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T-Mobile Galaxy S II Jelly Bean update now available

By Robert Nelson
on 8 Apr, 2013

Samsung began rolling out Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S II back in February. The good news as of today, that update is now available for those with T-Mobile. The carrier has detailed the update process and two things stand out as needing to be known -- the update is large and it is not available over-the-air.

T-Mobile details latest Galaxy S III and Galaxy S II software updates

By Robert Nelson
on 31 Jan, 2013

T-Mobile has detailed the latest software updates for the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy S II smartphones. Neither of the updates are what we would consider major, but that said, it is still nice to see them both getting some attention from the carrier. The Galaxy S III update is pretty straight forward, however those with a T-Mobile Galaxy S II may not necessarily have an update ready just yet.

T-Mobile Galaxy S II getting update – not quite Jelly Bean

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Jan, 2013

The flavor of the popular Samsung Galaxy S II that graces the T-Mobile network is receiving a quick software update today. Details have confirmed T-Mobile is pushing an update out over-the-air as we speak for the handset, although it's still running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. We have all the details on this small bug fixer after the break.

Samsung Galaxy S II international getting 4.1 Jelly Bean update today

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Jan, 2013

Earlier this month we received some bad news that Samsung's update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for their extremely popular Galaxy S II had been delayed until February. Don't worry though, because today we have some excellent news that the update has actually started rolling out as we speak.

Samsung Galaxy S II Jelly Bean updated delayed til February

By Cory Gunther
on 15 Jan, 2013

It looks like official updates for Samsung's highly popular Galaxy S II to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean have been delayed. We can't technically call it delayed since it wasn't announced, but previous reports had them coming before the end of the year and then delayed into early 2013. Back in December we mentioned they'd arrive in early 2013, and now reports have surfaced claiming the updates will start in February.

AT&T Galaxy S2 Android 4.0.4 roll-out includes updates for Google apps

By Robert Nelson
on 20 Dec, 2012

It may not be an update to Jelly Bean like some were hoping to see, however AT&T has announced an update for the Galaxy S2. This latest update is available over-the-air and by way of Kies and will bring the device up to Android 4.0.4. And while this is just a small bump up from the 4.0.3 you are already running, it does have a few changes worth mentioning.

Jelly Bean updates for Galaxy S II reportedly delayed

By Eric Abent
on 18 Dec, 2012

We've been talking a lot about Jelly Bean updates for the Samsung Galaxy S III lately, and all the while, the large number of Galaxy S II owners have been waiting patiently for news of their update. We've got some news to share with you today courtesy of the folks over at SamMobile, but unfortunately it isn't good. It would appear that the Jelly Bean update for the Galaxy S II won't arrive until sometime in 2013, so owners still have a bit of wait ahead of them.

T-Mobile Galaxy S II update brings Isis support to battle Google Wallet

By Cory Gunther
on 28 Aug, 2012

There hasn't been much talk about Isis lately. The Google Wallet competitor made up of many partners including T-Mobile, Verizon, and other carriers that want to do things their own way. Today T-Mobile and Samsung have issued an update for their Galaxy S II smartphone that makes the device the first Isis-ready smartphone.

Galaxy S II getting update to Android 4.0.4 ICS

By Cory Gunther
on 9 Jul, 2012

The Samsung Galaxy S II is still running quite strong even though the bigger brother has been the star of the show these past few months. Samsung's continued to push updates to all their versions of the Galaxy S II to the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but those were all 4.0.3 ICS.

Galaxy S II on AT&T getting upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS

By Cory Gunther
on 21 Jun, 2012

More Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update news is appearing this afternoon. While all the hype as of late has been about the Galaxy S III, it's older smaller brother the Galaxy S II is finally getting Android 4.0 ICS over on AT&T. They have two models, and this is the standard 4.3-inch original SGSII, not the Skyrocket. More details below.