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On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
By stock home screen you mean the Samsung TouchWiz one?
No, i mean the default Android Home application.
On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
I have tried several alternative launchers, most notable GOLauncherEX, which had worse transition lag than TouchWiz.
I am running "Launcher Pro" on an Nexus One.
I only get slight loading lags when the home screen was inactive for too long. The app has settings to keep it in ram but that might work better on phones with more memory.
I will try the golauncher ex now and see if it really has worse performance than launcher pro.
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Yes, golauncher has considerably less smooth scrolling than launcher pro, even if there are less widgets on the screen. Try launcher pro, it might help.
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On May 31 2011 17:45 jacen wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
By stock home screen you mean the Samsung TouchWiz one? No, i mean the default Android Home application. Show nested quote +On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
I have tried several alternative launchers, most notable GOLauncherEX, which had worse transition lag than TouchWiz. I am running "Launcher Pro" on an Nexus One. I only get slight loading lags when the home screen was inactive for too long. The app has settings to keep it in ram but that might work better on phones with more memory. I will try the golauncher ex now and see if it really has worse performance than launcher pro. /edit: Yes, golauncher has considerably less smooth scrolling than launcher pro, even if there are less widgets on the screen. Try launcher pro, it might help.
Alright, I'll give it a try!
Edit: tried it for a while. Seems very good, will keep it as standard homescreen for now. Thanks for the tip!
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Rooting voids warranty but you can just get around it by reflashing and reformatting the phone before you do so. That really shouldn't be an issue.
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Samsung Galaxy S2 for sure. It's the slimmest, the camera is really good, and even though it's not vanilla android, it's not a horrible carrier version either. 1650mAh battery is a big plus too.
I'm sure you know someone often going to 深圳 who can get it for much cheaper.
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On May 31 2011 17:45 jacen wrote:Show nested quote +On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
By stock home screen you mean the Samsung TouchWiz one? No, i mean the default Android Home application. Show nested quote +On May 31 2011 17:36 snowbird wrote:
I have tried several alternative launchers, most notable GOLauncherEX, which had worse transition lag than TouchWiz. I am running "Launcher Pro" on an Nexus One. I only get slight loading lags when the home screen was inactive for too long. The app has settings to keep it in ram but that might work better on phones with more memory. I will try the golauncher ex now and see if it really has worse performance than launcher pro. /edit: Yes, golauncher has considerably less smooth scrolling than launcher pro, even if there are less widgets on the screen. Try launcher pro, it might help.
LauncherPro is awesome, got no transition lag at all anymore, even with high-res transitions.
Thanks again!
Played around a little bit and got a pretty neat homescreen now ,D
(LauncherPro Plus, Custom Launcher Icons and BobClockD3 Widget)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Xyyu2.jpg)
Poor iPhone users
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Hmm, I still believe that the SGS2 is overall the best choice. Yes, there are some who will prefer the Nexus S--there always will be those who prefer a different product, otherwise one device/product will have total dominance ofc--but for the majority of the people thinking about an Android device, the SGS2 is the winner here.
I cannot speak for task managers on it, but systempanel not only allows one to exclude apps that don't need to be killed, it also provides information as to which apps are draining battery the most, etc. It has also doubled my battery life easily. On the same software and generally same degree of usage, I've ended up barely squeaking out a day, but the task manager now allows me to go two days, easily. This is, however on a DX, so may not apply to sammy stuff.
The wait for new OS updates might still be longer than that for the Nexus S, but Eric Schmidt has been stating (i.e. google I/O this year) that he is working to streamline the process (though apparently it is partially up to the manufacturers, i.e. reason for long samsung updates in the past is that they were attempting to charge for it, which google did not like). And it will be worth waiting for OS updates. There will not be anything massively groundbreaking, and file dumps you can find online may not be "optimized", but there will not be massive bugs. If there are, people will say so and complain.
The front-facing camera on the SGS2 video chats with VGA resolution and takes photos with apps, etc. in 2 MP resolution.
Battery life likely is quite a big issue, as many people have pointed out, however it should be mitigated by effective task-managing. Turning the display brightness down helps very, very much, as noted. The DDR2 ram of the SGS2 also requires half the power.
Honestly, I do not believe the warranty is of particular use. I'm not sure exactly how much it covers, but the gorilla glass on the SGS2 is ridiculously robust, as is the build quality in general. The warranty will not cover total destruction of the device, and rooting it will not cause problems provided one follows the instructions well enough. One may hold off on rooting for a bit to see whether there is anything faulty, though if anything manifests itself after, it's a lose for rooting, I suppose. Messing with root in linux is really scary, so following instructions is essential.
The base of nexus one/desire is comparable to that of the galaxy s2's attain, function, and within (three different network types), as this is a phone with massive sales and very wide functionality on different networks. The desire and nexus one are essentially the same device, with minor hardware differences. Nex s/1/htc desires is comparable to attain/function/within, except the latter 3 are literally the same phones running on different carriers.
The SGS2 runs on the exynos processor. The Nexus one runs on samsung's hummingbird processor. Obviously sammy made major improvements to their dual-core processor versus their first-generation single core. I'm not sure how much more of a power hog it will be compared to the hummingbird processor, but I highly doubt that exynos has not been improved in efficiency as well.
Nex S is still a great phone, don't get me wrong (arguably the best single-core at least until HTC produces phones with their heralded 2nd gen snapdragon processor), but the SGS2 is unquestionably superior in all departments except battery life. It should be able to last an entire day on a charge on medium to heavy use, which is easily enough. With the same preparation, the Nexus S will probably be longer, but as long as the phone lasts a day, there should be no issue with battery life.
Edit: I retract the app killer statement. Do not use them to kill anything except for apps that "do not stay closed [after you quit them]". This is what I've been doing, but for some reason my phone does not manage memory well or something, because when I check apps that I've quit, they almost always still run, and make my phone as slow as molasses. It's device-dependent, I suppose. I have the latest gingerbread OTA for DX, but a lot of my apps just don't close. No idea as to whether it's the case with SGS2, so disregard that. Point is that it should last for one whole day, unless something is wrong (i.e. 3G/Wifi on for the entire day, roaming, browsing a lot, brightness too high, using the home button to multitask instead of closing apps, etc.).
Edit 2: and updates are not necessarily that good, and can come with bugs. More surprising is that gingerbread has been out for a while already, yet it still is not working well with droid x: here. So one can never now just how much that OTA update will help in the first place.
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Got my Samsung Galaxy S II yesterday, and let me tell you it is sweeeeet. :D
I tried downloading the flash player from the market, and surfing to justin.tv, and was able to see sc2 streams.
Sound didnt seem quite right though. What is the best way to watch streams on android?
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On June 09 2011 06:56 Ghad wrote:
Got my Samsung Galaxy S II yesterday, and let me tell you it is sweeeeet. :D
I tried downloading the flash player from the market, and surfing to justin.tv, and was able to see sc2 streams.
Sound didnt seem quite right though. What is the best way to watch streams on android?
Ustream has a dedicated app for that purpose which you can use but as for the other major streaming sites, you'll have to make due with your phone browser.
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