Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich Update Coming March 1

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Friday, February 10, 2012

Samsung Galaxy S2 owners may be able to upgrade to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich sooner then they originally thought.

Industry insider Eldar Murtazin recently tweeted some information on his Twitter page claiming that the Android update would be coming to the smartphone on March 1, nearly a month before it was expected to come out.

"Android 4 aka ics for sgs2 is going to be officially offered by March 1(depends from county/operator)," tweeted Murtazin.

Samsung made a public announcement on Dec. 20 stating that the Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab devices would definitely receive the Android 4.0 update in the near future. The original report said that both the Galaxy S2 and Galaxy Note would receive it before the end of the first quarter of 2012. Other devices updates would follow shortly after.

HTC also took to its Facebook account yesterday in order to announce the smartphones from its line that would be receiving the upgrade in the next two months.

The first HTC devices to get Android 4.0 will be the Sensation, Sensation 4G and Sensation XE. Their ICS upgrade will be rolling out during the last week of March.

There will also be a second round of Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for HTC devices that includes the HTC Rezound, Vivid, Amaze 4G, EVO 3D, EVO Design 4G, Incredible S, Desire S and Desire HD.

Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich is currently comes pre-installed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone that is available through Verizon Wireless.

Sprint will be the next carrier in the U.S. to carry the Galaxy Nexus, the flagship ICS handset.

Ice Cream Sandwich should also make its way to other Samsung devices including its line of Galaxy Tabs since the software is made for both tablets and smartphones.