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[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Whoa, lot's of info.

For purchase, I'd go a third route - clove.co.uk. It's $415 GBP ($670 USD) delivered in three days. It'll be fresh UK stock. If it has a defect, you'd be stuck with one-way shipping but someone else had a problem and Clove was good to work with. By purchasing it in the country of intended sale it's covered by the two-year warranty. My company does a lot of business with Samsung and I was told that the phone could be repaired in the U.S. under their Global Warranty program. It's yet to be tested though. If I bought from Amazon it would be through them direct, not an affiliated seller. To your point, if the first phone's defective in any way, they'd be the cheapest and fastest way to get an exchange. Expansys-USA would be second but they'd be more expensive. Both Amazon and Expansys have shipped phones from funky places like Poland and Chile. I got my phone from the UK and it was perfect. I'm guessing with 3MM sold your chances of getting "perfect" would be a lot higher than "crappy" if you went the UK route.

As for SquareTrade they do cover grey market phones. If you can Google a 30% off coupon it's $94 for $600 of coverage for two-years. It's also transferable which makes the phone more valuable on eBay if you ever want to sell it. I'd bet they'd cover the cost of shipping to the UK for warranty repairs also - it's cheaper than them having to eat the phone at the full $600 of coverage. The screen alone is $450 to replace so, to me, the $94 is worth the piece of mind and as a back-up to the Samsung warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] FishTaco:
You are correct. I checked as well a couple of months ago and they said if it is a UK version of the phone, Squaretrade will not cover it in the U.S.

One way they will know it does not have a US warranty is if you purchased it from and overseas vendor since Squaretrade requires you send in a copy of the purchase receipt. The other problem is even if you bought it from a US vendor and the phone fails in the first year, Squaretrade will tell you to work with the manufacturer since it is "covered" in the first year warranty period.

I guess another option is if you bought it from a U.S. vendor and you have an Accidental Damage policy you could smash the phone with a sledgehammer, accidentally, and try to submit a claim and pay any deductible. But if that doesn't work, all you have are pieces of the phone left.
[Galaxy S II General] FishTaco:
The only time Squaretrade "may" cover a grey market cell phone is if it was purchased through eBay. Squaretrade has specialized warranties for eBay purchases. Otherwise, Squaretrade will not cover grey market cell phones.

On the cell phone warranty sign up page, in the fine print it states "The SquareTrade cellphone warranty prices listed above are applicable to new Cell Phones (with a full 1 year manufacturer warranty) purchased from authorized outlets."

Then on the grey market FAQ it states "SquareTrade honors every valid claim, and only voids a warranty if the item was never eligible for a Care Plan or in cases of outright fraud."

In the case on of a non-ebay grey market phone, it is never eligible for a Care Plan in the first place.

That is what they told me when I asked a couple of months ago. If you hear differently from Squaretrade I would love to know (and a contract name and email for Squaretrade to set me up).
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
From their U.S. terms and conditions:

If the manufacturer refuses to honor their warranty because they consider your item grey market or not purchased from an authorized retailer, we will still cover you.

Here's a link to their full terms and conditions.

http://www.squaretrade.com/merchant/learn/summaryPopup.html

I sent them my UK receipt to have on file so I can go paperless if I need to file a claim. My policy has been updated online to show "receipt received and on file." I checked a lot of different options and their the only ones I could find that would cover a grey market phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kbiz90:
Plus VAT and shipping, right? That's 415 GBP * 1.20 VAT * 1.61 GBPUSD = $800 or so. That's $127 more than Amazon.

Besides, mine was from Chile (UHKE2) and I had no problems. One good thing about it was it came with a mini-USB charger for US power outlets. :D

Regarding SquareTrade, it seems iffy. Both people that talked to a rep got denied. However, you present conflicting evidence. Still, I'd be worried they'll swirm out if it ever comes time to pay. Right now all they're doing is taking your money. I don't know.
[Galaxy S II General] Techvir:
This was prompted me to get the squaretrade coverage. I have submitted my bill from expansys bill and it shows approved warranty
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
There's no VAT on exported phones. It's deducted during check out. It's 399 GBP + 16 GBP shipping.
[Galaxy S II General] rmyc:
so is amazon's $685 the cheapest option for no warranty?
[Galaxy S II General] Disfected:
Newegg would be the cheapest option for a no warranty version at $660 w/ free shipping.
[Galaxy S II General] rmyc:
thanks, now i need to find some coupon codes :D
[Galaxy S II General] ImDonly1:
Amazon also has a no warranty for $660, but it is sold out.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...w?ie=UTF8&qid=1311051224&sr=8-1&condition=new

The one with warranty is $685+

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...w?ie=UTF8&qid=1311051224&sr=8-2&condition=new
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
The one with the warranty doesn't have a warranty either.

A) It's sold outside its country of intended sale

B) Worldwide Distributors isn't an authorized Samsung dealer anywhere

You can't believe everything you read. Amazon is the only one to trust on amazon.com for most electronics.
[Galaxy S II General] rmyc:
yeah, i was leaning to amazon because it's a prime so free 2 day shipping for prime members, plus they have amazing CS, i'll wait a week before i purchase the sgs2
[Galaxy S II General] ImDonly1:
Thanks for clarifying.

Amazon is listed under the sellers for the one with warranty though. So what if you bought it from amazon as the seller? They have it for $698 though.
[Galaxy S II General] Wanderer000:
I purchased one from Handtec UK for $666.44 including shipping and using Paypal. Definitely no VAT and no issues about confirming address by using Paypal. Once it actually shipped via Fedex, it was overnight from the UK.

I expect I have no warranty unless I ship it back to them.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Unfortunately, no. There's currently no way to buy a SGS2 in the U.S. with a direct Samsung warranty because all of the phones being sold are intended for sale in another country. Most have been from the UK but some have been from Poland and Chile too. The one exception is Expansys-USA as they act as a middle man and ship phones back to their offices in the UK to have them repaired for their U.S. customers. Buying a UK phone in the UK, a Polish phone in Poland, or a Chilean phone in Chile would make the two-year global warranty valid.

Buying a phone direct from the UK would be a no brainer if it weren't for the difficulty you'd encounter if there were some type of out-of-box problem. Of all of us that have done that, there's only two that have had issues. One bought from Clove and they were great about an exchange. Another bought from Handtec and they were assholes.

If you do buy without a warranty definitely get SquareTrade coverage on it. A screen replacement is $450 should it ever develop problems. They're always having 30% off sales making the total cost for two years of coverage $94.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Your warranty is actually with Samsung. Supposedly, since it's a global warranty, you should be able to get the phone repaired in any country Samsung has a repair facility. My company buys $10MM a year worth of TVs from Samsung and they verified what I stated as true. No one's tested it yet though. I think once SGS2's are sold in the U.S., and they have the parts in stock, they'd repair global phones under warranty also. But again, no one knows for sure. Your worst case though should the phone have a major problem is the cost of one-way shipping to the UK and being without it for two weeks. Regardless of having a warranty or not, unless they can be repaired in the U.S., all of us would be without our phones for a couple of weeks should it need repair.
[Galaxy S II General] Wanderer000:
I agree Barry. Which is why I plan on keeping my Captivate as a backup just in case I need to ship my SGS2 back to the UK.

I have been looking at Asurion and might ask them if they would insure this phone even though it would not be tied to an American carrier. They process any claims via the carrier but they do have offices in the UK so who knows?
[Galaxy S II General] jpasint:
Use coupon code REDHOT to get 30% off today.

Joe
[Galaxy S II General] rmyc:
assurion back in the days, used to cover any phone even if it was foreign. They would just replace ur phone with another phone of similar value
[Galaxy S II General] Dlev7:
Sorry Im getting kind of lost on the SquareTrade deal.

I am about to pull the trigger on the 650 free shipping from newegg.

But with SquareTrade If I were to buy the 122 dollar 2 year coverage what does that mean for me?

Lets say my phone breaks, or I drop it, ect? Do I ship it back to SquareTrade and they will send me back a new SGSII, or money? Im confused there.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] rmyc:
NEWEGG AND amazon both raised the prices and they are going up
[Galaxy S II General] real1st:
~ Why not buy Canadian?

I am a bit confused. Why would Americans buy a phone from the UK? The phone has been released in multiple provinces in Canada.

If you are near the border, simply drive over it. Purchase the item outright (TBooth, and wireless waves, etc) sell it 599.99CAD. taxes depends on your provinces. Worse cast you pay 667CAD.

Warranty? Better to ship to Canada, then Europe.

Just a thought. If you are worried about bloat etc, you can always root (not like you were not going to anyways) and change the rom/whatever you want.

real1st
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Because a lot of us had already bought it back in May when UK was the only place to get it from
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
It's also no less expensive. The UK version is global and supported by Samsung which means faster updates for people that don't want to root. The Bell version is supported by them and probably has carrier modifications similar to what a UK carrier phone has. Do you know if Bell provides warranty support for a phone they sold to someone who isn't a customer of their wireless services?
[Epic 4G General] Restola:
Should I unroot my epic before I bring it in to have them fix the speaker in a corporate repair store? Will they look for it/care?
[Epic 4G General] futureprospect:
Do you have TEP?

Otherwise, i think they might void it. Then you cough up the 35 to get it fixed.

If you don't have TEP, they shouldn't care, and you cough up the 35 to get it fixed.

You can easily do it yourself, buy the speaker for 25 on ebay or something and keep your root.

But ODIN back to stock is easy too, so its up to you.
[Epic 4G General] Restola:
yeah i do have tep

id rather odin back than possibly pay $35, im a cheap ass
[Epic 4G General] megabiteg:
Just ODIN back to stock and leave it like that, most of the time they will ODIN your phone anyways post repair.... so just do a backup and wipe it clean.
[Epic 4G General] CapoCriminali:
I'd be pretty pissed off if I brought in my phone to repair some hardware and a tech decided that he was going to ODIN my phone because of a hardware issue. That sounds mighty moronic...
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
I certainly would. Make a nandroid literally right before you go into the store and Odin. Once they fix it, re-root, restore, BOOYAH, back to where you were with a better speaker.

Edit: On second thought, if they were to glance at your SD card, which they shouldn't, then it would be pretty obvious you were rooted before considering the files on there. They shouldn't look at any of that stuff since it's a speaker, but I guess you never know.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoSt-CaUzE:
I'm trying to forward my usb devices to chrooted linux environment (debian)

I've been googling but haven't been able to find much on this subject.

I've tried:

mount --bind /dev /chroot/path/dev

mount --bind /dev /chroot/path/proc

directories are created in the chroot mnt point.

If I run lsusb In ADB I get:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514

But if I run lsusb in my Chroot I get nothing returned, sometimes It just freezes on the command and I have to Ctrl + C back to prompt.

If I cd to /dev on my chroot I can see the contents of the /dev directory of android.

lsusb in android detects new devices after they are plugged in...

So I'm stumped...

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
What are the exact commands that you're running?

That bind command looks wrong. Were you actually running "mount --bind ..." or "bind ...". The latter is a bash built-in command to bind keystrokes to readline actions.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoSt-CaUzE:
My bad, I'm using mount --bind /dir /chroot/path/dir, wrote the post and missed my mistake. thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
You have to bind mount /sys too.

Also, try the chroot setup using a terminal emulator (or through telnet) instead of through adb.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoSt-CaUzE:
Thanks for reply, I just saw another post that had a long list of files, and some info about /lib and an usb.ids file, I'm not sure if I deleted it somehow, or if you edited your post, it was split second I saw it, then I logged in it was gone :), anyways...

I'll try adding /sys

Yes I want the Chroot environment on my tablet, not on my pc. Can you repost what you had before, about the /lib directory and .ids file? I didn't have any of that setup, just the /dev and /proc directories.

Thanks again for help.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajeevvp:
Yeah, I originally posted info. for a desktop Linux setup and then realized that that was probably not what you wanted, so I edited the post.

The set up on the gTablet was simpler, actually, because my busybox is a static binary. I just had to copy that into the chroot bin directory, create the lsusb symlink, bind mount /dev, /proc and /sys, and everything worked just fine.

As I said in my previous post, if you're still having problems, try the same commands in a Terminal Emulator instead of via adb. Since the /sbin/adbd on the gTablet also uses the usb ports, lsusb might not work when run through adb. Make sure you also disable "USB debugging" in Settings > Application > Development.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoSt-CaUzE:
Cool, I'll try this out when I get home, and report back. Thanks!

Edit:

I added mount from adb

--bind /sys /chroot/sys and mount

--bind /system /chroot/system

I added PATH from inside chroot

PATH=$PATH:/system/xbin (busy box location)

Now "busybox lsusb" shows the proper output, I think the issue was just running the wrong lsusb?

The main goal is to add a usb wifi adapter to the tablet, then access it from inside debian chroot. Are there any other issues I should watch out for, anything I should read? I figured it should be as simple as compiling the module for the android kernel, and with these binds, I should be able to access it with wicd or networkmanager or whatever inside the chroot right? let me know. Thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Td8f4:
Hey im doing something very similar with backtrack5 running on the galaxy sII. Trying to attach a external usb wifi card. The phone recognizes the decice and is powered correctly. All i need to do is install the driver on the chroot session. How can you forward the usb device.

Any luck?
[Galaxy 3 General] turboblaz:
Hi i dont know if these is the right forum

I instal xxwjpf and i had the nevest market but when i run enable_jit and phone rebooted i got the old market.now how can i update to new market?pls help!

EDIT:PROBLEM SOLVED
[Galaxy 3 General] Humpie:
Just wait it'll install itself
[Galaxy 3 General] Darius_AWS:
I've got this problem too...no update i've flashed this morning :/
[Galaxy 3 General] Sushil79:
when it not update itself

You need a install market update manually

Hope its work
[Galaxy 3 General] turboblaz:
Dude i love you lol!!!

Its working ;)

Thx man!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aleve1983:
Chainfire 3d on our Atrix, what it improves?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkcyber:
success playing nova 2 with libGLEMU_QUALCOMM plug in
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesseji:
what version is Nova 2 that u used? I got sims 3 and gangster HD to work!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agurzhiy:
Same question - and wich ver of sims?

nova exits after video, sims has white textures like befoure!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesseji:
Did u use the plugin for Sims 3 and if u did witch one?

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=601568&d=1305849859 Plugins Use Qualcomm Plugin

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087427 More info how to use Chainfire3d
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agurzhiy:
thanks, but all of that i know! i tryed both plugins! But nothing helped. May be we were using different vesions? Can you give a link to yours one?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesseji:
http://www.mobilephonetalk.com/showthread.php?41938-The-Sims-3-HD-Android-Update-12-08-10
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshzin:
Some Help!?

i have installed this in my Atrix 4G, for Dead Space works...

yes, it works, but i have some bugs with mt scren... i have scratches and distortion on my notification bar.

someone knows a fix for this problem? installing a new custom ROM (alien for example) can i fix it with this?

sorry for my english ;PP
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CancerJesus:
Isn't the point of Chainfire 3D to make NON Tegra phones work with Tegra games? Or is it the opposite?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshzin:
needing help yet. ):
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnetox:
chainfire also helps improve overall 3d performance
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirageromeo:
I got the problem when I use chainfire3D with 2.3.4 stock, the notification bar has damaged anyone know how to fix.

thanks
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mimic42100:
I also have problems when flipping the phone from up and down to candybar\landscape mode.

My screen gets all fubar. I'm not entirely sure how to even fix it, so i have to uninstall it for now :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sylaw:
Dude will chani fire 3d will work in Atrix 2.3.4 with No harm?????? plz let me knw soon :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obartuckc:
Also curious to know if this will help now, atop all the custom ROM stuff we've got?

~Sent from My Unlocked, Rooted, Shady Blued, and Pi-Crusted 1.3gHz Atrix 4G~
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konga143:
Atrix

I also got problem to my atrix 2.3.4 at&t after apply chainfire3d.

Notification bar and lock screen got failure and distorted.

I finaly uninstall chainfire driver in it's option and now my phone comeback to normal.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuIse:
I'm using chainfire3D just fine with 2.3.4 on my Atrix. I fixed the screen distortion by choosing "no animations" in my display settings.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Falchion17:
Yeah I did this for Dead Space as well but it messed up my notification bar just as other users have pointed out. I did get it back to normal again by uninstalling the drivers within the program but I hope this gets updated so that Atrix 2.3 runs properly ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Hey guys,what's up?Hope y'all enjoying the phone(You sure are ;) )!

I have some questions though as all my smartphones until now have been HTC and,wanting to buy a Samsung,I have noticed some differences regarding development/modding,for which questions aren't clearly answered.

First and foremost is,why with Sammy's phones we have to use Odin?ClockworkMod on HTC devices is excellent and very easy to use.What's the reason to use Odin?Samsung packaging their roms differently or something or a security thing?

Second is,why do I keep seeing many bricked Samsung phones?I have read about many people who,as they say themselves,were foolish enough to brick it.Is it that easy?With HTC's phones it's only possible when messing with bootloader if something goes horribly wrong,or when someone is foolish enough to pull the battery when updating baseband(or radio,call it whatever you want).

If someone can answer or point me to somewhere where I can find satisfactory answers I would appreciate it!Thanks! :)

Regards,

Apostolis

PS:Sorry for my English.Not that there's anything wrong with it in general,but I tend to speak in a very weird and complicated way when I am tired.And now,I am really tired! :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
NO CLOCKWORK for SGS 2 yet .

Donate SGS2 to developer .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intruda119:
Where did you read sgs2 were getting bricked? The term was used to loosely with the orginal galaxy s phones. The original sgs was 99.9% unbrickable and I wouldnt doubt the sgs2 is the same.

Clockwork will come with time. Odin is just samsung way of upgrading there handsets. Once real custom roms come youll probably see clockwork.

Most of the so called bricks were pure user error.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Well,I'd say all bricks are pure user error! ;)

I can't give you exact time and post,but there were some reports.Not that the amount of people reporting this was anything shocking,but anyway.One particular guy wanted to unbrick his Vibrant with JTAG.Maybe Galaxy S variants are more "vulnerable"?

Also,about CWM I didn't know.I thought that Odin was still being used on the original Galaxy S.I only followed the GS forums at the beggining. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] intruda119:
Odin is just a great tool to update firmware or get you out of bad situations. Theres mixed reviews about odin but its something you need to get familiar with if your hacking with any galaxy s line. Most bricks that wasnt recoverable needed jtag but that was when someone flashed something they shouldnt have. If you want to start with stock firmware you want to use odin. Alot of people like clearing out the ghost files left with custom roms. So they start fresh with odin original firmware before flashing new roms. You dont have to but you can usually avoid some bugs with a fresh firmware. Im not an expert at this but hopefully helps out some.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolis626:
Ahaa...So it's not THAT different to modding HTC devices,is it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animelover:
If there's a CWM-featured Kernel, then yes! ;)