I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
since iphone 4s is still not jailbreakable, I'm thinking of getting a new samsung galaxy II, however I'm not sure if dual core can really solve the android lag issue.
anyone recently switched from samung galaxy I to II? is there any lag problem? thanks in advance
I switched from my i-9000 (international Vibrant) as soon as the SGS II hit the market, not a single regret.
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I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
since iphone 4s is still not jailbreakable, I'm thinking of getting a new samsung galaxy II, however I'm not sure if dual core can really solve the android lag issue.
anyone recently switched from samung galaxy I to II? is there any lag problem? thanks in advance
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Gs2 is awesome, the android lag isn't noticible to me at all. And I'm underclocked to 1ghz. According to an article the other day android will always have a small lag compared to iPhone because android doesn't stop all background processes when the screen is touched.
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redjersey said:
I have been using captivate for more than a year now, I have tried almost all different kinds of GB custom roms like serendipity, apex etc and no matter what I did (ext4 lag fix, OC etc) my cappy is still laggy every now and then.
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I was in the same boat as you, got the sgs2 and never looked back.
I switxhed from the cappy to the ATT SGS2 and love it. No lag i can see. Still have my cappy which is now just a full time test phone running Team Hacksung ICS. The ATT SGS2 is really noce also and has great dev support, specially since the ATT SGS2 and INTERNATION SGS2 have almost everything in common this time around. Still has some differences unfortunately but pretty minor. They seem to be closer than the cappy was to the international sgs1. Way better phone in my view and cappy as much as i loved it doesnt compare.
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I went from Sgs to sgs2 and it is significantly better, not perfect but definitely an improvement. Not as smooth as an ipad2 but definitely good enough for me to prefer over iPhone 4s
I switched from the european I9000 to the european I9100.
The I9000 was slower than a granny in the fast lane, and I didn't like the pen tile display at all. The colors were great but the pixels were much too distinguishable.
The I9100 however is fast and the display is really great. The pixels blend much more and the picture is much nicer. Samsung has chosen the right file system this time and they have become really good at building ROMs. There is still a little lag sometimes (Which you will also find is the case with the iPhone 4S) but it's not that bad or frequent. The GPS still isn't perfect with a stock ROM, but there are root fixes that made mine get fixes in about 5-15 seconds when outside.
They righted most of the wrongs. I didn't like the I9000 much. In fact I considered trashing it quite often. But I love the I9100 and I have been recommending quite widely.
IMO if you like/love your S1 and want a 20-30% upgrade mainly in terms of making scrolling etc like 25-50% faster, then S2 is your phone.
If you are expecting a different phone with a different feel and different impact, then you are better off with an Iphone 4S.
The S2 is significantly faster but then I didn't feel the S1 was too slow either. It was passable/acceptable, the S2 is good, not excellent.
The S2 is a VFM upgrade if you have the dough, but it isn't another universe totally. For that you would need to either skip a generation in android or move to another line of phones like Windows or iOS because the Gingerbread family still remains the same and lag hasn't been eliminated completely, so far.
Bottomline, if you are fond of your S1 and are looking for an upgrade which is an overall improvement in all ways, or at least many things, go for a S2. Else don't!
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One more thing, the S2 is pretty fast, at least as long as you use the launcher in built in your ROM and not use too many other launchers through ADW etc.
In fact, I would use a s2 over iphone 4s if they could maintain even this little differnce in speed. However, the s2 is definitely not perfect like an ipad 2 but definitely the s2 is good enough to be used as your main phone with little to no complaints
I have both and it seems to me that everything they did wrong on the SI , they got right on the SII . Lag is non existent for me and very happy with the SGSII.
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I have pre-ordered Galaxy S II but I am now having doubts and seriously considering cancelling the pre-order as my Galaxy S I is working fine on the leaked Gingerbread releases.
For those of you who upgraded from S I is it worth upgrading to S II? If so, why?
Please no let me Google/Bing that for you links as I have been using internet more then most people so I can quite comfortably use search engines.
I am not an owner of an s1
If you are comfortable with the s1 and you are getting what you want from it then it would be better to wait for the next best thing and make your upgrade even more worthwhile.
That is all of course if money is an issue if not then hell yeah
I have both at the moment.
I did like the sgs1 and it is still a good phone, however I absolutely dont regret upgrading. The sgs2 is just a nicer experience imo. Its screen is sharper and bigger, Its a hell of a lot faster, the browsing experience is great, camera is pretty good especialy compared to the sgs1.
I was also not sure If I should upgrade but it is worth it imo. Its also nice to have a phone which is not mistaken for an iphone 3gs.
Bare in mind I paid 250£ due to sgs1 being traded in. I wouldn't pay any more than that!
i am also thinking, but ever since trying the new cm7 i am going to pass for now. the sgs1 is very fast now.
there is not enough support for sgs2 yet. wait a while and see where the good developers are heading.
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I used to have an SGS1, now I have the SGS2 and couldn't be happier. For me, at least, I wanted the GS1 to be a little faster, have a front facing camera (I had the Captivate), and a larger screen (4.3in was what I was hoping for). It's like Samsung heard my cries and gave me the exact phone I was looking for.
Personally, I think it's worth the upgrade, but it's all about what you want to get out of the phone. If you're using casually using it, don't need a front facing camera, and feel that the GS1 fills all your needs then by all means stick with the GS1 and wait for the GS3. For me it was worth the upgrade.
SGS2 is the best phone at the moment.
I had SGS1 and Nexus S. Didn't like SGS1. Nexus S was just ok. SGS2 is amazingly fast and bugfree.
i still use my sgs more than the sgs 2
for a few reasons
no extra batteries so i can't have a charged one in my pocket
better sound with voodo on the sgs 1
much better battery life using the sgs 1 with speedmod kernel and 2.2.1 firmware.. i get about 3 days out my batteries
gps is also better on my sgs 1 since i cannot get into gps menus to tweak thinks and accuracy is much lower/better on the sgs 1 and it locks within 10 secs, vs. up to a minute average on the sgs 2.
the speed and display on the sgs 2 is better. and i think eventually i will us it daily to surpass my sgs 1.. the camera is much better the flash is great, and it is great to be able to have a flashlight app to use the flash as a light.
but for now i find myself taking the sgs 1 to work and playing and tweaking the sgs ii in the evenings/weekends.
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i still use my sgs more than the sgs 2
for a few reasons
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Thanks for detailed comparison. I guess I need to compare myself to make final decision.
ugh man.. this phone is unstoppable, 20 dolphin mini tabs playing megavideo at the same time. not even the slightest hiccup, spam pinch zoom, and its as smooth as pinching a picture in the gallery, and thats with all 20 tabs. I'm not exaggerating.
camera is better than the omnia hd, apps install in under a second. and the led is roughly 80 lumens, brightest led on any phone, makes for a great touch! pixel density is better than s1, gps finally fixed.. sigh Im watching the last episode of the office.. and it's so sad.. k don't wanna type anymore.. just get it..
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Just sold my SGS 1 sad to see it go perfect for me and with a custom rom even better .
SGS2 better yes but its not a big better its just smoother + bigger .
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guys please little help
right now i have samsung galaxy s i9000
im thinking to switch to samsung galaxy s 2 after two days
should i switch to sgs2 ? is there is a big diffrence ?
does sgs2 have any proplems ?
the reason im switching my sgs1 because the phone is laggy a little
so if i switched to sgs2 is it fast alot ?
so guys please advice should i buy sgs2 and why
im really confiused
thanks in advance
Flashing a custom rom could make your phone faster/lag free
(Also, isn't there a one click lag fix thing for that?)
It got some issues like a yellow tint on some screens etc. But nothing to serious. Its fast as hell though
But be aware, the battery is horrible! Sometimes I have to charge 2 times a day!
To be honest, i would keep the GS1 and wait for something even better.
(Perhaps the upcoming nexus?)
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bruflot said:
Flashing a custom rom could make your phone faster/lag free
(Also, isn't there a one click lag fix thing for that?)
It got some issues like a yellow tint on some screens etc. But nothing to serious. Its fast as hell though
But be aware, the battery is horrible! Sometimes I have to charge 2 times a day!
To be honest, i would keep the GS1 and wait for something even better.
(Perhaps the upcoming nexus?)
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well im on a custom rom (tried cm7 - darky's - right now im on csrikelos )
its fast but there is still little lags when alots of widgets and runing many apps
and there is lags on games like ashpalt 6 and nova2 a little lag and order and chaos thats why i want to switch
i want the device to be perfect
and i dont care about battery at all !
because every day i put my device into charging all the time
ayhamx360 said:
guys please little help
right now i have samsung galaxy s i9000
im thinking to switch to samsung galaxy s 2 after two days
should i switch to sgs2 ? is there is a big diffrence ?
does sgs2 have any proplems ?
the reason im switching my sgs1 because the phone is laggy a little
so if i switched to sgs2 is it fast alot ?
so guys please advice should i buy sgs2 and why
im really confiused
thanks in advance
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SGS is a very good phone. You can flash custom ROM and tweak a little bit to reduce the sluggishness. SGS2 is a lot faster than SGS but there won't be no difference unless you are running multiple applications or cpu centric apps and games. I suggest to use SGS with a new ROM first and if you still find it laggy, then get SGS2.
Personally, I think the both SGS1 and SGS2 are good phones and I changed over mainly because of the size. Its sleek dimensions is simply beautiful and larger screen and vivid colours makes viewing videos a pleasure.
Surely the phone's hardware is sweet, but I don't think there are many instances where you would be fully utilizing the phone to its full potential (at least not very soon). So sticking to a SGS1 would be a cost saving measure. As you mentioned, performance wise, perhaps you could look into using lag-fix and overclocking as a boost.
PS: I feel like a salesgirl @ a telcom shop... >.<
I'll swim against the tide and say hell yes, get the SGS2, even if your SGS is so new
I had the SGS for about 10 weeks before I jumped ship. It was - and is - a very good phone. I fixed the lag by changing the file system to ext2 or ext4 with either kernels or custom ROMs. But the speed of the SGS2 makes it a totally different beast, as does the build and screen. That extra 0.3 inches really does make an enormous difference.
I've always had excellent battery life (no SNS or games, about 25 apps) on the SGS2. It sounds like you know what you're doing regarding flashing/rooting/custom ROMs etc, and there's more than enough choice here now.
Come on over, you won't regret it
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You can't have a perfect device, never. Which you could have is a near about perfect device and I believe GSII includes in that category, unlike Sensation/O2X.
Besides, hardware wise there is a big difference between GS and GSII, but that depends on your usability, how you are gonna use it. SGS is still a powerful device. And as you are coming from Android you won't have any problem in adjusting with the UI. iPhone users some time find it difficult to adjust to Android as they claim it's not smooth enough, laggy etc etc. Its true, but you can't have everything at a time
Regards.
If you need a LED flash for the camera or need a front camera for video conferencing, then SGS2 upgrade would be justified.
Else, I'd just flash it to CM7 on the SGS, and keep using it.
im realy confuised
but i think i will go for the sgs2
Get the sgs2. i only had my sgs1 for 2 weeks before the upgrade {thanks vodafone} but man it was worth it. and im not sure whats going on with other peoples battery but mine lasts 2 days, widgets {3}, watch a full movie {platoon hd}, play angry birds for a while, text and calls and i also plug it into the old radio at work to listen to my music. i only just discovered i had gps on too
the other thing tho is that i rooted and deleted some of the crappy apps i dont want so i have about 40 installed but i got rid of samsung ones ect. if i benchmark its always 3400+ and i have never seen lag or a yellow tinge on my screen {my first sgs 2 had a weird scroll pattern under the glass but was replaced no questions} You wont regret the decision. do it.
if its suit with your needs go for it
ok guys thanks for ur help alot
going to buy sgs2 today inshallah
Im in line for an upgrade in November and want opinions from current owners...is this phone the beast its made out to be or should i wait for galaxy nexus? Also, benchmarks show my cappy outperform s2 gpu. Are games smooth? Is the screen just larger cappy or is it sharper? Basically Im asking if any of you feel as if you should have waited for nexus or are satisfied with s2
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I'm my experience so far, every game I've tried runs smooth as butter.
The screen looks downright beautiful and the colors really "pop"
Also, according to many tech sites I frequent, the SGII is on par with (and in some cases better) than the Galaxy Nexus.
It's simply awesome. Also, I've read that the nexus prime doesn't have Gorilla glass and SGS2 have it. Though ICS does look amazing, and when it's available for us officially or unofficially from our beloved devs, SGS2 will be an awesomess phone.
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Get ready for a lot of satisfied people here.
I love this phone after a year with my captivate. I wouldn't say the screen is noticibly cripser, but its amazing.
I was disappointed with the Nexus. Check this forum, there are several posts about the SGS II vs Nexus discussion. The screen has a higher resolution, but its pentile, so its not a true comaprison.
The biggest feature about the Nexus will be faster updates for new android (vanilla) versions, but that's really the only difference to consider. Other than that the SII is comporable or better in almost every regard.
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It's simply awesome. Also, I've read that the nexus prime doesn't have Gorilla glass and SGS2 have it. Though ICS does look amazing, and when it's available for us officially or unofficially from our beloved devs, SGS2 will be an awesomess phone.
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Am I the only that was disappointed in the 5mp main camera and the front facing camera wasn't close to the 2mp in our beloved handset... That alone made me take the Nexus Prime off my hit list...
I was truly expecting a Galaxy S3 with ICS... A bit of a let down IMHO...
I am happy I didn't wait for the Galaxy Nexus. My Captivate was a great phone but the GSII is better in every way and the Nexus isn't a big enough improvement to warrant the supposedly higher price I've heard will come with the Nexus. But it all comes down to preference so if you feel the Nexus specs are worth waiting for then by all means wait for it but the GSII is definitely the beast it's made out to be.
I'm deciding btw SII and the Galaxy Note if it does come out for att. The bigger screen and stylus sound cool to play with.
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Thats what i was leaning towards but i wanted reenforcment lol.
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Whats the stock quadrant on a s2 and wat r u gettin with custom roms? Curious. We had 800's stock and my best is a 3502 on a cappy
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Also, anyone have the otterbox commuter case for s2? I looked up pics and it looks pretty similar to the cappy one. Sorry for all the ?'s
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Whats the stock quadrant on a s2 and wat r u gettin with custom roms? Curious. We had 800's stock and my best is a 3502 on a cappy
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I came from the Cappy also (still have it as a backup and.my wife's also). The SGS2 is a WHOLE LOT SMOOTHER and refined feeling. I never felt I bad lag in my captivate but after using the SGS2 my cappy feels slow. As much as I don't believe in or care for quadrant scores I think the LOWEST I got on stock was in the 3500 range and at least somewhere into the 4000+'s
Yes it is the beast it is made out to be.
Even if you set your cappy to 1.6Ghz as long as it runs smooth it does not compare to the SGS2 running at 1.2Ghz.
It is hard to describe ALL the differences between the SGS2 and cappy but it is noticeably better than the cappy. I too prefer it over the specs of the Google Nexus as for me I prefer a 8Mp camera. From what I have read the size of the device is NOT that much bigger than the SGS2 (total size) it just doesn't have the soft buttons at the bottom and uses that as part of the screen. So that part does sound good to me. The SGS2 doesn't seem to have lockups like the cappy could have on occasion, it just runs better. It is already using EXT4 standard as opposed to on the cappy having to run a lagfix that converted the cappy to EXT4.
SO basically YES IT IS A BEAST IT IS MADE.OUT TO BE...
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Thanks guys...s2 it is then
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I don't think you can go wrong with either device to be honest. They're both top notch products and I think you'll have great support either way. I was really pushing to go with the Nexus early on but with the support here on xda and a few of my friends owning the phone, I see no reason to give up my S2 right now.
I love my S2 and whether we get ICS soon or not, I'm happy with GB as it is and the various roms - UnNamed being my current fav.
The biggest plus of Ics is FULL hardware acceleration..im sure itll be up n runnin for s2 soon after source is released...ill b lookin for watsa's build!
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OK, AT&T is going to give me an out-of-cycle upgrade due to so many issues with my Captivate. I was already convinced that I wanted the SGSII until I saw the new SGSIISR. I'm not in an LTE area and don't expect to be any time soon, but the specs on the SR look too good to pass up. Unfortunately, I read a lot of issues with the SR's BT operation and that's one function I use a lot (streaming Slacker and MP3s in car and on my Harley). I also read that the SR does not have Gorilla Glass, something I really liked about my Cappy. Is there anything about the SR that I would regret not having if I choose to go with the SGSII?
My other concern is what can I bring over from my Cappy via TiBU? I'm running Andromeda3 (love it!) on the Cappy with a few tweaks (circle batt mod, for one). Will any of them cause issues on the SGSII? Thanks for the help.
As far as things with the sr, if you don't have LTE YET In your area, there is no reason for you to get the sr in my opinion.
There are great roms over here, but your Andromeda will not work to my knowledge.
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The biggest question is...
Is 4.5" too big? I have an Infuse and it's too big. The sgs2 is the perfect size for me.
I also don't like to be the early adopter. Let everyone else work out the LTE kinks then jump over next gen when the coverage is more complete.
There is nothing about the SR other than LTE that exceeds the I777 in specs, other than the larger screen size.
The SR is heavier
The SR is thicker
The SR has a weaker processor (clock speed isn't everything - think Pentium 4 vs. Athlon XP as an example)
The SR has shorter battery life (LTE + Snapdragon + lots of bugs due to being a niche almost-one-off device with low design maturity) despite having slightly higher battery capacity - LTE alone is more than enough to offset this.
The SR has zero commonality with Samsung's international flagship, the I9100.
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There is nothing about the SR other than LTE that exceeds the I777 in specs, other than the larger screen size.
The SR is heavier
The SR is thicker
The SR has a weaker processor (clock speed isn't everything - think Pentium 4 vs. Athlon XP as an example)
The SR has shorter battery life (LTE + Snapdragon + lots of bugs due to being a niche almost-one-off device with low design maturity) despite having slightly higher battery capacity - LTE alone is more than enough to offset this.
The SR has zero commonality with Samsung's international flagship, the I9100.
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Exactly what I was looking for. I was concerned about the size. With my failing eyes I tend towards bigger screens, but as I handle the phone while riding my bike I need something that isn't too big. I also want better battery life. Guess I'll stick to the SGSII. I like that there is a ton of DEV support for it. Now, if someone can point me to a ROM as good as Andromeda3...
I am stuck in same debate but I live in a lte market but still consider phone but I like large screen but enough to give up a better quality phone and cm9 is important so no one saying if either will get it.
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Miami_Son said:
Exactly what I was looking for. I was concerned about the size. With my failing eyes I tend towards bigger screens, but as I handle the phone while riding my bike I need something that isn't too big. I also want better battery life. Guess I'll stick to the SGSII. I like that there is a ton of DEV support for it. Now, if someone can point me to a ROM as good as Andromeda3...
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as far as a good ROM goes it is really up to what you like. Do you like touchwiz? Do you like AOSP? there are soooo many options for this phone because you can use ROMs from this section, or you can head over to the i9100 forum and grab something up from over there and use the hellraiser mod to make it compatible with our device. I personally use the turkbey 29.3GT ROM, with the siyah 2.4.2 kernel, and Ive never been more satisfied. heres a link to the turkbey post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFFmWlIqH4NuisG7tHvQbTow-CceQ
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rboone18 said:
I am stuck in same debate but I live in a lte market but still consider phone but I like large screen but enough to give up a better quality phone and cm9 is important so no one saying if either will get it.
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I also live in an LTE market, BUT, I usually use WiFi anyway. I went with the GS II, and I couldn't be happier with my decision. My brother has the SR, and the GS II is smoother/faster/more liquid than the SR by far. The qualcomm processor/adreno 220 gpu in the SR can't even hold a candle to the exynos/mali 400 combo in the GS II, even though its clocked @ 1.5 ghz, the 1.2 ghz exynos is faster, by far. Not to mention the SR feels like your holding a VCR, lol. I had the T989 before I had my GS II, and as I said before, my brother currently has the SR and the Atrix 4g, and he constantly uses his Atrix as his daily driver, I even think the tegra2 in the atrix is better than the qualcomm. And keep in mind, as u can tell from my list of previous devices below, I am unbiased as to manufacturer, if its android, and I like it, I use it. Period. I am being 100% honest when I say in my opinion the GS II i777 is the best device Ive ever owned, and even with the release of the galaxy nexus, I STILL believe IMHO its still the best device on the market, besides the resolution and ICS (which we'll have soon anyway) the i777 pulls ahead in hardware.
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as far as a good ROM goes it is really up to what you like. Do you like touchwiz? Do you like AOSP? there are soooo many options for this phone because you can use ROMs from this section, or you can head over to the i9100 forum and grab something up from over there and use the hellraiser mod to make it compatible with our device. I personally use the turkbey 29.3GT ROM, with the siyah 2.4.2 kernel, and Ive never been more satisfied. heres a link to the turkbey post http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNFFmWlIqH4NuisG7tHvQbTow-CceQ
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I also live in an LTE market, BUT, I usually use WiFi anyway. I went with the GS II, and I couldn't be happier with my decision. My brother has the SR, and the GS II is smoother/faster/more liquid than the SR by far. The qualcomm processor/adreno 220 gpu in the SR can't even hold a candle to the exynos/mali 400 combo in the GS II, even though its clocked @ 1.5 ghz, the 1.2 ghz exynos is faster, by far. Not to mention the SR feels like your holding a VCR, lol. I had the T989 before I had my GS II, and as I said before, my brother currently has the SR and the Atrix 4g, and he constantly uses his Atrix as his daily driver, I even think the tegra2 in the atrix is better than the qualcomm. And keep in mind, as u can tell from my list of previous devices below, I am unbiased as to manufacturer, if its android, and I like it, I use it. Period. I am being 100% honest when I say in my opinion the GS II i777 is the best device Ive ever owned, and even with the release of the galaxy nexus, I STILL believe IMHO its still the best device on the market, besides the resolution and ICS (which we'll have soon anyway) the i777 pulls ahead in hardware.
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I like cm7 but I want cm9 on my device so I am.looking to the future and it is a must. I like asop roms mainly but every so often I switch. I have an infuse now with cm7.
This year, I have had atrix,inspire,iPhone 4,infuse. I feel like I an forgetting another android.
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I like cm7 but I want cm9 on my device so I am.looking to the future and it is a must. I like asop roms mainly but every so often I switch. I have an infuse now with cm7.
This year, I have had atrix,inspire,iPhone 4,infuse. I feel like I an forgetting another android.
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in that case they have something called superosr you should check out. Its in the i777 forum and its a mixture of vanilla and cm7. Its really cool, you get the best of both worlds. We also have cm7 and Im sure cm9 and ICS soon enough. The GS II's development is going to continue to boom for a long time, the device is just too damn good for it not too. Look at the evo, or the nexus for example, older phone but the devving STILL continues no matter how outdated they are. This device is a safe bet, and its ROM selection will definitely provide you with something that suits your wants/needs.
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in that case they have something called superosr you should check out. Its in the i777 forum and its a mixture of vanilla and cm7. Its really cool, you get the best of both worlds. We also have cm7 and Im sure cm9 and ICS soon enough. The GS II's development is going to continue to boom for a long time, the device is just too damn good for it not too. Look at the evo, or the nexus for example, older phone but the devving STILL continues no matter how outdated they are. This device is a safe bet, and its ROM selection will definitely provide you with something that suits your wants/needs.
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I am calling att tomorrow to exchange my SR for the Sgsii, I'm in a LTE area too but the problems with the lines in this screen and just not feeling too snappy for a 1.5 dual core changed my mind. You also just pushed me over the edge so thank you, future galaxy s II owner here!
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Hi all, I am a member here coming from an AT&T Galaxy S3. I just ordered a Galaxy Note an hour ago and wanted to know some hands on user experiences? I have looked at youtube videos and they just don't seem to do the trick. I would like to know if they are really smooth and if they have good functionality, battery life, and if the development is good?
With the GSM SIII's losing IMEI's left and right, and all the bugs already, I am wondering how good the note really is.
I am not really looking for a 'persuasion' opinion because I will have both devices here before too long when the note gets here. I just want to know everyones experience and if the phone is laggy or anything, or any known bugs.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will thank all members that give me some feedback.
Thanks! :good:
First off congrats on getting your note.
Stock 2.3 had some lag issues for me but ics fixed that and is smooth even stock.
As far as development goes i haven't tried allot out but have seen allot going on there are some great stockish roms with only a few tweaks but my choice right now is the collective aocp cp1 ROM .
epic1 said:
First off congrats on getting your note.
Stock 2.3 had some lag issues for me but ics fixed that and is smooth even stock.
As far as development goes i haven't tried allot out but have seen allot going on there are some great stockish roms with only a few tweaks but my choice right now is the collective aocp cp1 ROM .
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I appreciate this. I am hoping it will be good. I have like 8 devices now and I am trying to keep it on just one lol. I am stuck between my GSIII and now the Note when it arrives. I am sure each will have its perks. I just wanted user experiences.
Right now, in my opinion, the Note is the best phone on the market. We have awesome dev support. Any worries of lag you can pretty much throw out the window. The stock ROM, debloated, is very smooth and performs well, I have been quite happy with debloated stock ICS, and it it's legitimately the first Android I have used where the stock ROM is bearable, let alone satisfactory.
However, the work the devs have done will likely make you want to flash a custom ROM fairly quickly. We have official CM9 nightlies, and to make that even better, Cyanogen himself is the developer for that. We also have AOKP variants, as well as a few hybrids and AOSP roms. I'm currently running Gubment Cheeze by rasroygbiv, which is a CM9 variant, and I couldn't be happier, this thing flies and sips battery; highly recommended by me. I've tried most everything in the development forum as I'm a flashaholic, and I can tell you that the Note will not disappoint. JB is also in the works by several of our developers, and we should have stable builds very soon. Dev support is awesome to say the least.
There are no issues with IMEI switching that are know, and we have plenty of options to return your Note to complete stock, including a flash counter reset, so you shouldn't have any worries flashing. In addition, it's a Samsung, which means unless you're dumb and rush things, it's damn near impossible to hard brick. And even if you do manage to hard brick, there are JTAG services available for like 40 bucks that will fix that.
Battery life is slightly above average which is nice. Most people get around 3.5-4 hours of screen on time, and generally anywhere from 12-18 hours of standby or more depending on what all you have running/syncing. So there shouldn't be any worries there.
Plus, we have this beautiful 5.3" monster of a screen that will make you fall in love. It isn't even a question that you'll love the Note. It's a question of if you'll still love your other phones. =]
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That pretty much summed it up for me. If I could thank you 5 ttines I would
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I just wanna say that was the best feedback I have ever got on here. Thank you again.
No problem, glad I could help. =]
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First thing I would recommend is go with either a stock debloated ROM or even better would be going with h0tw1r3's ICS kernel and DAGr8's AOKP milestone 6 ROM. This combination for me has been beyond excellent. Incredibly smooth, rock solid stable and a pleasure to have. With my current CPU setup I'm at 15 hours off the charger and still have 70% battery (1 hour of screen on).
You can expect about 4-5 hours of actual screen on time.
If you can get past the size of the phone - which is honestly the biggest stumbling block for most new comers to the note, there's very few devices out there that are as good as the i717.
Good luck with your new note!
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netsyd said:
First thing I would recommend is go with either a stock debloated ROM or even better would be going with h0tw1r3's ICS kernel and DAGr8's AOKP milestone 6 ROM. This combination for me has been beyond excellent. Incredibly smooth, rock solid stable and a pleasure to have. With my current CPU setup I'm at 15 hours off the charger and still have 70% battery (1 hour of screen on).
You can expect about 4-5 hours of actual screen on time.
If you can get past the size of the phone - which is honestly the biggest stumbling block for most new comers to the note, there's very few devices out there that are as good as the i717.
Good luck with your new note!
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I am limited to 8 thanks per day, which I am pretty sad about, but I will be sure to thank you tomorrow haha.
I am not worried about the size, just the lag issues I have heard about and the quality of the screen.... can you differentiate between pixels to the naked eye or anything?
Optimizer said:
Hi all, I am a member here coming from an AT&T Galaxy S3. I just ordered a Galaxy Note an hour ago and wanted to know some hands on user experiences? I have looked at youtube videos and they just don't seem to do the trick. I would like to know if they are really smooth and if they have good functionality, battery life, and if the development is good?
With the GSM SIII's losing IMEI's left and right, and all the bugs already, I am wondering how good the note really is.
I am not really looking for a 'persuasion' opinion because I will have both devices here before too long when the note gets here. I just want to know everyones experience and if the phone is laggy or anything, or any known bugs.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I will thank all members that give me some feedback.
Thanks! :good:
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The new one is coming or being announced in two weeks. My note with the ROM I'm currently using is just as fast as my S3, and much more capable due to the Samsung apps-- I.e. S Note, the widgets, and the ability to flash S3 apps and widgets because of phMod and the touchwiz framework support inherent in such a configuration.
You absolutely ant go wrong. I had a macbook pro, which I used for browser duty/media, and an iPhone for gaming and news. I stopped using my iPhone and my macbook pro when I got my TF101. I then got my Galaxy Note, and stopped using my tablet for anything but reading, and I split news duty between my Note and Transformer.
Even with the Snapdragon S3, ICS & the custom ROMs (and gingerbread earlier on) made it so the performance was as smooth or smoother than on any other device I touched, including the Prime.
Even games like Dead Trigger, with the Tegra 3 graphics effects enabled run well. They don't run at 60FPS, but to be honest, the display quality is such that you'll be wowed by the resolution and color vibrance and won't notice when you're only running at 30-40 fps. The gpu was the only area where I could've used just a tad bit more power-- I had that power with the GPU over clock that came with the first over clock kernel that was available here. I haven't seen that GPU OC make a comeback in ICS, even after the kernel source was released--disappointing.
Some suggest that the new Note will have a quad core S4, or the new Exynos wit baked in LTE (they won't give up LTE)....so I really think you're cutting yourself short. On the other hand, the enthusiasts and developers are, and will be here, likely for another year, when on contract, they can get an early 18 month upgrade, unless they buy retail.
You have a vibrant, CM and Indie supported community here, with the turkey, the gravy, and all the trimmings. Its impossible to guarantee that wit a new device-- especially one that had a predecessor released what, 4 or 5 months ago (Jesus christ!).
So weigh an established device that is supported, vs a SoC upgrade....because the Note 2 won't be much different. It wont have a better screen-- in fact, the screen resolution will stay the same, and if the rumors are correct, screen size will increase, resulting in a lower pixel density. It will be unproven, and might get better battery life (I say it might, because the rumors say it will get thinner....something that will impact the battery capacity, when in combination with a change to a more efficient, would likely balance out). It will have a less dense, but bigger screen.
I will however tell you that virtually e v e r y o n e that's used the Note, would likely pick it over any device on the market anywhere.
The form factor and screen quality trumps virtually every other ace in the hole out there.
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With the new kernel, and AOKP - I have ZERO lag. And the screen is on par with the best I've seen (including the 4s).
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See, I don't game alot. Main things are
Texting
Calling
Internet a little
Facebook
Xda
Twitter
And music.
If the note can handle those super smooth with no issues I have a feeling I'm going with thst
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See, I don't game alot. Main things are
Texting
Calling
Internet a little
Facebook
Xda
Twitter
And music.
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You won't be disappointed.
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I can't compare the Note with your S3, but I have the Note and the international quad core S3. My quad S3 is definitely a hair smoother, but that doesn't make up for the extra screen real estate, and s pen functionality. The extra smoothness of the S3 is hardly noticeable, versus when I pull out my s pen and start taking notes. That's a noticeable difference.
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Optimizer said:
I appreciate this. I am hoping it will be good. I have like 8 devices now and I am trying to keep it on just one lol. I am stuck between my GSIII and now the Note when it arrives. I am sure each will have its perks. I just wanted user experiences.
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i have never used the s3 but the note is by fast the best phone o have used or even seen the screen is amazing very fast and is a very solid device. Every one that sees it is like omg that's a phone.....so it makes a good conversation starter.
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sizemore2000 said:
I can't compare the Note with your S3, but I have the Note and the international quad core S3. My quad S3 is definitely a hair smoother, but that doesn't make up for the extra screen real estate, and s pen functionality. The extra smoothness of the S3 is hardly noticeable, versus when I pull out my s pen and start taking notes. That's a noticeable difference.
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honestly I will probably NEVER use the SPen lol.... I just like the bigger screen and I hear great development for it.
I just dont wanna go from my S3, to a Note, and then be disappointed. Granted I can always switch back, but I just spent X amount of money a new in box sealed note. I am pretty hopeful it works good. Thinking about donating some of these other phones I have to Devs that have bricked or something. I litterally have 2 iphone 4's, 2 iphone 4s's, a One X, a Note now, an S2 and S3, and like the older G1's and stuff. May do that when I finally decide what device to keep.