I LOVE reviews like this, where you go deep in the nasty center of the phone and find out everything about apps, homescreens, multiple screens, any cool little tings you can do to make your life and phone more simple. I love love love it, thank you so much. I want more in depth reviews.
i think the tilt to zoom thing is actually for web browsing, where you are typing stuff onto the url using your thumb and by placing both thumbs onto the screen and tilt the screen you can zoom into the web page, instead of having to let go of one hand and do the two finger pinch to zoom thing.
Awesome awesome video. Just what I was looking for - clear, in-depth, comprehensive overview of TouchWiz 4.0. Very well explained, good pace to the vid, not too fast, not too slow. Good work. I'll definitely be checking out more of your vids in future :O)
yes you can multiple delete in the email app for touch wiz 4.0 you just have to go to menu delete and from there it will allow you to pick and choose multiple emails to delete. Your welcome just have to delve a bit deeper into it.
@baloew you will not be disappointed. I have had the iphone 3, 3gs, and iphone 4, the Galaxy S2 doesn't sieze to amaze me on a daily basis.. it really IS that amazing.
Great GREAT review!! Thank you for going into all the little details; just what I needed. One question though: is it really not possible to change the default Home Screen. ie. Touchwiz assigns page 1 as the Homescreen, can you make the centre page like traditional Android platforms?
hey guy... 1)FYI lockscreen shows missed calls and messages and you can swipe over them to go to either on them!!! 2) Turn over was brought first at samsung omnia(or even before that) so...
In contacts, swype left to text, swype right to make call. In th email client, turn to landscape mode to see double pane emails. Pinch the email list to make it contract to view more emails at once.
@a7chemist I'm not complaining about the functionality built-in to remove widgets, change their size, move them to different pages, etc. I'm complaining that there are less-than-obvious alternative ways to do certain things (such as zooming in and out while viewing a pic), and that they are superfluous. It's nice to give the user alternate ways to do something, but it should be limited to the essentials - in this case, it should have been limited to double-tap and pinch gestures.
To delete multiple emails, you can tap the menu button while in list view and you will get the slection boxes on the RHS, then you can slect all the emails to delete at once! Unlike what is shown at the end of the video.
If you slide your finger thourgh screen indicator dots then you have carusela like view. I'm using touchwiz 4.0 on my galaxy s 1 and it runs very well.
I have a Galaxy S 1 (if you can call it 1) and I had 2.3.3 running on it, the bit at 2:00 in the bar is not Touchwiz 4.0, it's android 2.3.3 I have now downloaded and flashed 4.0 onto my Galaxy S 1, with a voodoo lag fix and clockwork mod recovery, and that bar is exactly the same
16:40 Actually if you press the "options" button (left from home key button) and select *Delete* you can check as many emails as you want to delete. Sorry for poor english
Wish that the motion gestures come to stock adroid or pleas take the gestures from LGopti2X in particular the tap gesture where your type-cursor can move right and left...
I will wait to see the iPhone 5, but i will likely get this phone. Been with iPhone since the beginning but now i see a device that finally is as smooth as ios in scrolling. I'm sold on the voice controls too!!! Android here i come!!!
so far the iphone and blackberry are the only ones i found that help but i really want a phone on tmobile with all these features that the s2 has. i've gone to a tmobile store and played with the phone but neither i nor the empoyees could figure it out.
@elusivellama you can remove those widgets, change their size and move them to different pages. what more do you want? are you complaining that there are too many different ways to do things?
i know the galaxy s2 is great and amazing but i have a question for you, can the galaxy s2 enlarge font for text and emails? See im what they call low vision people or legally blind and finding a phone that works for me is hard,
I love touch 4.0 cuz its the least "in-your-face" version to date so far. The only app icons that have that fugly cube like appearence are the hubs and few others. So its nice to know that samsung really listens.
@harpersneil If HSPA+ is only 5mpbs what is the point? HSPA can do up to 7.2mbps/14mbps (Category 7 / Category 10). My Nexus One(which is a Category 7 HSPA device) on AT&T has hit 5mbps(7.2mpbs is the max limit). It's only happened 1 or 2 times and usually is in the high 2mpbs or low 3mpbs but the point is HSPA is capable of it. TMobile has upgraded their HSPA+ network in many places and a quoted speed of up to 21mbps(HSPA+ Category 14) and they have plans to update to 42mbps(HSPA+Category 20).
if there is a way please let me know and tell me how. a friend told me that her galaxy s for sprint enlarges her text when she goes to the text history picks a text then pinch to zoom. I dont know if it works with the s2 but like i said any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
The 2 fingers zooming without moving the fingers is nice I guess. Usually i dont have a table anywhere and like this I can easily handle it with only one hand
@TWIZOxSPEED Do be honest the Tmobile 3G data can go up to atleast 6mbps down while its so called 4G can go up to 8 to 10mbps. When they were making there HSPA+ towers they were also imrpoving the HSPA towers which is basically the process to get good HSPA+ towers. So dont be surprised if your phone scores higher then normal 3G numbers.
I have an iphone (3G, bought a long time ago), and I'm looking for a new mobile now. When I see this kind of videos I keep wondering why I bought an iphone. You can't do shit with that thing. I love customizing. I'm pretty sure about buying the SGS2
This device is a terrible and wonderful sense of the word .. I hope that your nearest Take it a chance and I hope coming in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Take it he's already a powerful and beautiful indeed .. But I have a question, there are some devices to mark the Samsung I take the front and the back of the only others to be on the front and back ... This puzzled what way?
Please turn on the Animations! When you open an app and there is no fade in/fade out animation my eyes hurt! Suck that they screwed up the e-mail app.... I will accept TouchWiz 4 until good custon ROMS come out. I really have learned to use stock Android, no stupid skins anymore!
@mstar76 if you knew how to jailbreak it then you would know how much in depth you can go with an iphone, just like this phone, possibly even more. Its just a matter of time and getting used to cydia and other custom apps
3 years later, my i9100 still works, pretty good actually, and runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat, stable
I LOVE reviews like this, where you go deep in the nasty center of the phone and find out everything about apps, homescreens, multiple screens, any cool little tings you can do to make your life and phone more simple. I love love love it, thank you so much. I want more in depth reviews.
i think the tilt to zoom thing is actually for web browsing, where you are typing stuff onto the url using your thumb and by placing both thumbs onto the screen and tilt the screen you can zoom into the web page, instead of having to let go of one hand and do the two finger pinch to zoom thing.
Getting one of these next month, and this vid is bloody awesome!!! Thank you for your intuitive review, very thorough!
Awesome awesome video. Just what I was looking for - clear, in-depth, comprehensive overview of TouchWiz 4.0. Very well explained, good pace to the vid, not too fast, not too slow. Good work. I'll definitely be checking out more of your vids in future :O)
What camera are you guys using? Looks good!
yes you can multiple delete in the email app for touch wiz 4.0 you just have to go to menu delete and from there it will allow you to pick and choose multiple emails to delete.
Your welcome just have to delve a bit deeper into it.
@baloew you will not be disappointed. I have had the iphone 3, 3gs, and iphone 4, the Galaxy S2 doesn't sieze to amaze me on a daily basis.. it really IS that amazing.
Great GREAT review!! Thank you for going into all the little details; just what I needed.
One question though: is it really not possible to change the default Home Screen. ie. Touchwiz assigns page 1 as the Homescreen, can you make the centre page like traditional Android platforms?
hi bro
can not remove more than one email at once?
( your video really is great, and i ll buy that phone but i wanna know that about the mails)
thank
hey guy...
1)FYI lockscreen shows missed calls and messages and you can swipe over them to go to either on them!!!
2) Turn over was brought first at samsung omnia(or even before that) so...
GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT PHONE
I wonder how much will it cost
you can delete multiple emails together. press menu then delete > it will give the tick boxes for multiple selection
In contacts, swype left to text, swype right to make call.
In th email client, turn to landscape mode to see double pane emails. Pinch the email list to make it contract to view more emails at once.
@a7chemist I'm not complaining about the functionality built-in to remove widgets, change their size, move them to different pages, etc. I'm complaining that there are less-than-obvious alternative ways to do certain things (such as zooming in and out while viewing a pic), and that they are superfluous. It's nice to give the user alternate ways to do something, but it should be limited to the essentials - in this case, it should have been limited to double-tap and pinch gestures.
That is the best review I have seen for the galaxy s 2. Sensation 4g FTW!
To delete multiple emails, you can tap the menu button while in list view and you will get the slection boxes on the RHS, then you can slect all the emails to delete at once! Unlike what is shown at the end of the video.
Just got my Sprint Galaxy S2 loving it.
One question how did you get the phone??i mean its not even released in the usa , please tell me where you got this from i want one!!!
If you slide your finger thourgh screen indicator dots then you have carusela like view. I'm using touchwiz 4.0 on my galaxy s 1 and it runs very well.
will touchwiz 4.0 soon be on all samsung phone, like the epic?
Is there anyway the quicklinks in the drop down menu can be changed?
These are speeds that I get on my iPhone sometimes meaning that is HSPA 7.24 not HSPA+ because AT&T does not really have any HAPA+
I have a Galaxy S 1 (if you can call it 1) and I had 2.3.3 running on it, the bit at 2:00 in the bar is not Touchwiz 4.0, it's android 2.3.3
I have now downloaded and flashed 4.0 onto my Galaxy S 1, with a voodoo lag fix and clockwork mod recovery, and that bar is exactly the same
16:40 Actually if you press the "options" button (left from home key button) and select *Delete* you can check as many emails as you want to delete. Sorry for poor english
nice video, I like your reviews and include both negative and positive aspects
Android 2.3.3 update also gives those quick settings links in HTC Sense pull down notification bar on my Desire HD...
Wish that the motion gestures come to stock adroid or pleas take the gestures from LGopti2X in particular the tap gesture where your type-cursor can move right and left...
I will wait to see the iPhone 5, but i will likely get this phone. Been with iPhone since the beginning but now i see a device that finally is as smooth as ios in scrolling. I'm sold on the voice controls too!!! Android here i come!!!
Just ordered my S II, cant wait :D
Could I get the windy weather live wallpaper if i'm not rooted? I really like it, please answer
Brandon!!! I love your videos and your voice!!!
I really don't see why some people have complaints with TouchWhiz... I'm using it with no problems.
so far the iphone and blackberry are the only ones i found that help but i really want a phone on tmobile with all these features that the s2 has. i've gone to a tmobile store and played with the phone but neither i nor the empoyees could figure it out.
does the fm radio app be used w/o internet or wifi connections?
@elusivellama you can remove those widgets, change their size and move them to different pages. what more do you want? are you complaining that there are too many different ways to do things?
i know the galaxy s2 is great and amazing but i have a question for you, can the galaxy s2 enlarge font for text and emails? See im what they call low vision people or legally blind and finding a phone that works for me is hard,
Hope some of those upgrades come to the older galaxy s phones ..... One can hope!
Kinda wanna see the Sense 3.0 vs TouchWiz 4.0 comparative reviews.
I love touch 4.0 cuz its the least "in-your-face" version to date so far. The only app icons that have that fugly cube like appearence are the hubs and few others. So its nice to know that samsung really listens.
Will this be on the Epic 4G gingerbread update?
Samsung infuse, Samsung GS 2, OR HTC Inspire??
its not just like in Launcher pro, ADW does it too and probably others do too.
Does the s2 have wifi hotspot, since when considering a new phone I need wifi hotspot
Brandon, you're sure that your 5 mbps Download speeds were hspa+? Here in EU i can get up to 7,2 mbps with only hsdpa.
hi there. im just wonder do u know what is system UI in S2?
@harpersneil If HSPA+ is only 5mpbs what is the point? HSPA can do up to 7.2mbps/14mbps (Category 7 / Category 10). My Nexus One(which is a Category 7 HSPA device) on AT&T has hit 5mbps(7.2mpbs is the max limit). It's only happened 1 or 2 times and usually is in the high 2mpbs or low 3mpbs but the point is HSPA is capable of it. TMobile has upgraded their HSPA+ network in many places and a quoted speed of up to 21mbps(HSPA+ Category 14) and they have plans to update to 42mbps(HSPA+Category 20).
The more I learn about TouchWiz, the more I'm glad I got an HTC device... ;)
how much is the life of battery when you play video games ?
The UI of the S2 is TouchWiz 4.0
I bought this phone and I love it, i would highly reccomend it
if there is a way please let me know and tell me how. a friend told me that her galaxy s for sprint enlarges her text when she goes to the text history picks a text then pinch to zoom. I dont know if it works with the s2 but like i said any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
the folder option and the muting by flipping the device was existed in symbian for years
looks fantastic. can't wait to see it on a US carrier.
Such a powerful device!
i gave a round of applause at 7:00 lol felt like a press conference n gud too see the weather move dat way. nice vid
@Mohaamadq The phone itself hasn't come to the US yet and their is no date on when its coming.
You can't. The wallpaper is on a separate layer to the homescreens.
You know if you hit the Menu key, you can delete multiple messages. Not hard to figure out.
The 2 fingers zooming without moving the fingers is nice I guess. Usually i dont have a table anywhere and like this I can easily handle it with only one hand
@Frostroomhead i dont get what touch wiz is, and how it would be different without ? because i might be getting this phone
Whats better G2x or Sammys S2
How to set up 3g data service with T-mobile on Samsung galaxy s2
thx for youre honesty...email client kinda really sucks :/
@RobinSchouten don't u need to be rooted for it though? P.S.I live in the UK
But will it blend?
On both my imap accounts deleting an email only takes a second. So it dhould be the settings not the phone.
Im glad I returned my o2x but this phone is so big...i dont know which one to choose. damn!
can someone tell me when this is coming to tthe states?
@TWIZOxSPEED Do be honest the Tmobile 3G data can go up to atleast 6mbps down while its so called 4G can go up to 8 to 10mbps. When they were making there HSPA+ towers they were also imrpoving the HSPA towers which is basically the process to get good HSPA+ towers. So dont be surprised if your phone scores higher then normal 3G numbers.
what's the name of that analog clock widget????
how do you change font? That option doesn't exist on my galaxy s2 :/
WHEN IS 2.3 COMING TO THE ORIGINAL GALAXY S??
Does this phone have any kind of a password lock or something like that?
does anyone know how to get the black shade underneath the icon names to highlight them??
att is getting the INFUSE not the SGSII
I'm actually buying one tomorrow :D
@jimv1983 HSPA+ is not 21Mbps. That's the theoretical speed. Do some reading around, I think you'll find that no one get's over 6Mbps.
does this work on tmobile??
I have an iphone (3G, bought a long time ago), and I'm looking for a new mobile now. When I see this kind of videos I keep wondering why I bought an iphone. You can't do shit with that thing. I love customizing.
I'm pretty sure about buying the SGS2
in the UK i already get that 5+ meg on HSDPA?
This device is a terrible and wonderful sense of the word .. I hope that your nearest Take it a chance and I hope coming in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Take it he's already a powerful and beautiful indeed .. But I have a question, there are some devices to mark the Samsung I take the front and the back of the only others to be on the front and back ... This puzzled what way?
hi, i was messing with my galaxy 2 yesterday ia don't know waht I did when i woke up this morning the internet was diconnected, ... help!!!
hey i have the sky rocket could you message me and tell me how to move pictures from one album to another?
@pocketnowvideo:whats a launcher?
it feels like a beast in my Hands
hey I was just noticing how it had a phone number thing ( I didn't get it though) hahaha but all seriousness how do you get it there?
@motionnyan only if the apple is in a fridge
My Task manager in Galaxy2 didnt taake me to anything that look like that ..nor had a feature to test speed, hmmmm
Why is it only for armv.7 phones ??? :(
dual core phone?
@baloew jailbreak your iphone??
Why did you disabled Animations? :(
@josef784 hmmm whyd you say its laggy? i just updated to 2.3.4 too but it seems alright?.....
Please turn on the Animations! When you open an app and there is no fade in/fade out animation my eyes hurt!
Suck that they screwed up the e-mail app.... I will accept TouchWiz 4 until good custon ROMS come out. I really have learned to use stock Android, no stupid skins anymore!
@Czarny621
I dont think so, because HTC has bad sound and camera quality and is not adding a better mic or cam and for me thats one point for samsung
@iLYK2PWN No. You just install it with odin.
@mstar76 if you knew how to jailbreak it then you would know how much in depth you can go with an iphone, just like this phone, possibly even more. Its just a matter of time and getting used to cydia and other custom apps
@Snowintosh is SGS2 for att tho?
my only problem with this UI is that the app screen does no auto a-z. its sooooooooo frustrating!