yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] jonny_ftm:
I actually have both. In fact, my wife upgraded to i9000 last year and I upgraded my Nokia N73 to the i9100 in may.

I would say, that it all depends on your income, the bling-bling effect of your ego and what you can invest with the money you spare if you keep the i9000 for 2 to 4 years.

Here's my comparative "review":

Applications: both are on same OS versions and will update to 2.3.4, so no difference here

Screen: clearly brighter and more sharp on the SGS 2. However, despite the very small increase, it is clearly bulkier. Won't be usable by one hand for most.

Camera: great on both devices but better on SGS2. However, don't expect miracles compared to the SGS 1. If your main goal is photo/video, just invest the money in a high end compact/hybrid or entry level DSLR. Flash is present on SGS 2, but again, just don't expect new miracles in low light with such a LED flash... Both are affected with the pink camera syndrome, but it is more evident on SGS 2 (not a big issue for most of your shots). Also, SGS2 units suffer from the yellowish screen issue. Not a big deal in daily use, but many people won't survive with it, emotionally...

Speed: SGS 2 clearly wins in multitasking like when you install an application from market while you browse your phone. Also, SGS 1 has small lagging from time to time using TW. Since 2.2.1, the problem is no more a big issue, but clearly slower than SGS 2. The i9000 is on 2.2.1 since many months now, no recent firmware flash, and the lag didn't get worse like it was the case on early firmware. Now, for daily use in applications, speed will be exactly the same. I don't use games and will never do on my phones, so can't compare here.

Heat: is an issue with SGS2. It causes the phone to discharge when using the GPS even if poer plugged (look the forum for solutions...)

GPS is not usable on the SGS 1 for high density urban areas. It is just not enough precise. However, SGS 2 is also by far not as precise as an external cheap bluetooth unit. So, in my case, I prefer pairing to external bluetooth units for both.

Wifi range for me is the same on both phones.

To sum it up: If you're already on i9000, and money value is something you consider, then keep the i9000. Exept a wow factor and some bling bling in your ego, you won't get real life miracles, just some advantages, some new issues, some same issues and some added bulkiness. Keep your i9000 for 2 to 4 years and change device when new more mature phones are out. Also, the applications factor will be an additional value as probably, new android OS versions will be out and won't fit the SGS 2. The additional features just don't justify a +600 USD price tag, unless money is your last troubel.

However, if you're shopping for a new phone, this one could be the best choice.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I did and have zero regrets.
[Galaxy S II General] lgkahn:
i'm still using my sgs on 2..2.1.

i need a working pptp vpn over 3g

and battery life is much better.. and the gps is better on my sgs

faster locks and more accurate..

maybe if these bugs are fixed in a new sgs ii firmware i will take it off the shelf and start using it again.. but i cannot have a phone with non working vpn for system administration and one where the battery dies in less than a day.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Absolutely no regrets ;)

Worth it Absolutely.........

And now getting more custom stuff available the flash addiction is being well fed.
[Galaxy S II General] Altimas:
Bumping and old thread but thanks for this. Exactly what I was looking for.
[Galaxy S II General] cityfox:
sgs to sg2

no

yes :)
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
sorry for my bad english

ihave hd2 t mobile

after ubdate my mobile from android nand room to win mobile 6.5

i made a task 29

ubdate to win mobile 6.5 by mu computer

the ubdate give me 100% and back to boot loder

i try hspl and it work 100% and back to boot loder

i try ubdate by sd card and the update give me sucsses and compleat and back to bootloder

i try many rooms for t mobile

when i use task 29 or hspl or any ubdate it seems to be done but after that

my hd2 back to boot loder .

iam sorry for my bad english ..........but blz i need some help ..
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
some help plz
[HD2 General] Richy99:
so your handset bootes into the tri colour boot loader even if you dont hold down the volume key?
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
yes my handset bootes into the tri colour boot loader even if i dont hold down the volume key
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
any help with my problem
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Yeah it sounds like your volume key is broken you will need to get it fixed.
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
volume key is not broken its from the task 29 update
[HD2 General] skyhew:
Not really understood your problem. It is likely you have run Task 29 (which formats your phone memory), and never install any new ROM (neither WinMo 6 nor Android)?
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
i update my phone from winmo 6,5 to android nand after 5monthes

when i try to back to winmo 6.5 now

i use task 29 to format my phone ......after that when i press the power my phone go to boot loder ...i try to flash with winmo 6.5 using my pc and after done ....my phone back to boot loder......i try flash winmo by sd card and give me sucsses on the screen but when i power my phone he boot to boot loder ......i try to flash mglder 113 by my pc and it done sucssesful ....and when i power my phone it go to bootloder...

when the phone is off and i connect the computer cable it power to boot loder.....i dont press the power

if i insert the sd card with leoimg and power the phone it go to boot loder and start flash the room and give me compleet and sucsses...

but when i power the hd2 it go to bootloder agin and agin and agin....

plz help
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Take the windows rom and rename it to "leoimg.nbh" then put it on root of your sd card. When you next go into bootloader it should flash your phone.
[HD2 General] fred_up:
As previously said, it sounds as though your Volume Down button is faulty.

You may not be pressing the Volume Down button but it may be making contact and when you press the Power Button it will send the phone into BootLoader Mode.
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
when i press volume up and vol dowe together and press power the phone go to format screen

but when i press volum up it go to boot loder

if my volum down is prokin ...my phone must go to format screen..

befor i use the task 29 my volume key is working good
[HD2 General] fred_up:
Remove the SD Card.

Put it into Bootloader Mode -what does it say on the screen?

Does it fully boot up without SD Card?
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
when i remove sd card the hd2 boot into boot loder
[HD2 General] fred_up:
Put it into Bootloader Mode -what does it say on the screen?
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
my problem is.. the hd2 is boot to bootloder every time i press the power

and when i make update via pc or sd card the update is sucssesful...

..........................................

my phone Appears to be sound except that he boot to boot loder every time

Be sure that the vol dowen is sound.
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Dude, If you insist on ignoring simple questions or ignoring them how do you expect anybody to try and help you?
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
I apologize for the inappropriate response...........................

so sorry for my bad english

.........................................................................................................

the screen is like this

................................

PB81120 HX-B3

SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE

0x05

Cotullahspl 0x50

.................................
[HD2 General] orangekid:
Might be an HSPL bug, I would flash stock rom from SD, this will replace your stock SPL back on, then flash HSPL again, then try your ROM.
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
As I advised earlier but it got ignored.
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
i flash the last rom from t mobile web site

by extract the img and rename it to leoimg.nbh

it start and finsh and give me ...........

.........................................

leoimg.nbh

radio_v2 - ok

rcust _ ok

bootloder_ok

splash1_ok

os _ ok

configdata _ ok

update complete

update success

............................................

i restart my phone

the phone open in boot loder with this info

.............................................................

PB81120 HX-B3

SPL - 2.080000 8G XE

MicroP (LED) 0x05

Microp(TOUCH) 0x50

...............................................................
[HD2 General] basemhanafy:
can any one help me
[Wildfire General] droidd3v:
Guys, I've been reading on here about S-Off using AlpharevX but I need someone to guide me {step by step} on how to go about the process.

What I have done thus far is :

Downloaded AlpharevX exe.zip from here: http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/

now what should I do?

EDIT:

I opened the exe file in that zip and it waited for my phone for a few seconds and then showed info about my phone and asked me to enter the BETA key.

I entered the BETA key (from the alpharev site) and a few more seconds later I got this screen: (attached)

Is this it?
[Wildfire General] dkszone:
Going by screenshot, it means that the process is a success. Your device is now S-OFF. Check it by booting to Recovery mode. At the top of screen whether it is S-OFF now?
[Wildfire General] droidd3v:
yup it is .. and now I have HDBOOT 6. <something> :D

I've even rooted my phone using this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130044

:D

Now backing up stuff on my phone using titanium backup...

want to flash some rom .. dunno which one :P
[Wildfire General] mohamed.qadiqadi:
Well i get failed , get some lemonade or sth like this can anyone tell me the reason
[Wildfire General] nurved:
Luck you, and here I am with the same bootloader trying to get S-Off since morning with no luck what so ever.
[Wildfire General] droidd3v:
^ try redownloading the AlphaRev zip file ..

< atleast thats what I read somewhere {there are so many threads on this right now that I can't remember where I'd read this} >
[Wildfire General] dkszone:
It seems like the beta key generating application form is taken off the AlphaRev site. Damn, I missed it for my Incredible S.

EDIT: It's there. I misread the form!
[XPERIA X8 General] silentw:
ARM V6VFP <- X8

ARMV7VFP3

ARM V6

ARM V5te

ARM V7VFP

ARM V5VFP

Which one does X8 has?
[XPERIA X8 General] nyirog:
ARMv6 rev5
[XPERIA X8 General] silentw:
ARM V6 or ARM V6VFP?

Edit: I haven't said, but I'm trying to choose the correct codecs for MoboPlayer, and they have the ARM V6 and the ARM V6VFP. Which one I choose?

Edit 2: Ok, I found out, it's ARM V6VFP ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] feb289:
arm 600 v5 a not bad processor:)
[XPERIA X8 General] gothickah0:
mobo player will auto select the codec.
[XPERIA X8 General] ALWA7SH6:
what is this (ARM V6VFP)?
[Galaxy S II General] (•.•):
Heyo

Here we will put all news and questions about the SGS2 I-9103.

Here are the Specs:

I9103

http://www.91mobiles.com/mobile/Samsung/Galaxy+S+II+I9103/9986.html

I9100 (to compare)

http://www.91mobiles.com/mobile/Samsung/Galaxy+S+II+I9100/8374.html

I mark'd the differences in yellow that I saw so far.

The main differents are the SLCD (Super Liquid Chrystal Display) and the Nvidia Tegra 2 Processor and it seems that the 1080p HD Video Recording is at 30fps in stock.

I think the new SLCD Screen will boost the battery life alot !

Any new Information about this model of SGS2 can be posted here !

I will edit it soon with more Information.

Can't wait to get it!
[Galaxy S II General] w4yn3s:
I cant see any difference between 9100 & 9103

Are there any?
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
Old info, look at the post date. Samsung has stated they don't have any plans to release this device any time soon. Micht change in the future but now it's definatly cancelled.
[Galaxy S II General] Foxdraed:
Screen is Super LCD rather than Super AMOLED Plus and the Processor is a Tegra 2 Processor (Nvidia) rather than Samsung's own Exynos :)

Exynos + Chainfire 3D ftw!! :D
[Galaxy S II General] efato:
samsung meant to release this phone because they can't answer the orders for 9100.. the samsung i-9103 has some benefits and handicaps against the i-9100. 9103 has a nvidia tegra2 graphic processor which might be stronger in some cases but lacks the benefits of the th super amoled plus screen since it has a clear type LCD screen..
[Galaxy S II General] olyloh6696:
just like the i9003 (AKA Galaxy S i9000 2011 editon)
[Galaxy S II General] (•.•):
- added a screenshot with yellow marks

hope that they will release it soon and not in 2012.

Then I would wait for an SGS3 !
[Galaxy S II General] KKTHX:
Any news about Samsung GT-I9103

Any release date ?

BC I dont know what to do. Wait for Glaxy S II i9103, OR take LG Optimus 2X...
[Galaxy S II General] Eddiedk:
There's also the new GT-I9001 coming in september. It's called Galaxy S Plus, and actually beats the SGS2 in cpu-specs. Samsung.de is already advertising for it on their homepage.

Dual-core 1,4 Ghz cpu beats the SGS2, but othervise its smaller in specs - 5Mp camera, 8 Gb internal memory and so on.

So by overclocking the SGS2 a bit, it's still the strongest in the block... :)
[Galaxy S II General] Testraindrop:
It says "Ultraschneller 1,4 GHz Prozessor" which means something like fast 1,4GHz CPU, but no mention of Dualcore somewhere... so its a Singlecore, every marketing department would mention Dualcore if it would be a dualcore...
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
SLCD screen will increase battery use not decrease it compared to samLED+
[Galaxy S II General] tjtj4444:
Yes, I agree, pretty sure it is single core, probably also based on Cortex A8, so it is slower than SGS2 also in single threaded tasks regardless of the higher clock frequency.
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
No. The Galaxy S Plus has a single core CPU.
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
So many rumours about Galaxy devices... Tegra 2 dual-core galaxy SII is more of a Cinderella for now, doesn't exist and probably won't exist at all.
[Vibrant General] V_I_R_U_S:
Hi,

I have upgraded my Samsung Vibrant T959 to Froyo via Mini Kies..

But When i connect my samsung Vibrant to my PC and open Mini Kies , it says "Please connect your Phone"; but on my Phone i chose Kies and its showing that its connected..

Is there anyway i can upgrade to Gingerbread?

Note: I am living in Bangladesh, where the upgrade is not available i guess..

I have tweaked the phone by unlocking the network to use in Bangaldesh..
[Vibrant General] Akbaruz:
still no update to gingerbread... froyo is up to date
[Vibrant General] crazy25000:
Salam Alaykoum, try this :p....what modems do y'all use?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1021383
[Networking] Tomder:
Hi

When I'm running stock ROM and Sense on my Desire, this is not an issue.

But when either CM7 or Oxygen ROMs har installed I'm not able to download anything from Android Market.

At this time I'm working on a ship, so only wifi is available.

2 of my buddies running stock Desire's can easily download from market, but me running newest CM7 or Oxygen 2.1.4 cannot. Any ideas?

and yes, I have tried clearing caches in market application and downloadadministrator.

So what to do now?

thanks,

Tom
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dornabet:
*Head Line*

does it even got baseband ?

if ther is can som one tell me what version ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moon2:
My stock updated rom was running bb54 (courtesy of sony repair center, although I had had bb67 installed)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denenatse:
when I was on 1.6 my bb was .46
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moon2:
Yup, just confirmed it, stock (2.1.A.0.435), runs on bb54, and it flashes to that version no matter what you had before.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Basebands vary by region. That's basically the difference between global generic X10a and X10i firmware.

Can you be more specific?
[Android Apps and Games] Stuart.upton666:
Hey guys, just a quick question. Would it be possible to change the voice on Google nav? Like you can on tomtom satnavs.

Is it even possible?
[Android Apps and Games] Rooster85:
Download svox tts off of market, each new voice is like 3 bucks.

Sent from my MiuiSpeedy
[Android Apps and Games] dbilliter:
I use SVOX with Victoria package (not free). All you have to do is change your default voice by going to your settings > Language and Settings > Voice Input & Output > Text-to-Speech Settings and change the default engine to SVOX (must already be downloaded from the market.

SVOX Classic

Victoria Voice
[Captivate Themes and Apps] poolemit:
If Skype is left in the background for an hour or so, it will quietly quit (or crash -- not sure).

I'm seeing this on 2 different captivates, several different roms tried. I hope it's not a skype 'feature' :(

Any ideas?

thanks
[Captivate Themes and Apps] studacris:
It's probably the lmk, low memory killer, if memory is needed it will kill a program that's in the background

Also this is a question, those go in Q&A not general.
[Captivate Themes and Apps] Miami_Son:
Actually, App-specific questions should be posted in Themes & Apps subforum.
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
Hi all

I have several years experience from rooting and applying all kinds of ROM's om both Symbians, Motorola OS, Android and WM devices but I am completely stuck when trying to "fix" the problem with non-existing SD card support on the Xoom.

What I have been looking for is a guide that walks you through Unlocking, Rooting, adding CWM and finally replaces the kernel with a "better" one. I have of course found all kind of guides on any of the topics above, but all of them assumes that you already have performed one or another of these steps.

So if anyone could be an angel and summarize the steps (links are ok) with the assumption that the reader (I) have

- oem locked

- no cwm installed

- unrooted

- Wifi only

- updated 3.1 honeycomb device.

I will certainly cry of joy if someone can do this for the good of the community. I am sure that many like I have already tried both this and that, and bricked or soft-bricked (I did) their devices while trying to get the god damned sd card to become functional :). My own device has now been resurrected from coma (RSD Mode 2) and is now alive again, thanks to "fastboot oem unlock" but I can not for my life get the CWM to work. I have installed the recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img with fastboot. No errors reported either on the tablet och in Windows during flashing. But when pressing VolUp during boot, I just get stuck in "Starting RSD protocol support 3". I can boot normally if I dont press any button. Fastboot mode works too.
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
Thanks a lot! I am with you all the way to step H (adb reboot recovery). This step ends with the Android, yellow triangle and an exclamation mark. Nothing more. So something must be wrong with the recovery image.

In both your links and other links to the recovery image, the name "recovery-solarnz-XXXXXX-XXXX.img" is used. But the links always leads to the image "recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img" instead. Could this be the problem? If so, what should the XXXXX be replaced with (for googling).

Thanks again for the guide. Sooner or later I *will* succeed!

Edit: Could this post be something that explains why my CWM flashing does not succeed? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13747198&postcount=18

And since the device still not is rooted, I can not rm the suggested files ... gaaah
[Xoom General] cam30era:
Not sure that I've completely understood your question, but when you type:*fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, make sure to replace the words "recovery.img" with the actual name of the recovery image file.
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
Of course I do. Here is what I type

D:\Java\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (3998 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.500s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 1.031s]

finished. total time: 1.531s

D:\Java\android-sdk\platform-tools>

The tablet says "Flashing StorMgr partition recovery STATUS: - done!

I will try once more with the "timing trick" from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
[Xoom General] cam30era:
The name of the file is "recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm". So you should type:*fastboot flash recovery recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
It actually worked! What I did was this

1. adb reboot bootloader

2. flashed the same recovery image that I mentioned earlier

3. fastboot reboot

4. applied the 3 second wait once the Moto logo was seen, then pushed Vol Down

5. Android recovery menu visible, press Vol Up. Now I got straight into CWM !!!

6. (prepared the sd card on my SGS with the zip files)

7. Choosed Install zip from sd card and flashed the wifi-root image

8. Reboot the tablet and verified with RomManager that I now had root

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR NOT GIVING UP ON ME :)
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
For simplicity I renamed the zip to recovery.zip before copying it to the folder and flashing it (see next post also!)
[Xoom General] cam30era:
I am going to modify the instructions. Is this correct for what you did?

"f.*Type:*fastboot reboot*in the command window and press enter.

g.*Wait 3 second after the Moto logo is seen, then pushed Vol Down

h.* Android recovery menu visible, press Vol Up. Go straight into CWM.

j.*When my device rebooted into recovery I also saw additional Device Drivers install. This took a little while and I waited to do anything until I received the “Device Driver Installed Successfully” dialog."
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
Yes, everything except the last step (j). I did not see anything on the computer screen. But now I have managed to install CWM, root it and install Tiamat 's latest kernel. The external sd card is now visible inside /sdcard/external! Success!
[Xoom General] cam30era:
Post updated with your input. Thanks for being the first guinea pig!
[Xoom General] okantomi:
This is an amazing guide! cam30era you and LandMaster are the bomb!

May suggest one thing? When reading it through, I think a real noob might be confused with the asterisks that are on either side of many of the adb commands.

Anyway this should definitely be a sticky!
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
actually I sat down and wrote my own guide, starting from scratch and ensuring that every assumption and requirement was explained. I called it "idiots guide to ..." . Maybe it would be a good idea to consolidate the best from both guides into a -definitive guide-. What do you think?

Oh, the thread is in the Android development forum. Mod is welcome to move it if so needed
[Xoom General] cam30era:
Excellent idea. Go for it.
[Xoom General] bloglos:
CWM won't boot.

For the life of me I can't understand what I'm doing wrong. US Wifi Xoom with 3.1, bootloader is unlocked, but not rooted. I use fastboot to flash the latest recovery img, 3.2.0 I beleive. Says it's successful, but like many on here when I either use "adb reboot bootloader" or if I time it and press volume down to get into the recovery, I only get a picture of the robot with the triangle. I can press volume up+power and I get the stock recovery.

I've read every post I can read but most people who have resolved the same issue were just not flashing the correct image. Which I'm sure I'm doing correctly.

Amy help would be appreciated.
[Xoom General] cam30era:
Try pingvinean's guide for "idiots " (no disrespect intended, that's the real name) in the development section.
[Xoom General] bloglos:
Thank you! Completely missed the part about the recovery being overwritten if I missed the timing and booted into honeycomb.
[Xoom General] pingvinen:
Hehe, no disrespect but since the bookshelves are drenched in "for dummies" and "for idiots", I thought it might be ok to use that title. Glad that you finally succeeded!