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[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] gringocol:
CM music player is definatley the best music app i've used, as for DSP manager . . I just cant really see what the fuss is about unless i'm not using it properly?

wondering if anyone can suggest any more effects or EQ apps?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] iekansh:
^

Just try Poweramp and you'll forget every other music app or eq app.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
Volume +

Or try the sound faqs and posts like .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154759

But as posted if you want boom boom bass bass this phone has poor low end and EQ cannot really fix that .

jje
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Popsiclestand:
So I'm loving my Transformer. The OS has a few bugs, but overall very nice.

One of these bugs really...bugs me. It's with the calendar.

It will sync with my Google calendar, but when I go to view them, they are never at the right time. An even that I have on the schedule for 11am will appear as being at 3am at first glance.

If I tap on the event and try to edit it, it will give the correct start time. But once I exit, it goes back to being at 3am. The only solution is to delete the event and put it in again. Even then sometimes after putting in the new even, it will still start at the wrong time. It's not a huge huge problem, except that it will send me alerts in the dead of night about an even happening when really it is several hours away.

What is going on?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harrellj:
What timezone are you set on? I set my time correctly and noticed my calendar events were off, but for some reason the tablet was set to have Taiwan as the timezone, not EST. Fixed that, and my events are at the proper time.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shigster:
Bought the Transformer and chose ship to store.

Got an email telling me it would be available for pickup from the 12th to the 22nd.

I called BestBuy to confirm and got a confirmation.

Got an email yesterday saying it would be available for pick up the 8th.

Got an email today saying it wouldn't be available for pickup.

Called BestBuy again, and the guy told me that it wasn't available anywhere and canceled my order.

I am pissed, waiting since the 26 and now no more tablet...Just going to go pick up an Iconia instead...

Did anyone else have this problem?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] grenademasta:
Well I don't shop at Best Buy anymore. I have been lied to by their sales people about their extended warranty. They lied to me saying if I bought their warranty, they will replace an item if it broke. When it broke, guess what? They didn't replace it and they took a month to fix it.

Note: Use your American Express or Visa Signature card and get a free one year warranty on top of a one year warranty. You don't even have to register the product.

If you don't use the credit cards above or want a longer warranty, use Squaretrade. Make make sure you google an online coupon code for around 30% off. A 3 year warranty for the Asus Transformer is $40 with a 30% off coupon code from Squaretrade.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Pacifik:
Yeah I bought a tv from them with extended warranty. When the screen had a warped image they couldn't confirm the problem because they refused to plug an antennae into it. If they wouldn't do that then what did they do for diagnosis.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] trgi21:
what is BestBuy?.......?

I stopped shopping there longtime ago....I thought they went bankrupt.....oh I think they are in line at bankruptcy court. (behind other BB).

Sorry to hear man.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] seshmaru:
Pretty sure they are the biggest electronics store chain in the US and are nowhere near going bankrupt.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shigster:
I stopped by Frys and bought an acer iconia...not sure when the transformer will be available...i would love to own a transformer but I am done waiting
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicpork:
tried iconia myself.....with a higher price tag, its screen is not as good as the transformer and I heard its battery life is really poor...plus you'll miss the docking station (which is the killer feature for me)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Shigster:
With the Dock it comes out more expensive than the Iconia itself.

I bought a leather case for it with an integrated keyboard off ebay. Works well and now that I rooted and froze the bloatware that can't be uninstalled I got 20 hours of battery with moderate use (WIFI on all the time)

back on topic. It seems that a lot of stores are canceling orders or just pushing back the orders saying it is out of stock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quietas:
No problems with BBY here. The ****ing (as you put it) Best Buy website was amazingly quick. I ordered yesterday in the 24 minute rush and it had 0-1 days to process. This morning it still said InProcess, so I called them to change the shipping from free ground to overnight. ****ing Best Buy told me no, there is no way to change it. It turns out it isn't ****ing Best Buy, it was due to the fact that they had already shipped it and UPS had not passed back the tracking number yet.

So **** this and **** that, I'm getting my ****ing tablet very ****ing fast through the ****ing Best Buy website. **** yeah.

... and once more. ****ing Best Buy. I won't say rocks, but they did their ****ing job, thanks BBY.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] zapatathemute:
Bought my tablet from Best Buy on launch day. Ordered it online at 530ish and got it two days later couldnt be happier. Took it a week later to best buy to see if itd fit a netbook case for it and all the more techie employees wanted to check it out excited for when they could finally get it in stock at the store themselves. Shocked even by how much better it was over the acer. I ended up getting the netbook case I liked. And not getting the million other accesories i couldve bought for it. yes i know best buy computer accesiories are overpriced but they have a large selection of everything and hire so many people. If you don't like it don't shop from them but i've never had a problem with their service.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quietas:
OK, **** Best Buy. After my call to Best Buy this morning when I was informed that my tablet was out of shipping it was then change to back-ordered. Bastards.

I called them and supposedly BBY is getting shipments from Asus daily and adjusted my shipping to overnight to compensate. We'll see.

If luck is with me, overnight will beat the free 5-8 day ground shipping.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cozylies:
Ordered from Best Buy morning of 4/26 for p/u in store (16g) on 5/11. Received the email that it wouldn't be available for p/u on 5/10 (day before I was to p/u). Called and was told there was NO estimated time I could get it. Ordered a 32g from Tiger Direct yesterday morning and it's in transit to me as we speak, I should have it tomorrow. Cancelled the BB order today. But I'm not even entirely convinced I would have ever received the BB order anyways. Who knows... sounds like some people have had some luck.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] quietas:
Well, it seems luck favors the bold. I was willing to tempt fate and take the Best Buy people at their word when they told me shipments were coming in frequently, multiple times a day even.

I have a tracking number as of a few minutes ago and I am impatiently waiting on them to get the physical box on the way. Way to go ****ing Best Buy.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] darkhawkff:
Ordered from Tigerdirect as well. Really glad I did, mine should be in hand tonight! Thank god, I really didn't want to have to resort to getting an Iconia instead.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] cozylies:
Yeah Iconia wasn't an option for me. Glad to report TD has come through!! UPS delivered my 32g Transformer to me @ work a few hours ago. :D Step 1 complete - now I need to get the dock. :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] DraglineDrummer:
I'm excited to get one soon but is it really that serious? I mean I'm glad yours is almost there but I don't understand everybody's lack of patience. What did everyone do before it came out?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AngryDinosaur:
mine was available on walmart for 5 minutes

i got it just in time
[Eee Pad Transformer General] vicci:
I got mine from BB on May, 9 as they promised. I have no problems with this store, they keep their words always.
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
I saw another thread about the phone getting hot but couldnt find it.. so im making another thread

When i play certain games the phone gets very hot near the top left.. both sides.

When i take the cover off the back i can smell something.. its not a burning smell.. iv never smelt something like this before.. its like a really.. really weird liquorice smell.

Iv downloaded some temperature apps but none of them give the correct reading.

The game i was running is "Dungeon Hunter".. i even ran an old snake game (the ones from old nokia phones) and even then it got really hot. Though most of the games i play on it the phone doesnt get hot.. just warm-ish

So i was just wondering what temperature app should i use and does your phone get really hot/ weird smell coming from it?

Thanks!

ps: even though the phone is cool now i can still smell it
[Galaxy S II General] StickyGeko:
mine2gets reli hot, even the footy game crashes
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
Im really thinking of sending this phone back now.

The smell i get off of it is not normal at all.

I get scared of the phone overheating/ burning when playing games etc..

and again.. after 1hour the phone still smells the same..
[Galaxy S II General] Death666Angel:
My phone got pretty warm when I played some zombie hunter and browsed the internet. After an hour the area around the lense and the screen were very warm. Though I wouldn't say they were uncomfortable to use because of it.

As for smell, apart from the new phone/plastic smel, I didn't notice anything.

My advice: if you notice weird behaviour you think can be traced back to heat, give it back. Otherwise, trust the built in safety stuff.
[Galaxy S II General] sckc23:
were you charging the phone at the time? cuz mine gets hot when playing games with it being plugged in. there was once when the temperature shot up to 50 degree C which quickly went back to normal range after unplugging the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
I wasnt charging my phone at the time.

also the battery is fine it doesnt get hot at all.. its just the top left of the phone.. where the CPU is?

Does any one have or know of an app that shows the correct temperature of the phone/ CPU?
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
bump

again.. any one know of an app that gives an accurate reading of the CPU temperature?
[Galaxy S II General] vinokirk:
My phone got pretty hot earlier, I was playing angry birds whilst plugged in, the screen was getting very hot, the top in particular.

I use a hard-ish gel case. The one with the kick stand
[Galaxy S II General] williamj1:
It's normal for phones (especially thin ones, where the back is plastic) to get hot during heavy CPU intensive use. This is very common when charging also. As a general rule of thumb, it should never exceed a heat you can't hold. So if you are finding it really too hot to hold or uncomfortable I would definitely take it back. Otherwise, as long as it doesn't exceed 40/50 degrees, it's likely ok.

However no phone should be smelling like that! I suppose a new plastic smell might occur if it's brand new, but certainly not as you describe.

PS: Just a thought... do you have a case on it? Often, a plastic / gel case can make the phone a lot hotter and I suppose that could also be the source of the smell?
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
its normal to get hot whilst charging tho, i guess the phone has safty measures if it gets too hot.

Maybe its more of software fix for games rather than hardware problem, just like my pc graphics card that used to get very hot and force a restart but once a software update (firmware) came out and installed it was fine.
[Galaxy S II General] murklor:
The CPU is probably specced for like 80C, heat shouldnt be a problem unless you place in 40C sunlight or something.

The smell is of course another matter.
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
I didnt have any case on it.

Iv returned the phone for now and i might wait for the iphone5

Don't get me wrong.. i love the phone but it shouldnt be getting that hot/ smell coming from it when hot.

Who knows.. i might rebuy the phone later.. but as of right now my mind is set on waiting for the iphone5.

Thanks for your help anyway =)
[Galaxy S II General] hanhav:
Did you ever smell SGS1?

If you did, is it same kind of smell or not?

It smells too really weird if you take the back cover off, really not a big issue I think.
[Galaxy S II General] hakkinenvthh:
I have the same problem when I played the Pro evolution soccer. After 3 minutes, the zone of the virtual direction pad was very very hot. I think it's a problem when we push hardly on a very thin screen multitouch like GS2. It's really a serious problem. Anybody can verify? I think this should be a sticky topic!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] murklor:
Was it the top end of the phone? If so then that's where the CPU is, so its got nothing to do with a thin multitouch screen. That area is bound to get hotter than the rest of the phone.

Problem is that everyone got their own definition of "hot". I mean, even my computer monitor is "hot" at the top and bottom while its cold at the center (backlighting heat it up). It doesnt hurt its function the slightest. Electronics do this, plain and simple.

I find it very hard to believe that Samsung could have missed heat dissipation issues, unless they never tested their own phone for a single minute.
[Galaxy S II General] hakkinenvthh:
Yes, it was the top left end on my phone. I quitted the game as soon as I realized that the phone was burning really really hot, in 20 minutes before I have to turn it off. I can't imagine a phone can be "hot" like that, it's unacceptable. Try the game Pro evolution soccer and you'll see. I'll try some more games to verify
[Galaxy S II General] hello1122:
The phone feels hot (well hotter then you would expect) when I am playing game, browsing webs or charging it. I am a little bit concerned but decided to keep the phone which is such a powerful mean machine and too good for me to let go.

I hope they do honour the two years manufacture's warranty if the phone does melt in the future. :)
[Galaxy S II General] hakkinenvthh:
I haven't any problems when charging it, browsing web or playing some light games, but try to play an "extreme" game like Pro evolution soccer and you'll see :(
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
If you use a custom rom or root your phone it will void your warranty so you will be left with a very nice £500 melted slab.

I understand that electronics get hot but atleast a screen has air vents and because its much bigger it can spread the heat around the product.

I never owned the SGS1 but at first when i bought the SGS2 i did smell it every now and then when it was warm but it didnt smell of nothing.. though when it got really hot it started to smell.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
its amazing how ive played with my phone to death the last 3 days and never got hot. Maybe a little warm but nothing uncomfortable. Maybe the first batch had some defects or something but mine is running perfectly. Only problem I am having is all these damn warning signs that popup.
[Galaxy S II General] rui.ddevil:
I've also noticed this overheating on my SGS2...

This only seems happens with some games (ex: PES2011 and Real Football 2011) with others it never get's too hot (ex: angry birds rio, modern combat 2, shrek kart).

I'm guessing that maybe some are CPU intensive other GPU intensive...

Also the GPS doesn't seem to overheat the device.

About the smell...I will check it out :(
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
Battery Booster by IMOBLIFE INC. (one of my favorite free apps!...)

https://market.android.com/details?id=imoblife.batterybooster
[Galaxy S II General] rui.ddevil:
"Quick System Info"

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.uguess.android.sysinfo
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
Iv already returned my phone.. Thanks though.
[Galaxy S II General] Tone-Fu:
Mine gets pretty warm when playing some games, but it seems to really go mental when I load up the 'Super Why' game for my daughter to play. It's force closing and messing up in all kinds of fun ways with that game.

I'm in two minds whether I want to stay with it or send it back..
[Galaxy S II General] ccrows:
I haven't had a chance to use the Galaxy S 2 yet, but I've owned both the Galaxy S Vibrant and the Galaxy S Fascinate. Both of my original Galaxy S phones averaged between 40-50 Degrees when running. (I've also owned the HTC Desire and that got very hot as well)

Currently I own the Atrix, and one of the few "Positive" things I can say about that device is that it doesn't get as warm. (I've barely topped 40 degrees only a couple of times)

My point to all of this is that Amoled, Super Amoled, and even SLCD can get very hot on screens that aren't dark. When you add a second processor, it's only gonna get worse.

IMO until companies can find a better way to dissipate heat, TFT screens might be the way to go on future phones since they aren't affected by brights light the other screens. Sure TFT is a lot uglier than any type of Amoled, but it's also less stress on the phone and battery when viewing whites.

In the mean time, try to avoid all white screens as much as possible since Amoleds are more affected by it. Use a Dark Wallpaper whenever possible, and try to keep the phone's brightness below 35 if you can.

Also instead of Google, use Blackle:

http://www.blackle.com/

Little things like these helped keep my previous Amoled/Super Amoled phone temps cooler, and my batteries running a little longer.

Hope this helps anyone out there... :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
I have had the same issue alsow noticed the battery die very quick when playing with games to. I play robo defence. And the phone dropped 20% bat in a little over 5 min. In two minds to return. I love the phone tho. I had a SE ARC wich i returned to get this bad boy.
[Galaxy S II General] =dave=:
i think the cure will be a custom kernel with a smartass governor, since it seems that the stock governor is using the pure power of the cpu way to often and keeps it running @100% to much
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
i play alot on mine. no problems at all. no heating. screen tho might get a lil warm. but just a lil. but the back of my device is always normal.

and i play lots of games and n64 emulator
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
I find that hard to believe. Did you try out some of the games mentioned in this thread?
[Galaxy S II General] robot1000:
Encountered major overheating just now, whilst playing 'Cordy'.

It affected the top half of the screen (left whilst playing in landscape) and it was extremely uncomfortable to touch the screen.

I was playing on low battery so I don't know whether that had any extra affect on it
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
i dont need to lie, i just said in another thread i have a screen banding. so its not like my phone is perfect.

i tried all emulators including psx. angry birds. touchmix speedx 3d yoo ninja, guerrilla bob. and no issues. nothing goes hot. just mild warm. screen too mild warm
[Galaxy S II General] RedBlueGreen:
maybe we have a different definitions of "hot"
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
Maybe but i doubt it. my nexus one used to get hot when i make long calls or play video games. i know what a hot phone is.

for me a hot phone means you can hold the phone. but its hot, you feel it in your hand and you feel something is wrong.

warm phone is just a warm phone. from general use.
[Galaxy S II General] JohnnyK58:
Overheating

My SGS2 gets really hot when using SAT-NAV on it, using CoPilot 8 and on some games, but I think it's just the CPU over working, don't forget there are no fans to cool it down and maybe that is why the back cover is so thin, if you had a thicker cover it would get even hotter.
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
Very true,even look at Samsung genuine case its vented to let heat out, mine gets hot on a few games but nothing to worry about as the phone will have a threshold.
[Galaxy S II General] LawAce:
I think you are right - the fact that Samsung's own official case is COVERED in holes surely suggests they knew this phone gets hot!
[Galaxy S II General] LBTaylor1984:
The smell is probably the citric cleanser which is used on circuit boards, it usually smells like liqourish (sp?) or Oranges.

As for heat my phone gets warm, like luke warm water, it's never been hot.
[Galaxy S II General] David9723:
Mine gets hot at times to. It seems the hotest part is around the camera lens. I've had the battery read 113F before and i don't play games or anything on my phone.

I've even had the screen get hot so hot i have powerd off the phone to cool off and again the phone wasn't in use when this happens.

Not hot enough to burn you but hot enough to make you worry.
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
If the phone gets so hot that you feel the need to turn it off it means that an application on it is running both CPU-cores at 100% and you should try to find out which program it is.
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
And THIS in maybe the part where HTC is far superior.My aluminium DHD barely reached 40 C today when playing Dungeon Defenders for about half an hour under the burning Greek sun.And it was overclocked.Far too overclocked.Check my signature! :cool:

Don't get me wrong,ain't fanboying or anything.We can all admit that Sammy sucks at how it makes phones that keep temperatures at normal levels.Am still buying the SGS2 this or next week though! :D

550 euros are a little hard to part with though...I hope it's worth every cent! :D
[Galaxy S II General] Beefheart:
You really need to change your bait, it stinks of s**t.

Sent from my Casio digital watch.
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
I really need to do what?I don't quite get what you mean.

In case you mean I'm being a fanboy or something,believe me I'm not.In fact I hate fanboys.The SGS2 is a great phone,one of the best available atm,if not the best.But it,like everything else in this world,isn't perfect.That's not bad by my account. :)

If you don't mean that...Then?
[Galaxy S II General] David9723:
Are there any apps that show cpu usage? Kinda like task manger shows the cores in windows.
[Galaxy S II General] ayamary:
Hold down the home button.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] Mustinky:
mine gets hot too when playing Pes......i wasn't worried.....but now im getting worried since i read this thread :S
[Galaxy S II General] yellowchilli:
i use StabilityTest or something similarly named..

because i underclock my phone to 800mhz- which seems to be a good balance between battery life, heat and speed.

more importantly, it seems to show the cpu temperatures consistently. give it a go.
[Nexus One General] taylorgangbitch:
I wanna trade my brand new in the box red mytouch 4g rooted with gingerbread for a unlocked nexus one; this phone is flawless n super fast; I just miss the nexus one lol; lmk if interested; the phone must be flawless as well idc if its refurbish either;
[Nexus One General] wang1404:
Dude. Just go to the market place
[Nexus One General] greenstuffs:
I've got a nexus one in very good condition, it even has a otterbox commuter

let me know
[Nexus One General] wesbalmer:
PM'd

tenchar
[Nexus One General] nexom:
Hello I have a mint nexus one with all accessories including the box. Its running stock 2.3.4. Hit me up