Android 2.3 Gingerbread Update for Galaxy S Halted, Google Says Issues Were Found

One of the first carriers to offer the Android 2.3 software upgrade for Samsung Galaxy S owners, Vodafone UK has recently issued a statement in which it explains that the deployment of the update has been halted.

According to Vodafone UK, the roll out of the Gingerbread software has been temporarily suspended by Google, due to an issue that has been identified after the release of the update.

Furthermore, the carrier also states that there are no performance issues with the Vodafone variant of the device, thus it will work with Samsung to continue the roll out of the software update as soon as possible.

“Due to an issue with the Gingerbread update for the Samsung Galaxy S, its roll out has been temporarily suspended by Google. Unfortunately, this means the Vodafone variant is not currently available to download through KIES.

As there are no known performance issues with the Vodafone variant of the device, we are working with Samsung to reinstate the roll out as soon as possible. We know this is frustrating for those Vodafone customers who have not yet been able to update their device and are working hard to address the matter with Samsung.”

While there's no mention to what happens with Vodafone customers who have been lucky (or not) to update their Galaxy S smartphones to Gingerbread, it remains to be seen if and how this will affect their devices.

Following this statement, Vodafone UK customers with Galaxy S devices won't be able to update their smartphones through Kies until Google and Samsung correct the unknown issue.

However, it will be interesting to find out what made Google pull the Gingerbread update even for those devices that seem to be unaffected.

Google and Samsung started to deploy the Android 2.3 Gingerbread software update throughout European Galaxy S smartphones only this weekend.