Android : All this talk of iPhones, so i think i'm going to buy myself a Samsung Galaxy S...

[Briggykins]

Aye, as much as I love my Desire I wish I'd waited a couple of months and got the Galaxy S, the ones I've seen are amazing. Glad you're enjoying yours

Now we need to start some sort of Wordfeud tourney.

[Lopez]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

Well months down the line and i'm still more impressed with what this phone has to offer than any other phone i've ever used. Even moreso now i've properly updated the firmware with googles latest offerings but baked by a homebrewer into something truly special. Anyone with this phone, Leon mainly (!) grab Darky's V8 Mod from xda Devs. Little bit of trouble with the first flash over previous ROM's etc... but once you're using his updating is as easy as it gets

The phone absolutely FLIES and personally i really do think totally outclasses all its competition. Which would be why google have chose the Galaxy S for the next Nexus

Upgraded to Darky's v8 the other week - as you say, bit sticky at first, I got caught in an infinite boot loop in recovery mode - managed to get into Clockwork and run the ROM update again and bingo - loving it!

[Stan_Lite]

Originally Posted by Lopez

Upgraded to Darky's v8 the other week - as you say, bit sticky at first, I got caught in an infinite boot loop in recovery mode - managed to get into Clockwork and run the ROM update again and bingo - loving it!

I did the same and had similar problems. I tried to install the non wipe slim version but it would get to the setup wizard at the start and fail over and over. I ended up installing the full wipe version (didn't have that much on the phone anyway) and had success. Must say I'm quite impressed with it. Ta for the recommendation Alex

[Joe 90]

iPhone 5 goes in to production in a few weeks \o/

[LeperousDust]

Hi guys, i'm thoroughly dragging this post right back from the grave! But, if any of you haven't yet moved to CyanogenMod7, i sincerely recommend you do! It couldn't be any easier than downloading an app "Rom Manager" (and paying a few quid for the premium which i also recommend).

This is providing you have already rooted your phone and have CWM2/3 installed, which if you're running most other roms you probably will

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sam...l_Update_Guide

[leowyatt]

Would this work on a S2? Kitten might be interested in getting more out of her phone.

[Stan_Lite]

Just done it. Was thinking about moving away from Darky's ROM anyway as the phone was a bit slow and laggy.

Bit of a faff tbh.
Tried to switch using ROM manager (which I already had) but it did nothing. Had to copy the zips to the SD card and do it in recovery mode. Then Titanium backup wouldn't work - finally sussed out it needs busy box (didn't need it with Darky's ROM). Then it still wouldn't work until I rebooted the phone. Finally got everything restored (except photo editor - for some reason it just hangs trying to restore that ). Will see if it's any better.

[Will]

That's why I'd never go back to a windows/android phone or jailbreak my phone. Too much fiddling and tweaking!!

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by Will

That's why I'd never go back to a windows/android phone or jailbreak my phone. Too much fiddling and tweaking!!

Absolutely not true...I'm on android, not rooted or jailbroken or anything, no fiddling or tweaking and i'm MORE than happy with the performance. Nothing to do with whether it's an android/windows/iphone, it's what you're doing to it that counts.

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by Will

That's why I'd never go back to a windows/android phone or jailbreak my phone. Too much fiddling and tweaking!!

Will you don't need to fiddle, my girl has an s2 and just uses it and refuses to do anything to it. it does work fine. But personally i'd want more from it, which would be exactly the same as an iphone, iphone works, but its fairly limited.

The s2 is rootable and unlockable and flashable to CM7, i don't know the exact method because i'm not allowed to play with my girlfriends phone But just browse around xda and CM7 forums and just play!

Well well worth it, the speed and customisation are second to none with CM7, blown away by it! Battery drain seems a *little* higher than it was, but nothing that i can't live with i guess, given it's superbness, and its getting better all the time (it used to be unsuable )