I was super excited when I learned about android in 2008. Linux OS backed up by google? I'm sold! I immediately saw that it will be a very popular choice among developers.

So I waited until a good phone to come out. Not until two years later, I got myself my first android phone, the galaxy s!

You know that N900 is very easily hackable right? Can put android, meego on the phone.


Very nice player indeed!

A lot of us do. But custom ROM does not affect gps performance. The modems are.

There are a number of things you can do to improve gps signal

1. Install fasterfix to lock faster. This app simply uses a nearer server.
- download attachement
- extract to get the apk file.
- copy it to sdcard
- browse using file manager and click on it. it'll prompt to install

2. Install different modem. Different modem on different area, carrier, phone can have different performances. Look here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...postcount=13293
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...postcount=14434
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843019 (Under alternate modems.

3. Hardware fix. Phones that was manufactured before october has a problem with the hardware. there's a fix for that. But try the above methods first.


Attached File(s)
 fasterfix.zip ( 14.24k ) Number of downloads: 758

I have no idea. Need everyone to test each modem and send pm to TS

Both JPY and JPX modem fare badly with my phone. JPP is a lot better. I'm in India so my result may not be applicable to Malaysians.

nope.

On Insanity and tried with both SO kernel and speedmod. I have never experience both issues that you mentioned.

People are still buying iphone 3gs when iphone4 is available. Maybe some people wanted a phone that fits into their budget.

there's rumor it'll come to europe and asia this month. But that seems unlikely as the days pass by. No idea about coming to Malaysia.

Look here: http://www.expansys.com/mobile-phones/

lg optimus 2x is way cheaper

They are pricing on par with iphone4 http://www.expansys.com/mobile-phones/?filter=5|0|600-0

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Feb 17 2011, 10:40 PM

Additional

it'd be like iphone4 and iphone3gs. there'll be people wanting the previous gen phone for budget reason.

But for me, I don't see sgs2 to be a significant update. I'll be staying with this phone with the promise of cyanogenmod!

1. Led flash is very useful, but xenon flash is better. But cannot compare to a normal compact camera for quality. To me, phone camera is useful for quick snapshots, qr code, goggles, augmented reality.

2. Good, can get better quality for video conferencing. Though not critical.

3. With optimized kernel, 512ram seems enough. Linux is famed for its low hardware requirement because it is very efficient. (unlike crappy windows). My netbook running on fully functional arch linux only consumes 57MB ram. I will be disappointed if future android requires more ram to run. However, 1GB ram is very useful for gaming.

5.i believe so. The atrix will only have 1080p recording after a firmware update.

6. Dual core = less battery consumption. Coupled together with higher battery capacity, will give longer battery life. Really nice.

Don't forget about near field communication too.

to me, battery life and faster processor is what I'd like. The rest are gimmicks especially I don't do those casual gaming on a phone.

While dual core speed bump on a phone is nice, it will give much more impact on a tablet. I wanted to see a miniature desktop core2duo performance on a tablet where I can run not only android, but conventional linux like ubuntu as well. I imagine running lampp server, play football manager, civilization, etc on a tablet if I can run those on a phone, that'd be superb!

sgs is fine for my needs. Sgs2 is better in every way but it doesn't do enough to justify for an upgrade. YMMV.

for those thinking of buying a smartphone for the first time, you won't regret buying those dual core ones like sgs2.

Nexus s uses modern ext4 file system instead of retarded file system (rfs). Maybe they've learned their mistake. Hopefully there will be no gps issue as well. Then, it'll be a winner if it is easily available throughout the world.

Yes. But unused ram is a wasted ram. It'd make no difference if ram is bumped to 4gb if a lot of them goes unused.

You can have a beautiful functional ubuntu linux desktop for under 512ram. My netbook takes 57MB ram only. If android needs more, it speaks inefficiency (like windows). IMO, the 1gb ram is needed to play high end 3d games. One day if I decide I wanted to play 3d games, it'd be a minimum of 1gb ram with a core2duo level of performance - can use hdmi cable to play on tv. Right now, this phone suffices for me. Different people will have different needs.

excellent news for my family. While I hope to get final build of cyanogenmod7 for our sgs

Yup.
Consumer pov: Bigger is always better right
The average joe and jane will always think 1gb to be better than 512 or 768mb ram. even though they may not utilize half of it.

I remember long time ago at lowyat plaza, there were banners advertising intel's 4mb L2 cache or something. I'm sure normal consumer have no idea what it means.

Samsung pov: Samsung is leveraging its advantage in flash memories. might as well put in 1gb

My pov: satisfied with my phone. Not impressed with games on the phone. If I want to play high end games, I use my desktop.

Verdict: imo, sgs2 will sell well. because of its brilliant screen and availability.


addon: There's very little info about kal-el but this is mindblowing http://androidcommunity.com/kal-el-nvidia-...gra-2-20110218/

This post has been edited by gmhafiz: Feb 19 2011, 03:36 AM

- flashing speedmod, no need backup apps+data
- can root after flashing

before all that, you need to see if you have 3-button combo working for download mode (switch off, then hold down volume+home+power button) and recovery mode (switch off, then hold up volume+home+power button)

I assume you want to flash by odin method?

According to the instruction, yes that's right. Although I've flashed by odin with the files on a different directory than odin.

don't forget to enable the recommended ® tweaks

1. Googled it and I found this to be quite accurate:

Imagine them being cache files build up so that your apps runs faster. No harm deleting it but if you do, apps will rebuild them and will be slow initially.

2. The phone keeps information about the battery history and usage. We usually delete them when you see huge battery percentage drain. Deleting it at full charge is one way to do battery calibrating.

p/s Welcome to the lowyat forum! I commend you for an intelligent first post