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Great News! Gelaskins Coming to the Galaxy S II!

Just contacted GelaSkins to enquire about the S II, and they replied with this:
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"Hi Potatoman
Thank you for your email! The Galaxy S II is definitely on our list of devices to skin, but I'm afraid that we do not have a release date scheduled yet. Stay tuned!
Elizabeth Czetyrbok | GelaSkins Inc.
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Shame the release date isn't set yet, but good news nonetheless! Personally I find them to be some of the most unique skins (I use the Neo New York one for my laptop ) and they do a great job of protecting the device. Thought I'd put this up here in case anyone was holding off on buying a skin until something new came around, I avoided the gel ones because I find them a bit plain and boring.

Yeah, I like them too, they look great!

Indeed! I dunno, but for a phone that had 3 million preorders, I like these skins because they make my phone feel unique sue me, I like being a snowflake ^_^

Not sure how well they would look with the textured back on the SGS2. We shall see

You can also upload your own disign and they will fabricate it for you!

no directly links to advertise please
it's okay to link to ebay/amazon and other such market places, but direct links to the manufacture or distributor websites are not allowed, unless a Marketing deal has been made with XDA Admins

Apologies, I wasnt aware, i just saw other threads discussing it and assumed the rule referred to official advertising.
As for the textured back, I don't think it will matter, my laptop one is pretty thick anyway so it should smooth it out. My laptop isnt AS textured as the SGS2, but it flattens this backplate out quite nicely, so we'll see i guess.

amagad how long should we wait ((( don't they know that our devices will be delivered soon (many have already got it)

I think they will release once it is out in the US, since they are a US company. I've bought a cheap case off ebay for £4 to protect the phone until gelaskins release them :3

by the way, there is an alternative - ZAGGskins. does anybody know if they are planning to make skins for our device too?

Great idea... i cant wait until they have the template ready

asheg said:
by the way, there is an alternative - ZAGGskins. does anybody know if they are planning to make skins for our device too?
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no.. they are not planning to do skins for s2...... ((

asheg said:
no.. they are not planning to do skins for s2...... ((
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Hopefully, when SGS2 sells like hotcakes, manufacturers will start churning out cases and protectors like no-ones business

This is the first time I've heard of Gelaskins. I looked them up and their skins look amazing! Looking forward to their release of skins for the SGS2.
EDIT: Just received news from Gelaskins that the skins for the SGS2 should be up on the site on Monday or Tuesday!

SGS2 Skins now available

Thanks for the heads up

Brilliant
Just ordered mine

For some reason, my card isnt getting accepted. Well Ill try later I guess

I'm gonna order mine tonight i think... some great looking skins on their

Just a thought!!!!
Would the skin not interfere with the touch keys at the bottom?

Penvatars

What you guys think? Any preference?
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/09...envatars-for-the-galaxy-note-4-and-note-edge/

My personal opinion is that Samsung needs to stop wasting resource on unnecessary crap and focus on making their Note line a professional tool rather than a gimmiky phablet.

insang-droid said:
My personal opinion is that Samsung needs to stop wasting resource on unnecessary crap and focus on making their Note line a professional tool rather than a gimmiky phablet.
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Can't really argue with this.

Really, not a big fan of Marvel anyways. What a joke.

it seems like fun, i would rather them focus on getting us 5.x vs this, but if they can do both, i don't think they're the worst thing samsung has done.

Waste of resources. Certainly the folks throwing so much money on a Note 4 aren't really looking for something like this. I got this to supplement my tablet as a business tool, not to be cute or quirky...

ExtremeRyno said:
Waste of resources. Certainly the folks throwing so much money on a Note 4 aren't really looking for something like this. I got this to supplement my tablet as a business tool, not to be cute or quirky...
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The Keyword is "You". Others got it for other reasons. Secondly, they have other teams working on different things. It's not like they halted any progress to work on Penvatars. I got this phone to hopefully get back into drawing and I happen to use my pen a lot so this is a cool little addition although it's no necessary but cool nonetheless.

Android300ZX said:
The Keyword is "You". Others got it for other reasons. Secondly, they have other teams working on different things. It's not like they halted any progress to work on Penvatars. I got this phone to hopefully get back into drawing and I happen to use my pen a lot so this is a cool little addition although it's no necessary but cool nonetheless.
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Well, technically by business tool, I mean drawing while I'm in meetings. I use it more for drawing than anything else (except texting, I guess). Heh...
Still think the little super hero faces and stuff are a waste, though.

I'm sure they already released 5.0 to the carriers but they are too busy raping it with their crapware.

Android300ZX said:
I'm sure they already released 5.0 to the carriers but they are too busy raping it with their crapware.
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I would hope so. It would be nice to see them roll out to international/non-carrier versions to give an indication. It's great to see that S5s are getting rollouts of Android L in Europe already (posted 2 days ago on Sammobile).
I am absolutely sure by the end of the month Samsung will have had released their L. Now how long it takes for AT&T to molest it and rip out essential settings to implement their own half-assed versions of it hopefully won't take too terribly long.
To the topic, I think this is kind of cool. Obviously just a fun gimmic and I have high doubts it is delaying anything by implementing this sort of stuff. Really, patience is a virtue. By the time L comes out we'll probably all be used to it after a week and complaining about something new so JUST HOLD TIGHT!! L isn't expected to bring any new 'business' features anyhow to the Note 4 so this really isn't effecting that sort of use-case anyhow.

It would be cool to see who's drawing through penvatars when sharing notes via screenplay, but that's all I can think of this being useful for in a business sense. And that's only if penvatars would even work in that sense.

I remember making my own on the sky air note 2 rom. It literally takes 10 min to photoshop and add the files to the framework and flash. This isn't a resource heavy project for Samsung by any stretch of the imagination.

Jspex said:
I remember making my own on the sky air note 2 rom. It literally takes 10 min to photoshop and add the files to the framework and flash. This isn't a resource heavy project for Samsung by any stretch of the imagination.
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Don't worry, most normal people know that. It's just that some people will complain about anything and everything. It's the way of the world. They can get $1 million dollars dropped on their lap and complain it wasn't $2 million dollars.

Took me a minute to write this response, and it was a waste of my time and energy. That's a minute I'll never get back.

jonrobertd said:
Really, not a big fan of Marvel anyways. What a joke.
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So because you don't like it, it is a joke? I happen to like Marvel and think it is not a bad idea. One of the biggest benefits to buying a Galaxy series phone is to be able to customize things. If you don't like it, don't use it. Pretty easy.

Seems like that guy is a little pissed off about the whole idea. I don't see the problem with it at all. Just like with a lot of things when it comes to android. If you don't like it then don't use it. It's that simple.

It'd be pretty cool if you were like 12...

So, are these available? Where do I get them?

Does The Pixel XL 2 Have Dual Boot Partitions?

Hopefully not, but anyone know for sure that might have early access to one of the devices?

BoboBrazil said:
Hopefully not, but anyone know for sure that might have early access to one of the devices?
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I would be willing to bet that it does.

Of course it will. It's the whole seemless update thing that they love. Remember pixel is not a true dev phone like the old nexus devices. They're now going for a more consumer friendly model. Seemless updates is just a great selling point. Most consumers have no idea what it means. But the word "seemless" sells itself.

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Of course it will. It's the whole seemless update thing that they love. Remember pixel is not a true dev phone like the old nexus devices. They're now going for a more consumer friendly model. Seemless updates is just a great selling point. Most consumers have no idea what it means. But the word "seemless" sells itself.
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What are the phones that devs prefer these days?
Also, is everyone else (Samsung, etc.) going for the dual partition setup?
And why can't they just change the partitions on the phone? I guess I'm so used to partitioning my Linux systems any way I want and having a lot of options that it seems odd that the partitions must be left alone.

cb474 said:
What are the phones that devs prefer these days?
Also, is everyone else (Samsung, etc.) going for the dual partition setup?
And why can't they just change the partitions on the phone? I guess I'm so used to partitioning my Linux systems any way I want and having a lot of options that it seems odd that the partitions must be left alone.
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the best dev phone is still the google phone, the pixel.
eventually all android owns will shift to the dual partition model.
what's your problem with dual partitions exactly, because it offers lots and lots of benfits.

Treshy said:
the best dev phone is still the google phone, the pixel.
eventually all android owns will shift to the dual partition model.
what's your problem with dual partitions exactly, because it offers lots and lots of benfits.
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No its not. The dual partition setup makes developing for the device a nightmare. To the point that devs have started adding the dual partition setup to the list of things to avoid when getting a device. Add in the closed sourced system files Google uses on the pixels and you get a none dev friendly device.
No not all OEMs will shift to it. You can just look at how many device have it, even though it has been around for over a year. Just like adaptive storage.
To answer the question, many devs have moved over to OEM like one plus

Hopefully it doesn't have it. If so I might stick with OnePlus(which imo has taken over the Nexus mantle for dev friendly affordable phones). I only used root for adblock and youtube background play, but without those a phone isn't a phone to me lol

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No its not. The dual partition setup makes developing for the device a nightmare. To the point that devs have started adding the dual partition setup to the list of things to avoid when getting a device. Add in the closed sourced system files Google uses on the pixels and you get a none dev friendly device.
No not all OEMs will shift to it. You can just look at how many device have it, even though it has been around for over a year. Just like adaptive storage.
To answer the question, many devs have moved over to OEM like one plus
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Yeah, I didn't realize this happened with the Pixel. Pretty disappointing. I does look like the four month old OnePlus 5 has a lot more development for it than the one year old Pixel phones. And it has official Lineage OS support. I'm still amazed that there is no official Lineage OS release for last years Pixel. What a sad change of fates for what was the former venerable Nexus line of phones. I wonder if the new Essential phone has a dual partition scheme. They claim they are going to be dev friendly, although they still haven't released their kernel source.
By the way, are there any other phones, other than the Pixels, that use dual partitions?
I still don't really understand why the paritition scheme can't just be rewritten by the devs for cutom ROMs. It's such a common place thing to do on desktops.

cb474 said:
Yeah, I didn't realize this happened with the Pixel. Pretty disappointing. I does look like the four month old OnePlus 5 has a lot more development for it than the one year old Pixel phones. And it has official Lineage OS support. I'm still amazed that there is no official Lineage OS release for last years Pixel. What a sad change of fates for what was the former venerable Nexus line of phones. I wonder if the new Essential phone has a dual partition scheme. They claim they are going to be dev friendly, although they still haven't released their kernel source.
By the way, are there any other phones, other than the Pixels, that use dual partitions?
I still don't really understand why the paritition scheme can't just be rewritten by the devs for cutom ROMs. It's such a common place thing to do on desktops.
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The essential phones were a bust. A sprint exclusive killed it. They inky sold like 5000 units total.
I have the one plus 3 right now and to be honest. I am not tempted to upgrade. It is still very powerful with a few years of development left.
The only ones that I know of for sure that use it are the pixel line and the new android one reboot. I can't say for sure on all the others but those are the only ones I know for sure.
To be honest I am not sure what the details are of the issue. None of my devices ever used it. So I only know what the devs talk about it in chats.

zelendel said:
The essential phones were a bust. A sprint exclusive killed it. They inky sold like 5000 units total.
I have the one plus 3 right now and to be honest. I am not tempted to upgrade. It is still very powerful with a few years of development left.
The only ones that I know of for sure that use it are the pixel line and the new android one reboot. I can't say for sure on all the others but those are the only ones I know for sure.
To be honest I am not sure what the details are of the issue. None of my devices ever used it. So I only know what the devs talk about it in chats.
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Thanks for the thoughts.
It was actually reported a week or so ago that, at that point in time, Essential had only sold 5000 units through Sprint. No one knows what the sales have been directly from Essential. I suspect far more people bought directly from Essential (based on what I see people posting and that people who like phones like this tend to be T-Mobile customers). So maybe there's hope for Essential. Even though I have been disappointed by them in many ways and ended up passing on the phone, as much as I like the screen design. Or maybe the second Essential phone will do better and they'll become a company like OnePlus with some interest from devs.
Looking around, it also seems like there's a lot of development for the LG phones, I guess they allow unlocked bootloaders? It seems like every LG G* and V* phone has an official version of Lineage and a lot of ROMs in their XDA forums. I've never been an LG fan, but maybe they are a better way to go these days, if not OnePlus. I would have considered the OnePlus 5 but I don't really want a phone that big and I'm disappointed they dropped OIS for a dual camera gimmick. It seems like the 3 and 3T are the nicest of the OnePlus phones so far.

One UI?

I never thought this day would come. Yup, I'd like the Samsung skin to run on my Pixel 2 XL. Is there any way a developer can make a custom rom with ONE UI skin from Samsung? It's really innovative and made for large screen devices.

Wow, not a single reply? Have you found anything elsewhere? I'm curious as to whether or not this is possible. I used to root and ROM all of my phones but since getting the Pixel (2xl) , I just haven't felt the need to customize. It seems that Android finally caught up with the dev community (at least the features that I've always wanted/needed)...

The A80, can we fix samsung's mess with LineageOS?

This is supposed to be in the ROM/Recovery section, I plan to use this as a central thread for development on this device if it comes to that.
Anyone who owns an A80, must have by now have had a love hate relationship with it.
Even the S21 doesn't look that good and a look alike phone is often spotted in samsung's ads to this day which has the same edges so i guess they use it as a prop instead of editing out the punch hole. (See images, one is from the 1UI3 ad). It could have been a timeless device if the software implementation was paid more attention to.
Currently these are the problems with this device on OneUI2.0
- HDR video playback doesn't work from youtube but does with the camera (was present on S9)
- Severly Nerfed Camera
- Slowdown/Battery drain/High ram usage
- Aggressive PWM on the display (opposed to DC mode on OnePlus)
- No Android 10 Nav bar despite it being on Android 10.
- No wireless charging (more on that later)
- Poorly made kernal I read?
Which doesn't make sense because even the older Gen phones got these resolved and the alternative A series phones as well.
I am currently very frustrated and would love to join the devs/owners of this device and put our contributions in a LineageOS build for this however I have never done more than basic builds for a device.
Having an All screen no notch display made me realise it's all about software.
Here is a very clean S10 Rom and I wish we can get there with this thing too
Lastly about the wireless charging, Im an engineering undergrad familiar with the WPC Standard and if you have seen strange part's video on adding wireless charging to the iPhone 7, this is certainly a glass back phone with a modular charging port assembly that exact thing can be done on this device as well, I have ordered the parts found in the S10 and some after market tags that I'll try and see which work while keeping the battery cool, I'll share my findings if it's successful.

I definitely agree with you but you know, unfortunately Galaxy A80 isn't sold too much such as A70, A71 and other A series without A80 are popular -because they are more cheap than A80-, so I think developers don't want to make, develop or port any ROM for uncommon and under-sold devices like A80 because making and porting any ROM is super harder you know. And developers want to receive a recompense for their hard work. We are so unlucky for buying A80. No one wants to make or port for uncommon device.
By the way, English isn't my primary language, so if I did make mistakes in my paragraph, sorry.

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I definitely agree with you but you know, unfortunately Galaxy A80 isn't sold too much such as A70, A71 and other A series without A80 are popular -because they are more cheap than A80-, so I think developers don't want to make, develop or port any ROM for uncommon and under-sold devices like A80 because making and porting any ROM is super harder you know. And developers want to receive a recompense for their hard work. We are so unlucky for buying A80. No one wants to make or port for uncommon device.
By the way, English isn't my primary language, so if I did make mistakes in my paragraph, sorry.
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and also, source code issue

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people who bought this device for video and photos they hardly change their device i can bet you on this they have bought the A80 twice