If you happen to be a power user on the T-Mobile network rocking the Magenta carrier’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, chances are you have long gone tired of the stock Android experience with the TouchWIZ user interface that came along with your handset. So what do you do? You tinker with your device – you root and hack the living daylights off of your device. Of course, being a power user, these activities are no longer new to you and most probably, your handset has had its fair share of custom ROMs in the past.
Should you be interested in adding another custom ROM to your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II’s resume, you might be interested to know that the CyanogenMod 10 Nightlies is already available for your handset. Of course, power user that you are, you already know what this is all about but for the uninititated, a “nightly” is a bleeding-edge release from the CyanogenMod Team is usually unstable and hasn’t been properly tested yet. These nightlies eventually evolve into Alpha and Beta versions and eventually get rolled out as stable releases.
Now if you still are interested in giving your T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II a dose of the CyanogenMod 10 Nightlies, all you have to do is download the pertinent files and you are already on your way of giving your handset some CM 10 love before you know it. Of course, it goes without saying that rooting, hacking, flashing custom ROMs and other power user stuff will void your warranty and doing the abovementioned things could brick your handset but I’m pretty sure you know that already. Just be careful every step of the way and be sure to know what you are doing and I’m sure everything will turn out fine. If you however are faint of heart and don’t have that much technical know-how to delve into these kinds of activities, you are better off with the Android experience you have on your handset.
As for the Samsung Galaxy S II, this is the predecessor to this year’s record-breaking Samsung Galaxy S III and was the flagship device for the Korean electronics giant from last year. The addition of the handset to the lineup of T-Mobile was announced in August of last year but it wasn’t until October when it finally made it to the shelves of the Magenta carrier.
The handset has its circuitry built around its QualComm APQ8060 SnapDragon chipset which comes with a dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor and a full gigabyte of RAM. It was released in a 16GB and 32GB version in terms of built-in memory but this can still be expanded using the microSD card slot of the handset. Display-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S II sports that glorious 4.52-inch SuperAMOLED Plus panel with a 480 x 800 resolution while its dual-shooter configuration includes a rear 8Mp shooter and a front 2MP snapper.
October 12, 2012 at 6:25 am
Just got the phone a week ago from Wallmart, My Family Mobile with $45 a month unlimited plan. I liked the phone but am not used to the clutter and bloatware. The Galaxy S ll is a version 4.04 ICS. Maybe the rumored 4.1 upgrade will be better if it makes it in November.