Samsung started rolling-out its ICS 4.0.3 Updates Today starting with some european contras (Pollen, Korea, Lithuania.. etc). According to the latest confirmed reports from Samsung, UK wll get the Update Next Week (20,March) and this info has been confirmed by Samsung UK.

"Samsung UK can confirm that the roll out of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) on Galaxy S II will be available from week commencing 19t March, However the availability of software upgrades in the UK will be dependent upon each network's own software approvals process."

So, UK fans, you will taste the ICS Next week, so Get Ready nad Make sure you have the Latest KIES Software Installed on your MAC OR PC.

Keep your Eyes on our SGSII Update Page!

A device identifying itself as "Galaxy S 2+" showed up in the online test results of benchmark An3DBenchXL. The benchmark results offer the following info about the device: OS version 2.3.4, screen resolution 480x800 and CPU clock 1.5GHz.

The regular Galaxy S II has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and so does the regular Galaxy Nexus. But clues to an alleged upgrade of the Galaxy Nexus with a 1.5GHz processor and a new GPU showed up a couple of days ago.

Quite a coincidence, but a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket i727, for example, more or less matches the specs 1.5GHz CPU, Android Gingerbread and WVGA screen.

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Samsung has always taken care of the screen. When the Galaxy S II was released it boasted a vivid 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED Plus display that had a resolution of 480 x 800. It seems Samsung is intent to keep making their brand poular according to some sources we can confirm that the next major device after the Galaxy Note will be the Galaxy SII HD.

The SGSII HD will come packed with a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720. Also, it will support LTE. Other specs for the GSII HD with is a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Wi-Fi, NFC, 9.27-mm thin with an 8MP camera that cabbala of shooting 1080p HD videos.

The Samsung Galaxy S II has grown from a single phone to a Big family of mobiles in all shapes and sizes. It took Samsung about three months to ship 5 million units and another two months for sales to reach 10 million.

Now, sales of the outgoing Samsung flagship droid have reached 20 million units across the world. It launched 10 months ago, meaning it took five months to sell both the first and the second ten million units.

The sales did not slow down probably because new modifications kept coming out with screen sizes reaching from up to 4.65-inch from the original 4.3-inch and with 4G LTE connectivity thrown in for good measure.

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Samsung has just Officially announced that many Galaxy devices will get the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 Update along with the Galaxy S II THIS MONTH.

Today an insider in Samsung leaked a photo for us, its a picture about the table of all Samsung phones/tablets that will get Ice Cream Sandwich updates. This confirms the rumors we had before, So in short Wrods...

1st, Samsung will begin the Galaxy S II ICS

4.0.3 Updates by Mid/End March !

UPDATE ^11/3!

UPDATE DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

Another Samsung-created beta ICS 4.0.3 ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II leaked. The release is named I9100XXLPB, has a build date of January 29 and is quite a major step forward compared to previous ones.

This new release comes with a slightly more polished UI, which offers more eye-candy and, according to the guy who brought us the leaked ROM much better battery endurance.

Change log:
Interface: Kind of 3D effect when scrolling.
Battery: Lots better than early ones.
Faster: Feels the same as LP6
Touch: Same as LP6.
Facelock: Same as LP6 working fine.
Task: Same as version LP6.

Download XXLPB

Video Below!

T-Mobile US users who have been waiting patiently to upgrade their Samsung's Galaxy S II devices to Android 4.0.3 will be happy today, as T-Mobile finally released the official Ice Cream Sandwich update for SGH-T989.

The update won't be OTA update, as Samsung and T-Mobile are requiring users to upgrade using Kies software and a computer. So If you want to Update check the instructions link Below!

How to Update Instructions [KIES]

Samsung Galaxy SII users is waiting for the ICS Update which will be released soon. Today, we got a screenshot from a Galaxy S II on Vodafone (CC=BU) running ICS 4.0.3 ROM I9100BUULP2 for Testing. So looks like the ICS has entered the Test Mode and we should see the final version very soon if the testing went well.

We will confirm the ICS Release date very soon as soon as we get a confirmation about the update status and how well the test was, Also our Country Release Status Page (CRS) for Galaxy S II 4.0.3 Update will be ready before a week from the Update.

Today, Another Galaxy S II ICS ROM leaked with a build Date February,9 which is the first for this Month. The ROM for Europe and has Android 4.0.3 on board with Touch wiz, and have code Name I9100XXLPH.

The ROM is very responsive, Fast, not buggy or laggy unlike the previous ROMs, The Final ROM is coming very soon and the Country Release Status (CRS) Page is coming even sooner.

Sad News for Galaxy S II owners, Today, Samsung has confirmed that it will Not be able to deliver its Android 4.0.3 update as originally planned and decided to delay the Update until further notice, with no specific reason.

The Update was supposed to be released this Month as most Galaxy S II users cannot wait to get this tasty update, However, Samsung said that it does have a New date Confirmed internally but will not share it with the public, yet.

The first phone Samsung tried to update was its previous Nexus phone the "Nexus S", a phone that Google actually had an active hand in developing. The upgrade process seemed to be running smoothly. When the Nexus S beginning to receive the new OS in December Google quickly pulled-out the updates after numerous reports of upgraded devices experienced freezing and crashing by the End-users.

• We at YouMobile want Samsung to release the Update ASAP, We currently put our Update pages and work on Hold until further Notice from Samsung as the company promised to let us know the update release date first on twitter .

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Samsung was supposed to roll-out the ICS Update during last week but the company decided to delay it for some more days. While we are waiting for Samsung to Start Rolling-out the Update, We have just got a New BETA ROM of the Android 4.0.3 ICS. The Latest ROM code Named "I9100XXLPJ" and its very stable and smooth with no Major changes from the previous BETA ROM I9100LBP. Download link, Instructions and a DEMO Video Below!

ROM Info:

• PDA: I9100XXLPJ

• PHONE: I9100XXLPJ

• CSC: I9100OXALPJ

• Build date: February 14 2012

• Android Version: 4.0.3 ICS

How to flash Using ODIN:

• Open ODIN.

• Put phone in download mode. (HOME - VOLUMN DOWN - LOCK)

• Select (CODE / MODEM / CSC) on Odin.

• Connect phone with cable.

• Click on start.

• Wait until the your phone reboot.

Download ICS 4.0.3 [I9100XXLPJ]

Samsung Mobile official Facebook page broke the news that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has officially made its way to Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II.

As you can notice in the screenshot above, the update is currently seeding to devices in Europe, as well as Korea. The rest of the world will follow in the nearest future.

Samsung Galaxy Note, Galaxy S II LTE, and Galaxy Tab Tab 8.9 and 10.1 are noted as next in line for the major update. The older members of the Galaxy family on the other hand, will receive updates to their Gingerbread firmware, which will bring some ICS functionality to it. Samsung Official Statement:

"Samsung offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for GALAXY S II

We're thrilled to announce that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be served to GALAXY S II users in the European countries including Poland, Hungary and Sweden, as well as Korea today, and gradually roll out to other markets.

ICS for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.

In addition, we'll also offer Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7", GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL (Super Clear LCD) and GALAXY W from end March. The firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, for example, include Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor, and others.

The availability and scheduling of the software update and specific models upgradeable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers' requirements."

Do you running custom ROMs on your Galaxy S II ? Are you a developer and looking for the official Samsung kernel Code ? you will be glad to know that Samsung just released the source code for its Official ICS kernel for the Galaxy S II I9100 devices.

The code of the updated kernel that started seeding last week is now available to download from the Samsung servers. This will enable the indie dev community to create more elaborate mods, using the official Samsung drivers and even pieces of the code when need occurs.

ICS Kernel Download link

To Download, Go to > Mobile > Mobile Phones > Search for "GT-I9100_ICS_Opensource_Update4.zip"

This is exactly what we all would like to see from our carriers, not just rumors and speculations dates that the update is "on the way", but an actual list of Android 4.0 updates with an ETA for every device involved. Bell Canada showed its Ice Cream Sandwich update plans.

The list only has 7 devices on it though. If the list is correct, the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Note are first up for the ICS update, which should hit in April. May only has the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 update there. June is a big month with updates for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE, HTC Sensation and HTC Raider. And, the LG Optimus LTE rounds out the updates in July.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 update for the Samsung Galaxy S II made its way several countries around the world.

We Have Good News for U.S. Galaxy S II owners this Morning. All unlocked I9100 devices have begun getting an OTA update . But Only users who have unlocked international devices, the non-carrier branded version of this phone.

While a few owners have reported that they were able to update their unlocked Galaxy S II in the U.S. manually via Kies for a few weeks now, this is the first time we have seen reports of the OTA update taking effect.

Enjoy the Update!

Samsung is slow on its ICS updates. However, the ICS update arrived on some U.S. Unlcoked devices and Samsung has officially confirmed the update path for the rest of the devices available on US carriers. Up until now, Samsung has confirmed that the following devices will get ICS.

Here is the Full list of Device that will be Updated to ICS:

AT&T:

Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777),
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (SGH-i727),
Galaxy Note (SGH-i717),
Captivate Glide (SGH-i927),
Nexus S (SGH-i9020A)
Galaxy Tab 8.9 (SGH-i957).

Sprint:

Nexus S 4G (SPH-d720) is already available
Epic 4G Touch (SPH-d710)

Verizon:

Galaxy Tab 10.1 (SCH-i905)
Galaxy Tab 7.7 (SCH-i815)
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Wi-Fi (P6210),
Galaxy Tab 8.9 Wi-Fi (P7310),
Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi (P7510).

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The original I9100 Galaxy S II started getting its Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update by Late-March, but the TI-OMAP version of the device "I9100G" owners was not that lucky as they didn't get the ICS update till now.

However, Today, We started getting reports that the I9100G ICS 4.0.3 update is rolling-out in several countries. It seems the rollout is only a limited availability for testing the firmware, but it will go global by the Next Week.

Today, we received some confirmed info that Samsung is now shipping All NEW Galaxy S II I9100 units with pre-installed Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. These new devices are Now Available on the Indian market, but we guess other areas will be getting it very soon.

The ICS update for the Galaxy S II has been around for a while but there is still some regions didn't get the Update yet like(France XEF, India, Malaysia, Middle-east... etc), And they will appreciate if Samsung release the ICS Update for their devices and spare them the effort of upgrading.

Samsung confirm that the old versions of the Galaxy S II will get the ICS 4.0.3 Update OTA in the Upcoming weeks. If you want to get an ICS-bundled Galaxy S II device, you can get it from any samsung retailer starting from today in india. Other markets will get it very soon with the same old Galaxy S II price.

Samsung GALAXY S II GT-I9100 is the previous flagship Android device from Samsung, who has been replaced with the Galaxy S III. Lately, Galaxy S II users received the ICS 4.0.3 update in many regions and U.S. users update has been delayed. Users who already updated their device to 4.0.3 is facing some bugs & issues and asking about future Updates to ICS 4.0.4, like the one on the Galaxy S III.

Unfortunately, According to our sources, Samsung have no plans to Update the Galaxy S II I9100 to ICS 4.0.4, the main reason is not yet clear.

However, Samsung won't leave the users with these bugs and planning to release a Minor OTA (Over The Air) Update to fix these bugs by the end of the year, probably about Q4,2012 or may be earlier, but do NOT expect this minor software to upgrade your device to any further ICS build version (4.0.4) or even to JellyBean (4.1.0).

Rumors is still circling around the Galaxy S III and samsung still deny all the rumors. Finally, Samsung revealed some details surrounding its next flagship Android smartphone. In fact, they specifically say: 

"The successor to the GALAXY S II smartphone will be unveiled in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product. We cannot confirm the detailed information at the moment.", said Samsung

Interestingly, Samsung does not explicitly refer to the successor to the Galaxy S II as the Galaxy S III but it will have another Name that is not announced yet, So we can still dream about this Upcoming handset, Samsung may show it on April but its actual release date to the Market will come later on.

Most of the Smartphones companies already released their new line-up and flagships on the MWC, So it is highly possible that we can see an unveiling from Samsung sometime soon (First Half on 2012), while commercial availability could potentially happen even before June.

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Here is a Full Comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S II and the New Samsung's Flagship Galaxy S III Main features. Share your Opinion with us on the comments section below.

Galaxy S III Full Specs