[Galaxy S II General] OriginsOfLewis:
Stuff you may not have noticed in the new update:

Overview:

Sammobile have leaked Samsung's 4.1.2 update for the Galaxy SII today, it's a long awaited updated that, in my opinion, has completely changed the phone. I was disappointed when Ice Cream Sandwich was released as it appeared Samsung had put minimal effort into the update, the UI felt outdated and I personally preferred running CM9. For the first time since Gingerbread I am absolutely in love with the Samsung's stock ROM!

Whether it was Samsung's choice or one of Apple's stupid patents the entire UI for the SII, Note and some other devices have got the new Nature UX found first on the SIII. Most noticeably the TW Launcher, notification bar and title bar layout has been changed, but overall the entire OS looks much fresher and cleaner. I have personally not encountered any lag in this leak and it appears Project Butter is working fine, there are a few blips here and there such as lock screen lag/unresponsiveness. Without a doubt this is the smoothest my SII has been since I first bought it and it feels brand new again!

** Of course this is test firmware and is not recommended for daily use **

Some features you may not know about:

Vibration Patterns:

Under settings > sound > device vibration you'll find this menu, here you can change the vibration pattern of the phone.

If the presets aren't right for you, you can create your own custom ones by clicking on create under the above menu.

Changing the lock screen shortcuts

To change these go to settings > lock screen > lock screen options > shortcuts.

Hold your finger down on the preset icons and drag the old ones to the trash, click on the + sign to add your own.

Adding Facebook to the lock screen:

First you must have Facebook installed and you must be logged in.

To activate it navigate to settings > lock screen > lock screen options > information ticker > contents type > Facebook

You may need to refresh on the lock screen its self.

Personalising the Messaging App:

Open up the Messaging app, press menu and select settings - here you'll find a few settings.

Bubble style:

Background style:

Dropbox:

Samsung have kindly teamed up with Dropbox to give us 50GB of free storage. This would cost you a fair bit to buy so take it up even if you aren't a user, it's a really useful cloud app. I'm sure you're greeted with it during first boot, if not it can be added as an account under the settings menu.

Quick access to the camera:

This is activated under settings > lock screen > lock screen options > camera quick access

I can't post a screenshot as I don't have enough hands... At the lock screen, place one finger on the screen and rotate the camera 90 degrees to launch the camera.

Did Samsung forget the ripple lock feature?!

No, they did not. I'm sure it will be included by default several releases down the line but remember this is test firmware. I can't stand 240dpi, so the first thing I did was change to a lower one - 180. Once rebooted the ripple lock worked! If I have some free time this week I shall make a multi dpi TW Launcher and dialer as everything else appears to work without modification.

Would I recommend it?

To put it bluntly, yes! I've been using it for a few hours with no problems what so ever, of course if you want to protect your warranty do not. You do risk bricking your phone and starting World War III, so do so with caution. I'm sure all of you Gingerbread lovers will enjoy this too!

Hopefully some of you found this helpful, thanks!