Samsung Galaxy S II
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I've had a bit of a play around over the weekend and am now running the Team ICSSGS RC4.2 rom along with the devil 15.1 kernel & Golauncher on both my SGS2 and the OH's SGS. To say i'm happy with it is an understatement, there is very little noticeable lag even on the SGS and the battery life is incredible.
Minor downside on the SGS is duplication of gallery images but it's no biggie
Minor downside on the SGS is duplication of gallery images but it's no biggie
rumpelstiltskin said:
The more i fall for all the hype about these new phones,the more i realise they're sticking boffins in a room,telling them to cram loads of great features into a phone that wont necessarily work alongside each other,rush them out into the market full of glitches,then we all wait around for months on software updates that don,t fix the issues 9 times out of 10.
My god,this is turning into a script for ' One foot in the grave'I think i'll stop now.....
I ran a Desire for 18months (still have it) and my wife has an S2 running 2.3.5 (she won't let me upgrade it My god,this is turning into a script for ' One foot in the grave'I think i'll stop now.....
)..... the S2 makes the desire look archaic, much faster, much better experience all round. This is with me coming from custom ROMs on the Desire, mainly insertcoin and cm7. I put it to you that your S2 is fundamentally b*ggered
JayZ4 said:
The jig probably doesnt work because you have a version of Android higher than 2.3.3. which means you can't use it as Samsung have wised up to people rooting the phone and reseting the counter after something goes wrong. Too many warranty claims i guess.
If you can get the phone on to an earlier version through Odin then you can use the jig, reset and then get it repaired without any questions.
They are hard to brick so as said earlier best to try and put it into download mode first.
android version 2.3.5. on a rooted phones yes, but you're incorrect, the jig works fine on stock firmware android 2.3.5. i tried it after i go my phone back from vodafone. anyhoo, long story short, i sent the phone back to vodafone expecting a big bill. it came back to the shop and the engineers report said the mobo was fried. they replaced the mobo under warranty. very lucky boy. If you can get the phone on to an earlier version through Odin then you can use the jig, reset and then get it repaired without any questions.
They are hard to brick so as said earlier best to try and put it into download mode first.
I have to say rooting my S2 made no difference to me as i don't swap ROMs that often. getting the right ROM for the S2 was a PITA. not like my little HTC Desire that you could have thrown any number of ROMs on.
so i will keep the stock android 2.3.5 and wait for the Vodafone ICS update.
JayZ4 said:
The jig probably doesnt work because you have a version of Android higher than 2.3.3. which means you can't use it as Samsung have wised up to people rooting the phone and reseting the counter after something goes wrong. Too many warranty claims i guess.
If you can get the phone on to an earlier version through Odin then you can use the jig, reset and then get it repaired without any questions.
They are hard to brick so as said earlier best to try and put it into download mode first.
It is the bootloader version that is stopping the jig from working, not the Android version. It is possible to have ICS installed and yet still have a bootloader that allows a jig to work.If you can get the phone on to an earlier version through Odin then you can use the jig, reset and then get it repaired without any questions.
They are hard to brick so as said earlier best to try and put it into download mode first.
There are instructions in the second post on THIS THREAD that links to the files required to revert to the older jig-friendly bootloader version - scroll down to the red text.
I've linked to the whole thread as it also contains useful info for flashing ROM's via Odin, as well as links to a s
tload of stock ROMs.
Pfft not a SGS2 issue, but having this with my SGS2 now. I'm a consultant so I'm often in different locations, but nearly always for a complete day.
My daily use of the SGS2 is like this:
Now I have this customer, and when I'm there, my battery seems to be at 30% before I even leave there, resulting that it'll fall short when I'm at home browsing in the evening.
Until short I didn't know what caused this, but now I notice that it's a bit of a weird location. Usually it has a couple of bars on 3G, but that drops pretty often, then going to 5 bars on "EDGE". I think that it's actually alternating between antennas, causing the battery to drain much quicker. On me previous phone this meant that I couldn't make it through the day at the location, but the SGS2 seems to manage better. Still, seems like a stupid thing, going for the weak 3G signal instead of the seemingly very strong 2G signal? Would this be solved if I turn 3G off?
My daily use of the SGS2 is like this:
- A bit of browsing in the morning/reading up on the news/weather, youtube
- 3G always on, syncing just about everything.
- in the morning and the evening on my commute, usually 1h each direction, always MP3/FM on on the bike, sometimes use GPS if it's a new location
- in the day some browsing, messaging, couple of calls
- in the evening some browsing in the sofa/watching some movies.
Now I have this customer, and when I'm there, my battery seems to be at 30% before I even leave there, resulting that it'll fall short when I'm at home browsing in the evening.
Until short I didn't know what caused this, but now I notice that it's a bit of a weird location. Usually it has a couple of bars on 3G, but that drops pretty often, then going to 5 bars on "EDGE". I think that it's actually alternating between antennas, causing the battery to drain much quicker. On me previous phone this meant that I couldn't make it through the day at the location, but the SGS2 seems to manage better. Still, seems like a stupid thing, going for the weak 3G signal instead of the seemingly very strong 2G signal? Would this be solved if I turn 3G off?
I ticked the developer option in my polish 4.0 rom to enable GPU for all my biznizz last week. It's good, not that arsed about nice swooshy transitions but I think overall it's had a positive effect on battery & responsiveness. Not seen any negative side effects yet. But I'm not an app we.
I frikking love my phone at the moment. I did a long weekend in Wales just and the phone was absolutely rocking it. Nav to destinations for an hour or two, snap quick pics all day, Nav home, keep on top of emails, bit of facebook and still loads of battery. Perfection in plastic form.
e.I frikking love my phone at the moment. I did a long weekend in Wales just and the phone was absolutely rocking it. Nav to destinations for an hour or two, snap quick pics all day, Nav home, keep on top of emails, bit of facebook and still loads of battery. Perfection in plastic form.
dontfollowme said:
Looks like ICS is available for O2 customers. Can an early adopters say if it is worth upgrading?
I used this guide from Cnet as I was impatient. I'd say it's not really worth bothering, some apps such as the Gmail app are better and the face recognition unlock is a good novel feature but not much else of note.All my apps were still there but the update wiped my home screens and I had to set up all the widgets and shortcuts again. Othre than that easy to do.
If you do follow the guide above, be very patient. When it's installing it does take a while and looks like nothing is happening to begin with, just leave the phone for an hour or so and let it do its thing.
timskipper said:
I'm an O2 customer and Kies is telling me right now I have the latest firmware, which isn't ICS. Anyone know how to force it to re-check?
I gave up with Kies, I have a network free phone and it still said I had the latest firmware. It checks each time you do an update check in Kies. Go to Tools, Preferences, Update on the Windows version. No idea on the Mac as it just crashed everytime I tried to use it on the Mac.02 are doing it over the air I believe? On the phone go to Settings - About Phone - Software Update and see if there is anything to download OTA
Edited by Manicminer on Tuesday 27th March 20:40
buggalugs said:
I ticked the developer option in my polish 4.0 rom to enable GPU for all my biznizz last week. It's good, not that arsed about nice swooshy transitions but I think overall it's had a positive effect on battery & responsiveness. Not seen any negative side effects yet. But I'm not an app we.
I frikking love my phone at the moment. I did a long weekend in Wales just and the phone was absolutely rocking it. Nav to destinations for an hour or two, snap quick pics all day, Nav home, keep on top of emails, bit of facebook and still loads of battery. Perfection in plastic form.
How the chuff did you manage that? Mine barely lasts a day with extremely light use.e.I frikking love my phone at the moment. I did a long weekend in Wales just and the phone was absolutely rocking it. Nav to destinations for an hour or two, snap quick pics all day, Nav home, keep on top of emails, bit of facebook and still loads of battery. Perfection in plastic form.
My Battery used to last a good day and a half, with heavy use,
But the last couple of days has only lasted 7-8 hours!!!!!
thought it might be some apps i've downloaded so deleted them, pretty much reset phone to factory - and still the same.
Called Vodafone, they advised they send it away for repair to Samsung, but couldn't say how long it would take - and wont give me a crap cheapy phone to use in mean time.
(did ask whats the point going through them if all they do is send to Samsung for testing, they said convenience) what a joke.
Called Samsung, who advised they have a service center 5 miles from where i live, and they will test while i wait, if battery problem they will send me a new one, if software issue they will fix (might upgrade me to ICS) if hardware issue would send away but turn around time is 5-7 days.
Well happy with that, so will let you guys know how i get on.
But the last couple of days has only lasted 7-8 hours!!!!!
thought it might be some apps i've downloaded so deleted them, pretty much reset phone to factory - and still the same.
Called Vodafone, they advised they send it away for repair to Samsung, but couldn't say how long it would take - and wont give me a crap cheapy phone to use in mean time.
(did ask whats the point going through them if all they do is send to Samsung for testing, they said convenience) what a joke.
Called Samsung, who advised they have a service center 5 miles from where i live, and they will test while i wait, if battery problem they will send me a new one, if software issue they will fix (might upgrade me to ICS) if hardware issue would send away but turn around time is 5-7 days.
Well happy with that, so will let you guys know how i get on.
I put this ROM on last night.
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-roms/resurrectio...
Seems quite good so far, basically a version of the two release ROMs with the bugs eliminated. Also recognised by the phone as an official version.
Resurrection Remix ICS Pro Edition V1 is the name
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-roms/resurrectio...
Seems quite good so far, basically a version of the two release ROMs with the bugs eliminated. Also recognised by the phone as an official version.
Resurrection Remix ICS Pro Edition V1 is the name
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