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[Galaxy S II Accessories] bilboa1:
the opposite if anything, in fact

although id prefer plastic since its so light lol
[Galaxy S II Accessories] epicfailguy2:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-G...ccessories&hash=item415992d82e#ht_6045wt_1139

Btw the plastic cover dissipates heat better than metal because of it's meshed surface => more surface exposed to air => more dissipation than plain slick metal or plastic.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LondonGemini:
Surely a metal back would conduct heat away from the phone better than a plastic back hence why computer chips are cooled by metal coolers and not plastic ones
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DocRambone:
Still no replacement cover out?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nemis:
Also interested in another battery cover. Might just make the phone 100% perfect instead of 99% :p
[Galaxy S II Accessories] haasgo:
wouldn't be kind of impossible to get the cover into place?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] cvenk:
deas anyone have any problems with backcover.

When you pout your nail to open back cover it pops up for about 1mm or 1,5 mm in the air and does not close to the main suface of the phone.

All clicks are good bak on the left and up, but on the upper right it sticks out. I'm going to servise tommorow and I'll see what will they say (100% they will say that it is my faulth)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] WAZ4:
Metal would always be a better conductor of heat but the real problem with having a metal battery panel would be the shielding affected to the radio components of the phone. IE the effect on 3g, WIFI and bluetooth and a possible reduction in signal strength. Many phones with metal back covers and cases have grounding connections on the the covers to the motherboards of the phones to stop this problem. The SGS2 was not designed to have a metal battery cover so would not have these connections. The cover is designed to be thin and light and is there purely to hold the battery in and cover the sim and memory card so why have it made of metal?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] haasgo:
sure but still: the back cover is made of cheap plastic. i really had to fight against myself to not open the cover as usual. it took me some minutes to take off the cover without breaking anthing. thats it for me tho. forget the metal...but the plastic is just really really thin imho. and the feel is kinda crappy....metal is the better choice here.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Alienfreak:
Does anyone know of a replacement battery case or phone case which makes the knob (? dunno the right word for it) at the bottom just as high as the rest of the phone? So that it makes it plain.

I really dislike that knob. The phone never lies straight and it feels awkward in the hands. I wish they had kept the height of the knob at the bottom and made it more like the LG X2 or so.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] WAZ4:
Not seen one as yet but no doubt there will be a higher capacity battery come on to the market.This would probably be from a third party manufacture with a replacement battery cover that will take up this space that you talk about. Seen many for HTC phones so I am sure there will be one for the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ekerbuddyeker:
I hope so. If someone makes a 4000 mamp battery it MIGHT last nearly a day.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] SBS_:
I haven't had any problems with the battery cover and I guess this video needs to be posted again:

[YOUTUBE]ErXqnQKs-tA[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jonrwg:
Was searching for the video above just now. Haha.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Intratech:
If they make that I might not need to charge mine for a month or two. :eek:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wressus:
Found these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-Galax...sesPouches&hash=item4cf77277e4#ht_6670wt_1139
[Galaxy S II Accessories] -Tj-:
I could go for one of those if they were plain black. The graphics are kind of off-putting. :p
[Galaxy S II Accessories] prodygee:
Completely forgetting the fact the rest of your phone is glass and plastic? Wow that would feel ugly.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SII with XDA Premium
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Jeshter2000:
Well if they were not so exspensive you might sand them and spray them in any colour you want hahaah
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
good spot !

i would have thought that you'd get the whole lot at that price.

has anyone found any more ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
That's not cheap plastic used in the back cover. I suspect it is nylon. Metal is ****. Metal of that thickness will crease when you try to take it off the phone. The plastic is used is of good quality.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Major_Sarcasm:
Nice find, I was looking on ebay earlier for battery covers and was presented with hundreds of gel-type cases that I'm not interested in as I keep mine in a leather slip case.

Shame those have naff designs on them. I'd just like a replacement cover, maybe in a different colour, that's as flexible and durable as the official job (judging by that quality video above) :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] mrdo:
ditto ... would love to have a choice of colours to brighten up my phone a little. i'd pay a fortune to have pantone battery covers !

why does the iphone get all the pantone fun ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wressus:
If you search on the brand "anymode" it seems to be a Korean high quality accessories maker. But they should have just plain colors too you would think.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Major_Sarcasm:
Did a search for 'Anymode' and came up with this. The auction is for a sleeve, folio or cover and they have a range of colours. Not to my particular taste, but looks to be high quality gear nontheless. Not cheap though, the covers are £39 posted. If I'm looking at the photo correctly, they look to be slightly padded too which could be a big bonus.

Edit: Just realised why my searches hadn't found these before, look what category they're listed in:

Clothing, Shoes & Accessories >Unisex Clothing, Shoes & Accs >Unisex Accessories >Other

They won't sell many listing them there ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] LadFromWales85:
What leather slip case do you use...pics?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Alienfreak:
It is polycarbonate with 10% gf. Look at the of the case it is stated there.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Major_Sarcasm:
It's just some random thing that I grabbed from a local o2 shop. Probably not leather but it's sturdy and has a ribbon to remove the phone. I don't think it was specifically for an SGS2, I just tried a bunch until I found one that fit. The girl in the o2 shop was quite obliging.

It'll do until Sammy releases the d30 case.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] wressus:
Nice! BTW Anymode is the manufacture of all samsung original accessories. For example the original perforated case is Anymode.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rheza02:
Hi, is there any back cover replacement ?, i really hate the current texture.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Sleepycat3:
The case is polycarbonate. The battery cover isn't. Polycarbonate is rigid. It is not flexible. :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] zkyevolved:
If you don't mind getting raped by the price:

http://www.accesoriossmartphone.com/tapa-trasera-original-samsung-galaxy-sii-i9100-negra-p-1589.html

There ya go :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] bentez2003:
Am I the only one to have marks on the original cover after very careful use?? I've got the phone in the Sammy case now but it only took a couple of days for me to permanently mark the battery cover.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] snark_be:
Have you seen this thread?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] IDF BOY:
here is a back panel :

cgi.ebay.com/SAMSUNG-GALAXY-S2-i9100-BATTERY-CANDY-BACK-CASE-COVER-/260795291308?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item82647a654f#ht_8930wt_905
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jypdTonga:
did anyone found a metal one ?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] delbert3mil:
$50????? hell no!!!!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ABC_Universal:
Found some in Chinese sites, all claimed to be original, selling at US$2.5~10.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xeigen:
Sry for bumping this old thread..

Has anyone bought these $2.5-10 back covers?..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Ba...ultDomain_0&hash=item1e64b26c10#ht_2901wt_949

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
Yes order one from my brother in France back in Sept he's had no problems with it...

PS: there's other dealers selling them if you search on ebay.;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xeigen:
thx, how's the quality? close to the one that comes with the device?

you mean another dealer that sells it cheaper or what? There's a quite a few seller that are selling battery cover actually, i find this is the cheapest and i don't like the glossy ones :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyssa1104:
Original, there are some cheaper plastic ones also metal ones take your pick..:D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] xeigen:
Kk, thx a lot..
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 4ltair:
Bought this

Perfect fit, exact the same quality as my original one.

Price + shipping = 18 $

Time to arrive = 20 days.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] AlexxxR:
Ordered mine 5 days ago, arrived 5 min ago :) Feels amazing in the hand and adds more weight (feels more premium aka HTC), also adds a few millimeters of thickness but still fits inside my Casemate Pop case.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170730708046#ht_1219wt_952

I live in New Zealand so will take longer to reach U.S

The new cover is the right one :P as you can see, the Samsung logo is bigger and brighter on the new one.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Intercrew:
Are there any leather style back cover?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] nabilxp:
i have buy one from http://www.leboncoin.fr/telephonie/263002771.htm?ca=12_s

it's perfect like the original one
[Galaxy S II General] Danielfr:
Coming from a HTC Desire HD ,I have just received my Galaxy SII.

The hardware is great : very good screen, nice colors , very light, good speaker ans sound , far above my HTC Desire HD.

BUT: I am very disppointed by the software , far behind my HTC Desire HD:

HTC Sense is much better than TW ( I know, I can use another launcher) ,

Email client is crappy ( background black, no limitations in mail size limit, or limited download schedule) . The dialer in T9 can only find people by the last or the first name but not by both, the keyboard of the HTC is much better ( where are the 4 arrows ?).

I am afraid that I will find in the next days other software limitations.

Daniel
[Galaxy S II General] SquirtingCherry:
I feel the same way, i switched to Go Launcher EX and for the keyboard i have Smart Keyboard pro.

Lets hope the device gets popular and CM gets ported to it.
[Galaxy S II General] Danielfr:
I will try Smart Keyboard pro . In the meantime, I am trying K9-mail as Email client. much better than Samsung Email program.
[Galaxy S II General] gareth7o9:
I hate TouchWiz. I don't know why they bother. It was the same with the Galaxy Tab, great device but crap overlay.

I've put Launcher Pro on mine with a touch of Beautiful Widgets. I much prefer the dock icons now. They are not as in your face as TouchWiz:

Galaxy S II Screen Shots - Picasa Web Albums http://v3.nu/mvdgk3
[Galaxy S II General] omz123:
Anyone finding any lagging when the power button is pressed? Mine takes some time before the screen wakes after the power button is pushed
[Galaxy S II General] StarF:
kinda agree with op here.. i am infact thinking about returning my galaxy s2 and just keep my desire phone. but i guess once there is a clean rom out for it, the phone will be nice.
[Galaxy S II General] prcach:
and what about ultimate codecs for every media out there for example?

you can change keyboard, dialer....i just cant realise how u compare some crap/changable things near something that makes this phone unique
[Galaxy S II General] davidoff08:
Have to totally disagree with you.

1.My Email client works spot on.

2. The bluetooth when using speaker in the car doesn't cut out half way through talking.

3. The GPS locks in seconds where as i couldn't get a lock where i lived for about 5 minutes.

4. I like the Touchwiz 4 even after coming from HTC it has some great touches as many of the people off here have said.

5. I use the gingerbread keyboard which i used on my HTC device.

6. Camera is so much better, as is Video & Gaming..

7. Plus the biggest bug bear with HTC Tiny Memory.

So for me its no contest ...
[Galaxy S II General] krabman:
Try dialer one. It can T9 search both first last and number in contacts and call logs all at once, has speed dial, can bring contacts most often contacted to the top of the results and you can set multiple number contacts with a defaut number. I don't even have a contact icon on my screens because I don't ever go into it. Dialer one will normally bring up the contact in a few clicks. I have 300 contacts so that isnt a huge number but still impressive to be a few clicks away from a contact at that number.
[Galaxy S II General] Paddee:
I've come in from the original HTC Touch HD

Sure it's a different layout, and I've really got to like the way I had my HD

I'm trying to resist the urge to make it like my old HTC HD.

So far, I'm very happy, all so much quicker. But look forward to what might be available shortly
[Galaxy S II General] RADLOUNI:
Becoming hesitant to buy

Those kind of posts make me hesitant to buy the SGS II

I bought the SGS I which was a total disaster (yes i believe the device should work out of the box given the sh$$t load of money you pay for it)

I switched then to Desire HD which was great, then i sold it wanting to buy the SGS II after all the hype about it and everyone claiming that all the SGS I problems have been solved

after reading this post, i am getting second thoughts :-)

I really dont want to invest in it then end up selling it after a month to buy the sensation. I like the software stability of HTC and dont know whether samsung has improved their stability on the SGS II, or not.....................
[Galaxy S II General] RMXO:
I'm starting to get hesitant also esp for the price I have to pay for an international phone.
[Galaxy S II General] amtrakcn:
Not sure about the GS2 Email but you can set background color on SGS1. I guess SGS2 should allow you to do the same thing.

Keeping the background black is good for ur battery.

I don't like the dailer though, but don't expect anything better on a "clean ROM", the AOSP is almost worse on everythings.
[Galaxy S II General] EleCtrOx666:
I personnaly love the software and really like TouchWiz, I even prefer it over sense. It is really great in it's version 4.0.
[Galaxy S II General] kurtish:
I sold my Desire HD and purchased the iPhone 4....

HUGE mistake, what a piece of s#@t that is....

I then sold the iPhone 4 and bought the SGS2....

And to be honest, I want an HTC back as Sense if much nicer than the cheap childish looking TouchWiz thing.....

The signal is shocking and is never stable, spent most of my time refreshing webpages today which in turn drained my battery....

Speed Test results were extremely inconsistent, they did however on occasion make the phone seem worthwhile, but browsing is a different matter, or lack of browsing should I say (Bottom result is Wi Fi)

The DHD browser and signal is by far the fastest I've ever come across....

When browsing on the SGS2 you see chequered board until you stop scrolling....

Have had to 'Force Close' browser about 5 times, and a few other processes about 4 times when I wasn't really doing anything - that's within 24 hours....

Until Samsung create a nice looking OS, then I shall stay well away....

Why should I purchase a mobile that I need to flash/root and annihilate just to have a mobile that I like....

I'm not trying to slate the phone, I'm merely creating a 'review' I would have liked to have read prior to purchasing this phone....

I watched numerous videos on YouTube which made this device look so cool, when infact, it's far from it.....

It's like a Genio with Balls :D
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
I came from a DHD to the SG2 and guess what? I love it!

Battery life blows the DHD away, the screen is better, the sound quality is better really hated the low sound on the desire, the camera is better and video, my GPS locks quickly and the browser is superior due to gpu acceleration I did a side by side test and far smoother when scrolling.

Sure Sense is lovely but there are replacements,the only one replacement which is hard to replace is friendstream but tweetdeck is pretty decent.

As for keyboard I'm using the keyboard from here Thumb Keyboard its free and has the arrows as well and I think better than HTC stock keyboard.

You won't be disappointed with the Samsung although the Desire HD is still a lovely phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kurtish:
My battery life is the same, as the SGS2 constantly struggles to connect to 3g

I saw that there was a new firmware and have just installed it in the home it would maybe help my lousy 3g connection....

It didn't....

Off to ebay with this one I think :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] beWater:
Maybe I have a different understanding, but I find it unnecessary to think that a phone should work perfectly out of the box, rooting and changing rom isn't all that hard especially we are already talking on xda, just spend a few minutes reading the step by step guides and you are fine.

Perhaps that is the reason I chose samsung, crappy software can be modified, but battery life cannot.

Overall, I'm very happy with the new purchase
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
If you've just received your phone how are you so sure that e.g Touchwiz is crappy?

It took me 2 days to get to know and use TouchWiz4 properly and efficiently. I don't think you know how to use it or shall I say "know how to use it to its full potential", if you have just got it.

Keyboard? everyone's got their preference.

Email client? it is one of the best out there right now. Give it a few days.
[Galaxy S II General] arj154:
I quite like some of the additions they made, the notification bar seems great with the quick access stuff and i noticed that I can use audio controls within the notification bar if I use the stock music player. I don't use the launcher as I prefer launcher pro. The phone app isnt too bad seems basic but better than stock. The actual calling is good as it moves the hold button to the bottom and you can text as soon as usual hang up which I find handy. Personally I use Youlu. Again I use a lot of alternative apps already so the main things I use are the little tweaks to the phone itself. The good think about it is it doesn't slow down the phone as it's such a speedy phone
[Nexus S General] ammarmalik:
When I select a paid app, my phone is grayed out, but my Desire is not. Desire is currently running stock ROM but Nexus S is on MIUI.

I tried my friend's Desire running the same version of MIUI and he can also download paid apps. So why is my phone grayed out??
[Nexus S General] Matridom:
hover your mouse over the phone that is greyed out and it will tell you why it's greyed out.
[Nexus S General] ammarmalik:
It says the item cannot be installed for this device. I know for a fact thats not true. It's saying that for all paid apps. Ninja Kaka, launcher pro etc etc
[Nexus S General] jumbz55:
Hrmm this has happened to me many times before. Once I even lost a paid app (Bartender Buddy). Funnily enough also happened when I was on MIUI on my Motorola Milestone. Have seen it a couple of times on the Nexus S... I think it has something to do with permissions that developers or google set...

Notably the Car Home app. Found that I had to use a workaround on XDA forums to install that on MIUI. So it may depend on the ROM or the Device. Maybe contact the developer of the app you're trying to install? I've had good experiences with their replies. The dev of bartender buddy even refunded me.
[Nexus S General] Matridom:
I ask because i had a few applications that where not rated "Compatible" with android 2.3 or the phone model, so they would not install properly. I had to use TI to restore the app on my phone, it then re-created the market link and everything was fine from there.
[Nexus S General] j0hnZ:
I want to bump this because I have this problem on Miui and ZuluZulu, but not CyanogenMod. I made the app so I know it is compatible with 2.3.4, but the market shows it as incompatible. I'm convinced this is a problem with the market app in these roms.

Here is the app just looking to see if those using these roms show it as compatible:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.DRE.j0hnZ&feature=search_result

Aha! Seems the new market apps have copy protection deprecated already.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] :
Hi everyone..I want to know what rom is the better for this device..I think CM7 is better specially with the official update which is due to arrive..

[OT]Is there any post for the presentation??[/OT]:)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dieguchoel:
The best rom depends on you.

For me? devoid.franco and his kernel.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] will8578:
i def + 1 what you have said:)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] divyanshu308:
+1 from me too
[Optimus One, P500, V General] metalboy94:
Stock ROM. ;)

Hey, I only got the phone on Sunday. For now, the stock ROM and the minimal tweaks I made (JIT, touchscreen fix, ondemand underclock) are quite enough.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] naturist:
CM7/GB for performance, any other froyo rom for battery. It doesn't matter how many tweaks/kernel you apply to froyo, it will still be buggy with performance and you will keep flashing new tweaks/kernels. lol
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Arjen:
I can only agree with mansirawat :)

CM7 rocks (even in draining battery ;))

For dayly use I use custom Froyo rom, for this moment it's LOL 1.4.2 with some of francofrancisco tweaks and kernel.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] lucasd46:
Devoid.francov5, franco.kernel v11 with darktremors apps2sd
[Optimus One, P500, V General] FnH84:
The best rom for you and your phone is, without a question, the stock rom. It is most stable, safe and will always be up to date. The best custom rom in my opinion is CM7, but there are several available and most of them are good.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] manast:
Mik's CM7. It's awesome. :)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] j_tangs:
Im using Nessy for 2 days now and its my first custom rom installed, I cant say its the best since i hadnt tried other roms, but so far im pretty satisfied with its performance. the default cpu clock is 729mhz max and I change it to 600mhz(stock) and the result is that battery consumption is now as good as the stock rom but with a little boost in performance and no bloatwares equals to increase in memory.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] angeloilcampione:
CM 7 + franco v19.2
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DJBhardwaj:
I personally prefer CM7 By mik + fk :-)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] DaXmax:
Use the latest threads... By me, tell more why u like the rom...

Sent from LGE Secret phone using tapatalk app... >DA×<
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jvs60:
Sounds good to me!

http://laptopmix.com/2011/05/galaxy-tab-10-1-wifi-confirmed-for-june-8-pricing-at-around-399/
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Ravynmagi:
Wow. $100 cheaper. I think that'll make the lack of microSD a little easier to take, because I'll definitely need to spend an extra $100 on the 32GB model, which I hope is now $500 and also available June 8th.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] johnt1:
This still does not make up for no micro sd
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] gogol:
I think Samsung does not want to mess around with Honeycomb.

Google said it does not have any solution yet for it:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13719740&postcount=25
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] johnt1:
That maybe true granted that xoom has not even got theirs working yet and its been a while.

Darn dreams of having a tablet with everything is shattered until ice cream.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] SonicTab:
Transformer ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] dmoney94:
sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] yhzhrm:
I can wait until 4th Quater and Ice Cream for SD support.

However, no SD support is still no excuse for leaving out the microSd slot on the GT 10.1 WiFi only version.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Srikar_NBK:
+1 (10 chars)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Wdustin1:
Has it been officially confirmed that if is going to be no SD for sure?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] RickBaller:
Has anyone found a place to preorder one?