Moved from EVO 4g to S2
 

Spent the weekend getting my S2 all setup and everything moved from the EVO. So far I really like this phone, there are some differences and a few thing I hope Samsung works on. If I used this phone for fun it would be perfect but I use it for business, like 5000 minutes a month and 600 emails.

The battery is good, better than the EVO stock battery but still only lasts be 1/2 a day.
I am not high on the phone dialer, when you use the keypad to type a contacts name it only recognizes the fist 4 charterers then wants you to choose from a list. I have 45 Daves' in the list this is kind of a PITA.

The calendar widget doesn't let you move from month to month with out selecting a day, then selecting month view then moving to a different month.

You have to select reply from a menu on emails to reply or reply all, wish there was a soft key on the screen.

I love the the customization on the screens, the traffic widgets, the texting format, the screen is awesome, and this thing is smoking fast. Glad I made the move can't wait for the Note to hit.

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I am in the same boat, I came from an Evo4G and my only complaint is battery life. To me the phone is too thin and I've got to buy an extended battery with a door, that'll solve the way it feels and more importantly the battery life.

Dialer issue: Wait for some roms to come out and you can change the dialer. I have 5 Mikes and I put links to important people on the screen. I didn't check but there may be a speed dial thingy. I remember when I used to have a flip phone, I had over 250 speed dials and people would be remembered by #56 or #72. I think this phone has speed dials so that may solve half the problem. Also voice dial may help. "Call Mikey P"

I've never used the installed calendar app so I can't help there. There are a bunch of calendar apps, planner apps, etc on the market and it's a personal prefrence. Download and see what you like. Same with email. I use the Gmail app and it works for me, I tried a few and nothing worked as well as the gmail app.

The first few days I really missed my Evo4G. Glad I made the move. Part of the reason I was sad to see it go was the way I had it set up. Once some Roms come out (ahem, OMJ hint hint) it'll be perfect.

I didn't install ADW Launcher yet. That thing is awesome. I might just do that to customize everything the way I want it.

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Since there is root access already, can't you undervolt your cpu for extra battery life?

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theres apps to fix most of your issues and roms or themes that may also help especially battery life. im a heavy user and i can easily get full day atleast. you can just root and improve it by 6hrs by removing all sprins bloat.
theres lots of roms already out just will never be one posted here.
no we cant uv yet but oc is how im rolling and still getting over a day battery life with all bloat removed.

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You are scaring me. Why will they never be posted on here?

The only thing I can think of is all the Samsung chef's are on XDA.

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The more I am getting use to it the more I think that HTC's Sense is better for business use. If I didn't have to use the phone so much while driving it would be OK, but so far it's just OK.

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I am considering replacing my EVO with this. Don't really want the 3D, not impressive. Only thing this would be my first non-HTC smart phone since the PPC6700, so im a little nervous...:0

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you guessed it, same deal as epic4g we had to beg cooks to post here then we had no support.

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no UV yet? that sucks...uv was awesome on the epic..I guess I better crawl into my corner now :( lol

umm..ppc6700 is made by HTC..its called the HTC Apache, but in US it got rebranded by UT-Starcom

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Dammit!

OMJ are you buying this phone or what? I'll kick in if you do.

I know, ppc6700 was my first smartphone ;)

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

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I don't like XDA, they're too, um... it's like XDA is NASA and we're just an airport. They're all snooty and they know everything and Jesus help you if you ask a question in the wrong forum. The FBI might call to prosecute you for ... you get the idea.

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agree and most touch cooks are ACS guys so just shop at ACS and be done, we were first to even root and we have lots of roms/kernels on the way.

Samsung Epic 4G Touch Development

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Awe, you guys got me worried. I ordered this phone primarily for the camera and all it's wonderful manual settings. Was hoping the battery life would be much better than my EVO. I hope it's better. I'm tired of carrying multiple batteries around. :(

Anyways you never know chefs will post here if/when they get tired of other places. *Wonders is this the phone that could bring back the passion* :D
~Mike

Edit: First non HTC phone in 6+years...

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Welcome to the darkest depth of the dark side *evil grin*

There is also an upgraded camera mod for the original galaxy s 2 which will make the camera even more better once its ported to the epic touch 4g..

If you haven't seen:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/samsung-ga...r-awesome.html

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im using it now, there is tons of gs2 porting going on now and the big news is COM7 is being ported now by codeworkx from xda/samsung and kOnane is working on hacks for us and "no CIQ" is on my phone now.

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Why thank you kind sir for the welcome. :D

Darren mentioned it, can't wait to get the phone and start messing with it. :headbang:

Just hope battery life isn't as bad as my evo. :???:
~Mike

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I, too, was a BIG HTC fan...Sense and all. I was very nervous about switching to the Samsung Galaxy. I thought the Samsung was really big...so that was disappointing... I had a hard enough time with my first EVO, but I soon got beyond that. I really like this phone! The weight of the phone, the battery life is better than EVO, and the beauty of it all. The EVO 3D was traded in because of several bugs and issues. I hate that I had gotten rid of my EVO for the 3D. I think you will love the Samsung if you make the switch!

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Thanks but too late. I already took it back and got the 3D. I didnt like the plastic feel and to be honest it was just too big for my hand for me to use. Anyways the 3d is not perfect by any means but I am sticking with it. I have some buyers remorse for not keeping the SG a few days longer, best buy would probably have my head is I brought this back and got the SG again, lol.

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You got me worried lol, this is the first phone since the apache myself. And I don't think I can return mine due to where I ordered. Oh wells, hope I love it. :D Best of luck with the 3D it just didn't have enough bells and whistles to entice me to buy it. :silent:
~Mike

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just stop cause your gonna like it, sell it to omj if not cause i want him cooking.

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I just made the jump today and Im glad I did. This phone is way better in terms of hardware, video and camera. CPU scores blow others away. The battery life so far is good. I have my Evo 4G still, just incase...but Im glad I moved to this phone.