Once the phone is in Download mode, connect your phone to your PC while keeping the Odin application running. This indicates that the necessary drivers for your device have been successfully installed on your computer. Inside the Odin application, click on the following tabs set in bold text below and load the corresponding files as shown below. These are the extracted files that we have downloaded with the ICS package.
It may take up to 2- 5 minutes for the installation to complete. Well, kinda… This is a leaked engineering version of Android 4. It is the very first Android 4. So this is a ROM for those wish to test and have a feel of Android 4. So your SGS2 warranty will be voided once installed it. Anyway, not a big deal as you can always restore back to original stock firmware with Odin. Only install it if you know how to restore back….
Thanks samfirmware. I repacked it because there are bootloader and kernel that are not needed. Basically, the installation is the same as other firmware using Odin. Just it has 2 files instead of 1 file in XXKP1 firmware. Put these 2 file like below. Or refer this screenshot here. It is still an engineering build. Hi, The ICS beta version is very much unstable.
Within a span of 12 hours, it has crashed thrice. Wifi advanced option is not available. Wifi cannot be disabled on pulling down the home menu. Most important is 3G or GSM packet transfer is not working. Very slow in performance. How to do it. Please guide me. Is there anybody else who has tried the ICS beta and got major problems?
Hi, Major problem with this beta is crash. This happened to me more than 10 times today. Secondly, 3G is not at all working with 3G selection. Phone performance drastically low. Fast depletion of power. Hi Mr. And once that's complete, the likes of Vodafone and O2 then have to make sure there are no issues with the new firmware running with their networks — it may sound trivial, but you don't want something like this happening - so check below to see how long you'll be likely to wait for the next generation software to land on your Galaxy S2.
Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor until becoming Global Editor in Chief in The Transformer's Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade is being sent over the air, meaning you'll receive a notification on your device when the software becomes available to you.
The company announced the Ice Cream Sandwich launch at the Consumer Electronics Show, releasing the software three days before its promised date of January The upgrade took place via an over-the-air rollout. The upgrade is available as an over-the-air download; you can manually initiate the process by going into the "HTC Software Updates" section of your phone's "About Phone" settings menu.
And in mid-August, a comment made by HTC's official Facebook account indicated the upgrade would be delivered sometime before the end of August. At the very end of the month, the company finally came through -- sort of: It provided a do-it-yourself installer for the upgrade geared mainly toward developers. Thus far, no mention has been made of if or when a regular-style rollout for typical users might occur. The upgrade will presumably be sent in waves, meaning it'll reach a subset of users each day over the course of several days.
HTC, however, has yet to issue any official statement about a rollout. The upgrade is available as an over-the-air download; you can manually initiate the process by going into the "System Software Updates" section of your phone's "About Phone" settings menu. HTC had previously confirmed that the Raider would receive Ice Cream Sandwich but had provided no specific timing info up till now. Verizon is delivering the upgrade over-the-air in waves, which means it'll reach a subset of users every day over the course of several days.
HTC originally listed the phone as being down for an "early " upgrade. Verizon confirmed plans for the upgrade as well but has provided no additional information on timing. HTC says it's in the "early stages" of rolling out ICS to the Sensation and expects the software to become "more widely available in the next few weeks.
Bell has not officially confirmed or denied the authenticity of the document. The upgrade is available as an over-the-air download; you can initiate the download manually by going into the "HTC Software Updates" section of your phone's "About Phone" settings menu. Early in the month, Sensation XE users in parts of Europe reported receiving the upgrade on their devices. HTC has confirmed it's in the "early stages" of rolling out ICS to the Sensation XE and says the software will be "more widely available in the next few weeks.
The upgrade is being sent over the air; you can check to see if it's available for your phone by going into the "Software Updates" section of your device's "About Phone" settings menu. HTC originally promised Android 4. The rollout came a few days after a support document appeared on Verizon's website [ PDF ] providing official information about the upgrade. In May of , the company said the Thunderbolt's upgrade would begin in July to August of that year.
A comment made by HTC's official Facebook account in mid-August of reaffirmed that the rollout was on track to begin by the end of that month. In late August, meanwhile, HTC told a customer on Facebook it was aware it had missed its deadline and was "actively working with Verizon" on getting the update pushed out as soon as possible. Finally, in , the upgrade is here -- long after ICS stopped being relevant. The software is available as a manual download on Huawei's website ; you can also find additional instructions there.
T-Mobile, meanwhile, has said it plans to upgrade its version of the tablet -- the T-Mobile Springboard 4G -- starting August The rollout began just in the nick of time: In early , Lenovo promised the ThinkPad Tablet would get Ice Cream Sandwich sometime in the second quarter of the year.
A spokesperson was later quoted as mentioning May as the month to watch, but that timing was never officially confirmed.
The upgrade will be sent out over the air beginning on October 19, according to Verizon, and will also be available via LG's PC-based upgrade tool. It had not provided any specific timing info, however, until now. Take a deep breath -- here we go: LG initially confirmed it would deliver the Android 4. The company made the promise in a statement posted to its official Facebook page in late November In late December, however, LG posted a follow-up statement indicating the upgrade would begin sometime in the second quarter of Then, in May , a comment made on Facebook by the official LG Singapore account suggested the upgrade may have been pushed back to the third quarter of the year.
Following that, in late July, LG Canada sent a tweet indicating the upgrade would not be happening at all. And last but not least, in early August, LG's Korean Twitter account posted a message suggesting that the upgrade was still in testing and was, in fact, still scheduled to be released at some point; at the end of the month, LG did release the upgrade -- but only for Optimus 2X owners in South Korea. LG has yet to issue any official statement on the status of the upgrade for Optimus 2X users in other parts of the world.
The company has also yet to mention anything specifically about its LG G2x, the U. The company initially promised ICS for the phone in a statement posted to its official Facebook page in late November In late December, LG posted a follow-up statement indicating the upgrade would begin sometime in the second quarter of and added that exact start dates would vary by market based on carrier and "smartphone model.
LG has not yet stated when the upgrade will reach users in other regions. The company originally promised an upgrade for the phone within the second quarter of The upgrade is being sent over-the-air; you can check for it manually by looking in the "System Updates" section of your phone's "About Device" settings menu.
Motorola originally promised to deliver the Atrix 2's Android 4. Verizon posted information about the upgrade onto its website that same morning. Motorola later confirmed the upgrade was being sent over-the-air waves, meaning it'll reach a subset of users each day over the course of a few weeks. The rollout is happening on schedule with previous promises: When announcing the Motorola Droid 4 at the Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon and Motorola made it clear that the device would be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich.
In mid-May, meanwhile, Motorola updated its official software upgrade page to list the phone as being in line for a third-quarter rollout. The upgrade is being sent over-the-air in waves , meaning it'll reach a subset of users each day over the course of a few weeks. Motorola had originally promised a third-quarter upgrade for the Bionic but updated its plans in late September and pushed the timeline back to the fourth quarter.
The company first confirmed plans to upgrade the Bionic to ICS in late The upgrade was sent to "a select number" of users initially, Motorola said, with a more broad deployment set to take place "over the coming days. Motorola had previously discussed an "early " time frame for the Droid Razr's upgrade. In mid-May, however, it changed its upgrade schedule to show a second-quarter time frame for the phone's rollout. Verizon later reconfirmed plans for the upgrade as well but had provided no more specific details up until now.
The upgrade was sent over-the-air to users of the Thus far, Motorola has made no official announcement about a rollout for the phone, but some European sites are reporting the company is rolling out the upgrade to "select users" in parts of Germany, France, and Italy, with broader availability expected to hit sometime in the next few weeks.
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