The Galaxy Nexus does Jelly Bean fine. And how much RAM does it have? 1GB last I checked.

Plus, your S2 info is outdated. A week back SamMobile has news that Sammy ALREADY has S2 and S3 JB builds in testing, and is planning to release in a couple of months.

Trust me, if I know Sammy, "a couple of months" is gonna "mysteriously" coincide with the announcement of the new iPhone.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 08:49 AM

You're worrying too much about the future, IMHO. Phones are obsolete the moment they get to your hands lol. As a rule of thumb, the S3, or any modern pieces of mobile tech is good for 2 years. Any more and it gets HOPELESSLY left behind.

But future proofing wise, the S3 should be okay up to Key Lime Pie (the next update after JB). Anything after that would be a stretch, as per the two year limit. At least OFFICIALLY.

Unofficially, even the relatively old Nexus One should get JB, thanks to enterprising custom ROM builders.

And the current mobile OS update craze? Google and Apple started it lol. Which is actually a good thing - during the Symbian/WM days of old, a new OS usually meant having to buy new phones to come with it.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 08:58 AM

With heavy use (and by heavy I mean 12 hours of ACTIVE USE per day average), the OLED on my old S2 started showing low level burn-in symptoms after 1 year. I sold it off already, but if I extrapolate that, the SuperAMOLED+ screen should be "dead" by 2-3 years of "heavy" use or 4-5 years of "normal" (5-6 hours a day) use.

Which is on par with the manufacturer estimation.

The S2 SuperAMOLED+ is full RGB, which means it would theoretically DIE FASTER compared to a SuperAMOLED(no plus)HD Pentile screens of similar size and density.

So taking that into account (and minus-ing the fact that we have denser, bigger screens) the S3 screen should last AS long (or maybe slightly longer) then it's predecessor, say 4-5 years of "normal" use.

Granted, it would start yellowing noticeably after the first 2-3 years (due to blue OLED death), but like I said, the estimated "obsolescence" of a modern mobile is around 2 years anyway, so it's fine all things considered.

And who says the screens ain't replaceable? 500 gets you a new screen now, It should be relatively cheaper in the future.

Personally I'm more concerned with the totally "plastic" bodies of the current crop of modern mobiles lol.

Alas, we're already too far into the disposable age anyway. You can't expect too much from anything these days.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 09:22 AM

Though Smart Stay is nifty, it's not perfect. It likes to screw me over at night and close the display when I DON'T want it to lol.

On a sidenote, most ICS browsers now have "inverted greyscale rendering mode" (aka night mode) built in, which helps to save battery as well (as most websites are light in colour).

Can they? Ooooh, they sure can make aluminium unibody phones at the same price. But profits will be slim, and who wants that?

Plus UNIBODY ALUMINIUM phones will wreck havoc on waves, hence the iPhone's Antennagate (the signal attenuation part, which, to a lesser degree, the metal bodied Nokia E71/72 also suffered from).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 09:43 AM

Celcom? It does that sometimes. Just check if you can browse. If you can there should be no issue.

I VPN to tunnel through this "Play Store Block", when it happens.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 09:47 AM

I'll link you to my guide... If I can find it.

It's buried somewhere in V14 of the thread.

Here it is: VPN Guide.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 10:07 AM

Wholeheartedly agreed. Everything else feels like a toy next to flagship Nokias, the crappy N97 included.

A shame they had to go the Balmer way.

@Jackdon: Try "Clipper" from Play. Not 100% as convenient but close enough. Also you can setup "autotext" in certain Keyboards (like Smart Keyboard Pro), I use it the same way.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 10:18 AM

He's actually talking about a cydia hack that extends the copy paste bubbles to include extra commands. We don't have anything similar (and why the heck not, we're an open OS right?) but Clipper is close.

I just keep a quick shortcut to my favourite notepad app in notifications for extended copypasta purposes + autotext shortcuts in Smart Keyboard.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 10:23 AM

Check my replies. Clipper man, clipper! Works the same way, but it hides in your notifications. Slide down, select Clipper -> clippings (your pre defined stuff), go back, paste done.

@alanliao: 1st, can you even surf the web? 2nd, unsecessful first time, go take another password and try again.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 10:29 AM

Weird. You should be fine with the settings I gave you. UNLESS.

1) You're running AdFree or AdAway (in which case you need to whitelist certain servers).

2) You're running a custom ROM with the VPN bits removed.

Otherwise I'm stumped.

Oh, the IP doesn't mean much.

THIS.

Specs wise Nokia has always been "meh" lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 11:06 AM

TB enough.

Touch CWM has issues with flashing some zip packages (mostly themes).

Just sayin'.

Really. Use the phone first, to it's limits. Know what you want but can't have with stock firmware.

Then Root.

As for me I already know what I need so diff story lol. Straight away root + Wanam within a few hours of buying the phone.

Rooting is not magic. It will not GIVE YOU A BETTER PHONE if YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

Similarly to jailbreaking - which is simply getting root access for iPhones. But now people automatically associate jailbreaking = piracy.

Similarly to the rooting now, people think rooting = piracy. Which makes me sad (considering you don't NEED root to steal anything, REALLY).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 06:40 PM

It's like fate lol? Or rather a sign that the 32GB shipment is incoming.

I'm finally getting used to inverted web rendering. Saves a hell lotta juice too considering I surf 80% of the time I spend with me S3.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 25 2012, 07:55 PM

Hmm.

I guess I'm gonna wait for the 64GB version from SME myself, IF IT EVER COMES OUT.

Preferably in Black too.



Actually, FYI (for those who don't know) inverted web rendering is ACTUALLY different from Siyah's total colour mDINIE invert (which freaks me out). It converts stuff to greyscale first AND THEN inverts. Which is kinda cool - if you can get used to it.

It's available in ICS+ browser, or you can find the option to enable it buried somewhere inside the stock browser options.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 26 2012, 01:16 AM

Updated to BLG6/WanamV19. Smooth sailing so far with Domination's framework mods (only). Now with boosted sound and NO AUDIO CRACKLING WOOHOO even on Wanam StockMod kernel.

Now waiting for a full updated release from Vert to address the crashing phone issue. And also an updated AndroidGX systemUI.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 26 2012, 04:49 AM

Audio boost (Siyah style) and zero audio crackling (used to happen unless you run Siyah and set proc idle to "idle only"). It's still smooth as butter though, especially with Wanam StockMod Kernel.

Holy Bazinga, how'd that happen? I mean I drop my S3 all the time (sometimes it drops hard) and it's still fine.

Which, for a plastic phone, is quite lucky IMHO.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jul 26 2012, 06:08 PM

The late Abang Steve really hates Android. Like really really.

Anyhow to those who want to test the Wanam StockMod Kernel w/o flashing the entire ROM, here's a linky from Wanam himself: http://bit.ly/M9IIgh