Upgrade Gingerbread To Ice Cream Sandwich?

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  Anoop Kumar

  yes... it far way better than 2.X.X.
  Gingerbread had issue after upgrading from Foryo but IceCreamSandwich is very stable and improved UI and features .
  Which phone you are using ?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  yuuki

  is it convenient to upgrade my current android OS(gingerbread) to android 4??

  Well, Android 4 does have a ton of improvements over the Gingerbread. But the main factor to consider is to know whether your hardware supports the ICS or not. The best and the most convenient way to perform an upgrade is by connecting your phone/tablet to the computer and download the firmware from the official website.
  
  OTA updates are nice; but if something goes wrong; it's hard to reset the phone. I'd strongly recommend backing up the photos/songs/videos first to a safe place before attempting to upgrade your phone. I know a few people who lost important data because they were too lazy to perform a 5 minute backup of their phone.
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  yuuki

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  ianoop

  yes... it far way better than 2.X.X.
  Gingerbread had issue after upgrading from Foryo but IceCreamSandwich is very stable and improved UI and features .
  Which phone you are using ?

  it is samsung galaxy young....
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  yuuki

  The_Big_K

  Well, Android 4 does have a ton of improvements over the Gingerbread. But the main factor to consider is to know whether your hardware supports the ICS or not. The best and the most convenient way to perform an upgrade is by connecting your phone/tablet to the computer and download the firmware from the official website.
  
  OTA updates are nice; but if something goes wrong; it's hard to reset the phone. I'd strongly recommend backing up the photos/songs/videos first to a safe place before attempting to upgrade your phone. I know a few people who lost important data because they were too lazy to perform a 5 minute backup of their phone.

  again thank you sir....what really bothers me is that, if my phone was upgraded to ics, my system will work slow....do you think it will happen?? considering my hardware supports ICS..
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I doubt the phone will become sluggish. Since you've a Samsung handset; Samsung would have tested the phone for performance on ICS before releasing the firmware upgrade for everyone. But it would help search for reviews on Google before you actually attempt it. ICS is better than all of its earlier versions. In fact, you might even notice performance improvements! That's what every new firmware upgrade is supposed to bring to the hardware.
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  yuuki

  i've just read a review concerning this and they said that a normal user like me must not attempt to upgrade it with myself...however, i think i should explore and take risk...way better than not trying anything...
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  yuuki

  i've just read a review concerning this and they said that a normal user like me must not attempt to upgrade it with myself...however, i think i should explore and take risk...way better than not trying anything...

  You're not a normal user, you are a . I don't see any reason anyone would not want to upgrade their handset on their own. It's not at all a rocket science and in fact, does not require user's interruption once the update process starts. All you need to do is just follow the on-screen instructions. The only strong recommendation is to backup all your important data even if it's your 1000th upgrade. There's no excuse to not backing up your data before attempting to move over to the latest firmware. Though there is a 99.99% chance that the upgrade will be smooth and all your existing data will be preserved. There are a few apps that may need an upgrade after you update your OS.
  
  Go ahead; do it!
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  Anoop Kumar

  yuuki

  i've just read a review concerning this and they said that a normal user like me must not attempt to upgrade it with myself...however, i think i should explore and take risk...way better than not trying anything...

  I think you got update notification from Kies.
  Just back your sms using SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play and synchronize your contacts with Google contacts (for safety). you are not going to loose anything everything will be restored as it is.
  If there would be any problem only apps going to loose which you can restore via play store which always shows your app history.
  If you are fearing to do this visit Samsung care. 😀
  PS: try to update using high speed connection.