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If you own an international Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), you might be pleased to know that a leaked Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean ROM has made its way onto the internet, and based on the feedback of those who have flashed it, this build appears to be pretty stable which could be an indication that Samsung could be close to rolling it out to the masses. As expected, this ROM will bring the same features and experience that one might be able to expect from Jelly Bean, which means that users can look forward to Project Butter along with a host of other features. This ROM does contain minor bugs according to some, but then again that’s more or less to be expected. In any case this will require you to know how to flash ROMs onto your phone, so if you are unfamiliar perhaps you should give this a miss until the official update has been rolled out, or you could always go ahead and do your homework before proceeding. The ROM and the flashing instructions can be found here and as always, proceed with caution!

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Android 4.0 ROM leaked for AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777, Samsung ATIV Odyssey press rendering leaked,

As you may or may not know, there’s been an issue related to the universal search feature inside a region-specific batch of Samsung Galaxy S IIIs; with the Korean company going as far as “inadvertently” removing it from some Euro handsets a while back, before eventually bringing it back to life. Now, thanks to great, thorough inspecting by the folks from Android Police, it appears T-Mobile’s S II flavor is the latest galactic slab to have such searching trait completely wiped out from the device. Apparently, this took place during the T989UVLH1 update from T-Mo a couple of days ago, but much to everyone’s surprise, mentions of any “universal search” tweaks were nowhere to be found on the changelog. More importantly, how’s it looking on your end? Do let us know in the comments below.

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T-Mobile’s latest Galaxy S II update silently removed ‘universal search’ feature originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a long, long time since we first saw the unannounced Galaxy S II Plus show up in some leaked benchmarks. Today, however, Sammy’s souped-up flavor of that famed S2 is making the rounds on the interwebs once more, and better yet, we’ve got an idea of what it could look like physically come its official revelation. According to Chilean carrier VTR, Samsung’s Galaxy S II Plus will be sporting a 4.5-inch AMOLED display, which is said to be paired alongside a dual-core, 1.5GHz Exynos CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage and an 8-megapixel rear camera — notably, the site’s also listing it as an Ice Cream Sandwich device, making it slightly different than what we’d seen previously in earlier benchmark scores. Either way, all signs point toward the Korean outfit being close to legitimately introducing its S II Plus sooner rather than later; while we wait for that to happen, though, the angled shots after the break will have to suffice.

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Rumored Samsung Galaxy S II Plus resurfaces: adds purported specs and pictures originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Newer devices such as the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Samsung Galaxy Note that have early Android 4.1 Jelly Bean builds of CyanogenMod 10 have all been spotted in the past, and this leads us to the question – how does Jelly Bean hold up in a device which is one generation behind, such as the Samsung Galaxy 2? Well, you can find out further in the video above. It is said that South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has plans to include the Galaxy S2 under the wings of Jelly Bean, although there is no concrete release date just yet. For those who are a tad impatient, here is word that you can already run a custom ROM of CyanogenMod 10 on your rooted Samsung Galaxy S2, with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in tow.

It is said that majority of the Galaxy S2′s functions will work just fine, although there are some issues that users have run into such as the possibility of a random reboot, but it is more or less a close shadow of what the final and official version would be like.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Galaxy Note CyanogenMod 10 now available, Galaxy S3 to get Jelly Bean soon, Galaxy S2 in testing?,

Sprint’s version of the Galaxy S2 from Samsung is known as the Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch, where it has finally received an Over The Air (OTA) update that will kick start from today onwards – and do not fret too much if you have yet to receive the operating system update, as all Sprint Galaxy S2 owners are said to be on the receiving end of the update before you flip over your respective calendars to August.

This particular operating system update will see the Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch hit Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, delivering the standard issue Ice Cream Sandwich features such as a better looking user interface in addition to better performance of course, not to mention the added ability of Face Unlock, and Android Beam amongst others. Have you received your operating system update already, and how do you find it so far? We have yet to hear word of anyone’s handset bricking or going awry after the update process, which is always a good thing in our books.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Samsung Galaxy S2 ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich release date refuted,