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#493056 13-Jul-2011 20:09

Good to know, I wasn't too worried, worst case scenario I restore via Nandroid or flash fresh ROM (so hard to brick SGS phones!), but always nice to have some good reports.

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#493066 13-Jul-2011 20:34

NZtechfreak: Good to know, I wasn't too worried, worst case scenario I restore via Nandroid or flash fresh ROM (so hard to brick SGS phones!), but always nice to have some good reports.

Yeah, safe as houses, so long as you follow the usual best practices (wipes caches etc before flashing, and being careful with restoring apps etc).

I really like his minimalist approach, and lack of gaudy theming.

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#493135 13-Jul-2011 23:38

I like the lack of theming as well.

It seems to be running well, Titanium Backup isn't updated to work with the new Market though - couldn't restore my Market links!

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#493286 14-Jul-2011 12:26

NZtechfreak: I like the lack of theming as well.

It seems to be running well, Titanium Backup isn't updated to work with the new Market though - couldn't restore my Market links!

If your kernel support OC/UC (as Cognition's does), I'd highly recommend useing SetCPU to Underclock to 200/500/conservative for screenoff - I had 2% drain overnight with 3G sync on for GMail/Facebook/Accuweather etc.

Have set the normal profile to 200/800/Performance too see how that rolls.

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#493341 14-Jul-2011 13:53

New Market App launched by Google.

Download and info below:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166604

Just installed, very nice, a little slower, but worth it.

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#493369 14-Jul-2011 14:27

Deli23: New Market App launched by Google.

Download and info below:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166604

Just installed, very nice, a little slower, but worth it.

There was a separate thread on Geekzone yesterday for this. Agree it's a nice change but noticeably slower. It's still a keeper.

I think too from what I saw, Cognition has the new Vending.apk in the ROM.

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#493375 14-Jul-2011 14:35

Neets:
Deli23: New Market App launched by Google.

Download and info below:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166604

Just installed, very nice, a little slower, but worth it.

There was a separate thread on Geekzone yesterday for this. Agree it's a nice change but noticeably slower. It's still a keeper.

I think too from what I saw, Cognition has the new Vending.apk in the ROM.

He does - the Books app works, but Video doesn't. Supposedly it doesn't work if it detects SU on the handset; a form of DRM apparently? A fix is coming though. . . .

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#493400 14-Jul-2011 15:26

nofam:
He does - the Books app works, but Video doesn't. Supposedly it doesn't work if it detects SU on the handset; a form of DRM apparently? A fix is coming though. . . .

Largely irrelevant as unsurprisingly, there's no video's available to us in Oceania anyway.

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#493402 14-Jul-2011 15:28

NZtechfreak: Anyone here on Cognition ROM 1.12? I'm downloading now, looks the most complete of the current 2.3.4 ROMs with the 1.12 update...

Anyone got the 1.10 no-wipe update file laying around they could put on dropbox or something? The original one is 404'd and I've got this thing set up just nicely.

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#493403 14-Jul-2011 15:31

hi guys apparently this is a stock type 2.3.4 called darkyrom2 and that installation does not wipe data.

if anyone wants to test it out please do .... and then report if there are any bugs PLEASE!!!

http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/07/09/download-android-2-3-4-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-video-confer.../

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#493406 14-Jul-2011 15:36

stevenz:
nofam:
He does - the Books app works, but Video doesn't. Supposedly it doesn't work if it detects SU on the handset; a form of DRM apparently? A fix is coming though. . . .

Largely irrelevant as unsurprisingly, there's no video's available to us in Oceania anyway.

You're right. I was reading an article last night that it's ONLY for the US. Not even Canada. There were a lot of comments to the post suggesting Google start to recognise users were world-wide and not limited to the US. This was in reference to having Google Music Beta also only available to the US (but I've got it

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#493416 14-Jul-2011 15:54

joker97: hi guys apparently this is a stock type 2.3.4 called darkyrom2 and that installation does not wipe data.

if anyone wants to test it out please do .... and then report if there are any bugs PLEASE!!!

http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/07/09/download-android-2-3-4-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-video-confer.../

Or to the original site:

http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/rom-base-sgs2-2-3-4-darkyrom2-xxkg1-base.4059/

Pretty sure the XDA topic for this was linked to a few days ago. Plenty of talk of bugs & otherwise in those two forums.

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#493493 14-Jul-2011 19:45

joker97: hi guys apparently this is a stock type 2.3.4 called darkyrom2 and that installation does not wipe data.

if anyone wants to test it out please do .... and then report if there are any bugs PLEASE!!!

http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/07/09/download-android-2-3-4-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-video-confer.../

I already did that, when 2.3.4 first arrived. Its fine, but not as good as Cognition.

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#493502 14-Jul-2011 20:20

NZtechfreak:
joker97: hi guys apparently this is a stock type 2.3.4 called darkyrom2 and that installation does not wipe data.

if anyone wants to test it out please do .... and then report if there are any bugs PLEASE!!!

http://www.inspiredgeek.com/2011/07/09/download-android-2-3-4-for-samsung-galaxy-s2-sii-video-confer.../

I already did that, when 2.3.4 first arrived. Its fine, but not as good as Cognition.

Cognition v1.13 just out - man, this dev is on fire!! New kernel to address battery drain too!

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#493503 14-Jul-2011 20:28

Nice! Will take a look now.

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