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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Benchmarks are worthless, ESPECIALLY if you're talking about Apple.

Note that the GS2 got hammered in only two benchmarks. One was a GPU-bound benchmark for 3D rendering - kind of worthless on a 3.5" screen. And how many people here do THAT much 3D gaming?

The other was a browser JavaScript benchmark that could be easily irrelevant for day-to-day use.

Apple has a long history of cherrypicking benchmarks and using them to mislead users into thinking an inferior device is superior. Look at the Pentium II or III era when Apple was falling way behind in CPU performance - they based their entire marketing campaign for a while on a single Photoshop benchmark of a feature that was implemented in Altivec on the Mac and was implemented without using any MMX or SEE optimizations on the PC.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shadow65781:
Apple has literally 1000 engineers dedicated to optimizing the arm based a5 to ios.

Of course its going to perform better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
I read earlier someone say that both cores are not used with GB on our phone. Does that mean right now we only have a 600 mghz processor? Or do i have it all wrong.

Be gentle if i just sounded like a dumbass. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] krips2003:
+ 1. Also, I would like to ask all those ifanboys about how did the iOS5 handled the flash?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] stickbo:
That sunspider test is subjective. Try using a different browser and watch the scores change. I can cut my score nearly in half using a different browser.

The iphone 4s will perform amazingly well, as does the gs2. But this is xda for fark sake. I love android because i like to tinker and mod the Hell out of everything i own. If you want to just leave things be and be held by the hand then ios is perfect. I have iphones and they are fine, but its not android. I have a ford fusion and a ford lightning. I love them both, but nothing makes me happier than wrenching on the lightning and feeling the performance difference when done . The fusion is very easy to drive and sensible. More boost and overclocking make me smile .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] thirdshiftdj:
Wow, everyone run to the defense of SGS2. It's a great phone no matter how well/bad it does in benchmarks. I'm sure if we beat iPhone4S this whole thread would be all about the benchmark. That said, I have 30 days to return my phone so this doesn't matter to me...:) j/k
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] manbeer:
On that note I am happy to submit our sunspider score on firefox.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Edit-- was looking at I phone 4 results line and was thinking it was the 4s results when I originally posted this.

Not that it really matters but here is my sunspider results in dolphin browser

Zoom in on score results

But seriously trying to compare different browsers on different os on different hardware is pretty pointless.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Krshaw18:
Lower score is better, iPhone4s scored in the low 2k's. That post about iP4s seems fishy tho cuz i got 1.5k on my Atrix clocked at 1ghz
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gtg465x:
So it beats the GS2 in javascript performance (which is mostly software dependent and may change with ICS or even from browser to browser) and GPU performance (yeah, it has a beast GPU). I'm willing to bet the Galaxy S II will beat it in some other benchmarks when a full suite of tests is posted. Nothing to go crazy about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] haieb:
okay the benchmark is crap =D

-Stock(NO OC):

standard browser ~45000

dolphin 55000

firefox 80000

Cyanogen(NO OC):

firefox ~79900

stock browser 105317

so yeah basically my phone hammered the i pad 2 and the iphone 4s ;)

so lemme fix the benchmark^^

no poeple just ENJOY ur phone! no matter if it is an apple or a samsung or anything else. for me the sgs2 is the "perfect" one, and i love it =D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dennishhh:
Phone to Phone

The galaxy S2 is an amazing phone.I just switched from an iPhone4 to the S2 which is so much better in so many ways. Yes to screen can actually be seen when it's mounted on the dash in my car. The voice commands actually work and the navigation on the android is fantastic, unlike the navigation on the iPhone4 that costs $50 a month. The voice and phone quality is much better and I have hardly any dropped calls unlike the multitude of dropped calls I had with my iPhone in the same location. The eight megapixel camera is much better than the iPhone. In reality the iPhone4 is the S2's competition in its stock configuration. I wonder what it will do when it's rooted and overclocked. Apple had six or eight months to compare the 4s to the S2 and optimize it. As far as I'm concerned iPhone is still to proprietary, costly and can't be modified to suit the users needs. If I never see iTunes again it'll be too soon, Never going back!

Haieb's post answers "wonder what a rooted G2 will do"!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RockRatt:
Well I ONLY USE benchmarks to test between roms on my device to compare. As this is a test using VELLAMO from the market which is Verizon extensive and tested between stock samsung rom and CM7 rom. Testing between devices is pretty much useless but it can be fun when comparing the SGS2 to your friends who have what they THINK are the best android phones out there. So below is my testing between stock and CM7.

Sent from My KickAss CM7 Galaxy S2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] designgears:
Just thought I would chime in, I see lots of people saying the iPhone 4S did better because of less resolution and smaller screen size.

First off, screen size isn't going to impact performance. 3.5in -> 4.27, a difference of 0.77in.

Now, this is making me laugh, on several occasions I see people saying the iPhone 4S wins because of its lower screen resolution.

Galaxy S II: 480x800

iPhone 4S: 640x960

A difference of 160x160 over the Galaxy S II.

Don't forget, the iPhone 4S is a dual core running at ~800mhz per core and we are running at 1.2ghz per core.

The Mali-400 is a quadcore GPU, but it barely beats out a single core of the iPhone 4S's dualcore GPU

Safe to say we got stomped :)

Without the extra horse power to run java it would have been much worse :D

edit: fixed my fail.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iqak:
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.....

I have hope that I may not "Need" the next greatest phone when this two years is up.

The last phone was a Tilt 2 on Windows. I was rebooting daily by the time I was eligible for this upgrade. Forget the notion of browsing.

The only thing I miss so far is my HP50g Emulator.

Had to drop back to 48+ Land (until...).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Famos:
That's definitely true...Android phones can only get better...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
Huh??????? Dual core 1.2 doesn't mean 2 cores doing 1.2 per core....does it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] designgears:
thats what I said... do I really need to type out dual core again? seems pretty well implied.

"we are running at 1.2ghz per core."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] TOA Duck:
When i asked that, i wasn't trying to be a smart ass and question your knowledge, I just didn't know. By your edgy response i assume you thought i was trying yo be a ****, which wasn't my intent.

Or you may have really been trying to be a ****. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] akira02rex:
Sgs2 has quad core gpu I thought.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Seifer48:
What? The iphone 4 and 4s are both 960x640 resolution. Its the galaxy s2 with the 800x480 resolution screen... Did you transpose that by accident? The iphone is at the disadvantage due to being forced to render more pixels per frame. Anyways, love your work!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Milkshakes00:
We're losing on the stock browser, and without true dual core support..

Who actually uses the stock Android browser?

C'mon. -_-;
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gtg465x:
Yeah, that is correct. However, our four Mali-400 cores just barely beat out a single SGX 543 core. The iPhone 4S has a dual core SGX 543.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MrPhilo:
Depends what the Mali is clocked at, mostly its clocked at 160Mhz which is quite low although it dynamically scales to 267 (Rarely, poor driver maybe?).

Mali 400 Quad GPU = SGX543 Single

Mali 400 Quad GPU (267Mhz-400Mhz) = Should be atleat 30-50% better than Single SGX543.

I estimated there, but it close to being accurate. Each of iPhone 4S GPU Benchmark its just double the Mali GPU. So I can safely say that 1 SGX543 = Mali 4 GPU.

Also Samsung Exynos 4212 which is hopefully going to be found in Nexus Prime should also use SGX543MP2+ OR Mali T604 Quad GPU(5x better than Mali 400 apparently and Samsung had licensed it last year) + CPU at 1.5Ghz should destroy both iPad2 and iPhone 4S.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tolis626:
The GPU part is just totally ****ed up.GPU cores aren't psysical,they are logical.The mali consists of 2 vertex shader cores and two pixel shader cores I think,but I might be saying bull**** here.Anyway,core count doesn't matter as it does in CPUs.On a desktop PC you can see a single GPU showing like 100 cores.You think it's so? ;)

Although I do think that the SGX543MP2 is actually a dual-GPU configuration,so it might be two GPUs if you get me.

And yes,its performance is inspiring to say the least.And those are serious words when said from an iHater. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] snowfallen:
SGS2 vs iPhone 4S Face-Off

http://t.co/IRVTK5ug
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DevilDogAK:
IMO comparing the two phones is like comparing apples to oranges. It all comes down to a matter of preference. I've never owned an iPhone but one of my employees was a die hard apple fanboy, that is until the sgs2 came out. There are things he liked about the iPhone that the sgs2 doesn't have and vice versa. That being said he has no buyers remorse about getting the sgs2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] designgears:
haha, ya, I failed :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Seifer48:
Lol it happens, I do it when I'm tired sometimes too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ukuleledude:
try opera mobile. i'm getting 1700ms sunspider and it looks really nice! ditched stock browser from the word go
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] cheesekake:
What can you do on an apple that you can't do on an Android? It feels like Apple is holding you back unless you decide to Jail Break the device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MrPhilo:
Sorry to re-bump this thread back up. A Apple fanboy sent me this link that how S2 GPU sucks. Well we can improve the Mali with abit of overclock. It isn't far from the SGX543 in the A5 chip (720p Offscreen GLBenchmark)

'I won't name who it was!'
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] truciet:
Fanboy this fanboy that. Regardless of name, nothing can top Apple's multi-gpu. It's just a given. Dual gpu > single gpu.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rolex81:
Benchamarks are crap. This is on cm7 nightly 9

Opera browser
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] silver91342:
If you look at the results we are really quite close. Maybe with a bit of tuning and better drivers we could come closer.

Iphone 4s--------OGS2

72.7--------------54.2

123.1------------101.9

Still think that its awesome we came that close at all. Perhaps GPU overclocks soon? GPU cores don't matter as much as CPU cores especially on this small of resolution, which is why almost all PC's still run single GPU's.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] akira02rex:
And keep in mind that this phone has been out since early this year. It was waaayyy ahead of its time then. The i4s is playing catch up IMO. The Mali 400 is quite capable still. Our CPU bests the i4s easily.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amtrakcn:
No SoC used by Android beats Apple A5 right now, however we are still one of the best among Android line:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] akira02rex:
Debateable... a5 just has a strong gpu that's going for it. The modem sucks and the CPU isn't anything to brag about if u wanted to get technical.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amtrakcn:
Isn't the modem not part of SoC？

CPU wise... it's the same Cortex A9 everywhere... A5 also has dual channel RAM controller like Exynos, also NEON euquipted. Just frequency difference... not a real big deal in my mind.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] silver91342:
Actual architecture aside, the only way to directly compare the CPU's is if they run the same OS, Android is seriously lacking in the specialized hardware coding where iOS is highly optimized. Android cranks out way more devices and up's the hardware to try to make up for it. Iam sure if google made a pure Android for the OGS2 and spent the same amount of time specifically optimizing it as iOS, it would tear the iphone 4s to shreds.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amtrakcn:
I still cannot agree with you. Even if all Android apps are written in NDK, they have to run their UI in Java, which is almost impossible to catch up with Objective-C in efficiency.

I was trying to purely compare hardware raw power though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] silver91342:
I get what your saying, I think its unclear who wins when stacking these two powerhouses against each other but comparing benchmarks will never prove whats better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] amtrakcn:
Yeah, I can easily get a better score using my GS2 in SunSpider by using opera mobile, also lots of other complicated conditions... Not a great idea to do cross platform comparison just from benchmarks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Rolex81:
I agree its not a great way but, its also not a great way for these sites to promote the 4s like its the best thing ever. Especially when that phone is running at its full potential and the others that its being to aren't.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] millhauz:
Is there any way to get HTC contacts app on the cyanogen rom? i hate the stock contacts app and love the HTC one
[Acer Iconia A500] 1337pHysiX:
Hello everyone, my first post here.

I do realise that there is info around for reverting from 3.2 OTA.

However, none of the tutorials and related messages in each thread has helped me downgrade my 3.2 :( being a new member, i am also restricted from posting in the development thread :(

So can someone please help me, and please moderate this thread if it is in the wrong place etc etc. Im desperate T_T

So, following this tutorial to downgrade:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227

Using method 1:

I keep getting that no Iconia Tab is detected :S

I had run this as an admin, rebooted my pc, tried it on my sister's pc (both running win 7), installing official acer usb drivers to no avail.

Using method 2:

The update starts and the loading bar appears. The downgrade appears to run, probably up to 10%???, then the android with a yellow exclamation comes up T_T

I have tried a factory reset, but neither method 1 nor 2 will work.

My Tab is still working so I am still very grateful. Can anyone with ideas on how to get this downgrade working please advise. All help will be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Moderator please delete this thread. I have managed to fix the issue:

Factory reset, then i dl'd the package from method 2 again, and ran again. now working flawlessly =]

Sorry to have been a nuisance :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Hi everyone,

Today I released an application I've been working on for the past week. I'll be adding new features, such as exclusion list for speak aloud's, etc. This works with all the contacts on the phone (Facebook, etc.).

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.denzilferreira.apps.callername

Current version: 2.7

An application that gives you the name of who is calling/texting you right now, without you having to look at the screen.

NEW PRO FEATURES: voice on Bluetooth A2DP headsets and wired headphones, smoother and improved UI

ATTENTION: Facebook doesn't allow access to the profile pictures on the contacts because they failed to follow the Android standards (complain to them!). If you want pictures to show on the contact list, set the picture on your Google Contacts.

Free version:

- It won't lower the ringtone.

- It won't respect your sound profile. BUT you can use the widget to disable the caller name for convenience! (So that people don't complain about the phone talking while on a meeting).

- Will not let you know about messages received.

- Ads are displayed on the application.

- After each call, the phone will advertise Caller Name.

PRO version:

- Lowers ringtone after two seconds to say name aloud.

- Says who just texted you.

- Respects your sound profile, so no speaking if your phone is set to vibrate only/silent.

- Widget to disable call/text name without changing sound profiles.

- Selective call/text speech aloud on visible contacts on your phone.

- Type or speech to filter contacts using Google Voice Recognition.

- Letter-based filter for contacts.

- Swipe to toggle between search and contact list.

- No ads at all.

How to use the widget?

Press-and-hold your finger on an empty space on the phone's main screen. Select Widgets and then Caller Name. That will add a new icon on the phone's main screen. You can use it to toggle the talk aloud functionality ON/OFF without changing your phone's ringtone volume (it automatically turns OFF is set to vibrate/silence).

If any problems, please JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL, I can better keep track of those than comments on the MarketPlace! Giving a bad review doesn't help me fix anything...

Thank YOU for the bug reports, they are extremely useful to improve the application's functionality. Before giving a bad review, please drop me an email so I can investigate what could possibly be wrong.

Thank YOU for the suggestions, they really help improving the application!

Let me know what you guys think, suggestions are also welcome!

BR,

¬D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] k_flynn:
nice app man! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Thanks! :)

I've updated the application today to fix a few bugs. I've also removed the ad's that would show up after the calls. So now it's pretty much like Pro, except for the smoothing of the voice when the call is ringing.

You can also uninstall the application and reinstall the application that previous licenses are restored automatically.

Enjoy!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
New updates:

- Read aloud SMS senders, widget to turn it off without having to fiddle with sound settings.

Current version is 1.8!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] carstenheuer:
great app!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Thanks :)

New version is out: 2.0

An application that gives you the name of who is calling/texting you right now, without you having to look at the screen.

NEW PRO FEATURES: voice search, text search, selective call/text aloud!

ATTENTION: Facebook doesn't allow access to the profile pictures on the contacts because they failed to follow the Android standards (complain to them!). If you want pictures to show on the contact list, set the picture on your Google Contacts.

Free version:

- It won't lower the ringtone.

- It won't respect your sound profile. BUT you can use the widget to disable the caller name for convenience! (So that people don't complain about the phone talking while on a meeting).

- Will not let you know about messages received.

- Ads are displayed on the application.

- After each call, the phone will advertise Caller Name.

PRO version:

- Lowers ringtone after two seconds to say name aloud.

- Says who just texted you.

- Respects your sound profile, so no speaking if your phone is set to vibrate only/silent.

- Widget to disable call/text name without changing sound profiles.

- Selective call/text speech aloud on visible contacts on your phone.

- Type or speech to filter contacts using Google Voice Recognition.

- No ads at all.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Meagain1:
Was keen to try this app, downloaded and have not been able to get passed the opening screen before a popup tells me its not working and must force close or report.:(

HTC Sensation
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Fixed that problem, current version 2.2 :)

It was a silly mistake where I was trying to do Pro features on non-pro version... and also there was a problem with the keyboard not showing up on HTC Sense devices (blame HTC for their modifications on the framework...).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] robinliu:
nice app man!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] toypwr:
Bluetooth?

So far Pro version works good on my Bionic. But... if this would announce through my Bluetooth when connected instead of my phone speaker then it would truly be perfect. Any possibility of adding that feature?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
That's an awesome suggestion. I'll add it to the list of things to-do. I also have on the list a letter-based selection of the contacts too, for easier filtering when driving.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] myke38:
yes it is a usefull application.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Meagain1:
Tried again and all is well ! Thanks dferreria.

Will go Pro soon;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Thanks, really appreciate it :)

I've modified the first post to add the wish-list and to-do's. Suggestions are welcome, if there is something you'd like me to consider for future versions.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] RRSpikes:
Nice app, using the pro version.

I've noticed two issues though. 1) no name is announced if a contact only has a last name. ie: contacts first name is left blank. 2) on a test, I sent an sms from my 360 area code phone to my 352 area code phone and no name was announced.

Would it be safe to assume this happens simply due to the way my contacts are set up?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Hi there RRSpikes,

1) I can fix that issue, will be fixed on the next version. Just need to add a verification, nice catch!

2) I'm just guessing you don't have your own phone number on the other phone? The application doesn't say the name if it can't find the contact by the phone number.

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] RRSpikes:
For #1, cool, thanks.

For #2, both phones (Tmo SGS2 & Sprint SGS2/ETg4) have active service. Could the key to this be that both numbers are in my contact list under the same name? I doubt this will make a difference but I also forward my 360# to my 352# or vice versa depending on where I'm at.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Hum... So both devices are SGS2 correct? I was thinking if it could be an API issue with a manufacturer. So let me see if I got it correctly, if you send from Tmo -> Sprint and vice-versa, it never says your name? Can you check if on the messages app, it appears your name? Is your personal contact a Google Contact or something else? Also, can you try asking someone to send you a text and see if it is working?

Thank you for helping me figuring this out!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PersianSphinx:
great app :D

what do you think of adding...

read selected text

say the time (triggered by pressing vol up+down or cam button or whatever :D)

i cant think of anything more right now, my mind is bent on my UCAS.... hope you like my suggestions, sorry if they are a repeat, didnt have time to read the whole thread :P
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dferreira:
Hi PersianSphinx,

Reading the message itself... I could do that, but it kinda is a bit out of scope to the Caller Name. The app is about letting you know from who, not the content. It is only my opinion, but if the phone would read my messages aloud, I wouldn't like it. Unless you are driving or something... I guess I could think about it if the device is connected with a BT headset.

Saying aloud the time, totally out of focus :-)