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ICS will be released late Q1, says Samsung

Just read on Samsung Norway's Facebook page that ICS for the Note and the SII will be released at the end of march.
"Samsung planlegger å lansere Android Ice Cream Sandwich til Galaxy S II og Galaxy Note mot slutten av første kvartal i år. Når mer info kommer så legger vi det ut her på vår Facebook-side!"
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"Samsung is planning to release Android Ice Cream Sandwich for the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy Note at the end of Q1 this year. When we get more info, we'll post it here on our Facebook page!"
Source: Facebook
So.. now we know!

Yes!!! Cant wait.

Hmm, just noticed that i posted this in the Q&A section. Feel free to move it to General.

Not good news for me. I can't keep the same phone for 3 months! I'm sure I'll be back eventually though.

waiting for alpha release...

Yeah I wonder why we haven't seen a leak yet :-(
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Hope so, cause after the 2.3.6 and La4 update when I go through the home screens they lag and jerk, they were so smooth and quick before the updates
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rquinn19 said:
Not good news for me. I can't keep the same phone for 3 months! I'm sure I'll be back eventually though.
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I can't stay with the same partner for longer than 3 months either.
Whoops, wasn't the figure of speech I was going for.

I hate Samsung. They are doing this 4.0 firmware terribly slow. They don't care about us. All that interests them is money.
Why Huawei did 4.0 firmware so fast for 'Honor'?! Official and final release, but samsung can't even release alpha\beta of ICS! [mod edit - watch language].

I think Samsung Norway is just playing it safe.
Samsung announced Q1, why risk a backlash by promising a premature date. I highly doubt Samsung would choose to make such a statement through a Norwegian facebook page..
That being said.. ICS is probably not coming till late march in any case..
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That means leaks will be coming spon hopefully.
GALAXY NOTE

New status from Samsung Norway (they answered some questions)
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1. Ice Cream Sandwich will be released for the following devices at the end of Q1: Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II LTE, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7 og Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.
2. ICS comes with Touchwiz!
3. No, Galaxy S Plus will not get ICS.
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I'm sure they are working on Touchwiz 5 for the GS3.
I really expect some official ICS news from them next month on MWC.
Like Asus did with their transformer on CES.

It will be a long wait,this Gingerbread OS thing needs a drastic change on our GNotes and soon.

BGR Report: ICS coming March-1st

I haven't seen this article posted. I looked, searched... So apology if I missed it.
http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/10/ice-c...samsung-galaxy-s-ii-galaxy-note-on-march-1st/
An Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note is slated for a March 1st release, according to mobile industry insider Eldar Murtazin. Murtazin posted a tweet claiming the official update would roll out next month, though availability will vary depending on country and carrier. He also said that the Android 4.0 update will be made available over the air or using Samsung’s Kies software. Samsung previously announced that an Android 4.0 upgrade would be coming to the Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II LTE, Galaxy Note, Galaxy R, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

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I have added the OP to the ICS Info sticky. Please post all expected ICS ETAs There​

ICS Official Release

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/0...e+(droid+life)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
No word of when of when other than this year...

Sounds Good..
ill press "thanks" for a Good Info...

ICS was annonced already for Tab 10.1 on Q1, march 15Th is pretty much in Q1

Kayak83 said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/03/0...e+(droid+life)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
No word of when of when other than this year...
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They refer to Verizon. What about WiFi-only GT 10.1 devices? ICS this yes? LOL

The Verizon version will have camera drivers which are basically all that is lacking from making CM9 perfect.

I think it´s sad that the mobile providers are this slow pushing new software to their customers. Google already moved on to Jellybean :-/

Still no ICS? Bahhhh
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it's done when it's done...
I'm not sure whether it's worth to wait for. Honeycomb still fits my needs...
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from Samsung's facebook page:
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.
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Looks like it's right around the corner.

How soon is soon?

josesxi said:
How soon is soon?
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You know.........Soon
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may soon be a day, a week, 2 weeks, a month, two months, but referred to Eternity could be a year or two .......

I wonder if they'll go through the release with SGSII for a few weeks, then roll out other devices.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/sams...dwich-upgrade-for-galaxy-s-ii/390405030989148

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https://www.facebook.com/notes/sams...dwich-upgrade-for-galaxy-s-ii/390405030989148
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From FB
"ICS for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon."
As a former Fascinate owner, hearing Samsung say "soon" brings back some bad, bad memories!

Anyone seen a preview of the GT 10.1 ICS rom looks ?

No I'll bet it'll be laggy as hell though!
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Smacdallas said:
No I'll bet it'll be laggy as hell though!
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The only good thing about the official ICS ROM will be camera drivers for CM9.
sassafras

Euroman28 said:
Anyone seen a preview of the GT 10.1 ICS rom looks ?
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Chances are it'll look exactly like 3.2, but with ICS features like face unlock and swipe away recent apps tucked away.

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Anyone seen a preview of the GT 10.1 ICS rom looks ?
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Here is one for the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, my guess is it will look the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Reena6Aiihw

List of Galaxy Devices Getting Official JB Update!

Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)
Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)
Galaxy Note 10.1
Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
Galaxy S II
Galaxy S II (LTE)
Galaxy Note
Galaxy S Advance
Galaxy Ace 2
Galaxy Beam
Galaxy Ace Plus
Galaxy Mini II
Galaxy S DUOS
Galaxy Music
Galaxy Chat
Source

Nice list.
I have two devices on it.

scottx . said:
Nice list.
I have two devices on it.
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I have three :victory:

Wohoo!!... I want to see both of my devices with Jelly Bean

Pfff need jb for my siii
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what's the big difference between ICS and JB?
I had an N7 and the only difference I can find is Google Now (which did nothing for me on my tablet)

Also, what will we lose?
I know flash is not present but can still be loaded on, although not seen anyone say it works, but not looked that hard.
BBC iplayer?

anybody knows when is the update?
im waiting the update to my GT 3110
im from portugal, i dont know if the update out at same day for all...??!?!?
great thread

i am waiting for jb for my GT 3110 too, does anybody know when we will get the update?

I hope the "official" update for the Galaxy Tab 2 with have these issues fixed that the currently leaked versions have....
-portrait only home screens
-mike not working in some apps
-battery percentage on notification bar

rudeguy said:
what's the big difference between ICS and JB?
I had an N7 and the only difference I can find is Google Now (which did nothing for me on my tablet)
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Butter. Really, most of the differences are not changes you can see. They cleaned up the code and are compiling it with a newer toolchain. It helped optimize things more and provides for a more fluid interface.

I have an unlocked version. According to the TmoNews article, the unlocked versions should see the update first as they they have to go through carrier testing.

Hopefully the Tab version will come out quickly, then we'll just have to wait for AT&T to muck around with uit for 6 months before the rest of the devices get it.

There's a video with all changes uploaded in youtube, I can't post it 'cause I'm a new member but is there, the google event release of jb almost 3 months ago.
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Alhamdulillah, can't hardly wait..
The update is still not available yet for my country, so I have installed my own with germany version
JB is great..

Galaxy Note to get Android 4.2.2 by Samsung

Another headache...
In 2011, 2012 and this year Samsung brought plenty of Android devices. Today we received, through our insider the first pre-list about upcoming Android updates from the Korean giant. Samsung will update the Galaxy S II and Note to Android 4.2.2 but this will be the last update for these devices. This means the Galaxy S II and Note received an update from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 to 4.1.2 and will stop at Android version 4.2.2. Google is the only OEM which gives so many updates to its devices but Samsung is doing the same now. Below is the list of devices, which will receive the Android 4.2.2 update from Samsung.
But there is more according to the first pre-list, Samsung will only update 5 devices to Android 5.0, which is not yet announced by Google but is expected to be announced at the upcoming Google IO. The devices which will be getting the Android 5.0 update are the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S4, Note II, Note 8.0 and Note 10.1. Our insider finished with saying that plenty of MID-range Android devices of 2012 / 2013 will also receive a value pack update. Samsung did this before with the first generation of Galaxy devices. The insider confirmed Google’s next version is expected to be a big update and Samsung will take some time to update their devices.
Below is the list of devices which is not confirmed by Samsung yet. But is confirmed by our insider.
* End at Android 4.2.2 update.
GT-I9080 – Galaxy Grand
GT-I9082 – Galaxy Grand DUOS
GT-I8190 – Galaxy S III mini
GT-I8730 – Galaxy Express
GT-I9100 – Galaxy S II
GT-I9105 – Galaxy S II Plus
GT-I9260 – Galaxy Premier
GT-N7000 – Galaxy Note
GT-S6310 – Galaxy Young
GT-S6312 – Galaxy Young DUOS
GT-S6810 – Galaxy Fame
GT-S7710 – Galaxy X Cover 2
To get Android 5.0.
GT-I9300 – Galaxy S III
GT-I9305 – Galaxy S III LTE
GT-I9500 – Galaxy S 4
GT-I9505 – Galaxy S 4 LTE
GT-N5100 – Galaxy Note 8.0
GT-N5105 – Galaxy Note 8.0 LTE
GT-N5110 – Galaxy Note 8.0 Wi-Fi
GT-N7100 – Galaxy Note II
GT-N7105 – Galaxy Note II LTE
GT-N8000 – Galaxy Note 10.1
GT-N8005 – Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE
GT-N8010 – Galaxy Note 10.1 Wi-Fi
Remember this is an pre-list. (Samsung could still change devices!)
Do not ask for other devices, if we know more we will tell you.
* List is not complete yet!
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Source:
www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18/galaxy...roid-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/

I think this is the expectation of Sammobile not Samsung. Anyway if it came true we will be glad at the end. :good:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18...roid-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/

If this arrives before May, then its worth to keep our Notes close to our hearts!
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Good luck with May, maybe we will get it and if we do I sure hope they do a better job with it then with the 4.1.2 update.

sadly .. our note finally come to an end after 1.5years

I guess i am not ready yet....
Way to go note....
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riku89 said:
sadly .. our note finally come to an end after 1.5years
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Far from it, I'm sure this bad boy will get unofficial updates well beyond Key Lime Pie.
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If they released 5.0 on the N7000 I would keep mine for another year.

cool! Liking Samsung a lot nowadays again

baz77 said:
cool! Liking Samsung a lot nowadays again
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I knew people will hate them and then come back to them )
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kmokhtar79 said:
Another headache...
Source:
www.sammobile.com/2013/03/18/galaxy...roid-5-0-for-the-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-note-ii/
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I do not trust sammobile with this "insider" bull...
I bet if someone would post here some fake screen-shots of fake Samsung's realise list for KLP5.0 next day it would be on sammobile as exclusive news from insider.
All to generate clics and trafic.
I hope that I'm wrong this time...

Really sad that Samsung won't update the Galaxy Note GT-N7000 to Android 5.0 but in my opinion Android 4.2.2 is enough for me. It has the best features i've ever seen and thats enough for me

This is what I call planned obsolescence...

tomascr7 said:
Really sad that Samsung won't update the Galaxy Note GT-N7000 to Android 5.0 but in my opinion Android 4.2.2 is enough for me. It has the best features i've ever seen and thats enough for me
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I think the original Note is already choking on 4.1
But that's not the device fault, it's Sammy's fault for their horrendous bloat.

Livebyte said:
I think the original Note is already choking on 4.1
But that's not the device fault, it's Sammy's fault for their horrendous bloat.
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Jelly Bean is running perfectly on the Galaxy Note for me .. Even better than Ice Cream Sandwich
I am a bit dissapointed that the Galaxy Note hasn't all the features which S4 has for e.x the feature with Tap Top(where you tap on the phone and the list will go up to the top), i think Samsung built an extra Sensor for it which Note doesn't have.
LETS PRAY FOR ONE THING: I hope the Android 4.2.2 isn't using a sensor for AIR Gesture(to swipe pics by hands), i hope the Air Gesture feature is using the normal front camera, so that we could use it too on Note, otherwise i will be very sad and 4.2.2 would be nothing for me because i've never seen a better feature than this, but c'mon, ITS AWESOME!
Peace :good:

It is going to be very, very long wait. Till then let us keep our device cool.
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tomascr7 said:
Jelly Bean is running perfectly on the Galaxy Note for me .. Even better than Ice Cream Sandwich
I am a bit dissapointed that the Galaxy Note hasn't all the features which S4 has for e.x the feature with Tap Top(where you tap on the phone and the list will go up to the top), i think Samsung built an extra Sensor for it which Note doesn't have.:
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Double Tap to top feature was available in the firstly leak'd version's of Jb, later on it was removed, don't know why,it used to work flawlessly... I own a s2 also and in the latest build of omega rom the dev implemented it!
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I don't think it would be using the front camera.
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4.2.2? Definitely a long wait. Especially when the 4.1.1/4.1.2 is not even released to every counties yet.
I think there may be another google i/o the next year for android 6.0 if we ever get our 4.2.2.

Jelly bean hype is over long before most note users still didnt get their hands on jb on their phones.
I am waiting for klp custom for my note rather than a wait for 4.2.2.
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