Samsung GALAXY S Offers New Android 2.2 Upgrade
New platform upgrade provides enhanced experience on the go
SEOUL, Korea – October 18, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) upgrade to the Samsung GALAXY S, giving users access to new features, enhanced navigation applications and improved performance.
The Android 2.2 upgrade will be available via Kies, Samsung’s unique in-house software upgrade program. Kies can be downloaded at the Samsung mobile website (http://www.samsungmobile.com).
The GALAXY S is Samsung’s cleverly designed smartphone with a bright 4-inch SUPER AMOLED screen and a 1 GHz application processor, giving users an intelligent, immersive and integrated mobile experience. The Android 2.2 upgrade offers voice-controlled GPS through Google MapsTM with Navigation, faster performance by JIT(Just in Time) compiler. Additionally, further functionalities including Search in-browser, Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1, improved customization options will be provided with OS upgrade.
- Google MapsTM with Navigation: GPS navigation system with voice guidance
- Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1: Allow the web browser to make full use of the whole web
- Setup Wizard: Quickly customize the GALAXY S and access networks with ease
- Home Screen/Menu Preview and Edit : Preview by pinch-zoom
- Search in-Browser : Google™, Translate, Wikipedia, Dictionary
The Android 2.2 upgrade will be available from the mid of October 2010 in the Nordic region and gradually rolled out to other European markets, Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, North America, Africa and rest of the world.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2009 consolidated sales of US$116.8 billion. Employing approximately 188,000 people in 185 offices across 65 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.
Samsung reserves the right to make changes to this document and the product described here, at anytime, without obligation on Samsung to provide notification of such change. This document and any formation contained here are provided on “AS IS” basis without warranty of any kind, either implied or expressed, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Google, the Google logo, Google Maps, Android and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc.
Google MapsTM Navigation is not available in countries outside of the Europe, the Americas and Japan regions.
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18th October?
Samsung impress me more and more each day!
Cheers,
BS...
"improved performance"
lol
There are much of comments from frustrated Galaxy S II users that are waiting for Jelly Bean update for their devices.
As we can’t currently confirm the deploy date, we can assure you all that samsung is working hard to bring JB to your devices as soon as possible.
Our insiders which are currently working to provide ROM’s for Samsung devices, confirms that the latest version pushed for internal tests is I9100XXLSX and also our internal contacts hinted that it may be based on Jelly Bean 4.2 (They can’t confirm it 100% as they don’t know which build with be finnaly picked up for public, so it may be 4.1, but hey, it’s still JB).
Stay tunned, as we will gather some more information release may be sooner than any of us expect
http://samsung-updates.com/7582-hav...-bringing-jelly-bean-to-galaxy-s-ii-gt-i9100/
gotta love those bad literal translations in the URL..... 'samsung-is-hardly-working' when I went to school 'hardly working' translates to NOT BEING BOTHERED OR NOT ENOUGH (BARELY) working on the update lol
Aaannnddd you're done.
sam77744 said:
Stay tuned, as we will gather some more information release may be sooner than any of us expect I have no idea why this thread was made, people are sick to death with this sort of news because its been circulating for months and month I'm so great!!
http://samsung-updates.com/7582-hav...-bringing-jelly-bean-to-galaxy-s-ii-gt-i9100/
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Ah so its gonna be released 3 or 4 months ago? People get annoyed with comments like mine, but it in fact serves a dual purpose. If Samsung has any gumption (which is debatable) they would be checking large communities like XDA to get a gauge of their customers level of satisfaction with their products. It also serves to add another negative mark in the public subconscious against Samsung, so fewer people make the mistake of buying Samsung products (especially if they feel it acceptable to treat their customers so flippantly) in future.
guys are still waiting?
my patience ran out a month ago,
Jelly Bean 4.2.1
In the extremely unlikely event it turns out to be Android 4.2, prepare for waiting a lot more as its illogical Samsung will release 4.2 for the SII before it has done so for its current year devices.
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Ah so its gonna be released 3 or 4 months ago? People get annoyed with comments like mine, but it in fact serves a dual purpose. If Samsung has any gumption (which is debatable) they would be checking large communities like XDA to get a gauge of their customers level of satisfaction with their products. It also serves to add another negative mark in the public subconscious against Samsung, so fewer people make the mistake of buying Samsung products (especially if they feel it acceptable to treat their customers so flippantly) in future.
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XDA GS2 users would make up a extremely small percentage of their overall customers of the device. 99% of GS2 users wouldn't have a clue that its possible to even change the OS via ODIN/recovery never mind the OTA updates.
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In the extremely unlikely event it turns out to be Android 4.2, prepare for waiting a lot more as its illogical Samsung will release 4.2 for the SII before it has done so for its current year devices.
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Exactly. Though, at this point it would do great for their damaged reputation to release 4.2 after all these delays with jb update. Still, I see it as an extremely unlikely scenario.
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Of course it must be frustrating for all those guys out there who doesn't know or are scared to use modded ROM and Kernels to be always up to date...
I find it hard to believe here on XDA that any of the users would be affraid to do so with all the roms and help available for all the taste!
Already with JB 4.2.1 and lovin' it
You guys complain about Samsung not releasing updates, but you should note that Samsung is the only company updating devices to Jelly Bean so far. Sony, LG and specially Motorola are still stuck on ICS. I know it is frustrating to wait this long but Samsung is releasing it which is a win by itself.
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4.1.1 in November they said. Well awesome. But wait we'll give you 4.1.2, so wait till Jan. Ok, maybe that's better. Hold on, wait again... We'll give you 4.2, why don't you wait till May. Okay great we'll wait till next year and you give us Key Lime Pie once and for all...
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MaKTaiL said:
You guys complain about Samsung not releasing updates, but you should note that Samsung is the only company updating devices to Jelly Bean so far. Sony, LG and specially Motorola are still stuck on ICS. I know it is frustrating to wait this long but Samsung is releasing it which is a win by itself.
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Bull****
Android 4.1 Upgrade List: Devices That Have Received Jelly Bean
These devices have been officially upgraded to Android 4.1 or are currently in the process of being upgraded. (Devices that shipped with Android 4.1 preinstalled are not included.)
• Acer Iconia Tab A210 [UPDATED 1/3/13]: Acer started making the Android 4.1 upgrade available to users of its Iconia Tab A210 tablet toward the end of 2012. The software is now available as a manual download from the company's support site. Acer originally promised that the Iconia Tab A210 tablet would receive Jelly Bean within the fourth quarter of 2012.
• Acer Iconia Tab A510 [UPDATED 1/3/13]: Acer started making the Android 4.1 upgrade available to users of its Iconia Tab A510 tablet toward the end of 2012. The software appears to be rolling out to users one region at a time; Acer has yet to release any information about the status of the rollout or when it might be completed. Acer originally promised that the Iconia Tab A510 tablet would receive Jelly Bean within the fourth quarter of 2012.
• Acer Iconia Tab A700 [UPDATED 10/5/12]: Numerous users of Acer's Iconia Tab A700 tablet reported receiving the Android 4.1 upgrade on their devices in late September 2012. The upgrade is being sent out over the air and appears to be reaching Iconia Tab A700 users in a variety of geographical regions. Officially, Acer says the rollout is set to kick off in full swing during the third week of October.
• Archos 101 XS [UPDATED 12/5/12]: Archos made the Android 4.1 upgrade available to its Archos 101 XS tablet in early December 2012. The upgrade is reportedly being pushed over-the-air to users of the device. The upgrade meets Archos's previous promise of a Jelly Bean upgrade for the 101 XS within the fourth quarter of the year.
• Asus PadFone 2 [UPDATED 12/10/12]: According to numerous user reports, Asus started sending Jelly Bean to its PadFone 2 in early December 2012. The upgrade appears to be reaching PadFone 2 users in Asia initially. Asus has not released any official information about the rollout or when it might begin for users in other regions.
• Asus Transformer Pad TF300: Asus started upgrading its Transformer Pad TF300 to Android 4.1 on August 18, 2012. The upgrade was sent as an over-the-air download; you can also find the raw firmware files on Asus's support site.
• Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 [UPDATED 10/1/12]: Numerous users reported receiving the Android 4.1 upgrade on their Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 tablets starting on October 1, 2012. Like most upgrades, this rollout appears to be taking place over-the-air in waves, meaning you'll receive a notification on your device when it is available to you. In late September, an Asus manager said that the upgrade would reach users in the U.S. and Canada "within the next 72 hours"; a day later, the company went on to say that the Infinity's rollout would begin on Friday, September 27. Asus later announced that the upgrade was being pushed back to early the following week due to some last-minute fixes. With the rollout beginning on October 1, it looks like the company is right on schedule. (Timing information has not yet been released for other regions of the world.)
• Asus Transformer Prime TF201 [UPDATED 9/27/12]: Asus started pushing out the Android 4.1 upgrade to users of its Transformer Prime (a.k.a. Transformer Pad Prime) TF201 tablet in late September. The upgrade was announced initially for users in Sweden; on September 27, meanwhile, the software rolled out to Transformer Prime owners in the U.S. and Canada. Timing information has not yet been released for other regions of the world.
• HTC Evo 4G LTE [UPDATED 12/13/12]: HTC made the Android 4.1 upgrade available to its Sprint-based Evo 4G LTE phone on December 13, 2012. You can manually initiate the upgrade by going into the phone's main settings, selecting "System Updates" and then "HTC Software Update" (the software will presumably be rolled out to devices automatically at some point in the near future as well). Up till now, HTC had stayed mum about upgrade plans for the Evo 4G LTE, with no official promise as to if or when the phone would receive Jelly Bean.
• HTC One S [UPDATED 1/2/13]: In late December 2012, HTC started rolling out the Android 4.1 upgrade to owners of its One S smartphone in parts of Europe. The upgrade appears to be reaching only unlocked devices in that region as of now; thus far, there's no official word on when the software could reach carrier-branded devices in other parts of the world. HTC originally promised Jelly Bean for the One S back in early October 2012; at that time, the company said the upgrade would reach the global version of the One S within the month.
• HTC One X [UPDATED 1/8/13]: HTC started sending Jelly Bean to certain models of its One X handset in late October 2012. The upgrade initially reached One X users across Asia and Europe. In late November, meanwhile, the Jelly Bean rollout appeared to expand to One X owners in South America, and in January 2013, the upgrade became available to One X users on O2 in the U.K. and on Rogers in Canada. HTC previously confirmed that the One X would get Android 4.1, going on to promise that the software would reach the global version of the phone within the month of October. At the time, the company said that it could take longer for carrier-branded models to receive their upgrades.
• HTC One XL [UPDATED 12/19/12]: HTC started rolling out Android 4.1 to Asia-based owners of its One XL phone in late December 2012. The company has yet to say when the upgrade will reach One XL handsets in other geographical regions. HTC previously confirmed that the One XL would get Jelly Bean but had provided no specific timeline for the rollout.
• Motorola Atrix HD [UPDATED 12/13/12]: AT&T announced the start of the Android 4.1 upgrade for its Motorola Atrix HD on December 14, 2012. The upgrade is being sent over-the-air to devices; you can manually start the download by going into the "Software Updates" section of your phone's "About Phone" settings menu. Motorola originally confirmed that the Atrix HD would get Jelly Bean back in October of 2012. At the time, the company said the phone's upgrade would happen before the end of the year in the U.S. and in the first quarter of 2013 in Canada.
• Motorola Droid Razr HD [UPDATED 12/6/12]: Motorola and Verizon Wireless started rolling out Jelly Bean to the Droid Razr HD on December 3, 2012. Like most over-the-air upgrades, the rollout is taking place in phases, which means it'll reach a subset of users each day of the course of several days. You'll receive a notification on your phone when the upgrade is available to you. Motorola initially promised Android 4.1 for its Droid Razr HD at its launch event for the phone back in September. At the time, the company said the device would receive the software "by the end of the year."
• Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD [UPDATED 12/3/12]: Motorola and Verizon Wireless started rolling out Jelly Bean to the Droid Razr Maxx HD on December 3, 2012. Like most over-the-air upgrades, the rollout is taking place in phases, which means it'll reach a subset of users each day of the course of several days. You'll receive a notification on your phone when the upgrade is available to you. Motorola initially promised Android 4.1 for its Droid Razr Maxx HD at its launch event for the phone back in September. At the time, the company said the device would receive the software "by the end of the year."
• Motorola Droid Razr M [UPDATED 11/9/12]: Motorola and Verizon started rolling out Android 4.1 to the Droid Razr M on November 9, 2012. The upgrade is being sent out in waves, which means a subset of users will receive the software each day over the course of a few weeks. Motorola had previously promised that the Razr M would receive the upgrade "by the end of the year."
• Motorola Xoom [UPDATED 12/6/12]: Google began pushing Jelly Bean to the Motorola Xoom (a Google experience device) on July 26, 2012, starting with the U.S. Wi-Fi version of the tablet. As for the 3G/4G version of the device, Motorola says that model will receive its 4.1 upgrade sometime in the first quarter of 2013.
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus [UPDATED 9/21/12]: Google sent the Android 4.1 upgrade to its Galaxy Nexus phone on July 10, 2012. The unlocked HSPA+ version of the phone was first to receive the upgrade; Sprint's version of the phone followed, with an upgrade in early September, while carrier-branded versions of the phone in Canada were upgraded in the middle of that month. On September 21, Verizon finally made the Android 4.1 upgrade available to Galaxy Nexus users on its network. The upgrade is being rolled out in waves, which means it'll reach a subset of users each day over the course of a few weeks. Verizon's support documents indicate you will need to be connected to Wi-Fi in order to receive the upgrade.
• Samsung Galaxy Note [UPDATED 10/9/12]: In early October, a blog post on Samsung's Korean website indicated that Android 4.1 had become available to first-generation Galaxy Note owners in South Korea. Samsung had previously confirmed the original Galaxy Note was set to receive an upgrade to Android 4.1 but had provided no specific timing info for any geographical regions; in August, the company said only that the rollout should happen "soon."
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [UPDATED 1/18/13]: Samsung started upgrading a limited range of its Galaxy Note 10.1 devices to Android 4.1 in November 2012. That initial upgrade reached Note 10.1 users in Germany, Spain, and parts of the U.K. In mid-January 2013, meanwhile, Samsung made Jelly Bean available to Note 10.1 users in the United States; the software is being sent over-the-air and can also be downloaded manually via Samsung's PC-based Kies program. Samsung had previously promised it would upgrade its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet to Jelly Bean sometime "later this year" (in 2012).
• Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro [UPDATED 1/15/13]: Samsung announced availability of Android 4.1 for its AT&T-based Galaxy Rugby Pro (SGH-i547) phone in mid-January 2013. The upgrade can be downloaded over-the-air or installed manually using a computer and Samsung's PC-based Kies application. The Galaxy Rugby Pro's Jelly Bean upgrade is a bit of a surprise; Samsung had never mentioned the phone as being included in its upgrade plans prior to the date of the software's release.
• Samsung Galaxy S III [UPDATED 1/17/13]: Samsung started rolling out the Android 4.1 upgrade to its Galaxy S III phone in September of 2012. The upgrade is still slowly but surely making its way to different models of the phone. Availability varies by both region and carrier. Here's where things stand so far:• Jelly Bean arrived for Galaxy S III users in Poland on September 24, 2012.
• In early October, a blog post on Samsung's Korean website indicated that Android 4.1 had become available to GSIII owners in South Korea.
• By mid-October, GSIII owners all across Europe had reported receiving the upgrade.
• In the U.S., Sprint started rolling Jelly Bean out over-the-air to owners of its Galaxy S III phone in late October. In mid-November, T-Mobile followed suit. And in early December, the Android 4.1 upgrade became available to users of AT&T's Galaxy S III phone via Samsung's PC-based Kies software. Verizon, meanwhile, finally started its Galaxy S III Jelly Bean rollout on December 14, 2012. The carrier is rolling the software out in waves, which means it'll become available to a subset of users each day over the course of several days. (You may be able to manually initiate the download by going into the "System Update" section of your phone's "About Phone" settings menu.) And last but not least, U.S. Cellular says it'll make the Android 4.1 upgrade available to users of its GSIII device starting Friday, December 21; full upgrade instructions will be posted on U.S. Cellular's website sometime that morning.
• In early December 2012, Canadian carriers Bell, Rogers, Telus, and Virgin started rolling out Jelly Bean to their Galaxy S III devices. The rollout followed a tweet the previous week by Samsung's official Canadian Twitter account saying that Jelly Bean would start reaching GSIII users in Canada on December 3.
• In early January 2013, U.K. carrier Three announced availability of Android 4.1 for users of its Galaxy S III phone. The upgrade can be downloaded via Samsung's PC-based Kies program; it can also be pulled over-the-air by following the instructions on this page.
• In mid-January 2013, users of unbranded Galaxy S III devices in Australia reported being able to install the Android 4.1 upgrade via Samsung's PC-based Kies application.• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 [UPDATED 1/18/13]: In early December 2012, U.K.-based owners of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 reported receiving Jelly Bean on their devices. The upgrade was delivered via an over-the-air rollout and also through Samsung's PC-based Kies application. In mid-January 2013, meanwhile, Samsung made the Jelly Bean upgrade available to U.S.-based owners of the device through both an over-the-air upgrade and the Kies program. Samsung has yet to make any official announcement or give any indication as to when Tab 2 10.1 owners in other parts of the world could receive the upgrade. Samsung initially confirmed plans to upgrade the Tab 2 10.1 to Jelly Bean in late September but provided no specific timing information at that time.
• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 [UPDATED 1/18/13]: According to numerous user reports, Samsung started making the Android 4.1 upgrade available to a limited range of its Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 devices in November 2012. The upgrade appeared to be available initially to Tab 2 7.0 owners in France and other parts of Europe. In mid-January 2013, meanwhile, Samsung made the Jelly Bean upgrade available to U.S.-based owners of the device through both an over-the-air upgrade and the Kies program. In a statement issued in late September, Samsung confirmed that its Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 tablet was in line for an Android 4.1 upgrade but provided no firm estimate as to when the upgrade would occur.
• Samsung Nexus S: Google delivered the Android 4.1 upgrade to unlocked versions of its Nexus S phone on July 19, 2012. The Sprint-branded Nexus S 4G received its upgrade in early September.
• Toshiba Excite 10 [UPDATED 1/2/13]: Toshiba quietly rolled out Android 4.1 to its Excite 10 tablet in late December 2012. The upgrade is being delivered over-the-air to all Excite 10 devices. Toshiba had previously stayed mum about its plans for Jelly Bean upgrades; until the rollout began, we had no idea if or when the company would deliver the software.
• Toshiba Excite 7.7 [UPDATED 1/2/13]: Toshiba quietly rolled out Android 4.1 to its Excite 7.7 tablet in late December 2012. The upgrade is being delivered over-the-air to all Excite 7.7 devices. Toshiba had previously stayed mum about its plans for Jelly Bean upgrades; until the rollout began, we had no idea if or when the company would deliver the software.
People, you don't really get it? do you? is not just an "update" that we are really complaining about, we don't even care if this next update is JB. We are complaining about all bugs & security vulnerabilities that samsung haven't fixed on s2 since they released ICS and of course: the real source code & docs!. I was waiting JB update on my S2 for selling this cheap plastic crappy overvalued phone, but it seems i will have to sell it before. I don't want the next owner of my phone to be so disappointed of this "2011's phone of the year".
Great news.. having JB 4.2 will be great. (seems like i cant post in development thread until i get 10 post counts)
"I want my jb. And I want it now! Not tomorrow, not the day after, but now!"
First time said two months ago. Still waiting.
Joke: It's google's fault, they should wait until all the manufacturers had their versions ready to release the new android version. We would still be stuck in Froyo.
AW: Have no fear! Samsung is hard working to bring Jelly Bean to Galaxy S II (GT-I910
gsoul5005 said:
Great news.. having JB 4.2 will be great. (seems like i cant post in development thread until i get 10 post counts)
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are you really sure you should post there?? for most things there's a discussion thread in the general section
R: Have no fear! Samsung is hard working to bring Jelly Bean to Galaxy S II (GT-I9100
the leak is already in good shape. Some delay could be related to the exynos vulnerability, and if this will being us 4.2 will be great!
Buy yes, the real issue is with source code and exynos docs, the lack of which is causing develops to drop S2 development.
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I'm worried if stock jb will not touch my gs2g...sobsob
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The real issue is waiting for so long, they have told a fake date about getting jb on Dec 2012.
Jesus, the bull****ometer has just went of the scale.
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You're not happy? Don't ever buy a Sammie phone again. Simple, that's the only argue they can understand.