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Hi,
Does anyone know if Samsung will release ICS for Galaxy S?
Or will it be like Gingerbread and the release will take bloody long to the point where you'll forget ?
flagg
11-23-2011, 06:08 AM
At a minimum it will be a long time, if at all. Samsung have confirmed the Galaxy S II will get ICS but no other commitment that I've hear of yet. I'd brace yourself for a long wait.
However, the android modding community have already done some initial ports of ICS to the older Samsung phones. That's always an option if Samsung chooses not to update.
zanarkand
12-02-2011, 10:33 PM
Oops, sorry, false alarm. That was for Nexus S. Not Galaxy S.
curmudgeon
12-04-2011, 09:25 AM
The Nexus S will get ICS.
Google is already testing ICS on the Nexus S internally.
www.talkandroid.com/76650-google-begins-official-testing-process-of-android-4-0-on-nexus-s-for-google-employees-only/
MrCrowley
12-04-2011, 09:53 AM
The Nexus S will get ICS.
Google is already testing ICS on the Nexus S internally.
www.talkandroid.com/76650-google-begins-official-testing-process-of-android-4-0-on-nexus-s-for-google-employees-only/
The Nexus S and Galaxy S are different phones.
curmudgeon
12-11-2011, 10:17 AM
I imagine that the Galaxy S will not get an official ICS port, but there is a community modder project to do so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961
KnightFire
12-16-2011, 07:28 PM
You asked too soon:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/12/16/google-begins-android-4-0-rollout-for-nexus-s-we-scream-finally/
blakeatwork
12-20-2011, 10:51 AM
No official Galaxy S ROM from Samsung:
"Samsung just pulled the Galaxy S line of phones from their ICS roadmap this morning due to unresolvable "touchwiz performance issues"
Why they cannot go with a stock UI I don't know.
curmudgeon
12-21-2011, 05:41 PM
The modder community has ICS running on the I9000 (at least well enough for a 4 minute video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXmokfLK9s&hd=1
So the issue is not whether or not the hardware is capable, it's whether or not Samsung thinks its worth the effort.
flagg
12-23-2011, 07:53 AM
I'm still unsure whether xxgg was asking about Galaxy S or Nexus S, but I read this morning that Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy S will unfortunately NOT be getting ICS.
jobber604
12-23-2011, 08:44 AM
I'm still unsure whether xxgg was asking about Galaxy S or Nexus S, but I read this morning that Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy S will unfortunately NOT be getting ICS.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/12/23/original-samsung-galaxy-s-and-tab-not-getting-android-4-0-update-cites-touchwiz-as-reason/