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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drnoodle:
Has anyone tried to unlock their's yet ?

Seen this...link restriction :\ (Basically it's £400 PAYG on o2)

Via Eurodroid, and wondered if it is possible to unlock this beast?

Can someone clarify the NFC for me too, UK has no NFC ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLoNe1:
In all seriousness; download one of the many Launcher alternatives and give them a go. My Favourite is LauncherPro, but GoLauncher and ADW are supposed to be great as well. It's REALLY simple to try out (just download straight from the Market; if you don't like it, just uninstall and TouchWiz comes straight back! :) ) - got nothing to lose, and no ROOTING necessary.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valdigre:
Didn't know where to post this, so I decided to ask the already happy owners :)

Does the stock text messaging app support sending large (> 3) SMS, without converting them to MMS?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
i never really liked launcherpro. I'm going to give another shot to touchwiz and switch over to adw
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incarniac:
I haven't got my S2 yet but as far as I know the stock Android messaging application does not let you change this behaviour. You could try Handcent or another thirdparty application.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marbulas:
Satisfied everyday :D

Using all of functions with great performance is a point of buying a newest smartphone :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -jen94ek-:
try gumtree
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duryard:
Quick question from a potential owner. Can you make the text bigger. I mean the text in the message box. The text you type in the box and read before you send the text. (Like you can on the ithingy4)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmilianM:
received today!... and I am impressed by this phone !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonrwg:
test the camera !!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitsVA:
I am trying to move to S II from Arc mainly because of HSDPA+ speeds I can get on AT&T and the front facing camera to use Google Talk video chat with future updates.

To my taste, the phone fails in physical look and feel. Looks too boring and copycat style. Also, didn't like the vibrant pop-out colors scheme Samsung uses in their UI. That of course won't be a problem as I will use Launcher pro and a dialer like Youlu.

Other than the look and feel, the phone is fantastic and HSDPA+ is a big plus for this phone. I already loved how good the camera is on Samsung Focus so, I am sure this won't let me down.

I guess it's hard to get a perfect phone. I wish S2 had the looks of Arc or Arc had the HSDPA+ and front facing camera. It's a hard decision making process for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyssa1104:
Try Volume + key buttons on side of phone to increase and - to decrease, unless Samy has changed this..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moandal:
Got the phone on the 2nd from O2 and I'm loving it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonime:
Good good phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ogner:
Brilliant phone. The hubs are a bit pointless, though I like the reader one. Seem to have been an idea stolen from MS. A QHD 540x960 resolution would rock. But you don't get the brightness, contrast etc from LCD.

I have no problem with ABS plastic body. Magnesium or Aluminium does look better. I insist on Magnesium for my Laptop. But 116g featherlight phone with all the heavyweight features (especially massive 1650mah battery) and 8.49mm thickness is just mindblowing, and not achievable with metal alloys.

I can't believe how smooth the software is. I always thought even the best Android phones would have some lag, (having owned an HTC Desire from May 2010 til October 2010).

Samsung do seem to be comitted to their top end phones. SGS is getting Gingerbread as we speak. They were notorious for rubbish software support. I even really quite like Touchwiz. But I think that any custom OEM software should be added on as apks. And uninstallable. Like how a PC ships. And not baked into the ROM.

Cheers everyone. I'm off to play some PES2011.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J-man67:
My best friend just picked his up today. Using it here in the US on ATT. He loves it. I just stopped by his work to check it out. I am impressed. Puts my Moto Atrix to shame in a few aspects. I liked everything about it. I am sure he will chime in soon enough. He already rooted it and started modding to his likings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samnada:
There's a large thread on GPS tests, so lots of folks are testing and contributing. Rather than try to summarize the results I'd suggest you read it and draw your own conclusions.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1062225

Regarding navigating with no data I presume you are asking about Google Nav. When initially setting up a route a data connection is required, but it does cache the map segments for a specific route, so if you lose the connection along the way it should still be fine. Another option is to use a 3rd party product like CoPilot or Navigon that stores maps locally. They're not free, and the maps may not be as current as the online Google maps, but they do work fine without a data connection.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
very happy :D

short delivery time to Australia aswell :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
overall like te phone.. but i miss modded stuff on my sgs

namely

a modified touchwiz that i was using that rotated, had a transparen app tray, and the apps sorted alphabetically.

the random inserted apps in the order installed instead of alphabetically in twiz is unuseable.. shame on you samsung.. also miss the rotation.

miss my transparent notifcaion bar and colorfull icons.. but this will eventually come..

gps is not as strong as my sgs.. side by side signal levels per satellite are lower and error is higher.. but i have a feeling the sgs was lieing abut accurance\error as it would jump around slightly but gps using google maps and sygic aura is rock solid and staying in one position.. havent tried driving yet.. will do that tomarrow.

also have been unable to find codes that work to turn off the gps assistend mode and set it to standalone..

system is fast and not laggy at all..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meddmaxx:
very very cool phone :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ascariss:
I am def happy with this phone, coming from a nokia 5800, the SG2 is much more advanced and it will take some time to get used to it.

I am still coming to grips with all the functions and am a complete noob when it comes to android so it will take me some time to get a hang of it :P

the camera is great, the wifi connection is great, maps are awesome, the screen is amazing, the back although is thin that is not an issue for me since it is quite rigid in its place.

overall fantastic phone and once I get to grips with it, should be a perfect phone :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIK516:
I just got the phone today and after using it for a few hours ill say its not perfict. but its got potential and i noticed just now no spell check. but i do like all the options and being able to customiz things.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irenic:
mind to elaborate why it's not perfect.. and does Galaxy S II has any early batch defects / issue?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
Trying this out on At&t (have Evo)... nice device!

issues:

-Home button clicking

-Overall system brightness (auto brightness on Evo is brighter than Sg2 manual at its brightest!

-Camera pics: only good with good light conditions (BUMMED)

-Browsing ping times are slow!...downloading sites on Evo on 3G is faster than GS2 morebthan half the time. (PIng time is fast on Evo 3G).

These are the main ones for me..would love to hear others experiences with this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troffers:
Hey,

Got mine on Monday and I'm loving it so far. Been an iPhone user since the 3G but I just got bored of jailbreaking all the time and fancied a change. I'm an Android convert!

BTW, does anyone know how I can get rid of the social hub without rooting?

Cheers

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
It's not available on Samsungs Android 2.3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FishTaco:
Do you think the camera pics are better, same or worse than Evo? I have an Evo and always thought the camera was poor.

I could get used to home button (had 3GS prior to Evo), but I'm not sure about slower Internet (not that my experience with Sprint 4G has been great).

I am trying to decide between an S II or a Sensation (for some reason the Evo 3D does not appeal to me, I think its the two cameras on the back). I wish both were out here in the US to check out in person.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aridoasis:
Unfortunately, there is now way to get rid of it without root.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
To me its the SG2 or the Evo 3D. From all I've read..you might be really pleased with the 2camera shots once you try it!

Forget exactly why: slower processor and a couple other things but Sensation seems to be considered a slight step down from this or Evo 3D.

I liked my Evo pics cause they were bright (not necessarily always crisp!). G2 pics are sharp!..but dark by default under certain conditions. But I've learned that tap to focus and a many settings (the Evo didn't have, like 'scenes' make all the difference in the world.

Homebutton...Man I miss that sensitive home 'button' on the Evo. Also can't believe G2 doesn't have a 'user' setting in it's browser (desktop, ipad etc)..your stuck with mobile versions on some sites (NYTimes etc).

But....lot to appreciate after the Evo too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FishTaco:
Thanks.

I think the 3D & Sensation have same CPU/GPU and same screen, but 3D has more internal memory, larger battery and the 3D capabilities of course. I wish the 3D, Sensation & S II would all come out at the same time in the U.S. so I could check each out. But now that I want a new phone I will probably go with whatever I can get my hands on first.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicolopolus:
Awesome phone - already convinced at least 3 people to buy one!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netnerd:
I used to have htc inspire/desire hd with 4.3 screen, galaxy s2 screen looks alot smaller! It looks more like 4" !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shocky2:
Happy with most things, but of course the GPS still doesnt work for me so it just feels like the SGS all over again.

I'll send it back to Samsung and see if they can fix it or replace the phone, why is the problem always with the damn GPS! :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
Well its 4.27 I believe ...but I agree but it does seem smaller than that compared to my Evo.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
You mean G2 has more memory. Right.

Evo has. 2 Gz more processing power ...but my guess is the memory makes up for it in terms of overall speed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoney73:
care to explain your statement? both phones have same Ghz, just different chips.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oozrafa:
you can type "about:useragent" in the browsers address bar to change the browser's agent (android, pc, etc...)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lone_Star:
I've been jumping around between phones for quite some time, and it feels like I've finally found one I can stick with. The only downside I've seen is the lack of a LED notification and the screen resolution. Both of which are not deal breakers for me though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beards:
I came from HTC phones and then moved on to the original SGS which did not have any LED Notification.

I thought it would be an issue but surprisingly I soon found I did not miss it in the slightest.

Since then I have added the Galaxy Tab and now the SGS II, all without LED Notification and as before you don't miss those lights. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
Was excited about this for a sec when I saw the options ...unfortunately the settings don't stick...less I'm really doing something wrong.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netnerd:
it shouldn't matter, I rarely use the stock browser. give Dolphin browser HD a try, it's my default browser.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shocky2:
Another thing I'm not happy about other than the broken GPS is the volume, it's not as loud as the Galaxy S, all the video and music I've tried needs to be turned up 2-3 extra notches to be as loud as the Galaxy S, especially when using headphones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FishTaco:
I was saying the Sensation/3D have identical CPU/GPU set ups (Qualcomm 8x60 @ 1.2 Ghz/Adreno 220). Except 3D has 1GB RAM vs. 768MB on Sensation.

Even though I wasnt referring to the S II, it also runs 1.2Ghz on Exynos 4210/Mali 400. What gives me pause from going with Sensation (or potentially 3D), since both will probably be out in the US before the S II, is that the S II performs better in Smartbench 2011 Productivity and Games scores., around 90% & 60% higher respectively. Smartbench takes advantage of both cores in testing and it includes both CPU and GPU tests. I just don't know how that translates in real world usage.

I guess I could wait until all phones are out in the US and check each one out. Of course the problem is waiting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockky:
Thanks,man. Yeah I don't find high correlation between the benchmark scores and real world performance. I have the SG2 right now...and Quadrant scores are 3200+ and 1700+ respectively on SGII and my Evo....take a site like Engadget and SG2 will download faster but

marginally ...like maybe 3-5 sec faster.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pixate:
First Impressions (week one) from an Iphone defector

Thought I would give my feedback as an ex-iphone user. I expect I'm not the only one tempted away from Apple with this phone!

Firstly I am mostly very impressed with this phone, but sadly I'm still trying to get it to a level I'm completely happy with. So far -

1. Replaced browser with dolphin HD.

2. Installed a few different music players (none are as good as the iphone for simplicity and general use out and about or in car). Also not overly impressed with the sound quality, it's a big downgrade from the iphone.

3. replaced the keyboard with the gingerbread one.

4. Still need to find away of viewing HTML emails in gmail so that they fit to screen, and can be zoomed in and out, rather than the scroll fest it is at the moment (any suggestions appreciated. Also the gmail interface seems somewhat cluttered, would be nice to strip it back to the basics!).

5. Iplayer (BBC) is very juddery, almost unwatchable, and you tube doesn't seem to want to zoom to fill the screen (another great feature of the iphone).

On a good note -

The screen is fantastic in low light (not so good when in the sun though!)

I love the control of customisation you get with Android, and the ability to drag and drop music / files etc.

It's going to take some getting used to to adjust to the android way, and there are still some outstanding niggles with the way it does somethings, but I won't be going back to my iphone just yet!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cezar`:
soo... from what I see here, the GPS story is almost the same as SGS 1... Anyone who actually used it for a longer trip (>20km) and in the city, could say different?

Is available in Czech Republic already for about 800$ so Im pretty close to buy it, but for these money i expect they fixed at least the most terrible/anoying issue they had in SGS1.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pHyR3:
i hate this phone because its so mean to other phones! XD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] desaputra:
best phone ever... thank god got my phone without any issue... except wireless N always drop... but Wireless G enough for internet streaming...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xanzaki:
so happy with the phone, sure waited long enough since the unveiling though!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safepacket:
i love every thing about this phone except for audio quality and cheap stock head phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soliveira:
Let's say that it as almost everything that it's needed.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
So, is it possible to flash the radio on the DHD without plugging it into the PC and going through the flastboot? Even though its quite easy, it would be much easier to do it straight from the phone, maybe some way to do it in the boot manager?

Replies much appreciated.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgroimax:
Try to serach on DESIRE HD development forum.

I found out a post where it was explained well. I think.

My first root was made with DHD, a Folder that I have downloaded and extracted on sd. Than with Terminal emulator I wrote some command lines like "su" and after that other one.

The procedure is like that but if I remember well, at the and U have to write flash radio radio.img.

Naturally the radio.img has to stay resident on your SD.

I'm sorry for poor details but try to search in the radio trhead...:confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
Thanks heaps, nice to know its possible, will be searchong around for it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
It may be possible with a modified PD98IMG.zip flashed through the bootloader. Not sure how it would be done exactly though.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
I was thinking it could be done through the terminal somehow
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
Once your phone reboots to "flash" the radio how will terminal emulator send the image?

It has to be done via PD98IMG.zip or fastboot.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
Oh true. See newbies don't think like that. Not possible to do it through recovery or something?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy:
As far as I understand, ClockworkMod Recovery cannot access the radio.

I could attempt to modify a PD98IMG.zip for you to try. I would't recommend it though. If your radio is borked you have no phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
Use fastboot. There's a reason why all the ROM devs say this.

It's the easiest and safest method. The radio is the one thing you do not want to get wrong.

Seriously, consider fastboot your only option. Period.

Sent using witchcraft via XDA Developers App.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SERGI.3210:
Do not complicate you buddy ... do it with FASTBOOT COMANDER, rapid, simple and sure enough ... in addition flash a baseband from the recovery does not look like a good idea:( be careful!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
Thanks everyone for the replies, normally I would be using fastboot but my PC doesn't have any internet access and its not so easy.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_JMM:
Do you need internet access to use fastboot commands?

Must be a windows thing then. Ubuntu works without.

Sent using witchcraft via XDA Developers App.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hopscotchjunkie:
Definitely don't need internet access to use fastboot commands; I assume he means to download the radio. I just download it on the phone and transfer to pc but I guess that's only an option if you've got a decent data plan (although radios are only about 11mb so it shouldn't hurt too much).

//sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk; all errors entirely intentional.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHAMAVELI:
Yeah I mean to download radios. Its quite a hastle in my current situation. I guess I've got to to stick with what I'm doing.
[Galaxy S II General] Carne_Asada_Fries:
For those of you who have transitioned from a nexus s, how does the wifi strength on this phone compare?
[Galaxy S II General] ragiut1:
also how does it compare with NS in terms of one-hand handling? can u reach the bottom buttons with ease, or do u have to adjust ur grip

bcoz NS is fantastic in one-hand handling
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tobyw01:
Has anyone seen a battery problem with the CM7.0.2 update? One day after I installed the update my battery destroyed itself. I replaced the battery did a full charge and the phone lasted very long. I tried to plug the phone in to charge it when it got to about 19%. The phone said charging but didn't charge the battery. The phone died so I took the battery out and charged it with an external charger I have. The phone booted but would never charge the battery when it said charging. So I dropped back to CM7.0.0 and its back to working normally.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
Wow. Now that's interesting!
[Streak 5 Accessories] manolov85:
Yesterday I Got my mugen 1800 mAh (original size) battery.

WOW!

Allmost 7 hours passed right now, doing what I always do (phonecalls, push email etc) and still 87% battery left!

The original battery was really OK (about 20/24 hours) to be honest, but this is much better
[Streak 5 Accessories] Alexanderbooth:
Your phone battery percentage, wont be calibrated for the new size in battery so you must have just used your phone less than you usually do. With extended battery, the percentage rate goes down to 1% just as fast as your old battery, but when its gets to 1 your battery just keeps going until it runs out.
[Streak 5 Accessories] manolov85:
You maybe right, but I just had the bluetooth and wifi on for the whole tima, made a few phonecalls and data push as always:

Running for more than 12 hours, percentage left is 61
[Streak 5 Accessories] shinydesert:
Just waiting to get paid and I will be purchasing that baby.

Glad you are happy with it.
[Streak 5 Accessories] miguel.b:
do you use any of the built in power conservation features, or apps maybe? I don't get that kind of performance with my 1800. Did you do the requisite 5 day 8 to 12 hour charges religiously?
[Streak 5 Accessories] manolov85:
The only energy saving thing I use is the automatic display brightness (android stock). Today I used the phone more intensive and after 10 hours still got 70% batt.

I only charge the phone when I go to sleep, for about 7/8 hours.

Im really happy with the new batt
[Streak 5 Accessories] betono:
Mine is not so good - with medium usage it barely survives working day...

I have gmail sync all the time and do not use wifi
[Streak 5 Accessories] Alexanderbooth:
Its strange how varied people's streak battery lasts. I use mine quite a bit, like listen to music and surf the internet and text for half and hour to and from work, then same for my half hour break and for my hour break at lunch, so that's 2 and a half hours of music net texting sometimes gaming also. And when I put it on charge before I go to sleep its normally over 50% everyday, it just about lasts 2 days doing the same thing on my breaks and on way to work. But normally charge it everyday just incase that's pretty good battery life I think. Might get one of these extended batteries. Really thinking about the massive 4800 one, but would like to see and hold it with it inbefore I bought it, but don't know anywhere that sells them where I live.
[Streak 5 Accessories] altugk:
I had one of those 1800 mAh batteries too but it gave me worse performance than stock. I returned it. I dont know what was wrong.
[Streak 5 Accessories] miguel.b:
the varied performance might have a little bit to do too with how many and what kind of apps are installed on a given device. I know I have a whole heap of stuff that I really have no serious need for, but see running in the background every so often doing what they do. I used to freeze them because I want to keep them, but don't necessarily want them right away.

I've done away with all that now though. Bought an Atrix with a 1930 Mha battery. Love the Streak as I did, I can now once again operate my phone with one hand again.