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[Galaxy S II General] fallenguru:
Nice review, thanks for the link!

Still, nothing more than a dedicated blogger could do - Where are the measurements?

Wifi: maximum range and throughput over range

Cell radio: quality of GSM / UMTS reception in known good and known bad spots

GPS: TtFF cold and hot, accuracy over time, both stationary and moving; comparison to a reference standalone GPS, ...

Audio: freq response, noise floor, harmonic and non-harmonic distortion, stereo crosstalk etc.

Screen: brightness (min and max), contrast, color accuracy

Camera: see any decent digicam review (but they did have full-res shots, yay!)

I'm not saying build a testing lab, but once upon a time the difference between an amateur review and a professional one used to be the testing equipment and methodology employed.

Thinner, I don't know, it's gotten a bit ridiculous by now. The phones are getting hard to hold as it is. Same for edge-to-edge - where am I supposed to hold the thing? Even with current gen phones I manage to obscure the screen or even trigger something with my hand.

So I think we're golden! :D
[Galaxy S II General] XDA mark:
Great review, cant wait!! :) Its also funny how the mention they havnt been this excited since the HTC Desire, which is the phone I'm about to replace with the GS II haha. I guess I have a good knowledge of smartphone's since its a big hobby of mine :D
[Galaxy S II General] sckc23:
Don't get me wrong - I love my desire but I think its a bit overrated by the techradar guys=)
[Galaxy S II General] sharkonland:
lol. i chuckled when you said iphone killer. this thing obliterates the ip4. now ip5 is going to be a tough battle, but i think the "smarter" users will agree the sgs II will be better. From where i stand though, the only thing iphone keeps killing android is with extremely user friendly ui, especially how gorgeous apps look on the platform. Has anyone seen the dj app for ipad. i mean you cant get better than that. And secondly, the apps availability, android has maybe 50 good games, while iphone has over 500..same with regular apps.

I hope android starts focusing less on (sorry to say)useless features like live wallpapers and focuses on making the dev kit more polished like apple. Hardware wise, theres no doubt the sgs2 is a monster.
[Galaxy S II General] XDA mark:
I don't know.. for its time the Desire was a "beast". I have a friend with an iPhone who said he loves the Desire, first phone besides the iPhone he considers. It was a very balanced smartphone, good price/quality etc.

Though 1 year later, it looks lame against the SGS II haha
[Galaxy S II General] sckc23:
It could have been an even better device if not hampered by hardware problems like the multitouch bug and lack of internal memory. Nonetheless its no doubt one of the best android phone in 2010.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
Agree + the GPU that sucks. Internal memory is easily fixable though.
[Galaxy S II General] ryude:
Unfortunately, apple can't afford to simply "catch up" with their android competitors. They need to come up with something new to make people feel "special" just because they have an iphone. After all, Apple has always been about making you feel like you were part of a VIP club when buying their products.
[Galaxy S II General] Toss3:
Eagerly waiting for Engadget's 7/10 review.. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Lord_Buckington:
"On the plus side it's the best phone ever.

On the negative side it doesn't have a partially eaten shiny fruit on the back, so -2 points"
[Galaxy S II General] touness69:
Well - 2 would have given a 8/10, you forgot the main negative point :

=> iPhone 5 might be better - 1 in advance
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
I know the negatives already:

-Plastic

-Still not best DPI

-Uninspired UI skin with quality issues
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
-GPS seems to be better than SGS1 but we still managed to get lost in out underground New York City garage
[HTC Desire S] tonyII:
hi I'm on mobile, hope I'm in right place, my friend has a htc desire, and when they receive an sms it shows the whole message on the lock screen....

is there a way to disable this?

Kind regards
[HTC Desire S] deadwilder:
RTFM!

settings>privacy>display message text on locks screen
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n-j-f:
We don't seem to have a Q and A section yet for the SII. Just ordered mine but still finding out more about it. The Samsung website mentions it has dual channel wifi and that means it is much faster. Sorry but what is dual channel wifi? Can't seem to find a simple explanation. Do you need to have a particular router or anything else to benefit from it?

TIA

norm
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
you don't need a particular router... it just means it has a wi-fi antenna for the 2.4 ghz band and the 5 ghz band... this means the phone should support wireless A/B/G/N(2.4ghz)/N(5ghz).

While a dual band router would give you all of these options you don't need it....

Summary:

Dual Band WiFi in phone = Able to access any type of WiFi hotspot
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt:
I own a dual band router and I was glad when I read a few weeks back that it had indeed dual band wifi, just like my Galaxy Tab. HTC phones don't have it, so it's an advantage in comparison with the HTC Sensation.

Usually the 5GHz band is faster, probably because it's not as common and thus not as crowded as the 2.4GHz band...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh_pwnage:
it is faster but not necessarily for the reason of less devices using it... honestly when it comes down to it it's band width... higher frequency typically = greater bandwidth
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] killerbie:
Can someone give me a link or explenation how to install a new rom on my htc magic?

Like how to root, etc etc?

(searched but cant find anything easy :s)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] askrulous:
Well, you've certainly come to the right place.

As I've no idea what stage you are at, I'd say a good starting point is discovering what your magic is - turn it off, depress back button while starting phone.

Then begin your searching based upon that info......
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] timothyjohnmora:
I rooted mine following the cyanogenmod wiki. Knew nothing when I did and it worked out fine.

wiki.cyanogenmod.com (still can't post links)

By far, the easiest I've encountered. Still, feel free to ask questions about any of the steps and I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd love to help.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] killerbie:
I have a 32A with radio 3.22.20.17 and Hboot 1.33.0009

(Sapp 10000)

I've installed the android SDK and the USB thing, I have a Magic from belgium (proximus) that shoudn't need to bee rooted.

So the only thing i need to know now is what do i need to install before i can instal a new rom and ho do i ionstall other radio+rom,

thank you :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] MoreYummy:
make sure you have all files on sd, and computer.

and have recovery etc.

follow the steps and double check it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] askrulous:
You need recovery on your phone and the right radio/hboot. Once you have these the ROM BIBLE on here very useful.

Read everything carefully and don't rush into anything, as the wrong combinations of rom/radio/hboot can easily brick your phone.

With recovery on your phone, and the right radio/hboot, flashing the rom itself via recovery is fairly easy.

You download the rom to your pc, enter recovery and wipe your phone, move your new rom onto the sd card via pc or usb, then flash it onto your phone from the sd card. Obviously there's more to it (such as backing up and more wiping etc) and more detailed explanations are available on this site - this is just to give you an idea of what's required.

The links in Mumilover's signature proved extremely useful to me(see my flashrec confusion post), might be worth you looking having a look to see if any are of use to you as well. Good luck.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
There aare two guides stickied at the top and another within the first two pages of this forum.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] timothyjohnmora:
Wow, no need for rooting! Have you tried installing a custom recovery image yet? Don't use ClockworkMod as they appear to have problems with 32A magics. Apparently, (according the cyanogenmod wiki) all you have to do is boot into fastboot and type a few things into cmd. BTW, you might have to type in the entire directory of the "recovery.img" you use when you use fastboot. (even if it's in the same folder as fastboot) I'm a noob so it took me a half hour to figure that out.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] killerbie:
How to get into fastboot and what do i have to type in cmd?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] timothyjohnmora:
Go to wiki.cyanogenmod.com and find the step by step process for your specs. If you get the "remote:not allow" message while flashing a recovery then you're probably going to have to change your spl
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] askrulous:
I know there different methods out there, which I can't speak off, excuse me being biased but I have to say mumilovers fastboot commander was amazingly easy for me. In your case use the fastboot commander (magic version) in his signature. You simply download the commander, connect your phone via usb and enter fastboot (turn off phone, depress back button while starting phone up). You then have the ability via the commander to add recovery, change radio and change spl in simple clicks. Please note s-off/eng hboot is required (which you will find details of in fastboot) - which is why I can't use it anymore!!

you then can go off and change roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roqstarmatt:
What's better for battery life, SUV or HAVS??? And r there any kernels out for gingersense ROMS yet??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
This link should help :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894880

Personally I've had terrible luck with any suv kernels on my evo so havs has been better for me.

There are NO kernels out there for 2.3 sense roms only 2.2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funkl3:
Right now I'm running Gingersense with the latest netarchy more havs sbc kernel. For some reason though I can't download from the market anymore... still trying to figure that one out.

That being said Gingersense is still awesome!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smurph82:
I have had the best luck and battery life with HAVS the best for me was Tiamat_Evo v3.3.8. I would also suggest in using the Kernel Manager app http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1030486.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Well after 2 days of testing the xxkb3 battery usage which I have been talking about as great is a false perception, whats happening is that the battery indicator is not actually updating the real status thus showing good battery life.

I reported earlier that in ideal mode 12hrs night time its only consuming 2% that's not true, whats happening is that the moment i start using the handset in morning just after few mins I noticed a sharp drop in battery status I got confused the 1st day of test so did it another day & noticed the same behavior, hence installed battery Notifier (big text) which shows directly in the status bar & that showed a mismatch since this morning.

Here are few screenshot at 80% actual battery the icon is still showing me full charge to make me believe that its a good battery:confused::confused:......now is it a bug in xxkb3 which should be reported or any way to correct it? DDKB1 which i was using earlier never had this problem.

The Green text at left is the battery notifier.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bala_gamer:
Dude i dont think its a problem.

The indicator changes according to the % of battery remaining. The default status indicator will have only a total of 4 to 5 stages of indication.

above 80 - state 1

above 60 - state 2

above 40 - state 3

above 20 - state 4

less than 10 - state 5.

For example

if % is above 80 , then the indicator will show full.

if it is in between 60 to 79 then it will show some changes.

Im using battery status widget to monitor battery as it gives more info on the battery status.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
yes that is what happening so you confirm that its normal. I will test it for few more days, do we have any app which can graphically plot the battery stats?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mznk:
Yes, this is normal, you can check this battery indicator out it's pretty detailed - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8639993

Or, you can replace the default indicator - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724778
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
Thanks a lot

I have been hunting for that app in the market but could not find any such app there.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] needachange:
Try JuicePlotter from the market!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] needachange:
btw, dont these battery indicator apps themselves drain battery quite too much?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] needachange:
......and it is the same in KB1 as well. It is the normal behavior. @sgsI9003 Now the point is why the battery indicator (the stock blue one) suddenly drops when u start using it.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
My guess is that at till 80 it wont show any drain & & then when I use for 30 mins assume it consumed another 10% so suddenly I see a drop of 30% bcoz the 1st 20% was not even showing at that time & I use to wonder how come 30 mins using consumes so much battery?

Now all is sorted out with these numerical indicators. After 3 days of testing I can say that xxkb3 has better battery life on ideal /standby if you use the phone just for calling it can last easily 48+ hrs, with web surfing, mail access & other multimedia usage it would last 12-24hours only depending upon how much its being used.

Another testing now reveled that each night I have different amount of drain which I assume that its due to radio signal interaction. Best practice is to switch off or put to airplane mode to conserve battery or have an app which can follow a time schedule to do this automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Dude! why don't u try battery solo widget (free version from the market). It looks awesome & consumes around 2.9mb of ram with negligible cpu. so hardly any effect on the battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
For battery solo widget I have always had to go back to home screen to look the status but with battery Notifier (big text) I can see it always in real time on the notification bar.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyII:
hi my friend has a htc desire, and when they receive an sms it shows the whole message on the lock screen....

is there a way to disable this?

Kind regards
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moscow Desire:
You can "disable notifications", but that defeats the purpose.

I really can't remember a setting for "display content".

Bump?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzumagos:
on stock rom it is not possible.

if you would use for example RcMixS or InsertCoinS there is an option to use stock android lockscreen which doesnt show the message content.

other possibilieties are 3rd party messaging application like handcent or go sms. you can customize them the way you want
[HTC Inspire 4G] itzsnookums:
ok i'm sorry ahead of time for posting this and there is already something posted somewhere else...the search function isn't working for some reason.....

Ok so i live in Spokane, Washington where i have 3G but no 4G yet and i was getting terrible data speeds everywhere i went...i couldn't even get pandora to load a song....so i started looking around on different forums and did a little research myself and this is what i have found....

i started with playing with the build.prop file in android commander and then did some research/trial and error on what the settings should be and what would work better for ME....the settings i found are here...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access....this wiki shows the technology behind hsdpa and the category's and everything that belongs to the tech.....the settings i choose is HSPA+ Release 7 category 20 @ 42.2 mbps....so i changed the text in build.prop to hsdpa=20, then changed the hsxpa=3 and the hsupa=6 and i left the APN stock with the APN=phone.....and these are the results that i got..... please post your results and let me know if this helped anyone out.....
[HTC Inspire 4G] itzsnookums:
btw...just noticed that the screen shots of the two results the lower speed one is showing hsdpa and the higher speed one is showing umts.....how does that work??? lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] mohkg:
trying to upload image but telling me invalid image type
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Wow ! I've never seen a thread like this before.

Edit the build.prop for better data speeds ???????

What's next? How to set your APN properly?

Mods please close.

If not. I swear I will start a thread in Dev dedicated to:

1. How do I root my phone?

2. Which rom is best?

3. How can I use Sense widgets on CM7?

4. Will someone please port WM7 to Inspire and make it where I can use Sense friend stream on it.

Sent using XDA Premium

MrGarak's 1.4.15v6 MIUI

cattleprod's cyan0#4.2 @1.26Ghz Smartass
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
I get better speeds by holding my phone upside down on one foot while wearing rubber boots.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Aristotle

Newton

Pasteur

snookums

Sent using Morse code @ 4.3mbs with no mods
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Hey, let's everyone flame the OP on this. Even though he posted "ok i'm sorry ahead of time for posting this and there is already something posted somewhere else...the search function isn't working for some reason"

I can verify that the search feature DOES NOT always work properly. Just yesterday I was looking for a radio file...Used the search feature and it displayed NO RESULTS. But then when searching the EXACT same name (cut and paste, so it wasn't a mistype) through Google, it popped right up.

We are a community. Apparently some of you have forgotten what that means. That means when someone posts something like this and it has already been posted...YOU DO NOT FLAME THEM, you help them. You tell them that this has already been posted, post the link if you have it, and request a mod to move it and/or merge it. In some cases, yes, it can be closed.

BTW. "Flaming" is against the rules!

2.3 Flaming: XDA was founded as a group of people sharing information about certain mobile phones. Sharing does not involve virtual yelling (flaming) it does involve working together to solve problems in an environment of mutual respect and understanding. Losing your temper and flaming another member, or group of members, is not acceptable behavior.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Click "show next ten posts"

Read thread titles

Wow! There it is.

Isreal's thread "how to build.prop yada data speeds etc et al"

Not to mention that regarding radios nearly every single dev suggests radio version.

You make a good point however.

Time and effort also go a long way toward not cluttering up a forum.

Can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. And such cliche'

Support a 2k+ post thread respite with repetition and bootloops based on random "look what I found - flash this" threads - as a lot of these devs do. Then go read your 2.3 subsection etc and see how warm and fuzzy it makes you.

Sent using free software. Some assembly required.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
No one is intending to flame but this is getting pretty exhausting and not to mention counterproductive. Significant progress was made in this thread just a few days ago:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1042553

We shouldn't have to re-invent the wheel now. No offense to the OP but you don't have to search far, it was on the second page in development.
[HTC Inspire 4G] anit77:
If nothing else the guy posted this in the wrong forum, it belongs in general. Just for not reading the 1st post at the top of the page should be enough for a little razzing. Don't you think?

As big as XDA is people need to learn to post in the right sub forums, if not they need a little slap on the hand. The mod's need to stiffen up a bit and start handing out temp bans.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Case in point v9.0.1.6

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1051205

[Q] HTC Inspire Will not turn on. and battery is charged.

Caveat emptor

XDA and the like are primarily based in:

Step 1: Void your warranty
[HTC Inspire 4G] itzsnookums:
wow dude the site WOULD NOT LET ME SEARCH THROUGH THE FORUMS.....idk why i posted this to get a quick answer.....was just curious.....or have you never gotten that error that says the server is busy for like four to five hours straight....get off your high horse im not no noob......no one made you the boss, if u have a problem read another thread no one told you to open this one.......
[HTC Inspire 4G] itzsnookums:
and when have i posted a thread in the wrong place and it happened to be already posted before???? and because i did it once i should get banned???? wow just wow....can't wait tell you screw up......cause your just so perfect...i would close this thread or delete it but not entirely sure if or how i can do that.....cause this was a waste of time.....thought i would help someone out with this info.....thats why i posted it
[HTC Inspire 4G] itzsnookums:
thank you for not being a ass, and understanding you have been thanked because of it.....:(
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Now that you've had a chance to fire back this thread may be of use to you :rolleyes:.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1042553

Most people don't realize the danger in messing with the build prop, APN settings give the best results when done correctly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Sorry -- maybe you missed it near the bottom of Development Forum:

OR THIS THREAD

THIS ONE TOO

Not to mention that nearly all ROM threads are riddled with days upon days of data speed dialogue.

Not on my high horse.

Simply dealing with reality on reality's terms.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Yes, the OP posted in the wrong section. It should have been in "general."

Yes, the search results DID show up for me as well, showing a similar post has already been made. (Several actually)

If the OP should be reprimanded for posting in the wrong section, or "not properly using the search feature", etc... then those that flame should be too. Now THAT, makes me feel "warm and fuzzy." ;-)

n00b or not... 2k+ post thread or not... Doesn't change the fact that rules are rules. when it comes down to it, the OP's post should have been added to the other thread, and the OP notified of this change via PM.

Anyways, I'm not trying to start anything with anyone here...Just trying to say that people shouldn't be so quick to fly off the handle.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
And your posture is not that of any authority nor judgmental at all?

"We mock that which we don't understand" Austin Millbarge

This has spiraled into pointless oblivion.

everyone START HERE
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
You're right. In trying to express my point, I too, went over the edge. For that, I apologize.
[HTC Inspire 4G] anit77:
Mr. Clown posted this at the beginning:

I think that by stating it and not following through makes it too easy for those to continue not following the rules. If you say you're going to temp ban then temp ban. I'm not saying a week but 24hrs for 1st offense and escalate up from there. It will give the offenders time to read.

Also as I've stated before, I think access to starting threads in the Dev sub forums should be restricted to the Dev's. It would save the mods time & energy.
[General Questions and Answers] blu3mankh:
Dear all Xda users

I got many Question for ask help u guys can tell and solve my problem

1. I can not put any songs in my memory storage .. Y ? do i need any Sync ?

2. After i hard format my phone I can not install any CAB or App in my phone ( unsuccessful installation ) after i soft reset my phone appear msg ( Certificate .. sorry I can't remember about that msg )

My Phone is HTC Kaiser ( silver )

Rom version : 1.82.707.WWE

ROM date : 11.03.07

Radio Version : 1.27.15.32

Protocol Version : 22.51.88.13H​