Samsung UK announced three weeks ago via its Twitter feed that the Galaxy S II will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is hardly a surprise since the Galaxy S II lineup is based on top-notch hardware and the latest Android Gingerbread.... but the Story developed even more since then!

There is still no actual ETA for the Galaxy S II (I910X) ICS Update but all we have confirmed that its coming on Early-2012... Early as Q1,2012.

All rumored and leaked ROMs/documents/tweets about the Galaxy S II ICS 4.0.1 confirm that the Update coming on Q1,2012 and specifically during January,2012. Gaurav Hasabnis, an industry analyst & Editor posted on his Twitter that the Update Coming on January,2012 and that confirm the same info we (YouMobile.org) has got before. Its not clear yet but the Update is already here and ready to be pushed to KIES servers, so Jan2012 seems like a quite reasonable date!

The Galaxy S II ICS 4.0.1 Update change-log was officially announced:

"Features on board the tasty new OS include a UI redesign, enhanced multitasking similar to that on Honeycomb, a new screen unlock mechanism that uses face detection technology, updated versions of native apps and much more.", Samsung

Stay tuned for our Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS 4.0.1 Update Country Release Status Page that will start at the End of this Month.

UPDATE!

SamMobile has tweeted yesterday about the first ICS ROM for Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100, that will be Avaiable as BETA release by the end of Next week.

So, the final versions of the I9100 ICS ROM are just few more weeks far from now and that confirm out News even more, Hope samsung don't make any delays this time!

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