Samsung Galaxy Note gets Ice Cream Sandwich

Got the notification this afternoon on my Samsung Galaxy Note. It’s actually a firmware update that includes Android 4.0.3 ICS, a new S Note app, and new S Memo widget.

The whole update was about 319MB in size and took some half an hour to download and update on the Galaxy Note.

Aside from the usual added features from ICS, I could not recognize any differences in the UI. Samsung retained much of the TouchWiz UI on the ICS update so unless you really dig deeper into the handset, you won’t see the difference coming from Gingerbread.

The improvements with S Memo is really cool (now supports functions and equations) while the S Note widget enhancement is just minor.

Chime in at the comments section if your Galaxy Note also got the update.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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75 Comments

kram says:

13 years ago

Thanks for this sir abe! ICS is not yet available on my Note via Kies.
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jerkysans says:

13 years ago

I am using a Galaxy Note locked under Smart, and sadly, still no update. I heard good things about the new S Memo, though.
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ICe says:

13 years ago

Sir, do you have a local unit or imported unit.. so far checked samfirmware only germany units have ics
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dyonisii says:

13 years ago

sir abe,

does ics allow apps to write directly to the sd card now?

with hc devices, apps can only read but not write to sd cards.

hopefully, the 7.7 would receive its update sooner too.
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Raul says:

13 years ago

Im jealous, Abe! Was checking since 7pm and I still haven’t got it!!
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JmBalicano says:

13 years ago

My Note was imported from Germany. Lucky! In the process of downloading the update now :)
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rancel says:

13 years ago

i think if your phone is from germany or have the xx kernel version you can update to ics na….kasi they roll out the update in germany first….kaya some note versions with dxlc2 like mine with smart have to wait a bit more
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mweuse says:

13 years ago

Dapat ang headline: “Samsung Galaxy Note gets Ice Cream Sandwich. Still Laggy”
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DriftSpeed says:

13 years ago

HK unit daw yung kay sir Abe according to his tweet :(
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rancel says:

13 years ago

the ics update for note will roll out in asia sa may 15 daw….or asian version with dxlc2….daw according to samsung philippines and smart….
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