****The Official Samsung Galaxy S II Thread***

[kona786]

With that deal to get it cheap you have to remove the 1gb data allowance, does that not defeat the purpose of having a smart phone?

It does - my bad.

 

[Dangerous]

Just installed ICS on my SG2

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347907

bit of fun but nothing really works at the moment.

 

[simonprr]

Just installed ICS on my SG2

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347907

bit of fun but nothing really works at the moment.

cool... can you post some screenshots?

 

[Dangerous]

cool... can you post some screenshots?

Loads of videos on XDA in the OP'ing post

 

[mrk]

No fun if nothing works

 

[Dangerous]

No fun if nothing works

Well its worth 20 minutes just to see ICS on your own device

Loving the improvements

 

[Cyclone]

Ah thanks for the reply - do you have 2.3.4 or 2.3.5 ?

Im running 2.3.5 but I had the problem when I was on 2.3.4

 

[benjo]

Saw this on reddit, SGS2 Vs Galaxy Nexus camera comparison

http://imgur.com/a/HQa7J

 

[Robbo]

Saw this on reddit, SGS2 Vs Galaxy Nexus camera comparison

http://imgur.com/a/HQa7J

I think the Galaxy S II takes it narrowly (as expected), they're both pretty decent though.

 

[benjo]

Yeh, bit surprised by the front camera on the Galaxy Nexus though.

 

[Robbo]

It certainly doesn't seem to be 2 MP, looks more like VGA to me.

Anyway, Andy on here has done one for his website, it's rather detailed and might interest you - http://hemorrdroids.net/samsung-galaxy-nexus-vs-samsung-galaxy-sii-s2-camera-test/

 

[Kenai]

Just connected mine to Kies on the PC and it's finally found an update. Evidently I'm on 2.3.5 now, build is "Gingerbread.XWKJ1".

Already noticed a few changes and enhancements, seems pretty good.

Mine did this today, told me 2.3.5 was available, went through all the update shebang and it went from 2.3.3 to....... 2.3.3 according to the phone

 

[Rimsy]

Saw this on reddit, SGS2 Vs Galaxy Nexus camera comparison

http://imgur.com/a/HQa7J

Just makes me think Samsung arent going to bother releasing the SGS3 for ages (or at least until the iPhone 5). My wallet is grateful but my geeky need for new toys isnt

 

[tomos]

not necessarily - they have to compete with other android phone manufs too. especially with that rumour of a quad HTC phone

 

[Phreaky]

Anyone managed to get OpenVPN installed? Everything it needs is there apart from the TUN/TAP driver, and I haven't the foggiest where to get that from

 

[Pulse]

Hi All

Recently upgraded from 2.3.3 to 2.3.5 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Can anyone compare if similar battery stats, this a normal day without constant email or facebook sync running

I've also recently updated, but although this is better battery life than yours and this is with FB updates, emails and some periods of constant usage, I still don't think it's as good as it was when I was on 2.3.3 and I've undervolted the CPU quite a bit. Also having a few issues, especially with Emails, when I delete the last one in my hotmail inbox, it locks up for a few seconds or just crashes and I have to force close it.

 

[Kenai]

Mine did this today, told me 2.3.5 was available, went through all the update shebang and it went from 2.3.3 to....... 2.3.3 according to the phone

So, looking again this morning, Kies is telling me I have the latest firmware.

PDA:KG2 PHONE:KG1 CSC:KF1

According to the phone in 'About Phone' I have:

Baseband: BOKG1, Kernel: BOKG2, Build: Gingerbread.BOKG2 and the Android version shows up as 2.3.3

Given the post I originally quoted, it doesn't seem to be up to date at all?

Anyone able to help?

 

[benjo]

I've also recently updated, but although this is better battery life than yours and this is with FB updates, emails and some periods of constant usage, I still don't think it's as good as it was when I was on 2.3.3 and I've undervolted the CPU quite a bit. Also having a few issues, especially with Emails, when I delete the last one in my hotmail inbox, it locks up for a few seconds or just crashes and I have to force close it.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2039/sc20111120085033.png

You guys are doing it wrong

 

[muon]

You guys are doing it wrong

When you have screen off and wifi on (most probably in a single location), you get flat lines like that on loads of phones. I find that this doubles battery life to when you are using a 3G connection.

The real problem is that a lot of people can't solidly use wifi.

That is why you can't compare battery life like that.

This is a perfect example. What's worse here is that when you have red spots (probably underground) the antenna is working the hardest.

 

[benjo]

True, but 26 hours with average use is pretty good. Struggled to get anywhere near that with my Desire