Related
Hey guys,
I'm new to the Android community. Im debating between OGS2 vs Skyrocket. I've been reading about how the OGS2 will have more 'developer support' than the Skyrocket. What exactly does that mean? Ive had jailbroken iphones so I know a bit bout phone modding. From what I understand, the Skyrocket has been rooted and will be getting ICS. So would it be able to use all the same hacks as the OGS2? Thanks.
nthydro said:
Hey guys,
I'm new to the Android community. Im debating between OGS2 vs Skyrocket. I've been reading about how the OGS2 will have more 'developer support' than the Skyrocket. What exactly does that mean? Ive had jailbroken iphones so I know a bit bout phone modding. From what I understand, the Skyrocket has been rooted and will be getting ICS. So would it be able to use all the same hacks as the OGS2? Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
NOOO the dev support on the skyrocket WILL be accute when compared to the OG SGS2. but i mean the phone just came out yesterday.
and we do have root, and working cwm.
the2rrell said:
NOOO the dev support on the skyrocket WILL be accute when compared to the OG SGS2. but i mean the phone just came out yesterday.
and we do have root, and working cwm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply. Lol Im assuming 'accute' means 'the same' right? I guess I'm just worried if I go with the Skyrocket it wouldn't have as many themes, mods, updates, etc...
nthydro said:
Thanks for your reply. Lol Im assuming 'accute' means 'the same' right? I guess I'm just worried if I go with the Skyrocket it wouldn't have as many themes, mods, updates, etc...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Acute being defined as small, It may or may not have the same sized community but I am going with small. With the difference in basically everything on the phone, nothing from the ogs2 will be easily ported over the skyrocket. You best bet is to get the TMob GS2 devs to make a port as that phone is far more similar to the sky rocket than the ogs2.
yoderk said:
Acute being defined as small, It may or may not have the same sized community but I am going with small. With the difference in basically everything on the phone, nothing from the ogs2 will be easily ported over the skyrocket. You best bet is to get the TMob GS2 devs to make a port as that phone is far more similar to the sky rocket than the ogs2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes as meaning Small, the dev support with be Minute in comparison. so if your a flashaholic u may want to get the OGSGS2
Smaller. The issue is it's different hardware than that of the International SGSGII, Sprint and AT&T SGSII.
The i777 can have ported roms due to similar hardware - much like the Galaxy S line (Galaxy S, Captivate and so on).
It's one reason I chose the SGSII.
the2rrell said:
NOOO the dev support on the skyrocket WILL be accute when compared to the OG SGS2. but i mean the phone just came out yesterday.
and we do have root, and working cwm.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I rooted my skyrocket and the cwm for the tmobile version is suppose to work
I also think dev support for the skyrocket will be less than the OGSGS2. I have the OGSGS2 and was a little afraid that our very talented devs would jump ship to the Skyrocket. That's why I was ecstatic to see Entropy512's latest release....Hellraiser for OGSGS2 (see dev section for thread). This opens up the very established and large i9100 dev community to our i777.
It boils down to this - i9100 has a VERY large international community behind it. The i777 is very similar to i9100 and now with Hellraiser we can even flash their ROM's. Skyrocket has a different chipset that isn't as well supported....YET. (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this).
Aah ok I see now. The difference in hardware is the reason why one has more dev support. Thanks for the explanation fellas. Unfortunately that makes my decision tougher since I was leaning towards Skyrocket but now I don't know. I don't wanna miss out on hacks and whatnot.
It doesn't make much sense that it's tacked onto the i777 forum. It'd be like putting the Infuse forum into the Captivate section.
MikeyMike01 said:
It doesn't make much sense that it's tacked onto the i777 forum. It'd be like putting the Infuse forum into the Captivate section.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree... While the two share similar names, that truly seems to be the extent of the similarities...
Can the Powers that Be consider creating a separate Forum just for the Skyrocket so as to eliminate possible confusion, especially from noobs?
I can see a whole bunch of bricked phones from people trying to flash a custom ASGSII ROM onto a Skyrocket just because they didn't know any better, and they were located in the same subforum.
We all know how much people tend to READ warnings... it's always AFTER something is F'ed up. LOL...
Don
MikeyMike01 said:
It doesn't make much sense that it's tacked onto the i777 forum. It'd be like putting the Infuse forum into the Captivate section.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Worse than Infuse in the Cappy section... I wish there were a "report forum for moving" thread. At least Heimdall worked on the Infuse!
I'm so afraid of the flood of "Y HEIMDALL NO WORK?" threads that are going to come with the Skyrocket in our forums.
Entropy512 said:
Worse than Infuse in the Cappy section... I wish there were a "report forum for moving" thread. At least Heimdall worked on the Infuse!
I'm so afraid of the flood of "Y HEIMDALL NO WORK?" threads that are going to come with the Skyrocket in our forums.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
whomp whomp whomp......lol
dlwoodjr said:
I agree... While the two share similar names, that truly seems to be the extent of the similarities...
Can the Powers that Be consider creating a separate Forum just for the Skyrocket so as to eliminate possible confusion, especially from noobs?
I can see a whole bunch of bricked phones from people trying to flash a custom ASGSII ROM onto a Skyrocket just because they didn't know any better, and they were located in the same subforum.
We all know how much people tend to READ warnings... it's always AFTER something is F'ed up. LOL...
Don
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't mind READING info on the Ltd gs2. BUT I sure hope that any mods, roms, development WILL NOT be included into the dev section otherwise WE WILL be seeing people that are newer coming in here with their lte SGS2 and flashing i777 roms and vice versa newbs with i777 flashing i727 lte phone roms, mods, etc. and causing all kinds of issues. I hope they get their own sub forum soon before any major development takes place for it.
Sent from My KickAss CM7 Captivate
RockRatt said:
I don't mind READING info on the Ltd gs2. BUT I sure hope that any mods, roms, development WILL NOT be included into the dev section otherwise WE WILL be seeing people that are newer coming in here with their lte SGS2 and flashing i777 roms and vice versa newbs with i777 flashing i727 lte phone roms, mods, etc. and causing all kinds of issues. I hope they get their own sub forum soon before any major development takes place for it.
Sent from My KickAss CM7 Captivate
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i do agree with yall, but peoeple should read.
obviously the Skyrocket is not the OG sgs2. and all threads about the skyrocket have the word SKYROCKET in the title.
the2rrell said:
i do agree with yall, but peoeple should read.
obviously the Skyrocket is not the OG sgs2. and all threads about the skyrocket have the word SKYROCKET in the title.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After my year or so of being in the captivate forum and now here. People reading is something that never happens. It's like some sort of lost art...OMG I Bricked my Device because I didn't read the bold text in the OP to not do what I did. Gotta love noobs, hell how many posts do we get still from people flashing intl gs2 roms and wondering why the buttons don't work... Facepalm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336586
Enough said...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium
it has begun ..... lol
the2rrell said:
i do agree with yall, but peoeple should read.
obviously the Skyrocket is not the OG sgs2. and all threads about the skyrocket have the word SKYROCKET in the title.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
People are posting here because it's been the topic of quite a bit of discussion here. But if you want us to have our own forum, feel free to vote to get us one. I for one thing the Skyrocket hate is getting old quickly. It's certainly much better "out of the box" than the OG. (I certainly don't miss the button lag and lower network speeds). It will get support soon enough, and for now you can always root it and use the stock kernel.
I don't miss the middle button lag but I do miss the middle button!
There are a fair few good deals on the S2 now that the Nexus is out with Android ICS, but how good is the ICS port over to the S2? Any bugs or flaws?
I am contemplating getting this phone for my girlfriend who isn't very tech savvy hence ICS would need to work flawlessly on the device .
Ics is not ready yet for this device there only at the alpha stage try again in 4months for a stable one or use the ics theme from the market
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Samsung has said "official" ICS firmware for SGS2 will be released "some time in Q1 2012". So far as other roms go, you should start seeing ICS ports over the next few weeks.
So far as functionality goes, I'd be surprised if these don't go thru the normal "teething problems" roms & kernels tend to go thru, and given your girlfriend isn't "tech savvy" and the device would need to work "flawlessly", I'd recommend you wait until Samsung releases official firmware rather than use a custom ICS port.
Unless you want to spend a lot of time playing tech support ?
EViS said:
There are a fair few good deals on the S2 now that the Nexus is out with Android ICS, but how good is the ICS port over to the S2? Any bugs or flaws?
I am contemplating getting this phone for my girlfriend who isn't very tech savvy hence ICS would need to work flawlessly on the device .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EViS said:
There are a fair few good deals on the S2 now that the Nexus is out with Android ICS, but how good is the ICS port over to the S2? Any bugs or flaws?
I am contemplating getting this phone for my girlfriend who isn't very tech savvy hence ICS would need to work flawlessly on the device .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it's a phone for your non-tech girl I would not worry about Gingerbread or ICS, I would worry about Touchwiz, Sense or whatever skin is out there and select your phone accordingly.
Getting into buggy beta ICS or non compatible apps or widgets that act weird is the killer, it just has to work and look nice. Gingerbread is good for that.
MistahBungle said:
Samsung has said "official" ICS firmware for SGS2 will be released "some time in Q1 2012". So far as other roms go, you should start seeing ICS ports over the next few weeks.
So far as functionality goes, I'd be surprised if these don't go thru the normal "teething problems" roms & kernels tend to go thru, and given your girlfriend isn't "tech savvy" and the device would need to work "flawlessly", I'd recommend you wait until Samsung releases official firmware rather than use a custom ICS port.
Unless you want to spend a lot of time playing tech support ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh well this would be good. Where have they stated this? I can't see it happening personally, what's the benefit to them?
All over the world's tech media recently. Been living under a rock have we ?
EViS said:
Oh well this would be good. Where have they stated this? I can't see it happening personally, what's the benefit to them?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
READ THE FORUMS CAUSE THATS WHY THEY ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.
/cruise control
EViS said:
Oh well this would be good. Where have they stated this? I can't see it happening personally, what's the benefit to them?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401673
I guess the Galaxy S2 isn't getting an official ICS afterall. News here.
EViS said:
I guess the Galaxy S2 isn't getting an official ICS afterall. News here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
dude ... u got the ability to read right?? read the article:
So far, Samsung only guarantees Ice Cream Sandwich for its Galaxy S II phones.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Samsung is working on it, thus there have been a couple leaks. They are still marketing the galaxy s2 so the benefit to a quick update being available would be that they can continue to sell their flagship phone.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
i am resurecting this thread as i literally just ordered the S2 for my wife(i have the S3 for me), so im wondering if the phones are actually coming now with the ICS already preinstalled, or will i have to connect it to kies to do it once we get it for the first time?
thanks
vasp3690 said:
i am resurecting this thread as i literally just ordered the S2 for my wife(i have the S3 for me), so im wondering if the phones are actually coming now with the ICS already preinstalled, or will i have to connect it to kies to do it once we get it for the first time?
thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No one will be able to answer this with any certainty, as it depends on what lot the phone was manufactured in and gotten ready for sale. If it came to the retailer with GB preinstalled, it will get sold with GB installed. If it came with ICS preinstalled, it will get sold with ICS installed.
It's not like retailers open up boxes they already have and upgrade the handset to ICS.
Are there any phones being sold at the moment with anything less than ics?
sent with WSGS3
SO right now we're all enjoying the numerous amount of ROMS on the S2. Once the S3 comes out won't all the attention of ROM developers be focused towards it?
think so jus like the sgs1 ,i got no updates jus few devs who r modyfying the same version....
There are only a few rom development going here.
Most of them are cooked, though they are nice I would love to see difference Between them not only in look.
Also cm9/aokp custom roms will be there for years as they are matured for sgs2, but Samsung roms? I think it would be limited
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Cm9 will be ur life I guess unless codeworks quits then i will start panicking.I don't want to leave sgs2 dang only 1 yr has passed..
Sent from my SGS2
Will users post in the correct place and read the rules on S3 forum .
jje
JJEgan said:
Will users post in the correct place and read the rules on S3 forum .
jje
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Who appointed you the section police?
Get ya swag on...
lckh said:
SO right now we're all enjoying the numerous amount of ROMS on the S2. Once the S3 comes out won't all the attention of ROM developers be focused towards it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes s2 will be dead and forgotten, best sell it now and get the s3 when it is released.
s2 wasnt that great of a phone anyway so win/win situation???
snappy123 said:
yes s2 will be dead and forgotten, best sell it now and get the s3 when it is released.
s2 wasnt that great of a phone anyway so win/win situation???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I hope you were missing a /s at the end of that comment. SGS2 wont die, sure dev activity may not be as high as a new device but with the ever growing collection of MIUI, CM9, AOKP and Stock based builds around it's far from dead. If anything, this is where its maturity actually works in its favour. The ROMs that are simply a theme, performance script tweaks and a kernel will begin to fade and dedicated developers/cookers will/are becoming more apparent. It happens with every device and the SGS2 is no exception. I also fully expect it to get the next version of Android as it has more than enough raw power to keep it going for years to come, Samsung wouldn't have a reasonably justified reason to cut off its support like they may have with the SGS.
Will keep this phone till next nexus or s4 as I just bought s2 this January
Hope that codeworkx shouldn't leave
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
samsung galaxy s3 ports!! coming soon!!!!!!
snappy123 said:
yes s2 will be dead and forgotten, best sell it now and get the s3 when it is released.
s2 wasnt that great of a phone anyway so win/win situation???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it was the best phone of 2011 and it wont die dont worry!!!op!
i will buy note 2 or next nexus !!!
maybe next htc one in the end of this year but never s3!!
to @ op
galaxy s gti9000 still lives and s2 will then offcousre live also !!!
many more roms and ports from will come from s3 to s2
cheers!!!!!!!!!!!
I was wondering if our beloved Galaxy S2 will receive Android 4.1 Jellybean officially? I'm pretty sure it will be available through Cyanogenmod or whoever, but will it also be a Kies update, and if so, is it gonna take all the carriers ages to implement it? Personally I'm always on one of the neweste CM Nightly builds and I've no complaints, it just works, which is kindof what I want the phone to do. I saw a youtube video of ICS vs Jellybean in terms of laggines, "Project Butter" aims to make the whole Android experience smoother and faster. What I'd like to know is if our now aging Exynos SOC supports all the things their putting into the OS, for example their doing Vsync and tripple buffering. All I know about those is that I enable them in games, no real idea what they actually do. Is it as simple as a software upgrade or must the hardware first support is?
Ask Samsung.
Yes it might come next year! But frankly I think 4.04 will be last.
No, no 4.0.4 neither
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731836&highlight=4+0+4
sikuland said:
No, no 4.0.4 neither
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731836&highlight=4+0+4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You believe that?.... The source is not reliable at all.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Can't we get Jellybean for our Galaxy S2 this year?
--
Dhanaiah
I don't see a point in Vsync. I've yet to see a game uncorrectly display an image.
Since triple-buffering is new, I guess our phone has double. I would like triple, and have it as smooth and as fast as the iPhone, but I don't want to lower my battery life on it. Plus I'd expect overheating since it takes two pieces of hardware to process am image.
"When it launches in mid-July, Jelly Bean will be available for the Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy S2. "
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2012/06/28/android-jelly-bean-to-streamline-updates-for-all/
stshhh said:
"When it launches in mid-July, Jelly Bean will be available for the Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy S2. "
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2012/06/28/android-jelly-bean-to-streamline-updates-for-all/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow i hope it will be true..can't wait for jelly bean..
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
stshhh said:
"When it launches in mid-July, Jelly Bean will be available for the Nexus 7, Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom, and Samsung Galaxy S2. "
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Random blog no-one's heard of makes a claim without mention of source? Excellent. Sounds like all the evidence needed.
if we get jellybean, i just hope they fix most of the bugs and atleast optimize the battery :\
oinkylicious said:
Random blog no-one's heard of makes a claim without mention of source? Excellent. Sounds like all the evidence needed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't lose hope my friend
More detailed information from GSM Arena:
http://www.gsmarena.com/google_announces_android_41_jelly_bean-news-4451.php
I saw this as well:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/357404/20120628/android-jelly-bean-galaxy-s3-htc-one.htm
Soon
Just wait for the next CM-rom, then we will get the great taste of jellybean!
FYI, there is a discussion thread about JB that has been open in the General section since yesterday here. (making this thread superfluous)
I'm pretty sure we will get 4.1 because if Galaxy Nexus S will get this.. Why shouldn't we get this? :victory:
i think we may get 4.0.4 but i verry much doubt that we will get jb
ctomgee said:
FYI, there is a discussion thread about JB that has been open in the General section since yesterday here. (making this thread superfluous)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wouldn't say this thread is entirely superfluous; here the discussion is focused solely on whether or not the Galaxy S2 will get JB, while the other thread also includes comments on the features of it.
If you came looking to find out if/when we were getting it, where do you think you would find the answer more quickly?
TWeaKoR said:
I wouldn't say this thread is entirely superfluous; here the discussion is focused solely on whether or not the Galaxy S2 will get JB, while the other thread also includes comments on the features of it.
If you came looking to find out if/when we were getting it, where do you think you would find the answer more quickly?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
From Samsung, actually.
Samsung announced the Tab s3 yesterday,but we still dont have even a single ROM Port from the tab s2 let alone the tab s3. There are many reasons to not jump ship to the tab s2 or s3 like poorer screen resolution compared to our original Tab S.
Please devs,do us a favor and make some ROM ports. Thanks
Abdl said:
Samsung announced the Tab s3 yesterday,but we still dont have even a single ROM Port from the tab s2 let alone the tab s3. There are many reasons to not jump ship to the tab s2 or s3 like poorer screen resolution compared to our original Tab S.
Please devs,do us a favor and make some ROM ports. Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You have hands, you have a computer, you have internet, you do it. If you want a tab s2 that much then get one.
DarkExistence said:
You have hands, you have a computer, you have internet, you do it. If you want a tab s2 that much then get one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would have if I'd known how to. Don't be too sour about my post. If you don't have anything to contribute you can keep moving. I was only pleading with the devs who have the technical know how to help and give our tab a fresh life.
Abdl said:
I would have if I'd known how to. Don't be too sour about my post. If you don't have anything to contribute you can keep moving. I was only pleading with the devs who have the technical know how to help and give our tab a fresh life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have 3 roms for the tab s, and am part of basically the only team keeping development alive. The way your post is laid out is like we get paid for this. You have google at your finger tips. We don't do things just for you, we do this for free.
If you want a tab s2 or s3 so much go get one. Your post seems like you do.
DarkExistence said:
I have 3 roms for the tab s, and am part of basically the only team keeping development alive. The way your post is laid out is like we get paid for this. You have google at your finger tips. We don't do things just for you, we do this for free.
If you want a tab s2 or s3 so much go get one. Your post seems like you do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+00
Personally I don't see why anyone would want a port when we have lineage os 14.1. No brainer if you ask me.
I'd use Lineage OS myself if somebody figured out how to make Netflix steams play at FullHD or HD resolution on hardware and software that they don't want to support.
As for the Tab S3, my first thought is that finally a flagship android tablet gets the specs it deserves. I can see myself buying one, perhaps around the holidays when the prices should drop. It's great to see someone still building premium Android tablets.
Abdl said:
I would have if I'd known how to. Don't be too sour about my post. If you don't have anything to contribute you can keep moving. I was only pleading with the devs who have the technical know how to help and give our tab a fresh life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You really have no idea who DarkExistence is don't you?
Why use bloated TouchWiz ROM when you can get a near stock Android anyway?
Beside there's no guarantee that every feature on Tab S2 will be successfully ported on Tab S.