Android 4.1 or a Value pack
Yesterday Google introduced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
A couple of minutes after that we tweeted that the Galaxy SIII will get an Android 4.1 update in Q3 of 2012.
This is not entirely strange because the Galaxy SIII is Samsung’s biggest smartphone at the moment.
Not only the Galaxy SIII will get Android 4.1 also the Galaxy Nexus.
After the announcement from Google people start asking us about updates for the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note.
At the moment we really don’t know if Samsung will update the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note to Android 4.1.
A possible option is that Samsung will give you a value pack update on Android 4.0.4 for the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note, like Samsung also did with the Galaxy S.
So we will see Android 4.0.4?
Yes, you will see Android 4.0.4.
Android 4.0.4 is at the moment under development for the Galaxy SII, this has been confirmed by our insider. When the update will come out is still a question but it will be in one a two months.
The Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note are one of the biggest phones by Samsung after the Galaxy SIII at the moment.
We hope Samsung will make some statement about the upcoming Android updates for all Android devices.
We understand that some people will be mad if Samsung decide to stop updating the most phones after 4.0.4.
But Samsung must draw a line somewhere of updates for marketing and producing new models.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR UPDATES BEFORE THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF SAMSUNG.
We just sended a email to Samsung regarding the update schedule.
A value pack? that would be lame from samsung since JB aint a mayor update, also Note and S2 are under 18 months upgrade politic. So we dont want 4.0.4 (which i already run on my S2). We want JB: Samsung!
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A value pack?….If that is true..than 1/2 words for Samsung !!!!!!!!!!!!! Samsung…..S3 and S2 have same hardware (S3 have quad core,HD screen rest all same)…and as hidr0 said it is still less than 18 months…..Nexus S which a old device getting JB If they say no to S2 and Note many people gonna hate Samsung for sure….4.0.4?……..Galaxy S got 3 major OS updates…But S2,Note 2 only (GB and ICS) and Samsung said They not updating Galaxy S before of ram problem but now Galaxy S2 and S3 have same ram
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A value pack, it’s a joke. If the Galaxy Nexus can run the JB, so the Galaxy S2 is able to run it because the S2 have more powerful CPU and GPU (correct me if I’m wrong). And yeah, I’m also running Android 4.0.4 via CM9. Samsung has to update the SII to JB.
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Value pack is Shxx. We do not need those bloatwares on our phone. We need new OS and open source drivers. Only one update for flagship? If yes,GS II will be my last samsung devices
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4.1 upgrade Samsung or GTFO!
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Hopefully Samsung tell us soon
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Dont blame Samsung,Ithink they will provide an update for note and S2, but not in near future.
Hardware wont be the reasno, new phones must be sold.
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Hey
Samsung , You Are Double Standard ,Super Drain My Money ,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Samsung Galaxy Note relase date – 09/2011, so It’s 10 months since relase. We want 4.1 JB! We have 8 mth upgrade policy yet!
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Samsung galaxy Drain My Money.
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what about flash compatibility?, if JB doesn’t support it, I prefer a value pack rather that a upgrade…
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different S3 and S2 is HD screen ,Screen Size ,Exynos Quad Core, NFC included all model and battery size.
But some devices is not changed from S2 ,sample : 8mp. camera , Mali 400 GPU chip , 1GB RAM etc…
and will have value pack same S1.
I like Samsung ,but Samsung Is not Attention Customer.
so I Say “HEY SUMSUNG , YOU ARE DOUBLE STANDARD”
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I Will Cry With Samsung .
and I will not anything from samsung , if not update ICS4.1 For Samsung HIGHEND 2011 devices.
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This sort of bias game will ruin Samsung an Android. New OS should be open to all devices. If only new devices get the updates, then this would be the last android and samsung phone for me. fk your marketing policy and playing with customer minds….
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customers did not buy your phone just to fill in your pockets with money….
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i just JB 4.1 for GT-I8150
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The reason given for not upgrading the i9000 to ICS was that the processor wasn’t up to the task of running Touchwiz, which after running AOKP on it I can completely understand (the demands on the hardware presented by ICS are much greater than those of GB).
So they had a choice; either upgrade to ICS and use the standard UI, or stay on GB and make it look like ICS.
It’s not as big a leap from ICS to JB, so I can’t see any technical reason why the i9100 couldn’t run JB at least as well as it runs ICS now.
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Samsung should let the customers decide which version of OS to run in their devices and not to dictate them this version runs better and stuffs. As long as the device has the capacity to run it, they should get the updates. Not deprive them of it due to some marketing policies….None except handful of customers are gonna buy new device every 6 months just to try new OS. Therefore this will hit samsung back very badly…
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samsung nexus s and galaxy s is same devices options , but s1 had value pack ,only nexus s is upgraded.
Samsung galaxy nexus and galaxy s2 is same dual core ,1GB Ram ,galaxy s 2 will have VALUE PACK ,galaxy nexus was upgrade to JB.
Samsung galaxy s3 and next devices for google. but google devices was upgrade to next version ,s3 will have value pack.
this Marketing plan from Samsung yet.
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Samsung should know that they can not sell any galaxy s2 moreover if s2 can not get a 4.1 update. As an s2 owner I will not buy an S3 since it will not get an update after a year like s2.
Apple still supporting the very old 3gs phones also. Maybe we all the samsung users evaluate to switch to iphone 4s or wait for iphone 5.
Think twice samsung!..
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Apple iPhone4s better than s3 ,Sure.
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time to shift to custom rom… much better than a minor update…
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time to shift another manufacturer!..
samsung won’t support their device for software update while the hardware is goog enough for the new versions
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!!!! !!! SAMSUNG !
WE ARE A COMUNITY , WE HAVE XDA DEVELOPERS FOR ALL THAT YOU CAN´T DO !
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I totally agree with user erd, samsung should continue to support their device, or we will change with our device, who support their device.
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again??? while i have SGS, samsung didnt release ICS for my SGS. now i have SGS2, and samsung didnt give JB??? just a value packs??? WTF!! SGS2 will be my last samsung device. !!!! SAMSUNG!!
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To be honest am not so interesting to have more update for my
S2 cuz i was happy using my gingerbread as ics came with alots
Of faults
1- samsung reduced the capacity of the ram.
2- some apps use to rotate even without turning the rotation
Botton but not with ics – try this with youtube.
3- the copy & paste got alot of issues with most of the apps
So am thinking to back words if this issues specially the ram issue did’t fixed
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what you said is you need an update from samsung…
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we will bomb you till get a 4.1 update or loosing your market share…
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what the korean samsung saying is ” iphone rocks samsung once again by the means of continious software support”
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unacceptable
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s2 or s3 doesn’t differ. The problem is samsung’s support on their device which has only had a good hardware not the software. Result is garbage!..
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This is a lame excuse as clearly the S2 as the hardware to support JB, also Samsung are still selling the phone so it is odd they are not supporting a phone with an OS update which is still on the market.
Samsung can you imagine what iPhone 4 owners would be saying if they could not upgrade to ios6? Perhaps this is why even 3GS phones are still being sold new and also have a good 2nd hand value.
It seems if you don’t buy the latest Galaxy when it comes to the market then after 12 months or so it’s OS is out of date. Looks like an iPhone might be a better long term purchase in the future.
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I have a Galaxy S2 an it is my third Samsung phone, I have gotten a little wiser and by the looks it will be my last Samsung / Android phone.
It would be a real shame if there is no JB for the S2, but being realistic, Samsung is there to sell phones, it doesn’t matters if there are a lot of users with S2 phones, the idea is to sell more new phones and only that, you can’t compare to Apple, as their objective is to sell apps, music, video, books, etc etc and the phone is just the tool to deliver that, that’s why for apple it’s logical to update even their old phones.
Once you bought your brand new Samsung phone, they have no way to make more money from that, so it’s simply not profitable to update an old phone, and yes, the moment the S3 came out, the S2 became and old and outdated phone from Samsung’s point of view.
If I get another Android phone in the far far future, it will be a Nexus, as they seem have longer support from Google.
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Value pack? it’s a joke
S II is the best phone of 2011 and it’s very important. do you believe best phone of 2011 doesn’t get JB ? I can’t believe
and SGS II released under 18 mount …
I hope samsung released JB for S II with new TouchWiz
if NOT I never buy samsung phones again, because I don’t want put my money into trash
sorry for bad english
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Galaxy R 4.1??
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Correct
…samsung release JB for S II with…
sorry for bad english again
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wow, once again the morons come out in full force, Samsung have not specified anything about 4.1 for SII, so most comments here are redundant, the rest are just pure childish stupidity. I am not aware of a single smart phone manufacturer in the world that just continues to support devices without a cut off date. Look at Apple a minor OS change and you had to by a new Phone to get the extra features(4 to 4S).
I look at the market and Samsung are just so far ahead of the game its almost sad for everyone else. So for those that are not happy with Galaxy devices sure go to a different manufacturer, then I wont have to read through pages of inane moronic babble.
BTW: you do get a choice if you so badly want the latest OS you get a nexus, and just who makes the nexus ?.
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I bought a SII first, now a Note.
My Note has a big issue in displaying blacks, & my videos never looked worse.
I get a feeling it’s bit laggy.
I’m fed up with the Samsung Touch-Wiz & even ICS looking like the same. I hate their people app (contacts) on ICS, which looks exactly like GB one.
I’m buying a HTC One X as my next phone. My Last Samsung device will be Galaxy Note…
If there’s a new Nexus phone by someone else in future I’ll buy it!
Goodbye SAMSUNG !!!!
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We are talking to much. We have 2 options: Samsung will give JB for our SGS2, if not, second option: finish with Samsung. I will proceed like this. Samsung is taking us like idiots, they are up now, but they should understand: is very easy to fall down.
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If samsung will not JB our SGS2, I will not buy from them anymore.
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well another issue whether galaxy note will be having jellybean or not, samsung still no answer on black clipping issue on playing videos.please samsung give both updates a new video player app for note and a more stable firmware since ics is so buggy. remember windows and nokia is now on the rise and soon steal the ‘show’ from both sammy and android. make way for now for your end-users else regret sooner.we still have many choices to choose from if still unheard.
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Samsung people are clever and will give us JB for our SGS2. It’s only a matter of time…
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samsung is like other vendors, that is like microsoft. Do not believe samsung android will support you in the long run. samsung just using linux world for profit.
To Google: Do not let this matter drag on.
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If they not, the result will be : they can not sell any other phone to the s2 users which over 20 million. It’s so easy…
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WTF! no JB for SGS2?? I think I’m starting hating this Samsung. I hope this is a jock. Or I think it’s time to shift to another manufacture.
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I changed my mine. I’ll stuck with my SGS2 with custom rom^^. Samsung go to hell.
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SAMSUNG PLZ UPDATE OUR DEVICES IN MIDDLE EAST ESPECIALLY SAUDI ARABIA IAM STILL ON GB AND U R TAKING ABOUT VALUE PACK .. BY THIS WAY U WILL LOSE UR CUTOMERS IN SAUDI AND THE WORLD AND IAM THE 1st ONE IF U WILL NOT UPDATE OUR DEVICES IT WILL BE MY 1st AND LAST GALAXY !!!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE U WILL DO IT ????????????????????????
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F*ck samsung and f*ck such day that i sold my iphone 4 to buy such bs galaxy s2 that gets no any f*cking updates. this company is full liars and money suckers that just need money. i am really so F*ckin pissed of such Trashy shit company. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FUCKIN DEVICE TO BUY IT FROM YOU WHORES!
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lets talk about updating. Is it will be update till the next S4 or what? cause I’m thinking to shift to nexus series! it better in updates. Believe me, Galaxy is trash without updates =_=
Why I’m talking like that? sorry I’m SGS2 user and I’m waiting for the ICS for Mideast and google talking about JB?!!
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switch to an apple device, seriously apple know how to treat their customers. i will be an apple supporter forever. and will never get faked with videos and pictures anymore by any other company
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Hey Samsung ,you’re not a noob & I am not a Buffalo.
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There is no reason the S2 and Note won’t get an update to 4.1. It has not introduced any new hardware requirements, so anything that can run ICS comfortably will also run JB.
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Once upon the time…. Nokia was a Giant on the market that had been grown up to the sky.
One day they decided that they know better then their own customers what the customers wanted and they decided to sell what Nokia wanted not the customers. Everyone knows the result.
There is the time now that Sumsung knows better and decides to F…ck the customers that many came from Nokia.
Well Sumsung … pride comes before the fall.
Maybe it is the time to switch to original Google products as your UI on Android is ….hmm everyone knows.
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Lol I think my decision to buy a galaxy nexus was right.
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Google nexus with latest Android = Apple iPhone with latest IOS
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buy a galaxy nexus….
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If Samsung will not release JB for GS2 in the future, this will be my last smartphone from Samsung !!
I really don’t understand this opportunistic behaviour of a leader Company in relation to his customers : it’s an outrage to intelligence of people who spend a lot of money for a top range just one year ago !
My next smartphone will be a “Pure Google” device … better support and respect for customer from Google.
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+1 for @losteagle
Normal HUMAN Not Have A LOTS OF MONEY.
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Pure GOOGLE IS GOD OF ANDROID
CHOOSE GOOGLE PURE DEVICES IS BEST CHOICE
NO SUMSUNG ,NO VALUE PACK.
NO SAMSUNG ,NO BUG STOCK OS.
NO SAMSUNG ,NO TOUCHWIZ.
NO SAMSUNG ,NO WORRY.
NO SAMSUNG ,NO DOUBLE STANDARD.
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DISGUSTING!
I have a Samsung Galaxy W, a great smartphone that can safely support ICS.
I also paid 299€ to buy this device but now I have to see low-cost devices like Samsung GT-B5330 or Sony Xperia mini updated to Android 4.0…dear Samsung, how can this ever be the treatment that YOU reserve your customers?
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For everyone interested to share a point of view, please join me in the forum:
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6170&p=38336#post38336
Remember: reason over harsh language.
Prove a point, never threaten.
That’s how you truly win.
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“Samsung must draw a line somewhere of updates for marketing and producing new models.”
Oh Really?
Then I must say go away to Samsung.
If SGS2 doesn’t get JB, I’ll be done with samsung forever.
Samsung already made a fool of us with SGS.
Enough is enough. This is their last chance.
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I swear the god if we dont get the last os on the s2 then this will be my last android phone and spacially from samsung , i will better wait for the iphone 5 at least they give updates for long time
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Google should stop supporting samsung , no android more for samsung then they will become like black berry and nokia
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Fuck Samsung, I’ll make a port of a SGSIII JB ROM if it’ll be necessary! Damn’t! How can this be possible? SGNexus has been already confirmed for AOSP update, why shouldn’t the SGS II be?
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JB for super flop phone GS3 and not for super power phone GS2!!! Crazzzziiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee…
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Hey SG2 is Samsung’s master piece and it deserve JB updates. SG3 already has its market share as far as money is concern. Keeping JB limited to new phones will only affect Samsung’s customer relation ship towards bad side.
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