Samsung Galaxy S2

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Maddmatt said:
I will never try to buy new technology on release again. Patience really does have rewards.
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I did that with my last purchase and made the exact same vow that you've just done. I am seriously contemplating taking the plunge now. The exchange rate isn't too bad and hopefully the guy in the SARS office is having a good day too.
 
Grats to all who've gotten their phones lately :) I've kinda slacked off on the forums lately but am starting to pick up again. Waiting for 2.3.4 to come out and time to start reading up on CM. Still new to android but am eager to start doing some development for it. Now if only I had some ideas... Any burning need for apps out there? :)
 
Murfle said:
Grats to all who've gotten their phones lately :) I've kinda slacked off on the forums lately but am starting to pick up again. Waiting for 2.3.4 to come out and time to start reading up on CM. Still new to android but am eager to start doing some development for it. Now if only I had some ideas... Any burning need for apps out there? :)
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I'm looking for an app which can navigate me home in the shortest time depending on the traffic pattens.
 
Mach III said:
And what are the benefits of 'rooting'?

What is rooting?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596

root is the user account in Linux with all privileges. The root user can edit anything on the system. For safety reasons, users do not have all those privileges. When you root your phone, you will gain write access to areas of the phone you couldn't previously access and are allowed to run more commands in the terminal. Because applications do not get a lot of priviledges, some of them require you to root the device in order for them to function properly (or fully). There is a tutorial for rooting in the Post #2 and there is a OneClickUtility that supposedly works on all firmwares here.
If all of this means nothing to you then you are probably wise to NOT root your phone. Mistakes using root can break your phone very easily. (Usually, but not always, these can be solved with a reflash)
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mercurial said:
Samsung bought themselves a lot of fans and goodwill. This was a good publicity stunt :p
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And one that worked. It just made the SGS 2 move up on my list. Its now way higher than the HTC Sensation I was eyeballing
 
Why explain something (when I don't have the time to do it at work) when it has already been explained in detail. :)
 
Well that's up to you to decide. If your phone breaks and they see it is rooted, you can kiss your warranty good bye. Personally, hell YES!!!
 
Swift-wp said:
Well that's up to you to decide. If your phone breaks and they see it is rooted, you can kiss your warranty good bye. Personally, hell YES!!!
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Yeah but you can make a backup before you root, so if it breaks, just reboot into recovery and restore the backup. It's a different story if you can't even get into your phone though. Then you're pretty much buggered :p
 
mercurial said:
Yeah but you can make a backup before you root, so if it breaks, just reboot into recovery and restore the backup. It's a different story if you can't even get into your phone though. Then you're pretty much buggered :p
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True. Yeah, that's why it's better to have insurance as well. Not just for rooting, but for possible water damage.
 
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