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[Galaxy S II General] -Tj-:
I've had some problems with the phone myself, but they're not deal breakers. The WiFi reception does seem pretty bad. From 15 feet from the router, the signal strength is about -80 to -70 according to WiFi Analyzer, while it's over -20 when it's right next to it. The falloff is pretty steep, too. However, it does lock, and I was able to get the signal from about 40 feet away, while I was outside the house in my car.

At first, I thought sound through my earphones were bad on certain songs, but as it turns out it was a problem with the stock player not playing my music file properly for some reason. I can't figure out what it is, either. Other than that, I'm no audiophile so I don't really have any problems with audio.

I had one reboot I did not initiate, and it happened while I was playing some game. I can't remember what it was anymore (been trying all kinds of stuff since I'm new to Android), but it didn't happen again since then.

GPS seems fine to me. It locks way faster than my LG eXpo, and even works in my house. Compass sometimes needs the figure 8 calibration, but I'm happy with it since I've never had a compass before. :p

Blue tint... I guess there's a slight blue tint on mine, but so slight that I have to concentrate to see it at all. I wouldn't discount someone having blue tint on their screen, but mine definitely seems fine. From my understanding, this is a new screen, so I wouldn't doubt there are still differences between each one because of the manufacturing.

Mine's going back tomorrow for exchange because of a screen defect, but Expansys-USA won't have the phone in stock again for another couple weeks or so... It's going to be a long, loooong few weeks...!

To those reading this thread thinking "oh no, bad phone, must look elsewhere:" this is the best phone I've ever owned. It's so good, and so blazingly fast that I've at times forgotten I was using a phone. I use 2 computers at work: my laptop and the workstation provided. My phone was on my desk and I was looking up some info on it in Firefox. I got distracted for a bit, but when I went back to the search on my laptop or workstation I couldn't find it. :p My laptop is no slouch (it was a top-of-the-line ultraportable 2.5 years ago), but it's been having trouble playing some recent 1080p video files. My phone doesn't have any problem. With those same files it doesn't even stutter. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] :
Seriously yesterday I used Samsung Galaxy S2 and m very happy that I went for Xperia Arc instead of very high profile and much hyped SG2..

sent from Xperia Arc
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
Well i am a DesireHD user here. All those issues looks microscopic to me. The desire HD faced tons of issues in its release but resolved most via updates. I believe the issues with SGS2 will be solved either by Samsung or the community itself.

I still have doubts between sensation and sgs2 but im placing my bet this time on Samsung as i wish for something different this time cuz i really am bored using 2 Htc flagships so far. SGS2, plz dont let me down. I survived the DesireHD, i know im willing to cope with all on SGS2
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
And your purpose for posting this in a forum for a phone you don't even own?
[Galaxy S II General] :
Well m loving my xperia Arc...no competition in design as well as camera n multimedia....give a damn to dual cores :-)

sent from Xperia Arc
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
You,moron,SGS 2 compared with SE Arc..:mad::mad:

It makes me laugh at people like you,no idea regarding tech.:mad:

Can you please post me some pictures of SGS 2 which you used yesterday:mad::mad:

As far as i know it's yet not available officially in india;)
[Galaxy S II General] android_master:
Stop spamming around,otherwise get ready for a bann:mad::mad:

Last warning
[Galaxy S II General] RMXO:
The SGS2 won't let you down. It's way better than my old iP4, Inspire & Captivate. The SGS2 does have it's quirks like all phones but nevertheless, it's an awesome device.

to OP, if you can return the device & exchange it for another easily, then go for it.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Haha..FYI, m in Singapore....n b happy with ur dual core :P n replica of iFail

sent from Xperia Arc
[Galaxy S II General] shrutirisk:
Seriously SG2 is a disappointment
[Galaxy S II General] override182:
I came here to read and learn what is the issues and what to expect also how to overcome when i get my device. Some others should do the same. This aint a trashing and phone duel thread, otherwise, it will end up like some comparing sgs2 to sensation which is full of fanboyism. Share ur issues, be honest but respect others toi
[Galaxy S II General] hermaniii:
But still the best phone out there?

Only thing i can agree on is wifi reception. Hope it will have a little better range. Works good inside the house but not so good on the terrace.

Don't know if it can be better with software upgrade?

Can't move the router so maybe i will buy a AP to fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Wifi

There is a third choice: you care too much about the signal symbol without checking the real db value against another mobile. I can stay connected via Wifi in places where i couldn't even recognize the network with my old Desire. And it goes FAST. No connection issue at all.

Screen

The screen isn't blueish on mine.

This is the first thing I checked coming from the pinkish experience of HTC.

GPS

Can't comment on that yet. Haven't used it extensively yet.

Random Reboots

I confirm that on the previous firmware in 2 cases it restarted the TW interface, not the whole system.

After the last update haven't had any issue so far, but i updated just a couple of days ago because I'm in Italy and the update arrived later.

Poor Sound Output

Completely subjective.

I can clearly recognize how the ipod quality has gone crap in the years but cannot tell this is that bad. Try to change the headset.

So far, in my humble opinion, this phone deserve 9/10.

Regards

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Buy £260 cash .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] downwiththebanksters:
Let's hope they work out some of these bugs in manufacturing as we in the community bring some of the major issues to their attention! It's evil, but on a device like this the first few are betas. We knwo the 32GB lurks somewhere out there, and the Tegra, so please Samsung work these out before I get MINE! :)
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
Luckily my device isn't having the op issues
[Galaxy S II General] Crucio_:
haters gonna hate ^.^

serious tho, i got my s2 on release day, i have used it as a sat nav, music player, film player, camera and the only problem i have had is that it cant read my flac tags properly.

i dont know what people who are having random shut downs are doing to there phone but it has to be something..

my battery life wasnt amazing when i first got it but it is fine now, just get it in to a charge cycle and stop complaining when you are using it 12hrs a day that the battery is running down, its gonna happen.
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
Wifi

My wifi is great with no signal issues. I stay in 2 story townhouse and only can easily use in my parking lot or my backyard. I download alot of torrents daily(mixtapes) and never have any issues. Usually get 2 bars while outside downloading 15-20mbs.

Screen

Only see blue tint when looking at the side of the phone. When actuallly holding the phone for use its a non issue.

GPS

Just took a trip to Jacksonville to shop with my girl from tallahassee. Never had an issue during the 2 days. GPS never dropped any signal and stayed locked while using. I can get a lock in my office at home where previous phones where hit or miss.

Random Reboots

USER ERROR. Had the phone since release and NEVER had a reboot. Never a force close issue, no stalling and damn near zero lag.

Poor Sound Output

I have to lol at this one. I literally have music playing for about 12-15 hrs a day. I keep music playing with included headphones for 9-10 hrs at work. It plugs into my car while going to work and running around the city.

When plugged into my car(2 12's in ported box, amp, double din unit) the sound is amazing. My headunit has usb storage but I dont need to use it since sgs and now sgs2.

I do use poweramp app and that helps alot. DSP manager helps also. But maybe its the hiphop, r n b, and acoustic music I listen to that makes my car bang. Can hear me coming from around the corner.

Ive been running a perfectly smooth handsets since release. Only little hiccup came from KE7 battery life. Sorry for the people that got the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th batch.
[Galaxy S II General] SamYeung:
Moved to S2 from S1 two weeks ago.

Wifi - no major issues encountered. I have noticed on a few occasions, usually after a reboot, that throughput seems to be restricted to 2mbit/s. This has always cleared up after a while, after which it pulls down 13mbit/s (speed of my broadband). No issues with connection anywhere in my house and seems to be marginally better than a two year old samsung netbook on the 3rd floor.

Screen - not an expert, so havent noticed anything that causes concern aside from banding on gradients. Took a while to adjust to the vibrant colors when I first switch to S1 last year, and took a while to adjust to the larger display on the S2. Everyone whose seen the screen comment on how good it is.

GPS - significantly better than S1 out of the box, no issues with losing position and as accurate as I need it for navigation and playing with mytracks.

Random reboots - never had one. However I did have the home/lock screen freeze on me twice since updating to KE7 - but (touch wood) not happened since I did factory reset.

Sound - use radio for at two hours a day during commute - and does the job fine for what I need.
[Galaxy S II General] FromToronto:
Does anyone know if the default loclscreen can be changed? The default Samsung touchwiz one seems tacky.
[Galaxy S II General] daivik:
Try, Widgetlocker. You can launch apps, via tapping or sliding them (like native android homescreen) or have widgets on it.

using it on my desire and it's awesome. it's very fast and doesn't slow down the phone at all.......not that that's even a concern on the GSII! :p
[Galaxy S II General] FromToronto:
Thanks for the quick reply! I was wondering if there was a setting to revert back to the default Gingerbread lockscreen but I also forgot about WidgetLocker, I'll be using that. Thanks for the recommendation!
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
My wifi works just fine - can connect in the street 15m from home.

I also love all your posts, the way you don't generalise, your unique gift of wifi judgement for all SGS2 users and your general deportment, you lovely little man you.

How's my ass doing?
[Galaxy S II General] intruda119:
lol I totally agree with what you said. I havent encountered a single problem after a month besides battery issues with ke7. Most if not all random reboots are microsd problems.
[Galaxy S II General] wackyD:
Son I am disappoint in you being disappoint
[LG Optimus 2x] zhehao:
Hey guys. I have a question. I have flashed mcr rom on my o2x recently but before flashing, i saved a backup in cwm.

Now that i want to flash back to stock rom and kernel and the exact same original settings and rom, can i just restore using cwm or what do i do?

I am from Singapore using Starhub.

Thanks guys
[LG Optimus 2x] goatee:
The main problem is that MCR will have converted your partition to ext4, which the stock ROM can't read. As far as I understand, there are two options

1. Use http://android.modaco.com/content/l...3-for-converting-your-device-er-back-to-ext3/ but make sure you have the backup on your SD card, so

before you reboot

, you can restore it (if you reboot without restoring, bad things happen).

2. Use nvflash to put the stock ROM back on, and then restore your CWM backup.

But. . . someone who has done this may be able to confirm - if you want to be extra safe, check in the MCR thread.
[LG Optimus 2x] zhehao:
Thnks for the reply! So cwm is actually not really a rom backup image?
[LG Optimus 2x] goatee:
It is, but because the disk format is changed when you install MCR, I don't think you can restore it, without changing the disk format back first (I guess it depends how low level the image goes, maybe?)
[LG Optimus 2x] Rusty!:
Pretty sure NAND restore would be fine.
[LG Optimus 2x] zhehao:
I see.

So by right what i have to do essentially is to:

1. Convert back to EXT3.

2. Make sure my NANDRIOD backup is in SD Card.

3. Off phone and go into CWM then recover NANDRIOD.

Should be all?

Don't quite understand the nvflash. May i know what is that?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ams77:
I installed CM7 2.3.4 using AIO Vibrant Tool and it installed without a hitch, but some issues occurred as a result.

1) Debugging isn't recognized by my pc now, and it also says Galaxy S drivers needed as well. I installed the 32-bit Galaxy S as requested and my pc still says it needs the driver. As a result of this, I cannot reflash using my pc.

2) My "home" and "search" keys do not do anything anymore.

3) There is no "Market" and "Gmail" icons located on my Vibrant.

Please help!!!

Thanks,

Ant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ericson4292:
1. Download nexus s drivers from the android sdk.

2. Can't help you with that but mines working just fine.

3. Download the Gapps to install google stuffs. Read the install instructions from the cm7 thread.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffcorey:
by the sound of your buttons not working, you flashed the galaxy s CM7 file, and you need to make sure you flash the vibrant version and only the vibrant version.

Also, you need to read both the CM7 dev thread, and the CM7 Q & A thread, because these type of things are answered there already.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satawat.thongsawat:
I just wonder what is the best player.

The Movie that comes with xoom cannot play several files that Archos101 can.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lekwed:
try vplayer
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrs421:
I like mobo player. Pretty nice imo.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexan21:
+1 , its very good imo
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i_am_the_one:
i use mobo and rock player
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inrelief:
MoboPlayer, hands down
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiwengang:
MoboPlayer and RockPlayer basically can deal with almost all types.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mhausig:
Moboplayer for hardware decoding, Rockplayer for software decoding and to see if files will play over network shares (it fails more gracefully)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LNKNPRKFN:
I use Rockplayer...best i have found so far
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonyb15re:
What format do you guys rip your Vids in, I ripped a DVD down to MP4 today, the stock player just played it at warp speed and Rock player played the Video at normal speed but the sound very slowly and out of sync..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ruteral:
different strokes for different folks. i like bulit-in player on xoom. i think it is the best player for me. but sometimes it can't play some videos. maybe formats limited. i will convert them.

for movie lovers, a converting tool and a player is needed.
[Atrix 4G General] Wond3r:
I just got an atrix, connected to my wifi and set up blur and all that. I then followed the gingerbreak steps and rooted, and now it doesn't connect to my wifi.

I turn Wifi on, it tries to connect to it and then just turns off by itself

What am I doing wrong?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
Hello,

guys i need your help...one week ago my european unbranded tab suddlenty died after repartitioned with wrong pit and flash with jmk (only download mode and samsung logo) Now,i try the new gingerbread with bootloaders, odin done his job,now i have is coming into recovery but new things come up....

E:Error in/cache/recovery/sec_cscs.zip (status 7) Instalation aborded (this after odin finish and restart)...

I put in recovery and is coming E:cant open directory/system/app/ (no such file or directory) copy applications failed

wipe cache- E:format_volume:rfs format failed on/dev/block/stl11

cache wipe complete

wipe date- the same as above but /mncblkop2

/stl10

/stl11

Do you thing we can revive this device?:confused:

Sorry for my english and thank you for speding time to reading this
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rwa66:
It looks like you have a signed bootloader.

I could revive my tab as followed:

Go to http://www.samfirmware.com/ download the JJ4 firmware, flash that firmware, including rom, modem & CSC with partition on.

Your Tab will probably come to life then.

Then you can upgrade from there on, if you like.

I hope this will work for you too.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pong0820:
have the same problem (P1000, neverlocked)

JJ4 is one i didnt try ... would have a look, hope it would work

tried until now

P1000XWJMI

P1000XWJMK

P1000XXJHA

P1000XXJI2

P1000XXJI4

P1000XXJK5

P1000XXJMA

P1000XXJME

but no one of these helped. Some only let me use the DL mode, others would reactivate the soft buttons, but no chance for get a Android boot :/

pong
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
dap,jj4 not working i mean odin succes but no bootloding or recovery
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
Frantech.

Just follow what rwa66 said, I had exacly the same issue and he helped me getting my tab up and running:

1- Download and flash JJ4

Your tab might be still stuck on the boot logo. Just turn it off, then go to download.

2 Flash GB 2.3.3 (following Chainfire instructions ) and your tab will boot normally.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
Pong0820,

JJ4 is a full ROM it should resolve the csc errors. Even if your tab doesn't boot or gets stuck on boot, flash again GB 2.3.3

Good luck
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
doing now,thanks tupo05
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
Good luck. I hope your tab will be up and running again.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
incredible!!!!!!!!!! my tab is back!!!!!! with ginger,f..k!!!

the trick,i believe,is after odin is finish to flash ginger is to to put direcly in download mode (without loading) to flash adbdata.....thank you tupo5 and to all wonderful team
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
Congrats man. Welcome back lol
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pong0820:
youre really incredible ... nothing else to add. feel squeezed and kissed :-)

pong
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tupo05:
Good to hear Pong. Enjoy your GB 2.3.3 :-)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geison:
i have same error..

i have a samsung galaxy tab verizon cdma. sch-i800.

but in 99% stop in MOVINAND... not show error...

i have disconnect manualy. and show this error...

help me please !
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
man,really i dont know much about verizon,t-mobil,i have european tab...but about movinant failed because you use wrong pit with that rom you flash(maybe i am wrong but it happend to me)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gobiasinc:
I'm in a similar situation. Battery ran out during Odin process. Now it won't acknowledge the Tab when plugged in. I've put it on charge but still nothing. Is there any way I can solve this?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frantech:
leave odin on,your tab conected and wait for odin to find yout tab(minutes,hours)

try first with wall charger few hours.....and then follow instructions on this topic or whatever you want to do
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gobiasinc:
thanks frantech.

The issue is that my screen is completely blank. Can't get it even in to download mode. No combination of buttons does anything and connecting it to the computer doesn't even trigger that a usb device has been connected.

Is the only option to just leave it there with Odin?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exooodx:
IT IS WORKED!!! How AMAZING it is!!

OMG DUDE IT IS REALLY WORKED!!!

I got almost same bricked situation of my SGT!!!

Once i really think my GT have to send back to samsung...... but i have the last try of you guys' suggestion, IT IS WORKED!!!

IT IS SO AMAZING N UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Thanks alot dude!!! You save my SGT!!! n my pocket!!! Thanks~

Now my SGT has reborn from deadly bricked!!

Every1 got such problem can try this solution~
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MRCANNADY:
Hey Xoomers! The developer of Riptide just contacted me to confirm that the game will be out today! It looks to really take advantage of Tegra and will be well worth the 6.99 purchase. Future games will come to Android but sales do matter, so hit that BUY NOW button tomorrow and show those Ipad owners what Xoom n Tetra can do!! :p
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Instien:
Also a first day purchase for me as well. I'm looking forward to this release. Thanks for the headsup!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MRCANNADY:
You welcome! My wallet is anxiously waiting for this game, hopefully it will be released on Wednesday instead :) :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] futuregerald:
I can't wait for this game, I'm willing to try out almost any game that looks interesting and i'm most looking forward to this one and galaxy on fire 2(man I've been waiting such a long time for that one)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mulletcutter:
Galaxy on fire 2 is not bad...must try on xoom though
[Xoom Themes and Apps] futuregerald:
Yea I really wanna play the tegra 2 version on xoom when its' released. I also wish we had more full games, RTS games, etc. that work well on tablets but I know that will come in time.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mixpix405:
Guess I've been living under a rock. What is this game about/like? Linky?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mulletcutter:
Dl the tegra app
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vamp6x6x6x:
install this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nvidia.tegrazone

It will tell you all you need to know about this game with awesome graphics.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] bd85:
Riptide GP is now listed as available for purchase on Tegra zone. But you can not buy it because it is not out on the android market yet

http://www.vectorunit.com/riptide-gp/
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MRCANNADY:
I know that was a error an the developer has corrected that...the game will be out today. Enjoy!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] that1techguy:
its out 6.99 usd and 39.81 MB storage space needed check the market not tegra.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] acomiskey:
It is pretty good. Probably the best one yet. Very smooth.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] keitht:
Very nice graphics.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] double1:
as with bang bang a lack of controls.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mulletcutter:
Bangs been upgraded...have to wait till i get home to try new controls
[Xoom Themes and Apps] flukeSG2:
This needs touch screen controls, I don't like having to tilt my xoom 90 degrees or more to turn. Touch screen would be more accurate too.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] double1:
I know. It now has controls but this one has no on screen controls. Strictly accelerometer.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] bigslam123:
Lovin it! Gives me my hydro thunder fix on the go. Accelerometer makes sense asyou need your fingers to perform stunts and give boost.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] futuregerald:
I'm really enjoying this game, I also think the controls work well over all, I find myself needing to tap the break to get past the tight turns when coming in at high speed, also to hit the boost button and to do tricks. the tilt controls work better than most games i've played, you don't have to do full right angle turns of the device or anything. really enjoying it, I think it's one of the best games i've played on the xoom, also has good graphics and nice water physics.