yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] Steria:
Ok, so I'll make a backup of the important stuff before I update from Gingerbread to ICS, just in case...

Since I only have experienced the stock Gingerbread TouchWiz UI, what changes will I see/experience when upgrading to ICS (official version)?
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
Nothing you hardly feel that you are in ics.

Why you not root your phone.
[Galaxy S II General] bevararajeev:
so far this is the best phone i've used ... :)

galaxy s2 u rock..... :) :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] manojcitc:
Good Morning Guys...

Good day for Movie Lover..Django Unchained trailer is out..
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
Very good morning bro.

What's release date of asm.
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
rightly said, quad core is great and snappy but apart from the snappiness it dosent makes much of a difference in daily usage, one among the few main reasons for the upgrade should be the HD screen and the smart camera in which you already have HD screen :)

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Gm buddies :)
[Galaxy S II General] manojcitc:
asm?
[Galaxy S II General] exynoss:
:D Amazing spider man :D
[Galaxy S II General] anshmiester78900:
Hey guys how are you anybody tried the NOVA3 game on S2 ?
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
I tried it today morning and the graphics are awesome.
[Galaxy S II General] iekansh:
Most awaited theme for me
[Galaxy S II General] manojcitc:
Jun.29...
[Galaxy S II General] iAnoop:
yup... 29th June and it is earlier than US release...

Also The Dark Knight Rises on 20th July

eagerly waiting for these IMAX movies.

:cool::cool::cool::cool:
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
The update went off ok - with Kies sometimes you need to attempt it 1 or more times before it all works - no loss of data, apps, files or anything. In fact after updating to ICS, it optimises all your apps for it.

You may have to update many of your widgets - delete them from the screen and re-do them and and re-apply the fonts.

Pros: Much much faster and smoother in almost everything. A lot of small and large improvements everywhere, including scrolling. Most notably the new Gmail app is great. In-built data usage monitoring, no need for Onavao or 3G watchdog.

Cons: Contacts app photo issue - it is terrible. Wi-fi sometimes does not turn on. If you face this issue, turn on mobile data, then try turning on wi-fi or switch to airplane mode and back and then try again. Battery drain is much higher.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Downloading it right now

Its 2GB

Have to clear internal memory but I don't know what is filling it up so much:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
guys a slight offtopic question. i have this video file which is 5GB size which i would like to transfer from my laptop to my phone or tab. when ever i try the transfer, it does not work out. reason being this is a fat 32 storage system and the max it can do is a 4gb data transfer. NTFS has no such limit. i flashed my external card to NTFS and the phone would not recognize it. so, what is the next best thing for me to do? please help
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Phone doesn't support NTFS

I don't really know but you can try a custom kernel and see if it supports NTFS
[Galaxy S II General] deathfrag:
Guys, planning to buy a wireless mouse. Any suggestions?

Budget: Upto Rs. 1,000.
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Can you do me a favor of connecting the device to computer as mass storage and check out the Android secure folder?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
I will see that

Dell Bluetooth mouse
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Guys check out screen filter if you want to save battery

Also don't set it lower than 12%
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
MP 3 is more awesome with mouse...O_O he became bald........back to game
[Galaxy S II General] sakindia123:
Guys does anyone have extracted initramfs of myfluxi kernel?
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
tried on custom too.. does not work.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
See if its mentioned in custom kernel about NTFS in its features(check all custom kernels)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
I use it at night. Very handy. Also one time I purposefully made the % very low and I couldn't see anything :p the app itself reverted back to default settings after few seconds.

I wish I could play :( max Payne is one of my favourite series.

Whats that needed for?

Doesn't siyah have the NTFS support?
[Galaxy S II General] reddead66:
anyone with a casemate tough case??

are the volume keys bulging out less than the power button?? or is it just me??

pressing the power button is very comfortable but with volume keys its not
[Galaxy S II General] deathfrag:
Yep, I have the Tough Case. I don't have the problem. Both the power and volume buttons are equally bulged out.

Just try to fit it properly as sometimes, the silicone layer get's trapped between the tough exterior case. Try to open it and then fit one layer at a time.
[Galaxy S II General] Ankit Tulsian:
It worked for me on paranoid rom with siyah but the memory card was not detected in stock rom.Go to mnt-ntfs and see if its mounted there.

@harsha: Ask ravi to burn it on dvds and send it to you.
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
Ok i am back to SGS2 again!

I got another sgs2 (3 months used one) for 18k its for my wife as she lost her phone.. So i am gonna be on SGS2 and SGS3 forums..

Have not got s3 yet.. waiting for a good deal and blue one..:)
[Galaxy S II General] sakindia123:
i want to tweak myfluxi kernel fro personal usage
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
the best solution would be to split the video into 2 using video convertor and move it to your sd card

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just thought of asking you about s3 and found the answer in the above post ;)
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
Ya .. past couple of weeks have been peaceful for me.. Having no smart phone has its own advantages.. i was spending more time doing outdoor games and stuff it was/is fun..

Btw Bala how is the scrolling on GS3 ? is it free flow or sticky ? with Stock ROM
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
thank god and sammy its ics scrolling :D:D
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
And ask him to courier over his laptop too :p I don't have a good system :(

I have an interesting question for you:

1. I have connected my device to company network wifi. They have sonic wall installed which blocks almost all the sites in including Google. But when I try to access in my phone none of the sites are blocked. I havent done any tweaking at all and no OpenVPN was not running. All I did was take the DNS ip address from their system and put it in my device. Why aren't the sites blocked? Only youtube is not accessible in device though :p GS2 FTW!

2. If I download huge data on my device with their wifi network will the system administrator come to know? I mean will he be able to track it at all?
[Galaxy S II General] kranti2064:
1. Looks like an ip block. It might be that your syatems have statis ip while your device has been given a dynamic ip. Enjoy till it lasts...

2. Until your download doesn't clog the bandwidth noone would bother. But yes it is pretty easy to track and block a device via its mac address.
[Galaxy S II General] kranti2064:
Use a video converter and transcode the video to a lower resolution and reduce the audio bitrate. Use the divx/xvid container as it reduces the video file quite a bit.

Thats how I got my entire Avengers collection in 720p in my 16 gb card..
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
1. That would be a good reason. But I don't agree because I have my own laptop here which is not concerned to the company. So I connected that laptop to the wifi network and then a IP of my own choice and then all the DNS stuffs. But when I try to open Google or any site they are sonic walled. So this would rule out the possibility of IP specific block because I gave the IP of my choice and not the network administration. And more over I have set the IP address as static in GS2 too.

2. Yes I know about the mac address block in router interface. But would they come to know it's the mobile device which was downloading? Will the router be able to pin point which system or device did the downloads?
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
Hey nice looking Homescreens...Well organised. You wont need to go to the app drawer for anything now i guess:p
[Galaxy S II General] Joe_Nalin:
1. The browser identification is different on PC / mobile, this could be a reason..

2. If you use your credentials to log into your office Wi-fi network for sure they will be able to zero into you..

Also in my previous office wi-fi network was not part of the company network, i.e. they used a standalone connection (similar to the one we use @home) and used repeaters to ensure the office is covered. So you do not need your credentials to get into the system, just the router password and also you will not be behind the firewall :)
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
Help

Hey all,

So now i think i finally got some free time on my hand. I am a bit of noob, I mean i have read all the posts and threads required, but havent done much practical rom changes and all. So go easy on me;-)

Currently i am on CheckRom v6 with siyah kernal and i love this combo. But now I wanna switch to ics based roms. I tried the official samsung ics rom on friends phone and to be honest didnt find it different from gb rom, hence no interest in the official samsung ics.

So please suggest me a good ics rom to try. I was think about resurrection remix or cm9. Which 1 is better and y? are there any major bugs in any of them? And please tell me how to go about changes from checkrom v6 to the rom u suggest.

I might mostly go with siyah kernal for dual boot and keep 2 roms. whats the suggestion on that?

Thanks

- a keen learner:)
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Resurrection Remix is good Rom, you must try.

No need to do anything as you are already rooted and running with custom rom.

Just download the rom, put it on sd card do necessary steps like wiping etc then flash.

And hey you cant dual boot combination of GB and ICS together
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Dual boot FAQ : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24233085&postcount=2

I would suggest you CM9 because its faster then AOKP roms IMO

But if you like customization then try AOKP

MIUI4 roms are also good and you must give them a try as second rom

Also PARANOID rom is something unique and different experience

In CM9 TV OUT doesn't work and for fm you need this free app : http://d-h.st/RZj

Or from market their PRO/UNLOCKED and more info here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1059296
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
Thanks. Yes i am aware we cant dual boot ics and gb rom. i meant 2 different ics roms in dual boot.

Hmm thanks buddy...ya paranoid looks interesting...

any good samsung based custom rom worth trying in ics?
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Samsung roms are not for me:D(until someone ports SGS3 rom)
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Well let me try the static IP I have set to my mobile on my laptop. And this wifi is completely open network. No password. And I did no put my credentials anywhere :D So i guess I'm anonymous eh?
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
@harsha

To your first question I think the block is based on the mac address, hence the same ip is working for you.

Waiting to see some other answers for this :D

tapatalked from galaxy s3
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
haha..btw didnt some1 post some rom which looked like sg3 few days ago? any comment on that rom?
[Galaxy S II General] Joe_Nalin:
Couple of queries on ICS 4.0.3 Stock

Restricting Background data :

Can someone tell me how to restrict / disable background data on ICS? In GB there was an option to disable background data, but I no longer can find it in ICS

Settings -> Data usage has a option to Restrict Background data, but once this is selected, a message appears that it is possible only when Mobile data limit is set... could find the location to set mobile data limit.. :confused:

Brightness app, used to work very well in GB. Is it a compatibility issue with ICS? I do not see any visible change in the brightness even when I increase it to 10%.. it was not the same with GB.. Any who uses this app has observed the same?

GoSMS - never vibrates, i.e. when system is set to vibrate. I never get a notification, it did not work on GB too.. HELP on this plz..
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
The rom was nothing but just SGS3 launcher and a theme of SGS3 found in themes and apps section preinstalled
[Galaxy S II General] Harsha Raj:
Might be :p but my personal laptop too was blocked. No way they that the mac address of that before.

Man. In the system now Google and other sites are not blocked anymore :confused: :banghead:

But I assure you, yesterday this was not the case :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] Joe_Nalin:
There you go.. since your on a open network, you can freak out :D

I'm not aware if there is a way wi-fi can use your windows credentials.. to be on the safer side get this also confirmed.
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
oh okies..
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
well, i guess you don't know much about me... ok, here is the deal. i DO NOT have an SII any more. i switched to a Galaxy Note(see current devices). how ever, most of my troubleshooting i get it done here since this is the only (hyper)active thread i have seen and most people don't really mind helping(which is really good) compared to other threads.

the Note wale threads are all crazy slow. you ask a question today, HOPEFULLY it will be answered 2 days later.
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
You are now a Recognized Contributor O.o

Congrats!

BTW you should be tagged "Indian thread Recognized Contributor":D

(joke)
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
I will send laptop also if you buy a Honda city or BMW M series car for me:)

ty...lol ya....well I need to go if I need to play games

Ya..........thanks.......LOL,...........Fking net giving me problem from 1:30
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
@ravi

Congrats :D

tapatalked from galaxy s3
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
what is the criteria of recognized contributer.. Is it number of posts ? or some other thing as well

btw @ravi congrats mate..
[Galaxy S II General] dakaath:
@Ravi

Congo!!!
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
It got nothing to do with posts....they will check what you did till now..Helped anyone or not/if made any interesting topics are not...If they think you deserve the will promote you
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
Kewl....Nice indeed.
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
Spice launched 3 super affordable phones. A phone with 5" screen for 12,000 :O

http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphone...roid-series-5inch-dualcore-at-rs-12000/314282
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Wait for nexus tablet
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
they are just entering android , when the whole android world is jumping to next gen :D, nice mobiles though...
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Their ugly ui will stop me to have one:D

Looks like dual sim BTW
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
dual sim? nice.............why main/big phones like GS2,GS3,Note,HTC one x dont have it :(
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Freed up around 10 GB by deleting crap on my internal and external sd!
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
I will definitely buy nexus tab if its around 10k.
[Galaxy S II General] aashgaur:
u dont say !! :P
[Galaxy S II General] ImSherlocked:
My friend bought Spice MI-410(Huawei Ideox X6) a year back for 14k. And the phone is super solid. He even installed CM9 on it.

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But the phone with 5" screen does not have led flash and auto focus.

The one with 4" screen (MI-425) for 10k is the better phone. It has both LED flash and auto focus.
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
CM9 released for it? :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
chrome browser updated to 0.18.4531.3636 on 6th June with minor reorganization setting option and primarily on stability and performance improvement
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
its called porting :)

nice photoshopping ;)

edit:

just installed chrome today, didnt note the update there
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
LOL............... Photoshoping?........you should say textshopping :p
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
as long as it is done in photoshop its called photoshopping :D
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
about what you talking?.......His sig?........oops just now saw it.......ya nice Photoshopping but still can be better :p
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
@ kachru

why does your profile shows offline always?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
because he changed settings

.........Some one made me SM again
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
oops .. any pm regarding it?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
no..
[Galaxy S II General] nelsonoski1972:
Congrats Ravi.

You certainly deserve it.

@Kachru & Bala

Congrats for buying GS3.

If metallic blue comes to India with 32GB and an exceptional battery life of 6-7 hours of screen on time is confirmed with moderate usage, I will definitely join the bandwagon.:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Yesterday I decided not to use S3 till I get back cover and screen protector for it, Hence I switched off S3 from yesterday! and was using Blackberry:D

Today when I came to home, couldn't control myself:D

Switched on the S3 and found update for chrome.

and for that offline I changed my profile setting to invisible mode:p

@ Ravi

feeling bad!
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
battery life is already exceptional :) after 18 hours of usage i still got 12 % left with 4 + hours of screen on time, brightness set to 50%, around 100 photos. :D:eek:

and the big point its just my 1st battery cycle
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Thanks Nelson,

Hope you will join S3 section soon as blue version is on the way to India!
[Galaxy S II General] Raven'sSight:
My beloved s2 is now in a bowl of rice :( under rice

Dropped it into the toilet :( Was dipped in there for probably 2-3 secs...The screen switched off... :(

Clean water only... Removed everything immediately...

Now to wait for 48 hours anxiously and know whether the rice bowl becomes it grave and does it survive the ****-pot-fall :(

Bad bad day :(
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Great :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591329
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
ah :( ........Why you guys take the mobile into bathroom?.........I have seen many saying same......

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damn soo tempting
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
did you use a hair dryer on it? it might help. god those 48 hours will be sleepless...
[Galaxy S II General] kachrukamble:
Its bad, water damage generally doesn't recover!!
[Galaxy S II General] Raven'sSight:
@Ravi At office so had to carry. Fell of pocket into the water.

@Bala Used a hair dryer around an hour back at medium power. Googled a bit and came to know what water might be pushed by dryer air into parts where its not yet reached. And from what i read, the phone might survive. There is a youtube video of a S2 which survived a fall in sea water etc. Even i had dropped my SonyE T230 in 2004. opened everything up and it survived when i put it back after 3 days. Just the mike had some problem..

Hope i have another survive ...
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
oh :( good luck bro...Hope it will survive
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
Worst day ever:(

Hope it survives
[Galaxy S II General] bala_gamer:
how is my new sig picture guys ? ;)
[Galaxy S II General] sahibunlimited:
One with s2 and voltages was much better:D:D:D:D:D

BTW NOVA 3 best game till now
[Galaxy S II General] Link2Adi:
Hey Guys,

I need ur help with something. Actually my brother used to live in Leeds,Uk. He came back a month ago. He also brought his router that he used to use there in Leeds. The problem is whenever I'm connected to WIFI using this router, GMaps shows my location as Leeks,UK. I've googled for the solution but in vain.

Can someone help me with this?
[Galaxy S II General] atulalvenkar:
Change the name of WiFi SSID to something different and see if it works. Or uncheck Use Wireless Networks in Location settings. Google uses wireless networks and their SSID to get a approx location for faster fix using GPS. Since this router was in Leeds, it has Leeds as location in google DB. Changing SSID should probably fix this.
[Galaxy S II General] Hilmesh:
Hello All,

Can anybody advise the best place to buy Samsung Galaxy S2 USB Jig?

I saw all the posts, there are too many places and hence am confused. If anybody knows physical shops in Nagpur / Bangalore it will be much more helpful.

Thanks in Advance.
[Galaxy S II General] OrrPenn18:
No shops sell the jig, u gotta make it urself if ur that skilled<actually its pretty easy> or then buy it from ebay! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Hilmesh:
hey can you guide as to how to make it?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=967404
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
thank you for your response. i did not see it earlier. i have been following all posts after my queries. any way, i am not on stock KI3 now. i will check out the one you mentioned. thank you
[Galaxy S II General] mithilesh216:
Back key sensitivity issue

hello

i am getting this weird problem with my back button...it was all working smoothly with my stock xwke8...after dat i rooted my phone with CF root...after few days i updated my rom with stock xxki3.i noticed problem with my back key

1.it is less responsive than touch screen...i 've to press little hard to make it work.sometimes single tap sends me two screen level back

2.i have also noticed that at some battery level the back button becomes smooth and flawless.

Is there any solution ?? I am now using stock XWKF3.everything is fine but this back button problem is still there.

NEED Help !!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] sasha007:
Which is the best FW currently available for GS2 .??

Especially for battery life .?

I'm on stock KF3 .?

I heard KJ's are also out .

Which one is the best to upgrade to then .?

Plz Reply ....
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
@goldbergx, do you want me to go for the regular checkrom or the HD one? what do you suggest?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312240

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1251688

above are the links to both the roms. please advice :)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
XWKJ1. Haven't found any bug so far.
[Galaxy S II General] sendhiloo7:
I think , u have to change regional setting in WIFI router, u can access WIFI router using http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1
[Galaxy S II General] Link2Adi:
And how can i do that?

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That Didn't Help!! :(
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
Going to Flash KJ1 65MB Download left :)

EDIT: Flashed KJ1 and left mobile to Charge ..I have not did a Factory Reset yet I am thinking not to do a Reset..got sick of installing every app again..........Do you guys think Factory Reset is Must? if so why?
[Galaxy S II General] coolbuddyin:
new market needs to be installed manually?
[Galaxy S II General] Mr.Raviteja:
for now yes for us
[Galaxy S II General] emze:
downloading KJ2 firmware, hope it is good. btw, i just noticed, countries like Iran.... yes I. R. A. N. have got their official 2.3.5 updates and yet, in India, we guys are yet to see 2.3.4 even. if samsung considers India to be a big market, they should show it to their customers. it does not end with making good phones and releasing them early.
[Galaxy S II General] safepacket:
I been on check ROM for long time since v 2 to 5. 5

Gadget check the dev of checkrom is no more supporting checkrom.

Check Rom revolution HD is the new project where gadget check and leomar joined hands and are working as a team.

I would highly recommend CRR HD.The new kitchen is awesome and great support from the forum.

Good luck
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Nah...it's a Non-Wipe package. If you don't have the phone.process FC error, unlike me then just get on with it.