i bet there will be tonnes of custom roms on this phone base on the hype and demand. anyways heard really good things about darkys's rom on sgs and i hope he will port his rom over to sgs2.

i don't think so bro~! try looking on market whether they have any apps for it.

uncle benny can i root my device? the rooting guide says currently they only supply root for kdd , but my sgs baseband is i9100xxkdj.

alright, thanks , im updating my firmware to I9100XXKE2 now. downloaded from samfirmware.

success~! now im trying to root it~!

This post has been edited by h11g: May 19 2011, 08:31 PM

thanks for the guides, never thought flashing new firmware and rooting is so easy in a samsung phone using odin~! My first time owning a samsung smartphone. by far the easiest to root and flash firmware thus far~!

Best is after flashing firmware and rooting, all my data intact, didn't lose any files or apps.

flashing firmware is updating your phone's firmware to the latest. it's like sometimes your pc drivers need updating.

rooting is giving you superuser power to modify or install apps in your phone.

guys i found out under call settings, you can actually set your home screen button to accept a call~! =) old school way but at least there is a different way~!

your welcome, this is why using android phone is fun, all these tweaking and flashing and hacking~!

depends on personal usage i would say~! I'm on Maxis 500mb data plan, served me well, tracked my usage so far and i only used on average 300mb/month.

Try dolphin hd

Guys after flashing KE2 firmware, like how other users were complaining on xda, i found my battery usage dominated by android system. any users have experienced this as well? unplugged @ 1am @ 100% battery and when i woke up 8am this morning battery is down to 80%.

This is hilarious~!

guys i'm experiencing excessive battery drain while using talkbox. force closing that app makes my battery drain less severe.

for chinese character input you have to download google pinyin

google pinyin in market is the default one, just that you have to manually download it cause not all users uses chinese input.

This post has been edited by h11g: May 20 2011, 11:15 AM

the voice recognition needs an active data line, so make sure your on wifi or your 3g connection is running appropriately.

not possible, think of the amount of data needed for it to work offline.


yes, press power and home button simultaneously.

the reasoning would be the amount of data needed to be stored on your phone to make it work offline, and besides a hassle to update it. i prefer it being online, so on server side they can make necessary improvements with the recognition without all of the end users to download and update it.

wooooooo bro congratz~!~!~! i know you are one of the people who waited since march and i know how you are feeling now~! hahaha

you deactivate it by stop talking lo, by tapping on cancel, whatever you recorded wont be translated into text. also if you want less mistakes you have to speak slowly and clearly.

only been using 2 days so couldn't really comment on how it's like after using for weeks but you won't even be notice because you are constantly admiring the thinness and all~!

Yes i do notice this phone takes longer time to get to full charge compare to other phones. and the battery drain is massive, right now confirmed won't last me a full day. so i'll definitely wait for extra batteries and i've just ordered the external battery from ebay, cost only $10 usd and plug straight into sgs2.

yes, you need to press the mic again to reuse.

obviously this would be a better choice than the iphone 4. but it really depends on which os you prefer. didnt try the recording on arc but snapping pictures on the arc seems a little better compared to sgs 2. but i just played around with arc briefly since my colleague just got a unit.