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[General Questions and Answers] skaif:
GPS is perfect here, much better than the DHD, stable lock on seconds, build quality is on par with HTC

Add on the huge development teams involved with sgs2 and u can't touch it! I was a HTC fanboy

Sgs2 is a different animal

Sent from my GT-I9100
[General Questions and Answers] nazix:
I think Samsung Galaxy S II
[General Questions and Answers] ajvasudhar:
SII - Brilliant screen and no doubt about that, very good performance and pretty good battery life too. GPS problems seems to be exist in this one too, but when is comes to performance, no compromises, always a better phone, unless you are hooked up to HTC Sense UI :)

HTC Sensation - super LCD lacks that brilliance that samsung AMOLED holds, but still read that pretty good battery life with idle state, and comfortably survive for 2 days. HTC Sense UI with latest changes does have some lag in the phone, so if you are looking at absolute performance, this might not be the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] aaa:
I totally agree witg ajvasudhar.

The big problem is that Touchwiz is no where near the beauty of Sense UI.

...I wonder if (S*ns* porting to SII)...naaahhh...forget it...
[General Questions and Answers] Natalie_s:
HTC off caurse does not have concurrents. this is true
[General Questions and Answers] sajidmkhan:
SGS II is better
[General Questions and Answers] Zheiko:
Difficult choice, indeed, and I am standing in front of the exactly same dilema... I really dont like TouchWiz, and I really love HTC Sense... but I've read HTC Sense has some issues with smoothnes... I'd say its even here.

Display on SGSII is SAMOLED+, that would be +1 for me, however for 4.3inches, I am afraid that same resolution as on 3.7 inches amoled screen wont look that sharp. HTC on other hand has qHD resolution, but only S-LCD screen, which is not bad, but not as bright as Amoled(yea, I am very afraid of the 'gray' black on S-LCD). its still even fight on this point

Design of SGSII is weird, I dont like it, its like a brick, square, huge. On other hand, HTC came with very interresting design, I like the screen design, its very original. This round owns HTC.

Quality of materials, here again, just as with SGS I, SGSII has been made out of cheap looking plastics, and I dont like it. I have also heard that after two weeks of use, the back cover is making weird noise... on other hand, HTC has again aluminium unibody, where you put the phone into this body. GREAT... +1 for HTC.

Controls, I dont like the Samsung way of doing it, on/off button on side, three buttons, pretty far from each other... its my own opinion, I dont like it, but I guess I'd get used to that(but I still prefer unlocking phone from top) HTC has keys I am used to, but those are again sensors only, not real buttons.. I dont like this, so here its SGSII who takes point, where at least the home button is real +1

HW and performance, so far what I've seen benchmarks(I know its not perfectly accurate) and other stuff, SGSII is way better, it may be caused by SENSE, which is eating really a lot of performance, and may get improved by custom roms, but here I have to give points to SGSII, which has even more memory So far we have it 2:2 for each device

Now, I got into point, that no other things makes any difference for me... each phones have their own issues, SGS is loosing GPS signal, HTC is loosing WiFi and BT while not holding properly. I have also heard that first bunch of HTC's had issue with pocket lint/dust getting under the screen, however HTC is solving this responsibly and fixing the phones straight away.

So, if you ask me, for me its gonna be the one that goes cheaper... so far I can get Sensation for cca 220eur and SGSII for 300eur(both with 18months contract, which I'd take anyways), which makes HTC the winner, just because of the pricing.

Dont take this as a guide, this is bunch of my own opinions and preferences, why I chose HTC over Samsung, you might have different preferences, and performance could be far more important for you than look of the phone as for me, so still this is your choice... If you have chance, get into store and let them borrow you both working phones, put them next to each other and play with them for a moment, then you'll see which one is your champion:)
[General Questions and Answers] rendez2k:
I read tons of reviews and comparison videos and went with the SGSII. The SGSII came out on top in most reviews. Loving mine!
[General Questions and Answers] leetl90:
Picked the HTC over SGS2. Don't like the feel of plasticky phones anymore :(
[General Questions and Answers] EmceeGeek:
Honestly, if the SGSII comes to T-Mobile in August, I'll sell my Sensation QUICK! Its not that much better, but its a very nice device. Now, if I lived in Europe or Asia I'd have the SGSII with no questions asked. ; I'm kidding myself, I love HTC too much.
[General Questions and Answers] snowmanjaz79:
Definitely HTC
[General Questions and Answers] gthe:
SGSII has faster with better RAM in my opinion, but sensation is a more beautiful phone. Apart from this, i think that when the two UI are compared, sense is much better
[General Questions and Answers] rwells813:
Sgs. II

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[General Questions and Answers] joon82:
I prefer sensation.

I own galaxy S II (m250S korean version)

It overheats too easy. 30 min of game will make phone super hot.

I swapped phone at local service center three times and its all doing same thing.

Own desire HD and galaxy s II and I prefer using desire HD.

Other than screen, desire HD tops everything.
[General Questions and Answers] dantosxd:
I just got my sensation and I cant put it down. IMO go sensation.
[General Questions and Answers] IQHU:
i would definately recommend you the sgs2: it has decent battery, awesome screen, dualcore, its lightweight, slim and looks stylish. and also as maybe different to other samsung phones the gps quality is very good as well as the build, though of course it is plastic. no bads with the quality though!
[General Questions and Answers] pantdimi:
Samsung Galaxy S II.
[General Questions and Answers] Zheiko:
Lol, after advising and thinking that I would get sensation, I went into store, saw samsung's screen and could not resist... sorry HTC, your screen sucks
[General Questions and Answers] intheb0x:
galaxy s 2 all the way.

look at the video reviews on youtube and others.

its the thinnest slab smartphone ever produced, plus the screen is amazing.
[General Questions and Answers] Zheiko:
Yea, I was afraid of that its thin, and its gonna fall of my hands every now and then, but it holds very nicely and I have no issues with it at all, and after a while, even the design, which I didnt like, seems to be nice
[General Questions and Answers] hemanbond:
galaxy s2 is the best phone... but its got some awful bugs like the yellow patch on display.... overheating and restarting....15 mins of heavy usage and you can start cooking food on galaxy s2....but all these defects are not very common... it seems they are only in some s2's..... uve got to be lucky enough... wait a couple of months and see what can samsung do to solve bugs.... evo 3d is on its way to challenge s2 .... i said this because theres a lot of money involved and i dont want a new s2 criticiser here at xda... people are tired of that overheating issue... some said that it was that hot that they couldnt use their fingers on screen
[General Questions and Answers] gasolara2002:
I have decided to actually go with the galaxy 2. I like the fact that Samsung's phones are almost impossible to permanently brick.
[General Questions and Answers] rddocke:
holy poop your right i couldnt drive 2 miles with my vibrant without loosing signal.. kinda dangerous.

choosing between the two phones is really depending on what you want in a device.

samsung has an awsome lineup i actually switched from and HD2 to vibrant, but have switched back.

I like my phones to have a little character and the sensation with out a doubt stands out from the crowd. from build to UI there is no comparison. i get extremely bored of the plain flat galaxys. Sensation #1 ;)
[General Questions and Answers] zakun:
for me it was sgs II : main idea i love abt it is the weight. It is so light that when u put in your pocket you wun knoe its there
[G2 and Desire Z General] agua4417:
I just wanted to say I love this phone. I purchased a MT4G and also a G2X. I gave the MT4G to a friend and returned the G2X. I love the dev support this phone has. I love that this phone is just amazing. That is all.:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] lawalty:
I came from a Vibrant, which in itself was an awesome phone, but somehow the feel, the weight the look, doesn't even compare to my sexy G2.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shyam2010:
is there any way to use menu , home or back button as notification light? :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
Look for missed message flasher is the Android Market :)

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shyam2010:
is there any other apps?

is there mods or anything like that???
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jan.petras:
Now that's one option I'd love to see in a mod....
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dislplin01:
you can try one of these methods it works for the optimus v so there is a way to make it work for our phone but i have never done it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1072047
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shyam2010:
The mod section was very informative...wish there was one for optimus 1...anyway i will try using Keylights 0.2 ... maybe it'll work ;p
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yosef:
After many times of Flashing new Roms I tired every time use the " Advanced Configure " tool to change the icons of some Apps .

I found all names of folders that Apps use . One step you need to do :D

1) Install " Windows Phone Device Manager " .

2) Past The Folders (Applications and Windows) via Explorer .

I added some programs to zip:

1) Accent Changer - to change the color of regular Apps as you wont ...

2) Advanced Configure 1.2.1.1 beta

3) Battery Percent No Do

4) Restart

ICONS-1.0.rar

THANKS BUTTON IS DOWN THERE :)​
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yosef:
Somebody ? Replay ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] FlowerPotmen:
No Idea what you are on about?? But Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1055567

There is a lot of icons and instructions on how to do it properly. Least you wont put the wrong folder in the wrong place.

FPM
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yosef:
There you must check every single icon ... I do it every thing in folder.

you must only past the folder :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
....and Sprint will waive the upgrade fee.

According to the email, it appears to be available through their website only. HOWEVER, I'm sure it can be haggled in their stores on the 24th.

If Best Buy agrees to honor their promo, I'm sold. The Buyback Program basically gives away the 3D for free (or @ a great discount if you didn't sign up for it @ the time and just trade in your phone w/ them for an $80 in-store credit).

Either way, this sounds promising...
[EVO Shift 4G General] Rob_ec:
So how much would we pay for the 3d?
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
Sale price is $199 for Sprint Premier, upgrade-eligible and new customers.
[EVO Shift 4G General] Rob_ec:
Damn do u know when this is available till??
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
Didn't see an exp. date, but it does appear to be just an online offer, so I dunno......either way it looks like Sprint will be willing to make concessions to sell those 3D's.
[EVO Shift 4G General] smp420:
So wait... are you saying that as a Premiere Customer I can get the 3D even though I used my upgrade in Jan?
[EVO Shift 4G General] wardfan220:
No.

This is only for premier customers that have an eligible upgrade. It's a pre-order for premier customers only.
[EVO Shift 4G General] pinoypayter:
Deng, I hate getting stuck in between contracts "/
[EVO Shift 4G General] smp420:
Sorry, I missed the word "now" at the end of the title. Had me a bit confused
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
Per the email, the upgrade fee will be waived for Premier customers.
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
Yes.
[EVO Shift 4G General] wardfan220:
Yes that is true, the upgrade fee and shipping is waived, so it's only the $199 fee.

Huh? it's ONLY with an eligible upgrade, so he wouldn't be able to upgrade for the $199 since he used his upgrade in Jan and still have 17 months before he's eligible for a full upgrade.
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
17 mo? It's a 12mo wait if he's a Premier customer w/ 10 yrs + as a customer (or w/ a sufficient amount of gripes on his account).

And, just to reiterate, I called Sprint Cust Svc. and yes, us Shifters can get the 3D for $199, regardless of eligibility status. I spent no more than 10 min on the phone venting about poor 3G service, and was advised that they'd honor the advertised price to keep my business (12 yr customer, 9 mo until upgrade anniversary).

Footnotes: Shifters. Gripe. Get. 3D. $199. Minimal. Hassle. :)
[EVO Shift 4G General] smp420:
Sweet, but just for clarification, is this something being offered or something that I would have to complain to get?
[EVO Shift 4G General] pwrmedia:
I should have been more specific, I apologize.

Fees waived. Upgrade eligibilty still technically being required. Complaining removes the requirement lol.
[EVO Shift 4G General] smp420:
Thanks, gonna have to give it some thought. My wife is getting one on Fri and if I really like it I may take a shot at trying to get myself one. I am a little hesitant to reset my upgrade eligibility to June since Tegra 3 devices are supposed to be coming out at the beginning of 12
[EVO Shift 4G General] Rob_ec:
Is this just a online special?could i go get one in the store for 200?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] NeutronBomb:
Is there a way to get rid of the damn bar on top that has the ADW icon?

It seems to run really smooth and has lots of options that you can make work well on the tablet but that bar up top and the ADW icon really kill it. I've tried VTL but it's really lacking in the options.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Berner:
Known issue that the developer has stated will be addressed in the next version. Hopefully.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] timmedavis:
I had been using ADWex since last friday when I got it, and initially I loved it. But it seemed to have some issues staying in memory and became jerky when I added more than three or four widgets, even when I cut it down to three homescreens it still would reload the entire homescreen every time I exited out of an app, even if just for a few minutes. I tried system persistent and re-installing it, but it didn't seem to help. It looked great after it loaded, but even the default launcher was smoother and faster to load. If anyone knows why that might be I'd love to go back to it.

I switched to LPP last night, and so far it's been working the smoothest out of all three of them, even loaded with widgets and homescreens. Downside is lack of tablet customization, it's just the phone version supersized, which works and looks fine to me, but no honeycomb-specific features.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] TheBigSaxon:
I had alot of FC's with LP where as ADW is perfect. I'm really looking forward to the honeycomb supported versions and getting hardware acceleration.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
Hey guys! Basically I've seen people saying that they're on ext.2,ext.3 or ext.4! But what is the main thing that helps to give you more internal space for apps? Is it the swap size or? For example,when I enter into recovery and press partition sd card,which is the most important part of partitioning that will give me more space for apps?

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ViTAMiNCHEG:
The most important stuff is the ext partition's size. Swap is not needed, useless waist of spare space.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
So basically in the recovery menu,after I chose swap as '0' , how many mb should ext.2 be?

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] InfiniteRisen:
I usually do 512MB, don't forget to backup SD before partition.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
What will happen if I do lower or higher? I believe there's 1GB or 384mb?

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Hmmm? You will have less or more space on the partition. Does not sound exactly like rocket science. :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shhbz:
just use what you believe will be required as 1024 mb works and even 512 mb it depends on the amount of app and games u will be using
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
So what is the best ext.2 size if I want to install more apps?

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Are you joking, or? Already been explained.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] AsherChua:
Well I don't quite understand...

Sent from my Optimus One on CM7 O'C to 768mhz!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] doktornotor:
Christ. Bigger partition - more space for your apps. Smaller partition - less space for your apps. If you do not understand, then:

more money - more goods you can buy

less money - less goods you can buy

If you still do not understand, well... better luck in next life. (In case you believe in reincarnation :p)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] jacolites:
Just Partitione my SD Card, I lost some of my downdloads cant see them
[Optimus One, P500, V General] teddybig:
Partition wipes everything

U did a backup did ya?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] coachclass:
I've mostly assumed that because the iPad2, Asus TF, and Xoom all use IPS panels, they would have the same visual quality. I also assumed that they all have about the same sensitivity to touch.

After reading some responses in other threads regarding using a stylus for hand writing notes, some people indicated that it's WAY easier to write on the iPad2. Not sure if this is due to hardware (better sensitivity) or software (better apps).

Can anyone shed some light on the issue? Not sure how Apple and Asus (and others) implement the capacitive touch sensors. Does the touch sensing have anything to do with the IPS screen?

Any iPad users comment on this? So, trying to be as objective as possible, without feeling loyal to either Asus or Apple :)

From a later post in this thread:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Tubular:
Are you talking about speculation? Because we're treading into flaming waters here.

If someone says the iPad 2 is better in terms of touch recognition the fanboys will come out of the woodwork and ask for expert witness testimonial or scientific data. For the reverse scenario, it's generally acceptable without either. :rolleyes:

The same people who claimed that it was factually inaccurate to claim these units have ****ty build quality without proof on paper will also claim that it is impossible to talk about this subject because there is no proof about anything.

So if you're asking this question seriously it's under the expectation that we're all assuming. Even then it's not possible to positively argue for either side because we have no idea how they handle the implementation. It could be both software and hardware. iOS could make up for hardware shortfalls by modifications to software, do we know if this is certain? No. These are trade secrets. The TF does have ten finger/touchpoint input recognition if I'm correct. I don't really care about pen input if it can't do ten finger input.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wilbur-force:
i bought a cheap (OK very cheap) stylus from ebay and didnt find it very useable but i think that was the rubber stylus 'dragging' on the glass rather than anything else.....
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Sixpence1:
I haven't really played with an ipad 2 much (being generally anti-apple ;)) so i can't really compare.

That said, i don't think the stock asus keyboard is all that great. I've installed Hackers keyboard and that works like a charm. If only swype was available for tablets ...
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jjsoviet:
Swype Beta 3.5 is available and it has a resizable/movable keyboard for Honeycomb tablets. Give it a shot.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dazz87:
Xoom is not a IPS panel its a TFT panel, so the picture quality not equal to both the TF and ipad.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] stuckonduhmode:
I own a transformer and iphone4, and I've played with my sister's ipad2 quite a bit. I like the transformer but in no way are the touch sensitivities alike. The ipad2 is better. It does not lag at all and I get way more miss hits on the transformer using light touches.

It could be the lack of flash, but I'm hoping it's just a software issue for the transformer. As I was typin this on my transformer the thumb keyboard kept hiding itself and then the browser crashed about a minute later (dolphin hd browser). I'm typing this on my iPhone which is way quicker for me without crashes.

Take t however you like, but to me, the iPad wins in touch usability. I'm still not selling this thing though. For the extra things it can do, it's great!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Digiguest:
I am confused here.....are you saying that you believe that all IPS Panels have Touch? Because they do not.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brunes:
Yes I think there is a lot of confusion indeed. The display technology and the capacitive touch interface have nothing to do with each other, other than the fact they live in the same piece of hardware.

In theory it is possible the iPad has better touch receptors than the TF-101, but having used both I can say that in my opinion it does not. If you are experiencing problems using a stylus, I would investigate the stylus, not the tablet.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] coachclass:
ok, scratch the parts about IPS screens, I understand now that the sensing technology is different from the display technology - OP.

But, to my point, it does seem like there's consensus on Apple's touch performance being better than the Asus TF.

I wonder if this is a hardware issue (not solvable) or a software issue (hope for future improvement)?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dorino1:
The touch screen is beyond most capacitive devices, imo. There was a thread a while back with the standard touch screen test done, and the TF showed some bending around the edges but was otherwise a-okay. The touch screen works amazing for typing on a keyboard or doing general apps. As far as handwriting or painting goes, it performs, but it's not the best.

It's by no means unacceptable.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] wynand32:
If I were worried about precise handwriting or drawing, I'd get a Windows Tablet PC with an active digitizer. Or, an HTC Flyer, which has one as well. No capacitive touch screen will ever provide much precision--they're simply not made to do so.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] coachclass:
Yup, I can appreciate that thought. But, if we re-frame the original post question in terms of how much room there is for improvement on the Asus with software updates?

Can our Transformer be a bit MORE adequate for pen style note taking someday? Is there a hardware limitation, or software? Can it reach, say, iPad2 levels of pen style note taking performance?

...I know people will say that if you want iPad2 performance, buy an iPad2...but that's not the point. I started this thread with the intention of learning more about the product, not to bash it or to say how much better iPad2 is.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eli.kennedy:
It will indeed be interesting to see if future software updates improve the accuracy/sensitivity of the TF.

I own both an iPad and a TF. I don't really notice a difference in screen usability - mostly just that iOS is incredibly smooth but boring as hell and the TF is a little less smooth but much more interactive - in that sense it gets easy to confuse the actual sensor quality with OS/application level responsiveness.

My little brother (iphone fanboy) swears that there is a huge difference between the two.;)