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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] GeremyHamlett:
I'm going to attempt a different approach here....

You need to ask yourself what type of user you are. Either a tech/geek/hacker (whatever you want to call it) or someone I would call a general user. By general user I don't mean light phone user. I mean somebody who doesn't want to monkey with settings/themes/roms/kernels etc. The tech user will probably always pick the android over the iphone for its ability to be modded. The iphone is good because you don't have to think about it. Let Apple do all the worrying for you and just use it.

This is not to say that the GS2 is not a great device for a general user, or that an iPhone is not a great device for a techy, but they both shine in different ways. Take a look through the themes section and check out some screen shots of the GS2. Look at all the different ways you can make it personal. The iphone (non jailbroken) will always look pretty close to everybody else.

To answer your battery question though, I easily get 24hrs with moderate to heavy use (caveat: I run an app called tasker that helps with battery saving. Great app).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PatriotXT92:
I agree with you about what kind of user you are. The iPhone is meant for certain people while android is meant for others. It really comes down to what you want from your phone. If you like the freedom of changing every little thing about your phone then go with the Galaxy S II. If you like something that you don't have to mess with much and still have a good user experience, get the iPhone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MWilkenson:
I say go gs2. Better community, xda is awesome. More customizable stuff...and androids eat apples.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] seanpr123:
Pretty much just echoing what has already been said, but I switched from the 4 and while it was a beautiful piece of hardware, I had so many headaches dealing with Apple's restrictions. I'm not much of a widget guy and keep just one homescreen with almost nothing running in the background and get amazing battery life, certainly just as good as the 4 if not better (flashing UnNamed helped as well, but not necessary).

This phone is lightning quick, feels great in the hand and I just can't imagine going back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] markbc01:
Agree with Geremy.. used a 3GS before, then an Aria, now the SGS2..

How you approach using the phone is the key decision point.

As to battery life,the SGS2 is pretty good for an android phone. On a light-use day (some email, 20 minutes of newsreaders, about an hour of music...I can go 14-15 hours. On a heavy use day, extensive emailing, web browsing for a hours, navigating in car, music while working, phone calls,I will get about 8 hours. BUT I always carry a backup battery, so I don't pay much attention to that issue.. on a heavy day,I will switch batteries at about 4 pm and use the phone until the end of the day... just start charging when I go to sleep, meantime, the second battery is charging in the external charger... the next day,I am ready for either situation.

(actually I have 3rd battery for when I am traveling an don't know how much I will use the phone, or when/ where I will be able to charge it again..).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alias3800:
Yup

I would have to agree with this whole-heartedly. The other main difference are the apps that are available and how well they are written. I fall as someone who is a techy but isn't too much for visual customization. I don't mind the phone looking the same as others, but do like tinkering with the internal processes from time to time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rav4kar:
I used iphone 3gs, 4 and am using ASGS2 now.

iphone +s.

As apple is manufacturer of phone + OS, they know the things inside out and fix the bugs easily and quickly.

Your iphone is guaranteed for at least 2 to 3 future iOS releases though some functions may not work with new releases.

I like Iphone Keyboard a lot, the accuracy of letters while you type in is excellent, with same speed of typing I make a lot of typos on ASGS2, I somehow managed to get nicer typing with help of "Go keyboard (free)" on ASGS2, my sincere thanks to "Go keyboard" Team!

Quality of hardware and resale-able on ebay! your return on investment works! :)

ASGS2 +s.

Bigger Screen/Display.

Open source, apps from 3rd party like Amazon apps store, support from forums like xda.

Easily unlock-able/ root-able.

More customizable than iphone due to big community of freelancers as you see on xda!! Hats off to them.

Flash videos works here, not on iphone!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyberpunkDad:
I just came from a 3gs. From a core perspective, i.e, web, email, browsing, facebook, twitter, etc. it's pretty much the same. Lots of different options, way more control.

My recommendation is that you go into the store and spend a few hours over a few days playing with the devices. It's hard to get an true feeling of things but it will at least get you more time with Android.

Apple makes a nice product, iOS is solid. But for me the screen size on the 4s screwed the pooch. I'm older (42), and frankly was sick of the smaller screen.

My decision came down to two points:

1) Could I two way sync with icloud calendars (entire house is apple).

2) How much of a pain would it be to get Apple Address Book Contacts into Google

3) How much of a pain would it be to get/sync itunes to it?

Subjective:

4) Would I like Android.

Answers:

1) Smooth Sync for Cloud Calendars - perfect two way sync.

2) Export to vCard - Import to Google. Easy.

3) Doubletwist with Airsync - works like a charm. Installed doubletwist on device and imac, airsync on device and bam! Wireless sync of itunes to GS2.

4) This is the hardest one for you to answer. As a long time apple user I found myself so ingrained with how things looked with Apple that some things were an initial shock. Not that they didn't work, but because the look a little different etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] RockRatt:
I think most has been covered here already but+ 1 if you like to SET UP EVERYTHING the way YOU LIKE IT AND WANT IT TO WORK then OGSGS2. I have never and will never use a iPhone because I like to tinker with my phone to it's Max. And as far as battery life it is pretty darn good. I would say I am a pretty heavy user also.

The area where it levels out is while I was sleeping fyi and forgot to plug it in.

Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hurley81388:
I would say that I agree with everyone here so far. I really want to like android- I'm a techy nerdy kind of guy. I would never buy a Mac because I know I can build my own desktop with the same components for half the price and dual-boot hackintosh it if i really wanted the OS (which i don't). I only bought the first original iphone because I could unlock it and use it on my ridiculously cheap grandfathered T-mobile plan at the time (when there wasn't 3g). This was far before the days of untethered jailbreaking and unlocking so it was pretty involved and quite scary because it was fairly easy to brick the phone from my understanding. And I only got the 3gs because android was really unrefined at that point and ATT had no good offerings.

But at the same time my life has gotten busier and busier so I have less time to mess around with different ROMs of varying stabilities and worrying about whether or not that new app I installed is sucking up all of my battery in the background. Or having to unroot the phone before taking it in for any warranty issues. Maybe I'm getting old, grumpy, or work is ruining my life- I'm not sure which one it is haha.

I will say the one feature I LOVE about my SR though is that 4.5 inch screen. I know it has terrible pixel density and all that stuff but I love how big everything is- it's so much easier on the eyes. I also really like the ability to add widgets to the homescreen and that the customization options are there (but something I don't really care for).

But at the same time I think it's the little things where Apple has really outdone everyone. For one thing, the scrolling on the stock web browser is jumpy and I find that using the headphone remote to double click to skip the song is blah. For some reason (as I mentioned before) Samsung also thinks that nobody cares about bluetooth headset voice dialing and left it out of this phone. Also, you can't change the auto-brightness settings at all and the stock settings are horrific. Yes I know there are 3rd party apps for all of these things but then you're introducing another variable which you then have to worry about if it's sucking up all of your battery in the background (in my experience I found both the Dolphin and Opera web browsers to use significantly more processor time than the stock web browser)

Also, yes having a removable battery is awesome and theoretically easy to switch throughout the day but I have the Otterbox Defender on my SR which is definitely not a case you want to be taking apart and putting back together all the time. All of the other cases for the phone (and I'm a clumsy person so I definitely need a case) don't seem much easier to take on and off as well.

Oh well, maybe with ICS Android will smooth out the edges and developers will stop writing crappy code to allow for all sorts of rogue apps....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jev3gs:
I had the S2 for about 3 weeks and then returned it to get my wife an iPhone 4s. I currently use my Captivate. I hate Apple with a passion, but I will say the iPhone is just soo polished! If you dont want to hack anything it really is a great phone (minus flash) and battery life is better than ANY Android phone. My wife gets 3 days of life per charge easily. She doesnt have push email but she does use it.

My S2 only got me a day of battery life (push enabled). For me I would stay Android (i love the customizing) but if battery life is a big concern there is no doubt Apple as Android beat. Thats my 2 cents.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
If you want great battery life, go use an old 3310 Nokia phone. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nagy07:
I went from an iPhone 4 for 17 months to a gs2 because while replacing the home button ribbon i ripped a ribbon on the digitizer so yeah... lol... Anyway i was definitely excited to have a new phone, better resolution screen, better camera, faster processor ect... so i try texting my friend to tell him about it and it took me for ever with a bunch of backspaces! I immediately missed iPhones Amazing auto-correct and wanted to just toss the stupid gs2 out the window! After suffering for a month I downloaded SwiftKey x off the market for $.10 to give it a try,, definitely a well needed improvement and for the first time I didn't mind texting on my phone again. Now I still miss stuff that my iPhone did for instance double tapping my lock button and having my led turn on for a flashlight. There was so many tweaks on cydia that made it fun. If your planning on using the phone stock (why would you be on xda tho if you did) the iphone would be pretty boring IMO... battery life i feel the iPhone lasted longer and i always had location and data on. I keep GPS turned off on my gs2 unless using it or else its a constant drain to dead fast. I also had a customized lock screen that looked nothing like anyone else's and I loved the look AT&T reps give you and just sit there confused too! I now use Iphone lockscreen from magic locker but its more bulky then my old lockscreen on my actual iPhone 4 :(

Now for what this guy said

Usually redmond Pie was quick about getting jail breaks out, but it did suck not knowing if you could update to the new version or if that was was "unjailbreakable" but most of the time it wasn't like you were missing out on much since most updates didn't do much benefit to jailbroken users.

PWNtunes got rid of iTunes for $20 if i remember correctly, definitely worth the price if you plan to keep your phone, trust me.

I couldn't agree more with that...

At the beginning of november they released a tweak on cydia that allowed BT transferring that was previously blocked and that was nice all tho I can't say that I ever really wanted to by the time I had an iPhone... I used to all the time with my LG Vu tho.

There were ways around iTunes to use as mass storage, even stock and off the app store i believe but it did cost a few dollars.

Activator was definitely nice and surprised there isn't anything like that on android, and if there is I haven't found it yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] epicstar1:
I've used the 4S, 3GS, and iPad (parents); Nexus One, the Skyrocket (returned), Touchpad, and this phone (i777).

My opinions on everything:

iPhones are great if you can take iTunes. Instant turn-off for me since nothing can happen without it.

Skyrocket was returned because of the vertical line problem plus lack of dev support. Then I told myself I don't need LTE since I'm happy with HSPA+ for now...

I am not limited to a computer to do very simple things such as download a PDF for school (also with HP Touchpad CM7). I give WebOS and iOS big thumbs down due to their lack of independence from a computer, which is also why I prefer Gingerbread over WebOS (yeah, Gingerbread on a tablet)..... Then again, I haven't experimented with sideloading dev stuff yet (not until after finals). I expect ICS tablets to start replacing modern-day netbooks because of the independence Android products give away from the computer (as long as they use non-bloat ROMs like Touchwiz and Sense)

Wiimote classic controller support on AOSP-based ROMs is nice, especially with a working analog stick

IMO, this phone is deadweight (okay, it's an over-exaggeration) without CM7. For me, CM7 is really the tipping point as to why I like this phone way over the Skyrocket and iPhones because of all the features only available with AOSP ROMs. Still better than the iPhones, but Touchwiz lets me down....

Sorry Touchwiz fans, but I feel stock rom is just way too clunky (50% RAM taken by AT&T bloatware? come on!). iPhones at stock do not have this bloat, but like I said, it's a major turn-off as I need to have a computer right beside me to do things school-related (especially iPads). Because of the lack of bloat, I can last a day of heavy use easily with the SGS2. Not to mention the incredible speed of the phone itself (faster than a bloated Skyrocket by a mile)....

In other words, SGS2 (not skyrocket) + CM7 = best phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] hurley81388:
Just a correction- I'm almost positive you can save documents directly onto your iphone and open/edit them using apps such as apps to go from the app store. And in reference to the ipad- there's an app called iannotate which lets you write notes directly on pdfs and it works pretty well. ipads + this software (different schools use different software afaik) is required for incoming first years at many med schools including the one i go to, yale, and stanford. also you can always use dropbox.

Obviously the ipad hardware is much more expensive than any android available right now so i definitely understand why that would be an issue. i know i can't justify purchasing an ipad for 500+ dollars or any tablet for any price for that matter.

i'm also not sure why itunes is getting so much hatred as well. if you buy music legally is there a difference whether you buy it from amazon, google, or itunes? also, if you don't buy it legally why does it matter which software you use to manage your music? yeah itunes is kind of a memory hog on windows 7 at least but let's face it- we're reading xda so we probably have far more processing power and RAM on our desktops/laptops than we actually use/need.

i think why windows (or at least why i love windows) has always beaten apple is that it is a MUCH better value for the price you pay. also, people are used to windows and it's very user friendly especially with windows 7. all software is coded for windows and it's os x that always gets screwed in terms of software development.

unfortunately i think the only way that android is emulating window's success in the phone market is in the value category. you can get awesome android phones like the s2 for 1 cent refurbished right now but only a really old 3GS for that price.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] adamandro12:
This is the best summary I have seen. Good points.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] rdfry:
because itunes is a big huge pile of bloat and causes too many problems on my computer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] CyberpunkDad:
I think sometimes it's easy to get blinded to the pros and cons each side has when you have been with one or the other for a long time.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] aspee:
This is the themed ring lockscreens made by IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo and synisterwolf

I just resized it to work on our p500

you need metamorph from market to apply them

1.3D

Download

2.Tronblack

Download

3.Skelington

Download

4.E.T. Blue

Download

5.batman

Download
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] gurpreet9080:
nice work bro,will give it a try...

can u make it blue so that it matches up with ics theme :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] aspee:
I only resized there themes to fit on P500
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] acax456:
Looks great, keep going man
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] acax456:
Can you resize another tron version?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] acax456:
Well, the middle ring is big

View attachment 813737
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] aspee:
ya but it's for ring lockscreen.

which lockscreener u are using?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] acax456:
Ring lockscreen :|
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] aspee:
5 Rings at once?

didn't know about that :O
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] acax456:
Ah, tronblack man ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] alexakos7:
i have CM 7 it will work too?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] SWEATTAIMI:
yes its for cm7 .___.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Jaani:
Will this work on Mik's CM7 6.5.7 deodexed???
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] aspee:
Ya it will work on cm7 deodex rom
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] cure25:
ya this will work with any rom of cm7
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 00escortowner:
Hi everyone, what is the easiest way to root our phones using the 2.3.6 GB? I've been searching all over and can't find one steady answer. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] vgcraze:
SuperOneClick
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
Search harder!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1117554 (scroll down to guides)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1375517

Look at the sticky threads marked with the thumb tack at the tops of the forums!

vgcraze link works too, but the principle is, search the General, Q&A, and Developer forums!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] 00escortowner:
So I have 2.3.1 SOC, and the only exploit options are psneuter and zergRush. Which is the right one?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
zergRush
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] antila:
Hello!

I've found the app which caused reboots and hitting the device after upgrading to EK02. It is Documents To Go from DataViz.

I'm really hoping they will fix the app because I really like it.

To moderator. I'm really sorry If I posted this message in the wrong Forum. I'm already have 10 points, so, please, forgive me for my stupidity. I'm really serious.

Thank you and forgive me, please?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
It works fine for me on ek02. Might want to try to reinstall it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManCalledX:
I managed to get my battery and a few of the icons I wanted to switch. Unfortunately, the 3G and Signal icons are the same, and I'd love those to change to the Steel Blue pack from the UOT kitchen. I kind of enjoy the wavy bars lol. Either way, anyone know what exactly I need to change doing it with like ninja/metamorph manually? Tried changing a few, but nothing has seemed to do it for me, so not sure which set I need to change in this rom.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
I believe that the signal bars used are in SystemUI.apk. You may want to check there, and try using 7zip to do that.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -tHeGaMe-:
Is there a way to download apk files from the market directly on to your pc? I dont have wi-fi at home and i dont have an unlimited data package on my XPlay so the data charges to download things from the market is quite expensive. It would certainly make life easier if I could just transfer the apk's via usb
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacklebott:
No, nothing official at least
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
Not officially no, but illegally yes. i wouldn't go into details here as it can you banned though.

but at the moment no you can't google assumes we all have wi-fi and if apps were offline available it might lead to piracy on paid apps

Why don't you go to a mates house and downloads apps or school/college/uni or a library, or a wi-fi enabled internet cafe
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -tHeGaMe-:
I think thats what im gonna have to do. Either that or buy a wireless router :/ I might do a bit of research on some of these "frowned upon" methods of doing it first though :p
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b1g1an:
If you don't want a proper wifi network why don't you just get a USB wifi dongle for your PC and share the internet connection to your phone. If you're PC already has wifi built in as most do you don't need to buy anything.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lybserv:
Hi,

you can download a few free apps over here - apkmarket.de

just copy the file on sdcard & install it with a filemanager on your device ;-)

cheers,
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
Tut Tut Tut that's illegal and it can get you banned from xda :(

I think
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lybserv:
Why is this illegal? I can't find any paid apps on this site..

Dont think it is if there just free downloadable applications :rolleyes:

correct me if i'm wrong
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ff7fan4eva:
Well if there all free it shouldn't be a problem thought it was something like apkt**.com
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Best place for free apps is getjar.com. They have a section called "gold apps" too. With there gold apps, they have done deals with the app devs to provide you selected paid apps for free. :D
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onetonnoodle:
there is a method to get .apk from the android market (http://market.android.com). But just a disclaimer, this doesn't apply to every app on the market.

Just click the app author's name and it will show you the list of other apps the author has on the market. On that page, there is a link saying "visit website for <author>", follow that link. If the author has his website tied directly to sites.google.com, at the bottom of that page there are options to download the .apk of his apps directly to your PC. Of course this mostly happens to apps which are free to begin with.

But just in case, you can also try going to the author's official website and check if they offer their apps as direct .apk download. HTH :)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Gutterball:
I've been using this antivirus called alyac from the market for a little while now that even has a real time scanner and is claimed to be easy going on system resources and it really seems to work quite well plus its completely free.No trial. No bs. Just free! So I figured I'd share it with everyone here who's worried about viruses this should do the job!Also if you look at the reviews in the market for this its gotten alot of praise!:D

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estsoft.alyac&hl=en