A small maintenance update is set to hit the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket from AT&T. The said update which is approximately 21 MB in size will crank up the software version of the handset to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread and comes with the usual bevy of bug fixes. These bug fixes include a more accurate indication of the handset’s battery life, enhancements to the performance of the device and updates to its lock screen which are pretty much what can be expected from an update of this size. It would have been a perfect day for owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket had they been able to get the update applied successfully to their devices.
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You see, after getting the notification about the availability of the update, owners of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket have downloaded and tried to install the update to no avail. Users reported that their handsets rebooted after downloading the whole thing. The update would then start installing only to get cutoff and go back to the lock screen indicating that the install process failed. The reason for the failed update hasn’t been ascertained as of yet but after numerous attempts, some lucky users were able to get the update applied and jacking up the build of their handsets to UCLA3.
Since this is just a minor update and not a world-changing thing such as an ICS update for the device, it isn’t the end of the world yet and there hasn’t been any confirmation from either AT&T or Samsung about this but given the sheer number of frustrated users out there, something is bound to turn up soon. While waiting for that, we got the specs sheet of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket from AT&T below for those who have forgotten the capabilities of this device.
The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket was made official in October of 2011 and it finally made its appearance in the shelves a month later. The handset is a massive device that measures 129.8 x 68.8 x 9.5 mm and it weighs in at 130.5 grams.
Under the hood, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is a veritable speed freak with its QualComm MSM8260 SnapDragon chipset powering the Gingerbread operating system of the device. Computing power is supplied by the dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor of the handset while a full gigabyte of RAM ensures that the momentum is kept rolling when multitasking with this baby. The handset comes with 16GB of onboard storage which can then be expanded via a dedicated microSD card slot. It packs a massive 4.5-inch SuperAMOLED Plus multitouch display with a 480 x 800 resolution while its camera department consists of a main 8MP shooter at its back panel and a 2MP video chat camera out front.
Hopefully, this issue with the failed install of the Android 2.3.6 update for the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket gets resolved as soon as possible or else, Samsung and AT&T will have a lot to answer for given the number of people already complaining about this. Buy the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket starting at $99.
