Samsung Galaxy S II
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As a full-time independent iPhone developer, I've always been a bit of an Apple fanboy at heart, and have had an S2 lying on my desk for months acting as a placemat (Voda free upgrade, 'may as well have one' type thing).
HOWEVER
I recently put Cyanogen mod 9 on the S2, getting rid of all that Touch Wiz crap, and it's now usurped my 4S as my main phone. The CM9 ICS build is not stable yet (http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxys2), but the only issue I have with it is the video camera not working yet. Once they sort that it'll be superb!!
The only advantage of using the 4S over the S2 imo *at present* is the speed of the camera in general (4S camera is bloody great), and the fact that all my music is in iTunes Match
http://teamhacksung.org/
HOWEVER
I recently put Cyanogen mod 9 on the S2, getting rid of all that Touch Wiz crap, and it's now usurped my 4S as my main phone. The CM9 ICS build is not stable yet (http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxys2), but the only issue I have with it is the video camera not working yet. Once they sort that it'll be superb!!
The only advantage of using the 4S over the S2 imo *at present* is the speed of the camera in general (4S camera is bloody great), and the fact that all my music is in iTunes Match
http://teamhacksung.org/
MarkM5 said:
As a full-time independent iPhone developer, I've always been a bit of an Apple fanboy at heart, and have had an S2 lying on my desk for months acting as a placemat (Voda free upgrade, 'may as well have one' type thing).
HOWEVER
I recently put Cyanogen mod 9 on the S2, getting rid of all that Touch Wiz crap, and it's now usurped my 4S as my main phone. The CM9 ICS build is not stable yet (http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxys2), but the only issue I have with it is the video camera not working yet. Once they sort that it'll be superb!!
The only advantage of using the 4S over the S2 imo *at present* is the speed of the camera in general (4S camera is bloody great), and the fact that all my music is in iTunes Match
http://teamhacksung.org/
I binned off CM9 as it didn't have USB tethering working. Is that now fixed?HOWEVER
I recently put Cyanogen mod 9 on the S2, getting rid of all that Touch Wiz crap, and it's now usurped my 4S as my main phone. The CM9 ICS build is not stable yet (http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxys2), but the only issue I have with it is the video camera not working yet. Once they sort that it'll be superb!!
The only advantage of using the 4S over the S2 imo *at present* is the speed of the camera in general (4S camera is bloody great), and the fact that all my music is in iTunes Match
http://teamhacksung.org/
I installed the Ligntning Rom ICS a week or two ago. Have to say, at first it positively ate the battery and didn't seem to be too different.
However, after the weekend it seems to have calmed down a lot. Battery life is much, much better than 2.3.5 that I was on. Is it possible for the ROM to 'learn' about usage like that?
However, after the weekend it seems to have calmed down a lot. Battery life is much, much better than 2.3.5 that I was on. Is it possible for the ROM to 'learn' about usage like that?
Manicminer said:
LCR265 said:
My screen packed up a week or so ago, luckily got the work done under warranty..
Is anyone else finding ICS incredibly over rated? All it seems to have done is slow my phone down, worsen the battery life, and cause more freezes...
Totally agree, slowed phone down, battery life definitely less and some apps crash quite a lot now.Is anyone else finding ICS incredibly over rated? All it seems to have done is slow my phone down, worsen the battery life, and cause more freezes...
Can't think of an improvement made that I'll benefit from. Would go back if I knew how to.
Maybe wait for some decent ROMS
LCR265 said:
Yes using o2 ICS. Have been considering going with a custom ICS rom with no touchwiz, just not sure if I can be bothered!
It's worth it, purely to be able to a) see battery percentage without plugging in your phone to mains power
b) turn off bloody camera sounds
c) rid yourself of the pointless Samsung bloatware.
ZesPak said:
You can see the battery percentage with a number of widgets though.
<sarcasm>Yay!</sarcasm>Why would I want to take up home screen space for a duplication of an icon across the top?
Samsung should just allow you to have battery percentage instead of an arbritary battery level (which isn't particularly accurate, I've plugged mine in when it looks about 50% full, it was actually ~30%).
Richyvrlimited said:
timskipper said:
What is this bloatware I see a lot of people moaning about? I can't say I've noticed it.
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