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[Galaxy S II General] citytrader:
Install GB 2.3.6 and you will say, GB is miles and miles better than ICS, ICS is a waste of time for now, and today hardware asceleration is marketing stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] eegg:
i think ICS is slowly getting better, i'm on wanam 10.7 and i feel an improvment from 2.3.5.

Just waiting for CM9 to go stable them ill move to it
[Galaxy S II General] woahnelly:
There are so many mature GB ROMs to choose from, head to head early ICS releases were always going to come up short in some areas (for me battery life is one). It will only get better, and I'm sure a lot of the 22% will slowly adopt it :D
[Galaxy S II General] cxdz810:
whats best gingerbread rom?

I agree that GB is better than ICS... I instaled ICS LP4 stock rom and felt like been in slowmotion mode compared to GB 2.3.4 which i used almost 3 months...

Some apps and games had a mini stutter, and touchscreen had some weird feeling... ICS takes up almost 400 mb of ram compared to 120 on GB after boot..

My question is whats best GB rom? I reverted back from ICS to XILA3 2.3.6 and its ok for now (4 days using).. whats yours recommendation?
[Galaxy S II General] yahyoh:
the only fail is browser omg its become trolley crap spicily when zooming on the page the the Letters become blurry and it take like 1 second to become normal and if u zoom out fast the page become white :eek::eek:

every thing else is amazing i hope google fix the browser in the updates :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] richyy74:
Check out GB vs ICS on a Nexus S and then tell me Ics is a failure. It is not.

GB+Touchwiz gave an experience that is equivalent to ICS stock regarding usability. SII ICS could not add much more to that. I like the changes and eagerly waiting TW5.

Do not judge the power of HW acceleration on our 800*480 screen, it did not needed it, but please consider what would happen on a 1280*720 screen with GB and our cpu. I tell you: lag and stuttering all over.

What this thread is really taught me: that hated TW and failed, AOS bugged Gingerbread was in reality quite a good combo and some people just now realizes that.

Launchers are or are not optimized for ICS only their developer knows that, custom ICS roms are just too young to even consider them.
[Galaxy S II General] jsmasterx:
4.0.4 is very stable on the SGS2, I have the ICS remix 11.04 with the latest siyah kernel

For now i can say it is really fast.

Tried the original samsung ICS firmware and it was catastrophic. Maybe that's why they released their latest kernel source codes for ICS
[Galaxy S II General] republicano:
ics is improving, i tried the first stock roms and i was shocked how they could release it in that state, lack of quality control, especially when its ment to be an improvement from the last (GB), tried CyanogenMod 9 and its great, it reminds you that the community will make quality ICS roms.
[Galaxy S II General] korabeca:
For me it is very stable and fast only a little bit problem with the battery consume even with custom rom.

The question on what phone you use it?
[Galaxy S II General] Warren.D:
Upgraded to ICS O2 stock rom, used it since release. Downgraded back to 2.3.4 two days ago. Though ICS is nice, gingerbread is the speed demon at the moment.
[Galaxy S II General] cxdz810:
SGS2: ICS is great upgrade, but it needs improvement in speed and optimisation, and we realy need better touchwizz ICS stock experience, cant imagine why new ICS and old 4 row touchwizz - whats the hard to improve TW launcher to adapt new standards of ICS?

Gallery app on SGS2 on ICS is same and worse experience than on GB, and lots of stuttering... total dissapointment..

ICS is at the moment unfinished product, at least for SGS2 phone...
[Galaxy S II General] hooligan007:
Die....
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
I just went all the way back to 2.3.4 lol, thank god for the overscroll bounce
[Galaxy S II General] kotva531:
ICS is much more responsive than GB. Current leaks are pretty stable and ready for daily use. Recommending to everyone who has galaxy S2.
[Galaxy S II General] NataRatero:
About ICS

Well.. gone from checkrom v6 to early beta leaks of ICS until (including those unusable ones) to Hydr0genICS..

Currently i must say that AOSP ICS is the best Android experience so far.. It's fast, with a nice UI and good battery life... and tbh simply beats Samsung ICS in almost every aspect (that doesn't feel that rushed, IMHO they made it intentionally similar to GB to step down the learning curke)
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
What "leaks"? Its officially out
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
wtf??

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[Galaxy S II General] DrakeSlayer:
not at all .. only the vibration intensity is missing
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Sorry i can't resist :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] simonprr:
I don't think ICS is a failure, but the rollout of it has been nothing short of complete rubbish imo!

However, had ICS for a couple of weeks now and getting a bit annoyed with the bad battery life and constant disconnecting/connecting from my wifi... time to find a fix!

All these builds, numbers and letters are very confusing!
[Galaxy S II General] Venekor:
So far it seems no different as it has the Kies UI on it. It's just slower and more buggy than GB so I've gone back and my friend reports the same experience. Just such a let down, massive hype for nothing, it hasn't even added any features I've noticed other than restart.
[Galaxy S II General] MistahBungle:
You know what is full of #fail ? This thread. Why certain groups of people on here (and it is certain groups of people mostly) make these threads is beyond me. An absolute waste of forum resources.

You don't like ICS ? Don't use it. Pretty novel idea eh ? Bit too obvious for half the people who visit here tho.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
You don't like this thread? Don't read it, should be obvious
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
iam using foxhound latest ics release and i performed a full wipe , wiped my sd card , wiped my internal sd card so everything was factory fresh with no gingerbread files laying around and everything is running great

i didnt even use titatium backup to restore i literally set the phone up from fresh by letting google download my apps and restore my contacts

i dont have wifi issues , i dont have battery issues , i dont have lags , i dont get wakelocks , all apps are behaving well infact iam very very happy with everything

lets not forget gingerbread was 2.3.6 firmware anyone updating to a 4.0.3 or higher firmware who has any gingerbread files laying around on their device is liable to some kind of conflict/bug/error in my opinion

its a massive update so make sure you update with a fresh clean base for it and then dont restore any 2.3.6 files by titanium either just to be sure

i also recomend foxhound latest rom he's done an awesome job with it , it looks great , performs great and my phone loves it
[Galaxy S II General] Shujitzu:
I tried ics three times now for a week each time but I always ended up going back to GB.

The biggest reason for me to go back to gb is the lag i get from it. Second is switching between apps. Gb is easier with just icons rather than scrolling up and down.

My opinion there is no big advantages yet on using it as a daily rom. At the moment GB roms runs better and eveything i need to do runs smoothly.
[Galaxy S II General] aquariuzism:
GB FTW

I've been into many ICS ROMs as well. But sadly, always ended up also at GB ROM. Main reason? Video playback. Like watching avi movies and more. ICS can't stand it. Though it has a "wow" factor when it comes to UI, but come on guys, it is really laggy compared to GB. Nothing, just sharing you my experience.

So if you are reading this because you're looking for a reason to try ICS, go on but if you're a SGS2 heavy user and you like watching HD movies, and worst, you're used to the smoothness of your phone, you will just waste your time and eventually go back to GB.

Gonna wait until someone turn the game for ICS. :(
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
LP7 and custom roms are now OK for testing .

I would not recommend ICS yet to those that dont have a clue or just must have ICS .

At a visible level Samsung ICS changes little though their may be more under the bonnet .

Its a bit like the May 2011 GB firmware that improved with later releases .

LT4 should be a good version .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] sleeping_sun7:
ICS is great. Fast, stable and it looks nice.
[Galaxy S II General] simonprr:
On the most part, I suppose it is... but far from 100% bug free!
[Galaxy S II General] Josuhu:
Hey,

Stock ICS sucks. Use modded ICS for root phones ?

- Foxhound PsychoMantis and Resurrection Remix are great ROMS!
[Galaxy S II General] simonprr:
Whats good about them? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] aRc.:
I wouldn't call it a failure, but it's still got teething problems. Like how stock ICS looks much better that Samsung's. I'm happy on Gingerbread so I'll stay here until a full final build is released.
[Galaxy S II General] infinity-netchip:
Samsung ICS is a failure for me. It's laggy, and hangs sometimes.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
the devs have worked hard to iron out any bugs and issues

i can vouch for foxhound roms latest ics build

#stable and fast

#themed like ics

#nice colection of mods like call recording / nice call screen / 15 toggle mod etc

#nice team and good support

#ota update app built into rom for mods and updates

#good battery life

#siyah callobrated with raffe to maximise siyah kernel for the rom

#nice new foxhound power option built into settings for overclock etc

+loads more

installed on a freshly formatted sgs2 and memory cards the rom is awesome
[Galaxy S II General] simonprr:
Sounds great, where can I get it and see some screenshots ?
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
Try slim ics rom :D And believe you me, this rom will be your daily driver. At first, I thought "Meh, another ics rom...the scrolling is probably all screwed up". But for some reason I installed anyway. Then the moment I scrolled through a list, I couldn't help but think "WOW! This is really gingerbread alike!" And from that day on I have been thoroughly enjoying the features of this wonderful rom.

Have a nice day!
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1162715

dont forget if you make a nandroid back up you can have your old setup back in then minutes

also id wipe data , cache , dalvik cache , system before install :-)
[HTC Sensation] Ryanfmalta:
hi everyone and well done to the developers for all your work,

this my first post and my first android device , here's my situation!

i got tired off wating for offical ics update and tried to do something my self

my device is htc sensation Z710e soft 1.52.720.3 hboot 1.80.0000 gb 2.3.4 baseband ,baseband 10.56.9035.00u_10.14.9035.01_M cid was HTC__038 mid PG 5813000

i found a tread but couldn't understand it completely so was hoping for some direct advise,this is what if done so far

cid changed to HTC__001,tried revolutionary but says failed to get root :(

i read that i had to downgrade in order to get s off ,so i used htcdev to unlock now hboot says

"""unlocked"""

pyramid PVT ship S-ON RL

HBOOT -1.18.0000

eMMC-BOOT

auy 2 2011,22:35:52

i have managed to install clockworkmod 5.0.2.0 trough adb even if the top just says unlocked in hboot if i press recovery it load clockworkmod recovery but if i load app rom manager from market it doesn't detect clockworkmod ,if i try to install it from there it fails

sorry for the long post but im not sure what to do next ,cause i really dont wish to brick my phone

thanks to everyone in advance :)
[HTC Sensation] imblfmstr:
Use taccoroot.bin to get temp root access and then run revolutionary, u will be able to get S-off

Also dont flash the European version as it is the most buggy ICS update, my friend Krazy_abt_technology who is a recognized developer has also recommended to stay away from European update.

Just getting S-off with everything stock is fine at this time, wait for Indian ICS

....A friendly suggestion
[HTC Sensation] Ryanfmalta:
So with the htcdev unlock i still cant flash anything since im still s on?

Any easy instructions out there to use tacoroot pls?
[HTC Sensation] fuel3100:
what other european version???
[HTC Sensation] imblfmstr:
steps to s-off with taccoroot

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23482010&postcount=29

after this you can use revolutionary
[HTC Sensation] Ryanfmalta:
thanks i will try when i get back home from work
[HTC Sensation] Ryanfmalta:
im stuck at this point

c:\Android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.bin --root

/sbin/sh: /data/local/tacoroot.bin: not found

is it because i have clockworkmod instead of stock recovery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] psychorocker23:
I'm in Japan and netflix is not available in the Market yet I have found installing the American APK's for files like this (Aka Google Music) has lead me to be able to use them. If someone could happen to post a working mirror to this APK I would be much obliged. I'm having a hard time finding anything recent or still active.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
Here you go http://db.tt/XTrtgaOt
[HTC One X] faddys123:
Hi,

For people who have the phone, does the beats enhancer work and does it make the sound different without using the enhancer.

I am running sense 4 light on my desire a and I went into the equaliser and it told me which headphones I was using, presumably I chose studio or solo would the original buttons on the headphones work? The volume up and down?
[HTC One X] H-Cim:
Yes the Beats Audio enchancer really makes the sound "richer". Beats become louder and the voices crisper. I'd say it really makes a difference especially if you have some high quality headset (Sennheiser, etc).
[HTC One X] faddys123:
Thanks for the reply, not sure if you have beats but if you do, do the buttons on it work the volume up and down?
[HTC One X] H-Cim:
Don't have the beats ears, so I can't really help you on that one.

Althou considering HTC has 51 % stock in BeatsbyDre I'm pretty sure every button works fine with HTC :) . (Can't confirm it thou)
[HTC One X] joshoon:
I use the Beats by Dr. Dre Studios with my phone.

I must say, when I play music with the HTC Music Player, it quite sucks.

I mean, it sounds pretty well, but I miss the bass.

So I've been using PowerAMP.

Great music player, and it has a bass button, which makes the bass awesome.

Sadly the HTC One X can't handle that very easily, because when I have the bass pretty high, and the volume pretty high too, it starts pushing away the high tones with kicks (Like in hardstyle music).

I didn't had this problem with my HD2.

I also had this problem a little bit with the Samsung Galaxy Note, and had it very much with the HTC ChaCha.

It could be a hardware problem, the quality of the sound module/soundcard (Or how is it called?)

But yea, in my conclusion...

It's all about personal opinions.

The HTC Music Player does not give me the bass I really want to hear from my Beats Studios.
[HTC One X] andy1969:
I got my one x from Vodafone and it came with ur beats headphones I must say the sound quality is very nice crisp and clear

I don't no why people would use anything else to play music for me the beats audio is so nice to listen to I wouldn't use anything else.
[HTC One X] celicajames:
Audio is all down to personal preference, I personally don't like the sound from beats headphones compared to my shure 535's. I done a test today, same song on the one x, my Sony Walkman and the wife's iPod, all set to the best sound I could get out of them at the same volume. The Sony Walkman was by far the best, much more bass than the other 2, very little difference between 2ND and 3rd but one x just wins.

Saying that I love the one x thoroughly!
[HTC One X] danw87:
my one x came with beats ear phones (urbeats) and i think they are amazing and the beats enhancer with the head phones is a big improvement over the normal equalizers but the beats speaker on the phone is abit of a let down shame really but loving the ear phones.
[HTC One S] BlazinFire:
Okay, I'm planning on ordering the HOS from Clove UK, but unlike all the other sites, there happens to be only one listing for it.

I want the Black MAO one, the pictures on the site show a black model but I'm still a little paranoid about it.

Anybody else that ordered from Clove? Which one did you get?
[HTC One S] Stiflerlv:
Just contact them (call/mail) to confirm its black. If its not - tell them go get one :D
[HTC One S] kenyw:
I bought my One S from Clove. I emailed them before buying it to confirm the colour, and that the black one is the MAO finish (got confused by some of the previews I had been reading). They were quite helpful, and were very responsive over Twitter :)
[HTC One S] BlazinFire:
So, just to be totally clear, Clove has the black MAO? I havent received a reply from them and my patience is running thin. :o

I can't wait to get it now. I had such a hard time deciding between X or S it almost drove me to an existential crisis.
[HTC One X] marvi0:
Hello all, anyone purchased there one x from Car phone warehouse please? And did you get beats headphones cause I didn't and planning to go make a complaint. I
[HTC One X] hopscotchjunkie:
Yes I did, and no there were no beats headphones. Although there was never any mention on their website that beats headphones would be included so I wasn't expecting any. You might have a case if you were told by someone at CPW that you'd definitely be getting them, but I wouldn't hold your breath otherwise.
[HTC One X] Dunc001:
Yep, no beats phones with Expansys orders either (but we do get £20 worth of Krussell screen protector - definitely better than beats headphones when the phone comes with a Gorilla Glass 2 screen... NOT :mad:)
[HTC One X] kanoku:
Here in Belgium the phones don't get beats headphones either,

just the standard HTC ones where included with mine.
[HTC One X] marvi0:
Cheers guys, at least I managed to get a free nokia blueetooth headset.
[HTC One X] CelticLo:
HTC are not supplying Beats headphones anymore, there was rumours of a HTC ONE XL package that came with Beats a few weeks back but the One X does not come with Beats.

I did plug my Chinese knock off Beats Studio headphones into my HTC One X and the Beats icon appeared and I could turn Beats on and off though, so the software is present as stated on the boot screen and on the back cover.
[HTC One X] 7pellc:
I work for Carphone Warehouse (Well, Geek Squad) but I can confirm that the beat's headphones aren't shipped with the devices. No one's taken them don't worry. :)
[HTC One X] Steve_God:
Not in the box for mine from O2. Only place I saw it mentioned was on the HTC site, so can only assume they were for those ordering direct from them.
[HTC One X] BeeDubz:OneX:
You only got the beats headfones if you pre ordered the fone
[HTC One X] danw87:
i thought it was only vodafone doing the one x with beats headphones but now im not so sure as i did pre order mine with vodafone. did any 1 else get the beats headphones on pre order but not from vodafone?
[HTC One X] lawrence750:
i didn't pre order mine (through vodafone), but ordered through the webteam (as i couldn't upgrade my contract via the normal route) but im told the beats headphones should come with it (afaik only because it's the first 10000 orders that get them anyways) , getting it today can't wait!

UPDATE:

The Beats headphones came in the retail packaging, separate from the phone (all was put into a vodafone box) - I still got the standard HTC headphones included within the HTC packaging.
[HTC One X] MancUK:
I got mine as an upgrade from T-Mobile in store & didn't get any added extra's. A girl I work with ordered the One S from retention's at Vodafone & received it this morning with URBeats in the box. I know they were giving them to the first 10k orders for the one X but they must have extended it to the S too. It wasn't a pre-order either. I think they are the left overs from the Sensations as I swapped my old Desire with a friend who bought the Sensation a couple of months ago but had it stolen from her bag, no insurance & an 18 month contract with 17 months left to run (ouch). So she's now got my Desire & I've got her URBeats (the exact same ones that arrived with the One S) that were still boxed & £40 (which I didn't ask for) on top, which was nice.

Manc.
[HTC One X] redesignni:
I got my handset from a Three Store and only got standard HTC white headphones as well...
[HTC One X] Havoc2k:
30 min ago i reveived my one x..... WITH Monster urBeats headset. But it seams just vodafone delivers them with the one s and one x phones.

the box of the headset is bigger then the htc one..

later i will them a try and sell them oder sell my old in ear headset ;)
[HTC One X] Reckless187:
Here's mine!
[HTC One X] Havoc2k:
yes, same then mine ;) just i got the grey one x. I dont trust the white to stay white with my usage of the phone ;)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fekish:
Hello,

For about month now i cannot see any HD videos.

Anyone else has this problems? Is there a workaround?

Thanks!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android311:
nookcolor dosent support hd
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgaf:
You need to use an earlier version of youtube, AFAIK the last working version with HQ is 2.1.6
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GMPOWER:
You did not mention if you were running stock with MN or a custom ROM. If you are running stock with MN, you can go into NookColor Tools-->All Settings-->Manage Applications-->All-->YouTube-->Uninstall Updates to get back to version 2.1.6. You can then just go into Google Play, and uncheck the auto update box for YouTube.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] xecessed:
Can any of the Developer port gesture lock of Cm7 for other Rom please.:o
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impkt13:
Why? Only use defybootstrap recover can mount sdcard.other cm7 bootmenu can't mount sdcard.if my sdcard have som .problems,or some other reasons, plz.help.me
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impkt13:
who can help me,why my phone cant mount sdcard, bootmeun cannot mount sdcard
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impkt13:
why no one can help me
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] saleelsalam:
yesterday i saw my friends galaxy note.i was shocked to see the talk app in his phone having voice and video chatting.why the hell our phone is having only chat option?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tijuanacartel:
Today my dz developed a dead zone in the center of the screen. It's in quite an annoying place - across the top set of numbers on the dialer/unlock pad :(

Since I flashed Andromadus b2 yesterday with Supercharge, i quickly flashed back to cm7 to see if it was a weird ROM issue. No dice.

So, I've already ordered a replacement digitiser. Has anyone done the digitiser replacement repair and lived to tell the tale? What do I need to be careful of?

From this video it looks fairly straight forward, aside from all the mucking around with ribbon cables.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
it is very straight forward. granted ive taken apart lots of phones so this isnt to foreign to me. but im under the impression that most people can handle this, its not the most complicated phone out there. i have one of those fake iphones that i got just to use dual sim cards (theyre garbage but besides the point) that phone to replace digitizer you need to solder the connections.

the only issue i had is using a hair dryer to heat the glue, ive used a heat gun before (on that fake iphone) and melted the screen! so use lower heat ie a hairdryer and just know you need to get it quite warm. good luck!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l337m45732:
It isn't hard to replace. I have replaced mine and one other. The only advice I have for you is to take your time because it's a long process. And make sure you glue the screen down very well at the end because you don't want dust to get under it. Good luck!