The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

Ok so i got my galaxy s2 yesterday its a black and i must say this was the best waste of money. Never hqve i wasted money on something and been this much pleased since my radeon hd 4870. this really is the greatest phone in the world and somehow the edge in this works better than my galaxy ace. all i need now is for tstt to release 4G internet for 200 a month and i can get rid of my edge oand get broadband so i can use in work. Problem is tstt and digicel sticking anyone has word on digicel wimax?

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Playing some music using my klipsch s4 and sennheiser hd555 headphones and i must say the audio headphone amp is very good. Clean DAC.

I never knew smartphones were this brilliant. I wanted htc sensation but i think i like this more now the screen is so good. internet browsing is so much better than iphone 4. big screen ow yeah...

Now i want to live forever i want to drive slow and use seatbelt and look twice before crossing the road. Dear god i want to live. This phone is sooooo powerful browses tube 8 smoother than my 3 ghz dual core pc. So amazing

[sharkman121]

glad to see youve been converted.. as u said alll we need now is 4g for mobile.

[bassotronics]

so what ROM build you all think is the best? right now i'm using resurrection remix ics 9.7

[achillies]

so what ROM build you all think is the best? right now i'm using resurrection remix ics 9.7

Stock LP7 with Vertumus theme.

[tarzan]

have an lg gt540 with eclair 2.1....anyone wanna assist me with updating to gingerbread 2.3.7

[ZeroOne]

I have the att i777.

Running ICSrewed ROM by Jivy.

Getting at least 3 full days battery life sometimes 4.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

I fraid to root and flash my phone yes. Next thing I brick it.

I wonder if the official ICS update for the Galaxy S2 will improve on battery life?

[achillies]

I fraid to root and flash my phone yes. Next thing I brick it.

I wonder if the official ICS update for the Galaxy S2 will improve on battery life?

Not yet.

I'm on CM now, stock ICS is really impressive.

[wheelbarrow]

I fraid to root and flash my phone yes. Next thing I brick it.

I wonder if the official ICS update for the Galaxy S2 will improve on battery life?

Ive found that battery life is the same. Im actually getting a bit frustrated with it, its too laggy for my liking...
Considering rooting if it will help with the bugs.

[sentraman]

I fraid to root and flash my phone yes. Next thing I brick it.

I wonder if the official ICS update for the Galaxy S2 will improve on battery life?

Ive found that battery life is the same. Im actually getting a bit frustrated with it, its too laggy for my liking...
Considering rooting if it will help with the bugs.

I feel the same way. I vex I updated it. Browser facking slow, and I aint see no difference really cause its still touch wiz

[sharkman121]

I fraid to root and flash my phone yes. Next thing I brick it.

I wonder if the official ICS update for the Galaxy S2 will improve on battery life?

Ive found that battery life is the same. Im actually getting a bit frustrated with it, its too laggy for my liking...
Considering rooting if it will help with the bugs.

I feel the same way. I vex I updated it. Browser facking slow, and I aint see no difference really cause its still touch wiz

my sentiments exactly, im yet to see what all the big ICS fuss was about. Will probably go ahead and root tomorrow.

[M_2NR]

ICS is predddyyyyyyyyy.
been using nightly updates for CM9. Pretty stable I found em to be.

[Tired Accord]

Anyone familiar with / using Navitel Navigator?

[shivanandrs]

Anyone familiar with / using Navitel Navigator?

I haven't tried it but it looks like a really good alternative to NAVFone Trinidad & Tobago which is the one I use.

http://www.limesim.com/products/gps/trinidad/menu.html

[Tired Accord]

^^well it looks like it is similar price to the Navfone - ~US$30. After the 1mth trial on Navitel, it's $30 usd, and the map from limesim is free. The question is which is better...The comments on the google store doesn't spark a whole lot of confidence in the Navfone though...?

[sharkman121]

Angry Birds in space launched yesterday for those interested..

[Trini Hookah]

Angry Birds in space launched yesterday for those interested..

Playing it now

pew pew

[bolo23]

can you guys tell me when i am adding phone contacts to my phone do i need to put 868 before because when i jus put in the contact with just the number and nothing before it and the person calls me i dont see their name, i just see the number.

what do i need to do to fix this

i have a galaxy s2

[deFox]

have an lg gt540 with eclair 2.1....anyone wanna assist me with updating to gingerbread 2.3.7

just search the web for android237gt540_02-nov-eng.exe and its simple ....

[sharkman121]

can you guys tell me when i am adding phone contacts to my phone do i need to put 868 before because when i jus put in the contact with just the number and nothing before it and the person calls me i dont see their name, i just see the number.

what do i need to do to fix this

i have a galaxy s2

actually this used to happen to me pre-update to ICS... since i updated hasnt happened when inputting numbers, it recognizes it with or without the 868 now.

[shivanandrs]

^^well it looks like it is similar price to the Navfone - ~US$30. After the 1mth trial on Navitel, it's $30 usd, and the map from limesim is free. The question is which is better...The comments on the google store doesn't spark a whole lot of confidence in the Navfone though...?

The NAVFone works good, never had a problem finding places with it. It's not the best looking one out there and there are no map updates that I know off. I believe the POI's on both versions are going to be more or less the same. The Navitel version also has a better looking interface as well. I'll probably purchase Navitel by month end and give the LimeSim map a tryout, they seem to have done a good job.

[bolo23]

how do i update to ics?

[sharkman121]

how do i update to ics?

Lucian-2nr helped me with mine.

You need to back up yr phone, download odin software and get the relevant download link compatible with yr phone region to update to begin with.

im sure others who know more than me will chime in.

[achillies]

how do i update to ics?

I actually save all my numbers
+1868*******

To upgrade to ICS, check XDA in the S2 section, in the development forum, look for the official firmware thread by Intratech. There is a well written guide on how to upgrade using Odin.

You could also use Kies, but I have never used it and probably never will.

[IslandShack]

how do i update to ics?

I actually save all my numbers
+1868*******

To upgrade to ICS, check XDA in the S2 section, in the development forum, look for the official firmware thread by Intratech. There is a well written guide on how to upgrade using Odin.

You could also use Kies, but I have never used it and probably never will.

I did it via Kies, was straight forward, download and install kies. Plug in your phone and see if an update is available. If it is then its basically pressing next and waiting while you phone backs up, and downloads the updates etc. I think mine took 30mins - 45 mins to do.
I personally think this is the easiest way to update and you should try this first, if this doesn't work then check out the other methods.
This is just my opinion.

Since ICS on the GS2 is heavily skinned, you really are not going to notice much difference.
The lock screens are different, you can monitor data usage and task manager is changed.

Other than that no real difference, no battery life improvement for me and in some cases I find to be a bit laggier than GB.

I honestly don't really see the great need for the ICS update if you gonna use touch wizz, if you go full stock ICS then that's a different story.

My 0.2 c

[achillies]

The reason I don't like Kies is because it's slow and has been responsible for a few soft bricks.

I just download the ROM I want to use, use odin and i'm done in 10 minutes

The next thing with kies is that you basically have to run stock phone, PDA and CSC, I don't, I always mix and match to find a good combination, example the latest rom that was released is LP2 for Russia, many have said it's "miles better" than LPE and LPQ, if I were still using Samsung stock ROMs, that's the one I would have been using, with the UK CSC and the LP6 radio (better signal strength for me!)

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Anyone knows the most noob friendly and straight forward way for me to root my phone and remove this touchwizz and put in those awesome custom OS?

[IslandShack]

The reason I don't like Kies is because it's slow and has been responsible for a few soft bricks.

I just download the ROM I want to use, use odin and i'm done in 10 minutes

The next thing with kies is that you basically have to run stock phone, PDA and CSC, I don't, I always mix and match to find a good combination, example the latest rom that was released is LP2 for Russia, many have said it's "miles better" than LPE and LPQ, if I were still using Samsung stock ROMs, that's the one I would have been using, with the UK CSC and the LP6 radio (better signal strength for me!)

Yup I completely agree with you, I use Kies as a last resort as well but for someone who now got their phone and is not too comfortable with flashing roms etc, I think Kies is the most new user friendly way. Plus more than likely if bolo got his phone a week or two ago it will be stock.

The main thing is bolo has lots of choices to choose from to upgrade his phone.

[Dave]

had a fright last night

had a few programs that needed a force stop and then lost play store link even though short cut was there
did a factory reset which IMO for me was frightful but all was ok
Even gained a whole heap of space on phone even though cache and what could have been moved was dealt with.