Android Ice Cream Sandwich 2012.04

[Kalle Vahlman]

The 2012.04 Android Ice Cream Sandwich release from Linaro and Igloo
Community is now available for download at

  http://releases.linaro.org/12.04/android/images/snowball-ics-gcc46-igloo-stable-blob/

Please follow the instructions there for installing the image on an SD card.

You can also get an image that can be flashed to the internal memory from

  http://igloocommunity.org/download/android/ics/images/2012.04/

The image is compressed to save download time. Please see the Flashing
howto for installation instructions for the prebuilt image:

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Flashing_howto

The Linaro release page can be found at

  https://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1204/Release

The sources for this release and build instructions can be found at

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Android_Getting_started_with_ICS

A full list of bugs fixed for this release is available at

  https://launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+milestone/2012.04

Main supported features

 * Based on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
 * Linux kernel based on version 3.3
 * HDMI display support (see known limitations)
 * Graphics acceleration with the Mali 400 GPU
 * Bluetooth support (see known limitations)
 * Ethernet and Wireless connectivity
 * microSD card support
 * ADB over network and USB
 * GPS support
 * Multimedia acceleration (see known limitations)
 * Sensors support

Known limitations

 * Graphics library crashes
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/922390
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/979582
 * Bluetooth file transfers have problems
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/987222
 * Suspend is disabled
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/9741231
 * DVI-D display support can only be enabled manually
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/898650
 * USB OTG host mode is working only in a limited fashion:
   http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Work-around_for_USB-Host_issue

Please report any further issues with this release at the Igloo
Community launchpad site.

  http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Bug_tracking

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Kalle Vahlman, Movial Creative Technologies Inc.
Porkkalankatu 20, FI-00180 Helsinki
Tel +358 9 8567 6400
Fax +358 9 8567 6401
www.movial.com