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Post back if it does make any difference to battery life, I had heard that 2.3.4 was going to make a load of difference but didn't notice any..

I'm currently running Androidmeda which is a Samsung base rom with some extras added in and a custom kernel. It's running 2.3.5 and is slightly underclocked by default to improve battery life. It's definitely superior to the stock Samsung rom.

You also get all the tools you need to modify the clock speed and voltages if you want to.

You don't need to read the whole thread, just the first couple of posts. It goes through the process in detail. If you read that first, then read the flashing process from the heimdall documentation you're good to go.

If you stick with CF Root then all you are doing is flashing a new image on top of your current one which includes a stock kernel which has been rooted, CWM and some other root utilities.

I've done it before, but to be honest, only once. Now I either flash from a zip that's on my SD card using CWM which you get with the kernel package you're going to flash or I use odin at work.

Here are some super-simple instructions for flashing a new kernel using heimdall:

http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/root-galaxy-s2-i9100

Note to self - stop posting to forums when you're in a rush to leave the office.

I meant the PDA version, not the phone version. Phone version is your radio.

anyone know how to root a galaxy s2 on a mac?
heard just doing that, you can delete/freeze all the crap samsung stuff and double your battery life

You need to use either odin in a virtual machine running windows or get Heimdall from here:

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

Then grab yourself a rooted kernel that matches your current firmware as close as you can. You can get your firmware version by dialling *#1234# and grabbing the phone version.

I'd go with CF-Root initially. Go here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

read everything in that thread before you make any changes, and good luck!

Fuck, went off half-cocked :(

I was going to add - I also spoke to my LBS who run a second hand bike section and they're battening down the hatches until spring. This is usually a fairly slow time of year for them but this year is terrible apparently.

if they're going for £950 on ebay then you might just want to risk it? It's only 50 squid cheaper than you're asking for on here...

Have to say though the market seems a bit slow at the minute. I've been trying to sell a few bikes on a couple of forums which I thought would fly out and none of them have generated any interest at all :(