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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.

Samsung Galaxy S III getting OTA update for Exynos exploit and more

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Jan, 2013

Today we're hearing Samsung is pushing a bug fix update out to their Galaxy S III in the UK. Back in December a potentially huge issue was discovered in many of Samsung's smartphones and popular devices like the Galaxy S III, Note II, and many others. The issue was found inside the Exynos 4 processor kernel basically giving developers, hackers, and potentially malware jerks full access to the device with ease.

Android 4.1 available for Samsung Galaxy S III on AT&T

By Dave LeClair
on 4 Dec, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S III owners on AT&T have been waiting for a certain piece of news to drop. What might that news be? Android 4.1 is finally ready to be downloaded on Galaxy S III for AT&T customers. Owners of the device have been patiently waiting, and now, the wait is finally over.

Galaxy S III in Canada getting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update today

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Dec, 2012

Today all you lucky Samsung Galaxy S III users up in Canada should begin receiving the awesome and much anticipated update to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. Last week Samsung confirmed the updates would start today, and we can now confirm Jelly Bean is rolling out to the Galaxy S III on multiple carriers across Canada as we speak.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Jelly Bean update arrives for some

By Cory Gunther
on 23 Nov, 2012

We have some good news for many of you Samsung Galaxy Tab owners this holiday season. It looks like Samsung has finished putting their finishing touches on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Tab 2. New reports are coming in that the Tab 2 7-inch has started receiving the update to Jelly Bean in multiple regions over the past few days. What's even better is how similar it looks to the Nexus 7 now.

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G update rolling out – ICS coming soon

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Jul, 2012

Samsung's decent mid range Galaxy S Blaze 4G over on T-Mobile started getting a quick over the air software update last night. Samsung's confirmed it will be receiving Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but that isn't what were getting today. The update is still Gingerbread but along with fixes it will also prepare the phone for the upcoming ICS update.

AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket finally gets official Ice Cream Sandwich update

By Eric Abent
on 9 Jul, 2012

It's been a long time coming, but today AT&T's Galaxy S II Skyrocket finally got the official Ice Cream Sandwich update users have been waiting for. This official update comes quite some time after a leaked build of Ice Cream Sandwich started making the rounds in March, so we're sure many will be happy to get their hands on the finished build at last.

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.

Galaxy S III spotted in Samsung Kies

By Michael Crider
on 25 Apr, 2012

If you're an Android modder and you've had even a fleeting relationship with Samsung hardware, odds are pretty good that you've run across Kies, the company's desktop syncing and software flashing app. Kies keeps a database of all current Samsung Android devices, and you'll never guess what's just popped into it. Or maybe you will, since leaks seem to falling from the sky on this one: the Galaxy S III. Or more appropriately, the Galaxy S3, since that's what the phone is labelled in the application.