lemonbear Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 What ROM are you using now, robbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted November 7, 2011 Author Reviews Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hi, I am using LeoMar's ROM, version 2.7.1. Everything just works on it so wil keep it until Ice Cream Sandwich or I upgrade to Galaxy Nexus :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I posted this in the XDA thread as well but....matte SGS II :) Some used fine sand paper, I used a kitchen scouring pad. *argh* take em away, i dont wanna see this :p had to spend 200 euro for something else (had no choice :( ) and now i can ditch my idea to get me the sgs2 for this month. i decided to wait till xmas and hope the htc rezound makes it to europe ... oh well ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted November 7, 2011 Author Reviews Share Posted November 7, 2011 Smartphones market is currently fast moving indeed :p The S2 will remain the flagmost powerful phone out until Feb time when we catch wind of the S3 so I say go for it if you can, there's nothing to lose :p We also get Ice Cream Sandwich officially around then too from Samsung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Got my SGS2 last Friday, I've already rooted it and installed MIUI on it, :D It's so fast and slick, loving the phone so much. Scoring ~ 5,400 - 5,700 in Quadrant too! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Got my SGS2 last Friday, I've already rooted it and installed MIUI on it, :D It's so fast and slick, loving the phone so much. Scoring ~ 5,400 - 5,700 in Quadrant too! :D Been using LightningRom for the past two months but it's a bummer LitePro stopped development. Haven't really had much time to mess around with other roms. Which MIUI did you flash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Been using LightningRom for the past two months but it's a bummer LitePro stopped development. Haven't really had much time to mess around with other roms. Which MIUI did you flash? There is a project somebody took up after Lite'ning ROM didn't go anywhere. It's been updated to 2.3.5 with a few tweeks :) : http://forum.xda-dev....php?p=19146382 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollow.Droid Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Been using LightningRom for the past two months but it's a bummer LitePro stopped development. Haven't really had much time to mess around with other roms. Which MIUI did you flash? You might want to look into Checkrom as well. It's highly supported and when combo'd with the kitchen app included it's a breeze to use. No needing to worry about incompatibilities as the devs upload themes, mods, kernels etc all ready to apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoSan Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 mrk, have you noticed also a small fade to yellow on the left side of the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaAddict Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 You might want to look into Checkrom as well. It's highly supported and when combo'd with the kitchen app included it's a breeze to use. No needing to worry about incompatibilities as the devs upload themes, mods, kernels etc all ready to apply. Yeah, this was one of the Roms that I was looking at the other day. It obviously has quite of bit of customizability, so I will have to have some patience to properly configure it. Got exams coming in a couple of weeks. Definitely want to give this a try, especially now that there is a really awesome ICS theming port floating around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno_Funky Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Awesome review there. :) I got a S2 a week back, I am using this as the case for the phone. Covers the back as well as all sides, I dont like how the ones you have expose the top and bottom. The one I use covers it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe92 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Hey, which stand are you using on this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted December 27, 2011 Author Reviews Share Posted December 27, 2011 Nokia's stock stand really, off my old 5800. I don't know if anyone has noticed this with the MHL cable and compatible TV sets but tonight I took a movie round to a cousin's house to watch and when connected to the Sony Bravia HDTV the source input labelled up as a new device "MHL: HDMI Control". Curious, I wondered why it would be labelled as such and as a new input source if it wasn't able to be controlled from the TV remote so I fired up the film and indeed, you could control the media playback from the TV remote playback buttons! I knew the TV wasn't native MHL as the display only worked when the external power was also connected to the official MHL/HDMI adapter but the TV supported some MHL features it appears.... The cursor buttons on the remote also work and navigate around Android. Pressing the centre button activated the onscreen select outline and you could then cursor around the phone. I tried various buttons but only the back, cursor, centre and playback controls seemed to work without issue. Other TV sets that recognise MHL devices might offer other features too so those with HDTV sets and the MHL cable should see what features they have available. It's brilliant news as it means no more getting up out of my seat to reach for the phone to rewind/pause or play the next video etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten Knoefel Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hi +mrk, I know it has been a while ago, but could you please tell which agenda / calender widget u where using on the first screen shot in this thread? Thanks, TK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zumiiiiii Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Looks like Smooth Calendar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.catharsis.android.calendar Torsten Knoefel 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Samsung Galaxy SII seem to have a voice problem where the caller can hear himself/herself talking. I went to AT&T to get one for my GF and I could hear myself talking everytime I called her. We exchanged it for another Galaxy SII and still the same problem. Even the people at the AT&T store could hear themselves talking. They replaced the SIM card, turned off Noise Supression and nothing so they ended up giving us a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket and that one worked fine and it is working fine so far. Maybe they had a bad batch of Galaxy S2s? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElite Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Samsung Galaxy SII seem to have a voice problem where the caller can hear himself/herself talking. I went to AT&T to get one for my GF and I could hear myself talking everytime I called her. We exchanged it for another Galaxy SII and still the same problem. Even the people at the AT&T store could hear themselves talking. They replaced the SIM card, turned off Noise Supression and nothing so they ended up giving us a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket and that one worked fine and it is working fine so far. Maybe they had a bad batch of Galaxy S2s? I don't know. Hmm. Quite a few of my mates/relatives have the phone and they never raised this problem. Maybe a firmware issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edna236 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 My uncle has his on order. Will give it a test when it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Can anyone comment on how well the front facing camera is? I'm aware it's a 2 megapixel and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrdstorm Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The camera on the front is perfect for video calling, i was using it today (first time using it really) but i was very impressed with the quality!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The camera on the front is perfect for video calling, i was using it today (first time using it really) but i was very impressed with the quality!! How well does it take pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrdstorm Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 How well does it take pictures? It does as well as ud expect a 2MB camera to do, nothing amazing but certainly decent quality :) If u want an example, let me know and ill PM one over to u :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Front facing camera is certainly good! Can take decent shots in good lighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Pooh Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 This phone is awesome with my custom rom I've won the smoked by windows challenge in 14 different stores and I made $14,000k worth of hp laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrdstorm Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The phone is definately an amazing phone!! the only issue i have is the communication from Samsung, e.g the new ICS update for the SGS2s....so many frustrated people including myself!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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