With development for Cyanogenmod 10 already underway, it’s no surprise that we’re beginning to see unofficial Jelly Bean builds arrive for an array of devices. A group of well-recognized developers over at XDA have managed to port Android 4.1 AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) to the AT&T Galaxy Note, SGSII Skyrocket, as well as Sprint’s very own… Read more
It has only been 11 days since CyanogenMod announced that devices with CM9 support are likely to be supported with CM10. From CyanogenMod’s Google+, “Our goal is to release a stable CM 9.0.0 (and any needed .1’s). After that, we will work on CM7 and CM10 only. As stated above, CM9 devices are highly likely to get CM10, so maintaining a separate class of… Read more
PhoneDog loves their contests, and this one is too good to pass up. And, besides, who doesn’t want to win a Galaxy S II Skyrocket by Samsung? Or, at least, a chance, right? There’s a new contest going over there at our sister site, and it’s tied to the new official smartphone rankings (OSR) that have been taking off for the last few weeks. So here’s the… Read more
Owners of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy S II Skyrocket, both by Samsung, know that they will be receiving Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at some point this year. Not only does the hardware in each device support that, but AT&T has also confirmed that the software update is indeed coming down the pipe for each handset. But for those of you out there who don’t… Read more
Samsung and AT&T have just began to roll out an update to the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, and it sounds like the update isn’t going very smoothly. It has failed for some users, so owners of the Skyrocket beware. While the update doesn’t bring Ice Cream Sandwich, it does appear to be a minor 21MB maintenance update. No change-log is currently available, but we’ll… Read more
AT&T has been going strong with the Galaxy S II devices lately, with both the regular S II and S II Skyrocket currently available. The Skyrocket has a rather high $249 price tag through AT&T, but Amazon’s wireless store is looking to change that. With a new two-year contract, the phone can now be had for only $99. That’s an amazing price for a high-end… Read more
We’ve seen the white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket a couple of times now, and for those of you out there who waited to pull the trigger on a purchase for this phone, it looks like three days from now might be the ideal time to get your hands on one. While a white phone is not necessarily unique in its own right, considering the original… Read more
Did you happen to be wondering when you would see the white version of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket again? Well, here you are, and it popped up in a great place, too: Samsung’s website. While we still don’t have an official confirmation that the phone is even coming, seeing the press image of the device appear on the manufacturer’s website is a pretty… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket has already launched (no pun intended) for AT&T, and with it heralded the wireless carrier’s 4G LTE network onto a smartphone. But, just as we’ve seen plenty of times in the past, that’s not going to stop the manufacturer or carrier from re-launching the device with a new color scheme. Just in time for the holiday… Read more
Today, AT&T announced that the wait for the first LTE-connected smartphone is almost over by unveiling not only network expansion, but also the Samsung Galaxy S II SKyrocket and the HTC Vivid. Both devices will launch right alongside the network’s LTE expansion, which is set to go down on the sixth of November. For the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket,… Read more
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