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Samsung says Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade coming in Q1 2012, other devices “will soon follow”

By on December 20, 2011 at 8:28am in Mobile News


Samsung has official gone on record and announced the roll out schedule for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on a few devices. On their blog they state that “GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.” Now, for us Canadians we already saw an “estimate” as to when Bell might be getting ICS for the Galaxy SII – a leaked internal document listed April 2012, so perhaps we’ll see it a bit earlier in “Q1″. No other word from all the other Canadian carriers on when we can expect to see it from them.

The other “upgradable models” Samsung speaks of are the 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. In Canada, we have the GSII LTE (Rogers), Tab 10.1 (majority of all carriers), Tab 8.9 (Bell and TELUS), and we will be getting the Note in Q1. Samsung gave no indication of when these will be upgraded to 4.0, only that it will “will soon follow” and that the “OS updates schedule for each market according to market situation and carriers’ requirement”.

Source: Samsung

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35 comments for “Samsung says Galaxy SII Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade coming in Q1 2012, other devices “will soon follow””

  1. Looking forward to this!

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    Posted by XER | December 20, 2011, 8:32 am
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  2. I’m guessing the S2X from Telus falls under the S2 category I would hope?

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    Posted by Chris | December 20, 2011, 8:34 am
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    • It would be great if Telus had it before Bell…lol

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      Posted by Paul | December 20, 2011, 8:36 am

    • No, it doesn’t look like “Galaxy S II” means the variants – the LTE version is listed separately. If Galaxy S II means the variants, then they wouldn’t write it separately. As you may already know, Telus’ Galaxy S II X is the T-Mobile Galaxy S II. The last Galaxy device that was on T-Mobile, the Vibrant, never got Gingerbread, so the track record is pretty bad.

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      Posted by Todd | December 20, 2011, 10:07 am

  3. You forgot Samsung galaxy SIIX (TELUS) the hercules will be linked with the T-Mobile version

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    Posted by Olivier Labbé | December 20, 2011, 8:35 am
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  4. So, anyone who purchased a Samsung Galaxy S is f****d by Samsung? No update to any of the original Galaxy S? I mean, this phone is just one year and a half old.

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    Posted by gjac0m | December 20, 2011, 8:48 am
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    Posted by Dagmar Schnietz | December 20, 2011, 8:48 am
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  6. It kind sucks that the O.G. Galaxy S won’t get an upgrade. The Nexus S has similar specs and ICS works flawlessly on it.

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    Posted by Shawn B | December 20, 2011, 8:55 am
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  7. Hopefully its better than the non-sense pre-realease versions I’ve seen on youtube. I hope Samsung uses stock or close to.

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    Posted by sixteen12 | December 20, 2011, 9:05 am
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  8. Galaxy S may still get it. They didn’t say no, they simply put it out there that the S2 series and tablets (the more recent devices) will be their priority as most older devices are probably nearing upgrade ages anyways.

    I do notice though, an unfortunate lack of the Galaxy S Glide on there. While part of the S series technically, it’s still a brand new phone.

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    Posted by Guy | December 20, 2011, 9:14 am
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  9. I cant wait to get this on my Galaxy S2 LTE, the phone is freaking fast and ICS will just be the desert.

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    Posted by JJ | December 20, 2011, 9:16 am
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  10. Wasn’t this “news” already out?

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    Posted by shaggyskunk | December 20, 2011, 9:22 am
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  11. Those images are highly misleading.

    I own a SGS2, and I wouldn’t expect this update till Summer 2012. Sammobile.com has been showing alpha-alpha builds of the Bell SGS2 aka Euro-spec ver. with 4.0 but the rom is buggy as hell and IT HAS TOUCHWIZ 4.0.

    The only way to get unadulterated ICS is buying a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S or through custom roms.

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    Posted by mmmGadgets | December 20, 2011, 9:55 am
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  12. Doesn’t this pretty much confirm that the Galaxy S II X from Telus will NOT be getting the update? Only the original Galaxy S II (Bell) and the Galaxy S II LTE (Rogers) are getting it. When they say Galaxy S II, they DO NOT mean ALL the Galaxy S II variants – otherwise they wouldn’t list the LTE variant separately. Keeping in mind that the previous Galaxy device on T-Mobile, the Vibrant, didn’t get the Gingerbread update, the chances of the GS2X getting ICS go down even more.

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    Posted by Todd | December 20, 2011, 9:58 am
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  13. Question. Would the touch capacitive buttons still be in use? or would Android 4.0 only rely on the on-screen buttons like the Galaxy Nexus? Kind of important if I’m going to use the white S2 and those touch capacitive buttons are useless – might as well buy the black one since those buttons will be hidden.

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    Posted by Wazau | December 20, 2011, 10:01 am
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  14. @Todd Mobilesyrup already reported that Telus would bring the update to the Hercules sometime in 2012… It’d be silly if they go back on this and never bring it?

    And if they do that I’ll be quite angry… lol.

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    Posted by Chris | December 20, 2011, 10:53 am
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  15. http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/24/telus-confirms-galaxy-s-ii-x-hercules-android-os-4-0-upgrade-will-be-available-in-2012/

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    Posted by Chris | December 20, 2011, 10:55 am
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  16. The galaxy s2 sold by bell/virgin mobile is the international version, so I think that one would get the update first. Its the most popular version of the phone, and the only one that actually uses a samsung processor?

    I’m guessing the variants will take a bit longer to get updated with all the different configurations.

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    Posted by Zod | December 20, 2011, 11:13 am
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  17. Waiting for ICS to come to my 10.1! gonna be sweet

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    Posted by Azzo | December 20, 2011, 11:36 am
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  18. I didn’t get my S2 through a carrier, so how will I update? Do I get the update as soon as Samsung releases it?

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    Posted by Jon | December 20, 2011, 12:00 pm
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  19. Can’t wait to upgrade my xt910 RAZR to ICS ! :D

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    Posted by Yan | December 20, 2011, 12:36 pm
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  20. When they state S2, they’re referring to the original S2, the version they sold by Bell/Virgin, Europe, some of Asia and especially South Korea (w/ NFC). It has the best overall HW, so once updated to 4.0.x, theoretically it should outperform the Galaxy Nexus. Plus, all of the genuine Samsung S2 accessories such as perforated case, extended 2000mAh battery w/ cover, vehicle dock, and cradle/dock (all of which I ordered from the UK) are designed specifically for the I9100M. I don’t believe there are any genuine accessories for the variants, so you’re stuck settling for ill-fitting cases and docks.

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    Posted by AS400 Rules | December 20, 2011, 3:42 pm
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  21. It’s good to know samsung supports their top end android phone for 1 year only.

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    Posted by jon_d0e | December 20, 2011, 7:47 pm
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  22. meh, once the first official release is out, it’ll be ported to all SII’s.

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    Posted by aka | December 20, 2011, 10:25 pm
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  23. cant wait to upgrade my GSII Lte

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    Posted by trey | December 23, 2011, 1:21 pm
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  24. i got my phone of kjiji which means i didnt get it from bell or virgin so am i stil getting the update?

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    Posted by steve | March 15, 2012, 7:29 pm
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    • It won’t matter if you got your phone from any of the three major carriers in canada or not what will matter is the model. if your among the SGS 2 owners you can bet that your phone will be upgradeable and if you have managed to get the International version of the phone your upgrade should be ready now!

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      Posted by Seth | March 18, 2012, 1:51 am

  25. Will we ever get Ice Cream Sandwich for our HTC Desire Z? :(

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    Posted by Desire Z | April 3, 2012, 10:47 pm
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  26. Update news for Bell canada Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100M ICS android 4 for May 14 2012 , friend of mine work for IT Bell, so wait another 3 weeks, mouahahahahahaha

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    Posted by Kaidox | April 27, 2012, 9:52 pm
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  27. this is I got from Telus today:

    Thank you for taking the time to write to TELUS via e-mail.

    There is no software updates available for the Samsung Galaxy S ll X at the current time. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA on when one will be available so I recommend that you bookmark the following link and revisit it periodically for the latest updates.

    http://www.telusmobility.com/en/AB/Software-Updates/android-updates-main.shtml

    For further information or assistance, please reply to this message, including your original e-mail and our response. You may also call our Client Care Team toll free 7 days a week at 1-866-558-2273 (or *611 from your wireless handset).

    Thank you for contacting TELUS and I hope you have a nice day.

    Best regards,

    Devin
    e.Care Specialist
    TELUS

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    Posted by Art | May 2, 2012, 2:12 pm
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  28. galaxy s2 ICS OS release date– tomorrow or may.3.12 if bell is your provider

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    Posted by unknown | May 2, 2012, 7:25 pm
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  29. I love the Galaxy S2x but I am unsure whats taking the upgrade so long.

    A note also to samsung, who ever comes out with the ability to access internet on the phone through USB first without having to hack will take my business.

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    Posted by Murray | May 4, 2012, 1:56 pm
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