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[Galaxy S II General] LG_FUAD334:
Hi guys I'm new here so I don't know how this type of off topic discussion works here. So excuse me if I'm off.

A friend of mine actually was thinking of buying a new android phone under $500 which had a lot of custom ROM options. Anyways I am not sure whether this is worth mentioning but I obviously suggested galaxy nexus, for at least from what I've heard its a cheap phone for really decent specs. Later I realized that it was actually above $600?! Is it really that much? Even my phone was cheaper than that.

So I was wondering just for the heck of it really since this is an Off topic thread whether it'd be okay to ask you guys how much does the galaxy nexus cost at your place? I've tried googling it but the information I get is not really reliable to be honest. I'm not very good at gathering information about phones really.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I had it in 5 months then got the screen replaced and I had it again in 2 months
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Galaxy Nexus is selling here for 360-380$

You're scaring the hell out of me :P :( My S2 is 8 months old and yet to face any screen burn in problems. Should I be worried or just sell mine and get phone which doesnt use AMOELD Screen?

I'm sure a screen replacement would cost me atleast 5-6K if I'm not wrong once my warranty runs out.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
It isn't noticeable at all. You can see it only when you open market at landscape mode
[Galaxy S II General] SyapitWahab:
Mine is almost 2 years but the screen is ok and working fine for now but the side of the phone on the silver coat around the phone got scratch in look ugly..hoho
[Galaxy S II General] Vazduh:
I use screen burn-in tool app from play store and use it for 4 hours/day, weekly. Does a good job on my 2 year old sgs2. U can spot the burn-in effect especially under blue collor.
[Galaxy S II General] Shortyred:
I'm thinking of getting a black galaxy s2, upgrading from a droid incredible. I was reading about a issue of getting hot? And the speaker being really cheap sounding. Any truth to this? Hows your battery?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
I upgraded from a Desire S. My S2 in heavy use on the stock battery does get hotter. I bought a Anker battery, and this heating effect is reduced.

Speaker for me is louder than my DS ever was, however it lacks depth and bass the DS had.

Battery life is much better for me than my S2, even on the stock battery, before my replacement.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
When ICS was first out for S2, how was battery life?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
It initially was kinda pathetic but it improved later with 4.0.3 roms and got even better with recent 4.0.4 ICS roms.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Ah, I see. Reading loads of comments on the Spain JB, battery life seems to be bad, however for me, its fantasic!!!

No media scanner bug, battery is much better than on ICS!
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
It's ID10T error which is causing those battery issues and what not.

Also Battery life will improve even more with future ROM updates and kernel source drops
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Here's my battery life today on LS8 ROM.

I had wifi on all the time with Auto brightness and this is pretty good.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Can someone tell me whats live wallpaper running on that fake Note 2 clone phone in the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVX3Dc4PAI
[Galaxy S II General] The Zel:
I'm interested in this samsung galaxy s2, do you suggest me to buy it? Isn't it a bit old?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
What is your budget?

If it is all you can afford, yes, it is great.

The device may be old, but the unit is till very powerful comoared to other models out today.
[Galaxy S II General] Eclipse_Droid:
It's worth remembering that your looking at spending around the 200 mark for a decent s2. You only need to spend 40 quid more to get a Nexus 4...

Worth considering :D
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Really?

I'm yet to see this mythological phone in anyone's hands. Tough to get hold of one in my opinion

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] deedii:
Soon this thread will be close. Why? Please read HERE.
[Galaxy S II General] dabeez98:
Odp: [OFF-TOPIC] Galaxy SII Hangout Thread

Is XWLS8 better than CM10.1?

Sent from my ultra razorsharp energic Galaxy S2.
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
No. That is forum specific mod's decision. I don't think this thread is used for spamming and stuff, the one which was being used has been closed already
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Its a very difficult question up to personal preference. If you like pure Android, use CM. If you like Nature uX, use XWLS8.
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
And if you want the goodness of AOSP and stability of Samsung base, install chameleon rom. Samsung kills AOSP's handy features in their ROMs
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Flash meego, THAT'S an experience!

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
I'm a bit confused how this works.

I was on UK stock unbranded 4.0.4, I flash XWLS8 over it. Now XWLSD is out.

The XWLS8 has got an OTA 22mb update. Does this update make it become XWLSD?

Or is it something different?
[Galaxy S II General] AayushDhuria:
Yes it'll make it lsd
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Thanks. Updated and my build number says so now, hoever, my baseband versiom is still the same. What does this affect?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Because modem is not updated
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
What does modem do?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
modem = baseband = radio(phone signal)
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
BUMP. Anyone?

I'm getting tempted by these 1080p phones. Reading reviews of xperia z, HTC Butterfly etc and it's so luring to make me want to switch. Want to get one which has good AOSP support and I'm sure SGS4 will be just like the S3 in terms of development (broken AOSP roms, No sources from Samsung :mad: )

The SGS2 is not bad but next Android release will make it obsolete in May 2013

Edit :

Found it. It's called mushroom day Live Wallpaper from ZTE V970 device. Can't find a port for it which works on SGS2

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] Joe_Nalin:
Swiftkey Flow available in Play store

Swiftkey has an update on Play store to integrate flow (swype feature), it is just awesome and typing is a breeze..
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Guys! What do you think of my shop mates harlem shake? Haha. I'm the camera man on this one that's why i'm not included in the vid. Sori for the shaky vid since i can't stop laughing. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q2hENrOtnE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Damn spammer :mad: :p
[Galaxy S II General] ephraim:
Hahaha. Shhhh, been away from xda for quite some time now. It's good to be back :D
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
So I can use it to fill my router with internet?!

Sent from the little guy

---------- Post added at 01:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:28 AM ----------

This thread was created with the sole purpose to let everybody do what they're not allowed to at XDA.

Example above.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Good to see you back man :)

So you're allowed to post warez in here?
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Offffffffff course

(for the record, I don't know this guy)

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Go ahead and post some and see how long it will "be allowed" for then :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
I don't post warez, don't even know what they are (well, slight idea).

You were the one to brought it up tho, why is that?

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
To prove a point. You said this thread was created to post what wasn't allowed on XDA. You honestly couldn't be further from the truth.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Read the topic & apply.

Don't make post a "why so serious" meme....I implore you!

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Do you even realize what you're saying?

You're telling me to read the topic yet you're the one who thinks ANYTHING can be posted in here.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
My god.....you don't wanna read it? Fine.

Here it is:

H.A.N.G.|O.U.T.|T.H.R.E.A.D

you're a smart guy, you'll figure it out.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
I can read but you're not understanding what I'm saying. The forum rules still apply, no matter how off topic the thread is.
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
I always knew what you were saying, that's why I made the "why do serious" remark.

Loosen up, I'm just fu**ing around ;)

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] fahadsul3man:
Does anyone know s2 housing on alibaba r oem ?
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
No worries man, chicks know that A's feels funny the first 10 times.

(And of course, I am drunk).

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
That wasn't me who posted that last message. It's a fake account. You can tell because of the post count.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
I've been on Spain JB since the release. Anyone else starting to get a bit bored?

What else can I do to liven up the experience?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
OK here's the dilemma.

My dad has the Galaxy S3 and iPad 3, and he will be upgrading both to the next successor, (S4 and iPad 5) later on in a few months time.

He will hand down the devices. (I get old hand downs :()

I will have to choose between the S3 or the iPad... Which should I go for?

I'm unsure which to pick. I use my phone more than a tablet. (But probably because my current tablet is crap, may be different with the iPad.) But will the S3 be a huge upgrade from my phone? I have the same UI already on it, so not much will be new, right?

Whereas the iPad will be a huge upgrade compared to my Galaxy Tab in terms of hardware. However, what is holding me back from the iPad though is iOS. It will feel very restricted, and there aren't as many free apps compared to Android, and not much customization.

Any suggestions or opinions? Which should I go for?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] fahadsul3man:
Aaaah the problems of the first world countries LOL

Sent from my GT-I9100 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Lol

Get the s3 and use it as a tablet.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
Dude!! You didn't have your ph set up to receive your emails!? :eek:

Unlike you (almost) :p I never win sh!t3 :crying:

I would've given myself 20 upper-cuts if I'd missed out on an SIII :(
[Galaxy S II General] kt-Froggy:
Like I said, it was just that one email account that I am not using much (if at all), and I forgot to set it up with forwarding. Murphy's law never fails...

And what's the point of beating youself up, if it won't change things, anyway? :) Let it go! Besides, I don't even like S3 (too big and ugly), but it would sure have been a nice chunk of money to sell it and buy something else... :p
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Anyone have any comparisons of the battery life on XWLSD compared to CM10.1?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
IMHO Battery life on Stock is anyday better than CM 10.1

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II General] razi914:
Why gs2 is still pricey?
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
It depends on the country.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] abilaunken:
Becouse this phone its still amazing:laugh:
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
So who's moving onto the S4?

Its predicted 1.8 million S2 owners will upgrade to the S4.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Probably QUALCOMM version of the S4 :)
[Galaxy S II General] reddead66:
anyone here have any idea on how should i revert my hosts file before uninstalling adfree?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Open app , press revert button and then uninstall the app :)
[Galaxy S II General] reddead66:
anyone ever tried running simcity deluxe on their S2?
[Galaxy S II General] KidCarter93:
Tiny bit of self-promotion here :p

Can you guys vote for me in this poll? - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9567625&postcount=1

Thanks in advance :)

Sent via my HTC One using XDA Premium
[Galaxy S II General] Ichigo:
Quick friends. Vote for me!!1!1!1

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9567625&postcount=1
[Galaxy S II General] SunshineCat:
Pfft, I just got my S2! I don't really care for getting all the hottest new phones, perfectly happy with my good old S2 here but hey. Don't have the money/means of getting a brand new phone either way. That is a ton of S2 users lost though o-o
[Galaxy S II General] cvexkeks:
I think I'll do because I have to renew my two year contract soon, but I'll keep S2 that's for sure;)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
I can UV my S2 by -100UV... Is this correct, or am I doing something wrong?!?!
[Galaxy S II General] daniel sitohang:
amaze by this phone

Hi all,

I only use this phone for 4 months and fully satisfied by its performance, generally.

The problem that I got so far, I can't help it to flash it over and over	again :)

so my question is would this habit will eventually damage my phone/the machine?

Thanks all..

Btw, I'm Daniel from Indonesia ;)

Cheers.
[Galaxy S II General] luciferps:
Well all roms mods are indirectly there to make ur phone work like a beast and boost performance.. with their own taste (theme).. so choose accordingly what you like.. like first choose which is the best rom for performance then ur secondary should be the beautiful ui and how friendly the ui is..(user interface)

If your current rom satisfies both assumptions i think you should not flash too regular.. and moreover if your chip is insane chip .. its better to be less flashaholic lol..rest is upto you..

I am on stock dedox xwlsj with multi app window + xperia launcher and walkman with clear audio + dorimax best kernel.. :D:beer:
[Galaxy S II General] daniel sitohang:
Thanks for the tips mate :good:

Since I'm a new user of android, I guess that made me unleashed my curiosity to try something new and different, which I don't get from my previous phone. So it's like a kid who got a new toy lol

And the devs takes part of it too, they never stop creating new roms for sgs2. So everytime the new rom comes out, I'll give it a go.

But I'll mark your point to be less flashaholic:p
[Galaxy S II General] RobAl33:
First post and first custom ROM installed

hi all, thought I'd introduce myself as i'll be on here as time goes by.

So I've proudly rooted my sgs2 with cwm recovery and siyah v5 kernels. Dipped my toe and need this a few days ago then today I chose the super nexus 2 jb4.2.2 rom and flashed it. everything went smoothly . . .

so a thanks to everyone who has asked all the questions that I needed answering and a thanks to the devs and contributors for answers to people questions. I've been round some of the threads and thanked the parts that have helped but need to go back and do a few more.

Look forward to chatting more in future peeps! And of course android v5!!!
[Galaxy S II General] dredremon:
it is possible to remove the screen burn on my s2 ? its like a ghost image.
[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
Recently installed Viper4android audio mod .apk.... It's ridiculous the audio improvement + it's dead easy to get up & running :D

Sent from my GT-I9100 Warbird (w/ surround sound)
[Galaxy S II General] diko adrian:
Hi mates, I'm from indonesia too.. .

But the first thing you have to keep your eyes on is Root access, it's like "GATE" for your whole new android world :)

then whenever you want to flash SGS2 with custom roms or another mods you have to read and read and read, So you won't mess your precious SGS2

Cheers :D

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It's actually no big deal, but if you encountering freeze or sudden dead or unstable system you have to revert it back to default, just go to CWM and choose the kernel options :D
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
I'm usually the guy that constantly trades up to get the latest and greatest with cell phones.

Recently I've seen my friends pass me buy with a SGSIII and a NOTEII and I'm just not motivated to trade up.

My SGSII running CM9 (still can't do CM10 due to lack of LBE Privacy Guard) has kept me happy for over a year now.

I'm getting worried that my next cell phone could be a let down... ;)
[Galaxy S II General] m3zz4nine:
same here dude. but I'm not stuck to cm9, I'm a flashaholic and happy to have such great developers that give us roms like P.A.C. which include everything we need. I will stay at S2 till the end of the last dev ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
I used to be a flashaholic myself, but I just can't imagine using Android without a program like LBE Privacy guard, and it looks like they stopped supporting it with ICS... :(
[Galaxy S II General] Bryanvdst:
What are you afraid of that you need LBE?

And I'm still happy with my sII, especially since I've been on PAC, it gives me everything I need from a Rom.
[Galaxy S II General] King_Rat:
OT: 1000 posts!! :victory:
[Galaxy S II General] dnarag1m:
I've had a number of S2's pass my hand with screen-burn. It seems to be related not just to the physical screen (specific models seem more susceptible to developing burn-in) but also to user-habits. Some people just have a way of using one single application for ages and ages, often at maximum screen brightness. That will cause burn-in much quicker. Also using the same rom for ages will cause that effect, since all the UI elements are in exactly the same spot.

If your phone is still under warranty Samsung will replace the screen without cost. At least, they do that without problem in Holland all the time. Had my Note1's screen replaced, and two Galaxy S2 screens. One of the phones was older than two years but by serial number still had a few months of warranty coverage left. Yay.
[Galaxy S II General] m3zz4nine:
word!

PAC is one of the best things that could happen to our old but still awesome sg2

I wonder why no one else before was thinking merge all the unique features of every big rom into one...

loving it
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
What differentiates PAC from other AOSP based ROMs?
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Pacman ROM compiles the best features of all custom ROMs into one.

Sent from the little guy
[Galaxy S II General] Bryanvdst:
It combines AOSP, AOKP and ParanoidAndroid features into one ROM. And works perfectly too.
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
What's the appeal with AOSP based ROMs over Sammy ROMs? They seem to be very popular around here!

What are the better features over what TW ROMs offers?
[Galaxy S II General] AndrolinRoot:
Guys can someone donate 70 cent, I want to try my new PayPal acc !

Please no more than 1 euro, since its a test !

Thanks !

AndrolinRoot@googlemail.com
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
So my brother has just ordered a Hyundai T7 tablet from amazon, for £99, (but he got it for £66 through some discounts).

Its a 7" tablet with a quad core exynos processor! (Same one in S3/Note 2) 1GB RAM, 1280x800 resolution, and runs ICS and updateable to JB.

Videos on YouTube look impressive and it outperforms the N7.

Interested, can't wait to try it out when its here.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I remember that tablet. It looked like a clone of Samsung Galaxy tablet ;)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Yeah it does look like a large S3, or a Galaxy Tab 2. :)

But the great thing is the CPU is a lot more powerful than the Tab 2!!!!

Its the S3 chip! Its even more powerful than our S2, for such a cheap priced tablet. If it is good, I might consider getting one instead of a N7 I was planning in June...?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I sometimes wonder how come a device with same chipset & bigger screen is priced lesser than a phone? :confused:

Totally don't get the logic behind it but I'm pretty sure after Samsung capturing market share of smartphones, it has simply overpriced the value of phones and paying 650-700$ for unlocked phones sounds ridiculous in my opinion ;)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Anyone tried out the new Tapatalk 4 app?
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I'm beta testing it & it's nice but lacks a lot of things which I use esp. Blue Color with Dark Mode.

For first public beta I would give it a 2.5 out of 5
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Ordered a Nexus 7 32GB 3G model and will receive it in a few days. Lets see what the fuss about nexus is all about
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Nice one! So you decided out didn't care about the 2nd gen?

I'm in a similar position too. Don't know whether to go ahead.

By the way I have used the Hyundai tablet pretty amazing. Super fast on ICS, no lags, a quad core exynos beast.

With JB, this tablet is a killer. It looks like a S3, it has the same design, just overgrown!
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
I'll be very honest but I'm never an early adopter of gadgets coz I hate throwing away money on devices which have manufacturing defects, quality issues etc instead I wait and then buy them.

Since the N7 didn't have sd slot I waited for the 32GB release and also wanted gsm variant so I knew even if 2nd gen came with Tegra 4 and 2GB RAM I'll still would have to wait instead I took the plunge and ordered it.

Also I'm not a tablet guy because I consider it as a niche device and find it useless but it's nice for using it as a toy. I can still cancel my order and wait but it'll be another whole year
[Galaxy S II General] rsetiono:
Does anybody use swiftkey app? i am not sure whether i am alone here or is there anybody encounter same problem like me.

Some time it runs smoothly but some times its hang/stuck and i need to restart my phone
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Yeah SwiftKey is slightly buggy. Are you running the latest version?
[Galaxy S II General] RynoOrganics:
Hello, everyone im new to the forum and a new user of Galaxy S2 soon i will post some photos to the forum :)
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Apologies for repetition here, I'm copying the same thing I posted in another thread:

So I've found this tablet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmFxkwAwlv8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ployer-Momo20-Quad-Resolution-Pre-Installed/dp/B00B5TSUXE

Pretty decent for the price and the outstanding hardware. (Quad core 10.1 inch, 2GB RAM) Only concern is the official cup port for the manufacturer, as there is a non-existent dev community for this device.

Any thoughts?

My brother recently got a similar Chinese tablet from Amazon too, 7inch, exynos quad core (the same one in the S3) 1GB RAM, and the same resolution as the N7. Outperforms the N7 in benchmarks, and works pretty well. It got the Android 4.2 upgrade for it today over ICS which has made the tablet even faster and smoother to use. He got it for around £60.

So Chinese tablets seem to be doing well in the market now, unlike the previous reputation they've had when first introduced
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
Ployer Momo tablets are quite popular among Chinese tablets & they have dev support at below link

http://www.slatedroid.com/
[Galaxy S II General] nomisch:
Halo sources

Halo sources are out.

Really waiting to see a Rom with Halo for our SGS2 ...

Anyone else ?
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Thanks! So you think I should go for it over the N7? Do you think it will be upgraded beyond 4.2?

If so, time to sell my Galaxy Tab...
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
You cannot expect same level of support and updates for a chinese knockoff tablet compared to a N7. Also Galaxy Tab is not so outdated once you install CM 10.1 on it
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
Yeah I suppose you're right....

Yeah I have CM10.1 on my Galaxy Tab, had it on for months already, true it brings new life to the tab, but it's still slow and laggy, can't be fixed, the hardware is simply to old.
[Galaxy S II General] rakeshishere:
If the Tab Has Exynos processor blame Samsung for it due to sources. Else Android is to blame coz Dual Core processor and 1GB RAM is not bad specs in my personal opinion. It really shows how poorly android is optimized & It's like Windows vista in the mobile world.

I want a Windows 7 like change for Android with next Android release