Hooray! There’s an Android update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket! Finally users can get start enjoying Android…. 2.3.6. Yup, despite the fact that Samsung’s working on an Ice Cream Sandwich update for the LTE phone, AT&T has pushed out a slight Android update for Gingerbread. This is a repair release – the previous update to 2.3.6 was broken, and wouldn’t update the phone properly.
AT&T hasn’t provided a changelog, but the update is probably just some bugfixes and stability improvements. I pulled down the update on our Skyrocket review unit and couldn’t see any serious changes. It’s a quick update that shouldn’t take more than ten minutes even on a 3G connection. There’s no reason not to upgrade for stock users, but those who have rooted their phones might want to just wait until the official Ice Cream Sandwich update.
Of course, those who are rooted are probably either running a custom ROM or already running the leaked Ice Cream Sandwich update. If that’s the case, there’s not a lot here for you. But those who intend to update just as soon as it’s available (whenever that might be) should check their settings menu – the Ice Cream Sandwich update probably won’t be going out for anything but the latest version of the Skyrocket stock ROM. Of course you’ll probably have the option of flashing a clean ROM at that point. It’s up to you.
Hardware
AT&T hasn’t provided a changelog, but the update is probably just some bugfixes and stability improvements. I pulled down the update on our Skyrocket review unit and couldn’t see any serious changes. It’s a quick update that shouldn’t take more than ten minutes even on a 3G connection. There’s no reason not to upgrade for stock users, but those who have rooted their phones might want to just wait until the official Ice Cream Sandwich update.
Of course, those who are rooted are probably either running a custom ROM or already running the leaked Ice Cream Sandwich update. If that’s the case, there’s not a lot here for you. But those who intend to update just as soon as it’s available (whenever that might be) should check their settings menu – the Ice Cream Sandwich update probably won’t be going out for anything but the latest version of the Skyrocket stock ROM. Of course you’ll probably have the option of flashing a clean ROM at that point. It’s up to you.
Device Specifications and Information
Device Info
- Device Name : Galaxy S II Skyrocket
- Manufactuer : Samsung
- Carrier : AT&T
- Announced Date : October 31, 2011
- Release Date : November 06, 2011
- Also Known As :
Display
- Screen Size : 4.5 Inch
- Resolution : 480x800
- Screen Type : Super AMOLED Plus
Dimension & Weight
- Height : 5.11 Inch
- Width : 2.71 Inch
- Depth : 0.37 Inch
- Weight : 130 Grams
Battery & Power
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1780 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : NA
Software
- Android OS:
- 2.3.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- MID
- MP3
- WAV
- WMA
- Video Playback:
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- CPU : Qualcomm
- CPU Clock Speed : 1500 Mhz
- Core : 2
- Ram : 1000 MB
- Internal Storage : 16 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
No comments:
Post a Comment