yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] recklesslife:
Mine works fine guys, don't worry.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ronaldo_9:
Went phones4u today but they only had dummy, the big size put me off. I want to see the screen so next week will try carphoneware house.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
Oh thats a shame, telling u this thing is a beast. It plays the file better than my pc lol. Also youtube wont give me the option to play 1080p, when i press hd it goes to 720p but plays it smooth as butter. Cant try 1080p cus when i click on 720p icon at the bottom, the list of resolutions pops up for less than a second and i cant press 1080p in time.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasK:
I suppose it won't work if an NTFS-formatted card is inserted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnginSz:
I like the torch function in mobiles. Can I use the S2 as a torch?

THX
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarzanman:
Shouldn't you Brits be chatting about the royal wedding or something? :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EleCtrOx666:
What's the point of having 1080p on youtube, I can understand for a rip so you don't need to convert, but YouTube has the ability to stream to right resolution, I don't get why you should have 1080p on YouTube?!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moparman:
1080P i useless on a screen like this that have a resolution: 800 x 480
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
For me personally i just use the built in youtube app too watch videos.. Its fast and the quality is crisp. I was jus replying to someone else in this thread who asked if 1080p videos work on youtube thru the browser.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
True, but its nice to know that device can handle it.. It plays my blu ray rips without a hitch!! I cudnt believe how smooth it plays it, its jus an awesome piece of hardware. I cudnt however stream videos i recorded on my phone through to my ps3 via allshare, anyone knw why?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EnginSz:
I am from Turkey ;)

But still, can someone who has already the phone answer my question pls :P

Torchfuntion yes/no?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rooster19:
They don't even care about it,

one of mates said "I'd rather watch dianna eats dashboard"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_master:
It has a camera with a flash so 100% can be used as a Torchlight.

Tesla LED,Brightest flashlight,there are many apps for it.So don't worry about that
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
I finally got it to work.. And once you have let it load/buffer all the way through it plays smooth.. Is ther anything this fone cant do?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AvRS:
I couldn't care less about the wedding, I'll be sleeping, gyming and going for a bbq in that order without turning the tv on to watch every channel get dominated by it. Only good thing to come from it is an extra day off work and that's all I care about it haha Anyway back on topic lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awesome-member:
congratulation(you have done the undoable) . i've tried to get the youtube to play 1080p but failed. the closet i got was playing two 720p videos on gsmarina website but they skip frames.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_master:
So that's 1080p buffering from youtube on SGS 2 ? :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
R

Im telling you this fone is a beast.. I didnt think it wud able to do it. Alto you have to let it load before watching it, plus im on a 50mb connection.. Dnt think it will work if you connection is slow
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggazee:
Yep
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] co0kie:
Hey there,

first of, congrats to all the SGSII owners, probably the best phone on the planet right now!

Wanted to ask, how is the noise cancellation during a call? As a Nexus S owner, I am suffering from this terribly. My gf claims she can hear background noises almost on the same level as my own voice. I guess this could be a perfect excuse to upgrade my phone :) please let me know!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwc3b:
Can you talk and browse Internet/use apps at the same time?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whpgab:
Hi!

After a reboot how much is the free memory? (can check in the task manager)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aejt:
Doesn't really matter since the screen can't show 1080p anyway, it'd be a waste of power for the rendering and also a waste of bandwidth.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
I haven't had an issue yet and my boyfriend did comment saying it was clearer than my old Desire.

Let's be honest though, you NEED the GS2 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve228uk:
So long as you're on wifi or 3G. It won't work on 2G as that's a restriction of the network.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saveferris:
So you're a 100% sure you can change the dock icons, because on the review in engadget it states....

"The persistent "dock" at the bottom of the homescreen is not customizable (as it is on Sony Ericsson's latest batch of Android phones, for example). It gives you access to your Phone, Contacts, Messaging, and Apps list, and hopes you'll like them, because if you don't... tough! "
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You can just edit the app menu and the dock can be edited also from there. Only 4 apps allowed mind.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redtfsi:
Can someone please tell me the S.A.R. value of this phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pako7:
sgs2 sar - 0.388
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NZtechfreak:
You should be able to change them all, with the possible exception of the app drawer/home icon - you can in TW in the original Galaxy S but many reviews erroneously reported that you couldn't.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angynagpal:
Isnt this the same review where the reviewers couldnt even get the flash to work in web browsers :p!! All they had to do was enable the plugin :D!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StarmanUK:
If its the same as the SGS1 then you just enter Applications, press the left menu button, select edit and then simply drag and drop.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
They're definitely customisable, except the fourth one for obvious reasons.

See pic showing random apps...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viniturb0:
mine locked in 30 seconds inside my house so they have taken care of that problem hope that helps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drijf004:
I was wondering, since the nexus One only has 2 finger multitouch does the GS2 have 4 or more?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
It has 10 at least :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saveferris:
Is there any slow down when you have multiple apps open......say 10 to 20

Could someone test that out please.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
SGS2 Multitouch

As reported above, it is true multitouch...

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

I've tried the multitouch test app and it works fine.

Had my SGS2 4 days now (moving from an HTC Desire). Apart from missing a trackpad home button, it is head and shoulders above the Desire.

I've installed nearly 60 apps so far and still have over 1.6gb of the intial 1.88gb app memory free. This is one reason I ditched my original Desire (a dozen apps and the thing was bursting at the seams - rooting and custom ROMs solved that but it was still a faff!)

The screen is absolutely phenomenal (pretty good even in direct sunlight!)and the battery life although still not fantastic (though you're never going to get more the 1 to 2 days from a smartphone) it still beats the Desire hands down.

I was a bit concerned about the lack of notification LED, but noLED has solved that for me...it works fine and suits my purpose.

I'm (and all of my friends) also amazed at how light it is! Yes, the back cover is very thin, but on my phone at least, it clips on and off easily without me worrying it will snap and when it is on it is very secure, with no creaks or movement that I can see or feel.

If you're due an upgrade or have been dithering about which phone to get next buy one now and enjoy being the envy of almost all of your friends (apart from those who don't like large and/or touchscreen phones...oh, and iPhone fanboys!!).

Rich
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whpgab:
Hi!

Somebody can tell me the free memory after reboot? Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AXIS of Reality:
Apologies if this has already been answered in the thread (can't be bothered reading all the pages), but here's why:

Most memory cards and USB flash drives are formatted as 'FAT', 'FAT16' or more commonly 'FAT32', as can be seen when plugged into a Windows computer in My Computer (click on the removable storage and it'll say at the bottom).

This is a fairly old standard from back when hard drives were very small, and as such is used for flash memory devices since they still only hold a relatively small amount compared to full hard drives.

FAT32 as a result can only hold files that are INDIVIDUALLY 4gb or less. Ie: you won't be able to transfer a 10gb move file onto the Galaxy S, but you could transfer 2 x 3.33gb files instead as long as each file is less than 4gb.

This is the same for all flash memory devices that use FAT32, which to my knowledge is 99% of them. No reflection on the Galaxy S II itself.

Hope that helps! But I agree it will make it annoying now that the SGS2 can do 1080p movies that it's just an old memory type that hasn't changed in years that will hold it back.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AXIS of Reality:
On a random note, I see n64oid in your dock (didn't realise the N64 was emulated on Android yet!), so how's the performance using it?

Also, when I had my HTC Hero (non-US version) I never needed to use a case for it since the back was very strong and the phone was extremely solid. My Galaxy S feels a bit more fragile with the chrome band creaking and moving a bit, so I always have a case on it.

Does the SGS II feel as if a case will be a necessity, or would you not be worried keeping it in your pocket unprotected?

I know the screen is Gorilla Glass like the SGS which is fantastic (had my SGS in my pocket with unplugged headphone jack rubbing against the screen everyday and zero marks!), but I was always worried about the plastic cracking.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r2001uk:
N64oid runs perfectly, it's that responsive, I'm still finding myself over-compensating on the controls and constantly having to correct myself. I wish we had wiimote connectivity!

I'd recommend a case, just for peace of mind. I wouldn't have it in my pocket unprotected, no way. It's currently in my old DHD case until that official kickstand one comes out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] babblerx:
So far I've installed 70 apps and haven't noticed any slowdown. Used about 280mb of the application memory. 1.6gb left. Can safely say I won't be running out of memory for apps!

Rich
[Defy Android Development] nomadbass:
so... which baseband would you recommend for spain?

Thanks for the tool
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
I think I would choose a Central Europe Type...

probably 34.155.2... this is the same I use here in germany.
[Defy Android Development] Valdis1977:
I use Chinese baseband in Russia. If I choose European baseband my phone works only with 1800 GSM and 3G. With Chinese baseband it works with 900/1800 GSM and HSPDA.
[Defy Android Development] Rhyr:
Where you can see theese infos?
[Defy Android Development] GordOne:
how you can see what band defi use in the moment?

and 2nd - what setting are "chinese" in this version bbs?
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
When you start the tool, you can see "current Baseband:" ontop of the window :D

This is the baseband you are using right now.

to your 2nd Question...It should all be translated to english but I left the chinese language. So if you set your defy to chinese, you'll see this translation.

If you set your Defy to german, you'll see the german translation I've made :)
[Defy Android Development] GordOne:
when I start the tool I see Central Europe 34.155.2 - not baseband like 900 or 1800 mhz...

and I asked about "chinese" don't mined language but set...
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
Sorry dude, I can't get your 2nd sentence. Please explain a lil more, cause I'm really willing to help you.

If you got a chinese Defy and your language isn't shown, I'll have to update this translation. Please supply more information:

- ROM Version

- Defy Version (MB525 or ME525)

- Current Language you are using (eg. English, Chineese traditional...)

all information you think I can use.
[Defy Android Development] bokeron2020:
Could someone add the fixes found in this thread (if they're really needed...)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258

I'm interested in the Spain/Vodafone one... though I've installed the baseband switcher and I'm actually using the Central Europe 34.155.2, wich seems to work well enough.
[Defy Android Development] AgentSmith:
Am in the exact same situation here. Soon I am moving to an area with 3G @ 900 MHz i.o. 850 MHz. Can I enable this without losing reception of GSM @ 900 MHz?
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
Unfortunaly I've only translated this tool, but I'll have a look if I can integrate more basebands...

Tell me what baseband is missing, so I can try
[Defy Android Development] marhensa:
can you add this?

or you could submit this file to itfunz chinese forum which create this baseband switcher?

this is Baseband for South East Asia,

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc...

900 / 2100

obtained from stock 2.59 SEA Defy.

it could helps people a lot who live in SEA region... :)

ps:

SEA baseband is different with INDIA baseband.

in 3G fix thread, it considered as a same baseband :confused:

and it ruined signal reception when applied in SEA region.

india is 850 / 2100.
[Defy Android Development] nisamtetreb:
Thank you for the translation!

Isn't it possible to just leave the main combinations of frequencies?

For example in Austria I need the same frequencies as marhensa: 900/2100.
[Defy Android Development] hailmary:
SEA baseband

Is the inclusion of the SEA BASEBAND possible? Pls somebody include it. A lot of defy users here in manila have jumped to nordic & uk froyo.so i believe were missing something in our 3g. Though its working,its better if we can have the correct baseband on our defy. Maybe it will be faster,i think.
[Defy Android Development] netrider01:
Can anybody plz help me testing basebands?

Testing condition is average usage of phone, 1hour call, pushmail on, signal umts and hsdpa in change

For now I have tested:

US T-Mobile 6.19.0 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 15hours - Location Austria

Mitteleuropa 2.34.0 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 20hours - Location Austria

Mitteleuropa 34.155.2 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 28hours - Location Austria

EU34.0.145 - Signal excellent - Battery Life test proceeding... - Location Austria
[Defy Android Development] shorty66:
Mitteleuropa 2.34.0 good signal, battery life ~18hrs, location germany
[Defy Android Development] bokeron2020:
I have a situation going on wich I can't explain. But as you're commenting batteries and basebands...

I've installed the Brazil Retail ROM. I changes the baseband to Central Europe. I'd like to know exactly what that means and how it affects the phone because...

My battery life is currently... 185 hours, and still have 40% left. Yep, almost eight days.

The phone has been tested without data connection and 2G, no calls, no wifi, no nothing... I was performing a test to find a previous bug so the phone has been left unused for the whole test.
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
New Version with

- much more basebands

- better UI arrived

- full english

- full german except 2 buttons
[Defy Android Development] Frunobulax:
Hi.

My CM7 DOES work in 2G, but it is kinda lazy to get the 3G connection.

Using baseband to double-check that may improve it or is it unnecessary, since it already "works"?
[Defy Android Development] sakitobaki:
do we have vodafone germany 3.4.2_179-4.4 ?
[Defy Android Development] Sqoerk:
Probably a translation error. I'll check that when I got a lil free time. Right now I'm really busy.

Sorry Pals.
[Defy Android Development] thiagold:
In case of Brasil Claro that we have two sets for the same frequencies, what is the difference between them? What is the meaing of "3.4.2" and "6.14.5"?
[Defy Android Development] The Land of Smeg:
Australia

DEFY AU Telstra 3.4.2-145 (Froyo 2.2.2) radio files.zip

http://www.multiupload.com/N7GWHZO6GY

I compared the files to the Tesltra 2.1 ROM, they are different.

I know that Telstra/Motorola had some issues giving the Defy the Telstra "Blue Tick" coverage approval for regional and remote areas, and they offered hardware updates to get this approval. They probably also tweaked the radio in 2.2 to help with the "Blue Tick" as well.
[Defy Android Development] eduardo.sch:
My defy is from Vivo here in Brazil, "BUT" using baseband Brazil Vivo 3.4.2_107-9 @ 850/2100MHz it doesn't work.

Brazil Claro 3.4.2_107-7 @ 850/2100MHz doesn't work too..

Only Brazil Claro 6.14.5 @ 850/2100MHz works... But Claro is another company... Why???
[Defy Android Development] catslab:
Sqoerk: any chance to have Telus added to the list from

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14596737&postcount=3 ?

I'd need it bad.
[Defy Android Development] TimelesslyPrecise:
You know, that baseband can be installed by hand.... For the meantime at least.. :))

Just copy it to the folder as stated in the post..
[Defy Android Development] catslab:
TimelesslyPrecise: yes if only doing that would work.

Already tested

Keeps on rebooting when I copy the files to the system folder....

Any other idea ?
[Defy Android Development] TimelesslyPrecise:
Did you make sure to change the permissions appropriately?

That's the only thing I can think of :/

Maybe someone else has an idea...?
[Defy Android Development] samorgs:
I have copied the newest Australian Telstra Froyo baseband folder using root explorer, this works fine until I reboot. All that happens then is the phone gets stuck on black screen. Im running MIUI and have had the same thing happen when running CM7. When this happens it have to reflash MIUI to get the phone to reboot, and this then restores the baseband back to stock and I then have to use BB switcher to restore baseband to Telstra 2.26, which is the old eclair baseband.

Has anyone else had a similar problem and found a fix for it. The new Telstra Froyo baseband has been put up here by myself and someone else, but baseband switcher has not had any updates for a while so this one has not been added.

Cheers
[Defy Android Development] richiehd:
What should I use for tmo USA? The first one worked for a few days and now I get no data or wifi on my girls defy.
[Defy Android Development] TimelesslyPrecise:
I use 17_9

...you might actually check to see that data is enabled
[Defy Android Development] catslab:
Yes I checked the permissions twice, but had to reflash too...

Anyway, looks like the phone is only wcdma 900/2100 so will be fine for euro but not north america. I give up on that one and I'll buy another one later
[Defy Android Development] hottracks4:
Hey guys, I'm on the latest MIUI version 1.10.14, Android 2.3.7..

I just got a new Sim from Airtel (the biggest Indian mobile service provider), but my phone doesn't catch it's 2G signal at all! 3G shows full signal and even full 2G signal of the same Sim on a basic non 3G Nokia monochrome phone!

And something's wrong with the baseband changer too, cuz I can open the app only once initially after installing MIUI, to change the baseband to the south east Asian one, after restart, it keeps FCing every time I try to open it.. Won't open unless I reinstall MIUI over it again to restore the Central European baseband.. So I dunno where's the problem cuz it should still work even on default baseband.. All my other Sims work.. Why not this? Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks.

Swyped with my Defy using XDA app. ;)
[Defy Android Development] samorgs:
I had a similar problem with baseband switched, what I found was uninstallling bbswitcher and then reinstalling it fixed the problem and not having to reflash the rom.

Cheers
[Defy Android Development] hottracks4:
You think I didn't try that already? :( it didn't work.. :(

Swyped with my Defy using XDA app. ;)
[Defy Android Development] samorgs:
I was only making a suggestion that helped me. You did not say you had already tried it, so how was I to know.

Cheers. :confused:
[Defy Android Development] hottracks4:
Yeah sorry about that.. Was a bit frustrated.. My bad.. I managed to get it to work finally.. It was a combo of having two superuser apps crossed with I dunno what exactly.. I did everything altogether at once and its finally working.. Thanks for your input.. Sorry again.. Cheers.. :)

Swyped with my Defy using XDA app. ;)
[Defy Android Development] scottie1973:
is it possible to extract my baseband from stock rom and add it to this app?
[Defy Android Development] sp8y:
Yes you can - I did that with the baseband from the official UK Retail froyo 2.2.2 but don't think it's been added yet.
[Defy Android Development] samorgs:
I don't think there is much happening here in the way of updates for baseband switcher, I added the AU Telstra 3.4.2-145 (Froyo 2.2.2) files in August, then someone else added them about 1 month ago and still not added to BB switcher.

:(
[Defy Android Development] d210:
Can somebody let me know precisely what the baseband switcher is doing? Is it just replacing the files under /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default and reboots?

Because I'm getting a really really strange problem basically with all CM7 versions: after some time (usually days) I lose any 3G and GSM capability (both data and voice). Rebooting (even taking out the battery completely) doesn't solve the problem. Instead using the baseband switcher always solves the problem. I'm in EU and basically any "reasonable" version (and any similar enough version like central/poland/uk/whatever) works the same and has the same problem eventually.
[Defy Android Development] tim440:
Thank you. Just used those and they fixed my problem.
[Defy Android Development] The Thug:
Would anyone have an idea which Baseband to use on the Vodacom network in South Africa.

I am running CM7.1 and have a similar problem to a previous poster in that my 3G and data connection disappears for no apparent reason and only a reboot will sort the problem out.
[Defy Android Development] scripttec:
I have a similar problem;

sometimes the connection just disappears, only solution is to disable and enable it via the menu...

and I've noticed another issue: during calls I also don't have a data connection anymore :mad:

not sure if it's a ROM or baseband issue...

anyway, it was working some time ago
[Defy Android Development] jayeshrc:
theres a mistake with the indian baseband frquency.. it should be 900/1800.. my phone heats up when on a call because of this.. any way i can change it? or will the dev change for us?
[Defy Android Development] hottracks4:
Uh, that's not possible.. 900 is 2G.. 2100 is 3G base band.. Everything's as it should be.. 2100 is pretty much an international standard for 3G.. :-/

Swyped with my Defy using XDA app. ;)
[Defy Android Development] jayeshrc:
hmm, i looked it up online and all the indian carriers' frequencies showed as 900/1800, so idk. plus my phone kept getting hot on calls

and i found a fix (3g fix for indian baseband or something like that) on these forums to change the baseband to 900/1800 and now its fine, which is why i posted.
[Defy Android Development] hottracks4:
Base band changer has the exact same script in it.. It was integrated into it from the script that you're using.. Which is what all of us used before the changer.. :-P

Swyped with my Defy using XDA app. ;)