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[Galaxy S II General] FromToronto:
Great thread!

This is not a tip; but I was wondering if anyone knows how the default homescreen order (defaulted to the left-most screen) can be changed to the middle? I'm used to beign able to scroll left or right rather than just right. I remember someone posting a tip on how to make this work in another thread but I forgot which thread/page it was.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] ukmoto:
Assuming you're using the stock TW launcher, whilst in any of the screens ( not the program screen) , press the left-hand ( MENU) button, press EDIT, the screens will shrink back. Press and hold and drag any screen to anywhere you want.
[Galaxy S II General] FromToronto:
Thanks for your input. This does work, however, I should rephrase my question and ask how this can be done without the 'homescreen' always referring to panel "1" on the left-most side? I guess what I'm saying is that I want Panel 3 to be the default go-to screen, or any other except panel 1.
[Galaxy S II General] ozcr:
You can change the order of the homescreens as described by ukmoto, but you as far as I'm aware you can't change the default homescreen, i.e. specify the 4th screen in the order to be the default home.
[Galaxy S II General] ozcr:
Camera Mute

Found a simple tip on www.galaxys2tips.com which actually brought me back to XDA for muting the camera sound.

You have to root phone, then ... nevermind I'll just copy and paste it...

"Your phone has to be rooted, then use a program like Root Explorer and navigate to the Root folder, then the Data folder. Then create a file called local.prop and enter one line of text in the file which reads: ro.camera.sound.forced=0 then restart your phone. Now you can switch the sound off by muting your phone. Tada!"
[Galaxy S II General] PoTi_96:
Found a little bug: :P

If you press volume buttons (for the ringer volume) then there will be a little sound...

But... If you press the home button right after the volume up(or down) the sound won't play...

Btw... You have to be fast ;)

Swyped from my overclocked GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S II General] PoTi_96:
This is well known and also a normal android "command line"

There are somd threads and lots of posts about this

Swyped from my overclocked GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S II General] Elythor:
Yes you can change the default home screen. You need to be rooted though: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1080774
[Galaxy S II General] Elvoski:
Did for me, its a gingerbread and an android in like an oil panting.
[Galaxy S II General] ozcr:
Awesome, did not know that. thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] jgittins:
I can't get this to work. Menu > edit just shows me the 7 home screens and lets me change the order of them. I want to change the 4 icons at the bottom.
[Galaxy S II General] sleeco:
Go into applications then edit, long press and move/delete.
[Galaxy S II General] will-i-am1977:
I just found this out, sorry if its already posted before

When you choose 'phone' to make a call, rather than going through contacts, you can use the numeric keypad and type the name of the person you want to contact.

Ie: you want to contact your mate chris.

you type 24747, from the moment you start typing the numbers your friend (chris) will come up as an option.

You can now tap on him and either choose call or sms
[Galaxy S II General] hoezay:
Nice one !
[Galaxy S II General] risi37:
First of all I'm very new to the scene ( i know you get that alot ) but i wanted to ask some noob question , and i tried searching but i didn't find what i needed. So first I need to clear something out. I have kernel 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKE7-CL215725 root@DELL103 #2 , from the searching i did i found out that root@DELL103 #2 is from Chainfire, is that correct ? does it mean im safe to use this method now EDIT: Im talking about this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

Now i have some other question.How do i start ODIN ? or how do i install it ?

- Unzip the attached CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.zip * should i place the unziped file to the phone , if so , where should i put it ?

- (USB) Disconnect your phone from your computer

- Start ODIN

- Click the PDA button, and select CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.tar

- Put your phone in download mode ** how do i do that ?

- (USB) Connect the phone to your computer

- Make sure repartition is NOT checked

- Click the START button

- Wait for the phone to reboot

- Done (if it took you more than 30 seconds, you need practise!)

I am sorry for all this noob question , but this is my first android phone . Hope someone will asnwer my questions :)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] dickie2007:
to be honest buddy, this is a thread for feature discoveries, so this is way off-topic!!

if you have a question, theres a Q&A sub-forum for that (http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1148), but everything you need to know to install custom roms/kernels is available in the respective roms/kernels thread, found in the development sub-forum (http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1058)

everything you need to know about roms, flashing, kernels, Odin, mods etc is in the dev forum...

Dickie
[Galaxy S II General] risi37:
Yeah I've noticed that , but i replied to the official thread but it redirected me here , because i need to have more than 10 post to post there , and then i didn't know if i should delete my post or not ? since the the site directed me here.Anyways thanks for the reply and for the info . I did also post on Q&A section though :)
[Galaxy S II General] h_kiat:
It works and thanks for sharing!
[Galaxy S II General] spvm2000:
SIM Unlocking tip

Firstly great thread.

I have seen threads with people talking about paying to unlock the phone.

There is free app in the market place call "Galaxy S2 SIM Unlock".

Have just tested it on my rooted, debranded Orange S2 and it works perfectly.
[Galaxy S II General] Shadey1:
First post. I've been a constant browser since my ZTE Blade, but since I got the S2 I found it a more viable forum than Modaco was :/

That is very helpful though, I jsut got rid of the sound by dropping cyanogen (among other ROMs) onto my old phone. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] pizzadhut9:
i just updated my software again! but i dont know what new features it has. i think my screen capture thing was buggy with the ke7 update, and now it's working just fine. anyone know if we got any changes with the most recent update? it says kernel version 2.6.37.7 (that is what gets updated right?)
[Galaxy S II General] vaibhavsharma:
Here's a list of 15+ tips/tricks/shortcuts that I've complied in text and on video, derived from what I knew, what I read here and a few other places. Hope this helps new users from having to go through 14 pages! :)

hxxp://thehandheldblog.com/2011/06/14/galaxy-s2-tips-tricks/

Oh and I can't post links yet, so you'll have to bear with the xx in http! ;)

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] jackhol:
tnx nice vid :D
[Galaxy S II General] copponex:
Isn't there a way to put more apps into the notification bar og maybe change some of them. For example i would like 3g on/off to be in my notification bar together with wifi, gps etc :)?
[Galaxy S II General] blunted09:
On the text screen swipe to the right on a persons text preview and it will automatically call that contact!
[Galaxy S II General] Smartphoner:
thanx for ur effort to add up the tricks

another one...

if u want to reboot ur device with one click, a very very long press on the power button will do the job!
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
This also works if the device has crashed ;)
[Galaxy S II General] p3dr0maz:
Novelty account? Ur username's awesome and makes ur post that much greater lol!
[Galaxy S II General] maxxell:
Nice video! Thanks. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
A novelty account with 450+ posts? This is my name, dammit ;) Mr Sarcasm to you.

Also, it does reboot the device when crashed. Try it. Mine's locked up quite a lot recently whilst I've been testing different overclock frequencies and voltages. When it's hard-locked, the power button will still switch it off after a very long press (~10 secs).
[Galaxy S II General] MouFou:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1080774 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] MoeBD:
you can move a whole home screen or app drawer screen in the pinch to zoom by just clicking on the screen you want then simply move it wherever you like

touchwiz is not that bad

thanks for the thread
[Galaxy S II General] dfi2k5:
Anyone used 3 fingers to scroll through youtube videos? Give it a try... ;)
[Galaxy S II General] shandoli:
I did. Nothing happened brah

Sent from galaxy S 2 using xda app
[Galaxy S II General] dfi2k5:
it scrolls alot faster comparing to using one finger. try to use 3 fingers simultaneous. it also works in file manager.
[Galaxy S II General] pik1:
confirmed!
[Galaxy S II General] soyef:
Also works on the XDA app
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
confirmed, scrolling speed gradually increases, all the way to 21 fingers. thank G-d this thing has a large screen.
[Galaxy S II General] dfi2k5:
good one! ;)
[Galaxy S II General] richyy74:
Maybe already mentioned:

In TW4 place your finger on page indicator and after the page number appears pull it sideways. You can page through quickly. Work both on homescreen and app drawer.
[Galaxy S II General] lfabresm:
I tested on my SGS2 and it's working. I live in Chile :)
[Galaxy S II General] Krizp0:
Also, if you try scrolling with two fingers in e.g. the file manager, it stops scrolling right away after letting go instead of continuing... :p
[Galaxy S II General] MouFou:
if you're using the nonswipe keyboard ... you can get to the symbols and back if you simply move your finger from left to right (or the other way round) over the keyboard:)
[Galaxy S II General] Smartphoner:
Top of browser??

Is there a way to reach the very top of any browser page ur on when ur at the very bottom without scrolling all the way back??? "like the option in iphone browser"
[Galaxy S II General] osamat:
i think it can be done using the dolphin browser , it has gestures that can do that.
[Galaxy S II General] davey.tran:
Swipe up or down with three fingers, it's not an instant scroll just a very fast scroll to the top or bottom.

Works in messaging as far as I know
[Galaxy S II General] Kelvin.T:
Anyone having trouble to mark multi emails as read?

so far fastest way i foung is use landscape mode and go through the email 1 by 1. faster than in port mode and press + hold for sub menu and mark as read.

also anyone have problem with the regular music player which stops during media scans ? (it scans randomly)

ty
[Galaxy S II General] thompps:
Hi, did you ever get this sorted? I was lucky enough to come across on the first night (which I mmediately saw value in after having an iPhone dinging all night long!) a setting that will help you.

If you open the Mail app, and whilst in Inbox go to the menu button, select 'More' and then 'Account settings'. In there is 'Synch schedule' at the bottom.

You can set when to receive email through peak and non-peak. I set mine to only be on Push email between 8am and 9pm, I will only get mail out of these times if I go into the app.

Quiet nights :)
[Galaxy S II General] linkin85:
I discovered new feature today, you can view all the calendars by month by using two finger multitouch, just like you do on the homepage to view all the screens
[Galaxy S II General] bakewelluk:
Good find, I might start randomly pinching in on all the menus just to see if it works with anything else :p
[Galaxy S II General] gurpreet3579:
hi guys this is how we can change the TouchWiz main icons/shortcuts.

This is to help people who have not figured out how to change the Apps at the bottom of the screen in TouchWiz 3.0.Edit

First, open your app drawer. You should now be looking at your Apps.

Now, press menu, then 'view type,' and choose 'Customizable grid.'

Now , press menu one more time and select 'Edit.'

Now you can long press the apps at the bottom and drag them back into the app drawer (Long press any app in the app drawer and drag it into the TouchWiz bottom bar).

Hope this helps some of you out there. :D
[Galaxy S II General] ajayjohn:
Dunno if this is something which has always been there. But I just found it recently :-P

You can simply touch the corresponding dot in the screen indicator, either on the homescreen or the app drawer, to goto that screen...
[Galaxy S II General] darkriderz:
Check this link mate...

All of the SGS2 tricks

http://thehandheldblog.com/2011/06/14/galaxy-s2-tips-tricks/
[Galaxy S II General] Dr.Sid:
In camera, you can zoom using both volume keys and pinch zoom.
[Galaxy S II General] ozcr:
Here's another site w/a pretty decent list of tips, http://galaxys2tips.com/index.php/tips-a-tricks/37-tips/58-galaxy-s2-tips-are-here
[Galaxy S II General] Roman5:
Don't know if it's been mentioned, but if you pinch the month view tab in calendar, it gives you a year view. The pinch seems to be a bit hit and miss to activate though.
[Galaxy S II General] joheus:
I'm new to the Galaxy phones so I'm not sure if this has existed in the previous iterations...

Camera App

Pressing the Preferences Button (Gear Icon) - will bring up a menu of preferences and options...

Instead of doing that, press and hold it - this will bring up a new icon menu that will let drag and drop onto 4 slots on the left. U can select upto 4 preferences shorcuts to put on the left...
[Galaxy S II General] dargaud:
Video forward jump ?

OK, sorry I've got no trick to post, but one question. On my previous HTC, the < and > arrows in the video vplayer would jump back or forward 15s. On the S2 it goes to the next video, making it not only useless but actively dangerous. How can I jump a few seconds in a video and how can I remove those stupid buttons ?
[Galaxy S II General] Alex530:
Does about:useragent work?

Sent from a Silicon Galaxy™
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
How do you mark all emails as read?

how do you increase the amount of apps held in the background?
[Galaxy S II General] d3l1:
I ditched the sotck e-mail client and started using K9 Mail again. There you can simply long-press the folder of your choice or press the menu button and select "mark all as read".
[Galaxy S II General] stoolzo:
yeah, me too. I used to like the stock email client, but K9 is much better than I think.
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
k9 is great, i get instant notification when a new mail arrives, with the stock one you have to select specifi intervals for notifications...

also i ditched the stock sms app for GO sms, much more smooth and clean that Handcent and with great support
[Galaxy S II General] Doopliss:
I wouldn't have known about the brightness adjustment on the notifications bar without this topic. That's so much more convenient than going to the homescreen and using the power widget.
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
What brightness adjusment?
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
Is k9 ad free?
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
yes

GTi9100-xdaPremiumApp
[Galaxy S II General] Dr Tone:
If you have brightness set to manual all you have to do is hold your finger down on the status bar up top for a second and then slide left or right to adjust the brightness. No need to going into Settings.
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
f'in amazing :-D

thanks for clearing this up for me, it didn't work before 'cause I use auto brightness

GTi9100-xdaPremiumApp
[Galaxy S II General] d3l1:
Omg same here I was wondering why it didn't work ... silly me!

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
I know that generally Android does not like connect to ad-hoc wifi but was hoping against hope that someone with an Eee Pad can check if that is still the case?

I'm definitely getting one once i can get my molesty hands on some stock somewhere, but when out and about, my trusty Treo Pro only creates an ad-hoc wifi network via wmwifirouter (works excellent with other portable wifi devices i have).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luisasia:
well, I'm using Barnacle with a rooted Atrix 4G and the transformer can't connect to the ad hoc network.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deeko1:
I can't connect my Transformer to my HTC Hero running an ad-hoc WiFi hotspot. However, it works fine over bluetooth....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
Ah ha, at least bluetooth tethering works. At least that's an option i have. Thanks for checking guys.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunjinSak:
Argh! Does this mean I can't use the 'Wifi Hotspot' app built into my phone (DHD) to share its 3G connection with my Transformer whilst I'm out and about?

Because I was kind of relying on that.

I may have to cancel my pre-order :-(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
It's an Android issue in general, nothing specific to the Transformer specifically. The latest wifi tether for root users i think now does Infrastructure mode and also bluetooth tethers as well.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prof-KOS:
You can tether it through Bluetooth, which is better IMO. Every time I use Wifi Hotspot on my N1, I start having crashes and memory issues. I had rather use BT for this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brachiopod:
I don't know about that particular phone, but if the hotspot is infrastructure mode (like what is built into Froyo), the TF will be able to connect to it and use it. If it is Ad Hoc, then there will be trouble, Android in general does not support connecting to Ad Hoc (could have changed in Honeycomb now, I but I don't think so). I've used my TF with the Infrastructure hotspot on my Optimus phone, for example, it works fine. Figure out what kind of hotspot your phone does.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunjinSak:
Do you need to be rooted on either/both devices to do that?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SunjinSak:
I'm not sure what type it does but I'll do a little research. Thanks for the advice.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyz3:
Tested mine with my Samsung Galaxy - ATT- with Mobile hotspot and it works fine.

Connected without any problems- hope that helps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prof-KOS:
I'm not sure. I can't test because my phone has pretty much always been rooted.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] combat goofwing:
I'm interestedin this as I plan to use my DHD with leedroid Rom to WiFi hotspot

LEEDROID DESIRE HD using XDA PREMIUM
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
I am stuck in the country with no wifi and no way to tether my brand new TF to my phone...any solutions for windows mobile 6.5? Is there an app that does infrastructure wifi sharing?

Please?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
On Windows Mobile, use wmwifirouter and choose the bluetooth tethering option. See if that works.

Someone a few posts up mentioned that he's tethering his TF via bluetooth to his Android phone.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarofloyd:
It definetely depends on the phone. wireless tether to my buddy's HTC Evo worked yet didnt with my HTC Hero. Luckily, the bluetooth does work exceptionally well so theres no worries!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
I installed the trial of Wmwifirouter, but the bluetooth tether option is grayed out. Maybe a limitation of the trial?

I just can't believe that there isn't a better solution for this. Surely there is a utility or a workaround for those of us in tethering hell!!! GahhhH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
Would this be feasible on a honeycomb device?

http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Enable_Adhoc_Networking
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gatolsf:
has anyone tried to tether with the EVO?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwer23:
I saw a patch for another tablet somewhere to enable ad-hoc wifi. it was a zip for cwm, but most definitely it was built for earlier android version. i'll look for it nonetheless and report back.

cheers

qwer23

Sent from my rooted X10i using awesome custom roms
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tastycakess:
Yea I have on my Evo w/ CM7. The Wifi Tether app doesn't work as guessed but the built in Wifi Tether does (Settings > Wireless > Tethering). Also I couldn't get bluetooth to tether but I didn't spend much time on it.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubermetroid:
Please do. My droid (cm 6)does not wanttotalk to my tf.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
Thanks!

I think it would be an enormous breakthrough if someone can get adhoc wifi to work on honeycomb.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarofloyd:
My friend has an Evo and we were able to connect to his wireless tether without any problems
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwer23:
Here's what I found:

Guide:

NookColor Enable Adhoc Networking

It's obviously for the Nook Color and I have no clue if it works for the Transformer because mine is bricked, but you can give it a try.

I also added the ad-hoc patch file as attachment, so you can download it directly. Good luck!

edit:

The switch-adhoc.zip is the patch from the above guide.

The second attachment, wpa_adhoc-signed.zip is another zip file that SHOULD enable ad-hoc wifi. This one is flashable via ClockWorkMod Recovery mode. But you have to try if it works, don't really know.

edit2: the NookColor method should most probably work for honeycomb. Here's a xda-thread I found that links to the exactly same guide as I did :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
Yeah, that's what I posted above. I guess I'll give it a shot and see what happens!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwer23:
Sorry, totally overlooked that :o
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lintrix:
Tried the switch-adhoc.zip and installation was aborted without any specifics. the second zip gave an error saying Amend scripting was depreciated by Google in Android 1.5.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmcbay:
I have an LG Optimus V on Virgin Mobile running CM7 through aospCMod and my Transformer tethers through it flawlessly using the built-in Gingerbread Wifi tethering functionality.

Not bad for a $25/month unlimited data/unlimited text plan :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zach Alt:
Bluetooth tethering is so frakkin slowwwww.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
I would much rather take slooooow rather than nooooooo.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerrykur:
Great. My Evo Wifi hotspot supports everything else I have (NC, iPad, laptops, etc). Glad to know there will be no issues with the TF.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatlardo:
Does any one have an Iphone 4 tether sucessfully trough Mywi?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zach Alt:
Me.

If you are running iOS 4.3 or greater, MyWi will create an infrastructure hotspot.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan_fawcett77:
I can conect my transformer to my desire HD portable hotspot no problems just gotta watch my use age now when I'm out and about :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostmimic:
Bah i am still on 4.01 on my 3GS (yes I am lazy) but this one the hot spot doesn't show up, only managed bluetooth tethering so far
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknown_owner:
I have as well. used the wifi app, but couldn't get the Bluetooth tether to work with the app.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speckledpig:
Arrgh. I've been looking since the weekend and I still can't find an app (either Windows Mobile 6.5 or Android 2.2) that works on my Tilt 2.

This SUCKS.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JaiaV:
On the iPhone you need the newer updates that have the built-in tethering option unlocked (through carrier or tweak) to use infrastructure tethering.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
You're telling me that wmwifirouter did not work on your Windows Mobile Tilt 2?