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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddymatt:
I'm afraid this is simply because you own the t989 and not the i9100. Anybody that has ever used them side by side will tell you there is a world of difference in the fluidness of operation. I love my t989 now that IV modded it but when I pulled it out of the box after using the i9100 for months I considered it unusable to my standards. I know this hurts people's feelings who have spent their hard earned money on a device and are commuted to the idea that THEIRS is the best but until you use them side by side, there isn't an artical on the planet that will convince me they are anywhere near equal. That being said, I stick by my first post, with a good rom from here, you can make the t989 *almost* as fluid as the i9100.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krooked22:
The international version never choked or stutterred playing modern combat 2.....

It was better and quicker but this is almost as good.

The main difference is hardware accelrration and gpu performance in games

I used the original for 3 months before getting this
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
The international is 1.2 ghz and you can't overclock to 1.5 cuz it will overheat.

I am overclocked to 1.8 on my TMO SGS2 and it is still cool and running smooth.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kriEv:
Why do people that had a i9100, saying it's better than the 989, currently own a 989?

why change to something inferior? (in your eyes)

Note: I never owned a i9100. Coming from a BB Torch, i can assure you the 989 is like a ferrari for me..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krooked22:
Because the i9100 is not compatible with Tmobile. If out were I would still have it.

I refuser to pay the att price for a smartphone plan

I was using an att Dumb phone plan with unlimited data, buy I wanted high speed data. So this was my only option, if I wanted to be able to enjoy fast data like everyone else

Data spotted on art dumb phone plan was about 1 Mg/s on a good day

The phone was a monster, especially with hardware acceleration, and was able to run the most demanding games free of lag.

If you don't play games, no big deal

but better graphics and processing power was a plus

I could go crazy mindlessly opening apps , switching windows like a mad man and it won't even give you one hiccup

This phone is right behind it tho
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i've played with the i9100 before i returned it back to the store, as it was not AWS compatible

both phones feels the same in stock, you'll only notice the difference after OC

the i9100 gets hot quickly at 1.5

i like the bigger larger screen of the T989 more
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] galaxyst:
T989 is much better than I9100, not only screen size, but CPU and chip set as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddymatt:
I'm with T-Mobile... that's why. Its not crazy inferior .. the i9100 is simply slightly better in my opinion (and in benchmarks). I too enjoy the bigger screen... to bad its a jacked up piece of crap bigger screen.... but hopefully supercurio fixes it for us! You always will have this when you say another phone is better in the lesser phones forums.. but I own a t989 and love it... I owned the i9100 and loved it to... on a side note, I oced my i9100 a week after I got it and had it for months and it never felt even remotely warm... I'm not sure why people are saying that.. maybe some did, but not mine... but let's say it did get warm.. as long as the screen doesn't have discoloration, lines, and blobs, and its the fastest phone to date, who cares if it gets warm? I can think of a billion other things that would make me trash a phone before that.. kind of a silly point to try to make. But all joking aside, I really enjoy the t989 and can live with the minor discrepancies, just like I have with every other phone IV ever owned. Its a great phone, just like all the other sgs2s out there.

Sent from my Beastly SGS2!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheBoldImperator:
I honestly believe that the inferior performance in the launcher and browser are due to inefficient code rather than any hardware discrepancy. The Adreno 220 is far, far more than powerful enough to hardware accelerate the entire UI/UI animations at a constant 60FPS.

I used a i9100 in Taiwan a while ago, before any variant came out in the US. I can definitely vouch for daddymatt's comments. Debloated and supercharged, it runs much smoother. Enough to the point where the difference isn't really noticeable if you aren't directly looking for it. Still, I'm quite angry with T-Mo's decision to ditch the Exynos for the Snapdragon chip. I'd rather have slower download speeds than worse performance - no one's entire smartphone experience consists of nothing but web browsing.

The screen issues are annoying as well - This is the best phone on T-Mobile, but the fact that it could be so much better makes me peeved.

I'm hoping the ICS update can correct these issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
Qualcomm decided to use one system bus most likely to save money. While it is still good due to asynchronous processers. The gpu has to wait most likely milliseconds for the cpu. A scheduler is required to organize the traffic by assigning frequencies and priorities to each signal. By in no means is it worst performance other than benchmarks and on paper. Your running android any software optimized around the processor enough the difference wouldn't be noticeable. The other processors i think(don't hold me to that) have two system bus. Even the old second gen scorpions had two which was a complete waste of the money but made them on top for various reasons.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
you mustve picked up a bad t989 and a really good i9100

my friend had one of those international versions, let me tell ya..it took exactly 20seconds to zoom into a picture..and his phone was heating up..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
that's a bit far fetched, they are about at par with each other, tech spec wise the I9100 is a tad bit better, but in real life performance as far as us human are concerned, it feels the same.

except when OC-ed, then you'll notice some significant difference on either phone depending on which custom ROM you use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] daddymatt:
That's dead on... and in all reality I keep my devices stock for all of zero seconds once they're on... :-) both devices I had were rooted and running custom software after a couple hours of turning them on. Like I said, I believe the t989 to be a fantastic device. We are all here because we all know that what we are given out of the box can be dramatically improved with a little tweaking and at the end of the day if the device runs well, I could care less about what its like stock because God knows, I'm not staying there. Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! Thanks for the great debate, that's what this community is all about!

Sent from my Beastly SGS2!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] King_Paladin:
For those who keep posting that this phone is really fast or faster than their (non-exynos) older phones, please quit wasting time. The OP is not comparing the 989 to your blackberry or w/e, but to an exynos powered SII. It honestly makes you look silly and biased when you simply wont accept the fact that the HARDWARE ACCELERATED exynos versions are currently faster than ours. As to the technical side on why the exynos scores better, I posted an explanation before on another thread, but it seems like it didn't reach enough people to rest the case, so i will post it here again:

with the stock rom, it stutters from time to time, when you scroll through the apps list (people who say its just the same, either doesnt pay attention to details, haven't seen how smoother exynos versions run, or are in denial. period). from what ive been reading here, touchwiz is hardware accelerated on phones with exynos. and it is true that good software can fix this problem. i started using beastmod 1.0 rom 3 days ago, and the stuttering (while browsing through the apps list) went away. mostly because of the tweaks. and another thing is, its the smallest file sized rom for our sg2, so far. that means, less load. more free RAM. obviously it'll run faster. the trick is, keep more than 450mb+ RAM free, to keep it silky smooth. at least on my phone, it works.

but one thing for sure. hardware acceleration gives a very big advantage. imagine combining hardware acceleration with these dev's modded roms..

the only con part of the snapdragon is, it is running both cpu and gpu on a single bus lane, which causes more traffic, and can be easily bottlenecked. while the exynos has 2 dedicated lanes, one for the cpu and another for its gpu. giving more space to breathe and run processes smoother, separately. plus exynos' mali-400mp gpu has four cores.

the good side about the snapdragon is its power management. runs on battery much, much longer.

it all boils down to one thing. when ICS comes out, im counting on it to make our phones a lot smoother, not just on a few things that the exynos hardware accelerates, but overall.

people are saying our gpu is much faster, its just not utilized correctly (i dont know how much technically inclined, on the hardware side, those people are). but websites have a variety of benchmark/real world results showing how powerful the exynos gpu really is.

honestly, i really dont care if exynos' gpu is much better, i dont play crysis on my phone. as long as our phone's gpu deliver enough power to be as smooth as the exynos' with ICS, i'll be an even happier camper :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19112559#post19112559

Hope it helps. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lecram61:
Hi all,

I have read about the root procedures and am going to try it. The only thing I'm unsure of if I have the correct files, so if you could let me know if these are correct then I can start with the rooting :)

My phone details:

Android: 2.3.5

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKJ3-CL647431root@Dell82#2

Buildnumber: Gingerbread.XWKJ3

PDA: I9100XWKJ3, Phone: I9100XXKI4, CSC: I9100XENKJ1

It's a Dutch phone.

I selected this file for the root: CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_KJ3-v5.0-CWM5.tar

Once that is flashed with the use of Odin, I will use this file to get rid of the yellow triangle: I9100XWKJ3_I9100XENKJ1_I9100XXKI4_HOME.tar.md5

I'm not sure about the .md5 at the end of the file but I think I can select this without any problems in Odin to get rid of the yellow triangle.

Once I'm finished I will have root access and be back to my custom firmware so I'll be notified through Kies if new firmware is available.

My questions are:

1) are these the 2 correct files to root and get rid of the triangle

2) .md5 can be selected in Odin

Thanks for your time and patience with these 'amateur' questions!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stylez:
[07.11.2011][CF-Root 5.0] KE*, KF*, KG*, KH1/3/4, KI2/3/4/8, KJ1/2/3 - su+bb+CWM4/5

read and read again if any questions please ask in the thread.

All is step by step inc how to remove triangle.

On that note thread closed.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
Thanks to warawiri for lockscreen :) + toggle button, + battery

http://www.mediafire.com/?u39gmjw26gidi8r

Only for deodex XXKPQ

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19462754#post19462754

for deodex
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Have u taken new kpq files?

Only add extended power menu & crt effect. Then i will be perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
Settings -> TSM parts dont work fine now!

work fine toggle button, %battery, extended (recovery, download, reboot)

I have unistall tsm parts with root uninstaller
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wicki30:
TSMparts works fine with me.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
OKOK tsm part work fine...

install deodex ext4 partition and after toggle button
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
i have install

kq - root - deodex - 10 toggle - ext4.

right

kq - root - deode - EXT4 - 10 toggle (work finally)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wicki30:
Yep, I Installed MODs last. After deodexing and Ext4 conversion.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Good one. Will try it tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Awesome work man!

Can you please port Wariwari's mod as-it-is for XXKPQ?

Don't prefer 14button toggle.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] leroytorner:
In my case kq - root - EXT4 - deodex - 10 toggle work fine. And always proceed in the same way, and work.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
all work´s fine.

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Is crt effect included in this? I love crt effect.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ChineseBoy:
i cant download the attac
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Post by mistake.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
is included.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pimmo80:
I did kq - root - deode - EXT4 and all ok. Then flash 10 lockscreen + toggle button + battery and phone do not boot
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
wipe cache (per ora sei l'unico) bha
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pimmo80:
I tried wipe cache but it does not work (sarò il solo ma non significa ke non è vero)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
Did ur phone boot after u did ext4?

Mine is working fine but i did ext4 before doing deodex (kpq -> root -> deodex -> ext4 -> this mod)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pimmo80:
Yes it did... However I download all again, flash all again and now boots. But now I ask, can I hide battery icon and see only %??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
not without edt app and some edit in the framework if I'm not mistaken.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pimmo80:
And there is edt for this rom?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] HeathenMan:
can you add pls only extended power menu? i want manage framework-res myself but the extended menu is really n1...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] johnny88:
hi guy, luv your work on porting mod from older version, just 1 thing more:

instead of that simple and barely readable battery % icon why don't you use this attached one? It's really better!

cheers!

(sorry for big file size warm me if it's not correct or in any case wrong) thx
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
Are you asking him to add the honeycomb % battery or you provide us the compiled .zip for CWM?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] johnny88:
The firts one! :)

I am "...asking him to add the honeycomb % battery"

That zip is for jzanetti (or other good willing ppl) who wants to extract the honeycomb battery % icon and use it in this mod instead of the original one (barely readable).

I love this icon and I am sure It will complete the good work of jzanetti & co.

cheers
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ganeshbiyer:
XXKPQ Mod:

ICS animations

Crt Effect

Extended Power Menu

1% Battery

14 Status Toggle

Link is here

Enjoy.

p.s. And nothing more is comming.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
@ ganesh

thanks buddy. Just a small question that I already flashed files uploded on OP. Then can I flash ur files over it??? Also u have not included 10 lockscreens.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ganeshbiyer:
you will probably loose 10 lock
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] omkarroxx:
I have one problem,

the lockscreen doesnt work for me after rebooting the fone. It did work for first boot after applying this mod. other things work fine

I did:

Fresh XXKPE>XXKPQ>EXT4 by Ganesh>deodex by manrock111>Mod

at first I used ext4 and didnt restore the backup. It ended in bootloop..

so did allover again

whats the problem?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
If you didn't backup then you must flash coz Ext4 format whole partition.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
I think this mod is not ported properly.

If u have flashed this and booted without any problems, u will have this:

Go to settings -> Manage apps -> all apps -> android system to check.

While flashing this mod in cwm recovery, you will notice in the logs that it says this is for kpq, but it also says its 2.3.5.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] akashsgpgi:
@ jZanetti

same here ive got mine also showing android system version 2.3.5

im on kpq

ps-did u just take the files from warawiri's mod for xxkpn and added 14 toggles:p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] omkarroxx:
I did backup and restore after ext4..

it worked on first boot. but later it didnt work :(

P.s. Mine also shows 2.3.5
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
same here android system 2.3.5 on kpq
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] noobletstothemax:
yes you can by going to edt tweaks, if edt tweaks is not present you can get it in a custom rom and apply it.

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
yup :(

Still waiting for a fix.

Or maybe ill just pull this mod off a custom rom and hope its works XD
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Solution:

Simple solution is that do a clean flash of xxkpq from xxkpe. If u flash xxkpq over any other rom 2.3.5 then u will face this problem.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
Nothing's wrong with flashing clean kpq from kpe. We've done that without any problems. You can cf-root and deodex the stock kpq rom still ending up with android system 2.3.6.

The only problem is with this mod is that this is not properly ported. If you read the notes while its being flashed, you will notice that it says its for kpq, but it also says its 2.3.5, which is wrong. After flashing this mod, ur android system will become 2.3.5. What's the point of being in kpq when u still end up with the android system at 2.3.5?

Not to bash the op for his work, which I'm still thankful for his effort, I'm just pointing out that something's wrong with his port. Peace out :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
Try to flash ganesh's mod after flashing jZanetti's mod. It will go back to 2.3.6. I think so.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
I can't find ganesh's mod. Link pls?

Edit:

Nvm, I found it in this thread:

I saw this before but I just didn't remember where I saw it XD

Edit:

I just flashed it and I was stuck in boot loop :(

Using Universal cf root by amit + UC kernel + swapped sd card.

Any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
Yes, I have experienced the same thing.

Before ganesh posted his mod, my XXKPQ already flashed jZanetti's mod. Then when ganesh posted, I flashed and it worked. No bootloop. Therefore, the system shows 2.3.6.

After that, I reflashed my phone to XXKPE then XXKPQ then install ganesh's mod directly, it ended with bootloop.

So my conclusion is, if you want to use ganesh mod, flash jZanetti's then ganesh's.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Just flashing Ganesh' mod over deodexed + ext4 converted KPQ leaves the device in a boot loop.

I've tried it thrice.

I flashed from KPM.

Complete wipe, CF-ROOT, deodex, ext4 (all works fine until here) and then the mod = boot loop.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
Sorry, I forgot to mention this:

Flash jZanetti's then ganesh's.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mitoVonDido:
helo guys, i flashed the zip file from ganesh(link as above) from fresh KPQ + deodex

works fine, not bootloop issue here

android system show 2.3.6 in apps->manage apps->all

the only missing mode is lockscreen (nowdays many launcher in market also include lockscreen)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
LOL. This is funny. I think there's something wrong with Ganesh's mod.

Just tried to flash jZanetti's then ganesh's for the third time.

This is the result:

It went back to 2.3.6 in the android system but I've lost the notification bar. :/
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I know that mate. the point I'm trying to make here is that the mod (Ganesh') won't work if you flashed it as is. So, there's some issue. I'm so darn out of spare time that I can't even take a look at the .zip. :mad:

Anyway, later today, I'll try to flash jZanetti's mod followed by Ganesh' mod and post how it went.

Btw, I'm also seeing that jZanetti's mod takes the system back to 2.3.5. I'm not sure if it's just a small glitch in the numbers or if it really sets the system back to 2.3.5.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fiqqq:
Alright! Goodluck! I got notification bar bugs after the third time. Solution: flash back jZanetti's mod OR reflash back XXKPQ.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Flashed and it all works fine. System was 2.3.5 after jZanneti's mod but back to 2.3.6 after Ganesh' mod.

Only thing now is that when I press the Flashlight button (which exists for some reason I don't get!), the statusbar crashes.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
The size of 14Toggle Buttons has increased all out of a suden on my phone.

How to revert it back to original?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Only way is to re-flash to restore the original framework files.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
Original framework files?

I guess so you didn't exactly understand my issue.

I flashed this mod. And all was fine until today morning suddenly the size of the buttons increased. So if it somehow increased, there should be a option/setting to resize it to original size, right!

Edit - Whoa! Its back to its original.size. I tried SGSII lockscreen and then choose Glass lockscreen again, and its normal again!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
Finally got on the XXKPQ bandwagon. Flashed jZanetti's mod and then ganesh's. Got 2.3.6 but 10 lockscreens did not work. Again flashed jZanetti's. 10 lockscreen working but Android System shows 2.3.5. Is it really 2.3.5, should I again flash ganesh's mod?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
I dont know why people are worrying about number...these files are from 2.3.5 xxkpn firmware which are fully compatable with 2.3.6 xxkpq firmware. If the files are incompatable then we should worry about it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
@vishal, I am asking as I am not aware if it is okay for the system to show 2.3.5, seems it does not matter.

What is different in ganesh's mod which is not present in jZanetti's mod? Is it important to flash ganesh's mod? Can I flash ganesh's mod and still have 10 lockscreens?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
only difference is that ganesh's files dont have 10 lockscreen. And ganesh's files are orginally from 2.3.6 xxkpq files. Othen than that everything is same. Dont wory. Use this mod & enjoy 10 lockscreens also.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
ganesh's file go to boot loop mode.... how to risolve this problem????

my sequence -> xkq, deodex, backup, ext4 restore and ganesh's.....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
try this way

sequence -> xkq, deodex, and ganesh's files through recovery, let phone boot, then backup, ext4, restore.....!

I think u should freshly mod xxkpq files with 10 lockscreen add. It will solve firmware number issue mentioned by many members.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
I had same problem, except that I flashed your mod, then Ganesh's without reboot. Then I again flashed your mod, rebooted, then flashed Ganesh mod and then it worked. System was 2.3.6 but 10 lock screens lost. So went back to your mod :)

Sent from GT-I9003 using XDA app.

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GT-I9003, GB XXKPH, Rooted, Deodexed, CF-Root

Wave 2, 8530, Bada 1.2, DDKA1
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jZanetti:
Uff.... bootloop
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luvkaka:
have any photo can see?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ggclanlord:
You mean screensnaps?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] akashsgpgi:
for those of u who want 14 toggles and 10 lockscreen mod with android system showing 2.3.6 for kpq

first flash jZanetti mod (check op)

then reboot and shutdown

then flash warawiris latest 10 lockscreen mod

http://www.multiupload.com/I4K3813J9U

and reboot(it takes some time)

this worked for me
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] luvkaka:
yes ,please
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] drajax:
NO :eek: dude some Dev needs to port it to ur phones framework and other related files

☞★sent from drajax's Galaxy SL!!! *♂ツ