Samsung Galaxy S2

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OGroteKoning said:
erm ... those specs are good too
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Yeah. I had my S2 and a colleague's S3 side by side in the car today, both running Navigation. Even with the latest CM9 nightly on mine, I had to put it away before the obvious difference in displays gave me cellphone envy. :( An awesome device, but I like that the S2 has more developer love at this point.
 
mercurial said:
Samsung Galaxy S II receiving the Android 4.0.4 update
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Mmmm....let me see....Android 4.0.4 gives me :

Stability improvements
Better camera performance
Smoother screen rotation
Improved phone number recognition

Android 4.1 gives me :

Vsync timing across all drawing and animation done by the Android framework, including application rendering, touch events, screen composition and display refresh
Triple buffering in the graphics pipeline
Enhanced accessibility
Bi-directional text and other language support
User-installable keyboard maps
Expandable notifications
Ability to turn off notifications on an app specific basis
Shortcuts and widgets can automatically be re-arranged or re-sized to allow new items to fit on home screens.
Bluetooth data transfer for Android Beam
Offline voice dictation
New interface layout for tablets with smaller screens (closer resembling that of a phone)[68]
Improved voice search
Improved camera app
High resolution contact photos
Google Now
Multichannel audio[69]
USB Audio (for external sound DACs)[69]
Audio chaining (also known as gapless playback)

Looks like it's worth the effort to first go to 4.0.4 ....

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_versions
 
So err... I read a couple of people are getting their phones bricked over the last few 4.0.4 ROMS. Can anyone elaborate on the circumstances that cause this?
 
I found this "all the warnings are for people who use cwm to wipe data. If you do not use cwm you will not get any problems."
 
It seems people are red flagging the I9100XXLQ5 4.0.4 update, so stay away.
 
Sup ppl, soz for the delayed feedback, I received my phone back yesterday, unfortunately, it was not a phone swop nor was it swopped out for a S3 ;) but they changed the mainboard and updated the firmware to the following:

PDA: I9100XWLP7

CSC: I9100OJCLP6

Version: 4.0.3

Mainboard was replaced under warranty, no questions asked :D :D :D :whistle: so yeh, beggars cant be chooser's right :)
Just so damn glad to have a SMARTphone back in my hands, had a friends iphone to use in the downtime... BLEH ... ;)

So, I check there's this "official" 4.0.4 rls, anybody tried it yet, hehe. This time this ol' flashoholic is staying calm and collected...

Cheers
D

PS. I'm back with my trusty WanamLite Blue ICS V12.2 ( UHLPS )
 
Really lucky on them doing it under warranty, wonder if Vodacom would do similar if something goes wrong with my flash addiction
 
How long does flashing cyanogenmod take? I have been stuck on data.img on Odin for the last 20 mins. Any idea?
 
adam88 said:
How long does flashing cyanogenmod take? I have been stuck on data.img on Odin for the last 20 mins. Any idea?
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The flash should take a minute or so. Two ideas:

Make sure Kies isn't running.
Your CM9 download might be corrupt.
 
adam88 said:
How long does flashing cyanogenmod take? I have been stuck on data.img on Odin for the last 20 mins. Any idea?
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Are you sure it must be flashed with Odin? I am almost certain you must use CWM recovery ...

EDIT: And like JacquesR said - check that the download is complete
 
OGroteKoning said:
Are you sure it must be flashed with Odin? I am almost certain you must use CWM recovery ...

EDIT: And like JacquesR said - check that the download is complete
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Agreed...if you already rooted just use CWM. Will save a lot of hassle.
 
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