ICS on SGSII Epic 4G Touch

[Non Sequitur]

As most of you know, ICS for our amazing phone will be out most likely late February to early March. What are you most excited about?
I have to say I can't wait for the camera with no shutter lag. Also, I'm going to love the customizable favorites tray.

 

[Sierra255]

I'm looking forward to just seeing ICS. I don't know much about it, other than it being the single OS for phones and tablets moving forward.

 

[davis.rob]

Where did you hear the Feb/March dates? AFAIK Samsung/Sprint hasn't announced any dates for the E4GT ... I imagine it will almost certainly be later than the "vanilla" Galaxy 2 phones.

From what little I've seen of ICS, I can't say that I love the "minimalist" approach that much ... getting rid of menus and the stick-figure icons don't thrill me. I'm sure there will be some nice features, but overall I'm not holding my breath.

As most of you know, ICS for our amazing phone will be out most likely late February to early March. What are you most excited about?

 

[egkor]

Check the Phandroid news, ICS for Sprint SGS2ET looks to be coming sooner rather than later.

 

[davis.rob]

Cool ... I must have missed that. Thanks!

Check the Phandroid news, ICS for Sprint SGS2ET looks to be coming sooner rather than later.

 

[MachineGunnWilly]

Awesome...Can't wait to try it out! I will be pleasantly surprised if I don't end up going back to Go Launcher though...LOVE THAT THANG!

 

[IanLacy]

Hopefully I wont see events/0 and suspend obliterating my battery anymore.

 

[esai]

I can't wait for it. I hope Sprint rolls it out sooner than later.

 

[JaydeEvo]

I can't wait. It makes my itchy having to wait. The only thing that will make this go away is ice cream (sandwich that is)

 

[Non Sequitur]

Where did you hear the Feb/March dates? AFAIK Samsung/Sprint hasn't announced any dates for the E4GT ... I imagine it will almost certainly be later than the "vanilla" Galaxy 2 phones.

From what little I've seen of ICS, I can't say that I love the "minimalist" approach that much ... getting rid of menus and the stick-figure icons don't thrill me. I'm sure there will be some nice features, but overall I'm not holding my breath.

First of all, I have my sources.
Second, all of those features will be replaced with another, easier way to do it. I think that it's a good idea, because one of my friends has been whining his ass off about how "Android (Gingerbread) is too hard to use." -_-

 

[Travelmind]

Just picked up my phone and it said UPDATE - Ice cream sandwich and it listed all these improved features. I hit the update button and all of a sudden the GrooveShark app updated... then is app said installed. I rebooted the phone and selected the for system updates and it said my phone was up to date. but it did not upgrade ICS. What happen? is it out yet? very weird..

 

[BigCiX]

Just picked up my phone and it said UPDATE - Ice cream sandwich and it listed all these improved features. I hit the update button and all of a sudden the GrooveShark app updated... then is app said installed. I rebooted the phone and selected the for system updates and it said my phone was up to date. but it did not upgrade ICS. What happen? is it out yet? very weird..

You probably just had a small maintenance update not OS.

 

[Travelmind]

NO it said Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and listed a whole list of improvment featues... I cant get it to come bacl up.... the only thing ive dine to my phone is use the *#7594# to turn off the security...

 

[nemesys06]

to be honest, I really don't care about getting ICS on this device. Yes, I want to be up to date, but it is something I can wait for. With Touchwiz on it, I highly doubt there will be much difference. Maybe a couple new features, but with the custom UI and Samsung's own skins for their camera and so forth, how different do you think your epic touch will be after the ICS update? Those running vanilla android will probably see a much bigger difference than us who are running on a custom UI.

 

[MachineGunnWilly]

Very good point Nemesys. I love my GS2, but HATE touchwiz. Go launcher is my saving grace and what keeps me from going back to an HTC phone. I wish we could get a stock ICS, without rooting.

 

[MachineGunnWilly]

Also it's nearing the end of February. Any confirmed dates for a release?

 

[JaydeEvo]

Sprint has hinted that the update will be by the first week in March... You have to keep in mind too, the update wont be to all devices at the same time. They will spread it around like the other updates. So if its available tomorrow, don't expect to be the first one to get it. You may have to wait a week or so.

And I too hate touchwiz. I would love to be able to install a custom rom on my galaxy s2. there has been little support for it, however, with the Nexus being released for Sprint also, we should expect to see some support. I haven't gotten a chance to look at differences between the two devices but I can hope that they are similar enough to make ROM porting easier. There has been little support for alternative ROMs from major players (CM7 ect)

 

[Netcat]

You probably just had a small maintenance update not OS.

It was probably an update for the GrooveShark app to make it compatable for ICS so when you DO upgrade to ICS, the app will continue to function.

 

[Ronny71]

1. [WIP]FB17.ICS.ROM.by.MADDOGGIN.1.0[WIP]{02/22} - xda-developers

2. [ ROM ] Stock Rooted FB17 System [ ICS / OS 4.0.3 ] - xda-developers

3. [KERNEL/RECOVERY][ICS] Rogue *Stock FB17* v1.2.1 (New 2/21/12) - xda-developers

4. [ODIN][TAR] SPH-D710.FB17_CL159611 (FB17 Kernel/ROM+FB15 Mdm - Full Restore - Rooted) - xda-developers


Have a go at these ...Theres one to flash the Recovery ...and one with a built in Recovery...Various results with all ...Sum have a few bugs...Being worked on to the Final...

 

[Ronny71]

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FB 21 is up thanks to Calk...

[ ROM ] Stock Rooted FB21 System [ ICS / OS 4.0.3 ] - xda-developers

 

[Ronny71]

FB 24 has been released...but no leak yet for the Devs...It will be up soon...Were gettin close to a Final and that will be pushed to the phones in March...but the Devs will have it first...which means will get it first...

 

[JaydeEvo]

Ronny, how complicated is this to do. I have rooted before on many devices but the original Epic was the only device I bricked so I am a little nervous to try.

 

[Ronny71]

Ronny, how complicated is this to do. I have rooted before on many devices but the original Epic was the only device I bricked so I am a little nervous to try.

You won't brick the phone (If you follow the directions and take your time...)...Go to qbkings77's videos (On You Tube...He's the Best !!!!!!...) on how to root your phone and install Clockwork Recovery Mod... with these processes installed you can always go back thru Odin to get the tar file back to go to completely stock like it came from Sprint right outta the box...

By the way I've Bricked my Phone twice and got right back up and Runnin usin Odin...

Ive done all the leaks on the ICS up to fb 21...The last was about the best...But there are still bugs but not everyones phone gets them...I still don't have Sprint Visual Voice Mail...But now have GPS which I didn't have before...But I'm just playin with them...They won't be a Daily Driver for me...Until they do the Final which will be pusged to our phones in March...But our Devs will have them first so we'll see it before the General Public...

Right Now...I'm back to my stable Calks 2.91 Rom which is the best out there in my opinion...I'm runnin a Custom Kernel and my Touch is overclocked at 1.6...It is unbelievably fast...And I'm happy with that...

So if you want to root follow the directions to a T...take your time install the processes follow the directions and you'll have root and get yourself a nice Custom Rom and Kernel...Then if you want to play around with ICS you can...You won't brick the Phone and if you do there are plenty of people on here and other Forums...XDA is the best in My Opinion...Good Luck and have fun...If I can help in any way let me know...

 

[lilotimz]

Just saying, even experienced dev's over at XDA are bricking their e4gt's trying to flash the leaks and countless others experienced problems "updating" it to a newer leak or going back to stock without following the exact directions.

Would not seriously recommend going to any of the ICS leaks unless you're absolutely determined, know what you're doing, and know that you might brick your phone...

I'll live with calkulins 2.9.1 till the entire installation process for the leaks are clarified / simplified.

 

[wingnut2626]

I'm not so sure that i want ICS. I spent too much damn time customizing what i have now.