Guys, I think many of the Samsung Galaxy S3 users are looking for ways how to downgrade Samsung Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean back to ICS Ice Cream Sandwich Stock firmware. Why do you need to downgrade Jelly Bean? Obviously, the overall performance of Jelly Bean Stock ROM on Samsung Galaxy S3 is disappointing, very disappointing. Delay, lag, force close happening very often after JB upgrade. I’m pretty sure you agree on what I say if you are S3 international users.

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One of the main problem of android OS is the delay of Android OS update. Ice cream sandwich has been released for few months but have you got ICS update on your gingerbread? If you are still stuck on the gingerbread devices and do not hear any plan from phone manufacturer on upgrading your phone soon, then you may try this Holo launcher which can bring all the ICS launcher features to your gingerbread devices. Holo Launcher supports devices with Android 2.2 and higher. It is free and the beta version is opened for all users. It is now available for download in Google Play Store. [Via xda]

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Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich ICS is out for Galaxy Nexus as well as Samsung Nexus S. Basically, the update of android 4.0.4 is to improve the overall performance stability, brings better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, improved phone number recognition and more. This ROM is cooked with stock ICS ROM 4.0.4 IMM76D by Brainmaster. The ROM is described to be very stable, tweaked, smooth and fast.

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Hurray, MIUI is one of my most flavor custom ROM as of its polished and beautiful UI. Besides that, it have many customization can be done through MIUI theme library. I ‘m sure you will be loving it. In case, you are using ICS ROM, here is the MIUI Music app for ICS rom. It works for all the android 4.0.3 ICS ROM. The MIUI Music is the new music player which embedded in the latest MIUI custom ROM. It is beautiful comparing the stock Google music player. Let’s download and try it out. Specially thanks to Dax, xda developer to port the MIUI Music to all the ICS android devices. Love it!!!

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Most of the android users are still using Android 2.3 gingerbread, if you wish to use ICS version of camera, now you got the luck. Ice cream sandwich Camera has been segregate from ICS ROM and now become an separate android app which can be run in Gingerbread as well as Honeycomb android ROM. Camera ICS is an improved version of the official camera app. Download & try it on your gingerbread or honeycomb phone or tablet.

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Here you go another ICS android 4.0 custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S2. The latest XXLPH firmware is the most stable among all the leaked custom ROM, XXKP8, XXKPA and XXLP2. XXLPH obviously come with improvements in the UI and a few more bug fixes. Please take note this firmware ONLY applicable for Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100. According to the user experience, the batter life has improved better than all the previous firmware version. It is also recommended as daily use ROM. See the install tutorial and how you root the latest XXLPH firmware.

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Great news follow by great news again. HTC has just announced some devices to receive HTC ICS Android 4 official OTA update, now the best phone of 2011 Samsung Galaxy S2 will also receive the official ICS update from Samsung thru OTA or Samsung Kies PC client. The update will be available starting from 1st March 2012 gradually thru OTA. The official ICS will come together with Samsung TouchWiz. There were alot of leaked or custom ROM are using ICS TouchWiz but it may not as stable as the stock ROM. You may interested to see some ICS custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S2 here.

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If you own an HTC phone, please take note that whether you going to receive OTA update on delicious official ICS ROM. HTC has announced its ICS updated roll out availability by end of March 2012. However, only limited HTC models can enjoy ICS. The devices list is available after the break.

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Finally, Chrome for android came to android phone. However, Chrome For Android Beta is ONLY available for ICS 4.0 above. There is none version release for android 2.3 +. Chrome browser is known of its browsing speed, same to Chrome for android, browsing speed is the key thing to attract users to continue use them. I’m a loyal Chrome user since its launch. I would say Chrome For Android Beta is awesome as desktop Chrome browser. You can now sync all your bookmarks among all your devices with Chrome. See the introduction vide after the break.

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Lately, i found some of the android app were NOT able to install in my Nexus S. I downloaded some android apks [install files] and fail to install it, no response from the screen when i press install. This make me feel like these all apps were NOT recognise my phone or NOT working properly in ICS or could be compatibility issue. Anyway, i found a way how to force install the un-installable apks files. It is easy enough but you need to download some apps for your pc and mobile. Follow me after the break.

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