From now on there will probably only be minor improvements until some new technology is implemented into mobile phones. I mean the screens on all the recent high end phones are all extremely crisp and can be classified as a "retina" display. The cameras are also quite decent. Current dual core processors already run very smoothly on the operating systems nowadays. Even quadcore is kind of overkill. Not sure what else we can ask for other than better battery life.

Exactly, hardware wise, I can't foresee any major improvements. I can only hope for a better Touch Wiz implementation (Touch Wiz 5?).

A Whole New Universe

a countdown until some info is released? it ends 8 hours from now?

Probably just some hardware specs to whet your appetite.

Gh0stRider, how do you find the foxhound rom?

it was okay, but found it was draining my battery. in fact all the ics roms ive tried seems to suck on battery. i miss my gingerbread battery life.

i was on hydr0g3n then just flashed the new Resurrection rom today. still gotta try the new foxhound

Man there's so many ICS roms out now. Post up a review of the new resurrection when you get a chance :D I'm debating whether I wanna go back to it or not.

Have you had any issues with any of the roms not going into deep sleep?
Thats my only beef with hydrog3n atm. I have to reboot everytime I take it off the charger

the last foxhound it didn't seem to be sleep. android os was using up 60% of my battery life.
when i switched to hydr0g3n it went down to 20-30 then went back up to 50%

i just loaded up Resurrection a few hours ago so i'll test it for the next few days.

how can i update my rooted and unlocked s2 to official bell ics

so today my Menu button all of the sudden stopped working, only thing that it does is opens up task manager if i hold it long enough

anyone know how to fix this problem and get the menu button to work again?

thanks

Hope its not a hardware issue, it doesn't seem to b if u can do long hold to bring up task manager. Have u tried a reboot?

yep took out the battery, checked my settings to make sure my menu button was not disabled and cleared my launchers data... but still not working

it wont work....just tried it to see what it would say....you need to dl a custom rom

So are there any official Samsung ICS roms for the S2?

I got it to work, just loaded up the original firmwave with odin, plugged it in and used kies to update to ICS

O ok....i just thought you ment update it without using idin and then it wont work....i will have to do the same later

guys... what kind of speed are you getting thru speedtest.net? i'm getting:
ping 395 ms
d/l 4.08 Mbps
u/l 1.74 Mbps

oh... from Burnaby server, with Bell 4G, custom rom

There's a thread for speedtests. They are on the lower end but those speeds are normal for HSPA+.

Any way i can make it faster? Currently using the HyDrOG3N-ICS 13.05 rom. A diff rom will make any difference on speed?

ok whats a good rom these days? i've been on hydrogen 04.18 because it's been the most stable for me with incredible battery life for an ICS rom.. but my flasheitis is acting up and want something new.

Recently my S2's been experiencing problems with receiving phone calls and texts on time. Excellent reception all the time, but sometimes it doesn't ring when people call, or receive the proper text at the time it was sent.. In some extreme cases I get texts sent to me half an hour after the actual time, or I receive a bundle of texts when I send one out.

I've also had an issue about how my phone shuts down by itself, and I've had to switch it back on frequently. I've had the phone since August of last year, and I'd hate to have it repaired or replaced.

Phone is hard bricked... boot loops with second interval vibrations, cant enter download mode or CWR.. Does any place locally know how to do JTAG repair? (fixes hard bricked S2's)

You might be able to recover the phone with one these USB jigs that force the download tool to run.

Aliexpress.com : Buy USB adaptor jig for Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100, binary Counter Reset tool, Jigs SII from Reliable Jig suppliers on DirectSale (Accept Paypal)

I was the Hyrdrogen ICS rom. It took a while for the battery life to settle. Eventually, I gave up on it because it kept failing my Music player. Otherwise, I really liked it. I heard the makers of Hydrogen ICS abandoned it over some petty disagreement. My bro just put the Resurrection ICS rom in my dropbox. Will wait for some reviews.

Been using Sensation Rom for a few weeks now. I had it before I sold my SGS2 on Gingerbread last year and went back to it now on ICS. Still a solid rom with lots of options. Haven't really been monitoring the battery life because I switch between my iPhone and Android but can monitor it if someone wants to know more.

Also, I took of my the matte screen protector I had on this phone and can't BELIEVE I was using the phone with that it on. Forgot all about the wet-looking display the SGS2 has. LOVE IT