"You May Not Want Ice Cream Sandwich"

[Jack45]

Not Sony-specific:

Sony: You May Not Want Ice Cream Sandwich | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Android Ice Cream Sandwich vs Gingerbread: Sony's take

 

[igga]

Good info!

What do you guys think? What are the opinions of those who have already upgraded to the leaked ics?

 

[brunnels]

My phone has been much faster after the switch to ics and the battery life seems the same if not better. The articles dont mention much how much more the software update can do and all the changes that are much nicer.

 

[smithmatthewa]

I wish that I had not switched. My battery life has gone down, I've noticed changes to simple functions like texting that I hate, etc. I wish I could go back.

 

[Kingdrew]

I can't wait for the official update, I hope its soon

 

[Jack45]

The articles dont mention much how much more the software update can do and all the changes that are much nicer.

The PCMag article (last line) includes this link:

Google Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" Review & Rating | PCMag.com

 

[naviwilliams]

Confused, if one upgrades to a particular OS, they can't downgrade?

 

[Jack45]

Confused, if one upgrades to a particular OS, they can't downgrade?

If one upgrades to a particular OS, they can downgrade. For example, to return to stock:

[HOWTO][TAR] THE ODIN THREAD :: Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR! - xda-developers

 

[naviwilliams]

Ah, thanks. I asked my question based on someone else's post above about not being able to restore OS.

If one upgrades to a particular OS, they can downgrade. For example, to return to stock:

[HOWTO][TAR] THE ODIN THREAD :: Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR! - xda-developers

 

[nesto1]

I wish that I had not switched. My battery life has gone down, I've noticed changes to simple functions like texting that I hate, etc. I wish I could go back.

You probably jsut need to reset your battery statistics. You may want to look into rooting and doing that. THat is what I did and my battery issue was resolved.

 

[bk11222]

i use ADW launcher pro. will i have to reset all of my settings and the icon layout of my screens?

 

[naviwilliams]

What I want to know is this, what on earth is ICS offering that is so special that everyone is lining up for ICS on the Skyrocket?

 

[rogue780]

What I want to know is this, what on earth is ICS offering that is so special that everyone is lining up for ICS on the Skyrocket?

For me it's being able to encrypt my device and chrome beta

 

[redrider67]

I'm new to this part of flashing phones, so my question is this flashed to ICS today works great once the official ICS comes out from AT&T can we download that version without flashing back to GB or will we need to do that before we download the official version.

I like the fact that texts with pics do not show up as videos anymore and you can now tap and make them bigger right there without having to save them first.