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[Venue Pro General] raiderfan247365:
I too had similar experience as OP...

I order and pay $79.99 for my DVP on 6/14, get my DVP on 7/17 (ya, a month later). The day my DVP arrives at my house it goes on sale for .99 cents on the website. So I call Dell and plead my case respectfully for a price match, but no one cared. Finally I asked them point blank "Am I going to have to add another line to my plan, order a new DVP at the same time, then when that phone gets to my house, return my other DVP and cancel that line on my account", the rep actually said yes and that's what I did, still waiting for Dell to confirm to T-Mobile that my phone is returned but either way I am getting my 79.99 back. They did offer me $15 off if I wouldn't return it though, I told them $80 lol he laughed and said no...But I have had some terrible experiences with Dell customer service in the short time I have owned this Dell product and they are the worst, its like sprint was 4 years ago...It doesn't help that I have the hardest time understanding accents, its just dang tough for me, always has been
[Venue Pro General] wau808:
Got my replacement over-night shipped to Hawaii. Never seen that happen before in my life. Now to see if it works.
[Venue Pro General] slight22:
And to make things worse they closed the last North American call center, it's all out of india now!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] izador:
i have one more SGA with original rom from my cell company.

is the possible to create rom to flash in odin from it ?

if there is a way i will love to get an explanation how to do it .

10X
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] omerhadad:
+1 man . . . . . .
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
I went thru the damn adb installation many times, and it still gives me messages that it does not find java...is there a way to root this phone without ADB???
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Optimusg2x:
I used gingerbreak v1.10 and it worked
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
ok i gave up on my damn win7machine, installed fresh on my xp machine and got it to work except for the command prompt always went to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator

so i did this

* Reverse click on the shortcut which starts it—even those in the start menu

* Choose "properties"

* Change "start in" to where it should start. (C:\Program Files\Android\Android_sdk\)

* OK

and now it works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] baldwinguy77:
Glad you got it to work...but just FYI, you can easily change the path on Windows by going to System Properties->Advanced System Settings->Environment Variables...that way you could add the Android SDK to your path and allow the command prompt to start like normal.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
I tried that, it didn't work for some reason. That's why I had to do it this way. Yay for root

Nonsense!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] duncan_mccloud:
Not sure if anyone has posted this already. But I was bored today and put the tab on my digital kitchen scales which say the tab is 574 grams. Most ads for it say 599 grams and I found somewhere on Samsungs website 584 grams.

Surely this means it is actually lighter than the 10.1 I/o tab. And the new yet to be released 10.1 slim consumer model.

Or am I just being dumb.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] riqjuan:
Perhaps your scale is inaccurate?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] xavierdylan:
I doubt it. i tested it. it came in at 565g
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt999:
Apologies if this has been covered before, I want to factory reset my phone but when I go to Settings>Privacy>Factory data reset I filled in the details not thinking about the USB storage being connected causing an issue. It stopped it continuing but seems to have stopped me now being able to use this method to clear the phone

At one of the last steps I get confronted with this screen:

Now I can't actually select the ID field and it rejects any password.

Any ideas on how else I can factory reset it? :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt999:
I've found a solution, go into the accounts that are synced and add another Samsung account with the same credentials. It then lets you do the Factory reset with the username/password.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentk_on:
Hi jt999, unfortunately it doesnt allow for another Samsung account. So whiched it would, but i had to reset the system to defaults. I could not use the privacy reset option as it wouldnt allow the passwords and I did reset using the hardware option.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
*2767*3855#
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
He means you have to type this into your dialer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mratlndmrk:
I ran into the same problem but the dialer option worked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hd_Aditza:
i locked myself out of my sgs2 , so i tried to hard reset it and and when i select yes wipe all data it asks me about a password and i dont have any clue what is it .... im sorry if you already talked about this ... but i didn't find anything about this and i don't know what to do next
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
Boot into recovery (volume up + home + power) and try it from there.

Sent from my GT-I9100T
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjangoKalkman:
how do you reset it to factory if you have no screen activity ?

phone is working , just the screen isn't...

(water damaged)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
You don't.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjangoKalkman:
okay thx!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Actually, now that I think about it, you might be able to reset it via ADB. But if you've water damaged it, I can't see why you'd need to reset it given they're not fixing/replacing a water damaged phone under warranty regardless (yes they can tell it's been water damaged).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ehknaton:
What does Factory Reset Actually do, if I'm rooted with CF-Root?

Will I lose root access? And the apps that I have frozen with TB will they be unfrozen ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panoramixmeister:
How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy S II?

18 Jul

Posted by Jayce as How to

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Samsung Galaxy S II is not responsive? Facing application frozen or hang up problems? Or want to send SGS2 back to warranty service? It’s time for you to hard reset Samsung Galaxy S2 then. By the way, hard reset is known as Factory data reset in Samsung Galaxy S2. Basically, your SGS2 will back to factory setting just like you turn on it for the first time…

Factory data reset Samsung Galaxy S II

Note – Make sure you backup all your application and data before hard reset your SGS2 (if you still can). Just use Samsung Kies to do the backup. How to hard reset Samsung Galaxy S2? There are 3 ways to do so…

Performing a factory data reset via settings

Go to Settings.

Select Privacy.

Click on Factory data reset.

Check Format USB storage if needed only.

Click on Reset phone.

Finally, select Erase everything.

Performing a factory data reset using phone buttons

Turn off SGS2.

Press and hold down Volume Up + Home + Power buttons at the same time.

Release all buttons when you see SGS2 Logo.

Android system recovery will be loaded then.

Select wipe data/factory reset. (Volume buttons to go up or down, select with Home button)

Select Yes — delete all user data.

Finally, select reboot system now.

Performing a factory data reset using dialpad

Warning ~ no turning back after key in.

Bring up dialpad.

Key in *2767*3855#

Finally, SGS2 will be rebooted and factory data reset.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobPowers:
true factory reset only wipes installed apps and data, doesn't effect firmware.

When you start you will have to add google account and install any apps you want.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eslavedroid:
i only have the emergency call function, and this code didn't do the trick!

Any alternative?!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abbas_aj:
Just Follow "sxi200" as he explained.. it should take you to the recovery screen..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elouise:
Ive tried to hard reset my phone (power+volumeup+home) and when i go to wipe all data, it still asks for a password. I have no idea what to do next. Help?!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] strung:
My HDMI port was a dud. Getting a replacement. Just FYI.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dkb218:
Mine is a dud also. Haven't requested a replacement as of yet because I'm assuming all the G2x have problems. I'm waiting for the "Fixed" batches to get here.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] strung:
Oh really? Hmm. My first one G2X's hdmi worked and my friend's also works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spyvie:
My HDMI port works great with a generic 6' cable.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] pychobj2001:
I think mine is a dud too..i got a warranty replacement because my old one was overheating like crazy, then this one is doing the same thing... ?? .... but this one the HDMI doesn't work...the one before this the HDMI stopped working as well.....could it be clockworkmod? things did start going hinky on both phones after i installed that....hmmmm, maybe i will test it w/ stock recovery..just to see....i doubt it tho....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bshakil:
I have clockwork recovery with external SD and HDMI works fine
[T-Mobile LG G2x] AdamHart612:
I thought my HDMI out was totally borked, but it works if you jam the plug in really, really hard.

Any movement of the phone/cord causes tearing on screen and then cuts out, making it useless in general. Tried 3 different cord. Grrrr....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dkb218:
I got one from Amazon that didn't work [thought it was the phone]. Picked one up at Best Buy yesterday {$30 ouch} and it works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nickolaskg:
I bought one from Amazon. It works fine when my phone is displayed on the TV. But if I try to play a video it shows a few seconds then goes black and then repeats.

Weird.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] wesbalmer:
What a load of crap!!! My HDMI port doesn't work either! Thats not the real issue though, I can't believe T-Mobile would charge me 9.99 to ship me a new device??? 39 Billion from AT&T and they still want to nickel and dime me. I tried to fight it, but the lady was extremely rude.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] heat23:
FYI, I have an April 26th batch of G2x with a HDMI cable I bought off Ebay and it works with no problems.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] VSTmoTP2:
Mine works with the Casio 6 foot cable I purchased from Amazon. I did notice that you have to apply a bit more pressure than expected in order to assure that the cable is fully seated. It seems that the HDMI cover gets in the way a bit and the extra force is what's required to push past it.

Edit: Forgot to mention that my G2x was purchased from T-mobile on 4/20/11 with a manufacture date of 4/05/11.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cernunnoz:
I did a factory reset today, and I noticed that the IM app, the samsung Email app and social hub are missing. How did that happen? Not that it matters too much, didn't use any of them anyways.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cernunnoz:
I noticed that the allshare app is gone aswell.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMXO:
Considered yourself lucky. They're always there for me when I do a factory reset. Had to disable them in TB for them to disappear for me.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaukassus:
I wished that would've happened, when I had my DHD.
[Xperia Play General] cokedude:
Anyone where I can find replacement screen + digitizer for the Xperia Play R800? I have tried everywhere with no luck.
[Xperia Play General] AndroHero:
Have you tried ebay?
[Xperia Play General] cokedude:
Yes and nothing there except for battery covers
[Xperia Play General] darkgunna:
Hi there. There are some available now on ebay, but you have to order from Hong Kong. I typed in 'touch screen digitizer xperia play' in ebay search.

I have ordered one myself as I have already dropped my Xperia Play and the glass shattered. Unfortunately I have had trouble trying to replace the screen, I can only get as far as opening up the back cover to where the motherboard is :S
[Xperia Play General] TehH4rRy:
Don't want to make a new thread about spare parts.

Anyone found a replacement casing? I dropped my phone and it landed on its top, both scratching the top slider plastic and battery cover, this has annoyed me so very much.
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
For parts I would post on Kijiji or Cregs list to see if someone has a broken one to sell.

For the Case I though I seen some on Ebay.
[Xperia Play General] Blagus:
For full covers/housings: http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=ho...e|black&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313

At prize of $50, not bad for original housing, both white and black.
[Xperia Play General] bilalp:
There are loads of housings on ebay now. i just got my play yesterday (hell yeah :D) and its second hand with a few scuffs and marks. Im gonnabuy a white housing and replace my existing one......a quick question, do all plays come with the extremely annoying screen protector thats like impossible to remove? can anyone tell me how to take it off?
[Xperia Play General] ncaissie:
Yes they do. It is a shatter proof film. Use a pin to lift the corner and it comes up easy.
[Xperia Play General] Blagus:
Yes, they all do. Take a needle (the "office" type one with big plastic top will be the best since it's hard and easy to hold). Then somewhere just left to the back button/right to the search button you can start peeling it - screen underneath is scratch-resistant so you don't have to be extra-careful when trying to peel it. After some time you should peel it enough to grab it with fingers/nails and peel it off completely.

One helpful tip (which I found too late :p) is to heat the screen with hair dryer, then it peels off easier.
[Xperia Play General] bilalp:
Okay thanks. shatter proof eh? should i leave it on?

I usually dont use screen protectors, they annoy the hell outta me
[Xperia Play General] Blagus:
A thin piece of plastic won't protect your screen from shattering, it's there just to keep it in one place once it shatters, make swipes harder and reduce contrast/colourfulness.

I'm annoyed by these things too :p
[Xperia Play General] bilalp:
Haha yeah good point lol, ill be removing it then :D

And yeah the screen responsiveness is pretty crappy, but hopefully thats due to the screen protector. I came from HD2 and this almost feels resistive!
[Xperia Play General] captain67:
I took off the shatter resistant film with a finger nail, a pin wasn't even necessary. I started from the upper right corner.

Sent from my R800
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarshadd:
I'm currently using a custom 2.3.3 rom that's giving me some trouble as is and I would like to go back to stock. The only real thing that's holding me back is the notification light.

Does 2.3.4 fix the notification light? Previously it would only blink if the notification was received while the screen was off, and once you turned the screen on it would stop. I'd prefer it to blink until I addressed or cleared the notification.

Also, as a bonus, does 2.3.4 reliably fix the pmem blank keyboard issue? Or will I still have to restart my phone ever ~24 hours?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassmadrigal:
I think that the notification light hasn't been "fixed" (not sure they deem it as a problem). I know that feature has been included in CyanogenMod for quite a while.

2.3.4 in the cyanogenmod nightlies seems to fix the pmem issue. I haven't had it since CM incorporated 2.3.4 into the nightlies. Now I am guessing the fix came from google, but I don't know for sure.
[Venue Pro General] firstandlast:
Hi everyone,

As a 16GB DVP owner in the UK I just wanted to find out how many other UK owners were having problems with their handset.

The reason I ask is that when I was originally purchasing the phone and we had delays, I wrote an email to Michael Dell to complain and was contacted the next day by someone from his office and later on by the European Marketing manager. In an email he sent me, he asked that when the phone arrived that I let him know how I got on with it etc.

Well when it did arrive, I had the same problem many people had with the phone locking up when on wifi and downloading from the marketplace/zune. (I have noticed that the phone does not lock up on wifi when there are no apps on the phone)

Anyway, I emailed him and told him of the problems and he agreed to get another phone sent out to me.

The new phone arrived this week and as you might guess the phone has exactly the same problem.

I sent him another email yesterday and today he wrote back with the following reply.

I have sent him a list of apps etc. of what I have on my phone and hopefully something can be done.

What I wanted to know from you UK and European DVP owners is what problems you are having and if you send me a PM I can possibly pass your details onto him

I can't promise anything, but at least it seems that we have the ear of this Dell employee and he might be able to do something about it.

I will have a word with this chap about the US DVP owners as well. I have made him aware of this Forum also.

Paul.
[Venue Pro General] alodar1:
The response you've received is great, but, it's highly unlikely they are not aware of this issue in the US. People on this forum have been quite active in contacting them by phone, email, forums, twitter and other means. They know.

But it is still good to know that proper channels have acknowledged the issue.
[Venue Pro General] firstandlast:
I know what you are saying Alodar1, I guess my main point was that there at last seems to be someone in some sort of position that is concerned and that is listening to someone.

I have just received another message from him saying the following

So if you do have a DVP in the UK please let me know, with any details of the problem and I will pass them on.

Paul.
[Venue Pro General] marcox92:
UK DVP

Am in France and got a DVP from Clove Technologies.

The 8 Go I have Freezes Once a day at least and mostly when I update a page using WiFi.

Get boared of that and I cross fingers waiting an hypotetic update.

A question : I did nt find the SD slot ? is it hiden ?
[Venue Pro General] venelar:
pull the battery. Its in the top right of the battery slot, hidden behind a piece of black tape.
[Venue Pro General] marcox92:
Great

Thanks for answer.
[Venue Pro General] mattahchoo:
Mine works?

I've been following peoples problems with their DVP on here for a bit and was getting the impression it was just the early handsets that had to the problems as mine works fine? I have no wifi issues or lockups? Had the occasional freeze for a few seconds but that's happened twice in 2 months?

I updated to a 32gb card recently but the original 8gb it came with caused me no issues either - just wanted more memory to play with.

Mine was produced on 03/31/2011 according to the box so its a pretty new one... was yours before this?

Matt.
[Venue Pro General] notebookgrail:
The majority of the issues are with the 16GB models and when the storage reaches more than half. Even with 32GB you might see the problem, but only when you reach close to 25GB+.
[Venue Pro General] firstandlast:
I have only filled about 3gb of the 16 and it has problems so it doesn't take much.
[Venue Pro General] marcox92:
Issues with ALL

I have a 8 Gb sd card on my DVP produced en january and I have issues EACH time I use it with WiFi...

I dont use it any more and bought an Omia7 which runs normally

What is strange is why don't we lauch a class action against DELL ....
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
Hi there,

I have got a problem, which I don't know how to solve: I just wanted to add a birthday to a contact already saved on my Galaxy S2. So I entered the contact, clicked "edit" - but then, no field for the birthday!? Wtf?

In addition, when I open the contact, TW does not show me the birthday either (for contacts from exchange which do have a birthday added)...

So, this can't be true, can it? Where can I add and see the birthdays of my contacts?

Thanks!

Edit: It seems that I cannot add a birthday to contacts that are connected, which means, which come from my exchange server - can that be?

Because when I add a new contact and choose "Save on phone" I can add a birthday, but when I choose a new contact "Exchange" I cannot add a birthday... :( But my Exchange Software

can save birthdays, it did so with my HD2 on Android. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
No idea? No one?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdo:
i have exactly the same problem - it's a mess.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ediwitch:
you have to go to the contact, after that EDIT , after scroll down.. MORE, after scroll down you will see where it is
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
Yeah, but only if you created this contact on the phone. It does NOT work if you have an exchange contact.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alx37:
MyPhoneexplorer worked for my birthdaydates and outlook.

ALexander
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
That's nice. However, I wanted to add a birthday to one of my contacts when I was attending a meeting - I neither had Outlook nor MyPhoneExplorer with me. So, there should be a way to complete existing contacts, shouldn't it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
Try to add the birthdaydate via google and sync afther.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gessi2000:
same issue with my Galaxy SII ...

the provided stock apps are ship,sorry i have to say that.i moved from iphone 4 and now it's just a mess with Android.

i don't wanna sync with GMail.

also can't open .eml and .msg attachments from my Exchange account with any of the email apps...what a pain
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
Yes, it is more than disappointing.

And no, we don't want to sync our data with google servers for good reasons. Thats why I have my own Exchange and thats what I want the Galaxy S2 to do, nothing more, nothing less.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
Guys - I just try to help you out. I came from Lotus Notes and got about 240 contacts in my adressbook. I tried several ways to get them in sync via android. What worked for me was to make a simpel csv-file with all my contacts and import it into my google account. Next step i sync via my phone with my googleacc. This worked. Then I sync with exchange - and now all my fields is visible - and edible. I think - that the phone just work best and smooth with a clean new contactfile. Afther i have no problem.

All systems I have worked with during the years, often got problems when the adressbook not is native.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
Thanks for trying to help. But it cannot be that you have to give all your data to Google in order to get things to work properly although you have your own exchange server.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mlhdk:
Just delete the contacts in google afther you sync.

By the way - if you worry about security - what you do on a exchange server LOL
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SDGM-IT:
Glad to see its not just me, very annoying though. Samsumgs exchange active sync implementation seems to be far from perfect.

Once a week my calendar/e-mail goes rogue and starts up using alot of battery, a reboot fixes this.

I hope this contact problem gets fixed pretty soon, alot of the extra info is missing not just birthdays
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alx37:
I use aTAKEphONE as a dialer application, this lets you add a birthday date and gives many more options...

ALexander