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[Optimus One, P500, V General] tggfest:
why did you downgrade your o1 to v10b unless you use new baseband roms. this doesnt make any sense.
[Xperia Play General] Rixter757:
Hey all,

So I went ahead and uninstalled stock apps using Root Explorer :) All went well & I'm happy enough. Boot speed alone has went from several minutes to <1. Less processes running, more RAM etc, it's all good :D

Question - I have installed Titanium Backup and I notice after a backup that the stock apps I uninstalled are still mentioned in the log file with a line through their name. There must be traces of each app still remaining. I'm sure Titanium would have removed them cleanly, but using root explorer I only removed the .apk from the system/app directory. I take it this was the dirty way to uninstall? Which directories should I look for for a manual clear out?

I'm new to linux based systems, but I want to learn & I can't leave traces of old files lying around cuz I'll have nightmares :rolleyes:

Thanks for any info,

Rixter
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
Actually when you remove with titantium backup most apps will also stay with just a line through them.

Could you add to this topic some of the apps you removed? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046699
[Xperia Play General] Rixter757:
Just did ;)

Didn't have much to add but thought I would post my results anyway & advise against one of the earlier recommendations.

Cheers,

Rixter
[Xperia Play General] DeadlyDazza:
I used setinstalllocation2 before rooting, then after root uninstalling some bloatware the stock android process list was still showing traces on my sd card.

After clearing caches using cache mate for root users all traces are gone.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ashuonweb:
hey frends plz help me...

my tytn screen is gettin slight yellowish d reason i dont know..i hav attach image below.

plz tell me should I need to change d screen or there is any solutuon..

i will delete this thread as soon as i gt answer...

thanks..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3sm0nd:
As today is he official launch in the UK... who picked up already his device and what are the first impressions? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
As said in my Q thread, I picked it up yesterday (despite most stores saying they couldn't sell it yet). I was the second person to get one from the big Phones4U in Leeds.

After palying with it all afternoon Yesterday and most of this morning (yeah I should be working!), I love it. It's soooo silky smooth. All my favourite games run perfectly, I've even tried the N64 emulator and it ran effortlessly.

The only niggles I have:

- There's no longer NFC (would have been nice to be future-proofed on that, even though I couldn't use it right now anyway)

- I miss my notification light, but obviously not enough to stop me buying this beast

- It doesn't have the shiny music player from the original Galaxy S

- The clock widgets don't bring up the alarm when you press them

- Oh and my apps didn't download when I synched my Google account, so I had a fun time last night manually putting them all back on.

As you can see, trivial stuff that isn't really important.

Ask me anything, I'll try and answer as often as I can, but I do need to get some work done (if I can find the motivation and pull myself away from this phone!)

Oh, one final thing. A quick battery comparison - My Desire HD, at this time of the morning (after I've been playing music and on the internet via 3G/H), would be down to around 50%. This is currently on 70% and I've been playing with it all morning. Just an initial observation, but a positive one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k87:
your thoughts about the weight and the feel of the phone (esp. the back cover)?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
I'm amazed at the weight, it feels like a dummy phone (compared to my DHD and old N1).

The build is nice and sturdy for a plastic phone, but the back cover is very thin - I'm scared I'll snap it every time I remove it. Fortunately I shouldn't need to go back in there now that I've stuck my SD in :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sebring5:
will it work on ATT frequencies?

Did they lock down 850/1900 so American customers cannot use it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k87:
when you press down on the back cover of the phone..did it creek or seems like its pressing down on pressure..making it feel like its a little loose/flimsy?

also did the phone run hot while using it for sometime?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpdpkpcom:
:confused:

Sadly, I received this email from phones4u this morning after being promised 27th April receipt.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterDroid:
They are saying in the future the NFC antenna will be in your sim card and there will be software in the phone that can link to that, so dont be too disheartened, you may get it after all, but just not how you expected;)

JD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3sm0nd:
Would love to know this also.. a lot of HTC devices have loosy back covers! :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scorp1on1899:
Can You run Tegra2-Games?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
No creaking on the back cover, it's nice and tight. I can probably see it starting to give over time though.

How do I check Tegra2- specific games (or where can I find one, still don't know if we have Exynos or Tegra) and how do I tell if the US bands are available?

P.s. thanks Jupiter :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k87:
Thanks..just one more thing. Does the phone run warm/hot while using it constantly? ex: watching a movie, playing games etc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterDroid:
No problem;)

I like the idea of NFC too;) Especially after selling my Nexus S(which has it) and moving to this beast.

JD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Can't say I've noticed any heat, maybe I just haven't put it through it's paces yet though. I'll keep an eye out, so to speak.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobile-freak:
How fast is it to find GPS satellite
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
I'll check gps a bit later - can't get a signal in this office
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobile-freak:
Which accessories you got in the box??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatthewSomerville:
As i had the same email, i called them and they have promised delivery tomorrow morning, she said it was a mistake at the warehouse, as they had it there yesterday.

hope this helps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord_Buckington:
Hi, congrats on your purchase! I had two brief questions.. can the dock be modified on the homescreen (can you choose which apps go on it), and some photos from other reviews it seemed like people got chargers with EU plugs, did yours come with a UK one? These aren't really pressing issues :P but I'm just interested really.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Manual, charger, extra usb cable and earphones (with different size inserts). No bundled memory card if anyone was expecting one. Nice, small, black box.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Can't change the dock icons sadly, just like you can't alphabetise the drawer without changing it to list mode. I believe touchwiz is to blame here? I've already put launcherpro on and keep switching between the two.

I got a UK plug too :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k87:
r u going to get a screen protector/case for the phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord_Buckington:
Thanks, great help!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Screen protector is my first priority. I'm using my old htc leather case for now, but I'll be buying that official case with integrated in kickstand as soon as it's available (it's a bit thin for this htc case, easily falls out if I tip it!)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
Yea, I figured it would be thin enough to just slip out.

Perhaps you should go Invisible Shield or an alternative company and get that kick stand.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwokwchoy:
How good/ bad are the bundled earphones?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rooster19:
Someone do a proper unboxing..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Has been answered thousand times:

No.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kratos123:
Hey mate

congrats on getting the phone :)

i wanted to ask, could you try dungeon defenders on your galaxy s ii. Even though dom has tried it and it did not work, for some reason electricpig said it worked smoothly?

anyway could you please try it, its free from the market place:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trendy.ddapp&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurtkbee:
Wow, really, now I have to reconsider purchasing this device. If they release a tegra2 version I will get the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Please, don't promote Nvidia's fragmentation try. It will only makes Android worse.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpdpkpcom:
Thanks Matthew - Will give them a ring

dp
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoSkilleth:
Just installed/tried Dungeon Defenders,

It installs fine, run it the first time and it downloads a load of stuff, then it starts up and gives the intro leading to a black screen that has a 'How to play' button/text which runs through a tutorial bit fine, however when you want to start playing it just starts crashing to the desktop/launcher, done it at various points so far,

So effectively no it doesn't work on my phone at least...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kratos123:
hey NoSkilleth

thanks for trying the game

thas a shame that it dosent work. I have a feeling that electricpig made it up saying it can play dunguen defenders.

another point, i have left serveral replies to the author to the review at electricpig about how he ran the game, and he hasnt answered any of my replies? even though he asnwers other peoples replies?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimvydukas:
Can anyone from the lucky owners of Galaxy S II comment about sound quality of their new phones? Are loudspeaker and speaker phone loud? What about sound quality of them? I'm so tired from HTC low quality speakers and speakerphones:(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vygi:
Are there any working key combinations to force download and recovery modes? Like VolUp/VolDown + Home + Power (I9000 Galaxy S)?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Just tried some music. Much, much better than HTC loudspeakers. That's a bonus, now I can enjoy music when I play it through the phone's speaker :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rimvydukas:
Are the ringtones loud enough to hear this phone in noisy environment?

What about speakerphone quality? I'm so interested in hands free calls. My HTC Desire was total **** in this department:(

And thanks for the answers:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raspster:
I know the SGSII has 16GB of internal but how much of that do we have for app install..? Also, there is an micro SD slot too right..?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarsh11:
From other reviews, I believe it has 4GB of memory reserved for apps. Also it supports MicroSD cards of upto 32GB storage.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raymond77:
Picked up a sim-free one from Phones4u in Brighton today, loving it so far.

I have already installed Launcherpro and customised it to my liking, will play with it some more when I get home and can actually play some media on it...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoSkilleth:
It's got ~2Gb 'Device Memory', 11.50Gb as internal 'USB Storage' and yes it does have a microsd slot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demiourgos:
Guys, please test music quality via earphones! ;D

Loudspeaker quality can be disturbed by environment noises or room acoustics, even a furniture you put it on. Not mention phones loudspeaker quality, placement and materials it's made of.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raymond77:
1.97GB reserved for user installed applications, 11.5GB for storage according to my UK model.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjatt:
Just a quick one: can someone confirm WIFI hotspot is possible?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbarbs:
wtf?

Sorry! The application Status Bar (Process com.android.systemui) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again

Out of the box and i'm troubleshooting! Love android! Grr
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynxboy:
A bit off topic but where abouts in Leeds you from buddy? Seen your post about being the 2nd person to get one from P4U! If only I had known, out of stock today.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
South Leeds, a few miles from Costco - I got my baby from the new, big P4U on Briggate, but the one in St John's Centre was selling early too. Have you tried all branches? There's at least 3 in town and 1 at the White Rose (then another over at Birstall I think)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
Yes, it is, although I've not toyed with that bit yet :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Goto the market and grab NoLed. Works great, I've been using it since it came out on my SGS1, and plan on using it when I get my SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chizzwhizz:
When using launcher pro, do you still have access to all the samsung hubs and touchwiz widgets?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesome-member:
i got one as well

instantly noticed that the phone has screen issues mainly the contrast wise.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermessiah:
Can you be more clear on the exact issues?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesome-member:
remember the contrast http://project-voodoo.org/color esp. sharpness issues.

its very similar.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonRaven:
Only if the (hardware) contacts are in place on the phone itself. You can't just put it in random devices.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3sm0nd:
There is an option to change the color settings somewhere.. saw it in few reviews!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoogWeed:
I may have misunderstood you, but isn't the point of NFC that you don't need physical contacts...?

I really doubt they are going to build it into SIM cards until NFC becomes a lot more widespread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Got it and after setting up I'm gonna gingerbreak it now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kersey:
Let use know how it goes
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raymond77:
Hubs yes, widgets no. Although the only one that I've seen of any use that isn't available is the "today" view.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raymond77:
Just copied over a 460MB 720p mkv (using Kies Air) and it played flawlessly. Amazing!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sckc23:
Juz tried. You still have access to the hubs but the widgets are not available on LP homescreens.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybermessiah:
Oh yeah. Fingers crossed that you can get Permanant Root with Gingerbreak!!

Please let us know!

Also, if anyone could take a pic of the SGS2 in Recovery mode and post it, it would be highly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord_Buckington:
That's disappointing.. Would be great to combine the best elements of both!

Sent from my Nexus One
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
It failed! Seems as if the retail firmware from Samsung closed the Gingerbreak exploit.

Recovery and Download mode works just fine. I'll post the pictures just now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablos991:
Wasn't Samsung supposed to not lock the bootloaders anymore?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
Well it's unlocked... Read his message again.

Android root =! Bootloader unlocking.

I find it more than normal that Samsung(or Google) fixed the exploit, since every malware could exploit it to gain root access.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronaldo_9:
Going to go phones4u to look at one 2moro, if it feels good on the hand i might sell atrix and get it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
3e recovery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
How is that amazing? My SGSI does that already. Try a 1080p file, it should play too!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
I put Avatar on my s2 full 1080p mkv file and it played beautifully, looked awesome on the screen. Had to separate the movie in to parts cus it woudnt let me move the full file (10gb) over to the phone altho i had enuff memory, anyone know why? dont have a memory card atm. I used usb debugged to hard disk mode to transfer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Anyone with the sgs2 happen to try noled yet?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
I got mine from Phones4U yesterday. Thought I was special getting it a day early but I guess not.

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!

I have a few niggles but with the keyboard but I can swap that out for something out. I also miss my notification light and trackpad from my Desire but I'll live.

Just wish the dock and more accessories were around.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoostedSR20:
Perfect time to try NoLed. :-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Just install Gingerbread keyboard from the market.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
Seems to work! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvmalik:
There should be a list of confirmed Apps / Mods that DO work and that DO NOT work. Like Gingerbreak, NoLed, and so on...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj154:
Hi

I tend to have a lot of apps on my android phone, according to titanium backup i have around 100+ apps and i was wondering if anyone found any lag with the galaxy s II when installing such a large number of apps? Also How have people found touchwiz? are you itching to go back to the likes of launcher pro or do you enjoy using the touchwiz 4.0 interface?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phusebox:
After all the raving reviews it is nice to see that not everybody in the 'real world' is raving about their SGSII. What concerns me that I have seen 2 people already switching over to LP.

If the TW4 is that bad, I'd rather go for an HTC device. Also too bad that gingerbreak isn't working... might have to put off buying until there is root possibility.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankydu:
can any sgs2 owner confirm if full hd (1080p) youtube videos play fine in this device, in the youtube app as well as in the browser ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwolf0:
If something so superficial like touchwiz bothers you, you should just go pick a google experience phone with no skin. No matter how great the skin may be, there will be some people who don't like it and choose LP or prefer Sense, or especially on XDA, pure Android. The only real difference between any of the skins is speed anyway. The other stuff like icons and widgets and left/right up/down are so superficial. I could pick any one or two negative posts on here and declare the phone as absolute $hit to make me feel better and ignore everything else, because I live in my own little world.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phusebox:
Forum posts are always taken to the extreme. I am not saying the phone is ****, maybe the GUI is ****. If I see two 1st day owners already converting to LP, than TW4 must not be very good.

Since I am not a fan of LP, I'd rather have Sense than TW4 as a lesser of two evils. But nonetheless I am getting this phone, it wil be my first non-HTC in over 4 years (last 3 weer Touch Diamond, Touch Pro 2 and now Desire). Before that I was devoted to Sony Ericsson for a few years, and before that it was Siemens all the way (s45, s55, s65 amongst others).

Still a shame that Siemens no longer builds phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Funkym0nkey:
The real problem with TWUI is that its not as intuitive as say Sense is. But once you get adjusted to phone, its not a big deal. But there are always those who have very little to no patience or will to learn new things or some simply have a fixed idea that this will not work for them and make no effort at it and roll back to stock launcher or alternatives like launcher pro.

As much as I love stock Android, I usually adapt very quickly to new interface. I had no issues adjusting to TWUI in SGS and after lagfix, it was perfect.

I still love the way sense works on my DHD, and maybe there are few things for samsung to learn from that rather than continue on collision path with Apple, but frankly its not a big deal.

There is no way I would be putting AOSP on this phone and loose all benefits of the beautiful hardware of this phone for the sake of getting pure android experience. I will keep my Nexus S for that. DHD is getting retired :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
FWIW, I'm no longer switching to LP. I'm gonna stick with Touchwiz now that I've figured out how to change the dock icons/apps.

The only thing I now don't like about TW is that I can't sort the app drawer alphabetically without changing to the boring list mode.

This phone is truly awesome.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Walvater:
Afaik it's because max filesize with the used filesystem is 4GB. :-(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saveferris:
So are you saying that you can change the Phone Contacts Messages Applications shortcuts/docks on the home screen to say emails or anything else, or are we stuck with just those 4 shortcuts ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GamerOfFreedom:
Nope EXT4 supports file size up to 16 terabytes
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Yeah but the memory card (and internal storage) are in FAT, so there you go, max 4Gb :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lycan_codex:
What about the remaining two GB ? the original galaxy has around 1.84 GB for apps and 13.7 GB for storage.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
Eaten by aliens? (ref to a famous thread on the HD2 forum) :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonas.M:
you can change everything except the appdrawler... at least thats how it was on the sgs if i remember rightly.

To do so you need to the appmenu, than push the left softkey and pick edit

now its the same as with widgets you'll need to press on the icon and hold still for around two seconds and then you can move the icon to the desired location
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
They can be changed. I toyed with third party apps, but now I have the default set, but with contacts switched with browser.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lycan_codex:
Is this because the storage is FAT32 and if am not wrong, we cant copy a single file which exceeds 4 GB. this is for all phones whose storage is FAT32.

i guess we can copy files which are 10 GB in total but each individual file shouldn't be more than 4 GB.

EDIT: Didnt notice it was answered already... :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkDvr:
Guys!!!

The billion dollar question still remains - GPS!

SGS has horrific GPS that nobody can fully fix. What about GPS on SGS2?

Someone please try driving on freeways with it, make some turns.. see if it stays locked and doesn't get lost.

My SGS GPS is KILLING me.

Yes, I'm on a custom ROM. Yes I've tried every single fix that exists.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steedy27:
I find this amazing aswell, coming from HTC Desire which dosent play .mkv with out 3rd party software and that didnt work much of the time either.

Cant wait to get mine next month
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mikulec:
And this is the reason why I created a thread about GPS performance: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050362

So far only one test, hopefully some more will come later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techno79:
did you note what speed it transfered it at?