Several terminals coming out of the factories of the South Korean Samsung are catching up. Some of them are using upgrade packs that make up for the persistence in Android 2.3 Gingerbread, while others continue to advance through the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade system. In any case, the Seoul- based firm tries not to stall the options of its most interesting terminals.
In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S "" not only the GT-i9000, which was the founding model of the high-end registered in the Galaxy family, but all the versions and revisions that continued it "", a few days ago it began to be deployed the so-called Value Pack, a batch of functions and improvements that reproduce the experience of using Android 4.0, while maintaining the previous edition of Google's system, Android 2.3.
Given the technical characteristics of the Samsung Galaxy S, it has not been possible to include it in the Samsung update program, nor has it been another of the firm's latest launches, the Samsung Galaxy W, which with the Value Pack integrates some extracted possibilities directly from ICS, such as the facial unlocking system, multitasking management or the possibility of capturing photos while we are recording videos with the mobile.
At the moment, the possibility of getting the Value Pack for Android 2.3 in the Samsung Galaxy S and Samsung Galaxy W is only available in South Korea, Slovakia and Romania, although the process will gradually be poured into other regions of the globe. as the weeks go by.
The terminals that do continue to receive Android 4.0 are Google's head phones. We refer to the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, both manufactured by the hand of Samsung. The latest in the system called Ice Cream Sandwich is Android 4.0.4, and according to Mountain View, it comes to integrate up to 100 new system improvements in the two most recent editions of its native mobile.
Among other things, the response of the screen rotation to the accelerometer will be smoother, while the camera operation is implemented and subtle, although significant, improvements in the stability of the system are introduced. Despite everything, at the moment it is not known when this version could be downloaded through the OTA update system "" Over the air "" in our country.
What is undoubtedly the most popular mobile in the current Samsung catalog, the Samsung Galaxy S2, has been receiving the update to Android 4.0 throughout the globe for several weeks. In the UK, some operators have even started to launch the upgrade package adapted to their respective firmwares. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy Note, the process will take place during this second quarter of the year, although it is not known precisely when the Android 4.0 update would begin to be deployed for the South Korean's large phone.