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[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
heres a link to the article on engadget about it.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/htc-were-reviewing-ice-cream-sandwich-and-determining-our-plan/

What engadget points out is very interesting. some of HTC's Sense features seem to be in ICS to an extent and kinda makes Sense a lil pointless. Less I'm missing something. Right now after going through ICS I'm trying to figure out what I will be missing/losing with Sense. That is beside the Sense app versions like camera, dialer and such which are differ.
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Mm idk ICS looks really good as it is , so HTC should go back to stock as much as possible, I wonder if we can layout how we want to use are buttons now ? And if qHD will have nice support in the market finally

Sent from my iPhone 4S :P
[HTC EVO 3D] evank418:
i don't think release of ICS is helping HTC at all. after viewing ICS UI, i don't see a reason to use sense anymore. it's starting to loose its selling points. unless they make a major upgrades on sense, HTC's future looks dark.(yes, i will get galaxy nexus soon as they release)
[HTC EVO 3D] jgalan14:
Mm i don't really like dark themes too much. Gingerbread was a bit too dark for my taste and now ICS is looking dark theme I wonder why they went the way instead ,in a side not I think everyone forgot about the moto rzer lol

Sent from my iPhone 4S :P
[HTC EVO 3D] fr0st420:
The only things I would miss from sense are:

Dialer

Weather integration

Facebook integration. A one that works unlike the Facebook app.

Lockscreen

Widgets
[HTC EVO 3D] myn:
I couldn't agree more.

Sense improved on features, usability and appearance and if you watched the keynote last night, that was the same focus for ICS.

I wouldn't mind having ICS vanilla.
[HTC EVO 3D] sgt. slaughter:
weather integration is something they will keep and the animations and just have it be an HTC Sense app and not so much of a sense overlay as in past.

as for the lockscreen, the new one takes a lot from htc sense 3.0 lockscreen im pretty sure and you can access apps form it.

again the more i look at ICS the more i lean toward going senseless as they hit the ball out with this upgrade. always a sense fan but can't imagine what they could do to this to make it better past the weather animation stuff really...
[HTC EVO 3D] Merlin_AZ:
They should go with stock.

It would make updates faster.
[HTC EVO 3D] chlehqls:
is this foreshadowing on a rather "warm" ice cream sandwich? Lol. Jk.
[HTC EVO 3D] fsalazar504:
If only this would become a reality, would rather have the option of being stock once ICS spreads. I guess it will be once DEVs develop a stock ICS rom
[HTC EVO 3D] Xenophanesvii:
I would like an ICS aosp look with sense features, like the senseless rom im running now. However companies like HTC are all about making their mark on the software so i have a feeling their wont be an official update until theres an ice cream sensewhich..bad pun whoo!
[HTC EVO 3D] Rippley05:
HTC and Sense will never break up. They'll just come up with new ways to sell, they are actually pretty good at that. I just don't think you can have so many companies mass producing so many phones if they all ran vanilla android... it would be silly.

Besides, the sense widgets, weather and facebook integration are enough for me to stay. The facebook app is a resource hogging battery killing machine.. in fact, the android market as a whole is 85% junk... I'm thankful that HTC eliminates the need for at least a few apps.

With that said, I fully expect HTC/Sprint to totally rip us off when they give us ICS on the 3D. It likely won't have anything new for Sense and will be dumbed down.. will have the same Sense UI look.. making it hard to even tell we are even running ICS.

Sure hope CM gets 3D cameras and such working soon!
[HTC EVO 3D] randy2:
HTC is going to have to innovate sense to a very deep level to make sense relevant, but in the meantime I wont jump to another device just because it has ICS or its alittle faster, the Nexus Prime im not too hype on, its a SG2 with a dress on. Sense for now is cool but without innovation It will become pointless, P.s the only way I jump to a new device is the GALAXY NOTE on sprint with ICS then im all in. I need that 5.3 with a stylus thats love sorry for the sidetrack at the end of this post
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Hello all. I am thinking about getting a SGS2 and had a couple of questions. I previously had a SGS and loved the phone but wasn't astonished by Android and sold it for an IP4. I am ready for a new phone and can't stand the screen size of the IP4/4S anymore so I am looking to move back to Android.

I have been reading all the great reviews about the SGS2 and it's at the top of my list. I did watch the Google/Samsung event tonight cause I am interested in the Galaxy Nexus and although it has some cool features, other than ICS I think the SGS2 is at least as good, maybe even better overall especially once it gets ICS.

ICS looks very promising, looks to be really bringing in alot of polish and closing the gap to iOS and surpassing it.

I was hoping to get some questions answered about the most common uses of my iPhone and wondering if they translate to SGS2/Android

Alarm Clock: I remember that I struggled to find a reliable alarm clock app or built in app that works consitantly. Is this still the case or does the SGS2 have a good alarm clock?

Answered, thank you

Exchange: On my iPhone when I send an email to someone new within my company, and I start to type their name, it starts doing a lookup and suggests names from the GAL. Does this feature exist on the stock SGS2 mail app?

Answered, thank you

Camera: I can now use the volume button to take a pic does SGS2 allow this or do I have to tap the onscreen button.

Answered, thank you

I am checking my commonly used apps to make sure they are available for Android but was mostly concerned about the above.

Thanks for reading.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] runtohell121:
camera: SGSII won't allow you to do that.. only touch screen button.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Thought so, thats cool though not a deal breaker.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] tysj:
I always thought the alarm clock was decent on both Galaxy S and S 2. I've been using them for the last year with no problems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] iqak:
Think I read that the volume buttons are zoom, although I have not tried it....

Yep it's 1-4x.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Huh I think I might have been trying an app from the store. Maybe I'll run into the ATT store and test it out a bit.

Oh so you can zoom, thats actually pretty cool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RockRatt:
1. I have not had ANY issues with the alarm clock and it works pretty well.

2. NOT SURE as I have not dealt with that ever, but I believe CyanogenMOD 7 for the SGS2 does have/work with exchange email

3. If you are not opposed to flashing custom roms then with CM7 you have advanced settings for the camera to choose whether you want to use Volume Up, Volume Down, Power button to take pics along with using the button in the screen. There are other setting to like the volume rocker up/down to zoom for pics or video.

As you can guess I am running CYANOGENMOD 7 (CM7) on my SGS2 and also on my SGS1 Captivate. It has MANY customizations built in instead of having to get more apps to do them. I personally like CM7 over the stock samsung rom even though samsung did the TOUCHWIZ very well this time. I did like stock for the two days I was on it, but I prefer the easy customizations of CM7.

Sent From My KICKASS AT&T SGS2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
ok cool, thanks for the feedback. I was running Cognition I think it was on my SGS. So I was gonna check out Design Gears new Rom for SGS2 but CM7 sounds like it has a bunch of great stuff as well. The camera customizing sounds really cool.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sweetboy02125:
Arlarm is same for Iphone and Android.

I use Moxier mail for exchange (and for all other mails through a folder) and it does give you a email list when you first type in the 1 character.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
Ive always like DroidAlarm. Ive been using it for over a year now... never failed me once.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] WGSXFrank:
I use the default Clock app on my Android for an alarm... it works almost the same as the iPhone clock alarms and is just as reliable.

I should know, I just switched from an iPhone 4 last week.. and I use the alarm nearly every day on it and (now) my GS2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I'm partial to Alarm Clock Plus myself.

I rarely ever use it on my phone, but it has become my wakeup alarm on my Tab 10.1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Thanks for all the responses. Sounds like Alarm Clock won't be a problem. It's one of things you dont think about but its pretty cool how smartphones have replaced alarm clocks for alot of people (unless you were in the alarm clock business lol)

ok cool. I am hoping it might be in the integrated client but I don't mind paying for a good app either. I work in IT and we used to have quite a bit of trouble getting Android phones to sync with Exchange but the problems seem fewer are farther between since new Android OS versions have come out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
I guess now the big thing is whether to get a SGS2 now or wait a month or more for the SGN to hit ATT. I really love the new look and tune up in ICS and I'd hate to wait 8 or 12 months for it to be available on the SGS2 but i'd hate to wait 3 more months for the SGN and maybe have to pay twice as much to get it on contract.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Colton127:
As far as I've read, the Galaxy Nexus has a WEAKER Processor/GPU than that of the Galaxy S II. Though not confirmed, you'd think the Galaxy Nexus would have a better processor than the Galaxy S II to keep up with 720p resolution!

Not to mention, the battery is just a tad better than the Galaxy S II, but not even near enough to makeup for the extremely high resolution and larger display.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DIXZ06:
The Exchange feature mentioned works quite well with the standard email program supplied with Android 2.3.4
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Yeah it does seem somewhat odd how the specs really arent that great other than the screen especially when compared to a 6 month old SGS2, but I think its similar to the IP4S in that iOS5 was specifically designed for it and even though the hardware is inferior, the benchmarks are very impressive.

I guess it comes down to is SGN w/ICS > SGS2 w/2.3.x. I think so until SGS2 gets ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Colton127:
Obviously, the great community here will have ICS ROMS out in no time after Google releases the source.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
ok great, thanks for the feedback.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
yeah thats what I was thinking too. Thats why I'm leaning towards the SGS2, especially if I can get it for $150 on contract.

I am just waiting to see some more in depth comparo's from Engadget.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Went to the ATT store tonight and checked out the phone. Was pretty impressed. Love the screen size. I was also suprised at how light and thin it was compared to my IP4. Kinda wish they would have went aluminum instead of plastic. I prefer a solid feel to ultra lightweight.

It's funny how much bigger the Infuse 4G seems although its only another .2"

Anyways I asked the store and they won't price match against online retailers. My problem is that my line is not eligible for an upgrade but another line on my account is and I wanted to use that upgrade for my line. Does anyone have any experience trying to upgrade another line on your account for your number through an online retailer, i.e. Amazon Wireless. I'd like to save $50 but if I can't I can't. :cool:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jeffrsho:
I upgraded my line and the called at&t customer service to have them give me a bill credit for the $50 difference I was.seeing online and in stores like Sam's club. When I called I told the rep that at&t assured me in store that everyone has the phone for $199. I the proceeded to tell her I saw several places at $149 and she immediately offered to give me a $150 credit with no hesitation.

I was hoping for $50 and ended up with triple the credit. My recommendation would be to buy the phone at at&t and call 611 for an adjustment on your bill.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
They (the att store) matched the Amazon price for me on the Thrill ($70 vs $100). When I returned my Thrill for the galaxy s II, they would not match the $150, but they only had me pay $100 more so I got it for $170, and they waived the restocking fee.

Others have said Best Buy will pricematch.

The issues that scared me from buying third party retailers is the data. I have unlimited, and if you buy third party you must sign up for the new plans. 200 MB or 2 GB. People say if you complain enough they will put it back, but there I'd no guarantee. I use 6GB a month, so I didn't want to risk it. If you don't have an unlimited plan I think Walmart online is cheapest.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: aluminum

Since all cell phones now-a-days have internal antennas, having any kind

of a metal body would cut down signal strength. (aluminum is metal).

Remember the the iPhone's metal band around it's housing and how it had

a problem with dropped calls if the phone was was held a certain way?

Now just imagine the effect our phones would have if the entire body was

incased in some kind of metal or an aluminum body.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Well I may just try this, thanks guys

fine, quit making sense haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] axis01:
I went to BB the first day of release. I used my wife's upgrade for my line and gave her my cappy. The BB rep knew exactly what I wanted to do and did all the swapping around. BB will price match. Walmart will as well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Really. Now this is interesting. I thought they might be able to help considering they have a mobile center.

Cool I may give this a try. Now I just need to find the cheapest online price lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shiftkenny:
I got an upgrade because my time was.due and I didn't get.a price e match at the store but I called att a.d they gave 50 credit
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Well sounds like I could work ATT for a refund after the fact but I think I'll try Best Buy first and see if I can just get the phone for $150 off the bat. If not I'll just buy it full price through ATT and call for a discount.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
I called for a match the person told me I need to go back to where I bought it, and they would refund. That they could not give me a credit to my account.

So your milage may vary.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
^^ yeah I think ima just try Best Buy so I can get the discount up front.

Also outside of using Google voice is there anything similar to iMessage for Android to get free texting? I think with Google Voice though I have to use my GV number instead of my mobile number correct?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: Texting

If you want free texting, check out Heywire...

Free app in the android market.

Works great and is an app which is fully compatible to text with iPhone users too. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
cool, I will and thanks again
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
Well I picked up a SGS2 from Best Buy for $144 before tax. Gonna be over in the Development forum learning some stuff. Thanks for all the help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: SMS

Get "HeyWire" from the market, its free and free unlimited texting.

It has a very good sleek looking interface and is very professional.

You can even send or receive pictures, videos or any other kinds of

files with it too.

Heywire gives you a free phone # to use for all your texting.

(with this app you do not use your real phone number for texting.)

Here is the download link from the market: HeyWire Download

Easy to use and compatible with all platforms.

(I have been using it for months now.)

Check it out!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
As to being plastic - plastic has a bad rep these days.

Some plastics are cheap and crappy, but properly design/selected plastics can be amazing.

Look at Delrin as an example - it's incredibly strong, but incredibly light.

My opinion of the Infuse and GS2 - Samsung has implemented plastic properly. It has the lightness and durability of GOOD plastics, while not having any of the disadvantages (such as cracking) some poorer plastics do.

For an example of what plastic can do if done right - look at some modern canoes. Some of those can get practically wrapped around a bridge pylon, and then bent back into proper shape easily - with it being almost impossible to tell they spent time bent in half.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] evodon84:
thanks i have heywire installed seems pretty good so far just gonna have to send everyone my new number.

Right now I'm running UnNamed rom I tried cm7 as well but didn't like it as much.

As far as plastic goes. The phone definitely doesn't feel.cheap just different. I read that Nokia n7 review and that one piece polycarbonite looks really slick
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
This is amazing,

Hardware Acceleration Confirmed for ICS 4.0! :D

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-4.0.html

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...am-sandwich-to-feature-hardware-acceleration/

http://phandroid.com/2011/10/19/new-ui-and-core-features-in-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-overview/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nirvana2506:
hell yeah..this is simply awesome :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Endoran:
*drools*

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cr0wnest:
Finally! Full Exynos power unleashed!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAlmighty:
lets just hope its released for the S2 soon!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benlc:
And that the first try of samsung with touchwiz 5 (?) on ICS won't ruin the user experience 4.0 is supposed to bring
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsaintzx:
At last..Android phone can enjoy extreme smoothness :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troyjamz:
This is very necessary!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drelite08:
Ics, the ios5 killer :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deusdies:
I thought these were a MIUI ROM issue, so I put the LeoMar's Revolution ROM, but the problems persist:

1) Sometimes (and sometimes quite often), when I unlock the screen, the Music app opens. I don't know why. I have not had it playing music in the background, nor do I have my headphones plugged in.

2) When I plug in my phone to the charger, the touch screen starts having sensitivity issues. Unfortunately, my original charger died so I bought one of the Amazon - could this be the problem? I have not had this problem with the original charger.

That's it, really. Pretty strange, huh?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brunobanane:
1) you may have something like jkay lockscreen that lets you choose what your phone should do if you unlock it. Slide left= music, slide down = calender and so on. Check the rom thread or see if you can find any options for that.

2) puh that is hard to say, maybe you got a chance to use an original charger from someone you know and compare.

Or...did you try to charge over usb and see if the problem is still there?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deusdies:
1) Thanks, I do have JKay lockscreen, and those indeed were the gestures in it. The question is, how do I turn them off without turning off the whole JKay? When I try to select the "unlock up/down", it gives me a list of apps, but I don't want it to open any app, I just want it to unlock the screen.

2) Doesn't happen when I charge over USB. So it's definitely something wrong with the charger :(

Vielen dank noch einmals! :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aznkoryn:
Ive tried to update my music by putting it in my phone, but ever since recently, the folders will load to the root of usb storage, but after that, it takes nearly 10 minutes to open the next folder. Ive used multiple cables and it doesnt work.

Is anyone else getting this problem?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
I know usb debugging needs to be enabled in the application settings for usb file transfer to work correctly. Weird but one of the phones many bugs, don't know if it will fix your problem.
[Defy General] drmouse81:
Hi all

I have a serious problem with my Defy and I'm hoping that someone will know how to fix it, although I think the answer will probably be "replace the screen" or "it's dead".

Basically, only small part at the top of the screen is working propperly. This area, a strip of about 1cm at the top, shows everything as it should. The rest starts black and then a load of mainly white vertical bars slowly fade in down the screen. These change when the screen does, but with a delay.

The touch screen still works fine, and ocasionally the bottom part of the screen will correct itself, but only for a few seconds.

I'm really hoping there's a simple fix to this. Please help me...
[Defy General] farsight73:
Is it drop or water causing this wierd symptom??

It is a must to replace the display if it drop or water damaged.

But if it happen after flashing then it most probably caused by rom issue.
[Defy General] drmouse81:
I haven't dropped it/got it wet. The only thing I have done recently is upgrade to the latest MIUI last week, which incidentally was causing battery draining issues, so I was planning to revert to my nandroid.

The problem is, I can't even do that easily as I cannot see the recovery screen. Anyone know how to get round this?
[Defy General] drmouse81:
OK, quick update

I have managed to restore my nandroid through a bit of memory and guesswork (remembering where things were in recovery). Initially the screen was the same, but after half an hour it has come back. I hope this means it works, but I haven't moved the phone since, so I am not 100% certain. I'm looking into the possibility of getting an Atrix now, as I have seen them for sub-£200 on eBay and I have wanted one since they came out. Hopefully the Defy will work, and I can sell it and put the moneys towards an Atrix.
[Focus General] raujaku:
I sometimes use wired and WIFI tethering from my focus when my internet goes out. Well today I got an email stating that I have to change my unlimited data plan to a tethering plan with 4gb of data if I want to continue tethering. If I continue without changing the plan it states they will change it without my consent. Now none of this crap makes sense, I have an unlimited plan so I should be able to chose what I want to use it for. I was wondering is there a way for ATT not to know I'm tethering from my phone?
[Focus General] raujaku:
Oh and here's how much data I used last month 804.27 MB.