yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robert-km:
Have You tried

ifconfig -a

?

It should list Your usb0 ethernet.

If it is right there You should try

ifconfig usb0 up

and

dhcpcd usb0

If there is no usb0, maybe

ifconfig usb0 plumb

will help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorxd:
There is a bug with gingerbread where USB tethering is broken on linux. It worked well on Froyo and it also works well on CM9

there is a workarround however, but it is much less clean

http://technomagus.wordpress.com/mobile/tethering/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000-as-3g-modem/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmlbbntr:
Yeah ifconfig doesn't list any usb connection. I'll try "ifconfig -a" though, not sure what the difference is. If that fails I'll try "ifconfig usb0 plumb", no idea what that does either, but worth a shot.

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep you posted tonight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmlbbntr:
Oh wow, I hadn't seen your post. Thanks for the info. Guess all I can do is wait for a stable release of CM9 and upgrade...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robert-km:
I'm using Arch with ICS on galaxy S, so I didn't know about this bug.

ifconfig -a lists every lan devices, not only UP state.

plumb as far as i remember works only on solaris, so You sould not need this command, sorry for making mess.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmlbbntr:
No mention anywhere of 2.3.6. I wonder if USB tethering bug is fixed. Has anyone tried?

I'd rather not install ICS until a stable release is out TBH...
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
For noobs, not kids.

CM fans and TW haters please don't see this, use the ← button.

• Percentage battery mod for this version- http://ifile.it/mch5k14/Mod Vertical.zip

Well who cares for my review? See the review done by my favorite GSMArena team ↓

• http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_ics_vs_gingerbread-review-737.php

Last leak impressions were LPH,

• http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501157&highlight=my+first+impressions

• As usual good phone calls, volume is loud and clear enough, both in speaker and earpiece. Noise Reduction is not available.

• Vibration intensity is solid. Better than previous leaks.

• All connectivities work, BT, WiFi, 3G/H+ etc.

• 480X800 walls work on both Lockscreen and Homescreen. LOL.

• FM Radio works fine.

• The device will now vibrate+ring :)

• Swype 3.26.92 is present. It's a Beta one afaik. And have problems. 3.25 is way better still.

• 1080P videos play fine. But Video Recorder zooms in automatically while recording 1080P videos. Was it there from first, can't say!

• Camera works fine.

• Touch screen response is good. Scrolling is smooth. It's not fast as LPH, a bit more controlled, thus you need to swipe your finger fast to get the whole page if it's big. Elasticity effect is more prominent than LPH.

• Same email, GMail app (no multi touch).

• Face Unlock works. Thanks to a cool time wasting feature.

• Stock internet browser is as usual uber cool.

• Play Store works fine with downloading.

• GPS locked fine in GMaps. Yet to test with GPS Status. GPS locks work absolutely fine.

• If you're TW launcher user then at least they have reintroduced the loop option in both App drawer and Home screen. And yes, 3D effect from homescreen and app drawer is not there any more, it never was a deal breaker for me anyway.

•Deep sleep works fine as usual.

• Connection with my Desktop is working fine.

• Chrome Beta isn't FC'ing anymore.

••• What SHOULD be FIXED:

***Conclusion***

Well I can't say it's the perfect release Samsung has done, but I think it's OK. There are some minor glitches here and there, but no major one. Still there are things need to be fixed, and I am sure next firmware upgrades will solve some of issues.

UK ICS Ofiicial should be coming soon:

• http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_ics_update_to_hit_uk_next_week-news-3971.php

:cool:

In the meantime please do post your feedback and all the pros/cons, if you've found any. Please DO NOT post that battery life is bad, or some third party apps/games are not working because they are meaningless. ICS is just released and many brands are yet to configure their apps and games to make it ICS compatible.

There are many release, so please also mention which one you've flashed in the PDA/PHONE/CSC format.

*** VIDEO ***

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Updated on 30-3-12

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Some screens below:
[Galaxy S II General] superleeds27:
Appreciate this, have followed your first impression threads from day one!

I had a feeling this would be the case, All teh hype only to be dissapointed. I hope sources come soon. We can all jump ship!

Appreciated again.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Razertje:
Does for anyone Facebook contact pictures work? Installed Facebook account in Social Hub, and the official Facebook app, chose to sync contacts, but no pictures show up in Contacts...
[Galaxy S II General] odm3xda:
I would never change my samsung galaxy s2 unless for the s3! Samsung is the best with hardware specs but I would never use any official rom cause samsung is the most terrible when it comes to software. I am on the rom on my signature and will wait for miui v4 to get ics
[Galaxy S II General] brar.arsh:
Good review.. Keep us posted with the screenshots as well..

Waiting for source code..

Sent from SGS2 running Android ICS
[Galaxy S II General] scott.eden:
theres no-way this is the official final version with the touch screen like this,

Way to slow!
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
So far so good for me,

*and dont bother about developer option mate, its a must have option in all release.

* Noise reduction icon is still there in calls.
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
I think these 2 wierd changes have been done to get around Apple's slide to unlock and similar patents. These changes cropped up after Apple tried to enforce these patents against Samsung devices.

Don't sweat about developer option, they are required by someone using GSII for app development. Some of these were present in GB too but under Applications menu and not main settings menu.

I feel this release was a mistake or Samsung is doing some kind of UAT using 3-4 countries.First thing is the version LPQ which looks like it's a development build and not a final release build since those usually have [Year][Month][Build] format which should have made this build LCx and not LPQ.
[Galaxy S II General] Stifler69:
wow..thanks for this....saved myself from flashing it myself to test....sticking with cm9 for now then. cheers mate great review as always
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Which ROM have you flashed?

No way I have it on LPQ, the one I've flashed.

Please post a screen.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
God !! whenever i see you it remembers me of American Pie :D
[Galaxy S II General] ruchz:
So far so good for me,
[Galaxy S II General] superleeds27:
Still awaiitng a CWM Version
[Galaxy S II General] SirRafy:
wow..thanks for this....saved myself from flashing it myself to test:cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Stifler69:
wait till you see my mum....:D:p

EDIT: no need to guess who gave this one star....still say a big thanks for this thread as it saved me from flashing it myself.
[Galaxy S II General] roswell782:
I still have NR too. I have the nordic version (if my memory is good)
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
Id like to see your father.... like american pie father?? lol:D
[Galaxy S II General] esk02k:
Thanks for the info. Looks like im still waiting. Is it true the 3d homescreen scrolling has been removed? Someone said that in another thread, dont know if its bs or not.
[Galaxy S II General] androidkid311:
Hahahah!! Guys got jokes xD
[Galaxy S II General] lykos85:
Thanks for this, i'll wait next one :D
[Galaxy S II General] Davith:
No, RFS died along with the first Galaxy S.

Can people confirm that using an alternate messaging app such as Go SMS, Handcent or Chomp SMS will cause texts to be sent twice?

This might just be a dealbreaker for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Kipp34:
I am on Rogers, and the ping time has increased by 2-3x my average with GB (90ms). Anyone know why this might be?

Also, the sticky scrolling is rather annoying as well. Otherwise everything else feels smooth.
[Galaxy S II General] Sckank:
With battery widget I get reading about 2% each hour on the very first cycle. Thats really good :) When I use the phone the drain aint to bad at all. Actually to me it seems to be on pair with GB.
[Galaxy S II General] lovesingh25:
you flashed this ROM with which csc? I flashed it with an Indian csc lp1 and lost Swype....

Again has to reflash it using default csc....
[Galaxy S II General] mrjay:
yeah. i did the same thing.

flashed a different CSC and lost swype.

forgot to say i managed to find out what i did wrong.
[Galaxy S II General] pms:
How do you do a full wipe?
[Galaxy S II General] Stylez Ray.:
So whats the problem with apps not moving to sd even with siyah kernel??
[Galaxy S II General] roswell782:
I confirm for Go sms. I must use stock app.
[Galaxy S II General] trickk:
Old Camera and gallery?!?!

Hi Guys,

I have flashed the new official ICS Rom.

Now, i have a question:

Do you also have the old camera and gallery?
[Galaxy S II General] Hairyhippy:
I just flashed my phone. Works fine but the Touchwiz UI looks horrible. Samsung has shown zero creativity. Absolutely ruined any visual flair in ICS. I can't believe we had to wait months for this piece of crap.
[Galaxy S II General] Sckank:
Right now I can't see a good reason to use ICS. I enjoyed CheckRom to much.

..........................ICS......CheckRom

Battery:______________________X

Theme/mods:________________X

First imp battery______________X

Compability__________________X

Just to play with ___X

Well guess that sums it up for me this time ...

Now, about checkrom v7 ... if they can turn this one into something I'm impressed.
[Galaxy S II General] andro6600:
Hm, the screen brightness look the same as GB, color saturation is better, but did anyone noticed the awful banding on gradients, mostly on black, green, gray? Also very annoying in dialer and contacts top tree tabs! How the hell Samsung messed up things even more than GB?
[Galaxy S II General] BAlfa:
After the offical release,

ICS is definitely not for galaxy s2.

GB is the best.. after all, any devices will be best for what it made for. End the story<at least for me:-P
[Galaxy S II General] xZeDgEx:
I have to agree. Not too impressed. They even left out the drag and drop folder creation...really??!! I always kind of liked touchwiz but cmon Samsung.. You could have improved it so much.

Also, have asked this twice already. Anyone else use samsung email app? Are your html emails all screwd up? This is getting on my nerves now, was perfect in GB...

I have to wonder if this really is a finished ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Look at what htc are doing with their ics touched by sense, now there is a ui. This..makes me laugh. Im not a fan of stock ics either. I got great display..and all colors in ui is black grey and tron blue..:/
[Galaxy S II General] coversnail:
Yep, I'm sending double messages whenever i send using Handcent, rather annoying. Stock messaging app works fine.
[Galaxy S II General] ronj1986:
After all I've done with my phone since May 2011, & all the updates I have installed.....this one has given me banding on the top of my screen :-(
[Galaxy S II General] androidkid311:
So to put it in a nut shell.... ics is pure **** ;-). I dont think sammy even care...as long as its released they can be like well there u go! U wanted ics and there u have it. No piss off and leave us alone while we make a too quality ics for the s3 ;-).
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
Because I need to know to put the question to rest.. Are you talking about the fact that you have to swipe at least 80% across the screen to get it to swipe correctly? If I swipe any shorter than that, sometimes it works, sometimes it just jumps a bit and stays put, and other times I'll swipe say, left to right, and it registers as right to left... the hell?:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] fatbax:
When I use live wallpapers on xxlpj the phones heats up fast and battery drain is x100 please help me out
[Galaxy S II General] JDD123:
Excellent review...save me time testing it out. Thanx
[Galaxy S II General] krazykat:
Yeah - i think there are somethings Samsung could have worked on prior to rushing this out *coughresizablewidgetscough*.

Maybe they are saving it for GS3 or what not - ultimately - it's dumb. T__T"

Thanks for the review and opinion. =)
[Galaxy S II General] phamxp426:
Thanks for the review! I see no reason to flash just yet. Waiting on more stable releases in the future...
[Galaxy S II General] codetracer:
Pretty good so far,

- Problem changing background. The background function hanged until I changed to "Live background" and changed back to "Wallpaper".

- Smiles from Iphone becomes chines characters. >.< hope its just me.
[Galaxy S II General] v1rtu4l:
it was always like this. 1080p recording has a narrower field of view on the galaxy s2

it is very probably that you got the sms message because your network noticed that your phone does support the codec used for HD voice by your carrier. it would make sense that ICS does bring with it a few new voice codecs.
[Galaxy S II General] djadja_jura:
qwertz is jusy german layout...
[Galaxy S II General] tekilaworm:
Does Anyone has comments on Battery Drain??

its crazy the battery runs out in 4 hours and if you usb charge it, it actually looks like its being discharged...

Waiting for a better Firmware....
[Galaxy S II General] dave2:
Does anyone else notice .5 sec delay in touch screen response? My finger moves about half an inch, when scrolling, before the screen responds to the touch.
[Galaxy S II General] marcadam:
I agree with you, can't understand the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] djadja_jura:
ICS is ok, but TW is horrible...

No horizontal mode in home or app drower?
[Galaxy S II General] djadja_jura:
Have this on my transformer prime, not here def, it's all smooth
[Galaxy S II General] mr mystery:
This will always be a problem with android in its current state, any device not a nexus will have this problem. Google needs to put tighter restrictions on what you can do to android. Manufacturers will only care about the next device they are selling you and give you half baked os updates like these. Galaxy s3 touch wiz will be tailored to ICS best points but they won't do it here because they want you to buy the gs3. Personally I'm not buying anything not nexus anymore until google grows some balls and solves this mess.
[Galaxy S II General] alexnative:
just my opinion ,,,

maybe for some average users and costumers don't even notice or bother it is ICS or GB UI ... they just want a super great smartphone and S2 have it ....

come on guys i've a lot friends with S2 Stock GB unroot and the new Galaxy Note ....

they love the TW Launcher ... not like me have rooted phone with custom Rom with bla blabla bla
[Galaxy S II General] anirudh4444:
Just installed ICS! Don't know why anyone is complaining. BEAUTIFUL TRANSITIONS! and smooth and fast scrolling. Battery is better than ever, super-stable, no freezes or FC's. Did a full wipe. No wifi issues, GPS fix in seconds. The new task manager awesome as ever and face unlock, swype, proxydroid(root) works flawlessly! <3 this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] nomnompie:
Well something is definitely funked up with this rom at least on the units I have.. like I said before if I don't swipe across at least 80% of the screen the swiping/scrolling acts like it has a mind of its own. I've even had swipes in one direction register as swipes in the opposite direction..

Happening on 2 handsets, one that's my daily driver and one that stays boxed, unused.
[Galaxy S II General] dave2:
Exact same problem on my handset mate. Really sloppy response. I can't even scroll through twitter without it going the wrong direction. And it's extremely sluggish on when using a drawing app. Barely usable without becoming annoyed with it and urging me to thow my phone at a wall.
[Galaxy S II General] genus:
my gps fail to lock on sygic aura and gps test apps on LPQ... anyone got test it?
[Galaxy S II General] henryee:
Yeah, mine is scrolling superbly smooth, eventhough without a Full-wipe~~~

---------- Post added at 01:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 PM ----------

Yeah, last Leaked firmware (XXLPJ) was laggy in Go Launcher, with this newer released firmware so far no problem, buttery smooth~
[Galaxy S II General] genus:
Okay, solved.. my gps finally works fine after installed gps essentials app and get gps fixed followed by sygic aura also works too :o
[Galaxy S II General] Udonitron:
I updated my I9100 today via Kies and man, while ICS is sweet it is loaded with bugs...unacceptable bugs!

Phone freezes, screen locks up and becomes unresponsive, music and other apps just randomly crash with error messages, battery chews up pretty fast, etc.

Seems it's in beta stage :(
[Galaxy S II General] ascariss:
I have no idea what happened, on gingerbread I had no problems with battery drain but not it is a bit scary. overnight about 6 hours, went from 96% or so to 75%, and checking the battery panel the device was not awake much almost barely, the wifi was off, and sync options did not change from gingerbread. In comparision for gingerbread, the drop would be around a max of 8% with a lot more awake activity.

Mind you I have the extended 2000mAh battery and not the standard one, so a drop from 97-75 is quite significant. I will see, how the battery holds out over the rest of the week. If it continues like this, I guess my 2 day no charge period will be turning into a daily one.
[Galaxy S II General] terranhms:
I think after all that comments, i gonna stay in GB till arrive STABLE ICS (CM9)..... Samsung is just having fun :(((
[Galaxy S II General] Damienoid:
Guys remember whenever you change firmwares or kernels, it takes a few days for the battery to settle and reach it's full potential, just give it time.

Saying that, I've not yet noticed much difference in battery life since the 18 hours I've installed the new stock ICS, mind you I had my phone plugged in overnight, so that probably helps somewhat...
[Galaxy S II General] ascariss:
I do hope that is the case, will give feedback by the end of the week.
[Galaxy S II General] obionenairobi:
I have the same, the old camera and gallery
[Galaxy S II General] kenglim:
I'm using Samsung stock ICS updated thru kies. Really happy with the update experience so far because my apps and data are all intact but please do your backup just in case :D

Stock ICS scrolling is all buttery smooth. New Gmail rocks! Task switcher is cool! Browser is super smooth:) Some other minor enhancements here and there but largely stock stuff. If you are currently on TW, I don't see how anyone can go back to GB after the update. If u can't live with TW, then i guess it's best for u to wait till your custom ROM is out with ICS.

Initial thought on batt.. overnight standby drain seems to be better than before but usage drain seems to be worst off. Most of the usage is due to "screen" so i guess that is the downside of GPU.
[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
This is exactly my complaint. Its horrible.
[Galaxy S II General] awojtas:
On ICS I've found the GPS to be a huge drain even when there's no applications using it. Turning it off completely fixed my battery drain.

On GB I used to leave GPS on permanently and get 1-2 days use but with ICS (or at least these last few leaks) the GPS has caused quite high drain.
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
well I heard LG or HTC was about to push out an ics update, and you know how samsung is about being the first at everything.. which is why we see a rushed and unfinished ics

hopefully Samsung will put more staff on the ics bugfixing to have a stable release before they get too.many bad reviews
[Galaxy S II General] natzy85:
I'm not getting why there are people still complaining about the TW interface. It has been known from day 1 of the update that we will get ICS with TW on top. If you don't like it you can just install Nova and everything is ok. Sure CM9 I'm also waiting for the 100 % ICS experience but until is final I'm sticking with stock and I have to say I'm happy with it:

- scrolling is much smoother then XXLPH. The most easiest way to see this is by scrolling in Google Reader;

- Face unlock is now working very well and it's a cool feature that I hope Google will make it better;

- The Taskbar switcher is very good;

- I understand that the score in benchmarks is even better then GB;

- No FC's so far;

- The Chrome beta finally is working and I'm keeping it as default since is the fastest experience ( I don't care for flash );

I don't understand what you want more from Samsung from a free update? If you want the pure ICS experience get a Nexus or wait for CM9! I'm sure they will bring more updates to ICS over time.

I just hope that the most of Android users will finally update to ICS from all the other companies and then we will see the power of ICS : Except for Nova Launcher and Chrome Browser I don't see any other app that you can't run on GB. Also I want to see every app dev updates their app to work on ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] Jeegsawk:
The only Samsung release

for you is the one available in kies. Do not complain with a Samsung if you flashed something not intended for your phone

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Hmm gta not working here.. Strange. Gonna try clear data and re install
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
Major battery issue.

With ICS first few hours of use, screen on, wifi on, USB plugged in, actually slowly discharging.

With CheckRom first few hours of use, screen on, wifi on, USB plugged in, charges 1% every few minutes.

Why would this be ?
[Galaxy S II General] Stylez Ray.:
I still have the impression that the lockscreen is not as responsive to the touch as the rest. Having this impression since LPB and still present in LPQ...I sometimes have to do 3 swipes to get an unlock..

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
Yes we knew we would get TW but its the same crappy old version that ruins the looks of ICS, HTC etc have at least brought out a new version of Sense for ICS,
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
Oh and it doesnt lock! It goes straight to home screen. Set to immediately lock and tried all lock methods!!
[Galaxy S II General] slugger09:
I am grateful I had this little experience with ICS, Its made me appreciate GB more so have just gone back.
[Galaxy S II General] sxi200:
You have the efs/imei/keystr problem. You will have the problem until you fix it. See here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1512215

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22103709&postcount=5
[Galaxy S II General] hades_hellen:
Positive

I agree very much with natzy85 - everything is true. We have to wait for the CM9. This one is acceptable for me - over "the old" GB. And my score in the new quadrant was over 4100 - stock LPQ with CF-ROOT 5.3.
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
Is nobody else getting this battery drain issue?
[Galaxy S II General] alangrig:
Well must admit:

Samsung didn't brought to us real ICS experience:

1. Ugly call UI interface

2. Ugly contacts

3. Same outdated Gallery

4. TouchWiz (no option for Android Launcher like in Asus)

5. Useless Myfiles.apk (cannot attach files in Gmail). Very sad :(. Replacing Myfiles, with another file manager, won't let you attach file in Email.apk.) Very sad :(

6. Browser.apk-where is swipe feature for closing tabs? Very sad :(

7. VideoEditor.apk: still no way to make fade in or out for video, same for audio. Text editing limited. Very sad:(. Google MovieStudio is way better.

8. Overall font size is huge. No option for decrease. Very sad:(

9. Same ****ty lockscreen. Very sad:(

Samsung seems to behave applish way. Very SAD:(

CM9 is the only solution or trade in for GNexus is the real solution.
[Galaxy S II General] yy1155:
4.0 I haven't flash. Or stable version of it
[Galaxy S II General] milance86:
Im using XXLPQ XEO and i get force close in market when im using voice search? Any one with the same problem?