Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II
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- John in Brisbane
- t0j
- 05 Feb 2019
Still an impressive device in 2019. I am reminded about how light and empty-feeling they seemed after the (then) awesome HTC desire. Almost as much as the first time I held the original Star Tac.
Mine is now 8 years old and with a $10 replacement battery it works well! The OS updates have slowed it down of course and some apps are painfully slow. However, everything works and it is a great emergency phone. The camera looks misty - seems to be an issue with some old devices. When hiking it's a great spare phone but mainly, it's got a heap of tunes and audio books - without a SIM it runs for days and charges very quickly. I tend to walk with it for hours at a time and leave my main phone off...
These things are durable compared to new devices so kids can play with them fine. I wouldn't try to rely on one as my main phone except when trouble strikes. As a spare thing around the house or while travelling, they're still very useful.
The S2 form factor is good, not just for people with smaller hands! I expect that as trend change, an S2 -sized machine with faster internals will again be popular. Maybe we will all have tablets plus a little phone? A souped-up S2 would be very handy.
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- AnonD-819322
- 3aW
- 31 Dec 2018
Still quite usable, I had it for 15 days until it stopped charging. I replaced it with an OEM New battery but it barely lasted 4 hours of screen-on time.
Pros:
Nice Screen
Decent Performance
Design (subjective)
90% of apps will still work
Cons:
Build quality isn't great, somehow managed to not break even after flexing it with full force
Android 4.3 minimum would have been better
Heats up alot around the camera after a few mins of use.
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- weidar
- rrp
- 01 Dec 2018
have a problem with the version of android 2.3.4 of the gadget... please help to sought out because it aent suitable for certain apps like whatsapp and flashcore
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- It was Walpole
- 3HA
- 11 Nov 2018
Catherine the Great, 06 Sep 2018This phone was released on Monday 2nd May 2011! You know wh... morelol :D I see what you did there
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- sky
- mgR
- 17 Oct 2018
Andy the duracell battery is good for the S2. Much better than an OEM thats been sat in a warehouse for who knows how long.
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- Catherine the Great
- mKJ
- 06 Sep 2018
This phone was released on Monday 2nd May 2011! You know what else is a Monday 2nd May? The year 1729! You know what happened on 2nd May 1729?... Well I'll leave it to you to google it. But this is why this phone is a favorite of mine.
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- Hardknot
- 3rx
- 05 Sep 2018
My first android phone. But get mad with battery life. Lol
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- Andy
- xxH
- 24 Aug 2018
I cant find a good batery for s2. It is making me crazy. I have tried many. I have iphone 7plus, but Im nostalgic for S2
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- happyuser_since_2011
- FeH
- 23 Aug 2018
Mine is 7 yrs old now, and the original battery still stores enough juice for 24+ hrs.
Running LineageOS 14.1 (without Google Apps, though), which gets weekly updates.
This in turn means continued up-to-date security fixes based on Android 7.1.2. Yay! \o/
The hardware proved to be very sturdy and easy to maintain (e.g. internal cleanup).
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- rakijaman
- 8t7
- 08 Aug 2018
i installed cm14.1 and i lost imei, imei sv and baseband vesion. Worst phone ever
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- Macbeth
- 3ac
- 12 Jul 2018
I just held this phone (the international i9100) in person and oh my god it is really NICE!!! I definitely prefer the feel of this than the Galaxy S3. I (in my opinion) even think it's a better feel in the hand than the iPhone SE!
I know I might sound like someone from 2011 but no I am from 2018 and being absolutely serious about everything I just said. This phone (in terms of the feel in hand) is my absolute FAVOURITE!!!
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- benjamen50
- vuH
- 09 Jul 2018
Big Danny K, 04 May 2018The first phone I bought with my own money + my first smartphoneSame here haha, I installed a custom ROM running Lineage OS 15.1 (8.1 Oreo) and it's running pretty good. I'm impressed how it's still holding up well to this day.
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- qib
- 28 Jun 2018
Still one of the best designed Android phones to this day. Good job, Samsung.
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- nicey van
- sxr
- 18 May 2018
Ian B, 24 Apr 2018Try getting rid of dumpstate log. Type *#9900# on phone key... morethank you for that info thats also my prob ..but resolved done
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- smair
- XRr
- 25 Apr 2018
its wonderfull phone ever i have used and it was my first smart phone
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- Ian B
- 2Tp
- 24 Apr 2018
Lorrie1, 19 Mar 2018My Galaxyot 2 keeps telling me i have no room to download o... moreTry getting rid of dumpstate log. Type *#9900# on phone keypad and select "Delete dumpstate/logcat" This can build up to phenomenal size but can't be seen. I had same problem about storage and this cured prob
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- Samsung>Apple
- RYP
- 03 Apr 2018
Do you have Internal Space Left, or SD Card Space Left? Apps download to internal space, so you need to have enough space on their free.
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- optional
- 3DR
- 20 Mar 2018
Lorrie1, 19 Mar 2018My Galaxyot 2 keeps telling me i have no room to download o... morehahahaha buy an SD card. Or better yet, AN IPHONE 3Gs
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- Lorrie1
- 2CH
- 19 Mar 2018
My Galaxyot 2 keeps telling me i have no room to download or update yet I do have lots ? help