Before the advent of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the whole Android ecosystem is going gaga over Ice Cream Sandwich which at that time was the latest iteration of the Google mobile operating system. Many months have already passed since Google unveiled ICS late last year and we finally saw the update get pushed out to most of the high-end devices in the market today (well, at least for those handsets not shipping with ICS out of the box, that is).
The Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4g is available starting at just one penny at select retailers.
In the case of Korean smartphone and tablet manufacturer Samsung, the company as early as late last year confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S II will be one of its first handsets that will get upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and the projected rollout date was back in Q1. The manufacturer was able to keep its word and unleashed the update for the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S II back in February.
The case is different though for carrier-branded versions of the handset. Looking back, the Samsung Galaxy S II was then the flagship device of Samsung. Due to the impressive components and capabilities of the handset, almost all wireless providers in US shores with the exception of Verizon released their respective variants of the handset. In the case of Sprint, it released the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G as its variant of the original Galaxy S II and at one point, the handset was rumored to be the first carrier-branded handset released in US shores to get the Android 4.0 refresh.
There were even news reports back then that Sprint was already in the final stages of testing the ICS update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G which further strengthened the speculations. Sad to say, this did not pan out because it was the HTC Vivid 4G from AT&T who got first dibs on the ICS update in our side of the world when users of the handset were able to find a workaround to force the handset to download and install the ICS update. Users of the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G from Sprint though went back to waiting for ICS to land.
A couple of weeks back, Sprint finally managed to get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G rolled out but due to several issues and problems, the rollout was stopped.
Just today, it looks like Sprint was already able to iron out the wrinkles in the ICS update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G because reports are coming in that several users of the handset already managed to download and install ICS on their respective handsets. No solid word has been released by Sprint as of yet but given this type of reports, you lose nothing if you will be on the lookout for the ICS update notification or if you manually check for the update every once in a while. You can buy the Epic Touch 4G starting at just one penny!
August 1, 2012 at 10:52 am
Dont do it. I just updated to ICS yesterday and my phone is useless now. Missing apps, frozen screen, email doesnt workl, swype doesnt work properly, internet takes forever/freezes, apps force close, turns off and on.. I could go on forever. My phone was perfect before the update.
August 1, 2012 at 10:54 am
*I have the samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g touch
August 2, 2012 at 11:31 am
I dont know whats wrong with the ics update, Mine seems to work extremely well and its super smooth, The only problem that i have is i have two of the same phones, one for me and my gf, i already got the update 3 week ago and she still hasnt, wonder why? Thats the only complaint that i have!
August 2, 2012 at 6:27 pm
@cobain Sorry but everyone that has this update has bugs and no your phone is not running smoother. Try holding the home button to see your recen apps and you’ll see a visual bug in the bottom where it is supposed to be transparent. Try flicking up and down when going through your contacts and the scrolling goes out of control because it is so unresponsive now.
And to everyone else reading this:
DONT DOWNLOAD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 2, 2012 at 9:15 pm
update blows… lost half my contacts- shuts dwn when it wants to…
how do I get it back to good??
August 4, 2012 at 1:34 pm
@dylan – So you’ve confirmed that every user has an issue? How so? I guess you didn’t talk to me then because my phone runs even better with the new update. I tested what you said and no, I don’t have that issue. Nor does my wife’s phone or my daughter’s phone. Maybe you need a new phone.
August 26, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Well, I have had the update for a while, I did a factory reset, as there were some compatability issues with some of my previous apps, and it is working like a dream. Remember to back up before the reset, and you will do just fine. Pre reset, my battery was draining after 5-6 hiours, now it lasts the business day, with wi-fi and bluetooth and gps turned on, brightness at 90%.
I think perhaps some people are expecting way too much from their phones.