Samsung is reaching the heights of success with the launch of Samsung Galaxy SII, in the near past we have seen Samsung reaches many goal with its super cool device, today Samsung again comes up with announcement of their success with Samsung Galaxy S II, they announces that they have shipped more than 5 million Samsung Galaxy S II in just 85 days. Recently they have also reported that their flagship phone becomes the fastest selling smartphone by shipping 3 million device in just 55 days. Samsung reaches this height of success even by not yet launching the phone in the markets of United States.

It is also reported that Samsung has now more than 56% shares of the mobile phone market in the land of South Korea, and it is also reported that in the upcoming days they will release their hottest smartphone in United States with the biggest carrier of the land AT&T, folks over BGR has already spotted the AT&T labeled Samsung Galaxy S II.

On Monday, Samsung has made announced that it has now sold more than 1 million units of it new Galaxy S II handset, and also says the Galaxy S II is “selling like a (hotcakes)”. Samsung said, the time they took in selling 1 million Galaxy S II was faster than the time period of any other device which they had sold. Korean company said that Galaxy S II beat the Galaxy S in term of sales, figures collected by 40 days.

Samsung Galaxy S II was launched last month and now its become the most hottest phone of the company, with in a month. Samsung said, Galaxy S II reached its 1 million sales on 30 May, which means that they sold each unit with in every three second.

This story is a bit bad because, before a month ago we got a new by hackers that the pirated copy of 2.3 is coming for Galaxy S while after that love was shown to Galaxy ACE and after that no news came up for Galaxy S running on 2.3. Yesterday (16th March 2011) Samsung announced that the updates for 2.3 on Galaxy S and Tab will be starting again and was stopped due to package problems. Head up to the press release 

Samsung Offers Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread’ Upgrade for GALAXY S and GALAXY Tab

SEOUL–(Korea Newswire) May 16, 2011 — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a global leader in Android™ mobile devices, today announced the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) upgrade to the Samsung GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab, and GALAXY Ace/Gio/Fit/mini, giving users enhanced performance and an improved user interface.

The GALAXY S and GALAXY Tab are Samsung’s intelligently designed smart devices with 1 GHz application processors, giving users an intuitive, immersive and integrated mobile experience.

The upgrade from Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3 offers an even greater user experience, with features including:

• Faster Performance – Multimedia content now has a lower CPU consumption rate, while support for more powerful 3D Graphics enables an enhanced mobile gaming experience.
• Upgraded Usability – The user interface has been improved, enabling faster access and control and a more intuitive user experience. Users will also benefit from improved copy-and-paste functionality.

The Android 2.3 upgrade will start with GALAXY S in the UK and Nordic countries from mid-May, and gradually rolled out to other European markets, North America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East Asia, Africa and rest of the world according to the regional plan.

The upgrade will be available via Kies, Samsung’s device management software. Kies can be downloaded from Samsung’s corporate website (http://www.samsung.com).

via [BGR]

After the launching of Galaxy S II it got in the hands of hackers and the root was developed The most bought smart phone in this month is Galaxy S II so why won’t the users want Superuser Today the root was kicked out by XDA member Chainfire and it’s not permanent. Below is the way to root your device according to Chainfire

Quick guide (for experienced users)

• Reboot into download mode
• Using the attached Odin version, flash the attached XWKDD kernel as PDA. Do not use the PIT, do not have any options checked except for “Auto reboot” and “F. Reset Time”
• Wait for the device to reboot
• Use the “adb root” command to restart ADB in root mode, followed by “adb shell” to get a rooted shell; then you can manually push Superuser.apk / su, busybox, OR use SuperOneClick to finish the job for you.

Long guide (for beginners)

• Download the attached ODIN file and extract the .zip file
• Download the attached XWKDD, but do NOT extract the .tar file
• Download and extract SuperOneClick
• If you do not have Samsung’s KIES 2.0 installed, download and install it. You need it to install the correct USB drivers, so the programs can communicate with the device. Reboot your computer after installation of KIES.
• Make sure your device is in USB debugging mode: Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging
• Reboot your device into download mode: Turn the device off, then power it on again by pressing and holding VolumeDown + Home + Power simultaneously. You will know when you are in download mode, it is really obvious 
• Start ODIN
• Connect the device to your computer using USB
• Wait a few seconds, the ODIN screen should show you that a device is now connected
• Make sure that in ODIN NOTHING is checked, except the “Auto reboot” and “F. Reset Time” checkboxes. Press the “PDA” button, and select the “XWKDD_insecure.tar” file.
• Press “Start”. ODIN you should now be flashing the kernel, and the device should reboot.
• Wait until the device is rebooted, and while still being connected over USB, start SuperOneClick, and press ROOT.
• Reboot the device
• Done !

People sitting at Pocket Now reported

Superuser access is acheived by using the Samsung flashing utility “Odin” to load a custom re-packaged kernel onto the phone, then booting up. Once booted, the kernel allows root access via the “adb” program, a part of the Android SDK. Simply typing “adb root” at the command line restarts adb in root mode, and allows full system access through “adb shell”

Root access granted by this method is not permanent – it requires further steps such as the manual loading of su, busybox, and Superuser.apk to enable permanent superuser access. Notably, Chainfire was able to re-package this modified kernel by using methods effective on the Galaxy S series of devices, without an actual SGS II to develop/test with.

Who cares about rooting, it’s just for the developer… People want a 4.3 inches device, with 1.2 Ghz dual – core processor running apps fastly, that’s the main purpose  O_O

If you are one of those who owns the Samsung’s  Sexiest android based “Galaxy S II” which originally comes up with Android 2.3, than we have a great news for you. Just like Samsung ACE users enjoying the latest Android 2.3.3 which was leaked last week, now you can also enjoy the latest Android 2.3.3 update on your Samsung Galaxy S II.

The Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread firmware for your sexy handset sporting dual-core processor and a brilliant AMOLED+ touch screen is out and is now available for download. The folks of SamFirmware has managed to get their hands on latest Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) firmware for Samsung Galaxy S II. The firmware build number is I9100OXXKDC and was compiled on April 26, 2011.

Download Android 2.3.3 (GingerBread) for Samsung Galaxy S II

This may be a good news for some and also bad news for some that GingerBread is leaked. As we know Google was working hard on this, it’s really surprising that it’s leaked so easily, but a bad news is that it’s just for Samsung Galaxy S and that also only on i9000 version of it. Don’t panic because we have lovely hackers all over the world as they will break it down making it to have access to be installed on all the Galaxy S’s.

This time we are not recommending you to download the leaked version of GingerBread on your devices, because leaked build of Gingerbread still have bugs and serious problems. We will update you when the stable version of Gingerbread will come out.