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[Galaxy S II General] Digital1325:
Nice honest and informative post. Most of the issues will hopefully be fixable once we start getting some custom ROMs I'm hoping. Or hopefully fixes direct from Samsung in regards to GPS, WiFi, and 3G. I guess time will tell.
[Galaxy S II General] samnada:
Very puzzling that Sammy would have issues in key connectivity areas on such a high profile phone. Wonder if they''re all antenna related? As you say, hopefully not, and it's all solvable with SW.
[Galaxy S II General] BatterBits:
Homescreen order

C'mon guys - it's not that hard to reorder your homescreens...

Just pinch zoom (helicopter mode) longpress & drag.....

:D:D

Hope this helps you...

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Regards,

Ian.
[Galaxy S II General] Abra_Cadabra:
Thanks! Will try it.

The issue isn't re-ordering. It's changing the default home screen from the left (on TouchWiz) to the middle (As on stock Android / Sense etc)
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
in the old TW, it allowed users to change the default home screen. I have no idea what happened to the new TW
[Galaxy S II General] BatterBits:
Doh!

Sorry, Didn't quite catch that - I understand now where you're coming from.

<note to self - dont respond to posts you haven't read properly>

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Regards,

Ian
[Galaxy S II General] PartyMango:
After my first day with this phone I switched to the the ADW Launcher, Samsung really didn't think the TouchWiz launcher through - not only the default homescreen being on the left, but also the fact that Apps in the drawer aren't sorted alphabetically.
[Galaxy S II General] briansj:
I used to own the Samsung Galaxy Vibrant. It's disturbing that Samsung is still not getting the GPS working right!
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
My gps works like a charm
[Galaxy S II General] shawnfr:
I'm on the latest firmware but it's still pretty buggy...

I've tried switching to launcher pro but I still get crash reboots and loss of sound.

Last night I entered the pin and the phone just reboots.

I also loose the clicks on the pin screen. When this happens you have to reboot go get audio back...I tried playing an mp4 video with no sound when it was in this state and it just said unable to play. Of course it worked fine after a reboot...

So pretty buggy at the moment :(
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
mine has no bugs or what so ever, after 2 weeks of used i can never compare it to other phones performance either android or iOS,i used both before but this one is simply way above them..
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
no built in stock music widget was a dissapointment for me as well as the horrible lock screen style and the lag during wakeup..apart from that this phone is really amazing..but touchwiz needs some serious thought...
[Galaxy S II General] amuneer:
Agreed that this phone is as speedy and steady as the HTC Desire and iPhone 4 that I have owned. The trick to all these phones is that if you play around too much with settings,tweaks,launchers you are likely to get problems.
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspired55:
I see screen shots and thumbnails in peoples posts. how is it done? When I click on the attach image icon it asks for a url address. Just want to get it off my computer. Thanks anyone and everyone in this great forum
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
Do you see:

Attach Files

Valid file extensions: 7z apk bmp cab cab2 doc docx gif jpe jpeg jpg pdf png psd rar tar txt xap xls xlsx zip

Manage Attachments <--Click on that. It wont end the world after you click it. :) Then choose your file.
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspired55:
kirk thanks for the response, but i tried that and it only gives me an attachment not an actual image.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Go to www.tinypic.com, upload your photo then copy the forum tags and post it.

http://showmewhatswrong.com/play/cXhoqIfhI
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
upload them to flicker and select medium size. Then when you come to post them select the icon with the mountain and input the link location. that will post them as big as the ones in the OP and they are very clear
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspired55:
Thank you all very much.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
Well either way will work... Here I just tried it using the method I mentioned above and here's the result:

Click on the image and it will enlarge.
[HTC Inspire 4G] inspired55:
ok I get it a jpeg or png file will show up as a thumbnail but I was using a bmp file so it showed up as a downloadable file only. thank you very much
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Ok no need to bump a year old thread. Thread closed
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hatman41:
So I am just trying to change the Icon color that you see on the main screen and when you open up Gmail. I cannot find that blasted png anywhere. I have checked all the drawable and the only ones I have locted are the widget ones and the stat notify ones. I have already change their color. I really SUCK at doing .9's so I am only doing the main icons. Does anyone know were they are located?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tommebaas:
I installed Gangstar MV but there is no sound.

CM 7.0.2.

Anyone has this problem?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VeryCoolAlan:
I need the gapps i dont internet on phone right now

anyone have the old copy? i deleted it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
CyanogenMod forums, from wherever you are posting.

I would gave said Rom Manager otherwise.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris378:
So who are the developers that are going to be developing for the Samsung Nexus S 4G (D720)? I figured this is a question everyone has been wondering. Im very excited to get started with my Nexus S 4G! (Previously came from the HTC Evo and there were alot of dedicated dev., Hope to see the same here)

P.S I didnt put this in the Q&A Because this is a direct question to the developers in this section about the current ROM's Available. Please don't be upset : )
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsallsubliminal:
I hope netarchy puts up a rom with his liquid smooth touches. His evo rom + kernel was ILL.

The thing is, the nexus s and ns4g are dev phones, bare bone AOSP, so a custom rom is just gunna be "themed" a bit and/or the real "improvements" are in the Kernel or any additional apps the dev has created.

I would love to see a bunch of ports make their way over. I would imagine that a dev phone would be one of the easiest to port/build for (easy for a dev, not the average human ;) )
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabbypenguin:
in a way, we all are.. who is to say that someone has to be a "dev" to make something, or find out what may fix something? on the heroc we had hundreds of users sitting in an irc room helping each other trying to figure out why things didnt work and what would happen if we pressed this button 7 times instead of 4..

so in short grab some code and lets start working :P my repo is synced and already compiled im working with the rest of the ACS team to see if we cant bring some lovins on over from the epic/evo :D

trying to come up with a good name for the rom >.>
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsallsubliminal:
Well, its very time consuming. I did alot of theming in the past, then wrote a few apps for WebOS, but just don't seem to have the time anymore with fulltime work, college, etc.

You are right tho, anyone can learn and the nexus line are a great place to start, simple and not complicated. Come on young high-school minds with oodles of time! Make ur name known! Lol

Really tho, I wish I could contribute more :(
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 903tex:
You know I have some time since school is over and now I'm just looking for work to pass me by til its starts again. NO BS if somebody could point me to the right way help me along the way. I would make a rom for the ns4g. Always wanted to just for self pride not for glory or money. So I'm here and ready!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyinid:
I know alot of you guys don't know him. But ask any Droid owner about Peter Alfonso (BuglessPete). You couldn't ask for a better dev to work on stuff for your phone. * no pressure Pete ;)

Seriously though shabbypenguin hit the nail on the head. We are in this together ...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuglessPete:
lol thanks :) Ill see what I can throw together ;)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M@XLOL:
You had one of my favorite EVO ROMS easily.

In b4 this is in q&a
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabbypenguin:
ok, whats everyone think of ChillyWIlly rom? :P
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyinid:
Makes me think of Will Smith :D

J/K, I like...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snandlal:
Im on a campaign going to evo threads and saying how great this phone is. Maybe they will switch. Putting nexus in high demand

Uncle Jimmy says hello
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsallsubliminal:
This number one thing to do is get ur pc ready with the right software and drivers (there are a couple applications for compiling/decompiling and signing, not just what u use for root)

There's a thread around here about theming for the epic. It has a nice intro to the basic setup ull need, just be sure to replace anything epic with sns, u can then move on to ROMs once u understand what composes a ROM. When I'm back at my PC I could probably hook u up w a good place to start, but right now I'm out and about after this heathen Bulls game! Woot woot!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
If I may suggest, Epic 4G is just about the same as the NS4G. From what I hear they got our stock to work on Epic just after I posted this.

I know they have the CM7 half way ported on Epic as well as the obvious stock with the TouchWiz interface for whoever likes that stuff :) I figured this would be the easiest place to start.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabbypenguin:
stop spamming this, its not going to work, for the same reasons why i explained in your thread about it
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuglessPete:
It probably will work as much as flashing a Droid ROM onto a Milestone...same hardware...epic fail.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabbypenguin:
more so then that all they currently have is a .32 cm7 kernel a semi working .35 cm7 kernel and their stock .32 touchwiz kernel.. we only have .35 stock kernel, even if you could get past the bootloops good luck trying to make a phone call or get crap to stop force closing
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Spamming? Chill out man. I'm just trying to help.
[Galaxy S II General] Arthur Hucksake:
My last Android phone was the Desire. (The first one)

It's battery life left alot to be desired in all honesty.

Phone after that was an iPhone 4 which had a far better battery life. Onto pastures new after my iP4 got smashed, I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S II as a replacement.

Had it three days now and I am really not impressed with this things battery life. Unless your camped near a charger it just feels like such a pointless device. What's the point in having all these features if it's going to be dead by lunchtime? Really?

Got hardly any apps installed, have closed down social hub and everything inside it, no notifications or syncing apart from Gmail and contacts. (Whoopy doo!)

I took my phone off the charger around 2pm at 100%.

Now it's showing as 6h 48m usage (doesn't sound right)

Display 44% - 1h 47m use

Internet 13% - CPU total - 19m

Cell Standby 11%

Android System 9% - CPU Total 3m , CPU foreground 1m , Stay awake 4m

Android OS - 8% CPU total 11m

Voice calls - 3% - 2m

Battery now at 48%

So over 50% battery and I have got 19 mins of checking football scores and 2 minutes of calls.

This phone is not worth £500. Not in the slightest, just based on this. What good is a dual core powerhouse if it's going to be dead before you've had a chance to use it?

It's a serious issue that needs looking at, and no , it isn't the Android OS bug. That only accounts for 11 minutes of nearly 7 hrs of being on.

I use to charge my iPhone 4 up about once every 3-4 days, it never seemed to ever die or drain this quickly. You put the phone on the side and goto bed, usually lose about 1% of battery for the entire night.

This just isn't good enough for the price being paid. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] misticjeff:
From what i've seen here at XDA is that every phone (even the same model) performs differently. My SGS II can sit on my nightstand all night (7-8hrs) and only lose 3-4% battery. I can go through my entire work day of 8hrs with email sync on, sending text, making calls, checking XDA and Twitter, etc and still only use approx. 30% battery.

This is with the stock ROM. With a custom ROM that will improve and I can count using a maximum of 3 fingers the last time I was away from a charging source for more than an hour so i'm content.
[Galaxy S II General] SBS_:
You must be the only one I've heard of that only charges their iPhone4 every 3-4 days, everyone that actually use the phone has to charge it at least every day (that I know anyways).

And 19 mins checking fotball scores and 2 calls? Your screen was on for nearly 2 hours so I hope you got to do more than that.

I can usually get a solid 5-6 hours of _active_ use time out of this phone and that's better than any phone I've had before at least. But one must remember batteries are batteries and the one in SGSII only has those 1650mAh to work with, it isn't magic.

And if you're getting much more than 1% battery drain per hour you have a bug or a program eating your battery somewhere.

Oh and if it isn't good enough for you just return it or sell it, it's not like anyone forced you to buy it or like it. I would never tolerate having a phone I didn't like, it would go straight in the bin.
[Galaxy S II General] Arthur Hucksake:
Honestly, there isn't much choice is there. It's this thing , or the iPhone 4.

Blackberrys are rubbish, other mainstream phones are all Android based and have battery grievances aswell.

Battery life is such a limiting factor with these modern phones, the old nokia bricks use to last ages. I know they can do alot more, but I figured disabling all of the sync features and what not should atleast improve it a fair bit.

Doesn't seem to make any difference.

Going back to carrying spare batteries again, just for daytime use. lol
[Galaxy S II General] mosd:
today my screen has been active for 5 hours on my one year old galaxy s and i still have 29% left on battary. So i aint suffering from same issues as u
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
I didn't really use it much since i was carrying my BB most of the day yesterday

Complete opposite from OP's observation

I've said it from day 1 that battery life on this is great.
[Galaxy S II General] Brut.all:
19 mins of CPU usage doesn't mean you was checking scores for 19 minutes, but it took summarily 19 mins of 100% CPU usage. Plus if I look at display time then I think you was checking these scores for about 1:40 hrs and now you're surprised that it took ~50% of battery. Also I think you have brightness set to high, because display should not drain so much power.
[Galaxy S II General] Jabbypants:
Mine was up to 1 day 6 hours then I had the charge message on screen this was with a few hours of phone calls, maybe 35 texts, watched a bit of a video, web browsing, I am very pleased with the battery so far.
[Galaxy S II General] corb06:
I get at most 15-20 hours out of my battery, limited use.

As many stated before, the phone is almost useless due to the bad battery. I dont know if I can see an entire Mkv 1080p movie in it. Only seen a few CSI 720p mkv videos, and they drain the s**t out of the battery.

Looks like we have to buy the big battery pack thats going to be released soon. Then it wont be so thin, or light though...

Here is a pic of my stats, phone is about to go dead in a couple of hours. That means Ill get about 15 hours out of it today. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] itsjusttim:
First of all, your display was on for 1hr 47min, 13min of scores doesn't cause that....

Second, there are ways to get better battery life out of the phone.

Turn down brightness

Turn off auto sync

Turn off radios if they can't get signal

Dont stream videos/music

But why have a top of the line device if your going to do all that?

I turn my brightness up, I love the sexy giant screen. I auto sync 4 email accounts. I have 7 screens filled with power wasting widgets. I constantly stream pandora and watch espn at work, tvshowstream on lunch and in car. I overclocked also.

Lets say I use my phone to its fullest. All I did was buy some cheap hong kong batterys on ebay for $11 and switch them out as I need them. I can do anything and everything on my phone with confidence I won't run out of power.
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
What did you install on your phone? I'm still running full stock
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
Its not the best battery but it ain't that bad as many others, iphone 4 is good on battery and lasts a day or 2 with some use but ios is nothing like android interface so they carnt be compared that easy, i think there's room for improvement weather its a android update or custom Rom.
[Galaxy S II General] Sanchless:
:firstworldproblems:
[Galaxy S II General] mmm_ok:
I used to have an iphone 3 and I had to charge that baby every day...

While I would certainly like more standby time... Having an awesome computer in your pocket is way cooler than a dumb phone that's battery lasts four days.

I think this was one of Nokia's major miscalculations... That users wanted better battery life over phone features.
[Galaxy S II General] Shadowzerosix:
Not going to waste too much time with this, you picked the wrong phone to begin with, Samsung has this goal, to be in every pie. Their products have great reviews, but so research first and find a company that does better, one that actually takes the time to develop the product they primarily specialize in, and who have been around doing it (reliably) for awhile. I.e. Motorola, Htc
[Galaxy S II General] Arthur Hucksake:
I actually went by reviews, they all point to this phone being the best alternative to the iPhone 4. Comments were generally that battery life was good.

Think their reviews were all based on ten minutes of use.
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
i've had mine since the fourth of this month and battery life is just as good if not better than the first week. That screenshot was taken earlier today
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
Which samsung phone do you have? I would have to agree with HTC but motorola for smartphone? HAHAHAH
[Galaxy S II General] jonrwg:
I dont't think 19min of checking football score and 2min of calls will even affect your battery life. 6hours and your battery down by 50%, not sure what you did to your phone. Just watched live football stream for 2 hours, everything else syncing etc, I never off background data, wifi constantly on, lots of widget and now after 19hrs I still left 28%.

If this phone were not good enough for you why don't you return it and exchange back for an iPhone4?

ps: My gf ip4 need to charge every 2 days (with light usage) but when shes playing lot of games and browsing, she will need to charge it at night before going to bed.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
If you don't like the phone return it and get something else. That's some free revolutionary advice for you. No need to create another thread for this, you could have just made a new post in one of the others. Now have a good day.
[Galaxy S II General] omersak:
Oh, right - HTC phones manage to get an amazing grand total of 4 hours of battery life (Desire HD, Thunderbolt etc.) :p

You cannot be serious! HTC is THE most notorious for powering their phones with severely underpowered batteries.
[Galaxy S II General] mattism78:
I'm currently typing on an iP4 that I've already had to charge once today. It all depends on the user. From the sounds of it you have things running in the background that are eating your battery. There is also the possibility that you have a bad battery. You can always swap it out (not an option for iPhone owners)
[Galaxy S II General] a67543210:
I think you are alone in this problem.my battery life is so extensive I'm quite fatigues with this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Vulpix:
You're blaming Android when the problem is our battery technology not being able to catch up with the powerful phones in the market?
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
I did mention it right above my post that i had the BB with me instead of this didn't I?

I posted this in pocketnow in their comments section (Pre-firmware update)
[Galaxy S II General] jonrwg:
Is 21hr good enough for you?

From last night 3am (15 May) unplugged until now 2.50am (16 May). Battery left 12%. Background data: on, Wifi: on, screen brightness: 3/4.

Widget: Analog clock, bobclockD3, minimalistic text (weather update with location, battery % and temp degree), 2 Glass news widget (update every 1hour), simple calendar (sync with gmail, uk holiday and local calendar), Launcher pro facebook and twitter widget (update every 30min), Parcels (Automatic update).

Usage breakdown:

Display 43%

Android OS 29%

Android System 11%

Cell standby 5%

Launcher pro 3%

Phone idle 3%

Media Server 2%

Screen Shot:

ps: Did watch football live stream. Damn Arsenal lose. :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] Shadowzerosix:
That could be a possibility, companies that do closed testing for a short period don't always put what would be best for the technology. Maybe its about how you use that technology?

I've understood over a period of quite a few years that going with a product from a company that is envolved with other fields i.e. Sony, LG, Samsung etc.. They wouldn't put all the dedication into one line of product. Agree? I've had dozens of experiences with different leading brands.

I've done lots of research on HTC prior to getting the evo on the company, and as of June 2010, they've had very good efforts as a company to make there customers happy, I went on a limb buying a phone on release date. But I based my purchase on RELIABLE review sources from previous users (non-biased) that spent plenty of using various devices.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
The iPhone 4 is like a freak of nature with battery life. Apple did some crazy optimizations that I still can't figure out how they got the iPhone 4 battery life so good.

But compared to all other android phones, the galaxy s2 is in the same ballpark. Nothing comes close to the iPhone though so you kinda just have to accept that.
[Galaxy S II General] falconeight:
I have had both and used them both the same, the sgs2 battery is better.
[Galaxy S II General] Sanchless:
I reckon the GS2 could match the iPhone 4 with the bugs ironed out and using juicedefender.
[Galaxy S II General] Digital1325:
I agree with this. The iPhone 4 lasts much longer than my Nexus One ever did. The thing is though, I barely even use my iPhone 4 so all that extra battery is moot. Hopefully one day our Android devices catch up in that department, till then, I don't mind charging my phone nightly, or worst case scenario, using a spare battery. :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
I think it still comes down to how you're using the phone. My colleague and I both use our devices heavily for work (push email, spreadsheets, powerpoints, etc)... he's running iphone4, I was running SGS. With all the tweaks/modified kernels/bloatware stripped/undervolting, my device easily out lasted his after a similar day of use. In fact, he had to constantly have his hooked to the laptop charging, I never bothered.

And keep in mind, they had to throttle his iphone's A4 to 700~800 MHz while my Hummingbird was running at 1.2 GHz. I'm pretty sure that retina display is a battery hog....