Samsung Galaxy S II ICS review: Sugar coated
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- disgusted sg2 user..
- YTN
- 06 May 2012
samsung wats up? wers d promise ICS sounds like ur just fooling us especially here in d philippines... release it now samsung im bored of waiting
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- Hey
- 3Ye
- 04 May 2012
GREAT_ADIL, 29 Apr 2012Update to ICS is available in DUBAI UAE!!!!Are you sure it is available in dubai now????
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- GREAT_ADIL
- m27
- 29 Apr 2012
Update to ICS is available in DUBAI UAE!!!!
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- Ameyam
- YTF
- 29 Apr 2012
Whats the difference between the 9100SII and the 9100G SII?
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- Anonymous
- iFX
- 28 Apr 2012
Shabab Al Kuwait, 22 Apr 2012Sick Of Waiting For ICS In Kuwait... Any Idea When It Will ... moreMe too waiting for ICS update for my S2 in Kuwait. I think Telecom companies in Kuwait purposely blocking the update for commercial reasons.
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- kalboflyscot
- rxx
- 28 Apr 2012
Bought mine last September in the Philippines, it's unlocked but still no software update, anyone know when it's coming for our unlocked phones?
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- AnonD-52302
- JFk
- 27 Apr 2012
In review some things are praised like tou got too much money for it! Bad thing...
Notification area is missing the most important thing it had before: date! Before, when you swipe it down, or just touch it, you get current date on the left side - much useful in many applications. Now you don't see it! Bummer...
Screen context menu is a big step back! It is much slower to find what you need in a list than on the grid... why would we otherwise have grid menus succeeded the list ones at the first place?
Also, task switcher is now a task switcher, before it was not... not sure what reviewer wanted to say.
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- joe
- PG9
- 26 Apr 2012
after upgrading to ics loading icon not appears when we query for balance in prepaid phones.....its bad...
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- Aashu Ahmed
- s8F
- 26 Apr 2012
Today i updated my GS2 (from macedonia) it works perfect i had the version 2.3.5 before and it was bad. But now its grate and fast (version 4.0.3).
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- notafan
- kh8
- 26 Apr 2012
Just got my i9100 (Romania unit) officially updated this morning to ICS. 25APR2012. - Hello from California U.S.A.
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- london gooner
- n5P
- 26 Apr 2012
Updated via keys this morning via my tmobile branded gs2. It was available on the evening chelsea beat barca 24/04/12
Why did they get rid of the list view on favourites? Without the list view you cannot swipe left or right nor can you bring up the quick menu to send an email or whatsapp by just simply clicking on the respective icon. This can be done via other means just not like the older version.
Why does switching off the background data now totally kill some apps from working like whatsapp for example meaning I have to open the app for messages to pop up. I understand that this is the new method but I would of liked an option in between the 2 extremes.
My battery life also seems to have taken a hit. Could be all my playing around but im not sure ics + TW is all its cracked up to be. There are many improvements so please dont get me wrong its just these things have affected me directly. It cant just be me
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- K2F
- 25 Apr 2012
AnonD-1397, 21 Apr 2012i am from Bangladesh. Upgraded my s2 to ICS 4.0.3 last nigh... moreHow long did it take 4 da update 2 b fully completed? Were the apps and contacts erased? Did u face any other issue after the update?
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- 0ZL
- 24 Apr 2012
which version of android did the sensation xe in your benchmark tests run? not that anybody should care about those silly tests, but at least you should state what you're comparing. and the sgsII is not 'one of the first to be updated to ics', htc offered that update weeks ago...
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- rose
- 3Y9
- 22 Apr 2012
hi all, the ICS update when come to dubai...?
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- steff
- v0q
- 22 Apr 2012
Sojie Brown, 17 Apr 2012I am from the Philippines, and had my S2 official ICS updat... moreI tried to update my sg2 through kies but there is no update yet. how did you update your sg2?
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- Shabab Al Kuwait
- mg5
- 22 Apr 2012
Sick Of Waiting For ICS In Kuwait... Any Idea When It Will Hit Kuwait?
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- Anonymous
- t7X
- 22 Apr 2012
Sojie Brown, 17 Apr 2012I am from the Philippines, and had my S2 official ICS updat... morer u sure ics is available in the phils? im cheching thru kies but still there is none? im from valenzuela city how come u have the ics already wer did u upgrade ur sg2 to ics? thru kies or samsung wireless center
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- AnonD-1397
- 2CY
- 21 Apr 2012
i am from Bangladesh. Upgraded my s2 to ICS 4.0.3 last night, took the whole day to explore the phone with new firmware. Well, the major parts of the front-end remains the same. At the back end how ever there are some useful changes. Both video recording and video playback improved. The sound that comes out of the speaker has got one of the major improvements, the sound is now much crisper, louder and clear. Battery for me still almost the same, may be it got some tweaks, but to me it's not that noticeable yet, cause I would get 2 days straight out of mine before upgrading and after upgrading last night I disconnected the charger at 9 am today morning and it's almost 9:30 pm here in Dhaka and it still showing 76% of juice left on the battery and that too with almost heavy use cause I spent a lot of time with the phone today to explore the new firmware. So no battery issues for me. Only problem I am seeing which hasn't improved at all is the heating issue while using the EDGE network for browsing the internet or using Skype. It's not unbearable but thing's could have been better if it weren't there. But when I browse using WiFi everything is completely fine. There isn't a single automatic restarts or any kind of problem so far after the upgrade. Oh and I upgraded through Kies. So, anyone thinking of upgrading go ahead if kies is giving you the option to upgrade.
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- Anonymous
- 04S
- 21 Apr 2012
today i updated my GS2 (from macedonia) it works perfect i had the version 2.3.5 before and it was bad. But now its grate and fast (version 4.0.3).
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- AnonD-7909
- n5P
- 21 Apr 2012
Well I have now got ICS. I initially had problems with it freezing half way through upgrade. Went to my GFs the next day who also has the SG2 and hers worked almost immediately. Maybe the time of day. Server overload. Who knows? So far, its been ok, maybe more excited by it than what it actually does, but for me so far it works ok. Haven't had no crash issues. All the features work great. You can see the apps have been upgraded to work in favour of ICS, so thats a nice touch. Still getting a feel of it, but for my usage, its been so far so good