Is Ice Cream Sandwich all that its cracked up to be?

Fallen god · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:45

Stock ICS I think is the best OS out there, personally find it to be very fast anf fluid, love the look (I really hated ever stock android rom so much so that I didnt mind how TW looked so much) has all the old features and many news phones that I like althought I dont like how they removed the settings key :S lucky this doesnt affect my s2. Till now I found the overall experience to be better on iOS but now I bravely say that ICS is the best OS out.

Gav · 18 Apr 2012 at 08:47

ICS would be better if it wasn't butchered with Touchwiz.. Compared to the HTC One X, it looks dated.

kona786 · 18 Apr 2012 at 10:25

^^^ It's not hard to make it look like pure ICS with Apex launcher etc.

warren_1979 · 18 Apr 2012 at 16:32

ICS stock is the best. Love it on my Nexus S.

reflux · 18 Apr 2012 at 19:01

+1 for ICS stock. Fantastic OS.

MarkDavis · 19 Apr 2012 at 00:55

kona786 said:
Worth it for the Chrome browser alone

No Flash support in that browser according to the reviews.

kona786 · 19 Apr 2012 at 01:04

MarkDavis said:
No Flash support in that browser according to the reviews.

Who needs it.

MikeHunt79 · 19 Apr 2012 at 01:11

kona786 said:
Who needs it.

Unfortunatly there are still quite a few video streaming sites ike Justin tv that need flash, some of them have now released specific apps but I've found them to be pretty buggy

Sin_Chase · 19 Apr 2012 at 01:38

Install a flash compatible browser for the sites you need it for then?

mrk · 19 Apr 2012 at 07:17

I hate chrome's bookmarks manager and lack of stock bookmarks import feature.

Matteysan · 19 Apr 2012 at 11:41

Sin_Chase said:
Install a flash compatible browser for the sites you need it for then?

Thats what I do, Opera for flash & here (cause I think it looks rubbish on Chrome)

Then Chrome for everything else & browsing PC tabs when not around.

leaskovski · 19 Apr 2012 at 12:47

Do you use sky go?

Matteysan · 19 Apr 2012 at 13:35

leaskovski said:
Do you use sky go?

Yup works perfectly fine here for me using test.0.1.5.apk. I have to hide root with rootkeeper though.

kona786 · 19 Apr 2012 at 21:16

Really loving the SGS2 with the ICS update - more than I though I would.

Nexus18 · 19 Apr 2012 at 23:39

Latest sense with ICS is pure awesome!

Only thing I have replaced is the launcher.

prescott28 · 20 Apr 2012 at 11:44

Sony Experia range are getting the update soon and I am waiting to try it. So far it is only in the Nordic countries for the first phase of the release.

the question is, is it better to wait for the official release from Sony of go ahead and root the phone to install a standard ROM to avoid any 'butchering' Sony might do.