMT

Its available. You can buy devices like the Galaxy Nexus that have Android 4 on them. Its more likely that Samsung are the limiting factor.

The other thing about the galaxy nexus is that it is a true Google developer phone so it gets its updates direct from google and does not need to be messed with by samsung and o2 before an update is released! The nexus gets true ics, without samsung touchwiz splattered all over it!! However the galaxy s2 will have touchwiz over ics, so needs to be tweaked by samsung and o2. We just need to be patient.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:18:14 GMT

Whilst I agree with your above statement, I hope to be using ICS as soon as I can get my hands on it. I bought an Samsung Nexus S which is a developers handset, which I manually updated to 2.3.6 as there doesn't seem to be any FOTA running for the mere time that I have owned one.

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:20:28 GMT

My other handset is a Galaxy S 2 which is using O2 firmware so I'll probably be dead by the time that's released (or at least around August).

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:52:20 GMT

I shall just leave this here:
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=12233
Lets hope O2 can slap their stickers on it and get it out to us soon!

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:16:54 GMT

Well...i just back from o2 store in hanley , they said that android 4.0 is not availible for customers o2 , not yet ......

Re: Samsung galaxy s2 Android upgrade please

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:04:34 GMT

As far as I'm aware, Android 4.0.3 is now out for all o2 SG2 phones.

Try 'Over The Air' download or via Samsung Kies

Had updated 3 today instore