Worth Flashing I9100G from GB to ICS ? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I bought I9100G few weeks back and its working great. Upgraded to Gingerbread 2.3.6 and now i have No lagsand all great games like NOVA 3, shadowgun and other heavy games are working flawlessly. Plus i am getting great backup times as well.
But the two questions that are in my head nowadays is that
1) Is it worth flashing (Indian) ICS 4.0.3 on my S2G ? will it give me benefits like better battery backup, better 3D game performances and others? can someone provide with the changelog or the features that anyone noticed when they upgraded to 4.0.3?
2) Will flashing void my warranty?
Waiting for replies .. Thanks

farrukhna said:
I bought I9100G few weeks back and its working great. Upgraded to Gingerbread 2.3.6 and now i have No lagsand all great games like NOVA 3, shadowgun and other heavy games are working flawlessly. Plus i am getting great backup times as well.
But the two questions that are in my head nowadays is that
1) Is it worth flashing (Indian) ICS 4.0.3 on my S2G ? will it give me benefits like better battery backup, better 3D game performances and others? can someone provide with the changelog or the features that anyone noticed when they upgraded to 4.0.3?
2) Will flashing void my warranty?
Waiting for replies .. Thanks
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If you are happy with gb then stay with it. Many users including me are facing 3d performance problems with ics and many other problems.
Even cm9 is having problems with cam and 3d performance.
So u should stay with gb. Ics is nothing. You can easily having ics UI by using launchers on Google play .
Again, gb is good enough for u to stick with it.
PS : flashing it won't void your warranty.
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First things first. This is a developer forum. If you have inquiries please post in the Q&A Forum.
And for sticking to GB or ICS. its' all user preference. You can try ICS and if you don't like you can go back to GB

codybank_789 said:
If you are happy with gb then stay with it. Many users including me are facing 3d performance problems with ics and many other problems.
Even cm9 is having problems with cam and 3d performance.
So u should stay with gb. Ics is nothing. You can easily having ics UI by using launchers on Google play .
Again, gb is good enough for u to stick with it.
PS : flashing it won't void your warranty.
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What kinda problems you are facing and were u facing them when u were on GB? plus can tell me the features on ICS for G users?

farrukhna said:
What kinda problems you are facing and were u facing them when u were on GB? plus can tell me the features on ICS for G users?
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In gb : I have no problem at all.
Games like mc3, nova 3, asphalt work well. HD video played very smooth.
In stock ics : bad 3d performance, heating up easily, drop signal, some lag but acceptable when play HD video.
In cm 9 : normal 3d performance. Sometime heats up. Drop signal sometimes. A lots problem with camera like focus .... HD video is very laggy, can't watch it.
But in cm9, UI is smoother and you have horse power kernel to play with. U can oc CPU and gpu ....
Your decision to flash it or not.
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What part of this sticky topic do you not understand??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769247
[EDIT] Topic has now been moved.

iXanza said:
First things first. This is a developer forum. If you have inquiries please post in the Q&A Forum.
And for sticking to GB or ICS. its' all user preference. You can try ICS and if you don't like you can go back to GB
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so all people are experencing problems in ICS ? isnt there anyone who have been impressed with it? plus if i dont like it how can i revert back to 2.3.6. of GB ? through 0din?

Yep. Same way.

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[Q] am a noob i need advice

is it worth getting ics as it seems pretty similar to gingerbread .
also whats the best software around for the sg2 so it runs to its best capabilities and how do i install it as well as maybe ics ?
oh and any ideas how to get my wi fi to work as it just says scanning all the time
please help am a man on the edge
jimothy77 said:
is it worth getting ics as it seems pretty similar to gingerbread .
also whats the best software around for the sg2 so it runs to its best capabilities and how do i install it as well as maybe ics ?
oh and any ideas how to get my wi fi to work as it just says scanning all the time
please help am a man on the edge
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I think you need to do some reading of these forums.
My opinion, yes, ICS is better than GB. Best rom cm9 or bezke AOKP.
Ics is da bomb. Much sexier interface and neat features. I have tried all the current roms in Android development and I keep going back to Resurrection by westcrip.
yeah ics is good but cm9,spike and otha custum rom giv u full ics taste.....but u must read the help,general,faq sections then do the flashing stuff...cause if u do it wrong ur going to hard brick ur phone.hope u get the point....cheeeerz
SimboXXX said:
I think you need to do some reading of these forums.
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do this and you will get loads of idea on what to do and how to do
If u can live without video recording then go for cm9
The best experience
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Watching flash movies from browser is the worst **** everon ics, and there isn't coming any updates from adobe either.say goodbye to porn
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logan_izer10 said:
Ics is da bomb. Much sexier interface and neat features. I have tried all the current roms in Android development and I keep going back to Resurrection by westcrip.
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personally i didnt like Resurrection .... maybe its just me but it seemed to drain my battery lol ....
jimothy77 said:
is it worth getting ics as it seems pretty similar to gingerbread .
also whats the best software around for the sg2 so it runs to its best capabilities and how do i install it as well as maybe ics ?
oh and any ideas how to get my wi fi to work as it just says scanning all the time
please help am a man on the edge
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This blogger lists many new features of ICS compared to Gingerbread -
http://opinions5.blogspot.in/2012/03/galaxy-s2-ics-403-review.html

Gingerbread Scrolling Vs ICS

Why scrolling on ICS roms (sammy and aosp) are worse than on Gingerbread? It really sucks. I just don't get it since ICS is supposed to have hardware acceleration and all. It stutters a lot and is not as smooth as gb. I've been using paranoid rom for some time now and I've tried almost everything available on xda and while ICS has clear advantages over gb, scrolling is not one of them. I just went back to cm7 just to make sure (it'd been a long time since I'd used it and I didn't remember very well) and scrolling is waaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy better. Isn't it possible to make ics scrolling better? Am I missing some config or tweak that fixes this?
ICS has only recently been shipped out, give Samsung some time and they'll iron out these things
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I can only agree. The scrolling in ICS on Galaxy S2 is poor. It is stuttering and this makes it unpredictable and very unpleasant to look at. The latest (XWLPG) firmware doesn't help at all. In my view, ICS is a beta product due to this single flaw. It may be functional, but not as good as GB good.
I am therefore running GB again.
galmok said:
I can only agree. The scrolling in ICS on Galaxy S2 is poor. It is stuttering and this makes it unpredictable and very unpleasant to look at. The latest (XWLPG) firmware doesn't help at all. In my view, ICS is a beta product due to this single flaw. It may be functional, but not as good as GB good.
I am therefore running GB again.
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As they said - "TO EACH IS OWN". it really is a preference for the user if they want ICS or GB. Feature wise, ICS offers a lot more than GB. Stability wise, yes its GB. Just my two cents
Agreed. The scrolling sucks. Stutter, stu stu stutter...
I never knew how bad scrolling could be until these stock-based Samsung ICS ROMs came out. As you lift your finger off the screen, the tracking is way too sensitive and sometimes this causes the scrolling to go flinging off into the opposite direction, or too far in the same direction you were traveling before you lifted your finger. This isn't necessarily an ICS problem, because CM9 and AOKP based ROMs on the SGS2 don't suffer from this issue, so it's obviously something Samsung is doing. Changing kernels and playing around with different touch sensitivity / vitalij settings doesn't really help. I'll be curious to see if the stock-based ROMs on the SGS3 do the same thing.
I'm having the exact same problem. Tried everything from pure stripped down ICS ROMS to heavily customized ones and the scrolling sucks as compared to GB. It's a shame the UI experience is worse on ICS when it is the biggest factor in user experience. The SGS2 has very powerful hardware (even by today's standards) and shouldn't stutter while simply scrolling between homescreens or app menus. It really just ruins the experience for me.
Any new on the next android update? I hope they're not stopping at 4.0.4 cus there's a lot more to be done.
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OriginsOfLewis said:
ICS has only recently been shipped out, give Samsung some time and they'll iron out these things
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It has nothing to do with samsung. It's ICS itself. Using custom non-samsung ICS roms (even pure google ICS experience ones) stutters just as much.
DanDroidian said:
Agreed. The scrolling sucks. Stutter, stu stu stutter...
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Samsung-based ICS Roms are buttery smooth. All AOxP Roms are not.
Pfeffernuss said:
Samsung-based ICS Roms are buttery smooth. All AOxP Roms are not.
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Check out the aosp kernel Fluxxi, which has a setting in its xx tweaks application to mimic scrolling to the old GB way. Problem solved
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Pfeffernuss said:
Samsung-based ICS Roms are buttery smooth. All AOxP Roms are not.
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I'm on LPG with SpeedMod...
DanDroidian said:
I'm on LPG with SpeedMod...
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I tried wanam LPG with both siyha and cf-root and they stuttered the same....maybe i'll try with speedmod.
kitecarl said:
Check out the aosp kernel Fluxxi, which has a setting in its xx tweaks application to mimic scrolling to the old GB way. Problem solved
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Has anyone tried this???
I tried, and yes, it is way better !
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I'm using XX series of ROMs and with exception of the first one (LPQ) scrolling is perfect, especially on XXLPW. I read somewhere on this forum that Samsung implemented different scrolling engine on ICS ROMs so actually we shouldn't much compare these two stock ROMs families. ICS was supposed to behave a little different from the beginning. Anyway, I've noticed the differences in scrolling mechanism on ICS but cannot say single bad word about its fluency nor speed.
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legsim said:
I tried, and yes, it is way better !
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Glad you liked! Funny thing is I never even used GB on my S2. Brought my used one home from the shop in early Jan, flashed an early version of CM9 and never looked back Now I'm a devout Slim ICS user. Highly recommended.
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Pfeffernuss said:
Samsung-based ICS Roms are buttery smooth. All AOxP Roms are not.
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I have only used official samsung roms and ICS stutters a lot. Use GB and ICS next to each other and you can't help thinking ICS is a step back when it comes to scrolling.

[ANSWERED: Yes] Should I upgrade my Xperis S to ICS ?

Guys,
I have heard about many issues after upgrading to ICS, so wats the general feeling...its worthy to upgrade or continue using GB.
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xperiax10.awesome said:
Guys,
I have heard about many issues after upgrading to ICS, so wats the general feeling...its worthy to upgrade or continue using GB.
sent from seXperia S
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You must read it wrong
Best update ever!
I was worth thé waiting!
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if you wish to have battery life which is even worse than .63
xperiax10.awesome said:
Guys,
I have heard about many issues after upgrading to ICS, so wats the general feeling...its worthy to upgrade or continue using GB.
sent from seXperia S
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You allso heard alot of issues about the phone, the screen, battery problems in Gb and so on, and you still got the XS.
For me it was worth it. So nice new features, but nothing breathtaking.
Only problem so far is lowered wifi signal and some games lag after the ICS update.
The lag is not a general problem for me since GTA still runs smotth in high setting, and can have it running in the background and still play Dead Space without any problems.
I am happy with GB, no lags atleast..
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xperiax10.awesome said:
Guys,
I have heard about many issues after upgrading to ICS, so wats the general feeling...its worthy to upgrade or continue using GB.
sent from seXperia S
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yes you should... the issus"rumours" came from people that has found issus becaus they want... ICS is not as bad als all the people screams out... just update and then wait a couple of hours... and 2 or free full charching circles till ICS works great..
the only real issue i found was, that the Launcher (the same like the 2.3.7) lag a little if you apply third party Widgets and resice it...
the speed is after all the same as the 2.3.7 - the Battery-drain is better, the ics settings are great (the best new feature is the new Multitasking manager... damn great feature)
if you got issues after first installation.. just reinstall (if you use Flashtool) and take a look that you made a full wipe (Cache AND Userdates) - and the Flashtool must be in the newest Version - so then... go on
SXS ICS and me? was not a love from the first view, but became bigger ever hour i use ICS and play whit it
I upgraded to ICS and my phone is better than ever!!
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Dont forgot to make an "fresh" install.
Thats the common reason why its so called "buggy".
Ok guys, will wait 1 more week for official update else will flash.
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Should I Flash
Hell Yeah, Better battery, Looks, Speed..
I use Apex launcher instead of Sony one & i have not noticed any lags at all????
me too... Xperia ICS & Apex is the best combination for a rocking S
Now U can upgrade to JB and it's 100 time better the official ICS....
The dev on XDA are magicians
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Stock ICS unstable

I am fed up of using sony's stock ICS. I have also used the sony's stock based roms. All of them have the same problem.
I CANNOT PLAY HD or any high demanding GAMES. Phone reboots or hangs during gameplay.
I used the stock GB after buying the phone for like 5 months. Every single HD game I threw at it ran well. So guys, I am asking your opinion, GB OR ICS.
If GB, stock ROM OR custom rom?
Thanks in advance.
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prime_225 said:
I am fed up of using sony's stock ICS. I have also used the sony's stock based roms. All of them have the same problem.
I CANNOT PLAY HD or any high demanding GAMES. Phone reboots or hangs during gameplay.
I used the stock GB after buying the phone for like 5 months. Every single HD game I threw at it ran well. So guys, I am asking your opinion, GB OR ICS.
If GB, stock ROM OR custom rom?
Thanks in advance.
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if u prefers continue playing games u can flash back to GB... ICS doesn't suppots HD games....
if gaming is more important than function n features ..
than you should go with clean n tweak stock gb ..
it's much more stable
prime_225 said:
I am fed up of using sony's stock ICS. I have also used the sony's stock based roms. All of them have the same problem.
I CANNOT PLAY HD or any high demanding GAMES. Phone reboots or hangs during gameplay.
I used the stock GB after buying the phone for like 5 months. Every single HD game I threw at it ran well. So guys, I am asking your opinion, GB OR ICS.
If GB, stock ROM OR custom rom?
Thanks in advance.
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I'd suggest PlayStation Vita.

I'm still using GB, is it worth upgrading?

As you can see my situation is quite simple. I'm still using GB on my Xperia S. And as more apps start to get that ICS look. I start thinking more about upgrading to ICS.
So... Is it already worth upgrading to it? Are most bugs ironed out and such?
Cause to be honest, I love my phone as it is currently. It works fine as it is and there isn't much a need to upgrade.
I dont see any bugs.
kekkle said:
As you can see my situation is quite simple. I'm still using GB. And as more apps start to get that ICS look. I start thinking more about upgrading to ICS.
So... Is it already worth upgrading to it? Are most bugs ironed out and such?
Cause to be honest, I love my phone as it is currently. It works fine as it is and there isn't much a needto upgrade.
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In my opinion .2.50 is running very nicely and is worth the update.
running very smooth I didn't find any bugs ICS is great on my device
kekkle said:
As you can see my situation is quite simple. I'm still using GB. And as more apps start to get that ICS look. I start thinking more about upgrading to ICS.
So... Is it already worth upgrading to it? Are most bugs ironed out and such?
Cause to be honest, I love my phone as it is currently. It works fine as it is and there isn't much a needto upgrade.
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What phone model you have? For Xperia P upgrade to ICS is necessary - better interface, faster and smoother than GB! After upgrading to ICS I forget about unlocking bootloader, becouse stock ROM is good enought!
Hey guys who are using ICS.
Please tell me it's performance in games.
Have you find any improvements?
XperiaU said:
Hey guys who are using ICS.
Please tell me it's performance in games.
Have you find any improvements?
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Yups, some of games run smoother than in GB. You can force gpu rendering in Dev. setting.
Thanks!
Would love to see more answers.
If the update is available, update it Asap!
You're really missing out on great stuff... 'Apex &, Nova launcher'
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Oh yes. Im using Xperia S
I'm on an Xperia P, and the most significant difference is in performance (scrolling fluidity and whatnot).
But really, I wasn't on 2.3.X long enough to get a real guage on everything that changed (I literally updated after 20 minutes out of the box).
for me sure i will update for ICS ,, but if you with unlocked BL and you want the BE then stay on GB cuz its not working with ICS with unlocked BL
but this cant stop me to prefere the ICS
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So.. Still no concrete answer around. The problem is too I can't make an backup of my GB and just try ICS out...
kekkle said:
So.. Still no concrete answer around. The problem is too I can't make an backup of my GB and just try ICS out...
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Ofcourse you can. Just update and if you really need to, flash a gb firmware with flashtool.
The update is worth it. Plus, ever since the .45 firmware, the performance is even better then on gb.
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