My Snuffbox

well, the immediately noticeable differences in the UI are the screen unlock, the way the battery icon and the network signal icons are more sharp edged. And when you invoke a menu by tapping the left touch, you no longer see grids, the options are always in a list. And when you enter the settings menu, there are quicker alternate ways of getting your wifi and bluetooth on. the settings menu is more 'classified'. I've had a feeling that Temple Run is more graceful and performant on the ICS.  And ya! the face unlock, though not as secure as a PIN or a pattern unlock, its still something geeky to have, i guess. and a whole lot of sophistications in the developer options. Well thats it for now, will update this post as and when i find out more

Finally, Samsung rolled out the ICS update for Samsung galaxy S2 in India. For a big while, I'd been feeling very down, as in India, I've to pay nearly 2.5 to 3 times, the cost of the phone compared to the Europe or the US and still I gotta wait after the entire world's got its ICS. Anyway, after a long wait, ICS finally arrived in India and DuH! I could not get an OTA update as I'd upgraded to some unofficial firmware 2.3.6 for India and so Samsung did not recognize my phone! But, thanks to this link, I knew that I'd have to do it manually. http://forum.xda-developers. com/showthread.php?t=1075278 The above link provides very useful and clear information as to which firmware version is official for a country and simple steps to flash your Samsung galaxy  S2 through Odin A special thanks to Jayce Ooi for clarifying that XWLP7 was the official ICS firmware for India.