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[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
I would but only have my Vibrant to record and that would be crap...
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Speaker quality is really clear now longivity of this is another question I'm unable to answer. Compared to the Vibrant the loudness is the same but it is a slight bit clearer
[Galaxy S II General] Virtue94:
I'd like to know how the audio quality is for the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Jo...:
Looks like you got an early pre production version of the SGS II if we look to the Android version. Newer versions of the SGS II run on Android 2.3.3. Anyway, I'm happy for you, I would love to get a SGS II in my hands.
[Galaxy S II General] kwokwchoy:
How good is Touch Wiz 4.

What are the drawbacks that you have noticed so far on the phone?

Can you confirm file system and see if the bootloader is locked?

Is there any lag?
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
This is a pre production version..
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Flash is working great. Loaded case-mate.com in no time (i am running on wifi) and the flash animations on the site work flawlessly
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Drawbacks so far is it is a bit laggy especially on boot but no where near what the vibrant was upon release..

I am a bit of a noob, not complete, so not sure on how to check to see if boot loader is locked or not. Remember its not rooted
[Galaxy S II General] Jo...:
Yep, I know. But there are different 'types' of pre production models. There are those from WMC that got Andoid 2.3.1 and you got newer types that run on Android 2.3.3.

So if you run a benchmark, the result would probably be low, because the software isn't fully optimized on your type/version.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Benchmark I ran was sitting at 1900
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
Just curious why out of all sites you picked case-mate. Are you planning to accidentally "lose" this SGSII? ;) JK

this is pretty consistent with other Quadrants (assuming you ran Quadrant), they all showed around 1900 on the initial pre-production version that had Android 2.3.1.

thanks for the info. please do not forget to install GPS Test from the market, go outside, fire it up and note how long it takes to see 1st sat, to get lat/long (after 3-4 sats normally), and how well it keeps the lock.
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Yeah too bad that your model is from the first batch of "crappy" prototypes...

see => http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12956081&postcount=266

It would have been much more interesting with an almost final android 2.3.3 unit, or even better with the final logo'ed one :(

Anyway enjoy it lucky bastard :D
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
gps test! gps gps gps, need a phone with good gps! help us out kind sir
[Galaxy S II General] bobloblawsum:
Your Vibrant will be perfect for recording in HD.. why not give it a go?
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Does it have rotation animation in the browser? Thanks !
[Galaxy S II General] starskyh:
GPS!

As many others have said, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE test GPS!

I already have this phone pre-ordered, and everything else about it has been tested and confirmed awesome, but havent seen any tests done with GPS.

What I would love is for the phone's GPS to be good enough to have it in an armband and accurately use MyTracks.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
yeah, weve seen everything on the galaxy s, the browser, the UI, just not the dam GPS!! so all i can say is GPS GPS GPS GPS GPS
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Some videos have shown there is no rotation animation
[Galaxy S II General] zoneking:
Dear madguitarist63，I only want to know is there an "auto power up" option on the alarm setting of Galaxy S II?Thanks very much!
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Gps locked in 30 seconds within 20 feet stationary I will test more tomorrow when I'm driving and let everyone know how it goes. So far better than the Vibrant was...
[Galaxy S II General] apwhitelaw:
Everyone is just shouting GPS test. I'm surprised none of the websites that already received a copy of the phone did it yet.

Anyways, 30 seconds is good, my Backflip might get one in 5 minutes or so.
[Galaxy S II General] ijat91:
Come on man, not a single thanks to him?

@madguitarist63

pm supercurio, he sure really interested to see this ROM dump of galaxy s2
[Galaxy S II General] Mikulec:
Could you please record the track with My Tracks and upload it to google maps, there we would be able to see how accurate the gps is.
[Galaxy S II General] Rytkonen:
Not that I am suspicious, but why always these "I got SGS2 already"-topics have such blurry photos? :D
[Galaxy S II General] NZtechfreak:
That could just be because "All Animations" are turned off in Settings.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Others shown it, that's why I ask :).
[Galaxy S II General] MoonRaven:
Since this isn't the latest version, it won't be conclusive if it is in the firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] Mackzen:
What it says if you dial *#1234#

Has anybody tested to get an firmware from the server?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1032437
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
Very nice dude, I've seen the pictures I asked you to make :)!

1. Can you tell us about the quality of the phone? Does it feel cheap (because of the backcover), how's the feeling in your hand (considering weight and size).

2. How smooth is it, anything stuttering like 1080p recording or the menu/touch wiz?

3. Were you able to test the samsung hubs? If yes, what do you think of them?
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
The quality actually feels cheaper than the Vibrant :/ I think the overall feel in the hand is going to be personal. Me I like it, but it doesn't have the elegance say the Vibrant had. Back cover is rather thin and IMHO feels like it is far to easy to break both the cover itself and the clips

Smooth wise I can't give you definite it is a pre-production version but it was no where near as laggy as the SGS was when it was released.

No I didn't get a chance to check the Samsung Hubs
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
For all GPS wuestions. The GPS is quite a bit faster in locking that the original SGS was. It locked first time in around 30sec and within 20feet stationary
[Galaxy S II General] XDA mark:
Ah, somebody giving real info about the device :)

I suspected the feeling to be kind of cheap. But hey, thats life. I will hold it myself and see what its like. I doubt it will be that bad for me to switch to the Sensation though.
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
Another question to you mate:

From the short time you were able to use the phone (keeping in mind of course that it's not the final version):

Did the phone convince you? Would you buy it as "much" as before?

Did the previews of those mobilephone reviewers match up abit with your impression/experience of/with the phone?

(I sure know that you must be interested in the SGS2 but I'm still asking for you honest, unbiased opinion :)).
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
How does it feel in the hand? Does it fit good? Is it handy? What about the screen?
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
thats actually disapointing to hear, just 'better than the galaxy s' isnt enough, the Omnia HD (samsungs flagship 2 years ago) could get a lock in 5 seconds.. i hope the final version is better
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
IMHO the phone has made me want it more. Considering I was holding a pre-production version without the final tweeks and missing main components such as 2.3.3 I am quite surprised at the smoothness it had stock. The bootanimation was laggy but we all know the devs here will fix that right up :D The phone is faster than ever out of the box and this is with all the caps and no tinkering. The GPS seemed to be a lot better than the original galaxy was. My only downfall to it is the overall design and hand feel. First its like a brick and very squared off which makes it lose the elegance it had with the original Galaxy S. Second the battery cover feels cheap (I know they chose the plastic because it breathes better but they could of definitely made it better than it is) It is so thin I feel that with the constant removal for flashing new ROMS and the overly used battery pull :rolleyes: the clips or back cover is going to break. So don't be shocked if you see people whining on the forum about the backs breaking and somebody on ebay getting rich from selling them :p Overall IMHO I am definitely getting this phone the looks and feel to meare important but the cons were not a deal breaker. Furthermore with the overall phone just being so snappy and smooth on pre-production gives me much hope for what is going to hit the market.

Plus I heard supercurio already has a rom and Kernel for this :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Again you have to realize mine was pre-production and this was the first time the phone ever used GPS as it is used the speed quicks up on initial locks so don't be surprised on final production to see this phones GPS be tons better. Samsung knows about the complaints we had with the last Galaxy and my hope is they wont let the past repeat itself
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
The fit in the hand reminded me of the Evo in the overall shape and size. It wasn't quite as big but you get the drift. As far as screen I do not know. On pre-production models they just used LCD (I'm sure they're saving the super AMOLED + for final production seeing as they ran out last time.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
worked with him already he helped me do it. And he's not interested he just did it for the heck of it. He already has the ROM and apparently his own kernel.... thats why he is SUPERcurio :D
[Galaxy S II General] bbm21:
Kernel!? Correct me if im wrong but doesn't that mean no encrypted bootloaders?!
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Not sure my friend.. anyone know??
[Galaxy S II General] ijat91:
Supercurio already confirm that the SGS2 will not have encrypted bootloaders, so does upcoming samsung phone, so don't worry about it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Fantastic news. Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] silverwolf0:
Are you saying preproduction models have LCDs, and your SGS2 has an LCD? I haven't seen that in any pictures and video. Can't really tell with the pictures you shot.

Have you tried the camera and video recording? Front-facing camera? Can you make calls on it? Tried plugging a headset in and listening to music?
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Yeah, they're holding that quiet I believe for launch or could have different pre production models mine was definitely lcd. Front facing camera worked great as did the 8 mega pixel back camera. I couldn't test calls for it was the international version and im on t-mobile :/ I did test the external speaker and headphone jack. External os the same quality as the vibrant and headphone jack works great as well. Slightly louder than vibrant without voodoo sound. Clerity great with both
[Galaxy S II General] silverwolf0:
Since you have a Vibrant I am assuming you are on T-mobile US. You should be able to just pop in your SIM and it should work, for calling and 2g data at least. Unless there's other limitations since it is preproduction.
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
dang, lots of great info all over the place. so this supercurio guy, hes the creator of voodoo, right? dang so we gonna get voodoo audio boost early on this time? i really hope so. hope they come out with an overclock kernel this time around, lol altho im not sure if thatll be necessary with the 1.2 dualcore haha. anyway all very good news!~
[Galaxy S II General] blackheart2925:
Hows the battery life? Enough to last through a day of medium-heavy usage at office?
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
You asked what I was just going to suggest. This is the BIGGEST point that needs some answers. Although he stated he has an LCD and its a older pre production model, it should give some info on how is it so far. If its sufficient now, the retail could be assumed to be the same if not better.
[Galaxy S II General] gpap2004:
Not a good time... Iphone4 locks in 2-3 secs!

GPS is important for a device.
[Galaxy S II General] golf2vr6:
Let's wait for final retail SGS2 for conclussions ;)

Gonna twitter dom_armstrong if he can do a test.
[Galaxy S II General] D4rK.F0rcE:
maybe it is using a-gps... if you use a-gps with the galaxy s2, it should also lock in 2-3 sec, that's my experience with the N95
[Galaxy S II General] Master05:
It uses A-GPS for sure. Otherwise you cannot lock in 2-3 seconds.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Sorry for this dumb question, I'm new here and this will be my first android phone. So what exactly is this VOODOO?
[Galaxy S II General] ijat91:
It actually the sound enhancement for galaxy s family. You can read more here

http://project-voodoo.org/

there is also lagfix and colour fix from the Supercurio too...
[Galaxy S II General] faddys123:
On the lock screen is there music controls? And any notifications pop up on it like text etc
[Galaxy S II General] Fokus007:
SGS 2 locks in 2-3 sec too!

Here's the proof.

SGS 2 gps vids:

youtube.com/watch?v=1SHJ6wFi7H8
youtube.com/watch?v=uAbpwg9aIo0
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Yes it has, I saw those in a video but can't remember which one. But not in previous 2.3.1 prototypes, I only saw them in 2.3.3 models

Btw I figured out that you can recognize wich android version a GSII prototype is runnig just by looking at its lockscreen, see :

- if Date and time is located at the middle left of the screen => it's 2.3.1

- if Date and time is located at the bottom left corner => it's 2.3.3 with notification

hope it helps ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Brut.all:
Galaxy S has A-GPS. Actually even HTC Dream has A-GPS, but for some reason iPhone uses it much more effectively.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Nope it was the international version.. it would of had to been unlocked
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Your partially correct.. 2.3.1 has the music notification as well so ultimately yes lock screens should have it upon release.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
That's a tough question to answer.. heavy use by me and heavy use by you can be two completely different things. Battery life depends on so many factors that I may find it great and you think it sucks.. from my use with it on stock it was fine lasted 24 hours and that's with doing the rom dump gps tests and many other things
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
OH YEA

finally I got a samsung confirmation on my country (Israel, where up to 100k+ sgs1 were sold) that the sgs2 will launch worldwide 100% in the next 2 weeks to come, no june crap..
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Wait someone has told you it will launch worldwide in two weeks? I have not heard this.. I know India within two weeks but last I heard the US and UK were supposedly still around a month out. Can you confirm where you got this valuable information?
[Galaxy S II General] Rooster19:
Must be fake...

It'll be in Australia in June
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
well I got an info through a samsung worker. the launch will start worldwide in the next 2 weeks. meaning europe launch. NEVER talked about USA launch. USA launches are ALWAYS in EVERY case in the cell phone buisness scanerio is LATER than europe. as known by all of us...

well Im saying a YAY because ill be getting it in very few weeks.. the americans will have to wait a lil more as ALWAYS.. sorry americans

same thing about australia/new zeland/canada and the continents who are by cell phone market marked as a samilliar market.

I was talking about EUROPE launch. which as we know will happened very soon. another source? m'kay:

and usually after UK, few days later, comes the rest of europe.
[Galaxy S II General] Pruikki:
as far i know this is best support for codecs!

best phone, cpu and gpu
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Until EVO 3D Thats going to be running a 1.4GHz dual core processor. I'm going to be very interested to compare the two after we get some rom drops on these
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
I think it will run also a 1.2 ghz dual core

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_evo_3d-3901.php and http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/evo-3d-specs-confirmed-1080p-2d-video-720p-3d-dual-cameras-1/

Here is more. Nvidia's Tegra2 3D for 3D phones is up to 1.2 ghz so unless htc builds his own cpu it will run at 1.2ghz
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
Any update on this? I know it's not the most important feature of the phone, but little additions in the way of animations go a long way in creating a great UI. It is very confusing seeing videos with it and some without. I'm hoping the ones without are the really early production models!

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
I read somewhere can't seem to find it that they will have the Scorpion processor running at 1.4.. The article may have been wrong didn't read to much into it but I'll see if I can't find it again
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
It did in my model. I believe they all do it is just a setting.
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
No it will not have any rotation animation in the browser, I've already asked someone that has the retail model (with the samsung logo up front)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp1Qf0pelIo

I guess that's because it was not that optimized and still a litle bit buggy, maybe it'll come back after launch with much more optimization with an update
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Thanks for the update mane
[Galaxy S II General] philliid:
Software stability

Did you experience any software stability issues? E.g. Did the phone reboot, crash, etc...

Did you download anything from the Android market? Did it install ok with no issues?

Thanks for your useful comments.
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
I did expirience a crash but it was a pre-production model and running 2.3.1 so I expected it. As far as the market yes I downloaded a few apps such as connectbot and it downloaded and ran perfect
[Galaxy S II General] I Am Marino:
All wireless connections working well?

Sent from my Incredible with the XDA Premium App.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Lol I asked :P Though that doesn't change anything.
[Galaxy S II General] cottino:
D'oh! :(:(
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
there's a button for that ;)
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
I tested all except bluetooth (I don't ever really use it) and they worked just fine
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Haha I would of hit it but im on my phone...
[Galaxy S II General] Moskiitto:
Did you use those nice voice commands?? How well did it work??
[Galaxy S II General] madguitarist63:
Actually no... and now that you mention it I'm pissed at myself I didn't. I'll get my hands on it next week and do that
[Galaxy S II General] jian9007:
It will be running the same 1.2GHz MSM8660 that the HTC sensation is running per specs on HTC's US website. As I'm a new poster I can't post links yet or I would:(
[Galaxy S II General] mitchell68:
galaxy s 2 gps test

ive upload a video to youtube

gps test this is indoors

at

multicolby1

on youtube

cant post the link
[Galaxy S II General] digitaldw:
Here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/user/MultiColby1#p/a/u/1/YuCZ75r2GZY
[Galaxy S II General] zmchu:
GPS will lock in a few seconds if hot start (You don't need A-GPS to get fast lock). The problem is cold start. When you open a GPS application starting with GPS module was off. A-GPS will get a lot quicker fixed in cold start.

iPhone4 will get lock within 1 minute with A-GPS from cold start (means phone connected to internet with wifi or 3G). It will get lock in 1 to 2 sec with A-GPS from hot start. However, it need 2 to 4 minute to get locks with GPS cold start (lets try turn off wifi, and turn your phone off for 30 minute and take the sim card out from you phone. Then walk outdoor turn your phone on again and open TomTom to see how long it need to get lock. It should be about 2 to 5 minutes.

I agree that iPhone4 is more affective in using A-GPS than SGS2. iPhone 4 gets lock quicker than SGS2 with A-GPS (with mobile internet connected) in cold start.

In reality, cold start is most important as you usually turn the GPS module off to conserve battery. You can imaging when you get loss in driving. You pull over and start Tomtom plus turn on your GPS module, but you need to wait in your car for 2 to 5 minute before you get lock and you can drive again. Another issue is the sensitivity of the GPS. It will help you to plan your trip if you can get GPS lock inside your home or your office. The A-GPS in iPhone 4 works well. I can get lock quick and get signal in my office and home.

I got my SGS2 last week. It takes me 2 to 5 minute to get lock with cold GPS start, and A-GPS did not help much. I could not get signal inside my office or inside my house. Surprisingly, I accidentally found my SGS2 got GPS lock when I put it on my Kitchen bench top last weekend. There is a Kitchen Aluminum Foils under my phone! After some investigation, I found that the Kitchen Aluminum Foils enhances the GPS signal. Now I got signal inside my house and quicker cold start after stick a piece of Kitchen Aluminum Foils (about 6x9 cm) on to the interior surface of the battery cover.
[Galaxy S II General] Creshaw:
Please could you (or someone else) try this?

- Internet connection off, but SIM card inserted

- Reboot your phone

- Connect to GPS

- Report time to fix, nr. of satellites and accuracy

Thx!
[Galaxy S II General] ams84:
destroy it

thanks
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
Hey Community,

Due to the company I work for being great. They have allowed me to borrow a working SGS2 for the night. :cool: So tonight I will be taking requests for anything people would like me to try out within reason. :D If you have a request post it or PM me

for all non believers here are some photo's... this is a test version so it is not perfect and I'm sure they're still working out some minor details...
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
I'm also looking for a good way to test the phones abilities on stock. Quadrant is not really that great for true tests.. so any idea's shoot over
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
can you take some screenshots of general things?

Homescreen, app drawer, notification bar, etc.

I love how it looks :D (the design of the phone not UI, but UI looks better than ours :( )
[Vibrant General] dligon:
and i have a working terminator that skynet just happen to let me borrow today. so im taking request of going back into the past to beat up anyone's childhood bullies.
[Vibrant General] archie53:
LMAO that made me laugh:D
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
Dump the rom lol
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
PLEASE DO THIS, also post touchwiz 4 ;]
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
I will work on this for you now. know of a good screen shot app not needing root privileges?
[Vibrant General] richiehd:
You must dump the rom.

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
Yes PLEASE can you dump the Rom. =D
[Vibrant General] krackers:
OMG!!! DUMP THE ROM!!!

Must Have Touchwiz 4.... Must have Touchwiz 4... Must have....
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
I vote for TW 4 too!
[Vibrant General] professorx2010:
wht about extracting touchwiz4.apk 4rm /system/app/

& framework-res.apk & twframework-res.apk from /system/framework/ ;)
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
Someone get supercurio over here and tell me how to dump the ROM and I'll be happy too :D
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
I'll go post in the i9000 section :D
[Vibrant General] alexhull24:
There must be a guide somewhere that tells you how to dump the ROM?

I imagine you'll need to use adb or similar to do it, so it'll have to be connected to a PC with a data cable. Do you have one?
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
Are you posting in his kernel thread? Should we PM him or Tweet him or just post in his threads?
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
I certainly do its the same cable as the Vibrant..
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
I say try to reach him through all three
[Vibrant General] alexhull24:
OK, I found this in this similar thread.

I don't understand that, but someone here might.
[Vibrant General] supercurio:
Hi!

Lets begin!
[Vibrant General] supercurio:
Can you come over IRC ?

http://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=xdauser&channels=project-voodoo&prompt=1
[Vibrant General] madguitarist63:
On lets do it
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
YES! <3

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