Ice Cream Sandwich.

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I don't get your post lol!
What contract are you on now, you bought it outright or..!?

I renewed my contract without a new phone, so I've got a discount on my line rental.

I've bought the phone outright/SIM free away from T-Mobile.

[iain187]

'the sensation XL will follow'

I can't be far away, although I'm not really sure what this is going to do so I dont really care

[James28]

Iain what phone do you have?

[PinkoCommie]

Is that not a tablet version of Android though?

Gingerbread (2.3.x) was meant to be phone only (even though some companies stuck it on early tablets anyway). Honeycomb (Android 3.x) was a tablet only edition, Ice Cream Sandwich is 4.0.x and is a combined OS for tablets and phones.

I'm currently running ICS on my Transformer Prime (Official build) and my Galaxy SII (custom build), it's very nice indeed. I love how it syncs all my chrome bookmarks to it, very handy. And the beta of Chrome for Android is very nice

http://blogs.computerworld.com/19341...0_upgrade_list

Handy list with loads of devices on it.

[Brand86]

Cool cheers mate. Will upgrade my Kies later then...let us know when out on Orange!

[.Adam.]

How do you update Kies?

[Brand86]

Think it is just like iTunes...go in and it should tell you if there's a newer version available? Although having said that, the few times I've used it not seen anywhere in there about software updates...just media transfer and syncing.

[.Adam.]

Ok cool will have a look later then.

[Brand86]

Kies is pretty weak though and seems to keep crashing for me...

[iain187]

Iain what phone do you have?

Sensation XL

[realnumber 1]

Easy to follow guide here for the S2 upgrade.

http://androidadvices.com/update-gal...xlpq-firmware/

[Revels]

I read that the official Samsung update for the S2 is going to be heavily skinned by Samsung so that it doesn't look too different as not to 'confuse' people who would accept an OTA update that then makes their phone look totally different.

[realnumber 1]

It does look similar if you use touchwiz which is crap anyhow...
Mine still looks the same as it was with using ADWlauncher. It feels slicker though and has a few nice new touches.

[Dan@519Automotive]

I read that the official Samsung update for the S2 is going to be heavily skinned by Samsung so that it doesn't look too different as not to 'confuse' people who would accept an OTA update that then makes their phone look totally different.

Got to be honest, the skinned versions are usually more user friendly. I like HTC sense myself, its cleaner than raw android, so ill wait for the officialupdate rather than root. I don't think Samsung have got it wrong.

[Keydogg]

I've just put an ICS ROM on my Sensation from XDA Dev forum and all I can say is WOW. It's like a new phone in terms of speed and usability.

[.Adam.]

Is there actually any concrete news as to when the UK will be getting it?

I know the changes aren't exactly ground breaking, but when I know there is an update out with new features etc I hate waiting!

[Blighty]

I'm currently downloading some new firmware for my GS2. I'm assuming/hoping it's ICS!

[.Adam.]

Really? Nice one. Is that through Kies or is your GS2 rooted?

[Blighty]

Through Kies. Keeps failing the download at the minute, but every time you select retry its gets further. It did this with my update of Kies the other day too. Just had to keep hitting retry until it finally did it.

[.Adam.]

Cool. What network are you on out of interest? As I heard it will be released on some networks before others?