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[Galaxy S II General] jollins:
Sold my iPhone 4 for a SGS II. This SAMOLED plus screen is amazing looking, and the blacks are so fantastic I'm willing to forgive the drop in resolution (which definitely is noticeable, despite what some day).

I do miss the iPhone media player, which is still unmatched by any app on Android, but everything else has been great & the Android app ecosystem is getting truly impressive now.
[Galaxy S II General] uberamd:
The SGS II is my 30th Android phone since the G1 was released, and I have also owned 4 iPhone 4's, 2 3GS's, 2 3G's. and a 2G. I will give my opinion on the device:

Things that are BETTER about the SGSII

The large screen is awesome, lots of space and it is very easy to type on

Very thin profile. Despite the screen size, this device is hard to notice when its in my pocket

Great blacks on the display. The blacks are true-black, and it leads to awesome color

Snappy. This device is fast, and you can tell. Scrolling is smooth and nothing seems to lag very much

Its android, so its flexible! I like that I can easily throw on a variety of available ROMs to customize this device even further

Things that are WORSE about the SGSII (compared to the iPhone)

The sharpness of the iPhone 4 screen definitely an advantage over the SGS2

Build quality. The iPhone 4 feels a lot more sturdy than the SGS2. While it may actually not be more durable, the fact that there is no plastic on the iPhone 4 is a plus when it comes to how the device feels in your hand

Application quality. No denying that the App Store has higher quality apps than the Android Market

The iPhone keyboard is actually easier to type on, for me, than the SGS2. This is likely due to the technology Apple uses to virtually make the next predicted key have a larger contact zone and thus leads to more accurate key presses. I forgot where I read this, but there was an article that showed a video on Apples site explaining how the keyboard predicts the next letter, and the area where you can miss the next predicted key gets larger, so even when typing fast and slightly missing your next letter it still registers the correct key

No touchwiz. While I think Android is a fine OS (obviously, having owned 30 Android handsets), the TouchWiz skin by Samsung is terrible. I would prefer stock, Motoblur, or Sense over TouchWiz any day

Music controls are better on the iPhone 4. The iPod application is still better than the solutions offered in Android, including the stock SGS2 music player.

Battery life. The battery on the SGS2, as others have mentioned, drains significantly faster than the iPhone 4.

This is obviously a short list, but just some things off the top of my head. I am happy with the SGS2, and will be even happier when MIUI fixes GPS and a proper vanilla Gingerbread rom is released.
[Galaxy S II General] xX_o2_Xx:
agree'd apples patenting is pathetic they clearly haven't heard in a bit of friendly compititon. their vision is that the world only uses apple products, the iPhone, the ipod, iTV (which their dumb asses got sued by ITV for ;)) renamed to appleTV. macbooks and iMacs in the home.

Samsung are a larger company and make almost every piece of technology needed and very good at it :)

anyway wounder what apple thinks of the new gooapple phone from china. it has the design and interface of the iPhone 4 but with Android O.S 2.2
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
Update:

At first I thought the sgs2 was just way too light, now being able to hold it like a super light book to read is wonderful, love the huge screen, although I still feel the colours are a little cartoon like and not perhaps realistic.

The home screens and widget customisations are beyond anything the iphone could ever achieve even jail broken.

At last a keyboard to better the iphone, swype.

I am starting to prefer the way the marketplace works than ios, and in fact there are some pretty good apps on there.

Big let down is gaming, I was loving the gyro controls on a lot of gameloft games, but they don't seem to have implemented this into there android hd versions, and the graphics are also a lot more simpler, I'm sure this super power device can cope.

But the biggest major fail this phone is giving me is it's awful battery life , I could go out for the day with the iphone and feel confident that I would have plenty of juice left when I got home, that was using wifi, gps, 3g, music, most things really, but on the sgs2, doing the very same things will have me hunting for a car charger by lunchtime, this is just not good enough and unless I can sort this, it's back to the iphone and I'm sure many others feel the same.
[Galaxy S II General] asifkp:
Don't miss my iPhone 4 at all

As soon as my network had a confirmed release date for the SGS2, I put my iPhone on eBay!

I did love my iPhone, whilst I had it.

Main differences are:

* The quality of the apps on iOS are generally to a much higher standard, although this is quickly changing.

* Android allows you to customise your device a lot more

(the iPhone allows you customise more with a jailbroken device, but still not as much as android)

*iPhone feels more solid, but the galaxy is much lighter and nicer to hold

*colours on the Galaxy S2 look amazing compared to the iPhone:cool:

The main 2 reasons I left iOS are, the lack of widgets and no Flash player.

The lack of Flash player meant I constantly came across sites or videos, that I would say to myself "I'll check it when I get to my computer", but I'd get busy and then forget.

Having Flash on my SGS2 means I have access to the whole of the web!:)

Hope this helps someone.

Press the thanks button if it did.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] earlyberd:
I heard a while back that Android 3.1 was supposed to include native support for FLAC playback, but today when I attempted to play .flac files from an external hard drive and a microSD card, most of the songs refuse to play, with it saying "Error playing selected track." The files play just fine in Rhythmbox on Linux Mint 10 and foobar2000 in Windows 7.

Has anybody else tried this? It seems FLAC support is somewhat incomplete or broken, and that the TF may require very specific settings on the encoding for the files to play correctly. I've occasionally had issues like this before on a few music player applications in Linux and Windows, and I'm just wondering if I'm going to need to re-encode most of my music collection in order for it to play.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] earlyberd:
By the way, I can confirm that I can get working FLAC playback by running the problem files through Sound Converter in Linux Mint, using the default .flac settings. It's just a pain to do that, especially with a large collection of files.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wouwout:
Try another player from the market, for example poweramp (claims to support flac)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
There is a player in Market that claims to play flacs but it doesn't work for me. I didn't found a way to play them. Frustrating.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] mike5065:
The FLAC on my microSD finally showed up in the stock player after I did a factory reset. I am still on leaked 3.1. They play fine. It's a slick interface. FLAC with MoboPlayer required turning on an expermental feature (soft decode), but then worked.

Would be nice to have DLNA supported by stock player though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] bhagiratha:
For Dlna, you can use Plex for android and see how that works for you.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Magnesus:
It appears support for Flac was added to 3.1? I can play my flacs now in WinAmp (but the stock player doesn't see them). Sound quality on my stereo is not bad but a little muddy (in comparison with my old SB Live!). I hope one day Android will work with USB sound cards (or maybe HDMI sound output could be used... hm...).
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Skitmas:
Hey guys, both my and my gf bougth and Arc, when i bought mine the dealer recommended me to charge the phone for 16 hours before i started using it. I think i was in a hurry the next day and the phone only got 9-10 hours.

My battery time is not great but not bad either, first 15% goes fast, then it kinda slows down.

My question is is it a one time chance you have to charge the battery first time you get it, and if you dont do it proberly well too bad? Just curious how long you guys charged it the first time and if you think it matters much??

Skit

Denmark

15i
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
16 hours seems a lot, I've only ever done a few hours (3/4) which has usually given a full charge, but I do cycle my battery i.e will let it drain fully (below 10%) before recharging.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] im_iceman:
That whole "16 hours" thing is BS.... that sort of treatment is not required for modern batteries.. and in any case the phone will stop charging when it hits 100%.. the only thing that seems to help is to run the phone down to about 20% a few times (through normal use..) but I've also read that a complete discharge every now and again helps..
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] drmoonshine:
it helps to cycle

16 hours is as said before bullpoop.... 100% charged and it will stop

the battery tech is li-po. lipo bats are ment to be 100% discharged and then 100% recharged....(trickle charged if possible) not sure how a phone charges there bats though

lipo unlike other types actully do have a proper memery and if you keep half charging or dont let it run right down the bat will over time last less and less......

even then they dont last forever i replace mine every year with a new set (i say set as i own 2 bats and carry the spare one with me when im out hard usage i can get half a day out of my phone so 2 bats works for me. i no longer use my phone for charging i have a battery dock that now charges my phone

hope this helped
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] Skitmas:
Thanks for clearing it up, i suspected it was like this, but glad u can confirm it.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] nash_ph_41:
thanks for clearing up too
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordnikon11:
I uploaded a bunch of MPG4 videos onto my Nexus S in a file I named "video" under Media files.

I downloaded Mobo player and I was able to view the videos. Then after a while, my MPG4 were gone but in USB storage, the available space didn't change.

Where has all the videos gone :confused:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lambstone:
Limbo? Nah, just kidding. I think the files just got hidden. Happened to me on Miui. Installed apps, did something then rebooted and it disappeared. When I tried installing again, it seems that they were still there as i got a prompt to "reinstall" instead of just "install"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordnikon11:
I reinstalled mobo player; still nothing.
[Defy General] agent__orange:
i recently have my defy, out of the box, i SKIPPED the motoblur create account.

then i updated via MSU and now i am running 2.2 froyo. i wanted to create my motoblur account now but the "accounts" app (with the "M" and blur logo) is missing/not in the app drawer.

1. is my updated froyo still with blur? (i updated and my location is saudi arabia)

2. if with blur, why i cant find it (the "accounts" app)?

3. how can i determine if my defy is with motoblur?

4. i just wanted to have "via Motoblur" status on facebook :D, not the "via Android".

5. and of course back up my contacts via motoblur.

please help me..thanks in advance.
[Defy General] ATXiceman512:
Is your device rooted?
[Defy General] agent__orange:
no, it is not rooted, just upgraded to froyo a day after i buy it..
[Defy General] ATXiceman512:
Create a motoblur account, If a motoblur account has not been created than it can not say your status has been updated "via motoblur" also be sure to download the app via Market called "Facebook for Android" let me know what happens
[Defy General] agent__orange:
by default (i reset it), it has a facebook widget then i logged in to it, still the status is "via android"..

btw, i dont get the create motoblur account after resetting it.

what should i do? how to determine if my version of android is with or without motoblur?
[Defy General] ATXiceman512:
Checking for the application, go to settings..application.. manage applications.. all.. scroll through this list of applications and see if you can find anything relating to motoblur.. did you update by flashing or via auto update?

Go to setting.. about phone.. and list current android version
[Defy General] ATXiceman512:
Under the manage applications, you should be looking for a app called "Accounts" ill will be a red background with a M and BLUR in the application icon. Positive its there if all you did was skip the set up.. when upgraded from enclair to froyo it didn't give me a option to skip.
[Defy General] agent__orange:
i upgraded via Motorola Software Update on my laptop, i connect the defy, run the MSU (i dl it from motorola site) then upgrade.

here's what i find:

android version:

2.2.2

baseband version:

EPU93_U_00.59.02

kernel version:

2.6.32.9-g0671d13

fdc376@zch68lnxdroid12#1

bflex version:

UCAJRDNEMARAB1B80AA03A.0R

apflex version:

GAS_ASIA_USAJRDNFROYOTARAB_P012

build number:

JEM_3.4.3-36-1.1
[General Questions and Answers] bmjaffal:
Hello Everybody,

Actually, this is my first post, although that I read a lot in this forum.

I don't like answering questions which might have already answered but I have really spent a long time reading but I did not find what I am looking for, maybe because it is very simple so no one is asking about it :D

I have installed my first Android on my HTC HD2, I have used the AmericanAndroid, Everything worked fine in the installation, but the question is:

How can I run the Android Operating System after finishing the Installation?!

In the Android folder on SD I can see the files:

CLRCAD

data

fix_permissions

HARET

INITRD

ROOTFS

STARTUP

system

ts-calibration

zImage

What shall I do in order to run the Android? and is there any extra steps to do except hitting the CLRCAD then HARET ?

Thanks,
[General Questions and Answers] bmjaffal:
Any idea ?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] timmytim:
These ringtones and notification tones were ripped from the LG Optimus 2X phone. They are actually pretty kick-ass and hopefully you like (most of) them as much as I do.

Installation Instructions (extract the zips) (not flashable)

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1. Create a ringtones folder and a notifications folder on your SD Card

2. Copy the ringtones & notification tones from the download into the newly created folders

3. Use Root Explorer or File Expert as root (free in market) to copy them to /system/media/audio/ringtones & /system/media/audio/notifications

Alternatively you could use ADB to push them to the same locations from your computer.

DOWNLOAD THE RINGTONES HERE

DOWNLOAD THE NOTIFICATION TONES HERE

Follow this link to get the Widgets from the LG Optimus 2X
[Captivate Themes and Apps] xThe Enforcer:
Great post, thanks!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Red_81:
Thanks for the extras. I'll add them to my collection.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Sarius24:
Used this but now I have a whole bunch of duplicate ringtones -_-
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Red_81:
The problem is that most of the phone developers LG, Samsung, etc put their own ringtones on the device but they don't bother to name them anything unique in the .ogg tags. You might have 3 different sound files of guitar sounds but the .ogg tags are all called Guitar so it appears as if you have duplicates (even though they are 3 different sounds).

That is the case with these sounds. They share some of the same names in the tags with the stock sounds. I'm working on sorting them and retagging some to add to my collection.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] psycho2097:
sick dude..thx!
[Captivate Themes and Apps] SystemErrorOne:
Do you have an ETA on when your going to upload your collection ?
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Red_81:
Still working on the sorting. I have them converted to ogg and tagged (in English, some were Chinese). I'm trying to make sure there won't be any duplicates. I've already counted 5 called "alarm".

I'll probably upload them as individual collections (HTC, Sony, etc) and then one massive collection.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] DeerSteak:
edit: sorry guys, wrong thread.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] mkosma:
Thanks - these are great! So sick of the default beeps and blings...
[Captivate Themes and Apps] cliftomr1082:
So installed ringtones and notification and notification is the only one plays sound. Any ideas.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Seeing as the MIUIAndroid guys are having trouble here is a new thread for MIUI-US with fixes ;)

It is already in English and is just about as "official" as miuiandroid.com versions.​

I am in no way affiliated with MIUI.US. I'm just collating information.

Quarx does not have access to MIUI sources so cannot update it or help fix their bugs. Please do not bother Quarx with this.

MIUI-US​

Download MIUI-US 1.6.10 English​

How To Install​

If you have 2nd Init installed already skip to step 3, if not start at step 1. These steps assume you already have flashed the Nordic Froyo rom to your Defy.​

1. Download Defy 2nd init installer 1.4 ONLY from here.

2. Run the 2nd init installer following the instructions closely.

3. Boot into Custom BootMenu by pressing volume down when device flashes a blue led at bootup. Set default boot mode to 2nd init.

4. Select Recovery, Custom Recovery. Choose "Wipe Data/Cache" option. Let finish.

5. Choose Install .zip from SD Card, select the MIUI roms .zip and let it finish.

6. Let the rom boot for first time.

7. Done! Enjoy!
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
ChangeLog​

MIUI Changelog 1.6.10 (Preview)

【Recommended Changes】
1. New/improved 2.0 T9 Dialer
2. Time scheduled automatic online backup
3. Notification Pulldown USB switch

【System】
Repair i9000 - upgrade the kernel, headset microphone issues resolved, keyboard light always on resolved
HD2 fix the sound problem in call

【Telephone】
Optimization of the new dialer -T9 2.0
- Significantly improve the search speed
- Reduce database size and support search contact name for any length, multi-tone words (6.6)
- Optimization of HD2, T959, NS call an emergency number to dial the area code when reminded (6.8)

【SMS】
Fix the SMS session cache error causing contact problems (6.6)
Fixed a bug where downloading message, and hitting the replay button, select an invalid volume problem (6.6)
SMS contacts fix - delete a session, not from the phone records of people send text messages to this problem (6.6)
Repair ordinary SMS text messages and letters flying rendezvous problem for a session

【Contact】
Add in the contact details screen, press and supports copy an entry (6.6)
Optimization of multiple phone contacts, click "Phone" button to pop recently identified contact number (6.6)

【Anti-disturb】
Add the function for users to set spam filter keywords
Add blacklist numbers can be added to note the name

【Lock screen, the status bar, notice board】
New notice board USB control switch, support notification bar on and off USB storage (does not support moto models) (6.7)
Fix the case of password-protected, horizontal screen after screen lock unlock the exception problem (6.6)
Repair status bar icon hiding third party app notifications (6.7)
Optimization of notification bar and status bar icon (6.7)

【Topic】
Optimize download experience theme, click on download progress bar notice in the download manager can view (6.6)
Repair in some cases failed to load or load a list of topics the problem of slow (6.7)

【Gallery】
Optimize thumbnail loading speed (6.6)

【Music】
Fix some cases of sleep mode failure problem (6.6)
Repair in some cases failed to download online music problem (6.6)

【Back】
Add automatic online backup, and can be set to automatically back up only in Wifi (6.6)

【Traffic monitoring】
Open repair for the first time traffic monitoring, traffic monitoring switch does not effect the problem (6.5)
Enter the correction flow restoration, the question does not support decimal (6.6)
FC under the will fix the problems defy (6.6)
SMS and call time repair statistics do not show the problem

【Weather】
Optimize the power consumption of the weather widget

Known Issues​

aGPS not working as standard.​

Fixes by me.​

NOTUPYETFOR1.6.10Fix for white statusbar icons only. 1.6.3 version. Same as above flash in Custom Recovery as a normal .zip.​

This uses Sense style statusbar icons for the top bar by editing SystemUI.apk.​
[Defy Android Development] fabianowerner:
ed murphys . my man
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
I think aGPS may finally be working in this version too as it picked up 5 sats and got fixed to 4 within 10 seconds...a lot better for me.

Settings menu is definitely smoother.
[Defy Android Development] fabianowerner:
For me its laggy even at 1Ghz, not the settings menu (witch is ok) but after i restore all my backups using TB when the desktop went filled of icons, the navigation started to lag. Thats why i reverted to CM7 RC0 using stock Gingerbread launcher, makes me feel fast like an iphone4 :) instant feelings
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
My home screen is pretty smooth but i think you need to give it time, a couple of reboots etc.

I couldn't imagine not using this now!
[Defy Android Development] dieandromeda:
cool. gonna flashed it now..
[Defy Android Development] powertony84:
ok now work. thanks
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Just done a 1.5 mile run and MyTracks followed the route perfectly. I think aGPS is definitely working.

Very happy with this release I may try and resist the urge to upgrade to a newer version when available.

Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
[Defy Android Development] bioan:
Seems I am the only one with a problematic GPS...
[Defy Android Development] drfakeacc:
Just wanted to say that it works fine with the latest version of 2nd-init and the newest bootloader.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
What is your location?

I have used a European gps.conf and changed baseband to a UK one they are the only changes I made prior to testing gps with GPS Test.

Ephumuris. Defy CM7 by Quarx.
[Defy Android Development] bioan:
Romania. I've chosen European Baseband.
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Maybe it's the gps.conf then? The stock one is Chinese.

Try flashing the attached gps.conf, then go into GPS Test app, clear agps data and redownload see if it works then.

I have read that the gps.conf has an ntp server for time and if the time is wrong it may not get an accurate fix. I'm guessing China has a slightly different time zone :lol:
[Defy Android Development] bioan:
Is it the one from the HD2 topic ?
[Defy Android Development] Quza:
GPS doesn't work for me, tried de. and europe. :/
[Defy Android Development] androidtester80:
GPS works for me. US rom, no fix, no baseband switch, disabled aGPS
[Defy Android Development] ephumuris:
Very strange how GPS works for some and not for others. Like i said after the things i changed it followed me pretty closely for a 1.5 mile run. First fix maybe took 30 seconds but fixes after that much quicker.
[Defy Android Development] priyansh17:
looks awesome in 1st impression......hope there is no hidden pblm...
[Defy Android Development] priyansh17:
initial observations....battery getting heated up..40 deg c....draining fast :(
[Defy Android Development] darktyroll:
WIFI doenst work, he cant find any wifi networks.
[Defy Android Development] crazyjosi:
Wifi worsks well for me
[Defy Android Development] darktyroll:
I`m disspointed, i flashed 2 times allready, i was stuck in M logo first, now i`m stuck again :|

1- i install clockwork recovery and after reboot i was stuck in M logo

So i flash again the MIUI

2- i try now the 2nd init 1.4.2 and after reboot same thing, i was stuck in M logo
[Defy Android Development] priyansh17:
now its stable a bit....36 deg c....still not the best backup i would say...

but the interface if very fluent...very fast....nice change from stock roms :)