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I haven't heard of it LOCKING the phone again (as in locking it back to a specific carrier), with all the research that I have been doing over the past few weeks. It WILL take away ROOT ACCESS, so if you had rooted your phone, it will take that away and the phone will then be unrooted again...

No, I am currently using the version that came installed on my phone (and then updated with minor versions OTA by T-Mobile). I would be updating to JB with the official release by T-Mobile as well, but they have not been pushing new versions (ICS, JB) of android OS OTA, you have to connect your...

Unfortunately, having a Mac (and therefore not being able to use Odin), I cannot easily revert back to an earlier firmware release. I think that is why I am so paranoid. I wouldn't have as much of a problem if I could. I have updated firmware on many different devices that weren't so dependent...

Thanks for your responses! I had already planned on doing a factory reset if I upgraded, since I have noticed that is the first thing anyone recommends to do if having any kind of issues with the device afterwards (and that it has solved many issues with poor battery life). I have backed up my...

Re: Is it just my bad luck, or that Samsung phones suck? I totally agree that OEM's are the biggest problem with almost any kind of device. Take any carrier for phones, or computer manufacturer (like Dell). Their bloatware just adds problems for the most part. With computers I would always get...

I have a T-Mobile GS2 (T989) with GB 2.3.6. I have been considering upgrading to JB 4.1.2 through Kies. I really want to, but I really like how reliable GB currently is. Never had a problem with it. I get conflicting reviews of JB on this device. I know I would definitely to a factory reset...

Re: Is it just my bad luck, or that Samsung phones suck? I know this is a very old thread, with just a few new responses, but I love my GS2! I have had it almost 15 months now and I have never had any issues with it. Works better than most other phones I have seen my friends use. The only...

How are you guys liking JB on your phone? Anything that you absolutely hate about it performance wise? I really want to upgrade, but since I am on a Mac, I see no easy way to be able to downgrade my firmware if there ends up being huge issues with it. If I can get a few people to say that it...

I was thinking about upgrading to JB from GB. Do you think I should get and run this app with GB and then upgrade to JB and run again to see the difference, or should I just go ahead and upgrade first? I was planning on doing the upgrade in the next hour or 2, so I would love to figure this out...

I bought the D30 as well (I think that was it, it was from the T-Mobile store). I used it for a few days and then realized that I still felt like I might drop my phone, but I don't like hard cases and didn't care about protecting the front too much. I like silicone cases for my devices, and so I...

*sigh* Thanks, that's what I thought. :( Let's hope that when I go to try it finally, that it does actually works with Kies.

What about for those using a Mac? I haven't tried yet to do the install using Kies (but I have it showing the update as available). Is there any other way for me to install if Kies messes up? I have been searching for an answer to this for the past 2 weeks, and I always just see the same thing...