I found after a day of Opera I was drifting back to ICS+. Generally just found ICS+ that little bit faster than Opera. Having to hit 'back' twice when zoomed in to actually go back was getting tedious.
So read your post mentioning Quick ICS and gave it a try. Pretty much find all you mention above and now bought the donate version. It's less than a £ so not what you would call expensive. Had to broaden the area either side of screen receptive to triggering the quick controls as it wasn't responding. There's not a lot between the two ICS browsers and think Quick ICS wins by a short head
Yeah, it only just beats it by a bit IMO as well, it is just more pleasant to use overall, which is the main thing, it makes ICS+ feel like it is in beta stages still
Have also noticed that too sometimes with the quick ics controls, can be a bit annoying but all the other stuff makes up for it
Nexus, I know there may be an update coming to remove the 3 dot menu waste of screen real-estate but having rooted and flashed a rom that gets rid of it I can say it a great improvement. Highly recommend
Don't tempt me!!!!!
I can wait a little bit longer! (I hope
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Phone feels a little faster with the Trickdroid ROM and probably down to clearing the bloatware. Perhaps better memory management too? Battery life may be slightly better but hard to quantify really. One issue I have is that I lose mobile network connection and then reconnects with an 'R' above the signal strength bars. I presume this is roaming and onto what network from Three, I dunno. Data speeds drop down to unusable. This also seems to drag the battery down pretty quickly? I'm sure this and mobile reception in general seems slightly worse with the Trickdroid ROM. Not a frequent issue so we'll see how that goes.
Yeah, probably some tweaks to the software to make it a bit quicker and also due to removal of apps that can't be removed on stock etc. thus better memory management and yup I think trickdroid has a custom memory tweak built in (that is also used for the X IIRC).
Spot on! If you have a weak signal, or/and where your mobile is struggling to hold a signal then that will consume a fair bit of battery, particularly if it is with the mobile data connection.
Have you tried just enabling GSM only mode instead WCDMA/GSM, I find that my single was more consistent and stronger when I selected GSM only mode even when wifi is enabled. Kona said it also improved his voice reception.
No regrets ... though warranty may be an issue now
Unlocking bootloader then rooting is pretty straight forward as is flashing the Trickdroid (i my case) rom. After that flash the boot.ini and you are good to go. Final step is flashing the tweaks package. Sounds a complicated going on but read up on the job first and it should not be a prob.
I am also concerned about loosing my warranty
As knowing my luck something will go wrong and I won't be able to get into the recovery etc.
Yeah, will have to read the guides over and over again to get into the swing of things
Did the exact same with my spica, must have read all the guides about 100 times before I actually did anything (rooted and flashed a custom after about 3-4 months of owning it).
Thanks
At the end of the day it's a phone. If you were that bothered about taking amazing photos you wouldn't be using a phone you'd have a dslr. So for me if it looks better it looks better, technicalities that aren't really big changes are irrelevant. Not to mention the costs of the phones involved, hardly surprising the more expensive one comes out on top even if it is marginal in most cases
+1 well said
It blows the Wildfire out of the water, and then
proceeds to nuke it from orbit.
Haha yeah I know the S could eat my wildfail for breakfast, everyday for the entirety of my contract
Will it still run the big 3D games in a year and a half's time? Or if I want that kind of future proofing, would I need to get the One X or the SIII? Are there many apps that would not be able to be "Move to Storage" 'd? I am a bit worried about the 2GB/10GB limit on the memory!
Shouldn't have any problem at all as it is in the same league as the X/GS 3 for performance (the X has a slightly better GPU, the GS 3 GPU destroys both) but the S has the better processor overall (just edges the GS 3 CPU).
As for storage, yes some apps won't allow you to move them to SD storage i.e. widget apps.
As for the limited storage for both, I personally have no problems with it and 2GB is more than enough for me, however, if you plan on putting a load of games on and game files e.g. max payne 3 along with loads of music, tv episodes etc. then storage would be a problem.
For me:
Over 600 photos (including 1080P videos and slow motion videos etc.), icons, wallpapers and game emulator ROMs for SEGA and N64 with just over 65 apps installed (about 5 games) this is what I have left:
If you think that storage will be a problem, then the GS 3 is the phone to get (of course that is if you are willing to pay the extra)
As Nexus says, for what the phone camera is used for by the majority of people then the saturated photo will appeal and the loss of detail won't be noticed.
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