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To say that Samsung is struggling with Ice Cream Sandwich update for its smartphones would be an understatement (see here). While Galaxy S2 has slowly started receiving it OTA, the Galaxy Note has thus far been ignored. The latest from Sammy was to expect it sometime in April or May. However if you're not the patient type, a leaked ICS build for Galaxy Note has just made its way to rootzwiki.

A rundown of features that work are:

Face Unlock is fully functionalLTE connections are solid and up to speedPhone calls work great both waysAudio quality is up to parStereo Bluetooth is fully functionalMMS is fully functionalGPS is fully functionalGoogle Talk and Video Chat workGoogle Voice is fully functionalTask Manager is smooth and transitions are quickDownloaded Flash video and in-browser video works flawlesslyChrome autosync is fully functionalAT&T Hotspot functionality works, external devices connect fine

Some issues that are reported:

Premium Suite isnot includedin this build.The TouchWiz launcher crashes on first boot, but not on subsequent bootsThe TouchWiz launcher crashes upon adding a Google Play accountThis buildwillincrease your flash counter

Click here for more details and steps to install this update.