If you’ve been waiting with the patience of biblical figure Job for your handset maker to release a hardware-specific version of Android’s latest incarnation, the 4.0 operating system called “Ice Cream Sandwich,” or ICS, and it hasn’t yet, you can try cloning it. You can achieve this without rooting, by taking advantage of a launcher replacement app that provides the elegant look and feel of Android 4.0 while retaining your base Gingerbread or earlier OS engine. 
