The Galaxy SII is not dead, he too is entitled to Android Marshmallow – Frandroid

You can highlight your Galaxy SII your closets, the venerable Samsung smartphone can now be updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. An update that we must, as usual with these old devices with CyanogenMod

remember the Galaxy SII? If you have owned one when it was released, there is a good chance that you remember. With its 4.3-inch screen resolution of 480 × 800, the SoC Exynos dual-core clocked at 1.2GHz and big GB of RAM, this was one of the best smartphones of 2011. Without namely, the Samsung also has a feature that will change his future: he had 16 or 32 GB of internal memory. Such a space is ideal for installing ROM and update the phone without having to go through Samsung.

And indeed, while Samsung has abandoned for many years now updates its Galaxy SII , CyanogenMod goes on and always follow him. In 2015 he had been entitled to Android Lollipop, in 2016 it will be straight to Android Marshmallow. And, while the phone was marketed under Android Gingerbread (2.3.4) and abandoned Android Jelly Bean (4.1).

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As usual, the download of the ROM is the official website of Cyanogen, to this address. This is not a final version, but a nightly, so there are still bugs and it is necessary to download and install oneself Google Apps (which can be found on this page ). It might not be the Galaxy SII will come back in your pocket, but for a short time, you will have the satisfaction of having awakened the dead. Which is not given to everyone.

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