Samsung Galaxy Note finally gets the official Ice Cream Sandwich

10 May, 2012
Multiple sources report that the long awaited update is now seeding to Galaxy Notes around the world.

Sort by:

  • S
  • SATISH
  • w4X
  • 05 Jun 2012

Upgrade is not that impressive
low battery, slow and few pre installed apps will hang and some graphics support failing ... think before upgrading.

for me it did not fascinate much!!

    • S
    • SATISH
    • w4X
    • 05 Jun 2012

    Upgrade is not that impressive
    low battery, slow and few pre installed apps will hang and some graphics support failing ... think before upgrading.

    for me it did not fascinate much!!

      • A
      • Alex
      • nIj
      • 04 Jun 2012

      Updated today Over The Air in UK with Note unlocked. Everything seems fine for the moment, premium suite is so cool. Battery performance not checked yet.

        • B
        • Billy M
        • 9FD
        • 04 Jun 2012

        cool! finally got ICS on my Unlocked GNote here in the US

          • D
          • AnonD-57600
          • u7G
          • 04 Jun 2012

          i have faced similar problems too....battery drains faster!!!many google integrated applications are not working well and close down.....Samsung better release a much better update soon...

            • D
            • AnonD-57486
            • nI7
            • 03 Jun 2012

            At last UK got update to through kies

              • P
              • Pieter
              • f0x
              • 02 Jun 2012

              Anonymous, 01 Jun 2012Updated OTA in South Africa this morningOn what network are you?

                • m
                • matt
                • fre
                • 02 Jun 2012

                Anonymous, 01 Jun 2012Updated OTA in South Africa this morningWhich service provider are you with? I'm with vodacom and can't get the ICS update via OTA or Kies.

                  • m
                  • matt
                  • fre
                  • 02 Jun 2012

                  Anonymous, 01 Jun 2012Updated OTA in South Africa this morningYou're sure it was ICS? I can't update yet, and I'm in south africa

                    • D
                    • DT
                    • HDZ
                    • 02 Jun 2012

                    DT, 01 Jun 2012Has anyone in the UK got this official ICS updated yet? I h... moreFinally arrived today in the UK! Unlocked Note on Orange

                      • ?
                      • Anonymous
                      • fre
                      • 01 Jun 2012

                      Updated OTA in South Africa this morning

                        • D
                        • DT
                        • MAI
                        • 01 Jun 2012

                        Has anyone in the UK got this official ICS updated yet? I have an unlocked Note but no update yet.

                          • ?
                          • Anonymous
                          • u1A
                          • 31 May 2012

                          Hiiiiii guys, have got my note upgraded to ice cream sandwich just two so back....the experience so far has been awesome...

                          First improvement: the lag which was there in gingerbread is gone! Yippee!

                          Second: the extra features which come in with ICS are really nice

                          Regarding the battery life..I would say that in past two days I have experienced a drastic improvement in it. Previouslymy battery would get drained by 9-10 hours on moderate use. In the past 2 days, on the same usage, battery runs for almost 13-14 hours.

                          Will report again based on further use and experiences with ICS on Note.

                          Till then cya.

                            • D
                            • AnonD-14626
                            • utW
                            • 31 May 2012

                            ICS Drains battery faster in galaxy NOTE. thanks for samsung provinding beautiful update called ICS with many bugs still persisting along with battery drain and old Touchwiz UI where even the newly announced GALAXY R has new Touchwiz as GalaxySIII. What is samsung gonna answer we users .???

                              • D
                              • AnonD-57062
                              • uvn
                              • 31 May 2012

                              gsmarena when are going to review Android 4.0 ICS on Galaxy Note ?

                                • r
                                • rtn1797
                                • akg
                                • 30 May 2012

                                I've just updated my note in iran via the indian rom and its just perfect. Every thing is very fast. No lags at all.

                                  • A
                                  • Anish
                                  • KS7
                                  • 30 May 2012

                                  Anil, 30 May 2012Has anyone encountered error / freeze when using Maps app? ... moreYeah I am also facing the same issue..!!

                                    • r
                                    • rtn1797
                                    • akg
                                    • 30 May 2012

                                    I've just updated my note in iran via the indian rom and its just perfect. Every thing is very fast. No lags at all.

                                      • A
                                      • Anil
                                      • ttd
                                      • 30 May 2012

                                      Has anyone encountered error / freeze when using Maps app? Mine freezes once blue circle with an arrow showing location is shown. Tried everything including factory reset. Doesn't help. Please verify. Thanks

                                        • Z
                                        • Zee
                                        • ssF
                                        • 29 May 2012

                                        And we still wait, and wait, and wait... This is a typical Samsung customer service. Why should they bother for anyone that bought their phones, when the cash lies deep in their pocket? Better invest in promoting the S3 or anything like it, rather than preserving old customers.
                                        I promise you Samsung: The Galaxy Note is my second trial with Samsung after the Omnia.
                                        I am not going to make this erroneous choice again...