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[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
hi,

SamMobiles (from Samfirmwares on twitter) tweeted that they are gonna give us a Ice Cream Sandwich Beta build from Samsung end of next Week !

here is the tweet

http://twitter.com/#!/SamMobiles/status/145543712942993408

http://twitter.com/#!/SamMobiles/status/145544878607187968

they are to have the TouchWiz UI already but with these leaks the Cyanogenmod team will be able to bring CM9 quick, for sure

//Update//

They show us a Photo

//Update 2//

some new tweets

the Firmware will be released with the start of their new Website SamMobile on 14 December 2011 at 23:59

//Update 3//

Not directly on the SamMobiles Leak but some good news on CM9 and the other leak Codeworkx got his hands on

From Codeworkxx´s Blog

http://codeworkx.de/wordpress/

//update 4//

From the irc

//Update 5//

Video update, thanks xPlodwild

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LEAK IS HERE

http://www.sammobile.com/2011/12/14/exclsuive-android-4-0-1-by-samsung-for-sgs2-custom/

Thanka to sammobile

[YOUTUBE]ISAI6qbQm6U[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks for mirror

Thanks to eRajesh, who wrote a comprehensive tutorial on how to install the leak.

remember to make a nandroid before and note that this can be risky and on your own responsibility

http://knowmydroid.com/blog/android-4-ice-cream-sandwich-firmware-leaks-for-galaxy-s2
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
This is exactly why Nandroid backups were invented :D
[Galaxy S II General] MrPhilo:
The AOSP ICS Browser wont be as smooth ss Samsung ICS Browser.
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
And you're expecting AOSP ICS from Sammy? There's no way they'll do that :( Give the ICS builds from Sammy a few months and they will obliterate GB.
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
that rom is most likely not gonna be very smooth since it will be beta.

they tweeted a picture to tease us, though
[Galaxy S II General] MrPhilo:
I think it should be smooth as long as they have Hardware Acceleration working + Touchwiz launcher would make it a tad bit smoother. Hopefully this version includes a microphone fix, so CM9 can release a beta of theirs.
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
i am very positive this will inclue a microphone "fix"

for Samsung it is not a fix because they have all the Lib and source - it´s just gonna work

so with that test build i am very positive Cyanogenmod team can fix the microphone within hours
[Galaxy S II General] blackdeath09:
Yeah I think we all wait not so much for the leak itself but for the fact that once the leak is released Team Hacksung can fix all the remaining bugs. Who knows? We might have the first actual CyanogenMod 9 fully functinal build out there.
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Can't wait!

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
You're damn right ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Unclean009:
This picture proves nothing. The person who took the picture purposely covered up the kernel info. As far as we know, this could just be the old build leaked from the ics team a few weeks ago.
[Galaxy S II General] Jeshter2000:
A comon

SamMobile never faked any news about new firmwares ;)
[Galaxy S II General] SaneinOne:
Build is same, 4.0.1. The one difference is that it has been indicated as being a beta build.
[Galaxy S II General] TonyCubed:
Regardless if this is beta or not, if it has working drivers, then that's all we need.
[Galaxy S II General] Tonesav:
Unfortunatly no real info here other than its a beta and due next week.

I hope its a useful one but as no mention of whats working i guess we will have to wait and see.

Heres still hoping for a nice ics xmas present

Cheers

Tony

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] -A-P-M-:
Thats great news:) With a working drivers, I guess devs will be able to continue their work:)
[Galaxy S II General] Unclean009:
Can't tell if you're serious or not. I'm terrible with sarcasm.
[Galaxy S II General] Razer(x):
There's no sarcasm
[Galaxy S II General] chetan_mohanty:
We just need the drivers babyyy ;)
[Galaxy S II General] DARKKRAKEN:
Alot the firmwares leaked by sams firmwares are beta and all of them work with only small bugs so i'm hoping this will be the same.
[Galaxy S II General] onejay10:
sick of people winging about how the sammy rom is gunna be this n that. it does'nt matter what the rom is like. all we need are the drivers, then we can fix the nexus leak to work with our sgs2! how stupid are some ppl on here!
[Galaxy S II General] :
Take a chill pill...Take a look on my sig. Check were it says latest update by Codeworkx and you see that he has some parts working now without having to wait for leaks....The guys are genius..
[Galaxy S II General] onejay10:
you guys are genius! i mean im smart but u guys are mint! cant wait.

coming from miui to try this!
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
I think it would be great if we can take pics on ics with at least half the speed of galaxy nexus :p that phone takes pics faster than I can blink :D
[Galaxy S II General] ricey1986:
Is the shutter lag hardware related or a software related?
[Galaxy S II General] Arkanius:
Hardware related
[Galaxy S II General] mr.r9:
Both :D

You need a fast shutter so the software can utilise it.
[Galaxy S II General] ricey1986:
:-(

shame oh well dont think its reason enough for me to move tempting as it may be the missus would kill me unless i fabricate the truth lmao :-)
[Galaxy S II General] qsec:
Do you guys think Codeworkx and the gang will release before SamMobile?

As i understand they already have the ICS leak from Sammy.
[Galaxy S II General] Northern-Loop:
From

http://codeworkx.de/wordpress/
[Galaxy S II General] forever_zero9392:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. That the one i like most T_T. I want it on my SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
Doesn't really matter. As sammobiles have described before, this leak is buggy, slow and I don't see a reason why one would want to use it.

Codeworkx and team just need the drivers for the hardware to work, and thus we will have a more complete and stable ROM than this half baked samsung touchwiz ics.
[Galaxy S II General] SMN™:
maybe they are working on Carrier IQ :P!
[Galaxy S II General] qsec:
I mean if they will release their beta before SamMobile releases their leak.
[Galaxy S II General] Alienfreak:
CM needs money, too xD

Just kidding
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
We have nothing to do with when sammobiles releases the leak now. Teamhacksung have got the things they needed, and all we can do is wait for them to bring us some ICS magic, brilliant if they do it sooner than sammobile but that doesn't bother me. No way I'm going to try that leak from Samsung crapped with F**kwiz. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Alienfreak:
If I only think about that new beautiful ICS vanilla launcher xD
[Galaxy S II General] Mepster:
does anyone have any word on if Face Unlock is a part of these leaks? its the main thing from ICS I've really wanted to play wth! Its not a deal breaker but have been unable to find any solid information!
[Galaxy S II General] Azurstorm:
Yes, really want to see ICS ported on my S2. I don't care if it is coming from Samsung, or anyone else :p
[Galaxy S II General] :
Gonna wait for the CM9/teamhacksung release, as been said that the sammobile leak is buggy, so they rather shouldn't release public at all (my opinion), with CM9/teamhacksung we know we will get some good working stuff with minimal bugs as it can be at that moment but with very good daily support :D
[Galaxy S II General] mbroeders:
Nope, but if that's the main thing you're excited about, i guarantee you're going to be disappointed with ICS ;) Trust me, as a SGS2-owner-turned-to-Nexus, I tried this feature but it is only fun for a day. Then, you even forget about it. But the rest of the Ice Cream Sandwich is yummie :)
[Galaxy S II General] XDA mark:
I have to be honest, its getting harder and harder to wait for that ICS xD

While I stayed pretty cool till now, the ICS sweetness is about to hit our devices and I keep checking XDA hahaha. Before somebody drops the "be patient the devs do this in their free time", yes I know that. Im just human, its normal to lose patience in this final stage :D

Cant wait!!!
[Galaxy S II General] watsa:
samsung was always including touchwiz in all their handsets. wondering why you bought a samsung if u hate tw so much. just saying
[Galaxy S II General] Tawm:
I don't really like TouchWiz... I bought my SGS2 with full intention to root and stick an AOSP ROM like CyanogenMod on it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] idesire:
I only got my s2 recently, but for me it was the hardware and the prospect of ics on my phone very soon possibly making it on par with the galaxy nexus. As soon as I got it i wacked it with launcher pro!
[Galaxy S II General] tazer4:
when u guys reckon we get our hands on a fully functional ics for our phone or the official from samsung? they alawys take a long time! on my official kies update its still on 2.3.2
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
loooooooooooooool :D ahahha this made me laugh like hell :D
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
I think if the front cam works, it should. We will get to know about other details when we hear more words from Codeworkx.
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
I don't hate toucwiz, it's just that it is a half-baked very very early custom beta leak which sounds like a pain in ass to be a daily driver. SGS2 is my main phone.
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
Edit: And moreover , I like the way ICS looks more than touchwiz.

Android's approach upto GB was simple looks and touchwiz did bring some eyecandy to it. Some people like it, and some hate it. But ICS already looks stunning, touchwiz may(only may) make it look worse.
[Galaxy S II General] watsa:
samsung isnt releasing this version officially, its a "leak" you know and we cannot really blame samsung unless they officially release a buggy rom.
[Galaxy S II General] soulicro:
I still don't understand this ongoing conversation regarding TouchWiz. It's pretty simple:

Did the ROM come directly from Samsung? Then it will have TouchWiz.

Did the ROM come from an AOSP custom ROM developer? Then it will not have TouchWiz.

If you knew beforehand you didn't like TouchWiz, but bought this phone, you either:

a) Did not do enough research on your purchase, or

b) Counted on custom ROM developers to create AOSP ROMs

In both cases, you've got no topic for discussion, because it was down to your choices and/or faults.
[Galaxy S II General] maungmaung.phyo:
Thanks to Android open system and samsaung hardware, we will still buy their phones even though we hate touchwiz.

Sent form my P1000 with ICS Alpha
[Galaxy S II General] h3llboy911:
No one is blaming samsung. It's just that a few people are counting on the leak and are eagerly waiting to use it. It's too early and they should look forward for the AOSP/CM9 release until something official comes from Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] PlanDreaM:
Patience I have... We will have to wait and see, but if libs +stuff works ok, we will have aosp very soon.
[Galaxy S II General] Mutalisk:
For all those flaming touchwiz,

Google Trebuchet Launcher

This is what Cm9 will bring to us ;)
[Galaxy S II General] soulicro:
Link for the lazy.

Looks good!
[Galaxy S II General] beeboss:
howcome they won't use a stock ics launcher? - it's seems to be fast and beautiful, the one you mentioned looks like a parody with an ugly search bar :(
[Galaxy S II General] Alvin Lai:
I really think nothing wrong with the twiz. Without the launcher might as well buy iPhone or better still buy blackberry.
[Galaxy S II General] Mutalisk:
It's actually a stock launcher with some extra features

Like scrolling dock etc.

i read somewhere that the searchbarthingy will be optional (disable/enable original one)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
If this TouchWiz were made by Cyanogen team then the comments in this thread would've been much different, and luckily a lot lesser :cool:

Swyping from my I9100 via Tt
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
So true :D
[Galaxy S II General] :
i am sure you can expect a different sort of Launcher by the team.;)
[Galaxy S II General] Alvin Lai:
I think this a small % of people thinking this way. Because 10million sold worldwide only maybe 10-20 people dislike it.
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
They have already stated its pretty unusable for the normal user, this is being leaked purely for the benefit of our developers!
[Galaxy S II General] raf2k:
+1 for this comment.
[Galaxy S II General] Davith:
Because Android lets you choose whichever launcher you like. It doesn't even matter if you don't like TW.
[Galaxy S II General] prcach:
tw is not just a launcher...its full framework with audio/video codecs which other handsets does not have. and thats the beauty of it
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Ah yes but tw is not only a launcher, what is so crappy about tw anyway? What does it lack that aosp does have? (gb) i think its pretty near stock with enchancements ( t9 dialer thank god) i chose this phone mainly (if not only) because of the hwacc browser dhou ;) buttersmooth but not so great physics turned out
[Galaxy S II General] Trakinão:
I cant see the day to use ICS in my SGSII but, without any launcher, just the AOSP.

BTW, thank you the information.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Just visited sammobile and the site is up, maybe they are testing but it's up atm.

PS- Definitely testing.

http://www.sammobile.com/
[Galaxy S II General] Crucio_:
Maybe it is just me but I don't see why every other post is this thread is "amg I cant have touchwiz on my phone!" Touchwiz isn't as bad as everyone makes out; yes there are a lot of features on it that aren't used by everyone. This like Social Hub i'm sure 90% of people either took that out/froze it when they got there s2's. But that for me is one of the reason I have an android phone to be able to customize to how I want. Just because Sammy put there own stamp on it doesn't make it bad.

I for one think Touchwiz is pretty good. and I don't even use it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] |mpulse:
LOL... I actually have the same take on it! I think it's pretty good compared to a lot of other launchers/skins out there but I personally run CM7.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
As I said, no way TW is bad, it's very good, there is room for improvement always, with anything, not specifically TW.

CM is great, dev is great, but aren't there any bugs on it? Oh yes. So when people say TW is bad and stuffs please also keep in mind the bugs of CM too. If you think before you post it could be different.

I, for me, tried CM 7 once, and quite frankly I didn't like it at all and also I am not interested in their CM 9, but that doesn't mean CM is bad, it's just me who doesn't like it.
[Galaxy S II General] notoriouspk:
Tw is not bad , yes its not perfect but what is? With android you have the liberty to customize but I guess it comes down to personal preferences, for me Tw works and i am sure there are more PPL like me , sone 30 million + for galaxy s N galaxy s2 :-)
[Galaxy S II General] wltklah:
I was watching an review of Galaxy Nexus' browser performance on youtube. One thing struck me was the choppyness of the native ICS browser when scrolling or zooming, but loading and rendering page was crazy fast though. Our GS2 Samsung browser is way smoother. What's wrong google? ICS still can't deliver good user experience for browser?
[Galaxy S II General] Rytkonen:
People are always whining about touchwiz. What exactly is so bad about it? It has good set of videos for videos, it is smooth and lightweight, has awesome web browser and so on. Also the camera in Sammys ROMs is top of the line.
[Galaxy S II General] onejay10:
cant everybody stop talking about touchwiz! its ok but its ugly! get over it. the devs dont want it in the rom and it wont be after they fix the nexus rom with the drivers. then there will be no touchwiz anyway

id considered not posting but its beyond a joke now

there will b no touchwiz in the nexus leak

bt if ur that daft then wait till samsung release their rom! simple
[Galaxy S II General] nechmadi:
a version for developers is enough . it will complete the puzzle for teamhacksung
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I agree TW is good, i use the TW 4G launcher with the 5 icons and im pleased with that.
[Galaxy S II General] niko1986:
I've never had crashes due to TW. Every other launcher I've used have had stability issues.

Beyond stability most launchers come and go, GDE, LauncherPro, even ADW hasn't had any recent updates. Unfortunate fact is most custom launchers are limited by the fact only one or a handful of devs work on them. Samsung might not give a mirade of options but at least it's development is carried out on a full-time basis.

Only quip I have is that it would be nice to have a stock launcher option without having to flash a custom ROM. That's due in part because TW stock is so stable. Unlike my old phone whose stock ROM was far from stabile and optimised.
[Galaxy S II General] id10terrordfw:
Just a minor point, ADW.EX was updated yesterday... My preference is that or TW. None of the others have been any good to me.
[Galaxy S II General] mariotme:
That's true regarding the update. Can't agree more
[Galaxy S II General] niko1986:
I haven't installed ADW Ex on my GS2, loved it on my last phone. Might give it a look!
[Galaxy S II General] :
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[Galaxy S II General] penfold99:
"@xplodwild: Mic is working. Camera works. GPS works. SDcard and sensors regression but will be quickly fixed. Ril is working randomly but works on mine"
[Galaxy S II General] :
If you guys do not want Touchwiz there is one simple solution..Go buy an iphone..If you do not want to splash out alot of money then go and buy GoLauncher and then theme it the way you want. ICS from teamhacksung you do not to be a genius to figure out that they will not have the Touchwiz Launcher. Also you be surprised to see that it would probably come with the ICS version. How you may ask? Just wait and see what i will be talking about.

Second. I would not hold high hopes for the leak. Again you ask why. Because it is still early days yet and still development for it is happening as we speaking so this probably is like a beta version. Still it is a leak and teamhacksung can get what they need from it if they have not done that already;)
[Galaxy S II General] Quintinio:
The Sammobile site is up! But its still in progress xd
[Galaxy S II General] TheSobadef:
Will people stop complaining about touchwiz already?! It's the reason I stuck with my SII and didn't get the GNEX. TouchWiz was the first skin to bring a hardware accelerated browser to Android and it includes the codes for almost every single media file I've ever encountered, including proper HW decoding for any video I've thrown at it.

With hardware acceleration enabled on the launcher, it runs smoothly EVEN when my processor is clocked at 500 MHz.

Then there's KiesAir, DLNA, hdmi-out, etc

So please, instead of complaining about Touch Wiz, consider the benefits, and remove the apps you don't like.
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
are you confused???

if you dont want TouchWiz you´d better buy a Nexus device instead of an iPhone (TW is closer to iPhone than StockAndroid)
[Galaxy S II General] WagTwo:
I feel sorry for you.
[Galaxy S II General] :
i think you are the one who is confused..People moan about not wanting Touchwiz. Simple solution i said go buy iphone..Nexus or Htc same thing it is...It does not have TW...People knew it would be part of the package when buying a samsung..So why are they moaning is beyond me....

And as for you....One opinion one phone...Should of put the rest of the phones you mentioned but the obvious choice was iphone. so :p

If they do not want stock launcher ie TW then freaking stick GO launcher or whatever other launcher is out there and end it...ICS will be the same....And as you say TW is closer to iphone instead of stock android..Maybe you should do your research abit more.;) Go Launcher is far closer to iphone specially the way you just drag an icon onto the other one and folders are created
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
This thing about not wanting Touchwiz but still buying a Samsung devices is a bit like planting thorns and expecting to reap corn. It makes no sense.:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] :
Amen to that...Exactly my point to
[Galaxy S II General] Baldilocks:
Toucwiz, FTW!!! It's what makes Android tolerable and why I'd ONLY buy an Android phone from Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
Is it the case that Flash will not be supported by ICS? :confused:

I thought I read that, and if that's the case, does that mean that Samsung's leak probably doesn't include Flash support?
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
well most people on XDA moaning about TW do so because they prefer Stock android so the solution would be a nexus phone, not an iPhone

Go launcher is not Stock Android and still it is closer to Android than iPhone

Stock Android - Go Launcher - TouchWiz -iPhone

BTW: i updated to first post once again with some stuff from COdeworkx
[Galaxy S II General] phunkycow:
Why? It makes perfect sense. Why would someone skip such a powerful device because of the launcher, when he/she can pick one of the sh*tloads of alternatives that are available? :P

Too much fuss over something people can get rid of with just a few clicks.
[Galaxy S II General] punshkin:
yes, you are right.

The Flash Player itself is not compatible with ICS at the moment so the Samsung leak wont have working flash, too but word is that the update is close
[Galaxy S II General] maungmaung.phyo:
Well some people like TW and some don't. It's just a personal preference. Doesn't have to be rude or criticizing why they choose samsung phone.

Sent form my P1000 with ICS Alpha
[Galaxy S II General] sxi200:
I think the OP should rename this thread to 'Do you like TouchWiz'. That's all people are talking about.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to trying ics (leaked & cm9) just to try something new. But seriously, 2.3.5 checkrom + tw4.5 + jkay and there is nothing more I really need. Everything just runs perfectly.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] :
wow you really are something ain't you...Touchwiz - Samsung - Go Launcher- Iphone

Seriously you need to do your research my friend. And you updated first post from Codeworkx then that is good more threads with have with info the better. Saves me having all to answer all the time;) Anyway regarding our situation if people like you say want to go and get a pure google experience with launcher then yes they should of gone and got a Nexus phone. If they do not want TW then other replacements in ADW Launcher Go launcher and so on..Go Launcher again i will say this..More Iphone like than TW what is that you do not understand about that....TW yes again similar to the iphone but the features that Go launcher has are far similar to iOS..We agree to disagree here so no point discussing it with you as you clearly do not get it

BTW: Sticky on General thread has been updated for all to view...;) Enjoy..Links on my sig;)
[Galaxy S II General] shotta35:
Yay, saw this earlier and i jizzed in my pants. :D:D

Can't wait for some working mic - don't need camera (yet). Just current AOSP and fixed mic and it'll be my daily driver :D
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You're missing the point. People are *****ing that the phone comes with TouchWIZ not that they can't change the launcher. My point is, why ***** about it if you know before buying the device? It's kind of retarded.
[Galaxy S II General] xelin0:
I guess the logic would run something like, Its possible to genuinely like a product and wish to have it, whilst at the same time disliking a certain aspect or feature of it.

That said this thread does seem to be ***** obbsessed with talking about Touchwhiz, we already know there are those who are going to offer a Totally AOSP, non touchwhiz option so I'm not sure where the frustration actually comes from.
[Galaxy S II General] so_ony:
i hope it will come .. i am waiting long time for it !
[Galaxy S II General] :
by the looks of it and from what i been reading its not going to be anything special...So regarding all the whoo haa i simply going to say i stick with GB for now or until CM9 gets released..End off.