The Galaxy S II (Epic 4G Touch) gets Jelly Bean!

[Overmind One]

I was in the Sprint store yesterday, shopping for my next phone and taking a look at that new Galaxy S4, and I realized that I really love my Galaxy SII and am fine with keeping it. But I really wanted Jelly Bean and I wanted it to fully support everything on my phone and also to use AllShare. The sales guy happened to have my exact phone as his personal phone but I noticed he was running Jelly Bean. WTH? Sprint has an OTA update to Jelly Bean, but Samsung has a stock Jelly Bean ROM for the Galaxy SII which is even cleaner:

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00052384&fm_seq=60310

This is like a new phone! I love AllShare which allows you to stream media to your TVs or laptops easily. The speed is greatly improved and battery life which is already good, becomes great.

For you Galaxy S II and III owners here, the Galaxy S IV is a great phone but not enough of an advance to dump your already awesome phone for it. It is the OS version that makes the phone more than it's hardware. I think the hardware wars will reach a peak because people do not use their phones to compute as much. Will there EVER be any app or game made which will require a quad core processor on your phone? Maybe, but I dont need it.

Long live Jelly Bean (until the next version )!

 

[Bluce Ree]

I don't bother waiting for manufacturer updates. JB 4.2.2 based ROMs have been around for ages on XDA for the Galaxy series.

 

[Overmind One]

I don't bother waiting for manufacturer updates. JB 4.2.2 based ROMs have been around for ages on XDA for the Galaxy series.

I go to XDA for the rooted ROMS I have been using and this one has been rooted from what I see. Hello hotspot!

 

[Bluce Ree]

I go to XDA for the rooted ROMS I have been using and this one has been rooted from what I see. Hello hotspot!

Oh, you stick with the ROMs based on stock sources. Yeah, if I did that for my SIII I'd still be on 4.1.2. Samsung is nearly a year behind right now.

 

[Overmind One]

Oh, you stick with the ROMs based on stock sources. Yeah, if I did that for my SIII I'd still be on 4.1.2. Samsung is nearly a year behind right now.

Im on 4.1.2...I like to stick with the rooted stock roms because the custom ROMs have been messing with my battery life. I have an app which monitors battery usage and this time around Im sticking with the stock roots until I change phones again.

 

[Bluce Ree]

Im on 4.1.2...I like to stick with the rooted stock roms because the custom ROMs have been messing with my battery life. I have an app which monitors battery usage and this time around Im sticking with the stock roots until I change phones again.

In my Nexus 4 thread, I detail out how I managed to overcome its battery drain and overheating issue. The Nexus stock ROM was a major drain but the custom ROM coupled with a replacement kernel did the trick.

The stock ROM on my S3 was also a drain. I'm using a custom ROM and my battery outlasts all of my friends' S3s.