yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinan:
I'm using Rogers in canada on a KE7 based ROM. I was using the KE7 radio until I noticed my data hanging and found some info on the Cognition thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15056265&postcount=1433

I switched to KE4 and used the build.prop tweak there and it seems to have fixed my issues. To my understanding KE4 was the modem that came with the KE7 rom so matching up the modem to the released ROM is a good idea. Also that build.prop tweak might fix your issues without even flashing a new modem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike freegan:
I have also found a fix for this, but a different way. Villainrom 1.4 (kf2) with kf2 kernel as recommended. Combined with ke1 radio.

Turn off fast dormancy, and change the APN from three.co.uk to 3internet

Not had a single hang up in days.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike freegan:
Hi everyone.

Recently, this solution stopped working for me - I don't know if it's due to ROM upgrades, or Kernels, or a change in the 3 network, but whatever.

I can use the stock 3 firmware without issue, but nothing else works reliably.

I'm absolutely gutted that I'm tied into a 2 year contract on 3, because my SGS2 is unusable like this, as I am just not receiving push notifications.

Does anyone know of a decent solution? I've searched high and low, but to no avail.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vessy:
I've been having the same issue for the last week or so, phone is official XEU, KE7 and i'm on T-Mobile UK. I use wifi at work but this drops off outside and then I notice the green up arrow on solid and no data, thought it may have been the switchover from wifi to packet.

Strangely it's never done it anywhere other than work, Stansted airport so a very busy cell.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 666fff:
I had this problem on my HTC Hero. The upload arrow would be 'stuck' on. There were many threads about this in the hero forums, some people blamed hardware, but if I remember rightly there was something up with Android. My GS2 hasn't had these problems so I'd assumed google had it sorted...apparently not :( if I were you guys, I would march straight back to where you bought it and demand a new one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xethor:
I am on 3UK and I used to have these problems on my SGS2. It seems to be working normally now on all roms with XXKG2 and later.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vessy:
I'm convinced this has something to do with wifi, I left wifi off for most of today and it has been fine, turned on wifi and connected to work, stepped outside woke phone and hey presto, green up arrow stuck on and no data! It also gave me a wifi status screen telling me what networks were available? Thought this wouldn't show as i've not got the network notification box ticked.

I have my wifi set to never sleep, which is something I changed recently, going to put it back to sleeping when not plugged in and see what happens
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike freegan:
Right, I am now on VillainRom 2.3, and my solution works.

I have no idea why it works, but it 100% does, so I'm sticking with it.

I'm putting it in the first post, but the TL;DR is use the radio from KE1 rom (XXKDJ) with the KF2 Kernel. Turn off fast dormancy and change the APN from three.co.uk to 3INTERNET.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bernard134:
I know this for the UK, but in Singapore we also have this problem on my Galaxy S II.

I think its the baseband modem software at fault,

Test from my stock firmware modem DXKF1 to Europe XXKG3, XXKG6 all have the problem of data drop and not connectiong although reboot device or toggle on and off flight mode solve this problem. Sux totally
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] right_mr:
Solve Galaxy s2 data problems on Three by changing the APN

WHen you insert a three sim into an unlocked Galaxy S2, it by default Installs a WAP APN. This APN only seems to work intermittently and hangs often. After various factory resets on my handset and lots of phone conversations with Network three (who it has to be said tried their best to help me resolve the issue) we ended up nowhere. They intimated that it is network mast capacity upgrade which is to blame.

Now the only reason why I experimented with APNs is my desire HD and Motorola Atrix did not have a default APN on three and I had to set these up manually. Now interestingly I thought Three were throttling my data because I am a data hog, but I didn’t seem to have the problem on the atrix that I was experiencing on the S2. I went onto the three website and experimented with all the APNs and found one that works a charm on the S2.

I am hitting 4140kbit per second using that APN sitting at my desk versus around 300kbit per second on the other APNs I tried sitting at the same spot.

Now the APN set up form on the S2 is different from the ones on the desire HD and the Atrix hence those APNs will not work properly.

Anyhow, to cut a long story short, give this APN a try and let me know if it sorts the issue out.

Name 3

APN: three.co.uk

MMSC: http:/mms.um.three.co.uk:10021/mmsc

MMS Proxy: 217.171.129.2

MMS Port: 8799

MCC: 234

MNC: 20

Authentication type: PAP

APN Type: internet + mms
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] right_mr:
I can say with confidence that this APN will end your woes...

Name 3

APN: three.co.uk

MMSC: http:/mms.um.three.co.uk:10021/mmsc

MMS Proxy: 217.171.129.2

MMS Port: 8799

MCC: 234

MNC: 20

Authentication type: PAP

APN Type: internet + mms
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h_kiat:
Thanks for the info. Will try and feedback after a while!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwatson:
I've been having the problem too. Samsung assure me it's the network and not the phone. My network (3) say its nothing to do with the network and tomspeak to samsung.:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crypticc:
Mine is fine. I set fd on (it is off in nwk_info by default for h3g plmnbrven though 3 is one of only 2 networks that support it) i set fdofffdtime to 3 sec. I left offfdtime 0.

Another setting was usual network for hsxpa hsupa and so on. Phone appeared to die when connecting before then.

I am now on ki7. Ke7 originally had dormancy = on if i recall. None since
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wltklah:
I am still having the same issue on KI3 firmware with KI3 modem. I am using ATT at USA. Should be a phone problem since it happens in different countries. I can't believe this hasn't been fixed yet and they are talking about galaxy III.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piciuletz:
yep, unforunately i am experience the same problem with 3g. i have an unrooted phone, but also a lot of laggy till it stops. i have no idea what to do anymore. Maybe a factory reset should work. Does anyone did this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neuralgia:
I live in Costa Rica and have had this phone for one month, and the problem start yesterday.

In my case, the data icon on the status bar just disappears, and when I long press the power button, data seems to be deactivated.

Even though I activate it again, the icon never appears with no internet access.

Turning airplane mode doesn't help a all, so everytime I have to tun off and on the phone.

Sometime I even have only 30 seconds of internet access.

I hatethis phone by now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr sharpey:
Please GOD, please!

I've had this error from sometime in October when 3 UK underwent "network upgrades" in my area (SE Kent). I've been on the phone to the useless ****s since then :mad:, trying to convince them that the issue is with their network. :confused::confused:

I've just found this thread, and I'm a bit lost as to how I've not managed to before, and disabled fast dormancy and deleted and set my APN as advised. I REALLY REALLY hope that this has solved the problem, because I am going to properly let rip at 3 in the morning when I get to work. They have caused me months of anger trying to fix this poxy problem, switching between all sorts of ROMs. My phone has even been back to Samsung for repair, and weirdly they found something and replaced 10 parts - yes 10! :eek: But alas I still had the issue.

I shall report back on my experiences with these new settings.

I really can't express in words how much this issue has been stressing me out! :mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr sharpey:
Update....

So far so good.......

In the meantime, does anyone still subscribe to this thread? Anyone else with any more juicy information about this?

:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
I know this a bit of a necrobump, but I am having one hell of a time with this

see here for more info

Long story short: I am 3UK in the east anglia area

My data connection stalls from time to time, needs airplane mode to be cycled to fix it

I have tired the following modems:

DXLP9, NELP2 and NELP4

I am now trying KI3.

I dont remember having these issues on LPS, but I had RIL borks on CM9 with that modem :(

CM9 uses the APN listed in this thread, I added the PAP auth method in, but the issue still occurred.

This is driving me nuts.

And my CM9 install is not very old, ironically I started having these issues after I did a clean wipe :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasterMunt:
Im still having the problem here, after having tried every rom, every modem and every single apn known to man, I can assure you the issue is not getting sorted. The strange thing is, it only happens in one location for me, and that is my work when I need it most.

I contacted Three about the problem, and they redirected me to their repair site to get my phone fixed, even after I have told them its not just the S2, as one of my colleagues is having the same issue on an iPhone.

I am going to try to cancel my contract with them as I primarily use the phone for work and we contact by call or whatsapp... and when the data connection doesn't work none of us can call either.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Ouch, have you tried disabling fast dormancy? As so far that seems to kind of help here, not that I like it very much, as it seems to dramatically increase the length of time the phone wakelocks on mobile data.

It does seem to hang when swapping between 3G and H, which seems to be why I experience it less on less "swappy" modems, and maybe why the newer stock shipped 3UK modems almost never swap from H down to 3G, but it still seems to happen from time to time.

Do let us know if you manage to get out of your contract on this, I would love to get out of mine, as its cost is killing me (damn £37/month one plan junk) and half the reason for getting it, the unmetered data, is null and void with this issue.

I dont really understand why this suddenly started happening to me out of the blue, and 3UK's network status page, well, the very little they have, doesn't actually say anything.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truebzyq:
I am foreigner and i am in Scotland 3 weeks and from yestarday i have the same problem. My SGS2 data connection on 3 uk is hanging up all the time. It is realy strange, because it was working like a charm for last three weeks. I used 13 Gb of data on that time, and right now, sometimes I can't connec't to any apn. I can't see "arrows" after turning on and of flight mode or data connection. Sometimes i can connect after rebooting a whole device. It is irritating. I am thinking about not toping up this three account any more.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Why are you sticking with 3 if your on p.a.y.g.

It looks like some of the other guys had a contract with 3,so if you dont, just change to EE or something.

You get good cheap sim only contracts like Im on.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
i just flased MIUI and its great except that it is not recognizing the external sdcard:confused: can someone please help me
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yalkowni:
can someone please help!!!!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OyesIM4U2NV:
Im workin on the same prob now if you have fixed this message me
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bfranklin1986:
If you have the gingerbread bootloaders you need to flash back to the froyo ones
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] younix258:
What the guy above me said... cm7 + gingerbread bootloaders = cant access ext sdcars

Sent from a cell tower to the XDA server to you.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boystuff:
GB bootloaders have been supported since nightly 71 i believe, or maybe 73.

ok to fix your SD problem

open file explorer

add a new folder

external_sd (all lowercase)

Reboot.

after reboot your files on your micro sd should show in that folder.

lemme know if that fixes your issue.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] schuhmi88:
Hi,

I have read this thread in desire forum: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10692249&postcount=1299

Is it possible to use this on HD2? I have tried that but it doesn't work.

I'm using imilka's incredible rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] malybru:
Hi,

Check through the ROMS...

http://android.hd2roms.com/

Some use Data2SD.Others ,like Imilka,use A2SD.

Imilka,swears by his method,saying it's faster and more stable.

The only way you will know for sure is to try different ROMS,and make up your own mind.

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] schuhmi88:
Ok thanks.

I like Data2SD more. So i couldn't change from app2sd to data2sd in imilka's rom?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] malybru:
I think it's all determined in the installation.

So you might want to start with a data2sd ROM.

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
There is many roms that use sd-ext specifically for Data2SD here. Instead of just apps moving to SD partition it will use the partition as internal memory.

You wont get many rom titles saying one way or teh other, You will need to go look, read and try some.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howufiga:
Just bought a 3500 mAh battery off of ebay. I was wondering do i need to condition this battery? If so what are the steps? I see conflicting info all over the place.

thanks!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
Conditioning? Like calibrating?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howufiga:
Some batteries said to drain it completely first then charge for 8 full hours to condition it. That's why i was wondering if there was anything i needed to do to get the maximum amount of battery life out of it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
That's a great question. Usually I let it drain fully, then fully recharge. It's just an old habit of mine with new batteries.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bierce22:
usually when you get a new battery itll have some charge in it you need to power the device on let it drain completely till it wont turn on at all then let the battery charge 8-10hrs and you should be good.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paperweight:
As the title states would anyone be able to post their thoughts and information.

Thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masully1984:
Post questions in Q&A next time

CM7 nightly
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonjustice:
Hello all,

I am very new to android, this GT 10.1 being my first android device. I have been unable to figure out how to kill a process and or close apps. I have tried "advanced task killer" & "watchdog" apps, as well as going settings>Applications>force stop on said apps; no luck, running apps still show on the navigation button.

I have searched the GT 10.1 forum with no luck, has anyone had this issue and or have a fix?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bukem75:
There was a lot of talk about task killers on Android phones over the last couple years... As I recall, since Android 2.2, Android terminates apps when needed. I would not recommend a task killer... They can cause system instability when shutting down apps. As best I know, it is the same on the Android 3.x series as well.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berner:
Bukem is correct -- as a rule, you don't want to force close an application or service unless it is actually misbehaving. Android doesn't work like Windows. Android is much more efficient about managing background tasks, and there's usually no noticeable performance hit even from extensive multitasking.

Plus, you don't know what every applicable or service is actually doing or whether its needed. By way of example, when the EVO came out a few self-proclaimed experts advised that you could task-kill the Google Talk service to make the phone faster. Turns out, the Google Talk service was used as the universal Google sign-in, so killing it also killed your push Gmail and all other Google services.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackOtaku:
Agreed. Task killers haven't been needed for Android since 2.2. Google should save everyone the confusion now and just purge them from the market, in my opinion.

Quote from a well-known dev, cvpcs:

Whitson Gordon of Lifehacker:

And from a site called NextApp:

All those quotes were aggregated for this article, if you want to read more: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/02/revisiting-android-task-killers-and-why-you-dont-need-one/

So TL;DR, this:
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smaskell:
Although they are not necessary in every day use, I still recommend having one just in case. Every once in a while, something will go wrong. I guess you could just reboot so it's not a big deal either way. So anyway.. I have advanced task killer but I probably only use it about once a month.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viulian:
On Linux I am not a hostage of the operating system...

On Android it seems it wants me to be 'cos it knows better.

For example: I use Skype maybe once a week. BUT android assumes that I will use it again and 3 minutes, and keeps it around hoping that I do. I know I won't so I want to kill it (like I did 2.1) so the machine will be more responsive - instead of for CPU to do massive cleanup before I start a new app.

The terrible system instability, the immediate phone damage - this is spreading FUD. Nothing terrible will happen.

Grrr...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5thElement:
You see this is EXACTLY what the anti-taskkiller people dont understand. They think apps get closed and memory gets reorganized like MAGIC instantly. They dont understand that it takes CPU power to do this which is why you see slight lag when your memory gets low. This lag is from the system reallocating memory and this has been proven via acatlogs.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 23redblock:
Hi all

I've had a dhd now for about a month and have been trying to root with no luck I'm currently running 2.3.3 ginger bread with 2.37 firmware I've tried ginger break and visionary with no luck due to them both having problems with firmware or soft ware if any body can help it would be much appreciated feel free to ask any questions

Cheers nick
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] strunkie:
Hi nick, first, Welcome on XDA Developers.

Nice to know what android version you use but can you tell me which phone?

Much phones can be rooted by superoneclick: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Much phones can alse be rooted by z4root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

And when those steps wont work then can you tell me by private message or here what phone you use...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 23redblock:
Cheers :) .

Ive got a HTC desire hd just can't seem to root it :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] strunkie:
i saw on another forum that this root works great!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 23redblock:
I've tried that one already just says running exploit then I found out it won't work because it won't on anything with firmware higher than 2.36 :(
[General Questions and Answers] daGUCCI:
Hi,

Recently baught Incredible S and battery life is just joke, also contacted HTC and they said it's faulty that they can do refund via Amazon, but my question is here should I take refund and buy Sensation or stay with Incredible S or maybe other phone? Mostly using phone for surfing / gaming etc etc, so which of these could survive longer or maybe can recommend more?

Was interested in EVO 3D, but it's not available as of yet in UK :(

BTW: how bad/good is Desire HD compared to these 2
[General Questions and Answers] vipaman:
Go for sensation it looks gud and has nice specs......never trust a phone that is faulty once....it may cum faulty again!!!I say take the refund and get sensation..:D
[General Questions and Answers] daGUCCI:
difference between incredible s and sensation is 100£ so is this really 100£ extra worth? :O
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] styckx:
Been checking out icon packs most of the morning. I'm noticing some packs absolutely refuse to display in the gallery. Once gallery is done "loading" the set all the thumbnails are just blank, empty black pictures. Does android only support png images saved in a certain way?
[EVO Shift 4G General] evilthx:
It was nice to wake up to my phone showing an update available... turns out it was the update from 2.2 to 2.3.3... I am pleased and have put ADW on hold for a bit while I try out the new features and looks... so far, not so bad. ;)
[EVO Shift 4G General] RavioliOs:
What version of Sense is on this? I'm asking because my fiance is looking at this phone and I'm not familiar with the differences in Sense versions. I'm curious to know if it has the version that has the personalize shortcut instead of the add shortcut on the main dock. She's not really a power user by any means, but the customization like skinning would be a plus.. Just curious. This phone is free now anyway, so she's looking at it regardless, it would be nice to let her know though.

Thanks. :]
[EVO Shift 4G General] alher591:
It has the newer sense with customization and the recent apps and quick settings in the notification bar. Btw its sense 2.1
[EVO Shift 4G General] RavioliOs:
I appreciate the info and help. Thank you very much. :]

Unfortunately the store was out of stock though, so we have to wait until Friday now when we go in to pick up my Evo 3D. :3
[Motorola Droid X2] bijan588:
Thinking about switching to the thunderbolt or play. What do you guys think?

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] anmtrn:
what are you switching from ?? The thunderbolt has horrible battery life though, it is a great phone but you would need to carry a brick size battery to last you all day. I say go with the play more, its SE so its gonna be good, comes with gingerbread as stock and with a nice UI something classic of SE. Also there Custom ROM's for it already tht are know to be working. Play FTW!
[Motorola Droid X2] magneticzero:
Play isn't all its cracked up to be. Screen always go dim bright dim bright in normal light because of the light sensor. There is no on/off for autobrightness as of yet.

The volume keys are a pain in the ass to use.even when in a call.

Most of the xperia play games come from the vzwapp store....the appstore is slow and crawls when just looking through titles available. You will see two bouncing balls and just sits there the other half of the time.

Sony should have their own app store built into the android app store.. **** Verizon and their junkstore ..

I guess the play is ok...but the x2 is better except in the xperia games department.
[Motorola Droid X2] watt9493:
Id get the play. Screw motos locked bootloaders!

Where's ma rosie at? :mad: :rolleyes:
[Motorola Droid X2] magneticzero:
I forgot to mention and thanks for reminding me....every carrier that is gsm can unlock the xperia play bootloader but it is locked down on all cdma xperia plays....so all in all avoid Sony and Motorola...get HTC if you want custom roms and unlocked bootloaders for most of their phones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mxn-:
As title says i just got a sd card but not sure how to put phone pics on it