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[Galaxy S II General] tameracingdriver:
Interesting, thanks for the insight, and I think I agree, I'd rather it charged quickly and lasted slightly less. Especially when, at the moment, I have some weird battery drain issue :(
[Galaxy S II General] RyanZA:
As far as I know, the charge is capped because of heat issues, the device would get very hot if you were to use it while charging at full speed.
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
I already mentioned this in the next paragraph but well observed. It's a step up I'd you don't mind having less base.

Swyped from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
[Galaxy S II General] bronx:
say what? 3- 4 hrs?! can anyone confirm this? I have up to 5 hrs on hd2 constantly hammering it with 3g/wifi.

... I think I'll pass this device. I am not a big gamer, hd2 shoots decent photos, web browsing speed comparable to sgs2. imho not much of an upgrade _for_me_...

hm... something tells me, that next nexus is just around the corner. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] mdalacu:
The limitation is in the phone, not in the charger, right? So I still can use HTC charger witch has an output of 1 A, not 750 mA, no?
[Galaxy S II General] bisoner:
I've come from a HD2 (and still have it). Here are my thoughts.

The SGS2 screen is amazing. Sitting side by side to my HD2, my wifes Desire S the SGS2 is in a different league. The colours look so vibrant - I ramped all three phones up to max-brightness to make it an equal test but it's a one horse race.

As for battery consumption, the HD2 is using highly optimised and matured Android roms. Give the developers time and I am sure the SGS2 will improve and be better than HD2 battery usage. What I have noticed is that watching movies on a SGS2, the battery usage is way better than the HD2. The HD2 drains like crazy then. Sitting idle, the HD2 can be very efficient.

The thing that irks me is the amount of games that work fine on Android HD2 versus the SGS2. Again, I think we just need to be patient on this front and I am sure the next gen of games will really start to unleash the potential of the SGS2. That's what I am hoping anyway.

Web is faster than HD2 for me - using wireless lan as a test.

Pics on the SGS2 are also very good.

Did I mention how good the SGS2 screen is?
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
You're kidding, right? The SGS specs match up closer to your HD2, even though some would say the SGS's 1 GHz Hummingbird chip is actually faster.

And, the SGSII blows the SGS out of the water with regards to web browsing speed or just anything else for that matter. I have not had a single webpage yet that slowed down during scroll/pinch zoom... the SGS would easily crawl on graphics intensive sites. I have a really hard time believing your HD2 won't.
[Galaxy S II General] bronx:
ok... maybe on extremely heavy sites hd2 is a bit slow in overview mode, but zoomed in scrolls quite smoth and very fast. I am not saying that 1st gen snapdragon is faster or even on par with exynos or hummingbird '(-_-) but imho there's too much crap hitting the surface regarding sgs2 recently and that just keeps me from getting it. (like overheating, faulty screens, not so good battery...) I guess I'll have to try sensation first...

[EDIT]

sweeeet car mate... f... beast. :)
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
I think some of these claims are overblown. Sure, it gets hot in the back... but then again, it's got a dual core processor running at 1.2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. I didn't expect it to be on the cooler side, which is why I've got a case over it. Plus, the phone in it's natural "naked" state is a bit too thin for me, feels more natural with a case to give it some girth.

I've read about the faulty screens, but mine is ok after the screen tests. Keep in mind, you'll only hear about the faulty ones, people with perfectly good screens won't chime in. On my HTC TP2 back in the days, I had 5 dead pixels, but it wasn't that big of a deal. Plus, screens like these have an acceptable threshold for dead pixels.

Not worried about the battery at all. Yeah, it drains a bit faster than my SGS, but then again, my SGS out of the box had horrific battery life. Gingerbread 2.3.4 is right around the corner, and when the devs on here get a hold of the kernel, battery life will only improve.

It's a fantastic phone. To be completely honest, my biggest issue with the SGS was that it would slow down. Pauses between E-mails, multi-tasking could make it crawl, large/gfx intensive websites would slow down scroll/pinch zoom. All those problems are gone with the SGSII, I couldn't be happier. I wouldn't wait, I would RUN to get this phone all over again.

(Of course, many thanks on the kind words regarding my ride. :))
[Galaxy S II General] pet family:
I think you misread his post. He said 3-4 hours of screen on time, not the whole battery life :D

Based on my own experience, 3-4 hours screen on and the battery should last around 11-13 hours. Well that's me anyway, others could have different experience ;)
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
Try quake3droid, settles it for me :D

If you want good battery life use SetCPU on demand and use flight mode wen not in use or at least disable data/wifi.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
I agree with everything you said except battery life. Im getting twice the battery life of my samsung vibrant.

I guess I must have the perfect sgs2. Ive had no screen issues, temp at luke warm at most, and amazing battery life. Ive beaten this phone to death with 1080p vids, my personal benchmark and not a single hiccup. All those threads being made are complete bs, and mostly user error.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Battery life is about as objective as everyone's favorite color. It solely depends on what you have running and how you use your phone. Head to head with almost identical apps installed and processes running, my highly customized Froyo 2.2.1 SGS has better battery life than the stock SGSII at this time. To me, this is not a big deal at all. In fact, I would be completely surprised if the SGSII performed better than my SGS simply because my SGS has better battery life than any other smartphone I've ever owned.

But, once the customizations start with the SGSII, I'm sure it'll be a fairer fight.
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
agree. If you read carefully<- at some of the comments left on other threads like battery life, some don't actually even own a SGSII. -.-

Looks like apparently some people just can't take it
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
we were able to crack open the nexus one fuel gauge chip, inside the actual battery, and learned a ton of info and kinda became "experts" on it. the faster charge rate doesnt particularly hurt usage time of the battery, but rather its overall lifetime, i.e. it might lose its full potential over 12 months rather than 15 months with an increased charge current. in that case, for me personally i dont care, i would just replace the battery sooner.

but it is also feasible after seeing "my phone is too hot" threads, that samsung was forced to apply this current cap because the charging was allowing the phone to get hotter than they wanted. so we really dont know, it would have to be tested.

i'm anxious to get one and try it out and test all these tweaks. we really did some cool stuff on the n1. would like to get the same going on the SGS2.

anyone know if or when anyone successfully compiled the SGS2 kernel from source yet? that's the first step.
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Has this gotten any better for you?...
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
3G (UTMS/HSDPA) is a massive drain on the battery, does this on all phones, on my N96 doing a few torrents I would get 2 hours at best.

Even hammered my HD2.

If you want to do a lot of downloading and heavy gaming I suggest you get the extended battery + cover or an extra stock battery.

Apparently 3G (LTE) has improved battery consumption.
[Galaxy S II General] s3thh:
This phone is absolutely awsome. I can't believe people coming here to moan and winge about it. There is nothing perfect on this world so stfu and sell it if u don't like it. :)

If im on my wifi there is no lag in anything i do, amazingly fast. Im coming from htc sense and was reading in here how its suposed to be superior to tw4.0 and its load of bs. Its just different.
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Are you getting the fast standby drain that others are talking about too?...
[Galaxy S II General] momagic:
they used plastics to keep the price down.

if they used premium materials like the iP4 it would cost £600+
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
If you think they made it out of plastic just to keep cost down, you'd be wrong.

Durability, weight, keeping heat down are three other factors that are pretty big when it comes to choosing materials and plastic is great at all 3.

And not to sound like a raving fanboy, but I think the design of the GSII is the best out of any phone I've seen. Sleek, black, no frills is just perfect imo. My perfect phone would have no design elements and be all black and the GSII comes pretty damn close in that department.
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
I'll test it tomorrow while at work on standby 3G (no data) and report back (no 3G in current location).
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
+1 this design is really good and wont look outdated even in 2yrs time. Its a beautiful powerful black slab of brilliance :D
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
1% over 2.5hrs.

Only thing that will outdate this, is when LTE comes out, hopefully in time for an S3.
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Music sound quality is a bag of S**** on th latest KE2. Beware. You have been warned. Omg its awful. No base at all..Sammy needs to pull their finger out.
[Galaxy S II General] kersey:
Haven't tried the stock player but the sound using Power Amp is excellent when combined with decent headphones, plenty of bass and punch to the music :D
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
Fine here.

I use PowerAMP anyways...
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
Well must be the stock player then. Ill try poweramp. But seriusly try stock player. Its abysmal. I want stock player though because of its widget being able to use even in lockscreen
[Galaxy S II General] otester:
Contact the PowerAMP developer, they might be willing to add it.

Bass works on stock player here (XWKE2), tried re-applying the bass enhancement option.
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Or give Winamp a try...
[About XDA developers] bjl95mustang:
So I try browsing the forums and learing about my Epic 4g. But every fourm page takes 90 seconds before I can scroll and look around. It's not my computer or internet because I am a member on 10 other various forums and I have never had a single problem like this.

It looks like the adds are causing the problem. The page loads, but it still said waiting on add.....? at the lower left bar on the browser. And every time it throwser IEX into not responding. Then it finally after 90 seconds starts and I can scroll just fine.

And Ideas on what I can do to resolve this? It's really a pain waiting that lng for the page to load.
[About XDA developers] johnston9234:
if your on Chrome try using an ad blocking extension
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Do not use rom manager on the gtab

do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery

do not use rom manager on the gtab

do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery

do not use rom manager on the gtab

do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery

do not use rom manager on the gtab

do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery

do not use rom manager on the gtab

do not use anything but bekit 0.8 recovery
[G Tablet General] MicroChip:
Great job Oozura. Make sure Mad-Murdoch links this thread in his post in the nook forum. I had volunteered to do the same but he didn't get back to me. I'm a long time CM nightlies user on Droid, and now on GTab as well. I'll post as much as I can here.

And that bad frog is right. Use bekit's 0.8 GTab recovery and forget about Rom Manager. You'll just end up having to nvflash...

Thanks!

MC
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
Are you sure about this? If so I dont mind editing that part of the CM instructions.
[G Tablet General] jerdog:
Echoing the above -

DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE VIEWSONIC GTABLET!!!!! IT WILL BORK YOUR DEVICE 99% OF THE TIME. MAGIC VALUE MISMATCH AND OTHER ASSORTED ERRORS.

We've been dealing with these issues for months now - don't discount because you think you know better because you've used it on XYZ phone.

IT CAUSES ISSUES ON THE GTABLET. PLEASE EDIT YOUR OP TO REFLECT THIS. THERE ARE POSTS ALL OVER HERE DETAILING THIS. PLEASE ALSO POST A LINK TO BEKIT's CWM .8 - THAT IS THE ONE THAT WAS MODIFIED TO WORK WITH THE GTABLET GIVEN THE MULTIPLE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTITIONS AND WHAT NOT.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Search for the endless threads on hard bricked and soft bricked tabs from using rom manager on the gtab. And before all you fanbois jump in and tell me you had no problems understand this....there are at least 2 different partitioning setups on the Gtab from the factory. Sometimes you can't even boot after flashing Gingerbread roms without nvflash.
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
Been a long time droid, dInc user. I had sent you a PM about half way through the OP but decided what the heck. I hope this helps keeps discussion in one place for our gtab and CM7 (soon to be 7.1)
[G Tablet General] fp99:
Yes, I'm sure he is sure about this. Do NOT use Rom Manager to install any of the roms or to update CWM. Only use bekit 0.8 recovery.

I don't even install Rom Manager on my Gtab.
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
Sounds good to me. I will take it out. As long as the other method works then no need to make anyone cry over a bricked tab.
[G Tablet General] lrs421:
+10000 I learned this the hard way on day one.

Sent from my CM7 GTablet
[G Tablet General] jerdog:
Please - don't just take it out - add a warning about it. And provide the link to the known working CWM (Bekit .8).
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
RomManager method removed

OP Edited. Thanks.
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
I quoted your post. Link was already there to correct version in the clockwork mod package. thanks.
[G Tablet General] thebadfrog:
Thank you. There is something flakey about these devices and they don'y like Rom Manager
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
So who is using the latest nightly? I'm running 60 and seems stable. I occasionally get a stall on browser apps after a long sleep. But can't find any other issues.
[G Tablet General] lrs421:
I am. No issues to report, camera is still grainy. Video playback is still great.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[G Tablet General] adampdx:
Hardware Decoding?

So I installed AOSP the other day (the one in the Dev forum) because it was claiming hardware acceleration. It loaded up and was super laggy, but also didn't play the same video files that Vegan 5 played. I loaded up CM7 today and found the same thing. It's not nearly as laggy as the AOSP build, but still does not play video. I get volume, but no sound. Am I mistaken is thinking that we in fact have hardware acceleration now?
[G Tablet General] lrs421:
Progress is being made but we aren't there yet. Did you try mobo player? Engage software decoding and you'll be good to go.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[G Tablet General] Oozura:
I've been using RockPlayer and havent had any issues. Most notably for me though was YouTube HD videos now play with no lag.

I think Irs421 is right. Its progress but not complete hardware acceleration until Nvidia releases GB drivers I would guess.
[G Tablet General] adampdx:
I figured as much. Progress, even slow progress, is good. I'm liking CM7 so far any how.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Triumph85:
I searched the forums first, I promise. I found a few threads without conclusive answers. I just wanted to know if in fact, I do not have access to (all of) the 16gb internal storage on my g-tablet. Thank you!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
You have access to all the storage on your gtab. The internal is mapped as emmc with cm7
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Hello guys.

Just to share with you my experience (for what it worths).

Exchange with Froyo: works charmly :)

(I tried under stock ROM, Android Revolution HD - 4G 3.3, LeeDrOiD HD v2.2.3 )

Exchange with Gingerbear: doesn't work ! :cool:

(I tried under Android Revolution HD - 4G 4.0 beta4, LeeDrOiD HD 2.3.4 Beta, RCMix HD v5.9.1 Blazingly Beaming GingerBread)

What it happen is this: no way to connect to Exchange server. I then complete Exchange setup under WiFi, anyhow connection and/or security certificate errors do arise on when I shift to mobile network.

It would be interesting to see if there are differences among different version of Email.apk of Froyo vs. Gingerbear.

See you !

Ciao
[Desire HD General] swehbe:
I am running CM7.0.2 on my DHD, since i updated to Gingerbread my exchange wasnt working properly with the native email.apk, the setup was ok but the app stopped receiving mail randomly and required a phone reboot. Eventually i installed touchdown.

Hopefully that since the final gingerbread for DHD has been leaked maybe someone can get the mail app from that one and make it available for flashing.
[Desire HD General] dazultra2000:
Sorry...just wanted to say...Gingerbear? lol!
[Desire HD General] rubbereend1204:
Works perfect!
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Maybe it's a stupid question: I was reading this:

http://laur.ie/blog/2010/09/exchange-2010-sp1-sync-with-android-froyo/

Could it be possible to pick Email.apk from Froyo and overwrite the same in Gingerbear ? :confused:

Ciao
[Desire HD General] pacut:
:confused::confused:

Are we still under beta gingerbread with this, for example?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=984822

:confused::confused:
[Desire HD General] pacut:
Well...I'll try..I cross my finger ;)

:)
[Desire HD General] pacut:
It works with CoreDroid !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858418

:D:D:D

It took a while, several attempts, but at the end it works !
[Desire HD General] vassilyk:
I personally had to use enhanced email to make it work

market.android.com/details?id=com.qs.enhancedemail

The app is quite pricey but works OK, I still have some issues with sync, but don't need to reboot or anything like that.
[Thunderbolt General] mg00000:
Hi, general question for the forum about the mobile internet on the BOLT: Have you seen issues with internet connectivity (non 4G related) on your Thunderbolts? I almost always have to go into Settings and uncheck, then recheck the "Mobile networks" field b/c i'll go to the web, to the market, to an app and it won't load because the connections fails when i unlock my phone. If it's seen then i guess it's just an issue with Verizon right now, but if this is not happening to you all please let me know b/c i wanna make sure it's not the Bolt itself.

thanks in advance to peeps who can reply to this.
[Thunderbolt General] jbh00jh:
I have not had that problem since vzw fixed the 4G problem (outage).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cyrixke:
Hi guys,

I recently brought this cell phone with me from New York and it's working fine here, but I would like to know if there is any way to switch to Dutch language with any of the available roms?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
Not at this time. If you have looked around you will notice development for this phone is going a little slow. Give it some time and hopefully once we get some rom's you could put in that request. Keep an eye out for a stable rom, then ask. Chances are a dev won't want to start doing something like that untill he has all the bugs worked out.

P.S. Keep an eye out if anyone wants an unlocked vibrant for cheap.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cyrixke:
Thanks, I'll keep an eye open...

I'll ask around if anyone wants one of your phones, the way the dollar's going against the euro it'd be a pretty good deal. Only thing is, the lack of a dutch language could be a problem here ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
Very true. :( ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Yogi3:
I'm selling my SGS4G for $200 I now hate T-Mobile ...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
Have you seen how much they are going for on ebay?? If I sell one of mine before you get yours sold, I'll be PM'ing you. :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Yogi3:
Nope I haven't seen eBay... must be alot if you are saying that... I'm just too busy with work and I don't trust eBay so I'm going to sale it to this guy at my work tomorrow cash for the 200$...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] golmar88:
Well there ya go. Cash in hand is much simpler than ebay. I just sent one to canada and it got returned from customs. The lady that bought was none to happy. So I sent her one of the other ones USPS Express ($39) :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Yogi3:
Yea I hate when people pull crap like that on eBay. That's why I rather go the ol' fashion way of making money :p
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cyrixke:
Well, this topic seems to have gone astray :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cyrixke:
Okay, seems like we got CWM working... Anyone know how I get this phone in Dutch now? :)
[Vibrant General] techpreneur:
I have a strange issue. My sound randomly stopped working. At first I thought it was the rom but I had the same issue on another rom. Anyway to fix this without getting a replacement.

Yes the volume is up.
[Acer Iconia A500] MechaMorph:
My wife needs a tablet for work and at the same time wants and needs a lightweight instant-on device because she's going back for her Master's degree.

Initially the perfect answer was the ASUS Transformer due to the dock and 16 hour battery life. However, the odds of getting one before she starts her classes next month are incredibly slim due to supply problems. Not to mention the talk about the dock causing lockups and what not.

So I'm now looking into the Iconia (Xoom is not an option). I like the device and so does my wife. However, I need a few questions answered to help me make the purchasing decision.

I've searched a bit, but can't really find the answers I need. So if you Iconia A500 owners out there can answer these questions it would be greatly appreciated. :D

What BT keyboard do you use?

Does the BT keyboard work correctly all the time, part of the time, or intermittently?

Any problems connecting the BT KB to the A500?

What case do you use to hold the A500 and the keyboard? Preferably, a case that doubles as a stand.

Many thanks in advance!

-MM
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
You could check this out on amazon.

A1CS Leather Look Case + USB Keyboard + Stylus pen + Screen Protector for 10 inch ePad aPad tablet PC

Just £20, also acts as a stand, and of course a cover. I was really impressed with the quality and what it is for just £20.

Free delivery (UK) and came the next day.

I ordered it for my vega which fits perfectly and keyboard works when switched to host mode.

However the iconia was a little bit narrow for the case but i just squeezed the tabs at the side in. Keyboard works 100%

Hope this helps...

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ZTE Blade - Rooted OC 729mh - CM7 RC2 V/nice

Advent Vega - Rooted OC 1.4gh - Corvos5 rom gorgeous smooth and qqquick

Iconia A500 - Rooted - HComb Sweet :)

If this helped anyone hit the thanks'o'meter
[Acer Iconia A500] michaelg1030:
Looks likes nice case. Do the tabs that hold the tablet in place block the USB port? Someone (maybe you) reviewed it on Amazon said it was not in a good location.
[Acer Iconia A500] MJ-12:
Yeah they block the vega a bit, but can be adjusted.

As for the iconia doesn't block at all, although as stated is a bit wide for the iconia but again tabs can be squeezed in a bit.

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ZTE Blade - Rooted OC 729mh - CM7 RC2 V/nice

Advent Vega - Rooted OC 1.4gh - Corvos5 rom gorgeous smooth and qqquick

Iconia A500 - Rooted - HComb Sweet :)

If this helped anyone hit the thanks'o'meter
[Acer Iconia A500] MechaMorph:
Many thanks. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Unfortunately, that one isn't available here in the US. Only the UK Amazon site has it. :(