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[Galaxy S II General] :
Ended up buying the extended 2000mah battery but made little difference, still battery sucks although after flashing custom roms and kernels battery life seems to be better.

I found the stock 1650mah > 2000mah which is weird?
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
Been covered a lot.

Bloatware and rogue apps/processes chew up a lot of battery.

With the phone setup well. Even using stock firmware.

With screen off not much battery should be consumed. 1%-3% per hour. Should be able to get 3-4 days standby.

With screen on battery is consumed at lot. Should be getting 4-6 hours screen on.

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GTI9100

HydrogenICS 12.05

fluxi xx.01_rc4
[Galaxy S II General] bartoloandre98:
Or buy a Nokia 1100
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Tha battery dissapoints me -.-
[Galaxy S II General] z_lancer:
for me battery is the main concern because i surf the net alot..and its Super amoled screen is forced too work hard viewing white background which is a battery drainer
[Galaxy S II General] iAnoop:
otherwise battery , everything is just perfect with GS2 :cool:

Just tried Launcher 7 , and its really awesome.I think its black background will save some battery.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] leeto:
Same here. I'm tempted to try the 2000mah one..
[Galaxy S II General] z_lancer:
i bought 2000mah battery already..very useful when travelling
[Galaxy S II General] nedooo:
Camera disappoints, I have SC (Samsung camera module) ****.y one, and more to add crappy Samsungs treatment of this issue...
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Im gonna buy a 2000mah this afternoln for $25 yay
[Galaxy S II General] hikarugo:
Most custom ROM makers create just another AOKP ROM.

Most samsung rom theme makers made just another themes with stock ICS look.

Nobody really interested to make a ROM or a theme of the SGS3 look, while the GNote got a theme already

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1669535

(there is a ROM, but it is only consist of S3's apks that others have ported before. The creator seems doesn't know how to port the icons or create his own S3 theme for the ROM. He doesn't even port the bootanimation himself, waiting somebody else to port it first)
[Galaxy S II General] rabrad:
I guess I got a little disapointed when I knew that the international version didn't have NFC built in it! Despite that I'm pretty happy with it!:D
[Galaxy S II General] THE RED BLUR:
The only thing that annoys me is the cheap back plastic cover which is so flimsy as the groves that connects it to the phone are breaking off!! Any ideas for better alternative replacement?

Using Resurrection Remix AOKP version 1.9 1
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Was it a cheap aftermarket version?

Many times those have less mah than stock...
[Galaxy S II General] Trolblivion:
Only complain with it is that with the white version of this which i have... i accidently dropped it once and the chrome lining on the bottom side cracked :(. But its mostly my fault..

Sooo. I'm still lovin it.
[Galaxy S II General] spoooky_pl:
Hi everybody,

I've switched to galaxy s2 a moth form over 2 years old HTC Desire. General the phone is great, i can't complain about the battery, as after normal business day i still have over 50% of juice left.

There are two things that drive me mad so i think seriously of getting another HTC device:

- location of the power button. I always press volume buttons accidentaly when i want to switch the screen off.

- unresponsiveness of the pattern unlock screen. I takes me several tries until it accepts the pattern. Sometimes i really want to scream :-)

Less important, but also annoying is the T9 dictionary displaying proposed words below the input text.

Cheers,

S.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
i actually prefer the power button on the side

it feels more natural

htc is going the apple way by removing replaceable battery and sd card

as for the pattern unlock i think your rom has a issue

maybe you should try another rom
[Galaxy S II General] budi.hermawan:
same with me here bro... the thin battery cover feel easy to snap... and the battery capacity is too small.. plus the side bezel are easily scratched .. but overall i never regret buying sgs2 :thumbup:

I have no signature
[Galaxy S II General] nitinvaid:
I just don't like the sound quality

Rest is good
[Galaxy S II General] driton01:
I bought this phone two weeks ago after switching from Iphone and until now its been a great ride.
[Galaxy S II General] Milkman12:
I own this phone for about two weeks and I found these disadvantages:

- I can't connect to ad-hoc networks;

- the pink spot when you take pictures (in some conditions);

- sometimes it can be a pain in the ass when you text a sms or e-mail - not used yet with the editor.

Otherwise, I guess it's the one of the best phones. probably the only real opponenet of SIII :d.
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Well, actually there are roms/stock firmwares that have solved the pink spot prob :p

Gotta agree with you there, s2 is a pretty good phone
[Galaxy S II General] plotinus:
No.... I have never been disappointed with my s2. In fact I wouldn't change it fro anything. Of course it sucks battery really fast but what smartphone doesn't? For me it's perfect. Not laggy at all. A lot of memory space. Great camera. Amazing screen... It's very good

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[Galaxy S II General] prabhakar321:
no i never dissapoint

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i am dissappint with sgs3
[Galaxy S II General] ayhamx360:
Just over heat issue for me

Other than that its great
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
I have tried both the Iphone 4s and just a few days ago, had a Note for about a week and yet still the Samsung Galaxy s2 is the greater of the three, smooth light and so many varied ROMs to choose from, I found the note just a little too big and everything seems laggy compared to even stock SGS2, the screen resolution is nice but the SGS2 is the best allrounder in my opinion. I just keep coming back to my trusty SGS2:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] Fwuffy86:
I love the SGS2. So far had little problems.

- not being able to connect to hidden networks.

- heating (not really an issue but i gets hotter than other phones i used)

More annoying is the short battery life, but this seems to be a problem in all smartphones.
[Galaxy S II General] enigmatyq:
nothing to report about my s2. is the best phone i ever used..smooth,battery friendly.etc
[Galaxy S II General] 1nvicta:
The only thing i dont like is autofocus cam
[Galaxy S II General] raffounz:
I was quite satisifed from my SGSII, the only disappointment is the Phone/Contacts implementation on ICS (the same look&feel from GB is quit uspetting...)
[Galaxy S II General] gavinch:
Really disappointed with the slow update roll out for the phone.not to mention after rolling out they chose to skin the official stock ICS look with the same old touch wiz . Boring
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
What temps are you getting?...
[Galaxy S II General] vishpoison:
try custom roms. there are some good ones out there.
[Galaxy S II General] usama492:
My GSII is the thing i love the most

Watching movies is so great on the SuperAmoled+ .. but many of the CM9 builds i used m

All of them (AOKP AOSP all) lag and hang the phone up quite often

But the stock gives the full power to me.. ultimate performance but sucks in looking at it.. old touchwiz.. we all also needed an update with touchwiz ux.. thats why i use CM9 as it looks good:rolleyes: .. PS i have never seen any phone other than GSII so powerful with Stock VS custom roms :D
[Galaxy S II General] shishircoolin:
You can always try out different mods for that. Check out this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1654510
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
^ OG SGS was the same. That's one of reasons why Samsung Galaxy phones are so popular... :)
[Galaxy S II General] sefrcoko:
Dissapointment with SGS2? Only that damn home screen lag :(
[Galaxy S II General] Kumarankav:
No problem at all, I do have that over heating problem sometimes using the phone for more than 20 mins.. But enjoying all other things, can bear with it ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] zaherhoulayhel:
The one and only downside for me is the screen. it gets yellowish after a while.
[Galaxy S II General] vaseey:
None whatsoever

I got the i9100 an year ago. I had no clue wat t was or anythn jus loved the display and got t. My frens whu had the ip4 were teasin me sayin samsung etc.. but then i learnt a lot with android now i say, ROFL retina display, LMAO!!! Every thing is so splendid in this. Imagine after the s2, there was galaxy R, Note, Nexus and the s3.. Stil our display rox, doesn it? a perfect fone indeed and a true flagship. Love the s2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] ArcticWolf91:
Wake up lag is my only complaint at the moment.
[Galaxy S II General] austinhalder:
I just miss SGS 1's Voodoo sound in Galaxy S II :(
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
I can't decide whether I love this phone or not. When it works, it's fast and everything, but occassionally it's very laggy. I'll start trying different kernels today. So far, I've only been using Siyah, due to the dual-boot function, which I really love. But scrolling is slow and sluggish. I know it's not the phone.

But something that's been broken from the very start is the headphone jack. I can listen music through my headphones, but when I divert the headphone's coupling, the music starts crackle or the phe phone thinks they're disconnected... :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] KeithOYS:
I feel contented upon thinking how it's so much better than compared to all my previous phones.

However, when comparing to newer phones, of course I wouldn't feel contented. When this thought comes to my mind, root, mods, flashing of ROMs and Kernels would come into play to create a better experience of my SII!

Thus, no disappointment from Samsung Galaxy SII at all!
[Galaxy S II General] DD-Ripper:
I only hate why S2's GPU is clocked soooo low. Only 244MHz..? I wish if it was clocked to around 350MHz by default.

Sent from my GT-i9100 equipped with Grenade Launcher and Remote Explosives :D
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
The next gpu step is 400 and our phone isn't much stable or battery friendly on that setting
[Galaxy S II General] tomasher:
My disappointment is in the function wakeup on alarm when phone is OFF, like every Nokia does. I am perfectly satisfied with all functions of SGS2 but that, that is BIG disappoint form andoid SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] jase_i9100:
which ntoxhib

The galaxy S is better than the SGS2 in my optinion because it has a smaller higher DPI, smarter (Pentile) screen , a better graphics chip for 3D drawing (It has a higher pixel filrate?) and the CPU + GPU overclock well. But the most important thing is that it has a great DAC and headphone amp. The Yamaha DACs (such as in the i9100) are just aweful.

I want my phone to be quick and responsive, but I want good audio (if not better), good camera shots and videos and a battery life to last AT LEAST ONE FULL DAY!. I HATE the quality of the audio quality all round on my SGS2 and the camera sucks too.

The thing I love about this phone though is its a favorite powerhouse amungst powerusers. I appreciate its power, but it could have been so much more . . . (dont even get me started on the i9300. . .)
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
I don't see any thing other than dac which S has better
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
No argument here about sgs having great sound but when you go back and use it from SGS2 it's soooo slow. Even with lagfix.

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GTI9100

RootBOX 1.2

siyah
[Galaxy S II General] anonymous_1997:
Hu guys im new here had a bunch of other android ohones as you might be able to tell from my sig... Got this phone off a friend for like 50 australian dollars.. My only problem with it and i know it is just my phone thats why my friend sold it to me for so cheap, is that i sometimes get bars of colour where the gradient of colour changes.. Its a problem witb the LED panel so once i get thar rwplaced i reckon this phone will be great! First non htc android and really impressed!
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
50AUD? Wow, that's cheap! I reckon new screen & digitizer cost about 100$ from eBay, even that wouldn't make it a bad deal.
[Galaxy S II General] anonymous_1997:
That's exactly my plan it'll still be a massive saving.. really loving the device so far and the development here is remarkable
[Galaxy S II General] Scubabum:
Loving my S2

I'm loving this phone. The main problem is that there are too many ROMs out there to try. Stock was good but love the customizability of the other ROMs.
[Galaxy S II General] matabillions:
Cons:

- wakeup lag!!!

- too big (4" is better)

Pros:

- fast

- thin&light

- Android 4.0

- great screen (no stupid pentile!)
[Galaxy S II General] Akatosh:
Having just come from a sensation today heres my thoughts:

Pros

Lighter

Faster

Better screen

Larger development but the sensation devlopment is HUGE as well

Cons

Plastic

Heat

Battery life will not be commened on as currentlt it is the wirst ive ever seen even with the 2000mah extebded battery from samsung so im waiing ro complete a few charge cycles.
[Galaxy S II General] NightOrchid:
I used to own a GS until it started shutting down on its own, so got rid of it, i moved on and I love my S2, without ICS.. Its amazing...

Pros

- GB 236... Gorgeous and bright vibrant screen

- 3 day battery .. with correct Modem for your country and area

- Fast and smooth

- Lovely Music & Video player

- Great Call quality

- Handles everything i throw at it

- with some lovely apps

Cons

- Current release of ICS makes it a buggy mess

- A liitle bit too thin.. Nice to have something weighty for my £250

- Touch Wiz.. shouldve dumped it

- Too much social networking rubbish.. why do i want everyone to know exactly where I am, what I am doing and what iam looking at (ICS)

If you want an amazing experience on the S2, stay with GB and wait for 5.0 Hot Dog Sausage.

Night
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
How many of you peple upgraded toS3??
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
I went back to GALAXY NEXUS... superior... ;)

sent from jElly Belly NeXus PrimE
[Galaxy S II General] anton_46:
Cons:

- wi-fi (it can be liitle better)

- pink spot in camera pics and videos on white

- some games are not optimizated

Pros:

(I am comming from htc tattoo, so...)

- ultra fast phone, cpu and gpu

- awesome screen with real black and vivid colours

- very light

- camera quality

- billion of mods, tweaks and ROMs in xda

- design of the phone
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Now that I have more experience, I may try this again...

Cons:

-Too thin and light(I have a hard case which fixes those both)

-Headphone jack is low quality, or it's broken for me. When I put in my headphone, it must be in a certain position, and after that,I can't touch it...

Pros:

-Screen. 4.3 is ideal size, and I like SAMOLED. Now I can even use my phone in sunlight.

-Performance. Dual core processor and a decent GPU makes a superb combo. It runs pretty much anything. Also it's fast in general.

-Camera. I'm not a big time photographer(although I wanted :D ), but I can say this phone's camera rocks!

That's pretty much it. When I first had this phone,I had various problems, but ultimately, they were all caused by my own stupidness. I love this phone. I use it every day, and it really replaces my computer.

Sent from my wallet
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
If people would only take a little time out and do a few things like freezing bloatware,etc you'll find battery life is excellent.
[Galaxy S II General] rj3005:
Pros

First Android phone (that I owned) that makes it thru the day easily without recharging.

Great camera both video as phone

Cons.

No notification light.

Too popular.. at my work the SGS-II outnumber the iPhone4 and 4s 4 : 1 already
[Galaxy S II General] barisahmet:
I was disappointed when touch input goes crazy sometimes while charging (specially multitouch). Other than that, it's a perfect android phone.

P.S: Mali > Tegra2
[Galaxy S II General] jerseykat1:
Battery life is decent. Sure it can always be better but I usually get a full day out of it (running an Ics rom)

Only thing I wish is that Ics official was out already! Though resurrection rom is super stable already. Ohh and i don't like the home button, I wish the home button was like the back button or the menu button. I'm so used to the epic 4G.
[Galaxy S II General] IamJAX:
only thing i am disappointment is Android. No ICS on even 4 months after ics release
[Galaxy S II General] hikarugo:
Burn in, dusts, not responsive home button
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Yes because the sixth time I dropped my sgs 2 onto jagged concrete, it now has three small dents on one corner. D:<

Stupid cheap materials.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] DarkDvr:
Nothing, NOTHING is ever perfect.

Especially when it comes to humans, our needs are too diverse.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
well you need to be more careful, and also be thankful this phone has "stupid cheap materials" as you call it otherwise of you ownded an iPhone 4s your phone would have been smashed to pieces.

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[Galaxy S II General] chris2busy:
trust me u don't know any more than i do about how android works and how,or what to delete...any full optimised, maxed out gs2 with the 2k mah battery on, won't ever get half the batt life a iphone 4 does..(4s gets less than iphone 4)

but i wouldn't trade android for the world..

android>compatible with everything

ios>tries to make everything else in the world compatible with it..
[Galaxy S II General] jerseykat1:
Not to mention apple is evil, and is slowing down innovation with all there patent lawsuits. Couldn't pay to buy an apple product. Great products evil company.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Im currently on 24 hours battery and 2 hours 25 minutes screen on time with calls and texts and music with normal battery (hate those bulky extended batterys) and have 21% left, you cannot seriously tell me an iPhone 4s gets much more than a SGS11 this is simply not true, a mate of mine swapped his and his main gripe was battery life, he hadn't a clue about Android as it was all new to him so i stepped in and helped him out and rooted his phone and froze the bloatware and done some other battery saving things and he is delighted and said he gets far more battery now than he previously did with the iPhone 4s.
[Galaxy S II General] tyrael64:
• Gorilla Glass ?- There are so many Youtube videos to be amazed about the Power of unbreakable and unsearchable Gorilla glass – But many Samsung Galaxy S2 users complaining got scratches!

is not unbreakable and unsearchable, but resist a lot.

mine has no scratches

• The swiping screen lock , that opens the phone is waste of time, as there is a hardware unlock key already.

I do not like them too, so i use no screen lock xD

•	Plastic Uni body feels cheap in the Hands

I like the plastic. Is better than the gs1 as this has textured, and better than metal, as the transformer prime does not pass the signal wifi and gps
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I would never buy any Apple product because of the simple fact that it is closed and not open source and you effectively have to do what Apple allows you to do unless you jailbreak and even then your options still aren't that great.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
It was sarcasm. :3

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] freemini:
I'd say SGS2 and 4S battery life are pretty much the same(talking about CM9 here). They both lose about 7-8% over night, drain about the same while using them. One HUGE difference is that iPhone charges a LOT faster, I mean a LOT. I plugged both in at the same time(0%) and when iPhone was fully charged, sgs2 was only about 40%. You simply can't charge sgs2 for a little bit before leaving your house. I don't mind the close-iness of iOS that much unless I'm trying to do something more power-userish. ICS however is better than iOS 5 in every way except apps. It looks better and it's faster.
[Galaxy S II General] BAlfa:
I got it since only 1 months.

I have only 1 disappointment which is camera shutter is too slow.
[Galaxy S II General] chris2busy:
u managed to get 7-8% drain overnight with a 4s?dude...teach me how?impossible..

anyway..this is my main gripe with android..it has never been good with energy managment and still is not..check any of the hundrends of devices, on any forum anywhere on the world..

and ics did not fix this..getting 9-11 hours usage time out of a i4 just completely destroys any android battery usage out there..
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Where on earth are you getting this from:eek: there is no way the iPhone 4s has this amount of usage time no smartphone at this present moment is capable of this in a single charge from 100% to 0%, around 7.5 hours is the best ive ever heard and that was pretty good going.

Battery life with the iPhone 4s is in and around the same as the SGSII as the other poster mentioned but if you are to freeze bloatware and carry out a few battery saving tasks on the SGSII it will wipe the floor with the iPhone 4s battery wise, this is fact.
[Galaxy S II General] Neroga:
I'm not an S2 owner but I have an Atrix 4G. My friend has the So and we always argue over which is better. I always beat him in benchmarks and in battery life and now he wants an Atrix. The S2 isn't worth it in my opinion. Can't beat that Tegra 2. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] wess786:
Don't have that. Guess it's broken for you.
[Galaxy S II General] virus786:
Are you sure it's not your headphone's connector that's faulty?

They tend to break where the cable and the actual 3.5mm jack connects to one another (on the headphone/earphone cable it self).
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
I have 3 things that I hate about SGS2 :

- the fact that it has no 0 shutter lag in photos;

- the fact that we still don't have the ability to control the gain on mic via recording video so the audio quality in loud environments is so bad that is useless.

- I also hate the home button and I think it's stupid. I like more the Gnex in both therms of looks and the fact that it does have 0 shutter, no home button and led notification.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
The GPU is superb
[Galaxy S II General] ArmorD:
Yep, I think it's just a faulty piece. Still, it hits me pretty hard, even though I ain't a big time music fan.

@Sahibunlimited yea, it is! It's probably the best mobile GPU. I'm just too lazy to edit :D

Sent from my wallet
[Galaxy S II General] Edgio60:
Annoying home button click and ugly touchwiz (not that I use anymore). I'm quite comfortable with all the other flaws - my last phone was a Nokia X6 so I feel pretty spoiled!
[Galaxy S II General] Tricks25:
im happy with my gs2 right now..

would have been better for me if they extended the screen a little bigger as i consider my phone an all-in-one gadget :D
[Galaxy S II General] rubiks01:
My S2 is not a S3... I hate it :D

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9100 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] valentinrascu:
Best phone ever

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] stanley08:
One thing people don't understand is

Scratch Proof and Scratch resistant are two different things...
[Galaxy S II General] Beowulf_pt:
-GPS still sucks. But not as badly as in Galaxy S 1.

-Camera is terrible and produces shots with a nasty central pink hue. I have two i9100 and they both do it, to different extents. Messing with Auto White Balance helps sometimes, but not always.

-Screen is pretty decent, but again, not very consistent in quality. Like I said I have two and have had three units side by side and each of them had a slightly different screen, with different color temperature and different patterns. Only 1 of the 3 showed a solid background with no "stain effects".

-Battery is not very good. But I solved this with a Momax 2700 mAh, best purchase I ever made for the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] saywhatt:
Battery life sucks