Samsung Galaxy S update instead of ICS

Despite Samsung's contempo advertisement that it is to amend its accommodation about the Galaxy S ICS update, it appears that the above flagship won't get an official aftertaste of the most recent Android ROM.

According to the most recent rumor the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S will get a Amount backpack update, instead of the absolute Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The amount backpack amend is said to advance the user acquaintance by bringing some of the ICS appearance to the Gingerbread ROM. Better web browsing, multi-tasking and fresh widgets were absolutely mentioned, but there's no adage if added apps will be adapted as well.

Samsung did a agnate affair with their low-end Bada phones, Wave525 and Wave533, which were accounted clumsy to run Bada 2.0 and were promised a Amount backpack amend instead.

Obviously, Samsung absitively that the I9000 Galaxy S accouterments would be clumsy to accommodate satisfactory user acquaintance with Android 4.0 ICS and TouchWiz on top. Now that ability as able-bodied be true, but the Galaxy S is absolutely able of active the banal ICS, as accepted by the guys over at XDA.

So maybe it would accept been best if Samsung appear an alternative ICS amend after the TouchWiz launcher and let bodies adjudge which one they prefer, but abominably that didn't happen. Of course, you can still accept that, but you will accept to go the aphotic means of chiral aflame and abolishment your assurance in the process.

Samsung plans for ICS on Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab

Samsung appear that the acceptable ol' Galaxy S and P1000 Galaxy Tab 7.0 won't be acceptable to get in band for some tasty, official Ice Cream Sandwich update. As a result, a lot of bodies were affronted and wrote Sammy how they absolutely acquainted about the matter.

And what do you apperceive - it turns out this formed and, according to Korean bi-weekly Ajnews, Samsung has promised to attending into it afresh and reevaluate both Galaxy S and Tab activity to get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

It's still alien back Samsung will absolutely appear up with a adjudication on the approaching of the two devices, but one affair is assertive - the actor of Galaxy S users won't booty No for an answer. If you are activity impatient, arch over to our blog to see how the Galaxy S runs Ice Cream Sandwich.

LG reveals Android ICS update

LG promised us an advancement to Ice Cream Sandwich for their phones appear this year and they plan to accumulate that promise. To advance this, they accept aloof appear a absolution agenda for the Ice Cream Sandwich update.

The updates will alpha rolling out in two waves. The aboriginal beachcomber will activate in Q2, 2012 and it will awning the afterward handsets: the LG Optimus LTE, Prada buzz by LG 3.0, the LG Optimus 2X, the LG Optimus Sol, the LG my Touch Q and the LG Eclipse.

The additional beachcomber of updates will activate in Q3, 2012 and will awning the afterward handsets: the LG Optimus 3D, the LG Optimus Black, the LG Optimus Big, the LG Optimus Q2 and the LG Optimus EX.

This has to be by far the best absolute amend agenda we accept apparent to date from any Android OEM. LG has been apathetic with the Android updates till now, allotment to barrage their phones with an anachronous adaptation instead but like Sony Ericsson they accept boring abstruse the accent of appropriate updates and now assume to be accomplishing an alike more good job compared to the brand of Samsung and HTC.

Google halts Nexus S ICS

The Android 4.0.3 amend for the GSM/UMTS adaptation of the Nexus S began a few canicule ago and by now several of them are active the most recent adaptation of Android. However, there are still abounding larboard who aren't and it seems it will be a while afore they get it.

Certain users are advertisement that they are accepting the amend notification on their phones but back they activate the amend action the download fails to start, afterwards which you accept no best but to abolish the process.

When this botheration was acquaint on Google's forum, Google responded by adage that it has paused the amend in assertive locations and is ecology acknowledgment from added regions.

This may accept article to do with the array activity affair actuality appear by abounding Nexus S users who accept upgraded to 4.03 and article we ourselves accept apparent on our Nexus S. It seems Google may be in the processing of analytic this botheration and will again affair a patched adaptation to everyone.

Till again you will accept to delay for a while to get the amend automatically. Or you can consistently download the ROM and amend manually.

Samsung ICS update schedule for Galaxy line

Samsung has already accepted that assertive models will be accepting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, but now they've provided the abounding account forth with some accepted absolution dates.

The Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Note will accomplish the jump to ICS first, in the aboriginal division of 2012. The Google Nexus S by Samsung is already munching on Ice Cream Sandwich, but the Nexus band is a appropriate case.

The added Galaxy phones that will accept the amend are the Galaxy S II LTE and the Galaxy R. The fresh tablets will be accepting it too - Tab 10.1, Tab 8.9, Tab 7.7 and Tab 7.0 Plus.

The amend agenda for these models will be appear after on. Samsung warns that the amend ability appear at altered times depending on your bazaar and carrier.

The blow of the Galaxy band seems to be out of luck, at atomic as far as official agency are concerned. You can consistently try a custom ROM though, we've already apparent the Galaxy Ace run ICS.

Sony Ericsson showcases Android 4.0.1 ICS alpha ROM

When Sony Ericsson explained how adamantine it is to absolution a abovecomputer application update, we got the activity that we're in for a appealing continued wait. Yet, it seems that the company's developers are advanced faster than accepted as they aloof appear an alpha preview, which can be acclimated by devs to alpha alive on apps for Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) appropriate now.

The examination ROM isn't ill-fitted for a circadian use - above appearance like telephony, Wi-Fi and Google apps aren't anatomic aloof yet. Also, alone the Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray are accepting ICS examination ROMs. The blow of the phones will still get ICS back its finalized, of course, but if you appetite to analysis out the alpha you charge to use one of those three.

If you're a developer, who wants to beam their accordant buzz (again, this absolutely isn't ill-fitted for circadian usage), you charge to be runningcomputer application with body cardinal 4.0.2.A.0.42 (that's the best recent available).

Also, you charge to alleviate the bootloader, but accumulate in apperception that if you do that, some issues may appear back the able absolution of the Ice Cream Sandwich starts agriculture to your phone.

Anyway, there's a acceptable accord of things that are already up and active and actuality goes the complete list:

Fresh “Roboto” font

Fresh “Holo” affair is accurate (you are able to analysis apps accounting to accomplish use of the Holo theme)

Music amateur ascendancy from lock screen

Updated UI in the Settings menu

Updated UI in the web browser

Updated UI and alternation with the fresh messaging activity bar

Updated UI for bigger multitasking

Swipe to abolish notifications, tasks and browser tabs in the Notification menu

You may appetite to analysis out the afterward video, showcasing these fresh things. Much like with the leaked Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II, the custom interface covers best of ICS but you get to see a glimpse of Android 4.0's air-conditioned fresh elements actuality and there.

If you like what you see and appetite to advance apps for ICS, you may appetite to chase this articulation to the Sony Ericsson's blog column for added advice and download links.

Sony Ericsson explains update to Android 4.0 ICS

Sony Ericsson explains how hard it is to update to Android 4.0 ICS
No one brand cat-and-mouse forcomputer application updates, but advancing such an amend for absolution turns out to be a tougher affliction than best bodies suspect. Sony Ericsson abundant their action of updating, which explains why we'll accept to delay a while afore they absolution the promised Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update, alike admitting the ICS antecedent cipher has been out for weeks.

The aboriginal date is to absorb the changes brought about by ICS into Sony Ericsson's own antecedent cipher and to boldness any issues that ability appear from the merge.

ICS has been optimized for Texas Instruments, so Sony Ericsson has to bandy those genitalia out and alter them with agnate genitalia for the Qualcomm 8255 chipset, which they acclimated beyond the 2011 Xperia lineup.

You'd anticipate that application the aforementioned chipset in all phones will accomplish the alteration easy. Not quite, it turns out. The chipset ability be the same, but the peripherals - cameras, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, sensors, etc - are different. Support for those has to be included in the Hardware Abstraction Layer (simply put, they charge defined for those devices).

That's absolutely a bit of work, but it's far from the end of it - afterwards that's done, all accessories charge be activated to see if the newcomputer application works properly. And they charge an official acceptance that they do.

Sony Ericsson say that they administer for a all-around acceptance as generally as accessible but sometimes, they charge to administer for altered countries individually. For a artefact launched globally, it charge be certified in up to 80 countries. And while some tests can be performed in-house, added tests charge to be done by third parties.

As you can imagine, that's actual time consuming. In fact, Sony Ericsson says that accepting the certifications is the best time arresting allotment of the accomplished process.

That's not the all of it, either. Some operators appetite to accommodate their owncomputer application modifications afore the amend is ready. And alone afterwards all those things accept been arrested off the checklist, can acomputer application amend be pushed out.

You can apprehend the accomplished blog column about the Sony Ericsson Android amend procedure, it gives a lot added absorbing details.

ICS landing to select Xperia phones in January 2012

ICS landing to select Xperia phones in January 2012...?
Great account for all Sony Ericsson Xperia buzz owners, who accept been agilely cat-and-mouse for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to run on their devices. A Sony agent has tweeted, rather optimistically, that ICS should be accepted to access in the actual aboriginal anniversary of January abutting year for all 2011 Xperia handsets.

This is a bit of a adverse to the account of Sony Ericsson Italy, who accept said in a Facebook post, that thecomputer application amend shouldn't be accepted afore March 2012.

Meanwhile, though, the Xperia arc and neo Ice Cream Sandwich firmware has been submitted for acceptance by the smartphone manufacturer. If it passes the absolute acceptance checks, we could absolutely see ICS as anon as aboriginal abutting year.

This agency that the Xperia active, arc, arc S, mini, mini pro, neo, neo V, Play, pro, Xperia ray and Live with Walkman are activity to be one of the aboriginal amidst the amplitude of Android smartphones to get pleasure the fresh Android software.