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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efarley:
I am curious just how many people after hearing the reports that the GS2 woun't be available in the US or Canada until Sept/Oct are seriously considering a switch to another device or planning to use the delay to look for something better that won't have have hardware that is 6 months out of date due to a long delay from final production to retail.

With a 2 GHz chip from Samsung, the Tegra 3 and the iFail 5 all rumored for a September-January launch the GS2 is competing with some serious hardware that frankly it won't be on par with this winter for the NA market which is their largest market.

I feel like this is a complete failure on Samsung's part and they should be ensuring that the NA carriers aren't allowed to delay the launch of this device past May. I don't see how delaying this device until Q3 won't destroy their sales. Even if a large portion of their customers don't decided to just buy another device that has near equal or better specs and is available before Q3 I don't see how they will keep customers from waiting to the next generation of devices that will only be 1-2 months away. I know if I have to wait until Q3 and HTC or Motorola announces a Tegra 3 device with 10x the power of Atrix or 2X devices then then I can wait another month or two and get that instead of finally getting the GS2 knowing it is already outdated or will be in the next couple months at best.

Maybe if we get enough people here to make it clear to Samsung that they will most likely be buying a different device for one reason or another due to such a delayed release they will put some pressure on the carriers to not mess around with the device and just release it how it was meant to be and not delayed 6 months so they can load it up with bloat ware no one wanted to begin with.

I know I will be waiting a little longer before buying something else since I don't feel the Atrix or 2X are on the same level as the GS2 but with another 6 months of delays I can be pretty sure something will come along and knock the GS2 off it's pedestal and without a insane delay to their top market for delivering the device and when that day comes and it will Samsung will have officially lost another customer.

So what about everyone else, who feels if this release date is valid for the GS2 that they have lost a customer. Whether it be today or 6 months from now?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustWarnothers:
I feel slightly the same way, but if the rumors about late Q2/early Q3 are correct, we're looking at, more realistically, June-July.

The original Galaxy S wasn't released until around July-Sept for US carriers, but the European variants were also later, compared to the dates of the Galaxy S 2

Since GS Original was released in UK in June (instead of May for GS2) and the US version was September, it might make sense that we're looking at June-July (with an unfortunate possibility of August) for US.

I'm willing to wait that long, if they can keep from butchering the device for US carriers.

But the combination of lack of information, a much later release date, and the possibility of a neutered phone is definitely making me rethink my previous position, which was "wait for this damn phone at all costs".
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efarley:
I have given up on my wait for this phone at all cost stance already, I am currently in the I will wait until another comparable device lands on Verizon/AT&T (Why does that crap heap T-Mobile get the sensation!?!? I want a carrier that actually has coverage and unless your driving down the highway T-Mobile has no service...) and if their is no offical date for the US by that time then Samsung can say goodbye to my $$.

Really as it stands with no information from Samsung even June seems like a push to wait for if I can find another device before then. If I KNEW I would have the device in hand in June I could probably suck it up but having to sit here holding my breath that it will be June and not September or god forbid October if the release is Sept for Canada and another month for the US ... yeah that is just hard to swallow and I am just waiting for something else to come out.

If Samsung really wants to keep the US market waiting they need to give us an official date at least. Leaving everyone with this anxious feeling of "What is happening when will I be able to get it? Should I keep waiting or just forget about it? Is it even going to be worth the wait when it finally gets here considering the delay?" is just going to cause customers to move on from this device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
Yeah I'm starting to get a little fed up with the wait too... Sucks for you guys in the States that you might have to wait till after Canada (yeah that was a shocker that we might actually get tech before you guys lol). I wish that the carriers here and the carriers there would just shut the f**k up take it and just release it already without the bloat. Let the bloat be optional download content if people actually frakin' want it.

I see this slowly becoming a rage thread... I like it... I'm starting to get sick of Samsung ignoring my attempts to contact them just because they don't want to make an announcement yet. More companies need to realize that there is a "Power User" segment out there that wants quick access to new tech. They need to put better methods of getting this out to them as well. Even if it means Samsung goes old school and skips carriers and sells direct. Yeah it would mean checking with both Samsung and your carrier of choice to make sure the support is there, but if you consider yourself one of these "Power Users" you should be doing that anyways.

Will I keep waiting for this phone? Yeah probably because I've been waiting for it since the initial announcement that there was going to be a GS2 back in December... The next question would be is my patience growing thin? Let's just say one bad step on the ice and it just might break
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustWarnothers:
Yeah, I can't really blame Samsung since they've taken good care of Europe as far as this phone's release is concerned. (I'm much happier others get to enjoy it soon, rather than everyone having to wait).

It's just the power of the carriers in the US that really screws over the customers. There isn't a single change that is made to any phone, of any company, by the carriers that is beneficial to anyone.

It's just so ridiculous that you have to wait longer than is necessary, so they can fill the phone with purely useless software and modifications that just get in the way of the design intended by Samsung. And it's all purely for profit for the carrier.

I guess that's Greed for you. Instead of all the extra data plans raking in cash monthly for the carriers, they go well beyond that and squeeze every ounce of phone real estate with what is essentially more annoying advertising.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virtue94:
Finally jealous now that we have something you don't eh? And if we have our way again, we'll be the first to get the SGSII too. I guess being with this "crap heap" carrier does have its perks after all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mesajoejoe:
Please state that this comment is a personal opinion/experience.

I have full coverage with T-Mobile everywhere I go, work, home and never had a single dropped call thus far(personal experience) YMMV
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankushkatari:
Not for long though.. Once AT&T takes over.. thats it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soraxd:
xd, im actually pretty excited, in the past ive always ordered phones from the uk, and been able to brag and show off my power phone, while everyone else was using outdated technology. now ill have till Q3 to show off my galaxy s2, while everyone else will be using single core processors, still waiting to be updated to 2.2 (because thats how we roll in the US!)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efarley:
I have never used T-Mobile. I heard some good things about pricing and call quality and such so I checked them out and based on their map in my area I have 3G coverage along the highway, in the middle of town and no signal what so ever everywhere else. I have nothing against T-Mobile really other than their coverage sucks in my area and that is really the only thing i care about in a carrier... well that and giving me an OS update in a timely manner.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smitty1:
Yeah, we will probably have a much longer wait as the US carriers take their time and **** up the design of the phone like they all did on the first Galaxy go around.

Here comes 4 or 5 compromised versions of the new Galaxy SII all of them lacking something that the others have, but all of them filled to the flipping brim with crap ware that doesn't do God Damn thing but annoy the hell out of you. Asshole US carriers, everyone of them sucks.

Just give me the phone like it is designed, and don't attempt to dazzle me with your bull ****.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrvirginia:
i agree with all the complaints i've read in this thread. i'd like to see a more solid release date for the US as well besides Q3. looking at the release dates, Q3 reads like August for the US at the earliest.

i'm thinking i'm going to wait until late May/mid June in hopes for a more solid release date. but if there isn't one by then, i will likely get an import for AT&T after making sure it's completely compatible with their network. at that point i'll be able to afford dropping $600-$700 for it unlocked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcoe86:
I'm thinking about going this route. Did you have to do anything special to get the phone to work, or did you just throw in your ATT sim card?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mostyle:
Just add the ATT (or Straight talk) Sim and you're good.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
For a change I actually can't complain in canada. Pickrd mine up on launch yesterday :-P
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delovelady:
At some point, I had created a soft link under Copilot so that I could have the maps on my external SD card... and it was working great. :)

But now, after installing new firmware, I am trying to recreate that link, and having trouble doing so. The image shows that I have tried two different ways to create that soft link, and either way should work (at least on other platforms they should!). But as can also be seen, they do not.

Can some kind soul point out what I might be doing wrong here?

Of course, when I try this without 'su' I get 'permission denied' or some variant.

Thanks,

Edit: I apologize. This dang "improved" app is not properly uploading pictures. Will update when I'm home, since, apparently, xda-developers isn't friendly with IE7, which is all I have here at work.

Edit2: Updated with picture. Thanks for any advice.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkPal:
Use a portable firefox which you can load on an external flash drive and leaves no traces at work :D
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delovelady:
Yeah, I used to do that before my employer decided to disallow any USB access. Ports are deader than dead. :\

Have a day. I'm off to my real home. :) Back online tonight.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Technomancer:
Even with root powers you cannot create symlinks on filesystems that do not support them. Like FAT32.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delovelady:
Ah, thanks! But it seems I have done this. Ah well... not the first time I was wrong today. :o
[Streak 5 General] nthknd:
Hey guys I just got a replacement streak due to my my wifi not working. They said they would send me a new one and a packing material to send my broken one back but there no return info or packing info. Ive even check to see if they sent an email with the info and nothing. Should I keep my wifi broken phone or conact them and send it back? Oh and this my 3rd phone replacement.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] andycted:
Aforismi / Aphorisms

This application allows you to browse aphorisms and famous quotes. At the moment the application only shows said aphorisms in italian, but if there's some interest, I'd gladly implement Bing auto-translate to other languages.

This is the main reason of this post. Are you interested ?

((ITALIAN DESCRIPTION))

Aforismi e frasi celebri

7000+ Aforismi e frasi celebri di pubblico dominio raccolte da varie fonti.

L'applicazione tiene traccia delle già lette e non le ripropone automaticamente.

Mantiene comunque un archivio di quelle già lette e permette di marcare le preferite per ritrovarle facilmente o inviarle via email/sms.

Suggeritene con l'apposito pulsante e le integrerò nei prossimi aggiornamenti (se appropriate, naturalmente) !

Un ringraziamento per l'interesse nell'applicazione (gratuita con pubblicità).

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044785

Marketplace link: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=8d72e541-7664-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

There's also a sister app for jokes: Barzel7ette - http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=18d5f18a-e65f-e011-8639-002264c2fb72
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Claystone is a new 3D Android home screen replacement, media player, and launcher. We currently distributing developer preview betas to improve the product and get valuable feedback from the developer community. We are looking for feedback about the UI, stability, and overall functionality before we launch on Android Market.

What is unique about this home screen replacement is a 3D user interface with embedded viewers for video, photos, file browsing, web browser, YouTube, contacts, RSS news feeds, and more. The UI was designed for browsing content while you are viewing content.

Feature Summary

- Android 2.1 and higher home screen replacement

- Smart phone optimized

- 3D interface taking advantage of OpenGL

- Integrated media viewer apps for video, file browser, YouTube, web browser, photos, contacts, RSS reader, with more to come…

- Viewer apps bring functionality to the home screen and extending what you can do directly from your home screen in Android

- Claystone reduces the dependence on starting separate app for each media content type and our goal is to provide a more convenient and integrated experience

Widgets

- The Beta 3 widget experience will be replaced with a more standard widget implementation in Beta 4

Getting Started Tips

- Use the swipe left-right gesture to move through the stacked 3D panels

- The following items on the Home panel allow integrated viewing of content in the 3D interface: YouTube, Video, Photos, Contacts, File Browser, Web Browser, RSS Feeds

- Use the press-and-hold gesture throughout Claystone to access additional functions and options

Claystone is Now Available in Android Market

- Claystone is now available in Android Market

- Search for the keyword "Claystone"
[Android Apps and Games] Rosa Elefant:
Sounds sweet. I hope it won't force me to use popups for anything?
[Android Apps and Games] vespend:
On my phone HTC HD2 (Android 2.3) will work?
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Claystone launches Android Apps full screen and the panels load in a 3D stack that you can scroll through using a left-right finger swipe.
[Android Apps and Games] Rosa Elefant:
Great, worth a try then :) thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Android 2.1 and higher are supported so Android 2.3 should pose no issues.

We have tested on HTC devices and the screen resolution is also ideal for claystone.

Let us know if you have any issues.
[Android Apps and Games] cyanide911:
Doesn't display well on HVGA screen...LG P500
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
> Doesn't display well on HVGA screen...LG P500

We've been working on getting a bunch more devices to test on. Stay tuned!
[Android Apps and Games] PARick:
Hi. On my Original Droid when a screen is enlarged, it is off to my left and never 100% visible. Also, it was very slow. This may be due to my phone being rooted, but I had to uninstall.
[Android Apps and Games] tudorsirb:
+1 I can confirm that. The dock icons are huge and the widgets misaligned.
[Android Apps and Games] bsbabcock:
Anyone tried this on a Droid X?

I'm gonna give it a try this evening. I think I tried the earlier beta a few days ago and it had issues as if the screen was off to the left etc. I attributed it to possibly a bad install or something.. I'll give beta 3 a go and report. Screenshot anomolies, etc.

Always a fan of new UI development. :D
[Android Apps and Games] megabyte2365:
Seems smoother, apps scoll much better-still not fluid yet. Widget screen is bigger. Will give overall in a little while. Limited widgets. Missing recent box-I liked that

On the right track though...
[Android Apps and Games] Ryukeima:
Love the concept of this launcher, but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get portrait mode working. Using HD2 on 2.3.3 and it is always in landscape, and has no bottom bar.
[Android Apps and Games] vegasdgk:
Try it on the hd2 with cm7 and it work good I would make the 3d windows or what they are called a little bigger and maybe customizable options but other then that good work
[Android Apps and Games] megabyte2365:
Added Widgets gone after a reboot to be never seen again. <-beta 2 retained these

Still sluggish

Would be nice to be able to resize/move panels

No picture/video bar across top on tablet

SD card (sd2) still not being seen only main storage

You tube still unstable, but better than beta 2

cannot see/launch launchbar

Keep up the good work-it's getting there

unfortunately, I still cannot use this as my daily launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] megabyte2365:
I think you will have more customers if you made a fully customizable one of these...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=13070948

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=907551
[Android Apps and Games] ms_green:
On my phone, the window isn't centered, its too far right and down.

Also the dock is huge.

Nevertheless, this is a fresh idea and I see some potential.

Sent from my HTC Legend
[Android Apps and Games] kevinre:
It looks nice maybe i will try this on my sgs
[Android Apps and Games] dooley1988:
Looks a bit like the palm os with the cards. Works fine at all, but it would be nice if the stacks were a little bigger. Maybe it would be possible that the cards go fullscreen when they get focus, and with the homebutton you can make them smaller to see them like its now in standard view.

But thats just a little idea.

Glad to see where this is going.
[Android Apps and Games] schluger:
Beta 3

Still off to the left somewhat but better centered. Complicated to figure out. Videos are small and do not play in landscape and it's difficult to tell which windows are open esp difference between home, app..............Editing launcher bar is nice. Is there a settings (not the one for the phone or info for contact available via the app?
[Android Apps and Games] schluger:
Beta 3

Oh and I have a Droid X
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
We have logged a bug. The screen size is smaller than the phones we have been testing on so this is great to know about. We will be getting an LG P500 for testing to make sure we can fully support the device moving forward.

Thanks for the feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] simonthor:
Do you have a ETA on beta 4? Really enjoying this app :)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Claystone is Now Available in Android Market

Claystone is Now Available in Android Market

- Claystone is now available in Android Market

- Search for the keyword "Claystone"
[Android Apps and Games] jman2020:
I really like where this is heading. It could really use some customization ability though. For instance, scrolling sensitivity for the cards and more widgets so that you can have your facebook and twitter feeds available as a card as well. I still have this on my phone to take updates but still using LauncherPro as my daily.
[Android Apps and Games] stepchild:
I think this is an interesting concept. However my biggest desire in a launcher is to have scrollable widgets. Do you plan to have this in the future?
[Android Apps and Games] chrisclaystone:
Scrollable widgets? Could you describe?
[Android Apps and Games] traumatism:
chris check out pure messenger widget (paid app though, or any scrollable widget app on the market with adw launcher or launcher pro in scrollable mode.

One thing i find irritating, i tried this on the desire Z. works a treat however it scrolls through the screens a little fast, can we have an option for it to stop at the next screen until you fling again?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Should I use the search function or just start a new thread everytime I think of a new question? I'm quite certain that anything I have problems with has never been asked and answered before. The search function is just too hard and I would rather have my hand held through the process. Here are some of my questions that I know have not been asked and answered 50 times.

My battery only goes to 90 something %

I flashed any Gingerbread rom and its stuck on the Viewsonic Birds

What rom is the best

How do I install cwm

How do install adb

How do I run nvflash

How do I flash a rom in cwm

How do I flash a rom in stock recovery

How do I flash a kernel in cwm

How do I flash a kernel in stock recovery

I've followed every step correctly installing cwm and I cant enter cwm. Why?

I know I have the drivers installed correctly but my tab isnt recognized. Why?

Why cant I see my external sdcard from my computer

What is emmc

I installed cm7 and now there is no sdcard2

Im stuck in a boot loop

Can I change emmc and sdcard into sdcard and sdcard2

Media files keep getting deleted from my sdcard. Why?

Can I disable the lock screen

Can I add a lock screen and then disable the lock screen

These are just a few of my issues. I have searched and not found an answer for these issues so if someone would walk me through each issue step by step I would be very thankful. That is until I have another question that I refuse to search for the answer for.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Reserved for future questions or I may start another thread
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Reserved for more questions or links to new threads I may start asking the same questions or new questions that I know have not been answered
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjmoreno:
I understand your frustration. I too find it annoying to see the same damn questions being asked almost every single day in a new thread.

But I think your exercise in venting would have been both good for a chuckle AND useful if you would have taken the time to turn those questions into links to the threads that actually deal with them.

Just sayin'...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
How could I? I couldn't find the answers with the search function
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjmoreno:
Touché. Well played Sir...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerdog:
What is interesting, is that a lot of time those who post don't pay attention to the

"Here are the similar threads we found:"

section that appears after they have put in their title for their post... For instance, when I put in "what is emmc?" here are the list of similar threads that should be an indication to me that "maybe I shouldn't post this question that has maybe been posted elsewhere."

attached image of search below.

As a moderator it does become frustrating that posts are continually put in the wrong forum, or weren't searched before posting.... But I do understand that it can sometimes be difficult to find something due to the nature of the beast (XDA being LARGE)... But XDA is working on a better search functionality that should hopefully alleviate that...