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[T-Mobile LG G2x] caaznkid:
Hey guys,

I was just wondering if you guys could recommend a stable ROM I been reading around and it seems like Weapon is the one with the least hiccups. I just want something that is stable, no weird bugs, with good battery and I won't really have to update every week because there has to be things fixed. Let me know. Thanks!

(It's for the GF she doesn't really know how to flash stuff)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
CyanogenMod 7.1
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Try Ultimate G2X.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103342

- Everything works

- Very stable

- Great battery life

- Beautiful and snappy/quick user interface

- Has the original fully-functional LG camera app

- Based on stock 2.2.2 so all hardware is fully functional and fully supported

This rom is the one I always go back to. It never gives me any issues and everything just works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
If it's for the GF, PLEASE take your time to flash MIUI, it's very simple/stable/customizable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] barqers:
Maybe it's just me but MMS didn't work on any version over 2.3.3 and I had battery life issues.

Most stable is definitely weapon 2.8 with stock kernel.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mister Hat:
All is fine for me. Except sometimes trouble with MMS over wifi but other than that...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bjlefebvre:
Trying Ultimate to get the camera back to basics. Loading it now - is there a kernel you suggest for this, or no?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] matrix0886:
You don't have to use Ultimate to get your cam back to basics. He offers a separate link for anyone who wants it. Though...can't say if it plays nice with the other roms or not. I've still yet to flash any roms.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Beekersguy:
Weapon 2.8 with faux's oc/uv kernel has been the best, smoothest, least problematic rom/kernel combo I could find.

Everything works, it's super-smooth, super-stable, and it looks great.

No wifi issues, no weirdness, and fantastic battery life, even while oc@1.2.

The one-and-only down side is that it has a longer than normal boot time, as the kernel rebuilds the dalvik cache on every boot.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dorksturhh:
Yeah i agree, got my g2x for about nearly half a year now, the best rom ive ever used is weapon 2.8 with sv kernel faux. No bugs, data works fine, no freezes, heat ups, or battery pulls. Battery is great, from morning til comming home at 3am with 33% still.

But if you love personalizing then get miui, although ii never figured what kernel works for miui though
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Mr. Clown:
Not another best and stable rom thread. Try them ;)

Thread closed.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] RedKlover:
Can anyone tell me if there is a just plain Gingerbread 2.3.4 or up ROM for Droid Inc 2 that comes with SU and BusyBox setup when flashed? I am running a very quick and very nice version, but it is 2.3.3.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
There sure is...RMK Gingersense.

I dont think the actually files are uploaded here on XDA though. There is a thread dedicated to it in Development...but you may have to go to the Virtuous website in order to download.

Chris has made some nice mods too to further experience a stock like experience with some extra functionality. Also located here on the forums.

Search is your friend and welcome to XDA.

If I have helped be sure to click thanks.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jesand83:
You also have TSM's Pool Party. It's not completely stock Gingerbread as it has some optional customizations. I haven't run it myself, but after running other TSM ROMs I can't imagine it wouldn't be great. Oh and it's 2.3.5.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Pool party is great. I think its one of the best stock-style AOSP ROM

Sent from my DINC2HD
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] RedKlover:
Thank you all for the information. I will be trying out each one to see which best fits me. Thanks again :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] samjpullen:
Hey everyone,

Thought i would post this one on here as its rather different than any other case out there :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ciZW7-azU

Hope you like it as much as I do!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] samjpullen:
No one likes Frank :o... he is upset ;) lol
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jonny68:
LOL i couldn't see myself with a case like this but each to their own:)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] samjpullen:
Must say i was like umm and arring before but once it came and i put it on the phone, it just felt right :)

Plus its funky looking :p
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Albadros:
the same... Funny case but not for me ^^ The mine is black.. just black and it's beautiful enough ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xaneybert:
hi. will the frank case fit with the 2000mAh battery cover? thanks.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sunjoo:
yes but there will be a slight gap between the case and the camera
[Galaxy S II Accessories] beston94:
Well to be frank with you, I don't like the case.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sahibunlimited:
Is their any way of tv out?

I m think of selling my x10(if anyone buys it) and getting arc,neo,play

so is their tv out by something like micro usb to hdmi?

Ooh and 2.3.4 brings 720p?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narflynn619:
FROM: Sony Ericsson

Thanks @Lono9885
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trooper_Max:
Several users (including me) have been discussing TV out here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296048

In short, there is currently not a good way and the Xperia Play does not have the hardware capability to do mini-HDMI/micro-USB to HDMI.

There are development possibilities however:

+Video out via headphone jack using stereo to RCA (three color-red/white/yellow) cable, similar to how some nokia phons and digital cameras/camcorders do

+Wireless streaming of the display to a receiving unit (PS3/computer/cable box/Smart TV)

+Standard micro-usb to usb to hdmi adapter (reference the Nexus One usb host mode hack)

~Troop
[HTC 7 Pro] cyclical:
HTC Compass is back out on the Marketplace, but when I run it, the compass points the wrong way. If the phone is laying flat it just shows North to my left.

It is doing this on my Arrive with Mango, my wifes Arrive also with Mango, and my friends Arrive with Mango.

Can anyone else confirm this?
[HTC 7 Pro] Jdixon85:
The compass app on my HTC 7 Pro has always been next to useless. It does seem to work to some degree, but it is to inaccurate to rely on.
[HTC 7 Pro] cyclical:
It doesn't work at all now. Neither does the compass on skymaps, or compass 7 which all use the compass API.

Sent from my T7575 using Board Express
[HTC 7 Pro] Jdixon85:
Well I've only tried the HTC compass and even though it does seem to work, its far from accurate. Not sure if bing maps uses the compass API but that always seems to know what direction the phone is facing with good accuracy.
[HTC 7 Pro] dxdy:
this not problem only on 7 Pro... other models also have this problem... seems compass drivers for mango not implemented
[Bada Software Development] Scarface1991:
I found this today:

http://developer.bada.com/events/bada2.0-Power-App-Race?rlWlfcp=duq&isReturn=Y

and I thought that it is a great idea of Samsung to do that because money is of course a huge motivation factor to develop apps.

Contest runs from the 18th of October til the 31st of December.

First 10 developers who develop an App and put it on Samsung Apps will get a chance to win $100000 if their App will be downloaded 100000 times in the above called time-range. The App has to be developed with the bada SDK 2.0 tool (or above).

For further information visit the link above.

So please all of the great devs who are around here please develop great apps for Bada because it is Bada`s biggest problem to have a lack of useful apps but I like Samsung`s approach to this kind of problem, they are really trying to push their OS higher and higher.
[Bada Software Development] mylove90:
I hate the idea of that contest and i announce it from now

We (Team VEA) are not going to enter that challenge because we are not sure if bada users will make 100,000 downloads of Voluntas in that short time

it is contest for games in our eyes not apps

Best Regards
[Bada Software Development] xiqxiq:
If they wouldn't be sure of this, they wouldn't have set the download numbers so high ;)

There are many millions of Bada handhelds, so I don't think that would be the problem
[Bada Software Development] guari:
if Voluntas works well and will be uploaded gratis on the market I think it'll reach 100'000 download in about 10 days or minus.

However I also don't like this type of contest, the download counter could be increased with some stupid tricks.
[Bada Software Development] DevilM:
polaris office ? XD

uhmmmm

Voip ?

sms free

browser

Voluntas

editor photo, Video
[Bada Software Development] Scarface1991:
It is also kind of weird that Samsung starts a Bada 2.0 contest when Bada 2.0 isn`t even officially released yet. I mean devs have to test the developed App on the device itself before putting it up on Samsung Apps (or am I wrong here?), so Samsung insists that developers who already start to develop an app do early testing of their app on a Beta Firmware, which isn`t the best thing to do I guess.

I don`t know if this is a smart move from Samsung starting a contest when the main firmware for it isn`t even out yet...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mp3por:
After i installed android 2.3.5 i now have a problem with the fonts ... everything is unclear and fuzzy, but only on my home screen or the names of the applications, the settings menu has normal fonts ... here are some photos

Can someone help me fix this ... There is one more thing i flashed the new firmware and then rooted it and then installed Chainfire 3D - i am saying this because i am not sure when the problem occured for i was in a hurry and just did things one after another ... i thing the problem came when i rooted it ...

Thanks for the help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mp3por:
postimage.org/image/6yji94g4/

postimage.org/image/6yl5sgxw/

The photos ...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vonrottes:
Is there anyhl hope for facebook and twitter contact support to come back in the next GB update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eyeball97:
Am considering KI8 but holding back - is there any point if ICS is round the corner?

I can't find much solid info on when ICS will be available for the S2... Anybody know if we'll see it inside of a month or so?

tia!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricey1986:
Surely it will depend when the source code is released? That's assuming they do as they didn't with honeycomb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
ICS isn't even related yet, i would imagine the sgs2 will get ics, how quick is anyone's guess.

Team hacksam will work in it, but it's a whole new version and will take time for them to port it when then source hits.

They said they wouldn't release the honeycomb sources to stop people putting it on phones and giving everyone a bad experiance, we ics is gingerbread+honeycomb we should get sources again.

Again, how soon, no one knows, depends how much has changed, aka how hard it is for the cm guys to port, or how fast samsung are.

So go for ki8, you shouldn't need to wipe between stock roms versions, i hear it's supposed to be faster than ki3.

Goodness knows when the next leak will be.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skimminstones:
for me there doesnt seem much point in going for Ki8, not because ICS may turn up but because every rom thread ive read based on it seems to be quite buggy. Im sticking with Ki3 until something comes out that adds something new
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
I havent used KI3 so I can't compare.

Im using KI8 and havent stumbled over any bugs.

Device is fast, stable and smooth, even when underclocked at 800 using setCPU.

Using chainfires rooted stock KI8 kernel.

Best battery life I've had on this device so far. Have frozen the usual apps tho.

My opinion..worth it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
[Grabs some popcorn]

This is gonna be good...

All I will say is that you sound like you want an iPhone. This is a great phone, but its not an iPhone, that was the single biggest selling point for Android for me. If you want an iPhone get an iPhone. Anyone that really want something else spends a whole lot of time complaining until they get what they want. That goes both ways, people that want an android phone and have an iPhone and vice versa.

Sent from my SGS II
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Artimus009:
Your question in this forum is like walking into a crack house and asking the junkies what would they prefer...crack or buttermilk cookies.

The reason behind the missing physical button is most likely because the legal issues between Apple and samsung.

I love this phone. I too was an iphone user but ever since the atrix and the infuse came out, i jumped ship and went to android. I love the fact that I can do pretty much what ever I want to my phone. Hell, I'm even trying to learn how to code.

I hope this helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Upsniteflyer:
I understand your pros and cons. I've used an iPhone 3gs for over 2 years. The only thing I miss about the apple experience is iTunes.

The screen on the galaxy rocks. The iPhones screen is too small. I've rooted my phone and am getting over 24 hours of normal use per charge. Juice Defender has helped alot.

If you hold the power button down you'll get an option to silence the phone.

Good luck with your decision.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dmnall:
I am left handed and the power button does not concern me at all. I was bb user up until the Captivate was released July 18, 2010 and when I look at other non samsung android phone I constantly look for the power button on the right hand side of the screen. As for battery life here are a couple of screenshots from being at my house most of the day yesterday and charging this past friday until 5:30 pm.

And no I am not using Juice defender at all. This is in a low signal, wifi on, bluetooth on, gps on and medium use to get emails, and take some pictures. Sounds like you prefer the iPhone, my sister has an iphone 4s, not a bad phone but in my opinion not for me at all. I like the openness of Android for custom roms. My phone is still the original rom, with it being rooted, sim unlocked and still has the bloatware and pulling 18 - 20+ hours between charges. Yes I can kill the battery fast but with heavy usage but for my normal usage, the phone keeps getting better battery life. Currently with 18.5 hours, I have 60% battery life. This phone in my opinion is the best device currently. My Captivate was getting similar battery life with 150 mah less battery, a single core cpu at 200 mhz slower, and .3 inch less screen size.. All in All not bad at all, considering my sgs2 is just a lot more powerful phone.

HTH,

Charlie
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Kadin:
OP, I know where you're coming from. I've been a pretty avid iOS user off and on over the past few years. My first Android device was the Captivate and then the Infuse and now the GS2. I love this phone. But I won't lie and say that I don't miss my iPhone 4 from time to time. I also compiled a list just for myself which I'll post below. I weighted it (which I won't include) and still found the GS2 to still be the much better purchase over all.

Just giving ya some additional things to maybe think about and again, this is just from my point of view.

GS2

Pros -

.77" bigger screen

SD Card expandable

Open environment for modding w/ very active community

$50 cheaper

2MP FF camera

HDMI output via adapter

Photos/Videos can be manually set for low or high resolution. iPhone 4S is stuck at highest as of now.

Cons -

Battery life is pretty poor

Keyboard input can be a pain

OS can be sluggish and unresponsive sometimes (home and back keys, etc)

Very slippery - dropped several times already

Syncing isn't as simplistic as I'd like with PC/Mac

iPhone 4S

Pros -

Mac compatible out of the box

iTunes and store sync with zero problems

Phone is more solid feeling - better grip

Siri

Video Stabilization

Cons -

VGA FF camera

Closed system

Battery not replaceable

No mem expansion

$50 more expensive
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MikeyMike01:
I'll give you games, camera, accessories and resale value.

Everything else in the cons is ridiculous.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] exo8:
All I can say is for me,

Android > IOS

With that said, the SG II runs Android exceptionally well. Android in the hands of the tech-savy with custom roms, themes, and kernels far outweigh the stock options of IOS and iPhone.

+

The camera is nearly as good as the iPhone 4

Benchmarks are not fully accurate, ICS will unlock dual-core

My GF has an iPhone 4 and she thinks the screen is tiny compared to my SG II, she wants a SG II or a Nexus Prime (with ATT)

Call quality SG II is far better than my GF's iPhone 4.

Call drops a lot less often with SG II compared to GF's iPhone 4

External SD is huge for me as well

Also we go on a lot of mountain hikes and semi-dangerous trails. I bought a 2 pack of batteries for 18 bucks on Amazon. It's very nice never having to charge your phone, when it's dead just swap the battery for a fresh one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Hammersuit:
Fanboy quote I know, but the last iOS device I purchased was the 3GS- good phone, had some fun with it, but I will never go back. Android has my <3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rsx1022:
+1 :) Gsii rock :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Numbaonei:
Yea i was with ios since days 1 of the first 2g n upgraded all the way to the 4g. Just few months ago i jumped on the atrix n never looked back. Its my phone n i can customize it the way i want. I can unlock it n sell it. I don't have to wry about useless updates n lose my jailbreak everytime. I now have the gs2 n as a techy guy i would never touch an iphone again. Android really is freedom. I use to mock it but it lets me do anything i need. Just try it for a bit ull get hooked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bellino13:
Hi OP, I just bought the GS2 as well and have been tinkering with it over the past few days. I am replacing an iPhone 3Gs. I switched because I've been curious to try an open source alternative to Apple and the iPhone 4s just want enough to convince me that I should buy it. Maybe in another couple of years when the iPhone 5 comes out I'll consider switching back. I really like the larger screen so far. However, if you're not careful you can totally mug your battery in a matter of a few hours. For example yesterday I used the phone to take about 65 photos and upload them all (twice) to Picasa Web. Also did some (15 minutes) navigation while in the car (plugged in) and light browsing and emailing. My battery was dead by about 3:30pm.

Today I checked my applications and sync settings and found that email, Facebook, twitter and latitude were all set to sync every 15 minutes. I killed all of that and have 60% after about an hour of Pandora usage a well as light email and browsing (take the comparison for what it's worth).

The main pluses for me are no iTunes and the larger screen. I'm currently in the process of rounding up all of the music files that iTunes took upon itself to disseminate across hundreds of folders on my hard drive (had lots of wma files that iTunes initially converted). Talk about an American horror story!

Enjoying all of the flack I'm taking from the Apple users in my life and then providing their iPads with a wifi tether :-) .

I'm committed to the change and an willing to give it a couple of years to really hook me. So far, leery good.... (damn auto-correct is gonna take a bit of getting used to!)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Dxtra:
When will we ever see the end to this crap. Mod please close this thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gr8hairy1:
I don't think this is a pointless thread.

Compare the iphone 4s to most other phones and the iphone wins. I personally feel the Atrix and SII are the first phones able to compete.

Before these phones the main competing point was openess. The option to do what I want. But now the hardware is there to back it up.

I predict 2012 will be the first real year of android. That currently, the "out of the box" experience is near par with the iphone. Imagine what 2.4 and eventually 2.5 will bring.

Now add onto that the openess and customizing that can be done without root. Being able to choose launchers ALONE is huge! Apple will likely never have that.

In picking a phone to take me into the next two years, android is my choice.

For someone looking for personal viewpoints on the SII, this is the best place to ask.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jchinai:
Unlike you, most people have taken the time to give constructive responses which I really appreciate. I'm not sure why you are so offended by this thread. This wasn't a simple "which is better" thread inviting fan-boys to spout off meaningless opinions.

From most people's responses it seems pretty clear that the GS2 wins in most people's minds here not because of the hardware anymore, but more because of the flexibility of Android. I think that is an important point to consider when deciding which to get.

Thanks for all of your responses. I guess I'm mostly going to see if Android grows on me over the next month to make a decision.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mdstricklin:
For what it's worth, the day the Nexus 1 was announced for AT&T I bought one at full price and never looked back at iOS. I really enjoy the AOSP roms, and I would HIGHLY recommend flashing your SGSII to one. I've got Cyanogenmod 7 running on mine and I absolutely love it. I simply don't like the customizations that manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola apply to their devices. I want to experience Android as it was intended to be experienced.

My N1 had a trackball, which I missed for about the first day when I switced to the SGSII. I've gotten used to having no physical buttons other than vol/power within the first week EASILY.

That said... Like another person commented. If you know that you want an iPhone, just get the iPhone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CraigP17:
Just get an iPhone. I gave up on trying to convince people to switch.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] sdtaddey:
Oh, come on!!!!!!!!!

How many threads about the same BS!!

Just bolloks!!!

Sent from my HTC HD2 running ( WM,Android,WP7,Ubuntu...& MORE!)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] nytvd:
They are both fantastic phones.

When Apple lets me open up the back and replace the battery when I WANT TO!... I may consider one of their phones.

Have seen too many iPhone users be tormented by battery running low, worrying when will they find a wall outlet, then babysitting the phone next to the outlet until they have enough juice to continue or worst of all - hearing them say - I have to charge my iPhone so I don't want to - "insert any smartphone activity here" until I get home/office/starbucks and charge it.

That lack of freedom makes me shudder...