Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Updating Galaxy S2 to Ice Cream Sandwich

This was my experience... So far...

I successfully updated my Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0.3 via Kies. The Process went very smoothly and took about 20 minutes under a connection of 2 Mbps.

After the update package was downloaded the phone entered the download status and started the OS installation. After this all the apps I had already installed were updated to function under the new OS. The phone booted twice and the upgrading process was over.

Firsts impressions:

. Desktop: All the widgets and shortcuts were reset, it booted with the stock configuration. I had to reestablish all the way I had it.

. Folders: Folders on apps list were deleted, you will have to create them again and reorganize.

. Connection: No problems regarding phone carrier, data packages or WiFi settings. My Carrier is Movistar, Venezuela. Basic phone stuff OK.

. Data: Good news, no backup needed, Happily all my data (phone call logs, sms, mms, whatsapp conversations, emails, email settings, accounts, etc.) were intact.

Camera: BAD BAD BAD. It freezes, stops working, takes to much time to go from camera to gallery as well as going from camera to video recording... Something's wrong with that, I´ll post later about this if I find out whats going on. Oh! another thing: NO CAMERA SHORTCUT WHEN UNLOCKING! I hope it's just a missing setting but so far, I haven't found it.

I´ll post more impressions after more tests... Hope this helps!

New inputs:

Browser: faster, bookmarks were saved and browser options to. The bad: NO FLASH support... so far

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