Even though Samsung officially revealed the Ice Cream Sandwich port for Samsung S2, Galaxy Note users were eagerly waiting for official port for the phablet.So far, we knew that it’s set for a Q2 debut and will pack a new set of S Pen apps, but if you’ve longed to jump into the frozen goodness a bit early, today you can rejoice — a leaked build of Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung’s fabulous phablet(SGH-I717UCLC5) has reared its head in the forums of RootzWiki
Curiously, the file is available only as an EXE(links below).This EXE, is an Odin process one-click file that’s designed to make the update very simple.
With this Ice Cream Sandwich leak build out in the wild, the Android community is already circling back to provide a rundown of what more enthu users may expect. Points to be noted here is that, Samsung’s Premium Suite for the Galaxy Note isn’t included in this build, and while TouchWiz is said to crash upon first boot but with the addition of a Google Play account, reports suggest that these are one-time glitches.
RootzWiki’s internal build tester has provided with the following rundown of working features:
- Face Unlock is fully functional
- LTE connections are solid and up to speed
- Phone calls work great both ways
- Audio quality is up to par
- Stereo Bluetooth is fully functional
- MMS is fully functional
- GPS is fully functional
- Google Talk and Video Chat work
- Google Voice is fully functional
- Task Manager is smooth and transitions are quick
- Downloaded Flash video and in-browser video works flawlessly
- Chrome autosync is fully functional
- AT&T Hotspot functionality works, external devices connect fine
For those of you who are used to using the Samsung tools in the Gingerbread Galaxy Note, here are a few changes that out tester has noticed:
- Samsung Planner is now Calendar
- New Calendar widgets include Month, Mini Task, Three Day Task, Mini Today, Agenda, Task, and Mini Agenda
- There is a new Samsung Memo widget
There are a few small issues and design decisions that you’ll have to contend with, but they’re by no means showstoppers:
- Premium Suite is not included in this build.
- The TouchWiz launcher crashes on first boot, but not on subsequent boots
- The TouchWiz launcher crashes upon adding a Google Play account
- This build will increase your flash counter
Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung Galaxy Note Download links
Via Engadget
