Samsung Galaxy S2

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Swift-wp said:
Not me. I'm keeping my device until the new Nexus comes along. It's sad because I'm due for an upgrade now. I'm tired of waiting months for Android updates and buggy CM builds (to try and get the new version of Android) due to lack of documentation.
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Yeah I'm in a similar position.

Although I appreciate the hw engineering of the S4 (i9505), packing its screen (& battery) into such a slim chassis, my interest is starting to wane. The thought of having to run Samsung's vision of what Android should be (even if independently customised) for the foreseeable future, maybe its lifespan, doesn't sit well with me.

Anyway best to wait and see what comes out of Google IO e.g. new Nexus 4 LTE/5, Android 4.3/5.0 etc.

BTW: CM10.1 Nightlies run flawlessly on my S2 (in many ways better than Samsung's stock version).
 
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Roman4604 said:
Yeah I'm in a similar position.

Although I appreciate the hw engineering of the S4 (i9505), packing its screen (& battery) into such a slim chassis, my interest is starting to wane. The thought of having to run Samsung's vision of what Android should be (even if independently customised) for the foreseeable future, maybe its lifespan, doesn't sit well with me.

Anyway best to wait and see what comes out of Google IO e.g. new Nexus 4 LTE/5, Android 4.3/5.0 etc.
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I'm also keen to see what Motorola releases as the "X phone". It seems to be causing the rumour mill to churn. I hope the Nexus 5 is good.
 
Roman4604 said:
BTW: CM10.1 Nightlies run flawlessly on my S2 (in many ways better than Samsung's stock version).
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Thanks. I'll check it out. I stopped flashing a while back as I got tired of having to setup my device from scratch each time.
 
Swift-wp said:
Thanks. I'll check it out. I stopped flashing a while back as I got tired of having to setup my device from scratch each time.
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CM10.1 Nightlies are designed to just overwite each other. I update almost every day, its a 10min non-disruptive OTA process (inc nandroid backup beforehand). You only need a full wipe first time around.

The only area that still remains an issue is occasional GPU driver stability (hence why CM10.1 will never reach STABLE unless Samsung provides updated Mali code). I dont game on my S2, so take note its hit & miss with some (3D heavy) games if you do.

mercurial said:
I'm running JellyBam on my S2. It's fantastic.
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JellyBam is built on the same CM10.1 JB4.2.2 foundation (kernel/drivers etc.) so in essence the same OS/ROM at a low level.
 
Roman4604 said:
CM10.1 Nightlies are designed to just overwite each other. I update almost every day, its a 10min non-disruptive OTA process (inc nandroid backup beforehand). You only need a full wipe first time around.

The only area that still remains an issue is occasional GPU driver stability (hence why CM10.1 will never reach STABLE unless Samsung provides updated Mali code). I dont game on my S2, so take note its hit & miss with some (3D heavy) games if you do.

JellyBam is built on the same CM10.1 JB4.2.2 foundation (kernel/drivers etc.) so in essence the same OS/ROM at a low level.
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The latest cm10.1 nightlies are a bit buggy, hope they can resolve it soon as the phone starts becoming unresponsive after a few hours, maybe a memory leak somewhere. A restart fixes it. That is the downside of using bleeding edge software though.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
The latest cm10.1 nightlies are a bit buggy, hope they can resolve it soon as the phone starts becoming unresponsive after a few hours, maybe a memory leak somewhere. A restart fixes it. That is the downside of using bleeding edge software though.
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I suspect this has more to do with what you're running on it rather than CM10.1 itself. You must completely obliterate everything Samsung off the phone before moving to a Google based 4.2.2 ROM.

The std wipes are not enough, use something like GS2ROMnuke. I do temporarily switch back to Samsung based ROMs to check for improvements and have no hassle if the phone is wiped properly between switches (full nandroid restores, not app restores).

As mentioned I have no stability issues even though running pretty much full house with everything enabled, ±50 popular apps, DashClock with ext, live wallpaper, Spirit FM radio etc.
 
I fancy a Nexus 5 for my next phone.

And hoping that Sony will be making the Nexus 5. ;)
 
Roman4604 said:
I suspect this has more to do with what you're running on it rather than CM10.1 itself. You must completely obliterate everything Samsung off the phone before moving to a Google based 4.2.2 ROM.

The std wipes are not enough, use something like GS2ROMnuke. I do temporarily switch back to Samsung based ROMs to check for improvements and have no hassle if the phone is wiped properly between switches (full nandroid restores, not app restores).

As mentioned I have no stability issues even though running pretty much full house with everything enabled, ±50 popular apps, DashClock with ext, live wallpaper, Spirit FM radio etc.
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Thanks for the tip. Will check it out if things don't improve. This only really started happening a few days back though, was absolutely lightning fast up until then.
 
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