While, shipments of preorders of the Samsung Galaxy S III from AT&T have been delayed. Samsung Galaxy S II owners were happy to know that the update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was available until the ice cream melted.
The update disappeared after a brief appearance.
As with other Samsung Galaxy S II ICS updates, the update had to be performed via the Samsung Kies computer software. Some owners downloaded the Kies software and were able to download update, but sadly the updates did not work properly. It became apparent that the update was released to a few owners by mistake or were part of a testing process.
The T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II received the update to Android 4.3 on June 12.
Note: Kies will undergo routine maintenance and will be unavailable on Friday, June 22, from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. CST. During this time, firmware upgrades will be unavailable through Kies. Therefore we doubt that AT&T will roll-out the update on Friday.
WebPro News contacted AT&T to see what happened and it appears it was false pregnancy.
We plan for the upgrade to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for Galaxy S II customers to be live very soon. Like with every OS update, we test it on our servers before we roll it out to customers. We’re in the process of doing that with Android 4.0 (ICS) for Galaxy S II customers and hope to make that live soon. We recommend customers wait to attempt the update.
List of Improvements of the Update from T-Mobile Similar Features Expected in AT&T Update:
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS).
- CMAS improvement – for emergency alerts about weather and from the President.
- Wi-Fi Calling enhancements.
- Voicemail enhancements.
- TouchWiz improvements include new Face unlocks/lockscreen features, Android Beam, motion gestures, revamping of settings menu, customized launch bar and apps menus.
Wth any update, be sure you backup your data first, make sure your phone is at least 50% charged and be aware that you won’t be able to make or receive emergency calls during the process.
Since the update will only be available via the Kies desktop software, you may want to download it now to be ready when it comes.
How to Update your Samsung Galaxy S II via Kies:
- On the PC, open the Kies application.
- Connect the device to the computer using the included USB cable.
- Once Kies recognizes the device, a popup window will appear.
- Click Update.
- Read the Caution statements and select the I have read… check box.
- If desired, select Allow saving to back up the device. If not, select Proceed without saving.
- Click Start Upgrade.
- The software will download to the PC, and then to the device.
- When the update is done a notice will appear.
- Click OK to confirm.