yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
https://twitter.com/#!/SamMobiles

On their twitter page. And there's a sign that they might leak the ROM by saying:

"What is faster 250,000 site members or 10,000 twitter followers..."

***EDIT*** I say this because they leaked LPH + Galaxy Note ICS firmware saying something very similar... They're currently at 9628 followers.
[Galaxy S II General] Br1ce:
;-p

10char
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Boooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
[Galaxy S II General] snout:
http://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-android-40-update-begins-15-march

15th
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Samsunk UK say today no date set for releases .

Quote .5-03-12

No release date has yet been announced, we have confirmed that the roll out will begin for selected Galaxy devices starting first quarter 2012. When the update is made available, we will let you know.

jje
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
All this speculation is making me hungry. Thanks for being my craving inhibitor JJEgan.
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Sammobile need to hurry up & leak it out!

It could be released in less than 2 weeks & they havnt leaked it?

They are slacking!

... A leak is not a leak if it comes out after release. Lol
[Galaxy S II General] Liran Israel:
That's true, israeli Samsung(mobile) said at first (to website named GSM-ISRAEL.co.il) that ICS will come on 13 March and then they (SMI) publish on their FaceBook that Hebrew version for the israelis will came on the 15.

So maybe international version will publish on the 13 and israeli version on the 15.
[Galaxy S II General] _AnAkIn_:
Samsung Israel deleted the post from their facebook page.
[Galaxy S II General] Liran Israel:
i will ask them why:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] dorian95:
Lol, Sammy makes update look like top secret, seriously, its time to say to community release date.
[Galaxy S II General] Krookd:
Would prefer to wait, running Checkrom v6 now which runs beautifully and have no reason to need to upgrade.

Had 'The Collective' ICS rom on my old HTC Desire HD which ran great with few bugs, i really like the pure ICS but with checkrom and ics theme at the moment i am more than happy to wait.

Plus if i install a rom without video recording, murphys law states that as soon as i go outside i will see a crocodile juggling 3 koalas at once.
[Galaxy S II General] Jimmykwliu:
Speaking as someone who had to wait well over a year before my last phone *finally* got freaking Froyo (and was told it was never getting Gingerbread) this is a welcome and ambitious announcement. Here's to hoping Docomo can get on the same page as quickly as Samsung.
[Galaxy S II General] ant987:
Probably they were told to delete it (by Samsung).

I think they want to mantain the date secret because they are not sure of it
[Galaxy S II General] stratost:
Samsung said that updated to ICS will be during the first quarter of the year, we will have to wait.
[Galaxy S II General] ahmedadam:
What About I9100G
[Galaxy S II General] j2002:
today appears a firmware update in Sammobile. I don't know what it is (apart of the fact that it's French)
[Galaxy S II General] allex1:
Hello,

I have read that ICS for S2 would be launched starting 1 march. Did any of you found it in their country?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] terranhms:
When will be release for Key Lime Pie :))) i am waiting for that :)))

Sent from my Lovely GT-I9100 :))
[Galaxy S II General] Nigel85:
Its coming!

According to a reliable source from Israel... it is said to come on the 15th March. But can be after or before that. check out this news:

http://www.gsmarena.com/android_40_update_for_galaxy_s_ii_said_to_arrive_on_march_15-news-3930.php
[Galaxy S II General] Liran Israel:
many people are asking them "why they removed it from their FaceBook?" but no answer. :)
[Galaxy S II General] walidhiphop:
Im getting update notification....but nothing there.....anybody has this ????
[Galaxy S II General] Psilocin:
For any US carrier, you can count on it getting way delayed. If the ETA on the global SGS2 is for Q1, ATT will get their ported rom from Samsung sometime in Q2, but ATT have no incentive to release it immediately. They will just delay it a few more weeks.

Clearly missing the point. The stock rom that Samsung will release will probably have some bloat, but once devs on xda remove it and add their mods, performance and battery life should own what you are already getting with gingerbread. Besides, even if battery life was slightly worse, I'd still upgrade. The new features and UI are too good to pass up. Don't want to bother with data counter apps and ICS themes when I could get the real thing.
[Galaxy S II General] zabhi:
Hahahaah i agree with u :-D
[Galaxy S II General] nickbarbs:
hah! My comment is the most +1'd on engadget's story ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Ciervo_anonimo:
I think it will be in April by kies :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] xethor:
I think it will be in kies by April

#corrections #grammarnazi
[Galaxy S II General] zabihjan:
it is 1000 times better and faster than Sony Ericsson. Guys coming from Xperia X10 can tell you how long they waited for 2.1 and 2.3

Yeahoooo Samsung

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_unveils_ics_update_schedule_for_galaxy_line-news-3544.php
[Galaxy S II General] Laird_Attwood:
No, TW4. Think the main different UI will respond to how ICS menu structure etc are different to GB.
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
It sucks that the i9000 is being left out in the cold.
[Galaxy S II General] blueseeker:
... the key being here "other" ... probably Q2 or something
[Galaxy S II General] odysseus84:
Oh realy Samsung? I think I heared that once before.... Oh... I remeber... GB for the I9000 was anounced for March... and was rolled out in jully....

Sorry, Samsung, can't trust you anymore...

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] Flypwnz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QoIsNYR7XJ8
[Galaxy S II General] titooo7:
You don't need a device to remove the bloatware...

I'm tired to see people always talking **** about Samsung devs like if they had zero level of coding.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] xpipa:
KP3 is out: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/
[Galaxy S II General] mariusdroid:
What phone do you have here we have i9100 u khnow how to read no?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] augustofretes:
No. Most people just confuses "UI redesign" with "Launcher redesign". ICS is much more than a new launcher (in fact, the Launcher has, indeed, improved, but it's the least important part improved in ICS). Also, even the leaked version of TouchWiz supports new ICS features, like improved notifications. The leaked browser, on other hand, is pretty poor compared to the stock browser on ICS (the opposite situation we currently have with GB), I recommend to anybody using the leaked ROM to install GN apps, specially the stock browser and People.
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
Really?

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] interfreak:
No, KP3 is NOT out for the i9100...
[Galaxy S II General] Virtualsk:
You should see a doctor.
[Galaxy S II General] silverwings2008:
Better still, an optician!
[Galaxy S II General] m0h1t:
I wish it would come out sooner, nonetheless, its still good news..

Lets hope samsung actually delivers it in the first quarter..
[Galaxy S II General] ppiter123:
Yeah me2 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] dorian95:
Same was for me 1 week ago, notification on kies, some new files downloaded - but still "This is the latest firmware."

Or you're talking about another notification?

Sammy, where's our ICS? :) I can't stay longer, really have that ROM addiction.
[Galaxy S II General] Krookd:
Sensation XE in Germany just got ics, set the ball rolling.

Edit: forgot to link http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/cLLZTNwgJk8/story01.htm?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
[Galaxy S II General] dorian95:
Should ring a bell to Sammy, it's time.
[Galaxy S II General] al_madd:
Now htc sensation get ics before us?
[Galaxy S II General] walidhiphop:
it's your time sammy let's go baby give us the freakin' update......
[Galaxy S II General] thegost4u:
Damn u sammy ... htc users got even the leak working perfectly :/ wtf wid u
[Galaxy S II General] fluidz:
Must be still full of bugs and they want to get it right.. Patience.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
LoL Sammy is going to get some flak for this. Sensation XE gets ICS before Galaxy S2. I just hope there is no major problem with ICS for the Galaxy S2, even with new chrome update it is crashing like a *****.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] daniel_dedeman:
Yes!yes!yes!We don't!
[Galaxy S II General] Kaze105:
HTC sensation got the Sense 3.6. If I remember correctly, thats not even a full ICS update, but just an improvement.
[Galaxy S II General] Freddan80:
It's a full ICS update just not with the latest Sense, still ICS though.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
20million sold, Best phone of the year and not even getting it first...
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Might be full ICS, but it's still only partial as even their demo handsets had sense 4.

Sounds more like a leak version to me that has been wrongly released in 1 country.
[Galaxy S II General] sxi200:
I can wait for ics......but I can't wait for the whining to stop.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II General] MaFiBoSS:
Unfortunately we have to wait. Just hope that in 15 out ICS. :p

PS: If this is not retarded. :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
By your logic, we are only going to get quarter ics, as we will be getting same tw4 with lockscreen and dialer from note sprinkled on top.
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
Waiting so long, we can wait for few days ... Hope it would be without same GB bugs...
[Galaxy S II General] Idan73:
If you're talking about aos and gradient and slow wakeup from deep sleep you don't have to wait. Samsung does not see those as bugs.
[Galaxy S II General] piccolopunto:
Hey guys.

I would not mind waiting for ICS, but my phone sucks on 2.3.6! Just 5 minutes ago my phone rebooted for the third time today. I wiped it but that didn't help. So damn Samsung! Repair my phone!

Greetz piccolopunto
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
Don't blame the phone...
[Galaxy S II General] walidhiphop:
Don't hate the game hate the sammy.....
[Galaxy S II General] jaykresge:
Where did you get the 2.3.6 ROM? Was it pushed to your phone via OTA/KIES, or did you flash it via Odin?

I tried one of the 2.3.6 "official" ROMs via Odin and had some stability issues like you. Went back to KI4 (stock unbranded UK SGS2) and it's been fine. I'll stay on updates via Kies. No desire to root/ROM this time around.
[Galaxy S II General] piccolopunto:
Sorry if I expressed myself wrong..

I did not mean to blame the phone.

I love my Galaxy.. But the last update makes me hate it.

Instead i'm blaming Samsung for being unsupportive to their customers..

Cheers piccolopunto

PS: at least give a statement!
[Galaxy S II General] piccolopunto:
I updated via Kies..
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
Sorry... I thought you instaled a bad custom rom...
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Not really, as when ICS drops for the SGS2, it should be an upgrade from leak/demo versions, not a downgrade like the released HTC version.
[Galaxy S II General] vcosmin:
i once have problems with a official orange Romania rom. buggy and a lot of reboots, drop calls, etc.

an original rom....
[Galaxy S II General] shadowless1982:
My phone did the same thing on custom gingerbread or official roms rebooted at least twice a day.

Been on resurrection ics since it started and I have had no random reboots...and now on resurrection 9.6 and it is running better then ever!
[Galaxy S II General] damindra:
Wonder if it will be better than Resurrection 9.6?????
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
hmm sad ...
[Galaxy S II General] :
Has anyone mentioned that HTC are rolling out ICS already? Seems like a big PR coup to them instead of Sammy
[Galaxy S II General] cruzargel:
Official ICS in 1 day!!

http://www.samsung.com/ph/support/newsalert/supportNewsAlertMain.do
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
LOL Nice find. Where SamMobile at huh? LOL
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
Great find, looking forward to it.
[Galaxy S II General] joaobarroso:
ICS upgrade starts day 10, said samsung

http://www.samsung.com/ph/support/newsalert/supportNewsAlertPopup.do?spp_news_seq=35152
[Galaxy S II General] thunderroid:
I am Frickin Happy Now :D, Lets see what happen Tomorrow
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Technically - shouldn't we get the leak today or tomorrow?
[Galaxy S II General] :
Odd that the link http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/intergrated/popup/FaqDetailpopup.jsp?seq=422548&cdsite=ph does not go anywhere ?
[Galaxy S II General] shr33kant:
This may well prove a theory I have had for a while now..sammobile don't have the leak because Samsung aren't letting them have it? I have always thought maybe Samsung leak them on purpose to see what bugs might have been overlooked by letting us test them..after all we've already made our warrantee's void..what do they care if we mess up our phones?

Sent from inside a black hole.
[Galaxy S II General] cyberon:
"※ Because of ICS OS feature, Adobe flash and Bluetooth 3.0 HS will not be supported in ICS OS (Bluetooth 3.0 is supported still)"

WTF :eek:

http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/FaqDetailPopup.jsp?seq=422548&cdsite=ph
[Galaxy S II General] dave2:
Written by Samsung themselves,
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
HTC provoked Samsung ))
[Galaxy S II General] Areg8_6:
I think they mean adobe flash will not be built-in but you can install it from market .
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Hahaha, fail @ samsung!

I give it one month before XDA comes out with a fix.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Woho! The 10th! Tomorow!
[Galaxy S II General] Juhanlepp:
I hope so too! :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
See my earlier post. +1
[Galaxy S II General] hikarugo:
What about kernel source? I'm looking for a custom kernel for ics as the battery drains so fast in ics.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/244405/adobe_flash_for_ice_cream_sandwich_by_yearend.html

I think this article explains it. Samsung not wanting to go down that route, especially if Adobe is aching to retire Flash for mobile.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Exactly what they mean. Flash will not be installed with the firmware but you can install it from Google Play (that sounds so retarded) after you update your device.
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
I'm afraid you might have to wait another month or so. Give or take a few weeks... Source for update2 and update3 (Gingerbread) came out in about that timeframe after ROM was on KIES...
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Are Sammobile just full of crap?

Didn't have the news about the 10th, nor do they have the official leak?

..... Hmm
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Maybe they pissed off the big S... ;) Or maybe their "leaker" got fired. Or maybe they're too busy cheating on Sammy with an ipad3... Or maybe... THEY GOT ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!

You can choose your favorite answer. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Ibsonic:
Guys, do i serious see this, or am i dreaming..

http://www.samsung.com/ph/support/newsalert/supportNewsAlertMain.do

first article..
[Galaxy S II General] goTouch:
I think you need to read a few posts before. This is an old Great news. :-)
[Galaxy S II General] bahaa89:
You are one example of some people who posts a reply without even looking at the last few posts....
[Galaxy S II General] mighty_mike5:
Good news. Although this kind of proves they had it ready and were waiting for android 5.0( HTC won one here :( ).

Another thing, when they say the 10th do they mean 00:00 GMT ? or PST(-8h) ? or ANAT (+12h). I guess I will have to check every 5 min. all day long :D
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
How does this prove anything?
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Do you really want to upgrade via kies?

Your bootloader will most likely change, root won't be possible at first, no custom kernels, no tegrak, voodoo louder, titanium backup etc

Don't think I could use a rom now without all these.....
[Galaxy S II General] mighty_mike5:
The official news article was taken down from the Samsung site. What is happening there :confused:

@chrisjcks For the time being that is fine for me personally, however I understand you. Thanks for pointing that out for other users that absolutely need those features.

I trust the smart and enthusiastic community at XDA will make it possible, in due time, for us to have all the fun with our awesome SII.
[Galaxy S II General] cruzargel:
My tip to Engadget then will be useless. Lol. It's cool that my name is there.

________________________________

GT-I9100

CheckROM V6

Siyah 2.6.13

ICS Domination V2
[Galaxy S II General] ziggazee:
I always use Bluetooth hs to transfer files, I can't believe their not going to support it. Does anyone know why they dropped support for it in ics? Hope its something they'll add later.
[Galaxy S II General] admartian:
It's still up isn't it? http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/FaqDetailPopup.jsp?seq=422548&cdsite=ph
[Galaxy S II General] Scared27:
The news alert is gone [http://www.samsung.com/ph/support/newsalert/supportNewsAlertMain.do]
[Galaxy S II General] MaFiBoSS:
Is it true? Sammy release ICS tomorrow (10)? :D

PS: Links off. Why Sammy removed all the "news"? :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] andy j:
Hmm idk i think the post was meant for Philippine users only (as i have read) i did wonder due to the update reporting "Android Beam" as a feature and we the west don't have nfc in most of are phones so "Android Beam" will not work.
[Galaxy S II General] terranhms:
Guys after kies update will i loose all my apps which is installed now?? Or everything will be saved??
[Galaxy S II General] prinzhernan:
The link is up for me. I think it's for philippine users because it says ph
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Translated from @SamsungTomorrow

[Let you know that the upgrade from 10 Galaxy S2 ICS Samsung Electronics website Filipino ascended to the post wrong article are not true. Once the upgrade schedule is confirmed through twitter let me.
[Galaxy S II General] Phone_Guru:
SamMobiles has tweeted ICS ROMS coming tomorrow
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
If they don't release it today the 10th because it was a typo i will sell my device and never buy samsung again..even if it comes the 11th.
[Galaxy S II General] fransarj:
Really? It's your loss bro.
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
samfirmware and sammobiles is just a fan blog, not affiliated to samsung in any way at all. they have some internal "leaker" or "tipster". Lets just see what will happen tomorrow. I saw @samsungtomorrow tweeted that. Thats the official Samsung account from Korea
[Galaxy S II General] Currykiev:
And what phone will you buy? Motorola, HTC, Sony? Guess what, none of these have ICS yet. The only way you'll get reliable updates is with a nexus phone. And guess who makes the latest nexus phone?

Put your toys back in your pram and stop spouting rubbish. I'm so bored of these messages saying Samsung is the devil. It would be justified if they were last to release updates but they are among the first.
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
HTC already released ICS yesterday itself :sly:
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
LOL, hold your excitements, will ya? Tweet from sammobile!
[Galaxy S II General] me_max:
Do you think so? For Samsung, SamMobile is a platform where they can test software in a broader field than their labs under a non-official umbrella. Where and how else do you reach so many ppl? And if errors occur Samsung gets feedback for free. Additionally, you can't blame them since it is still a 'leak'. I am pretty sure these leaks happen on purpose. Don't be naive.
[Galaxy S II General] Currykiev:
My apologies, I wasn't aware.
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
Yup, but only here in the nordics. The real question is who will have the sources out first, because that's the thing we need the most.

---------- Post added at 10:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:33 AM ----------

So we're not supposed to believe what they write on their own homepage? Not that I care, but that seems pretty retarded. Maybe they are planning on releasing it on the 15th. norpan111 - guess you're selling your phone ? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ashok:
really was looking for this update. Now I am really disappointed, why the wait. release it already Samsung
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
Why would you even want a rom riddled with bugs? 2.3.6 is pretty much perfect as it is, so I see no reason for them to release 4.0.3 until it's at least on the same level.
[Galaxy S II General] Currykiev:
+1

Of course we all want ICS, why wouldn't we. But as Toss3 stated, 2.3.6 runs really well. All these people crying out for

ICS NOW will i'm sure feel a little deflated when it eventually turns up and isn't actually the huge revelation some are making it out to be.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Good for you cool story brah, no one would care let alone Samsung.

On topic, it'll come when it's ready rather have a near full baked rom than a half baked buggy rom!
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Tweets and post from sammobile came only after ppl posted it. Ive been watching em for the past few months. But yeah, they have their own internal leaker, thats what made them relevant till today.

I do think that if there is an official stable build, sammobile or codeworkx has them already before its mass pushed globally. Still, its just a few days only. Worth the wait.
[Galaxy S II General] skatin707:
So, say your wife is supposed to give birth on the 10th, but she doesn't go into labor until the 11th. Are you going to sell her too? I mean hell, you've waited roughly 9 months for that day and it's late! Sounds like manufacturer's defect.

Seriously, things are not that bad in GS2 land.

I know, I know...I've got a I777. I still lurk!
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
+1

I mean would you like to eat (use) a half baked cake(rom)? Where you could still taste the eggs (bugs)? I'd like a perfect chocolate cake :]
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
I am 200% agree. Without help from Samsung official they will not release leak version.
[Galaxy S II General] djadja_jura:
2.3.6 is good enouhg... will see how buggy this sandwich will come out and how long it takes to make it stable...
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Doesnt mather wich one just not samsung, if they said it would come 2013 i would be fine with it. Its just unproffesional to accidentaly set official dates and then "oops" are you sure next nexus will be from samsung? Source? Again its not that i am unpatient. I don't know where you got that from. So even if i chose another manufactor that had no ics.so what?
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Im just sharing my thoughts here, i don't expect anyone trying to hold me back. Silly little boy
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
It's very confusing & frustrating.

Stated kies release on the 10th for ICS, but now it's being denied.

Hmm.

What a mess!
[Galaxy S II General] Sckank:
Samsung is not to blame. I actually think they're fast, releasing it so soon. And if it's not a really top notch bugfree update, and all those million devices ... oh what a mess ....
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
And I'm sharing my thoughts to on your post and I'm not a silly little boy!

Samsung don't owe you, me or anyone anything.
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Whilst true, it's bad for business to allow a rival smaller manufacturer to release the update before them....

People are now questioning Samsung's software ability (more than they already was)
[Galaxy S II General] Zoozle86:
Tomorow baby:D

Hopefully:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
It's bad for business if they released ICS right now, then in a few weeks showed off the SGS3 and was a disappointment. They haven't shown us the next flagship running ICS which I guess they are working to get that ready along with the next version of Touchwiz.

Other manufacturers have like HTC with sense 4 and have started dropping ICS to select few with sense 3.6.

Samsung are to blame but with patience we just have to hope they deliver.