Samsung Galaxy S to get a Value pack update instead of ICS

[W.Salie]

I can not believe this.... yet XDA Developers proved it can be done

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_to_get_a_value_pack_update_instead_of_ics-news-3583.php

 

[Iwojima]

It's not that Samsung is saying ICS cannot be run on the SGS's hardware, it certainly can and has been done. Samsung's proprietary launcher, Touchwiz, and a variety of Samsung stock apps (read: Bloatware) will apparently result in poor performance when coupled with ICS.

I'm fairly sure they could quite easily just offer ICS without Touchwiz or maybe take a swing at making their launcher a bit more efficient.

That said, who in their right minds uses stock ROMS these days anyway? The XDA developer community (and other 3rd party devs) consistently provide better solutions than the manufacturers. I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on my SGS at the moment with little to no issues. In the upcoming months you'll see some very decent ICS ports to the device.

 

[W.Salie]

I'm running ICS 4.0.3 on my SGS at the moment with little to no issues.

So what kind of issues do you experience because I was thinking of upgrading but wasnt sure if I should because I thought its not stable

 

[mercurial]

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...g-unveils-ICS-update-schedule-for-Galaxy-line

 

[mercurial]

Samsung drops plans to release Value Pack for Galaxy S

Galaxy S users waiting for the Value Pack from Samsung are in for a disappointment. A company spokesperson has just confirmed that Samsung has dropped the plans to release the update.

As you may know, Samsung initially declined upgrading the popular Galaxy S smartphone to ICS last year, stating the lack of space on the phone as the reason. Later on they said that they will look into it, only to come back a while later and say that it's not going to happen after all. They did, however, promise a "Value Pack", which was supposed to add some useful features to the Galaxy S, found in ICS.

But now, even that's not going to happen. Once again, Samsung claims that the hardware is not capable of running the new software while staying clear of making any more promises that they cannot keep. So it seems that the Galaxy S users are going to be stuck on Gingerbread for the rest of their lives, assuming they stick to the official channel.

 

[Shayd]

Come on xda bring on the sandwich!

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[Shake&Bake]

How is support for the SGS wrt to ICS now on xda? Not been there in a while.
Should check it out again.

But wait - I'm learning Java for some reason

 

[W.Salie]

Has anyone installed ICS on there SGS1 and does it run smoothly? or is there problems with the phone after installing it?

 

[Iwojima]

Has anyone installed ICS on there SGS1 and does it run smoothly? or is there problems with the phone after installing it?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398223

Check out the known issues section. I'm running it and yet to come across anything that would make me switch back to a Gingerbread ROM

 

[W.Salie]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398223

Check out the known issues section. I'm running it and yet to come across anything that would make me switch back to a Gingerbread ROM

So what you saying is that you dont have any problems with the phone having ICS installed? No lagging or stalling because I know with the newer firmware it becomes more demanding and thats the reason why the manufactures are coming out with Dual core and quad core ect.

 

[Iwojima]

So what you saying is that you dont have any problems with the phone having ICS installed? No lagging or stalling because I know with the newer firmware it becomes more demanding and thats the reason why the manufactures are coming out with Dual core and quad core ect.

I've had no major issues and with every build I've updated to since the beginning of December '11 there are less and less smaller issues. The current ROM I'm using has a built in on-demand overclocking function that can increase your CPU clock from 200-400mhz when the phone is under load. This smoothens up the experience even more at the cost of some battery life, but is well worth it. That's not to say you have to use this function though as ICS is pretty damn smooth even without it.

As Samsung stated ICS can/will work with the SGS, but suffers due to their Touchwiz launcher, hence why all of the custom ICS roms for the device have dumped Touchwiz for either the stock ICS launcher OR one of the better launchers out there.

Give it a try. If you're not happy with it you can simply revert back to a Froyo based ROM

 

[FarligOpptreden]

^ Agreed. ICS with the stock launcher is anyways much better than any other ROM I've tried in recent years, even MIUI.