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So I need some advice guys. I have a rooted Eris that I'm at the end of my rope with and I'm not eligible for an upgrade until November 2011. I'm not going to buy anything off contract for full price, so that isn't an option. I have a friend willing to part with a mint condition, clean esn Incredible for $200. Should I hold out another 6 months dealing with this or pull the trigger? Thanks.
You're going to get a lot of opinions but in the end, it really boild down to what you want out of a smart phone. The Dinc is admitedly coming to it's end. However, the Dinc community is still huge. We have devs that are still highly interested in working with this phone as well. The incredible is still one of the best phones on the market IMO. Some of these newer phones coming out don't impress me very much. Certainly not enough to make me dump my Dinc. I am currently out of contract and have zero intentions of getting anything different. The phone does everything I need it to do. AND MORE
Just my 2 cents
I would either pick up your friends Dinc and use it until your eligable for your next upgrade. Then sell the Dinc on craigs list or ebay and get some of your money back.
Right now I don't feel there is a good enough alternative the the Dinc to even warrant me getting a new phone when my contract is up. There is nothing my Dinc wont do that I need it do... and it does everything quite well !!!
You'll like the Dinc... it's lightyears ahead of the Eirs... I upgraded from an Eris
Thanks for the replies, I think I'll do it. The thing is, I only really need a few features as I have a BB 9700 for work I carry most of the time.
I need a good music player and volume buttons (lost the ones in the eris, it's awful)
Second, I need wifi tethering which won't be a problem since I plan to root it.
Finally, I just want a larger screen and more responsive system than the eris. I was able to get a lot of good use out of that little phone but it's just not cutting it a year after purchase.
A few other questions...
How fast can you OC the Dinc with setcpu safely?
How good is the battery life? I would plan to use auto brightness, gps/wifi off.
What about call quality?
Finally, is the screen OK in bright sunlight? The eris is awfully reflective so I would be hoping for an improvement in that regard.
Thanks again, you guys are great.
Yeah with winamp or power amp you have a formidable music machine with the DInc.Battery life is ....meh...BUT if you use CM7 and use a kernel with smartass and havs you will be pleasantly surprised. As far as screen performance in direct light I have to say my smiled DInc is better than my slcd DInc but northern are great lol. But its still a viable device and with CM support it will be viable long after Verizon shelves it.
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Thanks for the replies, I think I'll do it. The thing is, I only really need a few features as I have a BB 9700 for work I carry most of the time.
I need a good music player and volume buttons (lost the ones in the eris, it's awful)
Second, I need wifi tethering which won't be a problem since I plan to root it.
Finally, I just want a larger screen and more responsive system than the eris. I was able to get a lot of good use out of that little phone but it's just not cutting it a year after purchase.
A few other questions...
How fast can you OC the Dinc with setcpu safely?
How good is the battery life? I would plan to use auto brightness, gps/wifi off.
What about call quality?
Finally, is the screen OK in bright sunlight? The eris is awfully reflective so I would be hoping for an improvement in that regard.
Thanks again, you guys are great.
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notoriouscwe said:
How fast can you OC the Dinc with setcpu safely?
How good is the battery life? I would plan to use auto brightness, gps/wifi off.
What about call quality?
Finally, is the screen OK in bright sunlight? The eris is awfully reflective so I .
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I personally found setcpu not needed but it's fun to play with. All you really need is a good kernel.
Battery life... i recommend purchasing an evo battery and dropping in the 1500mAh in it... fits in the stock case too.
notoriouscwe said:
Thanks for the replies, I think I'll do it. The thing is, I only really need a few features as I have a BB 9700 for work I carry most of the time.
I need a good music player and volume buttons (lost the ones in the eris, it's awful)
Second, I need wifi tethering which won't be a problem since I plan to root it.
Finally, I just want a larger screen and more responsive system than the eris. I was able to get a lot of good use out of that little phone but it's just not cutting it a year after purchase.
A few other questions...
How fast can you OC the Dinc with setcpu safely?
How good is the battery life? I would plan to use auto brightness, gps/wifi off.
What about call quality?
Finally, is the screen OK in bright sunlight? The eris is awfully reflective so I would be hoping for an improvement in that regard.
Thanks again, you guys are great.
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I don't know if just got lucky or what, but with 16 hours unplugged, I'm at 50% on the stock battery plus I've been streaming Audiogalaxy for at least 2 hours today, made 2 ~10 minute phone calls and sent 50 or 60 texts. While granted 6 hours of that was while I was asleep, I'm more than pleased with the performance considering it is actually better than what I got out of the Eris. Call quality, is meh at best, I'm fairly certain my Eris was better, but its not terrible unless you have to be on the phone for hours a day. Screen is just as good as the Eris if not slightly better, but any smartphone in direct sunlight is a lose situation. I think the safest overclock I've heard of on these phones is about 1.2, but I'm not sure if that's even very stable.
I'm currently with a Droid X, and am a bit jealous of the unlocked bootloader. I'm just not sure that Motorola will continue to update the X for the next year and a half I'm with the phone. Do you guys think the Incredible's dev community will continue to be there over 2 years after the phone was released?
This is a great phone, love being able to root and flash custom ROMs. It's gonna take a little while before you can do that on those new phones, and if you're gonna go w/ recently released phone, i'd advise you to go with a dual core htc phone.
you could also buy the phone used
Yea Ziggy's kernels go up to about 1.2 iirc, but most kernels do 1.13 and are very stable. Most newer kernels come with the smartass governer, which I find to be very helpful in saving battery life, I can easily make it through the day, which is all I really need.
Buy your friends droid incredible. Trust me. Im a college student and my first phone was back in 2005. Since then, i have owned 8 phones excluding ones i bought in japan to use... im a phone whore and proud of it.
But the incredible really has put a dead end for me when it comes to upgrading my phone. I mean, rhis thing isnt too big compared to droid x or htc evo. It really is the perfect size for me...to fit in pockets and use to text message. The only thing that woukd make me switch out from this phone is if we got phones with one seg tuners, put monet onto our phones and use it to pay purchases, etc....
Im pushing myself to last this phone for another 2 years easily....
1. For music players it really comes down to preferance, but I like DoubeTwist(allows you to sync itunes library/playlists), but make sure you have/buy a SD Card that will hold all your music as most of the players dont read the 8gb of internal memory the DInc has.
2. Im runnning chingy's ROM and get through a day without the need to charge and making a few calls, around 40 txts, 1hr total of browsing, and running through a bunch of different apps(fb, twitter, a couple of games, etc).
3. I haven't had any problems, I wish the speaker phone was slightly louder, but its been good both ways.
4. Honestly its pretty crappy, alot of squinting and angle adjusting but like mentioned thats whats gonna happen with most phones.
Thanks all for the help, I indeed picked it up and it is in perfect shape, lucky find I think. Anyways, my initial thoughts...
Screen sucks in bright sunlight, but so did the Eris and the dinc has a larger, same quality (i think...) screen so it's ok for me.
It's fast! So responsive compared to the Eris running custom ROM's overclocked...
Battery life is ok, I might look into getting the evo battery brand new as somebody suggested.
Next questions:
I couldn't find a real answer, does the dinc have gorilla glass? Should I get a screen protector?
Can anyone point me in the right direction for rooting the dinc? Also, what are the best roms to use? I rooted my eris using a one-click root which was a piece of cake. Drop a .zip file on the SD card, boot into recovery mode, run the file and reboot. Is it the same process more or less? Initially I wasn't even going to root as it's so fast and snappy but i want to use different themes and all the sdk's that I have downloaded over the last year for the eris. Also, I don't want to pay $20/mo for wifi-tether. Thanks.
PhillyCheez said:
I personally found setcpu not needed but it's fun to play with. All you really need is a good kernel.
Battery life... i recommend purchasing an evo battery and dropping in the 1500mAh in it... fits in the stock case too.
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This combo has been amazing for me. Went to bed last night with over 50 percent left. Typically I would have had to charge the phone at least once. I can't remember exact up time but it was in the 15 hour range. Moderate to heavy use.
notoriouscwe said:
Thanks all for the help, I indeed picked it up and it is in perfect shape, lucky find I think. Anyways, my initial thoughts...
Screen sucks in bright sunlight, but so did the Eris and the dinc has a larger, same quality (i think...) screen so it's ok for me.
It's fast! So responsive compared to the Eris running custom ROM's overclocked...
Battery life is ok, I might look into getting the evo battery brand new as somebody suggested.
Next questions:
I couldn't find a real answer, does the dinc have gorilla glass? Should I get a screen protector?
Can anyone point me in the right direction for rooting the dinc? Also, what are the best roms to use? I rooted my eris using a one-click root which was a piece of cake. Drop a .zip file on the SD card, boot into recovery mode, run the file and reboot. Is it the same process more or less? Initially I wasn't even going to root as it's so fast and snappy but i want to use different themes and all the sdk's that I have downloaded over the last year for the eris. Also, I don't want to pay $20/mo for wifi-tether. Thanks.
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Pretty sure it isn't Gorilla? I would get a protector. As for rooting....
http://unrevoked.com/#inc
I am using CM7. It isn't in RC yet but I am very happy with the nightly builds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916881
Good luck and enjoy!
I came from Sprint with an Epic 4G to a Dinc just last week. I was hesitant to make the jump since I knew that Verizon would have new hardware coming out soon, but then I started seeing the specs on the new stuff and realized it wasn't that huge of a jump from the Dinc's specs. I do miss the SAMOLED screen on my Epic, but nothing else. The Dinc is an amazing phone, especially when paired with CM7. I have no regrets whatsoever.
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So I need some advice guys. I have a rooted Eris that I'm at the end of my rope with and I'm not eligible for an upgrade until November 2011. I'm not going to buy anything off contract for full price, so that isn't an option. I have a friend willing to part with a mint condition, clean esn Incredible for $200. Should I hold out another 6 months dealing with this or pull the trigger? Thanks.
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I think that a Dinc with CM7 is extremely worth it, it feels like I bought a new phone. Also, hopefully, further releases this year of Android 2.4 will be put into Cyanogenmod, once again lengthening the life of the Dinc. Spec wise it is slightly outdated but not by far (yet). I believe you will be very happy with the Dinc until November at least, when u can spring for a next gen 4G / Dual core / Dual camera phone.
So I installed the unrevoked recovery, did a nandroid backup, wiped the cache and tried installing the cm7 zip v38. It has been at the cm7 boot screen for about 3 minutes...Where do I proceed? Did I need to install a kernel first? Full wipe first?
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So I installed the unrevoked recovery, did a nandroid backup, wiped the cache and tried installing the cm7 zip v38. It has been at the cm7 boot screen for about 3 minutes...Where do I proceed? Did I need to install a kernel first? Full wipe first?
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You should full wipe first, wipe cache and wipe davilik (sp?)
install 38 build zip, then whatever kernal you have then install gapps. You should be all set then.
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So I installed the unrevoked recovery, did a nandroid backup, wiped the cache and tried installing the cm7 zip v38. It has been at the cm7 boot screen for about 3 minutes...Where do I proceed? Did I need to install a kernel first? Full wipe first?
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Full wipes aren't a bad thing, but neither is patience. They can take a while to boot up the first time around.
So the tittle says it all i have Tmobile and i am getting a new phone soon and i have a few questions my heart was set on the Galaxy S2 because it is really the fasted phone on the network the only other one i saw that was comprable was the HTC amaze (let me know if i am wrong). But i do have concern's mainly because the phone is a special version and not officialy supported by ROMs like Cyanogen MOD or Miui which really sucks... ok
1. What ROMs and Kernel's are the best and why according to you ??
2. Do you notice a lack of development because we are a specialized version of the S2????
3. basically anything else i need to know know tips advice??? I would also like to know the downside to the phone are there any phones i should also look at, anything really ??????
i go with Juggernaut rom because its fast and stable. and good battery life also.
more devs are coming over in the next months. they are slowly getting the phone to dev with.
and i say go for it. theres not much new phones coming out for another couple or more months. the s2 is a great phone and is one of the best phones i hav ever used. it just lacks the dedicated camera button like the amaze
Kind in mind it looks like development is picking up, cyanogen is supposed to be officially supported soon, and as soon as we have a good cm7 we'll have MIUI
Thanks guys I didn't know it was going tip get official support that would be great I welcome any other input to those reading this I really can't wait to get this phone and join this phones community
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dont worry. we already have some good devs. but more are coming over to s2, so dont worry about the development. just get the phone
I hope I don't get pelted with snowballs, but I'll warn you of one problem that seems to be fairly regularly reported: Lines and anomalies on the screen. Do a search on "screen" in general & Q&A to get a better idea.
I don't have this issue, just "lucky" I guess, or maybe it's not as prevalent or common as some would have us believe......but, if you decide to get this beauty, and I love mine (came from HD2), be sure you are armed with methods to weed out any screens that have this problem before you leave the store (assuming you're not buying online) - and I suggest you go to a store under the aforementioned warning.
I hope I helped and scared you away - I'm sure you'd be a wonderful addition to our community.
Thank you i will look into that screen thing cause that is a big deal i will be ordering it cause its cheaper but it will be from costco or wall mart so i will be able to return it in 30 days so i will check it out
Got this phone, rooted after 2 days and install Bombardier 3.5 ... And never look back.
Personally, when lookin for ROM battery life is my priority cause i spent most my days out... Having said so that Bombardier ROM is the best rom i have ever used when it comes to battery life on any android phones... I always go over 17 hours a day with moderate use... no UV or OC. AS I am typing this its 104 AM and i have 18hrs 12mns life with 22% left and brightness at 50% As for speed, it is also fast... And perfectly stable. The only thing i have done is install the ICS theme and the ICS launcher...
So if u are like me and care a lot about battery life this is the only ROM for u.
PS as for the so called screen issue, after readin on here i ve decided not to even check to see if i have it. Because after readin all the steps necesary to check if u have the screen issue i figured it doesnt really matter for me cause i dont see anythig my phone is always at 50% brightness
Hope that helps and good luck
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New phone, plugged in for almost an hour, not turned on yet. Only other smartphone was the original evolution when it came out. How can I make the most?
Nothing you can do to "condition" the battery. Just use it.
If you want better battery life then average, you'll need to start installing custom ROMs and Kernels. If you aren't sure what those are, just Google "install custom rom on Galaxy Nexus". There are a ton of tutorials out there. I'd explain it but it is way too much to go over if you're new to it. I'm fond of Android Revolution HD myself, but there are a wealth of ROM options out there.
But honestly? Play with the phone first. Get acquainted with it. Even if you don't mod anything it's a great phone. The best way to preserve battery life outside of modding is simply make sure very little runs in the background of your phone. Set all your e-mail updates to manual, tell all apps not to send you notifications, keep the multi-tasking menu empty, don't allow Facebook and Google+ to check for status updates, turn off automatic location finding etc. Only use these things as you need them and you should be fine.
Root it. Put CWM on it. Install franco kernel. = Awsome Battery
Thanks for the info, you beautiful people. My only other smart phone was the OG evo I mentioned and before that was all pebl or clamshell phones that got days of life, I'd heard all this hullabaloo about full charging and full depletion three times to make it recognize 100% or some stuff, I just wanted to be sure. I did boot it up last night and get it activated, I'm loving this little beast.
Are you content with what you paid for? The galaxy s3 is an amazing device, but are you happy with it? would you buy it again? just wondering about your thoughts on the device... are you happy with development and roms on the device? Was it worth it?
Yes, and no. I loved my s3 when I 1st got it but after awhile I got bored of it. I picked this phone because of development and ROMs. That's why I didn't bother with the droid dna. Now that I look at the dna forums I wish I could find someone to trade :/
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I like it, would rather s3 than s4, because of svdo only working with 4g. I'm overall super happy with the S3.
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I picked one up for my wife in December for 50$ I had a Gnex which I was happy with. Most of the people I knew from the OG EPIC4G where here already. I played with my wife's phone for two hours went back to the store and got myself one. I am really happy with its performance, development here here and the fact it just a great piece of hardware.
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I would but it again. Several times over. I feel that all other phones are way too overpriced for the random extras they put in.
As someone stated in a thread in general, if you remove all the little software additions the S4 has, you get the S3.
I'm completely happy! Bought me and my wife one on black Friday. I came from HTC evo3d. I'm outta town nightly and don't always have 4g so being able to surf the Web and talk is a huge bonus. I was considering a gs4 till I found out it couldn't do that. The Roms here are great also....not to mention the Devs who help out noobs like me on a daily basis. Finally talked my wife into rooting and now she's on moar and is always showing what she can do. So the answer is yes totally happy. Can't beat two s3s for 80 bucks
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I would get it again in a heartbeat . One of the Best Devices out when I got it, and still one of the best out there. It's never disappointed me.
I would buy it over and over... S4 is only slightly better, and we are getting alot of those features (If we haven't already thanks to our great dev community). So why spend the extra $$$? The other thing that makes this phone what it is..happens to be our Devs... We have a talented team of devs floating around here for the S3, they give us all the options and customization features you could really want. No need to seek out another phone after that fact.
I bought my gs3 and sold my evo lte last November and I'm happy with it. I've had one issue with the one I bought and got a replacement and all has been good for 6 months. This is the first phone I've owned that hasn't made me look for another (the grass is greener syndrome). I'm going to keep it until my upgrade which will be just in time for the gs5.
my wife and i each got one the day after thanksgiving for $0.99 each if we renewed our sprint contract. So yeah I'm happy with what i paid for this phone. I love it although i think i may tinker too much with it, i'm constantly switching roms, adding mods, and tweaking it trying to find the perfect experiance for me ( i don't think that is ever going to happen )
I would absolutely buy this phone again. It is my 1st Android device and it has been amazing to learn things on. I've looked around and it seems that this is one of the easiest phones to root and flash ROMs on. Plus the dev support here for this device has been awesome.
Heck Yes ! Got as a gift this past Father's Day ( $50 @ BestBuy ) and we have LOTS of ROMs to choose from ... and like Ed mentioned earlier , most of our buddies from OG EPIC4G land have this phone ( I just happened to be the last straggler to upgrade )
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Yeah, pretty happy with it. I think it's still a relevant phone, and I'm planning on getting a couple of years out of it.
I'm happy and I would do it again. I only paid 99 cents for this GS3 so I'd say I got my money's worth by the time I turned it on.
I came from the evo3d and I can't think of one area that the 3d beats the GS3. The GS3 battery is way better, the screen is bigger, the screen is brighter, it's smarter, more mem, more ram, better ui, lte, better development, easier to root, I could probably go on.
Only drawback I've noticed about the GS3 is that it seems like there's more of them out there than iPhones,
Yes I am very happy with it, it's handles opened apps very well even tried to keep opening NFS most wanted and some others apps in my phone memory and it's handled it absolutely with no lag and without any redraws.
Only two the biggest minuses that I don't like it's battery and scrolling lag in some apps. So my main problem is not RAM memory but battery it's drains so fast.
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Yes I am very happy with it, it's handles opened apps very well even tried to keep opening NFS most wanted and some others apps in my phone memory and it's handled it absolutely with no lag and without any redraws.
Only two the biggest minuses that I don't like it's battery and scrolling lag in some apps. So my main problem is not RAM memory but battery it's drains so fast.
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Really? My battery lasts about 12-14 hours with around 4 hours screen on time.
EDIT: Stock battery too.
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Really? My battery lasts about 12-14 hours with around 4 hours screen on time.
EDIT: Stock battery too.
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So you're lucky then and my battery dies in approx 8-7 hours on hard usage.
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So you're lucky then and my battery dies in approx 8-7 hours on hard usage.
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No he's not lucky, he's learned to take advantage of XDA and all the information found here. There are lots of tweaks and kernel changes that can extend your battery life. In conjunction with some great apps like Greenify. I average 15 to 16 hrs with 4 to 5 hrs on screen time on a stock battery as well. There are many here who do. You should do a little research you could profit from it.
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The S2 was a good phone for it's time and the display is still pretty nice compared to many phones available now. But the battery life is really atrocious compared to the newer devices. I was using an Alcatel OneTouch Fierce before but I put it in my pocket with my keys and shattered the screen so I pulled the S2 out of a drawer and starting using it again. I loaded a couple of custom ROMs and currently have ParanoidAndroid 4.4 RC1.
What I have noticed is that both the screen and the GPS both take a ton of battery on the S2. On the Alcatel, the screen was down usually at the bottom of the list of things using battery. On the S2 it is always at the top of the list. I have the S2 screen turned down to minimum brightness, which is fine for indoor usage, and also set the screen timeout to 15 seconds, but still the consumption issues persist.
I do a lot of fitness logging and the most I have been able to log on the S2 is around 40 miles of bike riding until the battery runs out. This is from starting with the battery in the mid 90s percentage. With the Alcatel phone I had been able to data log over 200K/125miles before running out of battery.
Saturday I was out in the sticks riding my bike. I put it in airplane mode to save battery in case I needed to call home. After the 44 mile stop at a country store, I forgot to put it back in airplane mode and by the time we went another 30 miles to the next food stop (about 2 hours) the phone had drained from 70% to 14% percent. And I wasn't even using it, it was just riding along in my pocket as I pedaled.
Even with just web surfing on 4G data or WiFi takes a lot of battery. Seems like I can play with the phone for 30 minutes and the battery goes down at least 20%.
On top of this I've also been having problems with lockups. On the first ROM I tried, Liquid Smooth, it was getting android.systemui crashes pretty often. But if I waited a while, the system would right itself and I would be able to keep on going. When I first installed PA it was doing great but now I'm getting random lockups as well. On PA the lockups require a hard boot to fix. Perhaps a hardware issue, who knows. The S2 has not been dropped and is in excellent condition, but I suppose that's neither here nor there.
If it was just the battery consumption issues, I could try an extended battery and see how that went. But in the end I decided that I was going to bite the bullet and get a new phone. I thought about a refurb S4, or Nexus 4 which were both under $300, but in the end I went with the LG G2 as it was less than $400 new from T-Mobile direct.
Farewell Galaxy S2, your days are numbered.
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My wife has a s2 t989 running cm 10.1.3 with a new anker 2200 battery. Her phone flies, zero lag. And Her battery gets her through the day. This phone is a old little beast.
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My wife has a s2 t989 running cm 10.1.3 with a new anker 2200 battery. Her phone flies, zero lag. And Her battery gets her through the day. This phone is a old little beast.
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If it wasn't for the lockups, I might have tried a new or larger battery. The battery will last all day as is if you don't ask the phone to do anything and you have good signal. The screen and the GPS use so much power on this phone though. It's just older silicon.
I agree it's still a fast phone when you use a cm10 or cm11 ROM. It's just not meeting my needs.
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If it wasn't for the lockups, I might have tried a new or larger battery. The battery will last all day as is if you don't ask the phone to do anything and you have good signal. The screen and the GPS use so much power on this phone though. It's just older silicon.
I agree it's still a fast phone when you use a cm10 or cm11 ROM. It's just not meeting my needs.
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Get the M8
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Get the M8
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too expensive!
I ordered an LG G2 for less than $400, and signed up for the payments divided over 2 years. So I'm trading a really old phone for a 1 year old phone
Funny thing is, the S2 has not locked up once since I ordered the new phone. Haha.
I can really relate to your frustration as I have had quite a bit trouble getting great performance out of this device in the 7 months I've had it. I've went through what seems a million ROMs and have had problems with every single one. To the point I believe it was just the phone and not the ROMs. The last month was really bad when CM made a lot of changes that seemed to adversely affect this device. Then I started trying JB ROMs that were even worse than KK ever was. I've had way over 2 years experience flashing ROMs and kernels so in nearly every case I wouldn't say user error was to blame either. That said, after nearly making a coaster out of this thing, PA RC1 really has come to the rescue along with the Wild kernel. Which is why I'm a bit surprised you are not even having good luck with that. The battery drain you describe is very extreme. At the worst my battery drains 3% an hour on standby. I always have everything on, such as Wifi, GPS and high accuracy location reporting too. Not to mention Viper audio mod with super quality driver which uses a chunk of battery as well.
Overall I can typically get 20 to 24 hours on an average weekday. If I use the screen for a couple hours, listen to music, browse the web and make a call or two, more like 10 to 16 hours. At any rate things are good enough I can live with this phone for while now, provided I do myself a favor and leave well enough alone.
i've had my s2 for almost 3 year, i believe, and i know the pain in the ass it can be. the screen issue happens to me, too, and there isn't a solution, so you learn to deal with it. seems like you may have a faulty battery? i still have the stock battery and it doesn't hold up well as it used to. i run carbonrom with wildkernel (testing) and it's not too bad. but it's a dated phone in techie age.
Yea PA RC1 was the best of the ROMs that I tried on the S2. But I've moved on and am super happy with my new phone. The LG G2 is the best phone I've ever had. 3000mAh stock battery, huge screen, blazing fast LTE and I love the volume buttons on the back!
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The T989 may be difficult to deal with but with a few customizations (new battery and rom), it'll be faster.
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The T989 may be difficult to deal with but with a few customizations (new battery and rom), it'll be faster.
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Too late, I already have the new phone and it is way better even with the stock rom. I might update the S2 again though just for kicks when PA goes stable. It probably does need a new battery also but there's no reason to go that route when I have another phone already.
Glad to see I'm not the only one that's having battery problems. It seems as if using Apollo for music and using Messenger to talk to a friend, the battery drains really quickly. Can't wait to upgrade in the near future.
Any custom ROM that i have tried are not to good for the battery life. I think the best ROM so far for battery life is SHADOW 1.5 ROM because it is based on Stock ROM and has the Power Saver feature.
Now i am using CM 11 and loving it, the features and speed are incredible. Thanks CM Team for your great work.:good:
The T989 is one of the best phones in his time. Now is almost obsolete, we grow ups, every months there are lots of new devices, sooner or late the time will come when we will let go the T989 and have a newer one. It's like a childhood girlfriend experience. I now have the Moto G LTE version, I keep my T989 in my archived electronic things, he is simple something not to forget.
I gave my old S2 to my wife after I got my Note 3. At the time all the Jellybean ROM's for it were unstable, so I put the Jedi ROM on it. For some reason it was ridiculously slow, despite being based on the stock ICS ROM. I had figured the phone's age was just showing and didn't think much about it.
Recently my wife asked me to upgrade the ROM on her tablet to KitKat, so I figured I would do her phone as well. To my surprise, KiKat runs amazingly smooth on the S2 - especially with Wild kernel (1.89GHz overclock + sio governor). Tried both SlimKat and Carbon. It's just liquid smooth and feels totally like a new phone.
Lorien_Silmaril said:
I gave my old S2 to my wife after I got my Note 3. At the time all the Jellybean ROM's for it were unstable, so I put the Jedi ROM on it. For some reason it was ridiculously slow, despite being based on the stock ICS ROM. I had figured the phone's age was just showing and didn't think much about it.
Recently my wife asked me to upgrade the ROM on her tablet to KitKat, so I figured I would do her phone as well. To my surprise, KiKat runs amazingly smooth on the S2 - especially with Wild kernel (1.89GHz overclock + sio governor). Tried both SlimKat and Carbon. It's just liquid smooth and feels totally like a new phone.
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is really surprising how kitkat can give new life to this old phones.. I've changed my T989 for a nexus 4 as a daily driver but still keep the S2 as a work phone, after using the AOSP of the nexus4 I tryied evervolv in a MyTouch 4G and really liked it then though of trying that on the S2 and wow that was an improvement. right know Im currently using Evervolv kitkat 4.4.4 with Cl3kerner on the T989 and I tell you is a really good combination if not perfect.
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I love this phone much like you guys but it's time for the sweet prince to nap!
One of the issues I had a few months ago is that my power button got stuck. My device kept rebooting every few minutes to the only option was to open up the phone and remove the power button entirely. This fixed my issue but now the only way to turn the phone on when it dies (or turns off due to crashes!!) is by plugging it via USB and going into download mode then cancelling. Talk about a hassle!
I also got some dust particles (I think?) on my camera lens so I have several black dots whenever I take a picture.
My battery life is also HORRIBLE. I can relate to OP. My phone can barely make it to lunch let alone get through a full day. If I want to get through a full day, brightness needs to be low, bluetooth/wifi/data/gps/screen rotate all need to be off and I can't expect much screen on time. Basically, I use my phone for communication (texting, calling, etc) and for listening to music. Nothing else really. I might also try flashing another CM rom. I've tried KitKat CM roms but they are all incredibly laggy, so I don't know. Perhaps a new battery could fix this but it's too late.
(By the way, if anyone can recommend a good KitKat rom [preferably CM based], I'd appreciate it. I plan on giving this away to someone who will mainly use it to listen to music, web browse, read. Nothing too major but I'd like to update it as much as possible before giving it away.)
Although there a number of problems, this phone has lasted me 2.5 years. I got it in May of 2012, about 6 months or so after launch. That couples with Cyanogenmod has given me one hell of an experience. This phone, without a doubt, has been one of the best phones I've owned. It just works, in spite of all odds. Heck, I've had it for several months with all of these issues and it can still go until the end of the year (or longer, who knows). But all good things must come to an end.
So good night sweet prince. You were amazing, will never forget! Also, thanks Cyanogenmod for supporting this device! Thank you devs and fellow T989 users for all the support!
As far as the future goes, I am putting all my eggs in one basket and hoping that the Nexus 6/X is solid. There are rumours that it is going to be nearly 6" which is just too big for me to use reasonably. I also considered the Note 4, but honestly, after almost 2 years of using Cyanogenmod, it's very difficult to go back to TouchWiz. The other phone I have considered is the Moto X (2014). If none of these work, I might settle for last year's Nexus 5. Who knows! All I know is that I'm getting a new phone soon!
Try also the new CM11 by Sultanxda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rom-kernel-unofficial-cyanogenmod-11-t2885259
Seems to give best battery life for this device.
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Try also the new CM11 by Sultanxda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rom-kernel-unofficial-cyanogenmod-11-t2885259
Seems to give best battery life for this device.
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Absolutely, I no longer feel anything like I did when I posted the previous comment in this thread. I'm not ashamed to own this device anymore, LOL. Sultan did things with his kernel that made CM11 stable & fully optimized for the Hercules.
tuxx1337 said:
Try also the new CM11 by Sultanxda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...rom-kernel-unofficial-cyanogenmod-11-t2885259
Seems to give best battery life for this device.
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thanks for the suggestion! i was thinking about changing the ROM for my Hercules and this seems like a really good choice..