I have a samsung galaxy S. Not the new S2. I was wondering what the latest version I can update to is. I have heard that the latest android version out right now is 2.3.7, but will that work on my phone?
So how do we know... what the latest one is that will even run on our phones? I mean since its android, you'd think that it would run on anything that met the minimum hardware requirements, right?
So unless you buy a new phone every few month then essentially you're stuck with whatever firmware update the phone came installed with - unless I want to bin my warranty and [potentially] mess up my phone beyond repair with all this Flashing malarkey?
Sounds like a stupid business model to me...
to say that your stuck is not 100% true in most cases, however eventually all phones will stop getting updates. Just like an old computer that has XP can't always be updated to Windows 7. It's the same idea, just happens faster.
BTW, yes Honeycomb is 3.0, but it's not a smartphone build, it's only for Tablets. You may luck out and be able to get ICS, but I wouldn't count on it.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I know that all technology heavily inclines you to upgrade [XP users in a very short while will be left to their own devices, TV users that haven't done the digital switchover thing etc.] after a few years - but I'm just very new to this pace with smartphones.
The Samsung Galaxy S only came out last year didn't it[?]and it's gone through X revisions already.
I just feel the least I should get is the rest of the Gingerbread [2.4-7] updates officially, even if they don't seem to add much [not to mention my fear of said updates simply wiping my phone clean - as half-backed-up as it is atm].
So its not possible that our Galaxy S can run ICS?
ICS is available from XDA developers as BETA 2. Obviosely not bug free but still very good : -
[DEV] ICS port for I9000/I9000B - BETA (ICS sources) - work in progress - xda-developers
Enjoy your SGS.
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