Orange UK ICS release date?

Voltaire180 said:

Any idea, when Ics released for this network? cannot find any hint online, even a guy at Orange didnt know, every other network appears to have received it...installed it no problem on my Sensation, but on S2 not a peep.

cheers guys

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Mehta23 said:

well GB update for my desire hd on orange came out a few weeks ago. same update on vodaphone was in december. i would reccomend doing what you have to do to root and get a custom rom of ICS

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ironass said:

You are talking about GingerBread on a totally different handset with a totally different carrier... not very helpful I must say, to suggest rooting a phone and voiding the warranty.

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Mehta23 said:

i was merely showing an example to convey my thoughts on how slow orange are with their updates. rooting ( if you know what you are doing ) doesnt really pose too much of a risk and your phone can always be taken back to stock for say to fix a hardware problem

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ironass said:

You may not be aware that Samsung, in an unprecedented move, are releasing branded firmware ahead of sim free. Already, in the UK, Three and O2 branded handsets have received ICS whilst the unbranded UK phones have not. See here:-

Galaxy S2 SIM-free owners last to get ICS, Samsung admits | CNET UK

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Mehta23 said:

rooting ( if you know what you are doing ) doesnt really pose too much of a risk and your phone can always be taken back to stock for say to fix a hardware problem

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Mehta23 said:

although there should be custom roms for ICS.

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ironass said:

Orange branded handsets, CSC code ORA, have had ICS via Kies, released today, 13th April. See here:-

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/523455-ics-csc-you-eligible-update.html

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SandLake said:

Was that ICS or 2.3.6?

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SandLake said:

I see this on samfirmware

I9100BVKL1 2.3.6 2012 April I9100ORALB1 United Kingdom (Orange)

I would have expected a bit of a fanfare!

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