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robfosters · 22 May 2012 at 18:17

Can someone please tell me exactly what the USB storage is?

benjo · 22 May 2012 at 18:35

benjo said:
I just bought a micro USB to female USB A cable. Got a couple of 8gb sandisk ultra USB sticks full of music and movies for when I travel

robfosters said:
Can someone please tell me exactly what the USB storage is?

This

Mounting usb mass storage through the micro usb port. Internal SD is your built in storage, External/EMMC is your micro sd card.

dbmzk1 · 22 May 2012 at 20:00

Can I flash an official firmware not from the UK? There are newer ones out but not from here?

EDIT:

Nevermind, did it anyway! Now running ICS! What's the best launcher to use these days? Using LauncherPro at the moment still (didn't wipe) but it's a bit old now...

benjo · 22 May 2012 at 22:16

Apex or Nova

Spooter · 22 May 2012 at 22:37

Hi all,

Still on the stock rom.

Please can you recommend one which looks good and gives improved battery life.

A step by step to install would also help if anyone has the time. My phone is on the 02 network.

Thanks again.

robgmun · 22 May 2012 at 23:13

benjo said:
Apex or Nova

For me i prefer Apex now

grudas · 22 May 2012 at 23:34

Am i the only one seriously bored of changing roms? I cant find a single rom that functions proprly even for the basic tasks i use my phone there are little nighles everywhere! For eg i love hydrogenics for what it offers but at the same time it has some game breaking bugs. I like sensation rom but its just sluggish at some parts :-\

kona786 · 22 May 2012 at 23:41

^^ Stock ICS + ICS Domination theme + circle batty/black background mods + Apex launcher = 99% happy

Slinky1989 · 22 May 2012 at 23:43

ManLoveRulesOK said:
I had this on cm9 and hydrogenics. battery slow built back up regardless of charge level though. Been on wanamlite for a few days now and haven't had it happen yet.

I had it on wanamlite too as that was the first ICS rom I tried before going over to Hydrogen

nicRob · 23 May 2012 at 07:25

Happened quite frequently to me on Hydrogen, switched to Wanamlite and it hasn't happened yet.

Frozennova · 23 May 2012 at 08:50

"slinky" said:
I had it on wanamlite too as that was the first ICS rom I tried before going over to Hydrogen

Very odd then I've been on WanamLite 4 days now and I've not had it once. Was getting it at least every other day on either CM9 or hydrogen.

Slinky1989 · 23 May 2012 at 10:40

ManLoveRulesOK said:
Very odd then I've been on WanamLite 4 days now and I've not had it once. Was getting it at least every other day on either CM9 or hydrogen.

Oh I've never had it that often, but certainly once every 2 weeks or so.

Matteysan · 23 May 2012 at 10:47

grudas said:
Am i the only one seriously bored of changing roms? I cant find a single rom that functions proprly even for the basic tasks i use my phone there are little nighles everywhere! For eg i love hydrogenics for what it offers but at the same time it has some game breaking bugs. I like sensation rom but its just sluggish at some parts :-\

Nah Mega happy with paranoid android now. Most roms are rubbish though. Personally never been impressed with hydrogenics.

benjo · 23 May 2012 at 12:59

Mattey1 said:
Nah Mega happy with paranoid android now. Most roms are rubbish though. Personally never been impressed with hydrogenics.

As far as AOKP goes on the S2, I think hydro does it best.

renandstimpy · 23 May 2012 at 15:53

After MIUI, Hydrog3n and a few others , Im using Resurrection Remix ICS 4.0.4. My fav at he moment

grudas · 23 May 2012 at 16:31

im on insanity slim ics.. does the job + theme chooser based on cm9.. oddly still has the video recording bug?! is the cm9 rom has no recording after this long?

Frozennova · 23 May 2012 at 16:50

grudas said:
im on insanity slim ics.. does the job + theme chooser based on cm9.. oddly still has the video recording bug?! is the cm9 rom has no recording after this long?

CM9 has had video recording for a couple of months IIRC, looks like the dev hasn't yet merged the changed

Sweey · 23 May 2012 at 20:32

Since moving to NeatROM 1.91 (XWLPD) my battery life has definitely improved. Overnight it'll drop just 1% rather than the 3% I was used to and by the end of the day with moderate web browsing, a couple of hours of listening to music and the odd call I tend to be at 80% as opposed to the 70% I'd gotten used to.

This is in comparison to four other ICS ROMs (three were earlier NeatROM versions, the first was WanamLite a month or two ago).

mrk · 23 May 2012 at 20:52

Stock battery is back in mine now, extended sold for £20 even with 3 watchers left at the end! Still, not bad for that price I suppose. My original battery has not seen the phone or a charger since getting the extended battery and it's been in the box ever since, plugging it in now it still retained 100% charge.

Modern battery tech is rather impressive for holding charge, at least you now know that you can keep an original spare in the car for emergencies and not be worried about it going flat over time.

Fallen god · 23 May 2012 at 21:32

Omega 4.0.4 Battery life, must say I'm rather impressed.

Had it on Max brightness for the whole day aswell, not even sure how it was possible.

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