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killadark wrote:Galaxy express is what you want the s2 is outdated now but I would also suggest you check out nexus 4
Geo2160 wrote:Outdated as is it is, the S2 is still better than any phone in its price range. Especially now that it has received the JB update. Unless we're talking about weird US variants.
@Jon: Please give us a link the S2 variant that you wish to purchase. Not necessarily from gsmarena.
Jigar wrote:Does Express have gorilla glass ? I couldn't find it.
Geo2160 wrote:It probably does have gorilla glass. All of samsung's mid and high range phones have it.
Jon, now that I look at the variant of the S2 that you want to buy, I think you'll be better off with the Galaxy Express. The chipset is newer and it will probably get its updates faster than the LTE version of the S2.
PenGun wrote:Just get the S2 and root the puppy. Sansung is fine with it and puts nothing in your way. Then you can put a variety of versions of the OS on your phone. Cyanogenmod works very well. Worth doing the initial setup so ROM Manager works then it will do all the work for you when you want to change your version etc.
Geo2160 wrote:Actually, since the variant of the S2 that Jon mentioned is not the international one (the one with the Exynos chipset), he won't have much community support. It doesn't have cyanogenmod support, nor a dedicated section on XDA and I doubt it even has an easy rooting method. The same goes with accesories since the design is a little different.
PenGun wrote:Actually the first one he linked is an Exynos chipset:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_g ... i-3621.php
There is support for 5 different S2s at Cyanogenmod in any case and this one should do the trick for the second one he linked:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Skyrocket_Info
Geo2160 wrote:PenGun wrote:Actually the first one he linked is an Exynos chipset:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_g ... i-3621.php
There is support for 5 different S2s at Cyanogenmod in any case and this one should do the trick for the second one he linked:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Skyrocket_Info
He specifically linked the variant that he could buy, and that's not the Skyrocket nor the international one. The one that he linked doesn't have almost anything in terms of community support and you just can't crossflash stuff from another phone just because their specs look similar. Heck, sometimes you can't crossflash even if they're identical.
PenGun wrote:The Skyrocket at Cyanogenmd is the same as the one he linked. Same chipset, processor and GPU. I would certainly ask about his exact model on the forums at both Cyanogenmod and XDA before I did anything but that one will probably work.
Geo2160 wrote:PenGun wrote:The Skyrocket at Cyanogenmd is the same as the one he linked. Same chipset, processor and GPU. I would certainly ask about his exact model on the forums at both Cyanogenmod and XDA before I did anything but that one will probably work.
Please understand that it won't work. The chipset is different. It probably wouldn't work even if the hardware was exactly the same due to the fact that the operators like to mess with partitioning.
PenGun wrote:What? They are both Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon chipsets with the same Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion although the OP's choice could be slightly faster, possibly a 1.7 GHz, it's not specified. They both run the Adreno 220 and although it may not work it's not 'cause the hardware is different.
Have you ever flashed a phone? You should have backup and a Samsung does a good job of allowing many screw ups to be fixed and the first thing you do for a major change is wipe the phone. Otherwise operator partitions can be a problem.
After putting my S2 into many situations screwing up images and several times spending a few hours in limbo I am fairly confident I can get my phone back from almost any situation. Running bone stock Bell Andy 4.0.3 from the official image now.
Geo2160 wrote:PenGun wrote:What? They are both Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon chipsets with the same Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion although the OP's choice could be slightly faster, possibly a 1.7 GHz, it's not specified. They both run the Adreno 220 and although it may not work it's not 'cause the hardware is different.
Have you ever flashed a phone? You should have backup and a Samsung does a good job of allowing many screw ups to be fixed and the first thing you do for a major change is wipe the phone. Otherwise operator partitions can be a problem.
After putting my S2 into many situations screwing up images and several times spending a few hours in limbo I am fairly confident I can get my phone back from almost any situation. Running bone stock Bell Andy 4.0.3 from the official image now.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4124&idPhone2=4303
Take a look at the "chipset" section. And even if those were the same, this doesn't mean that the rest of the hardware is. They could have camera sensors from another OEM or different radios which are optimised for different frequency bands. If that's the case, flashing a Skyrocket ROM on the I9210 could cause a hard-brick. Just because you flashed a phone once in a while doesn't mean you understand the development process completely. Take a look at the Xperia T and TX. They're virtually the same, down to the camera sensors, yet you can't cross-flash ROMS from the T to the TX.