Android Thread V4 - Got money? Samsung Galaxy S II. No money? ZTE Blade. - Hardware & Software

Okay, so I uninstalled Lookout and did a restart. But nothing happened, error is still there. Any other pointers? If not I'm just going to take it back to T-Mobile tomorrow and have them do a hard reset. I've heard bad things about Hard restarts going bad and having a $600 phone thats half as fast as it should be, and since its not under any warranty I'm not going to risk it.

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;32771582]You get much more customisation options, especially when it comes to themes.[/QUOTE] I'm heavy into customization and love the GO suite (though I've kind of moved up into things like ADW launcher and smarter keyboard instead of their GO equivalents), but I'm not a ~power user~ I don't think. If it provides newer and better customization, more power (dual cores just aren't enough for my phone calls, obviously), and maybe better battery life, I'm pretty sold. Where do I start? I'm not rooted or anything, fresh Bionic model with a few apps on it.

Do you guys prefer MIUI or Cyanogenmod?

[QUOTE=Weaxer;32772120]Do you guys prefer MIUI or Cyanogenmod?[/QUOTE]CyanogenMod, hands down. MIUI is fugly.

[QUOTE=daijitsu;32771711]I'm heavy into customization and love the GO suite (though I've kind of moved up into things like ADW launcher and smarter keyboard instead of their GO equivalents), but I'm not a ~power user~ I don't think. If it provides newer and better customization, more power (dual cores just aren't enough for my phone calls, obviously), and maybe better battery life, I'm pretty sold. Where do I start? I'm not rooted or anything, fresh Bionic model with a few apps on it.[/QUOTE] You can change the lockscreen, you get the latest android version, better battery life, built in overclocking, and a few other goodies (digital sound management, mini carrier bar, notification power widget).

[QUOTE=faze;32772149]CyanogenMod, hands down. MIUI is fugly.[/QUOTE] Pretty much this. MIUI is heavily inspired by iOS which is one of the reasons I got an Android phone in the first place.

[QUOTE=nicatronTg;32772286]You can change the lockscreen, you get the latest android version, better battery life, built in overclocking, and a few other goodies (digital sound management, mini carrier bar, notification power widget).[/QUOTE] I was just looking at the features stuff and there's in-depth control of the camera's focusing, fuck yeah. I'm actually surprised at how derpy trying to take a god damn picture is with the given tools. it thinks it's focused half the time but is a blurry mess. I'll look into installing this, but will it break anything? I know it's a silly question but I want to make sure I'm not gonna be restricted to aftermarket-compatible apps or my carrier won't think I'm voiding shit

[QUOTE=daijitsu;32772391]I was just looking at the features stuff and there's in-depth control of the camera's focusing, fuck yeah. I'm actually surprised at how derpy trying to take a god damn picture is with the given tools. it thinks it's focused half the time but is a blurry mess.[/QUOTE] Here's a screenshot of the settings menu: [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1253613/perma/screenshot-1318560170987.png[/img] There are a few more options (tablet tweaks, system stuff), but that's the vast majority of it. If anything, they do a lot to improve the overall performance of android whilst keeping a good vanilla feel. [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] Apparently I failed to answer your question in haste. 1. It will void your warranty, but the market and related products will still work as long as you flash Google Apps during the installation process. If you aren't rooted, when you root, you can backup the entire ROM and restore that if you somehow break CM using ClockworkMod Recovery. [url]http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page[/url] has detailed installation instructions for your phone (most likely), as well as XDA. Either way, it's a great step up from vanilla or stock.

fahh, I just realized there's no bionic build yet, despite some guy getting it to somewhat work [url=http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-09-16/from_stock_to_cm_in_48_hours]almost a month ago[/url]. blergh

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;32771582]You get much more customisation options, especially when it comes to themes.[/QUOTE] MIUI has better theme customization [editline]14th October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Weaxer;32772120]Do you guys prefer MIUI or Cyanogenmod?[/QUOTE] Switched from CM7 to MIUI CM7 is awesome, but I just want some fancy stuff right now When ROUI launcher is released I'll switch back to CM7

[QUOTE=daijitsu;32772756]fahh, I just realized there's no bionic build yet, despite some guy getting it to somewhat work [url=http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-09-16/from_stock_to_cm_in_48_hours]almost a month ago[/url]. blergh[/QUOTE] You can always go for improved stock ROMs, which should help out the battery life. [editline]13th October 2011[/editline] Sometimes I really wish that all OEMs were forced by Google to have a very very clear segregation between skins and AOSP, and if you really wanted to get rid of the skin all you had to do was root and delete some directories.

quick question, can installing apps from "untrusted" sources brick my phone, is it possible? also, how about the updates, it'' seems tat I nee to pay to update throguh android market. war are general ups and downs in installing such roms on my phone?

[QUOTE=garychencool;32773514]quick question, can installing apps from "untrusted" sources brick my phone, is it possible? also, how about the updates, it'' seems tat I nee to pay to update throguh android market. war are general ups and downs in installing such roms on my phone?[/QUOTE] Nay installing apps can't brick your phone Worst possible thing you can download is an app secretly secreting SMS messages, but as long as you read app permissions you are gonna be fine

[QUOTE=superstepa;32773580]Nay installing apps can't brick your phone Worst possible thing you can download is an app secretly secreting SMS messages, but as long as you read app permissions you are gonna be fine[/QUOTE] how about the updates, I cant update it through android market, some apps can update in app, but most don't. do I reinstall the app when it gets really outdated or how can I update these Rom apps? is there an app for that? there's a few games that need updating...

[QUOTE=superstepa;32772895]MIUI has better theme customization [editline]14th October 2011[/editline] Switched from CM7 to MIUI CM7 is awesome, but I just want some fancy stuff right now When ROUI launcher is released I'll switch back to CM7[/QUOTE] I was on CM7 for a while, then decided to try MIUI a few weeks ago, and it had some nice features, but the overall speed and vanilla feel made me feel a sigh of relief when I went back to CM7 The two parts of MIUI I'll probably miss though would be the browser, and the copy/paste system (by tapping the cursor tag)

[QUOTE=Weaxer;32772120]Do you guys prefer MIUI or Cyanogenmod?[/QUOTE]Taking into account that MIUI has never been ported to my phone or any similar phones (AFAIK), Cyanogenmod.

[QUOTE=psychomidget;32773936]I was on CM7 for a while, then decided to try MIUI a few weeks ago, and it had some nice features, but the overall speed and vanilla feel made me feel a sigh of relief when I went back to CM7 The two parts of MIUI I'll probably miss though would be the browser, and the copy/paste system (by tapping the cursor tag)[/QUOTE] I don't know, I have used MIUI for 2 weeks and haven't noticed any slow downs As a matter of fact, launcherpro on CM7 was much more slower (But thats probably LauncherPro's fault, not CM7)

[QUOTE=daijitsu;32772756]fahh, I just realized there's no bionic build yet, despite some guy getting it to somewhat work [url=http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-09-16/from_stock_to_cm_in_48_hours]almost a month ago[/url]. blergh[/QUOTE] Right now D3BLURR3D is the best ROM for Bionic. Been trying to get webuntu working, nuked my webtop partition. Time to restore!

I don't understand the custom themes you guys are saying on CM7, all I see is just changing the colours of the overall device. Its the same for nearly every theme. Changing it to dark blue/pink/green. But is it as customizable as MIUI? Still using MIUI now. And I meant like custom lockscreens, icons, etc.

[QUOTE=shian;32774461]I don't understand the custom themes you guys are saying on CM7, all I see is just changing the colours of the overall device. Its the same for nearly every theme. Changing it to dark blue/pink/green. But is it as customizable as MIUI? Still using MIUI now. And I meant like custom lockscreens, icons, etc.[/QUOTE] Launchers have themes, and in the case of CM7, the TMobile theme manager can change virtually any asset. This is a good example: [url]https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonny.theme.lucid&feature=search_result[/url] [url]https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sonny.theme.onyx[/url]

Does CM7 or any roms have locksreen animations like these: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3L_lEbmj9I[/media] Also: [img]http://cdn.pocketnow.com/html/portal/news/0000019427//icsstatue.JPG[/img] [quote]With the release of each new version of Android, Google's been adding to the sculpture collection at its Mountain View, CA campus. This time last year, it got its Gingerbread statue, followed just a few months later by one depicting Honeycomb. Now, with the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich nearly upon us, a new Android, seemingly stamped out of a giant ice cream sandwich, has arrived to join them. The statue looks very cool, but we can't deny that what we'd really like to see is the actual announcement of the operating system, along with Samsung's Nexus Prime to accompany it. After the cancellation of the planned CTIA event, rumors have been trying to tack this announcement on to pretty much everything scheduled for Samsung's calendar. We've heard Hong Kong, we've heard London; the only consistent theme seemed to be the belief that news will come sooner rather than later. Samsung just put an end to all that guesswork, sending out notices that it will have an announcement coming on October 19 at its Hong Kong event. While still trying to be less-than-explicit about what's to be revealed, the presence of an Ice Cream Sandwich Android graphic on the invite leaves little to the imagination. [/quote] [url]http://pocketnow.com/android/google-gets-ice-cream-sandwich-statue-samsung-confirms-its-event[/url]

[QUOTE=shian;32774904]Does CM7 or any roms have locksreen animations like these: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3L_lEbmj9I[/media] [/QUOTE] $4.99 for 8 vaguely interesting lock animations?

[QUOTE=shian;32774904]Does CM7 or any roms have locksreen animations like these: [/QUOTE] CM7 has the TV tube one built in but I don't know about any of the other ones.

I know that CM7 has that 'tv tube' effect which can be toggled for on and off animations along with GO Launcher Ex

The TV tube effect is built into 2.3. And the video description says there'll be a live stream at youtube.com/android 10AM HKT on the 19th. [editline]14th October 2011[/editline] [media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX4btquQzUE [/media]

[QUOTE=JustyB;32775000]CM7 has the TV tube one built in but I don't know about any of the other ones.[/QUOTE] That one is on nearly every rom

MIUI official is coming to the SGSII in about a month.

[QUOTE=superstepa;32774173]I don't know, I have used MIUI for 2 weeks and haven't noticed any slow downs As a matter of fact, launcherpro on CM7 was much more slower (But thats probably LauncherPro's fault, not CM7)[/QUOTE] On my N1 MIUI's Launcher was always slightly laggy and had noticeable slight speed issues sometimes, but LauncherPro Plus on CM7 is smooth as butter

Considering buying Galaxy S II in the next few months i have 2 questions When does S III come out? And the android version on S II is 2.3, can i like upgrade to a newer version like in iOS?

[QUOTE=DrBreen;32778763]Considering buying Galaxy S II in the next few months i have 2 questions When does S III come out? [b]Wait for the Galaxy Nexus[/b] And the android version on S II is 2.3, can i like upgrade to a newer version like in iOS? [B]You can update using official updates and unofficial ROMs. If you don't like the stock one/you want to get the update early, you can easily flash a new ROM on your phone made by modders and the userbase.[/B] [/QUOTE]