Samsung Galaxy S II ICS review: Sugar coated

16 March 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S II has sold in record numbers worldwide and millions of users must've cheered the news of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update rolling out. The latest OS from Google is a new lease of life for the Galaxy S II...

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  • Anonymous
  • sEy
  • 16 Mar 2012

finally,got the ICS update for indonesian market...so far so good...better improvement by samsung...thx samsung...

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    • blue_angelzz_83
    • sEy
    • 16 Mar 2012

    finally...got the ICS update for indonesian SGSII market...so far so good...great interface improvement...more smooth n faster graphics performance...well done Samsung...

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      • AnonD-252
      • 0Tq
      • 16 Mar 2012

      Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012You are using a custom rom right?? Well, ICS is better t... moreI use stock GB, XWKI8, I only let "Mobile Odin" root it! Stock GB is a lot better and stable... than stock ICS! I use a Titanium backup of Google Talk from "stock" G3 that have video!

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        • Blankman
        • nEt
        • 16 Mar 2012

        Anonymous, 16 Mar 2012You are using a custom rom right?? Well, ICS is better t... moreIt won't be long now before Checkrom release their first version ;-)

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          • Anonymous
          • n$$
          • 16 Mar 2012

          I only want to know if ICS improve sound quality over A2DP on bluetooth stereo headphones?

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            • Anonymous
            • FYk
            • 16 Mar 2012

            AnonD-252, 16 Mar 2012I have downgraded to GB again because I think ICS made almo... moreYou are using a custom rom right??

            Well, ICS is better than "stock" gingerbread.

            You must be missing custom kernels and JKay. Wait till Jkay and The kernel devs work their magic ;)

              So which ICS version you guys tested? Is it Polish XXLPQ or NEE version, or the Indonesian one?
              Please mention it on the OT.

              Regards.

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                • AnonD-252
                • 0Tr
                • 16 Mar 2012

                I have downgraded to GB again because I think ICS made almost everything a lot worse! The only good think was that I was able to install and use the ICS app "Triangle Away" to remove the "triangle" and reset the counter before I used Mobile Odin to go back to GB!

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                  • Dude
                  • nSU
                  • 16 Mar 2012

                  I see difference in Camera! on GB it more sharp =GB better stills

                  ICS= Better video but worse stills, washed out. a bit softer now! trees not so sharp as in GB

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                    • Dude
                    • nSU
                    • 16 Mar 2012

                    So camera is better but it is worse?

                    colors are better but some other things are bad?

                    its good update but better wait for user opinions ans so on... od wait 4 a week...

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                      • Anonymous
                      • pmp
                      • 16 Mar 2012

                      "I rally don't understand that hype about ICS. I'm using ICS for three days and believe me, only thing that I want now is to make downgrade..."
                      Exactly!!!

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                        • Anonymous
                        • pmp
                        • 16 Mar 2012

                        Flash support is not lost, as long as u download it from market at least...but..yeah theres but...i got 3 browsers Stock,Maxthon and Dolphin. Flash its hardly working in last two. Its kinda working in stock but i have issues all the time(screen turning off when watching video longer then screen time, laggy output, visibility problems)...anyway its 100 years behind GB in terms of flash support

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                          • Alex
                          • 04Q
                          • 16 Mar 2012

                          As one of the users above said , does SGS2 ICS have Flash support ? And if it does how it is it's performance on 720p and 1080p videos on youtube ?
                          Other than that , looks cool ! Thanks in advance :)

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                            • Anonymous
                            • LaB
                            • 16 Mar 2012

                            Not impressed at all, i'll stick to my great Nokia N9.

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                              • Revanchist
                              • jnM
                              • 16 Mar 2012

                              I don't care about the update, kernel sources is what im waiting for

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                                • Anonymous
                                • nwR
                                • 16 Mar 2012

                                I have found ics a little buggy. When i try to make a phone call, contacts list freezes for about 30 sec before it starts dialing. Also widgets seem to crash very often.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Pv9
                                  • 16 Mar 2012

                                  Camera is certainly way better, we no longer get radioactive colors.
                                  for battery life got worse, but that will get better when samsung releases the sources and dev can do it magic

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                                    • Iulian
                                    • 32a
                                    • 16 Mar 2012

                                    Why did you use airplane mode for ics Samsung? We all know that airplane mode makes a phone faster so it's not a fair way to compare

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                                      • Pablo Jaeń
                                      • LxE
                                      • 16 Mar 2012

                                      The truth does not convince me ... Install and now decided to return me to version 2.3.6, I tested the final version and gives problems with games such as Real Racing 2 and Need For Speed ​​Hot Porsuit ... GSMArena do not understand how to say the opposite ... It is an update full of problems ...

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                                        • bhuvan
                                        • nxT
                                        • 16 Mar 2012

                                        Its still not available in UK...