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[HTC One X] Arthur Hucksake:
For those that had the Sensation, do you recall the heat and battery problems we had on launch and can you remember how long it took them to resolve?

Wasn't it the first update that came pretty quickly?
[HTC One X] bobsie41:
I never had the battery problems on my sensation but I didn't own one right from the beginning.

Regarding the heat, this varied from non-existent to bad depending on the Rom. Therefor, on the sensation, a software problem :). However, I don't have any heating issues on my one x.
[HTC One X] Basil3:
This has better battery life than my sensation did when I got it. I was struggling to get three hours screen on time with my sensation before I got an Anker battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psood21:
Just ordered Pu Leather Design Hard Back One Piece Cover Case For Samsung Galaxy Nexus for my white Galaxy. I ordered the Orange,yellow and black color. Been looking for a leather back case and was not able to find any. Hopefully, some of you might like them too.

They are coming cheap, so can't vouch for the quality atm, will try to do a review once i receive them.

ebay.com/itm/400279111234?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

add www in front of the URL above to go to the ebay listing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strongergravity:
They have them on Amazon & they are not getting very good reviews. The cut-out holes are off-center and rough seems to be the leading issues. They are around $4 there, too.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shallumabijah:
hi to every one i would like to ask before i unlock my bootloader and rooting stuff. im presently on stock rom right now with firmware 2.3.4 baseband ver. -64 and build number .62. i alredy browse threads and guides about this but unfortunately i was not able to find answer.

ok my question is this.

1. will it be possible for me to install custom rom if im just going to unlock my bootloader but not rooted?

2. there are topics about easy rooting on gen. discussion .i just like to ask,is it possible to disregard downgrading process from .62 to .42 if the bootloader is unlocked for the rooting process. since i dont want to downgrade.there has been issues of bricking the phone if your going to downgrade and update afterwards via ota.

3. can anyone give me updated guide for unlocking bootloader and rooting based on my current firmware.

Thanks in advance.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch3mn3y:
Yes, custom roms are usually (always?) prerooted, so it gives u root permissions. Bootloader is needed to flash custom kernel.

If the bootloader is unlocked ur phone gets bricked after update. However u can downgrade with locked bootloader, next root and than update. If u want lock bootloader use file attached (unpack rar archive and flash ftf using flashtool).

On the other hand u can install CWM and use RootXperia.zip (attached) to root.

Bootloader:

Unlocking

Root:

1. 2.3.3 - use SuperOneClick Method (maybe work with 2.3.4 i dont use it) or RootXperia.zip or custom Kernel/Rom

2. 2.3.4 - use RootXperia.zip or Custom Kernel/Rom
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shallumabijah:
chemney thanks for the reply..strange i cant find the thanks button using my arc. im going to use my compiuter later.

my arc is 2 days old. so im thinking if im going to unlock and root my phone or not..haha.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Unlock it ;)

You won't regret it
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shallumabijah:
@flo95

im really planning to do that.but before proceeding i would like to ask if it is compulsary to downgrade to .42 to gain root access cuz my im on .62 right now.

what do you think should i do first unlock bootloader or the rooting process.?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shallumabijah:
actually i already tried to unlock my boot loader but in typing imei process the instruction wanted me type 14 digits but upon seing my phones imei it has 15 digits. haha
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch3mn3y:
@shallumabijah

next time read instructions it better :D

first what i did when i began to want root my phone was unlocking bootloader and than flashing DooMKernel which is prerooted and i didnt need to do it myself (also i got OverClocking, UnderVolting and some other things which i hadnt with stock kernel)

no problem. in xda app if u touch post for the moment u got menu. slide it and there is bouquet of flower with "thanks" (i think cause i have polish version)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shallumabijah:
ive been reading topics about this but up to now my confidence is not that hi to proceed. im on htc desire s before which is rooted. i think im going read more before proceeding..im new to arc society.hehe.thanks again.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] azadtaufiq:
hye forum..sory for opening new thread..actually i did found a thread teaching how to make theme unfortunately the link in the tutorial has expired..so here,i wanna ask for theme cooker,could u please make an easy, i mean very easy tutorial how to make a theme? thanks in advance.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Michealtbh:
Just use the Ultimate Online Theme Kitchen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] yokozuna82:
so is the pixelation on a video with lots of blacks fixed on ICS or is it truly a hardware issue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] juzz86:
It's noticeably better. This and the 'crush' issue still exist to a degree, but they are not as pronounced as they were on GB for me personally :) It seems to be a case-by-case thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jjc5891:
There is a whole thread on this. They masked the problem with the blacks by adjusting the contrast so the problem is now with the grays
[HTC Sensation] suleman azam:
Hello. i bought the htc sensation in october. It has been working fine...until yesterday the wierdest thing happened the screen started showing tv static on the whole screen. It disappeared after 5 seconds. I noticed it came when i put the mobile in my pocket. It behaved like this several times. I then did a factory reset to try and resolve problem but now situation has worsened it only shoes tv static and nothing else. I have tried charging it rebooting it. I am sending it back as i have a brightex warranty card. I am really worried i have android 2.3.3.4 updated automatically .
[HTC Sensation] pingve:
Same

Any update? Did you solve it? Anyone else has the same issue? I have the same tv noise, even changed the lcd screen and its the same.
[HTC Sensation] aburyan1:
I have the same issue...
[HTC Sensation] troublein420:
Same Issue

Same issue here, i have seen a few threads about it, but no answers. Mine didnt "just happen" though. I had cracked the digitizer and decided to have it replaced. I had read that doing the digitizer seperate was causing people issues so i bought a preassembled digitizer/lcd. The LCD was working fine before i installed the new one. When i booted it up with the new one, there was static on the screen. I tried disassembly/ reassembly and still static. I plugged the origional screen in and still static. I have no idea what to do here, any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] agdroubi:
I just want to share my opinion based on some reading.

Till now Samsung was not able to release bug free ICS ROM, despite the 6 months of working.

Also, I am noticing several complaints in both forums the nexus s and galaxy nexus.

ICS has proved to be slow compared to gingerbread, also it seems to be more battery consuming.

For now I am sticking to GB, maybe we should wait till Google releases the 4.0.4 update, even though I am not so positive.

Google its your job now.

So what do you think??:D
[Galaxy S II General] Neo.:
Dude!! HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING UNDER ROCKS?

4.0.4 has already been released and ics Is contrary to all the points you brought out
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
Samsung's ICS is bug free, but it is slower than GB and consumes more battery (as you said)... That is why I am using GB...
[Galaxy S II General] agdroubi:
4.0.4 was released only for nexus s and galaxy nexus, still there are plenty of bugs to be cured. BTW, have you read about connection problems in galaxy nexus due to the 4.0.4 update.
[Galaxy S II General] dingdin:
no, ICS is not a failure. :)

try it yourself and you'll get what i mean.

You are judging and making conclusions based on the complaints by the minorities, and that just doesn't make sense to me...

Look at the majority who are willing to try out the awesomeness of ICS custom roms, look at the number of views of ICS rom threads in this forum, look at the positive, encouraging comments people write to the devs. All these combined should carry some gravitas, right?

Oh yeah, btw, 4.0.4 is already out, take a look at cyanogen 9. It's just that Samsung is not currently implementing this update into the stock roms.
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
Unfortunately Samsung implementation of ics is an epic failure. Slow and horrible. But that's Samsung and its pretty early days (3months!?)

Plenty of custom ics roms (cm9 specifically) that prove what ics can do when freed from touchwiz Samsung tweaked rubbish.

4.04 been out a while. Try a custom rom you won't go back :)
[Galaxy S II General] agdroubi:
Don't forget that we payed $700 for Samsung, Samsung is the one responsible for giving us updates. Also, xda devs are only willing to improve and make our experience richer.
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
CM9 is awesome, for me it is 100% stable and for daily use, BUT the battery life is killing me...
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Hm! Don't know what is going on with your device but here it's nowhere near slow, and battery? Well it consumes same amount as in GB, no way more.

This ICS and impleneted HW acceleration and other stuffs kept me to stick with Android for little while longer actually, just when i was thinking about switching back to iOS it came and successfully purchased me, for some time the least.

And Samsung had put/implemented ICS exactly the way they wanted to be. Some few peoples opinion and nagging won't care them the bit, nor they should be bothered about it.

Besides, what's the point of this thread :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] pahardie:
Not getting terrible battery life here. Its same as stock really. Try siyah see if that helps you out or do a full wipe etc etc

To the op

Samsungs ics roms are late and hide most benefits of ics which is why I dislike them
[Galaxy S II General] Dark Emotion:
And screen-on time is...?

P.S. I didn't say that CM9 (or any other ICS) has terrible battery life, I just said that it is not as good as GB... And I always do a full wipe when flashing ROMs
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
For the image above

Yesterday
[Galaxy S II General] VirtualNob:
I love ICS, run now on LUX LP4 and loving it.

Always do a full wipe and you have no problems

ICS is absolutely no failure in my opinion
[Galaxy S II General] PacManZ86:
I have installed CM9 + siyah 3.0

I have very good battery life (yeah sligtly less then gb, but i think the cause is that everithing is beta) but i have increased 10 times the responsiveness of my phone.. Everithing is better with ics..

ICS definitely no failure :)
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
I don't share the views on speed or battery life - in my view there is little tangible difference on my SGS2 - if anything I would say speed is a little better. Battery life depends on so many variables that it's almost impossible to be objective.

In terms of the update itself, it is definitely an improvement but still also a slight disappointment. In evolutionary terms we have crawled out of the primordial soup and lost the fins but we are still grooming each other looking for scurf and wondering where the smell comes from when we poke our fingers up our bottoms. The quest for fire remains a distant dream...

I can't vote in the poll therefore because there needs to be a middle option.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
ICS is not a failure, actually it is a good path for android to travel. What let us down is the distribution method chosen by the oem and even by google itself. The purpose of bringing ics is not even satisfied by all the smartphones which got ics updates.
[Galaxy S II General] Red_Vex:
ICS is good.

Implementation of samsung/sony/htc is not good.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
My $0.02, based on testing, and total indifference to "oo-Samsung-sux-lolz-I-demand-newest-FW-yesterday-Samsung-owes-me-I-paid-so-much-CM9-rox".

Failure? No. But not cool, awesome, rocking nor deserving of some of the fanboy praise posted here, in my opinion.

I've tried many, many stock and custom ICS, AOKP and CM9, every kernel and every combination (36 flashes since 30th March, to be precise). Not a single combination has been smoother or qucker than my daily driver or my next two preferences - krinyo's SlimROM, rohit's GB MIUI and Insanity build 57.

Battery life isn't a dealbreaker for me, lag is. I don't have bloatware, don't use mail, am not on Twitter or Facebook, haven't had TW launcher on my phone for 9 months. Even stripped down like this, my GB-based ROMs outperform everything else. And they're a hell of a lot more stable too.

As always, each to their own. But I haven't found any reason to leave GB after all this testing. Certainly no problem in refuting the "once you've tried 4.0.4 you'll never go back" spiel, which is lazy generalization based on nothing.

Unlike many, I wasn't wetting myself in anticipation of ICS, hence haven't needed to change my pants.

And the "poll" is ridiculous, pointless and useless, and not even a poll - there is middle ground.
[Galaxy S II General] kobellza:
WooW, that is not bad at all mate, for me i've never get over 3 hours screen on time before

i might test cm9 out :D

can i also ask what kernel are u using?
[Galaxy S II General] craizzz:
:):):):):):):) Foxhound PsychoMantis :):):):):):):)

---------- Post added at 08:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 PM ----------

After using Checkrom I can say testing many ICS roms Foxhound PsychoMantis is almost at the same level/performance.
[Galaxy S II General] AIstudio:
Bit undecided about ICS

Well i took the plunge and updated to ICS. Has been very laggy for me and a LOT of my apps dont work anymore, even though they are fully uptodate???

Like the look and some of the new features though :D

Worth a try if you havent installed it yet.
[Galaxy S II General] nemisi:
I find that some apps dont auto kill in ics which drains battery,especially the browser
[Galaxy S II General] z3r0n3:
ICS is not fail, ICS is a trully winner. Samsung is fail bringing a bugged ICS with a bugged kernel.

It's good that we have people like codeworkx, XplodWild and Entropy512 bringing a true ICS experience with CM9. Yeah, it have its issues but it's a alpha version and most of them are caused thanks to Samsung crappy kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] theknightrider:
ICS has brought a lot of much needed functionality (like data monitoring), but it still feels half baked. But, i like Samsung's approach to the ICS update for the Galaxy S2..There is absolutely no learning curve for gingerbread users. I like tinkering with my phone, but for less experienced people this update feels completely at home.

We can only hope Jelly Bean (or whatever it is going to be named) will be a more finished product.
[Galaxy S II General] blackaholic:
I use ICS for two weeks and I think it is nice.

IMO, ICS faster and good-looking than GB. :D
[Galaxy S II General] shadowblade330:
I came into the SG2 using ICS, I tried GB for a bit, I liked its stability. But I came back to ICS even though theres some bugs here and there but it was still nice. I don't feel any fail from it.
[Galaxy S II General] Krits88:
I finally got on to ICS. Came over from checkrom to hydrogen. Yes the battery isn't as good, but its still usable. And it is so fast. Much faster than GB, but this is from on hand experience and no benchmarks.

I was going to try cm9 but I'm so happy with hydrogen. I don't feel like changing.
[Galaxy S II General] adirc:
I think ICS is great, still not as gb, but its on the right way, and not left so much till ICS will be goos as gb.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
I'm not experiencing worse battery life but I am using hydrogen and the cpu is over clocked and under voted. But I get around 4 times the battery life for the same usage on my HTC Titan with an equal size battery. And it is as smooth to work with. Although not as much fun ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] sam razzy:
I don't think ICS us a failure on galaxy s II
[Galaxy S II General] vimpircik:
i think ICS is a big performance step for Android but ineed little bit improvement about battery drain and touchscreen.

Touchscreen doesn't response as well as GB because it is still sticky.

And of course battery drains worse then GB.
[Galaxy S II General] kim9988:
I think ICS is not a failure, i love it. It depends on your usage, i love the UI looks much nicer than GB, and the battery life between ICS and GB just the same for me.
[Galaxy S II General] erwinpiero:
nope, it's part of how Google innovations, contribution for life of it's own brilliant OS, without innovations it'll die
[Galaxy S II General] hits109:
I dont think ICS is a failure..there are certain things i do miss since GB tho.. like battery life.. hopefully it can improve with updates!

I do like the looks of it.
[Galaxy S II General] kojoti75:
Wait until developers do their magic...
[Galaxy S II General] regreading:
ICS is just beautiful compared to the UI on GB in my opinion. ICS custom roms seem a lot smoother without as many soft reboots, or that's how it seems to me.
[Galaxy S II General] tayandroid:
Wait for 4.0.4 if you can

I think there have been a few complaints. In addition, it seems to spend battery more, proven yet?
[Galaxy S II General] bazmangr:
I have tried a lot of stock roms of ICS (always Factory Reset) and changed back to GB a couple of times. The best one I used was the O2 UK one. Finally I decide that ICS is not for me.

3 things are importand for me. Will and all of them, I have problem with ICS.

The only way to try install ICS again, will be only if all the following problems fixed.

1.RSAP is not supported on ICS. RSAP is supported on GB

2.Battery keeps only 16 hours, to maximum 20 hours in ICS. Battery on GB keeps 32 hours, to maximum 50 Hours. (BT, WiFi, GPRS, exchange sync always on )

3.Exchange for emails stack 4-5 times a week and needs phone restart. I have to check all the time is I am receiving emails or not. Exchange for emails in GP keep going for months.

I am not using any apps, games etc, not importand for me.
[Galaxy S II General] clonski:
I think ICS was actually quite a big step for Google. I needed to merge Gingerbread and Honeycomb and work on different format devices (including those that don't exist as yet) while performing better and looking more grown up. Not an easy thing to achieve. I think they've done pretty well.
[Galaxy S II General] kurtis1:
ics isnt a failure, but it would be nice if it had improved battery life over GB.
[Galaxy S II General] franki_667:
I don't think ICS is a failure, however its a shame that most of us are using really high end devices with beautiful screens, but our icons and widgets arent optimised accordingly... just low res and really makes the app draw and home screens look old
[Galaxy S II General] kamz999:
I Agree

I agree that ics is a failure not because of Google though...

because the phone manufacturers that took so long to roll it out...
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
Well, it could mean that Google had to do some necessary changes that makes it hard to switch to ICS, but will make future changes a lot quicker and easier. But I'm just speculating. Let's see what the future brings.
[Galaxy S II General] topxshelfxtre:
I've had Android since day one. Don't blame multiple manufacturer for ics failure my razor is amazing with ICS its beautiful and no worse then my 2.3.6 GB on battery. Overall Motorola I feel will do great once they release it they have almost removed all of motoblur since Google purchased them. Also give it time ics is very new
[Galaxy S II General] Fulgore.:
To remove google maps or other system apps just use Titanium Backup to uninstall them (create a backup of things you arent sure that can be deleted without affecting other apps).

Back to the topic, XL8 custom roms are out and everything is stable and smoother than GB. People who are complaining of having stabillity issues are doing something wrong, too many users report about great results (in threads of their respective rom).
[Galaxy S II General] aero125:
My overall feel with ics is much better than gb. The unavoidable buggy experiences on the phone are due to the instabilty of the fw at this stage. As of now with my user experience on Omega V10 on xwlp7, the feel is both smooth and fast, much better than what I thought was already superd then when my s2 was on CR v6.
[Galaxy S II General] achinchawla:
Have installed the Sensation ROM for ICS. Hope it works fine. Though I got a record high score of 4100+ on quadrant using Sensation ROM, which was earlier 3300 on GB and 3900 on Resurrection Pro v1.2. Thanks mate!
[Galaxy S II General] Testraindrop:
ICS is 100% not a failure! (Using 4.0.4 AOSP)

However Samsungs ICS/Gingerbreaded Touchwiz is a failure without a doubt -.-
[Galaxy S II General] SaltSpork:
There are device specific issues to be resolved, but as a base OS it's supreme.
[Galaxy S II General] vee4410:
ICS is definately not a failure. The difference in battery usage makes a big difference compared to GB. With AOKP i see have well over 2 days usage with my s2.:)
[Galaxy S II General] enchanterloafer:
its great.

ICS IS ROCKING... i dont feel any thing slow its great.
[Galaxy S II General] mckr32:
ICS is awesome and a welcome upgrade for me

Its what gets added by the likes of samsung and the mobile provider that can have the negative effect imo
[Galaxy S II General] soulzero:
This thread might have been true when it had just been created, but right at this moment ICS is a lot better in ALL terms. Faster, stabler, and better battery life.
[Galaxy S II General] nsmart:
For me ICS brings improvements in user experience and user interface is better structured as in gingerbread.
[Galaxy S II General] gambit333:
Don't know how you could call ICS a failure. it has so many thing going for it. it's fast, it looks good, its feature rich, it lays the platform for upcoming versions (jellybean, etc)... Also, it is only coz of the success of ICS that manufacturers like Samsung are even thinking of having dual boot phones -- one with their own overlay (samsung touchwiz, htc sense, etc) and one just the standard google ics. you would not have this talk if ics was a failure.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I dont like the Samsung Stock ICS ROM but i do like CM9
[Galaxy S II General] koolshubh:
But why ram usage is too high in ICS?
[Galaxy S II General] Amritttt:
Dont like ics browser GB browser was amazing it was i hope so someone ports it. Though its a step down but samsung GB browser was really good.
[Galaxy S II General] karolain:
For me ICS brings improvements in user experience

Very,very fast build!!

I' love google:D
[Galaxy S II General] siedus:
Depends from which point of view you're looking at it. From the consumers point if view I feel Samsung failed big time when they released ICS with Touchwiz 4.0. It looks very similar to GB.

But from Samsung's point of view, probably its a well thought through selling and marketing strategy. Rolling out a long awaited (and eventually very disappointing) new firmware on a fantastic phone like the Sgs2 gets everybody talking and complaining. But as the SGS3 (with Touchwiz 5.0) is on its way, everybody is talking, yet again, about a new, even more fantastic Sgs device.

With ics 4.0 and the improved Touchwiz 5.

Personally, ics 4.0(AOSP, like the Galaxy Nexus) looks clean and very slick.

Ics with TW4 clearly isn't! So Samsung 'failed" a bit for me, and that's probaly the same for a lot of others.
[Galaxy S II General] tataenozec:
ICS -> ROCKS!

Batery...great...with stock or custom rom..always about 2 days...with alot calls, internet etc...