[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
As I always say noobs like me read this, who are interested to how is Samsung progressing towards ICS, anyone thinks himself beyond noob or attracted to non TW ROM's please save your time.

Some points I am skipping atm, because they are same as KP8, read that aside it if you wanna,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1421269&highlight=my+first+impressions

• Last time I said regarding KP8 that it was hell of a lot better, now I've to say it again, much better than previous KP8, and more stable of course.

• Phone calls were great, loud enough earpiece volume. Noise reduction is present usually.

• Vibration intesity is same as GB, which is great, and believe me or not RT volumes seems louder than before :eek:, by before I mean GB!

• Incoming call UI is same as before, answer/reject sliding animations still don't work!

• Phone signal is solid, stable. 3G working fine, same goes for WiFi and BT.

• Stock browser is just getting better and better, smooth, some guys will definitely hate the new elastic type scrolling, I kinda like it, sites went well with flash, pinch to zoom smooth as hell, no lag in any place. Brilliant all over. No Exit button still.

If I am not wrong then download support for all types of files is now present, tried with some different files, all was well. Need more feedbacks on this though.

• All the TW widgets are same as before, so not wasting time saying here again.

• 480x800 wallpapers are working fine, finally, which is a big relief for me. LWP works fine too, but not smooth as GB, some lags here and there.

• Market and downloading works fine. Download GO launcher and used it as default, no problem.

• Camera and Video recorder works all fine.

• Lockscreen ICS lock is still looks weird. Just swiping the screen unlocks the device!, don't know what's the point of ICS lock icon then.

• Swype is here :eek: Version 3.2.92 and it works great as usual.

• GPS lock is fine.

• YouTube videos plated well, but some lags are there.

• 1080P MKV files ran with audio, lag is prominent, so if someone watches HD videos regularly then it will be a PITA.

Tried MX- Little better than Stock, still not watchable :(

• Unread SMS icon is same as before (KP8). Missed call icon is finally here in LS. See attachments.

• Connection with PC worked at first time.

• Believe me or not phone Shut down time was damn fast, less than 5 seconds.

• Used it for 90+ minutes and there was no FC! Some lags are here and there, but not a single FC with any app.

• Mobile Odin worked before flashing and after rooting with CF it worked again. SU and CWM is there as usual.

• Allover UI smoothness was great IMO.

• Developer Options are present there as usual.

• FM radio works fine.

• Copy/Paste pop up UI has been changed in whole system, it is there at the top for both landscape and portrait.

• Bookmarks menu changed in Stock browser.

• Touch keys don't light up.

• There is no more additional/permanent Vibrate icon in taskbar anymore, doesn't matter of Vibration is enabled in your device or not. Many people would like this old feature I guess ;)

• Face Unlock doesn't work.

••• All I can say I am way impressed with this ROM, almost all the needed features are present and working fine, which is always the most important part other than giving some great stuffs and taking away some common features and those nuisance, if this has been released by some other developers then XDA would have populate them like hell. TW bashers will still bash this I am sure, but doesn't matter because it looks pretty cool with ICS, so bad news for TW trollers.

You can definitely use this ROM as daily use, that I can say.

I am going back to my Nandroid as I always stay on finished/official stuffs, but it was a great experience for sure.