Samsung Galaxy S II ICS review: Sugar coated
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- Edgardo
- 8x%
- 17 Mar 2012
works great!
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- Qifa95
- IWd
- 17 Mar 2012
What's the difference in I9100 and I9100G...?? Will the I9100G get an ICS update..?? My phone is I9100G...
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- Mani Bhatia
- rJB
- 17 Mar 2012
I will not talk about the benchmark.
Iam using samsung galaxy note. All the things that have been changed in S2 are already integrated in note by default. same lockscreen. same notification. same homescreen. only two things differ: sns in phone book and new task killer.
so nothing great till now for note users. we expext more from samsung.
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- AkaMod
- Mfx
- 17 Mar 2012
One more reason for me buying a S II instead Nexus.
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- ivica
- m1v
- 17 Mar 2012
AnonD-14018, 17 Mar 2012how about trying to factory reset your phone be4 the update... moreyou're soo right!
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- Anonymous
- LaK
- 17 Mar 2012
Camera is better on gingerbread then ICS... noise and detail low on ICS...
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- AnonD-14018
- 0Uv
- 17 Mar 2012
Pablo Jaeń, 16 Mar 2012The truth does not convince me ... Install and now decided ... morehow about trying to factory reset your phone be4 the update and factory reset after the update so you get ridd of all the junk you had installed. Then try new content optimized for ICS not bullshit thats not compatible.
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- ivica
- m1v
- 17 Mar 2012
Thank you GSMarena!
Well done!
:-)
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- Ivica
- m1v
- 17 Mar 2012
Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012I have found ics a little buggy. When i try to make a phone... moretry to do a hardware reset. When i updated my SGS2 on Gingerbread 2.3.5, had a big problem with a bluetooth. When i swich it on, my phone would keep restarting it self and i had a big problems to stop it. But then i did a hardware reset and it work fine. You can try this it can just make it better, not worse. Btw HdwReset is in settings
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- Anonymous
- p77
- 17 Mar 2012
AnonD-1319, 17 Mar 2012I can't believe that the html5 test on fish tank got 15 fps... more"samsung need to hire new software enginer, what a waste of hardware"
Google need to hire new software engiger, android html5 performance is crap.
Even iPhone 3GS (2009) can get 48fps with fishie tank
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- Ivica
- m1v
- 17 Mar 2012
Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012Not impressed at all, i'll stick to my great Nokia N9....and use all 3 apps that i can download on it
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- fiktjen
- Mfx
- 17 Mar 2012
when ICS came to indonesia....i waiting so long...:(
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- Ivica
- m1v
- 17 Mar 2012
Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012Not impressed at all, i'll stick to my great Nokia N9....and use all 3 apps that i can download foe it
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- AnonD-1319
- K7g
- 17 Mar 2012
I can't believe that the html5 test on fish tank got 15 fps is not optimized at all, my htc desire s got 25 fps samsung need to hire new software enginer, what a waste of hardware.
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- thaad
- uCL
- 17 Mar 2012
HI all,
I'm already try the ICS 4.0.3(custom, from XDA) that actually very similar function.
Performance / pros:
I feel no any sign different in term performance since i already use Custom ROM (2.3.6) that already optimize by expert in XDA.
What i like:
1. Built-in Data counter; I'm really like this function. It let you know how much data usage for every application.
2.Face unlock; actually i like this because make you look COOL, :) while others phone cannot do this yet. But i prefer not to use this function for long time because feel not so comfort and less security that someone face similar can unlock this.
3.Create the folder; -just drag the icon to others icon & folder is created. Is't very easy.
What i dislike:
1. Phone book & dialer - Cannot slide for make call or message. The frequent call person cannot be DELETED!.
2. Screen switch - screen cannot be continues shift after reach the end screen.
3. Found many setting are missing in ICS such as Network Mode.
So.. you will never get the perfect one.. hahaha
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- Boybawang
- v0X
- 17 Mar 2012
Samsung missed to point when they implemented Running apps instead of Recent apps.
But inverted color for browsing is good!
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- AnonD-2663
- tA8
- 17 Mar 2012
who cares
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- Slim
- sSW
- 17 Mar 2012
I want less SNS integration, or an option to have all SNS deleted without interfering with the os. It is just a waste of time and a fat memory hog. Get rig of it.
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- Dredd
- TCs
- 17 Mar 2012
Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012Flash support is not lost, as long as u download it from ma... moreI guess u didn't test it enough. Flash works smoothly on ICS, u just need to update it after installing ICS. My default browser is Dolphin, and the latest version offers smooth support for ICS. Fullscreen video playback for flash videos is awesome, and about your complaint regarding screen automatically turns off during playback, just change Dolphin's settings for it and it's fixed.
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- Anonymous
- ptC
- 17 Mar 2012
dont understand why gsmarena is telling that ics is better despite all people complaining on it.