Difference between 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

I keep reading posters claiming that CleanROM is better than Beans because you get "all the new features" of 4.1.2 android.
After trying both ROMs (they are both awesome) I always end up going back to my red/black themed Beans setup as I like all the Beans custom options that are not available in CleanROM.
My question is however, what features am I missing out on by running 4.1.1 instead of the newer version?? After running them back to back, I could barely remember which was which. The two seemed exactly the same to me, what did I miss here??

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Not a whole lot.
Touchwiz sees some minor updates, like autocorrect on the keyboard. Some other things, we already had, like the ink effect on the lockscreen.
As for base Android, nothing you would care about or notice is in 4.1.2. Most users think that a version number higher means its faster, more stable, better on battery life, and many other things.
At the end of the day, its simply not true.
4.1.2 came out when it did (instead of being included in 4.2) because the Nexus 7 required it for the new hardware revision (power management hardware change). It wouldn't run on 4.1.1.
Take a look:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...4-1-2-at-the-low-level-developer-commit-logs/

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adrynalyne said:
Not a whole lot.
Touchwiz sees some minor updates, like autocorrect on the keyboard. Some other things, we already had, like the ink effect on the lockscreen.
As for base Android, nothing you would care about or notice is in 4.1.2. Most users think that a version number higher means its faster, more stable, better on battery life, and many other things.
At the end of the day, its simply not true.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/1...4-1-2-at-the-low-level-developer-commit-logs/
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Thanks for the reply, that's exactly what I figured.
I saw no advantage whatever when I tried both versions back to back but I thought maybe I missed something.
I already had an auto-correct KB and 4.1.1 is certainly just as fast/stable etc.
My battery life with beans ROM and the perseus kernel is amazing also.

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4.1.2 is faster then 4.1.1 benchmarks proves it
On 4.1.1 on quadrant I'll score like 6100 but on 4.1.2 I'll hit 7000

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winco209 said:
On 4.1.1 on quadrant I'll score like 6100 but on 4.1.2 I'll hit 7000
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adrynalyne said:
Most users think that a version number higher means its faster, more stable, better on battery life, and many other things.
At the end of the day, its simply not true.
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I rest my case.

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adrynalyne said:
I rest my case.
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LOL, exactly.......
I laughed so hard when I saw your reply I almost choked on some ice tea I was drinking!!

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So far, it seems to me that the biggest difference is that auto brightness on 4.1.2 is a lot brighter that on 4.1.1. It almost seems to not be working when you come from 4.1.1 because it keeps the screen much brighter on average. So much so that it seems that it isn't auto dimming.

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Kamar234 said:
So far, it seems to me that the biggest difference is that auto brightness on 4.1.2 is a lot brighter that on 4.1.1. It almost seems to not be working when you come from 4.1.1 because it keeps the screen much brighter on average. So much so that it seems that it isn't auto dimming.
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It depends. it is my understanding that auto brightness works differently on 4.1.2 since you can set a "notch" that you want auto brightness to work around. e.g. auto brightness on and set at 100%, auto brightness will either dim slightly under 100 or slightly over 100. while 4.1 uses the intervals between 0-100% and dims accordingly to location. e.g. you are in a dark area, and it sets your brightness at 20% down from 100%.
that is why 4.1.2 seems slightly dimmer, or slightly brighter depending on the situation
to me FW updates mean one of two things, security, feature, or compatibility updates. it doesn't mean it is faster. i also don't see why anyone even cares about quadrant scores after it has been debunked that the paid version gives you +1000 points.

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Yeah, that's how it's been explained to me too. It seems from reviews that Samsung cranked up the max brightness as well. I honestly don't like it. It makes the screen burn more power as it's not as flexible. I guess they did this because people have complained about their screens being too dim since the Galaxy Nexus. If I'm in a dark room I need to turn it down to not blind myself, and when I go outside, I have to turn it up to see. Kind of defeats the purpose of auto brightness. I agree, the whole benchmark thing is useless. This phone kicks butt, but there are certain triangle fill tests that it does very poorly on in comparison to other chips. However, it doesn't effect it in game play at all. I'll take that over pretty scores any day.