Galaxy S II articles
May 1, 2012
Vodafone has just tweeted an update advising that owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II from either 3 or Vodafone should start to see the Ice Cream Sandwich update available via FOTA(Firmware Over The Air) for their phone from midday tomorrow(May 2nd). The upgrade will be to Android 4.0.3 and as well as bug fixes [...]
April 29, 2012
Work in a tough job that would require your Samsung Galaxy S II or Nexus S to be thoroughly protected? Well this is the giveaway for you. Thanks to Ballistic Cases Australia we’re able to give away the cases they gave to us to review. To enter, all you need to do is leave us [...]
April 27, 2012
Vodafone have confirmed via their blog that they have given final approval for the Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update. This means that the update is now ready to be pushed out to devices by Samsung very, very soon. The date has not yet been confirm by Vodafone, however, it would [...]
April 26, 2012
More Samsung news, yay! From all the people sending us emails, tweets and various other forms of communication, we can confirm that the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich update is ready to be applied to your Samsung Galaxy S II from Telstra. The update doesn’t appear to be available for download over-the-air, so you’ll need [...]
April 24, 2012
We’ve just seen the Android 4.0.3 update for the generic (unbranded / carrier-free) Samsung Galaxy S II get pushed to Samsung Kies. So if you’re willing to get your update on, download Kies (if you haven’t already) and connected your device and start the download process. Google+
April 18, 2012
While the initial Android 4.0.3 “Ice Cream Sandwich” update for the Samsung Galaxy S II on Optus may have only been for a select amount of users, going by the amount of people telling up Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for them, we can confirm it’s now available for everyone. To update your device [...]
April 12, 2012
Week 2 of our giveaways and we’ve got an extended battery for the Samsung Galaxy S II. It’s from Mugen Power, and at the time I received it, it was worth $100. Now you can get it yourself for the low, low price of $0.00 including postage. It’s a 3200mAh battery, so it will turn [...]
April 3, 2012
Samsung have just pushed the Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the Galaxy S II on Optus to Kies. The update may be available for download over-the-air (let us know in the comments) or you can download it via Samsung Kies 2.0. OPS = Australia (Optus) I9100XWLP4/I9100OPSLP4sammobile.com/kies — SamKiesUpdates (@SamKiesUpdates) April 3, 2012 Optus [...]
April 2, 2012
As some of you may have known, I was the owner of a Samsung Galaxy S II and have now swapped to a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. In that transition I left behind a few accessories that I feel I should give away to you, the greatest readers in the world. The first of these giveaways [...]
March 29, 2012
It has become somewhat of a routine that every fortnight Google will update the above graph (Platform Versions) with the percentages of how many devices are running each version of Android, and then technology blogs will rush to praise or criticise Google. The last update took place on March 5th, which means the next fortnightly [...]
March 26, 2012
Just a couple of weeks ago we heard rumours that the next iteration of the Samsung Galaxy S II was coming – in its 4G incarnation, on Telstra. We now have official confirmation from Telstra – it’s launching tomorrow the 27th of March 2012. Compared to the former Galaxy S II, the 4G iteration offers: [...]
March 16, 2012
It’s real, ladies and gentlemen. The Samsung Galaxy S II 4G will be launching exclusively on Telstra on the 27th of March. We’d previously reported that dummy models of the device were being shipped into Telstra stores, but now we have a confirmed released date. The picture above — sent in via our trusty source [...]
March 9, 2012
According to the Samsung website the Ice Cream Sandwich update for one of the most popular Android handsets out there will be available for the Galaxy S II via Kies 2.0 from tomorrow. You will have to make sure you are using the Kies 2.0 software as according to the FAQ, 1.5 does not support [...]













