yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] captaincowdog:
i got one off ebay. (can't post link, but try cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220762586575)

works well for me and its nice and tight. cant just push phone and out to easy.

Bargin at £3.15.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nightic:
Tunebelt AB84, as described a few posts up:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] neorules:
cgi.ebay.com/SPORT-ARMBAND-JOGGING-CASE-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-S2-I9100-/180654313785?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a0fd61139

hear is one
[Galaxy S II Accessories] M1kz:
This was more than I was hoping for! Thank you for this tip, now I have to find place where to buy this and delivers to Finland :) and software engineer really don't have to worry about arm being over ~40cm :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] s1m:
I use this one:

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/sporty-nylon-armband-for-htc-desire-hd-hd2-evo-4g-black-65633

A fairly tight fit, but does the job ok.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trancelated:
Hey guys,

something weird happened today. I felt like I fell asleep on my galaxy s. when I woke up, I heard a pop sound from my phone. I thought that my galaxy s screen was broken, after looking at it carefully I concluded that it was all right.

now when I see the screen, I feel something is funny about it. it looks like the screen's resolution has changed, and I can see black borders on side of the screen and the length of screen is a bit large.

I ran quadrant and it shows my resolution as 400x800. the hardware is A-ok, there are no cracks or dents on the phone. I cant figure out what happened to it.

whats wrong with my samsung galaxy s?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android53:
Post a picture
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
turn brightness to MAX and put a 'pixel fix' video on your phone and watch it

this will flash millions of colours at max brightness and that should clear things up a bit, and you can also see if colour has faded or whatever.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Furry Atom:
Quite the contradiction :P.

Like said above, max out your brightness and run an app/video designed to fix stuck/disabled pixels.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zunteck:
After i rooted my evo it said it was going to make a back up of my wimax image...i see it but how can i get it on the phone again? Do i flash in recovery?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knowledge561:
If you made a backup of the wimax.img then it should still be on the phone. Just to make sure download "Wimax RSA Keys" from the market and it will tell you if your keys are still in place. AND ALWAYS copy the wimax.img to your pc incase you ever lose it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NewZJ:
Put the WiMAX.img on the root of your sdcard, then open terminal emulator, gain superuser with "su" then type

flash_image wimax /sdcard/wimax.img
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
Are your wimax keys corrupted or missing? If you simply rooted your phone and have made a backup, you do not need to be concerned about your wimax keys. Do you still have 4G access? If so, your wimax keys are intact.

posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] JJEgan:
Leather case beginning with a T sold by CPW amongst others shockproof ??

possible named T?GNN .

No way can i find it anybody bought one before .

jje
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homiegv:
Evr since I flashed the latest 2.3.4 my back button doesn't work sometimes. I'm not sure what it is if anyone has an idea thanks?
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
Today I showed the screen of my galaxy s II to my iphone4 owning friend. We both loaded up bbc home page, and the white background on his phone looked much better than on my phone.

On my phone the white background looked cream in colour, where as his displayed as pure white.

Will this be able to be fixed with vodoo colour?
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
It can be helped with Voodoo color, but it can never look like an LCD based display since SAMOLED screens don't have the LED backlight in the back. And also, an iPhone 4's display has already been proven to be a bit blue tinted which makes whites look brighter when they're actually a slight shade of blue. I've spent a lot of time calibrating my Nexus S screen with Voodoo color and I can safely say the result is a more pleasant shade of white than my friend's iPhone 4. Also with Voodoo color I can boost the brightness higher than what the stock specifications permit so it's even a brighter white than the iPhone 4's if I want it to be, but it consumes a LOT of power.
[Galaxy S II General] RyanZA:
Cream? Really? http://amishlandofct.com/resources/color+cream.jpg

At any rate - yes, voodoo colour can change the colour temperature.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
the nature of LCD and OLED makes the colors differ here in America. It also makes the colours differ in England and most of its former colonies. :)

You can try setting the separate brightness setting in the browser settings to 100% (it is separate from general brightness setting in the phone settings).

I bet it would still have a different hue if you look at them side by side.

You can also try taking a friend with an iP4 that is a year old to a store that sells iP4 now, and compare how they look - you will probably see some difference there too, side by side.
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
He was saying to me, "oh your screen tech hasn't evolved yet, you cant display proper white", haha, "my text is so much sharper than yours".

It was true about the text, my heart sank when I compared BBC homepage in portrait mode. His text looked MUCH sharper than mines. But then he has got a much higher resolution.

I really did feel humiliated, I just want nice pure white like the iphone4 has. I know I don't have a backlight.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
that is a freaking picture of some fabric, right??? because I got scared thinking my laptop LCD is showing banding on cream color. :)
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
Haha... I guess the only difference between boys and men are the price of their toys huh?

If you want to humiliate him, ask him to show you a black image. Then laugh at how much light leakage he has. Then play a high quality youtube clip like a movie trailer with some action scenes, then laugh at how slow his pixel response is (ghosting). Also while you're trying to play a high quality youtube clip... remind him that he needs to be on wifi in order to do it because he only gets low quality over 3G =)

Trust me I'd take the SAMOLED over an LCD display any day. Same reason I have a plasma TV and not an LCD/LED one.
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
What, because you prefer an inferior picture quality? There is a reason the big manufacturers are phasing out plasma.
[Galaxy S II General] jimbiye:
I second this.

Why didn't you test the black on both screens too?

Iphone4 does have a higher resolution, so it's silly to go comparing that, since it's a known fact.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I would go one step further: comparing SGS2 screen to iP4 screen is like sitting on a coach 15 feet from TV and comparing a fine 480P 37 inch plasma TV with a "finer" 4K 32 inch LCD TV :)

They are phasing out plasmas because they are more expensive, eat more power , are harder to make, and can't compete with LCDs

in price

.

Real video buffs still prefer Plasma for its true blacks and great refresh rates.
[Galaxy S II General] dinan:
I'm not gonna let this get into a TV debate but it's well known videophiles and avid cinema/sports watchers will always choose a plasma TV over an LCD because of the purer blacks and insanely faster pixel response (no ghosting like an LCD/LED). The mere fact that LCD/LED TVs even have to QUOTE a pixel response time indicates an inferiority.

And this also carries through to phones. If you don't believe me, try it. Pick up any HTC phone and compare it to any Galaxy phone. Go to a black menu with white text... perhaps the settings menu and scroll up and down. You'll notice MASSIVE text ghosting on the HTC LCD screens but none on the SAMOLED screen. Please, don't come back claiming things you haven't tested yourself with no facts to back it up.
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
Real buffs prefer high quality LED panels, plasma simply can't compete with the definition even if fast moving imagery is sometimes better. And I know this as someone who has owned high quality sets of every type.

Plasma's days were numbered as soon as it's monopoly on extra large panels ceased to exist thanks to LCD and then LED technology allowing 42" and above panels to be financially and technically viable with no loss of quality.

Still, we can agree to differ on all that if you wish.

I fail to see where the comparison between SAMOLED and LCD is relevant to a comparison between LCD/LED and plasma.

Oh, and I have tested myself.
[Galaxy S II General] tjtj4444:
What do you mean with "pure white"? To me it sounds like iphone has colder color temperature, that is not better, just different. In fact that would give less natural colors.

Try to change color temperature on your pc monitor to understand what I mean, a warm temperature of 6500K is more creamish than a cold temperature of let's say 9000K.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I hope you do realize LED is just another type of backlight for same LCD screen, and it not always makes that same LCD produce truer blacks, and it does not do a thing to refresh rates.

What he said. I am done.
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
Obviously, I'm well aware of the technicalities of all current TV technology or I wouldn't be entering a debate about it.

Anyway, agree to differ and move on, as said derailing this thread is pointless.
[Galaxy S II General] darkninja157:
Ask him to play a flash video from the browser ;) And it is true the iphone's display is fairly impressive but I prefer the bright colors, larger size, and better power consumption of the SAMOLED+
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Are you aware that the GS2 screen has 2 different brightness settings? It has the normal brightness, but lower down the menu it has a setting 'Auto adjust screen power' This actually dulls whites when there is a lot of white on the screen to reduce power use. If you untick it the screen is a lot more pure white.

Oh and on the subject of TV screens plasmas are getting a boost from 3D. 3D plasmas are much better than LED/LCD because of their reaction times. Much much less ghosting and as a result deeper 3D effect. A full HD plasma is still the best screen there is right now. Much less harsh than an LCD, better blacks, more realistic colours and less intense whites.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Who cares about which screen displaying bbc has better white. This baby has everything, 1080p, bluetooth 3.0, wireless n, hspa+, dual core, android (!), better battery and I think the samoled+ can display colours much better. Also no gay itunes and you do not need to jailbreak your iPhone (which makes the iPhone instable and ****) to just get freedom

Edit: forget about these things

4.3" screen, 9mm thick, 116g, micro sd slot and more.. seriously that phone rapes the iPhone
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
funny that you fall for that

put his iphone in the sun and say "whats white good for if you can't see anything?"

they're different techs. besides, true white is subjective. then theres like 150 other reasons why the SGS2 is technically better, and why the iphone5 will actually be very similar to the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] alsheron:
I can confirm this "cream" or, as I would put it, "yellow" tint to the screen and whites in particular. It's not right - I consider it a fault. My old (now current) SGS has the most perfect, even whites I've ever seen on a phone - even beating thr iPhone 4 in my opinion.

The SGSII is horribly bad quality as far as I'm concerned. I see nothing in SAMOLED+ that improved over SAMOLED. It's actually more grainy, too saturated, viewing angles - bizarrely are off, and blurs slightly when scrolling. What the hell is up with Samsung?
[Galaxy S II General] drleospaceman:
The iPhone 4 doesn't have accurate colors to begin with; it has a color temperature of around ~7500k and a color delta of 5.8. See:

http://www.digitalversus.com/apple-iphone-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-p974_9407_93.html

Also the GSII could be dimming the screen because it's showing a majority of white pixels on the screen, like the Samsung Focus does, but that's just a guess.
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Have you all turned off Auto adjust screen power? Not the auto brightness..

Holding my phone up next to my calibrated plasma yes the colours are rather strong, but the blacks are awesome and the whites are actually quite good, as long as you turn off that setting.
[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
the yellow comes probably from the google nexus driver btw :p

supercurio will prolly come with a fix to that
[Galaxy S II General] sicmadek:
Thank god someone on these forums knows what the hell they are talking about.
[Galaxy S II General] hung77:
Seriously man, you have a phone which is 10x better the the Iphone 4 and you can't even show off your phone and gets him to shame. You don't deserve this phone, give it to me :P
[Galaxy S II General] drleospaceman:
Not entirely true, SAMOLED does have some white-to-black ghosting when text scrolling that I can notice, although you're right it's much better than an LCD. Even though OLED is supposed to have a .01ms response time, it's been tested to have a response time similar to a 2ms TN LCD. See:

http://www.digitalversus.com/apple-iphone-4-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-p974_9407_93.html
[Galaxy S II General] demo23019:
Wait so Samsung stuck with the crap color profile Google put into 2.3.3?

I can't see them doing this
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
I dont have yet the phone, but in a lot of reviews gs2 have 3 color profiles and one of them it is a high K temperature, so whites should be whites.

Can someone check this to confirm that one of the other not default profiles can correct this?
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
I tried all three settings, and none of them corrected the problem.
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
Well, then its a shame. We will wait anxious for voodoo .
[Galaxy S II General] pjfriend:
Grow up. This a phone forum, not somewhere to display your idiocy and creative spelling.
[Galaxy S II General] juanzr1:
8.49mm thick. Very slim :)
[Galaxy S II General] juanzr1:
So true its a shame
[Galaxy S II General] Beanyness:
I dont get how the white looked like cream for the OP?!

The white on the S2 is actually tinted slightly blue, just not as much as the iPhone 4.

I have high-end IPS professional monitors for my graphic design, they have been colour calibrated with hundreds of £ worth of hardware + software, and the whites on these may look more cream compared to other displays and the S2, but it's how white should look. Nearly all manufacturers tint there displays blue by default. The S2 is closer to real white than the iPhone 4.

And as others have said you should have compared blacks, contrast, response time, and colour vibrancy. On a whole the S2 has a superior display.

Basically you've just let your mate make a fool out of you with his inferior display. Nice going.
[Galaxy S II General] paul_harrison:
Ok, so my SGS2 arrived yesterday and I was really excited. To give you some background, I had a Samsung Jet S8000 for 18 months before I realised I'd been living without a smartphone for too long and got a HTC Desire 6 months ago, which was running the latest Cyanogen Mod 7. I was really happy with the Desire but my upgrade was due and I'd read the favourable reviews of the SGS2. My girlfriend has an Iphone 4.

Truth is, I'm considering taking up the 7 days return option and its mainly for the reasons discussed in this thread. My Jet had an AMOLED screen which I was happy enough with but colours were a little saturated. The SLCD screen on the Desire had marginally better whites and was a bit sharper and larger and I was happy with that. When I got the SGS2 I was expecting pretty spectacular having read a number of reviews but a) white is very grey, b) there is notable ghosting when scrolling through black text on white background and c) flesh tones are poor, with everyone looking too pink.

One poster mentions looking at white text on a black background and comparing that to an Iphone. How often do you see that generally?? Very rarely. I'm much more interested in how black text looks on a white background.

I'm really surprised as I'm fairly certain that the white's are worse than my old Jet!

As the 'great' screen was the reason I bought the phone I really think i'll be sending it back. I thought that would make up for the relatively cheap build quality but sadly IMHO it isn't the case. For the time being I'll be sticking with the Desire. I may get the Sensation dependent on reviews and if the bootloader is unlocked but admittedly it doesn't match up to the SGS2's specs in a few areas. Failing that I'm really not sure!

I appreciate that there are always going to be those who side with the more natural colours found in good SLCDs and those who prefer the better blacks in an AMOLED panel. It's just it appears to me that the classic AMOLED issues are more apparent in this model than many older ones.

I'm sure this will get a lambasting but I really did have high hopes for this phone. I'm a big Samsung fan.
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Im really not seeing a problem with my GS2. Whites are white, better than my LCD computer screen and comparable to my calibrated plasma TV. Colours are still a little over strong, but better than the AMOLED screen on my desire. Viewing angles are fine, text is sharp, much better than the Desire. The improvements to the sub pixel arrangement are VERY obvious. Its an absolutely beautiful screen.

In my experience people baulk at calibrated screens because the colours are less strong, the whites are less blue and the blacks arent as crushed. They initially dont see how its better, but after a while really notice it and appreciate it. To me the Retina display is burningly blue, it almost hurts to look at it at night.
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
What you have said I totally understand and respect, you have very valid views. My friend did say when i mentioned the blacks are better on my screen "how often do you look at a black background with white text", and he is correct.

I want this white issue resolved as soon as possible, or else I might sell the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Im wondering if there are different batches out there, as i said mine is fine and makes my LCD PC screen look positively beige. However it does look a little beige if you haven't turned off the Auto adjust screen power.

Ive turned off the auto brightness and the Auto adjust screen power .
[Galaxy S II General] croftyboy8:
I really hope you guys all know about the background settings on the S2?

settings > display > background effect (Dynamic / Standard / movie)

IMO these settings show a big difference to the display

.

Standard and Movie are very yellow compared to the white dynamic.

I have run various tests between my old S and my S2 and am very pleased with my ne phone.
[Galaxy S II General] b33p_:
You were humiliated over someone else's phone having a whiter screen? I think you've got bigger problems!
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
We are not comparing the screen against the original galaxy s, but between the iphone4 and the galaxy s II.

I need to compare to the iphone 4 again taking on board the power saving suggestions mentioned in this thread.
[Galaxy S II General] Jmatch:
If u want to humiliate him ask him to show you a moving background that always makes me laugh. Or just say "I can't even see the text on that tiny screen" good game
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
The simple fact is the human eye has no idea what white really looks like. Very few white things are actually a pure white. Most screens are slightly blue. True white looks slightly cream compared to them. Chances are if the iPhone looks whiter, its actually blue.

Every screen i have compared my SGS2 to, my desire, my Streak, my Plasma, my laptop and my PC all look creamier, and my plasma is calibrated. I can only assume if the iPhone is less cream then it must have a terrible calibration!

You may well prefer the iPhones calibration, but it doesnt mean its in any way realistic.
[Galaxy S II General] croftyboy8:
I appreciate this thread is a iphone v galaxy topic, I was merely pointing out that this setting is often overlooked and may be of use to some.

I have never entertained an argument with an iphone user over this so could only comment on my previously excellent phone verses my new even better looking one.
[Galaxy S II General] falconeight:
I bet I can remove my battery faster
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Doesnt look so creamy to me!
[Galaxy S II General] drleospaceman:
This. 6500k calibrated white looks yellowish compared to an iphone 4 which has a blue tint. Not to say that the GSII has perfect colors itself though.
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
I might dig out my colourimeter if i can find it. Ill test the screen to see what it is displaying. Havent seen it for some time though.
[Galaxy S II General] paul_harrison:
Rovex I may b wrong but I suspect these shots are on full brightness or close to? The whites are undeniably good then but I find the colour saturation to be unbearable at that level. Reds are garish and skin looks sunburnt! I think I'd get a headache using it all day regardless of which background setting I used.

Its clearly just a matter of preference and I accept I must be in the minority, as umpteen reviews can't get enough of the screen and they can't all be wrong! My SGS2 though is back in its box ready to be returned next week, and I'm back with the Desire which luckily I hadn't got rid of just yet.
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
It is on full brightness yes, but even on half its no more yellow than the other 2 screens. Its a superior screen to the retina in every way except resolution. If you find the colours to strong change the effects setting to 'Movie'. Its slightly duller. I dont see a way this screen is worse than the Desire. It has slightly better balanced colours than the AMOLED Desire, just as deep blacks, whiter whites and you cant see the subpixels, unlike the Desire.

Simple facts are the retina is too small, and worse the wrong shape! Nothing is 1.5:1 as a result anything you watch will be letterboxed or cropped a lot making it even smaller. Its fail.

Best way to impress iPhone owners is to put a 720P MKV on your phone and play it.. its stunning.
[Galaxy S II General] Currykiev:
This post is slightly pointless to be fair. I've enjoyed reading everyones views but that's all this is, peoples opinions and personal preferences.

Anyone that states the screen on the GS2 is over-saturated needs to watch something like "Finding Nemo" which looks superb.

Likewise, if you prefer a "colder" display (or as some are referring to it as better whites) with a higher res then browsing black text on white screens may be preferable.

Essentially the iphone 4 has it's strengths, as does the SG2. BOTH are at the top of phone screen tech and anyone that says otherwise are either ignorant or a little bit guilty of fan boyism :-)
[Galaxy S II General] rovex:
Absolutely, Retina is great LCD tech, but i standby my observations that its colour balance is out of whack and its too small and the wrong shape.
[Galaxy S II General] Dannyboyni:
I have a eye one display 2 colour calibrator

http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Rite-EODIS2-Eye-One-Display/dp/B000JLO31M

Is there any apps I can download for android, so I can use this device to properly measure the colour accuracy?
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
To start, download the app dead pixel detect to get full screen colors.