Finally CyanogenMod 9 with Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung Nexus S ready to use and quite stable to use as a Android primary phone. This is a great relief after such a long wait for the development of the Samsung Nexus S upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS.
This stable version of CyanogenMod 9 with Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung Nexus S releases after Alpha 11 finished. The Alpha 11 version of CM9 is now out with all major components working.
As we expected before once the source code of Android 4.0 ICS released by Google, many independent Android software developer working to upgrade the Android phone which categorized as old phone to Android 4.0 ICS. One by one the Android old phone upgrade to Android ICS with all Android 4.0 ICS goodies working. Yes of course, not all Android ICS features working due to limited hardware such as NFC technology.
Now after HTC G1 upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS, you can upgrade your Nexus S with CM9 to enjoying Android 4.0 ICS. The CyanogenMod team has been working to ensure some Android smartphones upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS.
Back to CyanogenMod 9 with Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung Nexus S, since it is now quite stable and ready to use as a primary phone, let’s download the custom ROM of CM9 with Android ICS from XDA-developers website.
You can check also the change log which provided by the developer to ensure you have good understanding the extent to which the development process of upgrading the Samsung Nexus S to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
However if you do not feel confident with a custom ROM CM9 11 alpha version, better you wait until this ROM really stable. We will monitor the upgrading progress and will report here every version comes out from XDA. Actually we still try to find out the custom ROM for Xperia X10 to upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS but for now let’s enjoy the CyanogenMod 9 with Android 4.0 ICS for Samsung Nexus.
