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[Vibrant General] 6dlt:
SGS II is my next phone!

Sent from my SGH-T959: Trigger 3.0.1, Overstock 2.4.1
[Vibrant General] ronin4740:
The SGS II looks like it will be the best phone on the market when it's released and I might just buy one even though my partial subsidy for a new phone likely won't have gone into effect when it's released.

I do think I'll wait a month or so before i take the plunge to see which of the Dev's pick one up and begin customizing ROM's for this phone. I like my Vibrant but that's in large part due to Sombionix, Eugene and Birgertime (to name a few) who have taken their time to brew up ROM's that make the Vibrant perform at or near it's full ability. Without them and the other Dev's I'd like this phone a LOT less...
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
i'll definitely consider the sgs2, but will wait and see how/when the release happens in the us first. i was unhappy about samsung's lack of updates, but overall i don't think a new phone has come out that is good enough to warrant me ditching my vibrant. sgs2 may be enough of a tech leap forward.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
thanks for the response. good read. so samsung got rid of the RFS file system?
[Vibrant General] willentrekin:
My plan: wait until a different SGSII hits each carrier, considering a different SGS hit each major (and minor) carrier the first time around. Wait a solid two months while monitoring the XDA forums. Determine which SGSII on which carrier has the most enthusiastic support from the developer community.

Purchase accordingly.

Because **** AT&T-Mobile. #noloyalty
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
that's part of my plan. i want to wait and see if they do the same dumb fragmentation thing with the us carriers or if we get a uniform release. if it's fragmented, i will see if i can get an international and if it works on tmob.
[Vibrant General] }{Alienz}{:
Hell yeah.

:)

I'm getting one as soon as price of one (new or used) is under $500. My 1.5Ghz Vibrant is fast enough for the time being.
[Vibrant General] ttabbal:
Last word I saw was that the international version won't work with tmo 3/4g. It should work with att though.

As a dev, the lack of updates and source are huge for me. The hardware is great, but the best hardware doesn't matter if the software sucks.

They have improved, rfs is gone, and i9k source for the gingerbread kernel was out quickly. Those are good. However, the phones are quickly becoming laptop replacement level devices. I refuse to be held up on software updates. They need to understand that they are making computers with cell modems built in now, not just phones. And computers get updates. I want to see security patches made available, and even paid updates to new versions of the os would be something...

To really get my attention, get friendly with the devs. Help us out, after all, we are donating our time and work to make your device better. Major points for providing aosp build trees.

Dreaming? Maybe... But if we don't put it out there, can we expect to get it?

I'll probably just hope the next nexus is based on sgs2.. Lol
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
Excellent discussion here, thanks to all.
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
brilliant discusion, ty u guys!! ty for link to review! man what a phone my mouth is just salivating thinking about it. damm us carriers
[Vibrant General] Paging Dr B:
All phones have this problem.
[Vibrant General] Paging Dr B:
Lol, a couple months for a smartphone is like eon's. There'll be something bigger and better out by then. Might as well strike while the iron is hot... and fresh. ;)
[Vibrant General] junglerumble:
Engadget has Steve Jobs **** in their mouth and they are the biggest apple fanboys on the face of the planet and if they of all people said the SGS2 is the best smartphone ever, oh lawdy lawd you better believe it's amazing.
[Vibrant General] junglerumble:
reviews state that the build quality could've been better but it's still a very solid phone and the build has improved over it's predecessor.

People are also reporting that the sgs2 has fantastic battery life. (20+ hours with moderate to heavy use)
[Vibrant General] eviLutions:
+1
[Vibrant General] aludus:
How is an international version better than a carrier locked version? I'm asking because the only benefit I can see in an international version is that there is no middle man (carrier) to block upgrades.

BUT, if samsung stops upgrading the device then it really doesn't matter if you're on international or carrier phones. Then it really just comes down to if there are devs on XDA that are willing to work on our phones.

Am I right? Or is there another reason for buying an International version?
[Vibrant General] rakeshchn:
Other than timely updates international version will have FM receiver which most probably for some mysterious reason US phones won't have.
[Vibrant General] funeralthirst:
because the international has been getting all the updates first. and the international sells many more units so there are more people using it. go look at all the roms and devs for the i9k vs the vibrant.
[Vibrant General] aludus:
no argument there, i guess it's the price we pay for being on aws bands... imo the vibrant looks nicer than the i9000 :D
[Vibrant General] Segnaro:
The only negative is that the international version only has the bands to work on AT&T 3G, but might not be an issue if the merger gets approved.
[Vibrant General] aludus:
^ it will matter for canadian customers on Wind/mobilicity. Thoes bands only run on 1700 aws
[Vibrant General] down8:
#NeverAgain

I got the G2x & have no regrets.

I can admit the GSG2 looks like an amazing phone. But, so did the SGS when it launched - and look what happened. GPS, RFS, lack of updates/support. Suposedly they fixed the first 2, but everyone should doubt the 3rd.

Off to wait for the G'bread rollout....

-bZj
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
Well, the lesson I've learned isn't not to buy samsung, it's not to buy a device with so many variants that are identical, but slightly different. I believe that is the main issue, seeing as how the i9000 saw updates much quicker than vibrant. Other than poor gps and laggy performance initially, I really like my vibrant.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Not sure why everyone is still slamming Samsung for updates. Is updating the Galaxy S international series to Gingerbread and providing the source code within a day or two not enough? The phone launched with eclair and based on previous updates, most Android devices only receive 2 or 3 updates.
[Vibrant General] Settai:
Na Gizmodo is way worse then Engadget is. But anyways yea this phone is an absolute monster, period. Beats the G2x in every category and doesn't the G2x ship with froyo??

Oh and for the record Samsung has definitely learned there lesson with software updates. SGS already has gingerbread on the way on the international version, can't say that about most phones.
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
What makes anyone believe that Samsung has learned their lesson. Gingerbread was released on *their* phone. It's been 5 months and there is no word on it being available on the Samsung Galaxy S phones which is almost identical to the Nexus S. If they had learn their lesson, Gingerbread would have been available for the Galaxy S line in Jan.

I'm with you in that I love my Vibrant, but it's because of Bionix. Not Samsung. Buying another Samsung phone, until they have demonstrably changed their behavior on a 2-3 phones would be like an abused wife going back to her husband on promises of reformed character.

No way, I'm buying another Samsung phone (or tablet).
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
On the contrary, a phone that sells worldwide with very few real distinctions and thereby has massive sales, should be easily supported.

The i9000 did not get a Froyo update until 7 months after Froyo was released. The i9000 after 4 months still has no Gingerbread. The GPS on the phone is quite simply broken and Samsung should have fixed it at their expense. Instead they simply ignored their customers.

This is what Sony Erickson did with their P9xx line and other models and are now paying the price. Anybody who bought the p900 should be loath to touch another SE phone. Until Samsung realizes that there is a price to pay for poor support, they are not going to improve. And they haven't improved!!!
[Vibrant General] I Phone Killer:
SGS 2 is the way to go. Othar than a dual core proscesor the G2x aint got much going for it.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
what are you smoking? The i9000 got gingerbread already and is one of the first to get it. If your GPS is really bad, Samsung will repair your device like they did with mine. Mine is working fine now.
[Vibrant General] cjggilbert:
The international version is missing the 1700 MHz frequency that TMO uses for the 3g portion of their data.That is the only thing holding me back from getting it now. Yes is does have all the frequencies for use with AT&T. I can only anticipate that they (Samsung) will add the missing frequency to the TMO version,,,,,,can't wait
[Vibrant General] down8:
How did you get that done? I'd be willing to send in my Vibrant to get "repaired" & see if it makes any difference....

-bZj
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Just be nice and request that your GPS be repaired. State that all the updates and solutions did nothing to help your GPS, including their GPSRestore application. They should send you a shipping label and repair number to get your phone repaired.

I cannot promise that your GPS will get any better, but it did solve mine.
[Vibrant General] gagb1967:
SGS II

I got after my vibrant a SGS 4g and everything is working fine. I would give SGS II a chance. It seems to be a beast 4.3 SAMOLED PLUS its even better, and saves more battery, all reviews are raving about this phone. If it is not too big for your hands, I wouldn't think twice

The update issue, well, not too sure I can pin it on Samsung. International versions got it much way much faster than we did, and it may be issue with carriers more than Samsung
[Vibrant General] down8:
Be nice to who? Do you have a phone number at Samsung?

-bZj

G2x in effect....
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
The last I read about it, they pulled the update. Maybe they re-released it. Still. It took them 4 months to provide an update to a phone which is near identical. You think that's good. Fine. I don't.
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
Really? The rep that you are connected to!
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
At least they released the kernel source which is really all XDA needs. Stock Android is not the same as Touchwiz as you know, and the Nexus S software is made by Google, so I doubt Samsung had any say or experience in that.

Great. I hope you realize Samsung is the first non Nexus manufacturer to release Gingerbread on a device that did not ship with it.
[Vibrant General] larryvand:
I don't care what people say about Samsung but I love my Galaxy S Vibrant and there is no question that I will be getting the Galaxy SII when it arrives. Samsung makes by far the best hardware, that is full wide open for XDA developers to modify as they please. And with the excellent support here at XDA, there is no question in my mind that the Samsung Galaxy SII will be the best Android smartphone in the world... till the Galaxy SIII next year...
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Except that Samsung released Froyo for the SGS way back in September of last year.

And they were the first to release Gingerbread to an existing device (again, the SGS). And the first to release their Gingerbread source.

Precisely.
[Vibrant General] Settai:
K name me another non Nexus phone that has gingerbread
[Vibrant General] ryselije:
SGS II vs LG O2X

go to gsmarena.com, there is SGS II vs LG Optimus 2x comparsion ;)

sry, i can't post full link :(

/samsung_galaxy_s_ii_vs_lg_optimus_2x-review-585.php
[Vibrant General] XPLANE9:
So in that case, the HTC Desire, a remake of the Nexus One with Sense should have also received a quick update?
[Vibrant General] os2baba:
Gingerbread was released on Nexus S which is Samsung's phone that is almost identical to the Galaxy S line. If they can't release Gingerbread on the Galaxy S line 4 months later, you may be happy with that. I certainly am not. On top of that, they don't release their drivers. Look at CyanogenMod running on practically any HTC phone. My next phone is either an HTC or something like the LG G2X which can be easily upgraded to the latest Android release.

I must say that I'm disappointed with HTC locking their bootloaders in the newer phones. But that will get cracked if it hasn't already.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Way to try to justify your hypocrisy.

Did HTC release Froyo to their "entire line" of phones within 4 months of the Nexus One? After all, they released the flasgship Froyo phone. So using your logic, all of HTC's phones should have been updated immediately.

My Hero and G1 don't have an official release of Froyo yet.

That said, the original, international GalaxyS has Gingerbread. It's had it for - what - a month now? The fact remains that it is the first phone that's been updated with Gingerbread. It's the first with its source released.
[LG Optimus 2x] nathsgames:
Lucky for us, the 2X has the built in method for screen capturing, of holding down the power and home buttons.

This makes taking screenshots very easy!

So let's see them!
[LG Optimus 2x] Glutues Maximus:
Can't do that. Have to do a battery-pull first :(
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Perhaps it would be better to just use the existing screenshots thread...
[LG Optimus 2x] temasek:
Nice! What theme is that?
[LG Optimus 2x] nathsgames:
Oh I looked for one and Couldn't find one, where is it?
[LG Optimus 2x] nathsgames:
Hi it's a combination of:

Minimalistic Text for the time

Beautiful Widgets for the Toggles

OneSeven for the day

Simple Calender for the calendar

The dock is a custom one I found

Fonts are custom images I found
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
It's in the themes & apps sub forum :)
[LG Optimus 2x] nathsgames:
:o Sorry :-)

We can let this thread die then.
[LG Optimus 2x] hei6185:
Good. I can capture screenshots without root.
[LG Optimus 2x] mrBira:
Niiice! Mind sharing your dockicons? :)
[LG Optimus 2x] nathsgames:
Sure if u can pm me i will get you the whole collection.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] smor40:
Hallo !

I have rooted my phone and install xrexovery

and using Baseband 58

And tray Achotjan Rom 2.2.1 versjon 0.09 and 3g come after 1-2 weeks?

but after i install verjon 01.3 and 01.4 and CM6.1.3 but can not get 3g /Data.

only wifi work

I have try to flash baseband 58 again but sille not 3g/data :-(

Is ther any one that can help me?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Crowds:
1st

why do people insist opening a question thread on devs section?! it`s becoming urrggg!!!

2nd

on subject.

i don`t know the rom in question so its based on with BB? do you have the right one installed? try install cobrato`s package (search on dev section)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jpminou:
check ur APN settings or call ur operator to send u the settings
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] rtblittlebrown:
Ikno right
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] smor40:
I am sorry to put new thread

But when you write in a thread nobody answare :-(

So i am very sorry.

But i got answare her :-)))

Settings ->

Wireless & Networks ->

Mobile Networks ->

Access Point Names ->

point on my network and then i work. :-)))

Tank you very much
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] kxhawkins:
That is specifically listed as a reason NOT to post in Android Development in the forum rules:

I don't understand what people don't get about "Stop!!!before you post - read this now!!!" but this is really getting old.

First and foremost, this is a place of development. Respect those who are willing to follow the rules or don't post. It's that simple.

Reported to mods.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Mr. Clown:
cerrado=closed.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad2525:
hello, see if there is someone that I clarify something, some time ago when you add my facebook account on the phone (HD2) and went to images appeared to me my facebook photo albums, but I did a hard reset to clean and now when I add the account adds photo albums? I think it touches everything that can be configured but not add them, and probe to eliminate it and add it again, anyone know anything?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtboos:
??

When you integrate facebook into your phone, it shows your facebook albums in your pictures hub. Not sure what the issue you are having is?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mad2525:
well the solution, you must first synchronize facebook account and then the Windows Live ID, and then I showed all my albums of Facebok in the images folder, so I had to do a hard reset and synchronize facebook account first, and then the hotmail.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moehagene:
Im rooted using glad root. I have gladiatrix installed. What should I do before updating. Im on 1.5.7 right now.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KefkaticFanatic:
I'm not entirely certain, but I believe that you'll have to reflash an SBF (1.2.6 or 1.5.7). From what I've read, the update checks for deodex and simply won't go through if you have it. (Which GingerBlur, GreyBlur, and GladiAtrix all have)

Of course this is assuming you're referring to updating to the next firmware.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moehagene:
Ya I am. I didn't sign up for the beta but this morning I had a message to download the update. I downloaded it but have yet to install. I wanted to know what to do first.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brian2220:
i was able to reroot on 1.8.3 using GladiAtrix 2 after updating from 1.5.7 with root if that helps anyone
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Yea but if you're rooted with 1.5.7 do you just run Gladatrix to preserve root then update then run afterupdate again?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moehagene:
I reflashed to 1.26. Before update. Update to 1.5.7. After upadte. Updated to 1.8 whatever it is. Then after update. I just haven't put a rom on yet. I think im gonna wait to see if something ia updated soon by devs
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Weird when I do the same steps, when I run Afterupdate when I'm on 1.8 it errors and says "osh/sbin/frozenfish: Not found"
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moehagene:
U have Ian debugging enabled? After 1.8 update I had to reenable it
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
Just saw that Google released 2.3.4 for Nexus S, was wondering if anyone has gotten the update OTA and could share it for manual updaters.

I got this info on the GoogleMobile blog.
[Nexus S General] Jrbourque:
Is going to release ....hasn't done so yet
[Nexus S General] Computar:
I never even got the 2.3.3 OTA, but I guess from what a lot of people were saying, that's probably for the best.
[Nexus S General] kmmxracer:
Anyone know when the release date is?
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
They say over the next few weeks, like always.
[Nexus S General] pkilla:
I never got the 2.3.3 update ether to I manually did it

myself yesterday it was so easy... hopefully that's not the case with 2.3.4

I hope too get it over the air then having too do it myself come

on Google y'all slacking
[Nexus S General] dhp:
Anyone know what bugs/optimizations will be fixed in 2.3.4?
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
Yea, it would be good to see some release notes for this update
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
If you got the update, can you share what you did to get it?
[Nexus S General] instigator008:
Posted to AOSP already! CM will have it up soon!

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-234-and-proprietary-binaries-pushed-aosp
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Just do it manually!! Look it up on the search bar. Drag it to your phone and install. That simple!
[Nexus S General] Si_NZ:
Somebody already received the update. Is XXKD1 the new radio?

Image from http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=565&t=2125314&p=3
[Nexus S General] leonlmf:
i cant believe it I am going to restore stock rom now
[Nexus S General] matt2053:
I'm new to the Nexus. His long is it usually before the signed update can be downloaded from Google?
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Once someone gets the OTA and pulls the link from a logcat you can freely download it. It will not be posted publicly by Google.

To someone higher in the thread - fixes: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3812c1acf93b482f&hl=en

Also, supporting the picture above the Google Mobile thread says it's going out already:
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
My wifes ns got it, but she updated before I could pull it
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Let her know there are a lot of disappointed people right now ;)
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
Oh, I have. Its bugging the **** out of me, she could care less
[Nexus S General] matt2053:
Why would it not be posted by Google? I downloaded 2.3.3 from Google.....?
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
You downloaded it from Google's servers - they do not publicly post the links though, as in GO HERE TO GET THE OTA! We'll have to wait for it to be received by someone who then will pull it from the logcat (or wait for your IMEI to get flagged and then the subsequent checkin).
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
Theres no way to pull it from a phone after its updated ?
[Nexus S General] zero383:
Can we still get ota updates with CWM installed?
[Nexus S General] matt2053:
Then I guess my question is, how did the 2.3.3 link become available? Do you expect a similar kink to become available for 2.3.4? If so how long after the OTA starts would you expect that to be?
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
Someone has to pull the link from there phone before they hit the update button
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
So close, yet so far
[Nexus S General] NPS_CA:
For all OTA's we've given links on here on XDA since the G1 came out - we've done it this way where a user has used adb logcat to grab the url for the download... There simply is NO other way to know this. Google does not share the link - but they tolerate once we know the link to distribute the URL.
[Nexus S General] NPS_CA:
N1 link wouldn't be applicable to NS anyway.... Helps the N1 folks but not us.
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
My wife has it on her ns, but she updated before I could tell her not to
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Well, you could take the full 2.3.3 update (the 80+ mb one) and apply that via a custom recovery. Then when she boots and it checks in it should show her the update again - you can then fire up aLogcat (or logcat via ADB) and grab the link when it downloads. That's quite a bit of work though to get the link. (I'd nandroid before doing it anyway, just in case). This is assuming she's rooted/unlocked of course.
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
That would generate lots of "Thanks" :)
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
Shes not rooted
[Nexus S General] yellathcir:
I don't think she wants me hacking away, if theres a way to do it with out wiping the phone
[Nexus S General] krohnjw:
Not much at this point - looks like it may be up for GRI40: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1055591
[Nexus S General] fluidd:
GRI54.. and no update to 2.3.4 yet!!

AHHHH!!!.. anyone else with GRI54 receive update yet?
[Nexus S General] feicipet:
Anyone knows if you can do the "Call Phone" feature in this, like how you can in the web UI?

Thanks.
[Nexus S General] leonlmf:
yes you can video call or voice only work great
[Nexus S General] suomaf:
must. resist. joke.:D
[Nexus S General] cosimoss:
I couldn’t wait for the OTA and put it on myself this morning.
[Nexus S General] coolmaster121:
nope, you can only call your gtalk contact in the talk app.
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
Wow!!! Nobody has the GRI54 build yet. People trying to install the GRI40 on their GRI54 buils models. Its just a mess right now.
[Nexus S General] DaX05:
GRI54 Build link is here..

2.3.4 for GRI54 Builds
[Nexus S General] dsixda:
It failed for me.

It's looking for in the build.prop:

"ro.build.fingerprint" == "google/soju/crespo:2.3.3/GRI54/105536:user/release-keys"

However, mine is:

google/sojua/crespo:2.3.3/GRI54/105536:user/release-keys

sojua instead of soju ...

Don't want to modify my build.prop and flash, in case it gets screwed up. I have a Nexus S from Telus.