yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
I came from the mighty HD2. Longest I've ever had a phone - 20 months!

It was like having a new phone every couple of weeks, what with the massive amount of ROMs available, and being able to try out mutliple OSs. I did, of course, stick mainly to Android though.

The SGS2 was the first phone I'd seen that I wanted. The HD2 is still a beast of a phone though, but the SGS2 won me over ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elrazerx:
Switched from a motorola milestone with CM7

this service was great but the sgs2 is from another world compared to the milestone.

That is quite normal sgs2 is the next gen

running batista 2.3.4 rom and my phone is really snappier than stock
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vil-2:
Switched from a HTC Desire with Oxygen ROM. I've been using the SGS2 for one month now. The screen is amazing, I really love it, and the phone is so slim and so light that it will be difficult to switch again for a heavier phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AUAnonymous:
I came from an iPhone 3G that had been running really poorly ever since iOS 4.0 came out. I've only had the phone for half a week, but I can already tell it's a pretty big upgrade over the old iPhone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
nokia bricks > HTC Blue Angel > HTC Hermies > Nokia bricks > Another Hermies > nokia bricks > nokia 5800XM > Blackberry 9300 > SGS2

So far, its been fantastic.

I cant even compare any of my old phones to this.

Well, the blackberry did have a fantastic keyboard, but thats about it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmd512:
Nokia E65 -> HTC Touch Pro II -> SGS GT-i9000 -> SGSII GT-i9100

All pristine, unbranded versions that are/were not defiled by the US mobile carriers... the way the manufacturers intended them to be. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anupam_luv:
After updating Samsung Omnia i900 for over 100 times in last 3 years.... I'm on SGS2... its freakin awesome.... n after 2.3.4 update it's damn flawless n fast
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoann_anonymous:
I switch my phone from a sony ericsson C902.

But it's not really a switch, I keep it as my phone.

The galasy s2 is for other things like web and gps, no calls to keep it safe from wear :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3xophen:
Switch from HTC DHD. SGSII is the best in all points except overheating make me disgusting.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blickmanic:
iphone 4; will never look back
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MustNotSleep:
HTC Dream aka T-Mobile G1 aka HOLY **** IT'S SLOW AND BIG.

:-D

My first Android since Jan. 2010, and now this monster. Couldn't be happier. ^_^
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chef_Tony:
that is very true. i don't want to go too much off-topic here, but let me say this:

in germany the advertising method of directly attacking another product has been prohibited but these days it is tolerated and the first product i actually saw that on, was the direct comparison of the iphone 4 and the galaxy s2. they point out the lower weight, bigger screen, faster cpu, better camera...

it is very aggressive and people going by rational means would pick the samsung afterwards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Came from an SGS1, really impressed with the SGS2 on all aspects aside from the screen.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allanon+:
I switched from BB9700.

always wanted to use Android and this GS2 phone fits most of what I want: big screen, dual core, more ram, big community (lots of custom roms and fixes in the future)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THUDUK:
Iphone 4 now sold, this is now my workhorse, so much to do and play about with it's marvellous
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fluidz:
Was quad biking in the desert, hurghada, Egypt and my HTC desire took one leap for the worst without me knowing and not having the slightest clue where to retrace it lol.. A week later I was back home on Hotukdeals.com looking for the best deals and the Galaxy s2 stood out by a fair margin. To be honest that desire was a damn good phone but this ones a damn lot better.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klarmacker:
i switched from a iphone 4
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MorRoquen:
You know what this thread needs? A poll! something like:

HTC Android phone

Nokia E-series

Nokia N-series

Samsung Bada phone

Samsung Phone

Sony Phone

LG phone

Other Android Phone

Feature Phone

Other type not listed here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshmiester78900:
Nokia 5233
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mann2:
i9000, Xperia Arc before i9100.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Desire HD!

What did I miss?

-Sense 3.0 (ported)

-Awesome premium build

What did I gain? Everything else!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chef_Tony:
don't forget about windows mobile, windows phone 7, iphone. they seem to be fairly prominent in this thread. although for everything else, i agree with your list.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crassy:
Switched from an iPhone 3GS. Overall I'd say iOS has a more polished feel to it and the apps have a more uniform UI, but you simply HAVE to jailbreak to do anything really fun with the phone. So I switched because I got tired of jailbreaking and also tired of waiting for iPhone5.

Like Android so far, especially how you can change the look and functionality of the UI (launchers, keyboards...). Will hold on to my iPad though, this way I can have a bit of both worlds. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zabihjan:
sony ericsson xperia x10i

but i miss its beauty and build quality though

i love my S2 for what it does and how fast but i hate the way it is built. i cannot use it without a cover because it is slippery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldbergx:
switched from a series of 11 Nokia phones, the latest being an X6 - and now my next 11 phones might just be Samsung ones :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mylenthes:
Yeah. If I wanted ios apps I would get an iPod touch and keep my android phone. IPhone has little customization which I really like in a phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
I like it that someone in this topic have moved from an iPhone 3G / 3GS & 4 and never want to go back to it :D

That's what i call for the right thing to do.

Anyways, i think i'm gonna add a poll like someone mentioned about over.

EDIT: I added a poll with 18 choices. So please add your choices there. You can add more than just one of the choices if you want to.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
+1 for this. I'm actually considering getting an iPod Touch for development work, after I release a slew of new apps into the Android Market.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
I forgot to say that i actually have a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 though :D.

I have been shifting on using it while i had the XPERIA X10 phone i had. But now i don't use it at all. So it will be here just incase my Samsung Galaxy S II gets borked or something.

Anyways, for those who haven't answered on the poll, then please do that if you want.

EDIT: My topic was on page 6 before i answered now lol.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
Hmm, i think this topic needs a nice little bump :p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bouayame:
I moved from iphone3g to sgs1 to sgs2.

No comparison, people that makes.comparison are basic users... For advanced topics and control on the device no need to argue. Android.is so excellent.and.offers so many opportunities.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpsg:
I came from iPhone 4. No regrets ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CremeDeLaCremex:
Ive switched from HTC Desire
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gosaka:
I had samsung wave s8500 previously...Its the lack of apps that made me switch
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
switched from iPhone 4 32gb! getting galaxy s2 tomorrow :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenni83:
I moved from Nexus S, and loving every minute so far.. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThemaNIL:
i came from nokia 5800 , it's a different world lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nitrile:
blackberry storm. it sucked. :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
came from HTC HD2, was a toss up between this and the Sensation and just couldnt wait for bootloader so got the sgs2 and hell yeah im so happy i did
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chipwreck1:
From SonyEricsson Vivaz (symbian).

What a difference now...:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BackfireNL:
HTC Google Nexus One!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eysk:
Switched from the only Symbian device Samsung ever made (which was treated like the little loved stepchild in the family): the I8910 Omnia HD..

A whole new world ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sleepycat3:
In my signature below.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryuu-00:
I came from a motorolla V3.

>.>
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtda:
Came from Galaxy S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Declan79:
Moving from blackberrys last was bold 9000

sent from my 2.3.3|dxkg3 DJGalaxy S2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nutmegy:
i switched from HD2 (with android and WP7 dual boot :D ) to this superb phone.. HD2 was good (in fact brilliant with the WP7) .. but this is another kettle of fish
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilhantug:
iPhone 4 32 GB...so glad I did :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooidort:
Xperia X10. Not looking back.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Podgo:
From the old Omnia i900. Huge step from the past. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuffyPSP:
from the legendary HTC Desire. such a great phone. was a HTC's flagship. decided not to go with Sensation, as by that time the bootloader is locked. now that it should be unlocked, i still didnt regret sgs2 even one bit. only SGS2 are worth the upgrade over the great Desire. at least thats what i thought.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TroyX87:
I came from an N95. I like to refer to it as old faithful, I've had it for 3 years and other than some small issues, it works fine. I respect it. I may need to use it again as my SGS2 is playing up, and I hate it but I have to send it away for repair once I get the stock rom back on there
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
Zte blade (drowned) wildfire...then this beauty!

Love it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poch_1421:
i was from nokia 5530 xpress music. haha, from sucky symbian to awesome android :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OptimalKiller:
Got rid of the iphone 4, would have kept it but it kept dropping calls and had bad reception issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pininf4r1na:
Coming from Nokia E71. Kinda late into the game, the GS II is my

first

venture into the touch-screen bandwagon!!

Although, my E71 was, is, and always will be near and dear to me! One of the best qwerty phone ever created!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeK0i:
The previous phone I was using was the galaxy s. Loved their beautiful screens and still do. although I'm pretty jealous that apple's got all the attention from accessories makers >_<
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Democrab:
HTC Dream as Australia only got the Dream 2 years ago iirc.

So yeah, massive upgrade.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mtv1507:
I switched from a 2 year old Nokia N86 (8MP) White. Its been awesome few months so far :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N.M.E.:
I switched over from 2 years of using an iPhone 3GS on Vodafone to this phone on Telstra. Best move ever!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arijitmitra:
Nokia 5030 -----> GEE PEE -----> Samsung Galaxy S 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieteronomy:
HTC magic, sapphire 32a, overclocked to

710ghz, but wheezing none the less.

Huge, huge leap forward.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THUDUK:
Switched from an iPhone 4 to a SGS2, now back with an iPhone 4, still like to see what's going on with this phone, was a great device, just missed the sharper dpi screen, battery life and applications of the iPhone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soapbox73:
Switched from 2 years of 3GS and 3 weeks of HTC Sensation. Best phone hands down. Simple amazing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom-Helge:
And here comes another bump :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
I must have replied to this thread for it to show in participated threads! Its been so long i forgot! Had horrid Nokia 5800,binned it then took a chance with zte blade,drowned it,insurance gave me a horrific wildfire,waited out for an upgrade and chose this-best phone ever! Trying to get a friend to upgrade to galaxy s2!

sent from t'internet
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkredemption8:
iphone

i had an iphone. i am very happy now!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ilkinansr92:
So i just bricked my atrix and want to return it to At&t still got 1 year warranty. anyways phone was rooted before but before it bricked i flashed clean SBF so they will have no issues changing it right? also what should i tell them how it happend. tried to do a recovery or installed app and it bricked?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omni_angel7:
General rule is to act dumb and be vague. Say I just wanted one of those "double-core" fast phones, and when I installed plants vs zombies, it "stopped working."
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homeboy773:
Ok.. now I recently tried to unroot my phone. I didnt brick it. But.. I got soff.. and when i tried to see if i was rooted i realized i still was.. So i tried to flash the new kernel for 2.3.3 ota update.. So when i did that it just stayed on the my touch screen.. and wont move.. now realizing it wont erase or load any rom becuz of s on...

I been trying for an hour to figure out if i can s off it through fastboot.. which im not sure i know how to use it.. but no luck any ways.. Help is needed fast and thanks for answers ahead of time..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ULTIMATEHURT:
Dude you are spaming the q and a thread. One thread is enough to get a question answered.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eqjunkie829:
Do you still have the stock radio? I've heard problems from people who flash pd15img and don't have stock radio.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homeboy773:
Im not spamming with three different questions..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjad_2020:
Hi what app can i watch stream tv shows with it ......thanks
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okantomi:
I use TV.com and Sbd Stream and both are available in the android market. I used to have TV Show Stream but it's not available now.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
www.mobiletv.net and download seeon from market
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chbennett:
Play On if you are willing to pay a little bit...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjad_2020:
Thanks all :D

i have TV Show Stream but its stop working :(
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjad_2020:
anyone have another way ??
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
ok is there a specific channel you are looking for or do you want to watch them all. If you trying to see them all then you may need a slingbox. As there is nothing giving you all the channels. Just some here and there.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amjad_2020:
i was watching Ghost lab and it's on Discovery Channel from TV Show Stream
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny quest:
Ok, I just saw that the TB has an update, I downloaded it to my computer. I have a question regarding this update. My phone is rooted will this update still work? I know its going to wipe my data so I do have an nandroid backup. But will my phone be still rooted or will I have to do the whole root thing again?

Is it worth updating? because its using their PG051MG file.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sporty377:
Go to the dev section they have the ota for rooted phones
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techknowshaman:
If you want the ota update you may want to go back to stock first. I keep reading about root and ota updates not playing well together.

das-BAMF 3.0 RC4
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] incredible315:
I'm coming off the evo 4g because of sprints customer service. I have plans on getting an hd2 because of all the ROM options out there, I just have a few questions first.

1. Can someone explain the two methods or rooting and flashing roms(SD/NAND)?

2.I have peaked at videos on youtube of the hd2 running android find but they all have wi-fi on. Does 3G work on the HD2 with android Roms?

3. Back to number 1, Is there a step by step guide to show me how to flash a Rom using both methods?

Plzzzz help me out!!!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mootmetal:
welcome aboard ...

1. the 2 methods dont root ur rom ...it's the developper who do

- android from sd mean that u will have windows on ur hd2 and android on ur sd card ...the android will be lunch through a luncher from wM .but u will have the choice wich systeme u want to load.

- android in nand means that u will have only android in ur phone no choice because WM will be deleted from ur nand

2 u will have a real android phone with everything working on it , sometimes u will find thing not working depending on the rom but in general all roms support everything

3- u will have a little work to do to install android but it's simple and since u r knew i suggest you to install magldr and here's the steps :

- task29

- radio 2.15

- magldr

- recovery

- and install your rom from recovery

u will find in nand developement section a thread named toolkit for hd2 wich make everything easy ( u r lucky :D) we had to suffer fisrt time to install everything

make some research and u will find everything and the guys here will help u no worries

good luck
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] incredible315:
Thanks so much couldn't ask for more than that. You seem very knowledgeable about the hd2. May I ask which method of installing Roms do you perfer?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mootmetal:
haha i'm not and to proove u that i forgot to tell u the most important step is to change ur spl :(

bootloader = when u hold vol- and power button at the same time ...u will see a screen with 3 colors with ur spl verion in top and serial in buttom

put ur sd card in the phone u wll need to make a partition

u can install everything from toolkit exept radio rom and here's the link http://www.multiupload.com/QP0IWGY42F

1 install toolkit

2 enter bootloader and plug ur phone ...wait for serial to turn to usb than install hspl (from toolkit) and follow instructions and choose 2.08 hspl

3 run task 29

4 enter bootloader and istall radio ( extract file and run custom ruu.exe)

5 enter bootloaderr and install magldr

6 phone will reboot and u will see a screen with 10 choices ( it's magldr menu) go with vol- vol+ to usb flasher and press call button ... u will see another screen with 2 lines

USB flash ....USB when u will see this go to toolkit and choose in top MAGLD repart ...choose systeme partition 150 mb and cash size 5 MB and press repartition just bellow in ur screen u will see a lot of codes and when done flushing phone will reboot and go back to magldr menu ...congratulation u just installed CWM (Clock WorkMod Recovery)

7 navigate with vol- vol+ to ad recovery and press call button ...u will enter to recovery... in the menu go to advanced and choose sd partition ..choose 1024 than choose 0 now recovery will partition ur sd card when done go back with power off to the first menu and choose mount and storage than mount usb storage ( it's better if u remove the sd card and put it into a card reader to copy ur rom) in your computer download this rom http://hyperdroid.calibur.info/HyperDroid-CM7-v2.1.0-HeadyHoneybadger-MAGLDR-signed.zip and copy it in your sd card

8 when done go back to the first menu and choose install zip from sd card than go to choose zip from sd card and select the rom inside

9 when done go back to menu and reboot systeme

enjoy
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] incredible315:
You have been such a big help with this. I have been doing some of the research homework you assigned me :D and i found a rom i would be interested in flashing.(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=926507) Would you be able to provide me with a detailed step by step guide to flashing it starting with a step by step process to get Magdl and ending with the rom boating on my phone?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mootmetal:
u will follow the same steps but in step 6 u wont usr the toolkit ...when u will see USB flash ...USB run daf.exe (u will find it inside the folder of the rom u will download)

i flashed this rom long time ago so i guess it still use the same way ... if u couldnt just post ur question in the rom thread and the users will answer u.

if i helped u just hit thank
[Thunderbolt General] revolutionz_s13:
Any ideas what it does? It runs as a service com.htc.tetheringguard

Just installed the OTA update and noticed this. If you stop the service it doesnt reload unless you open the mobile hotspot app. Think the free hotspot block can be removed by removing the service? That seems way too easy...
[Thunderbolt General] andydumi:
It certainly does seem too easy. Brilliant solution if it works though.

Easy test, turn it off, try to use another tethering app.
[Thunderbolt General] jj3699:
I am debating between doing and not doing the update because I like the free WiFi hotspot; I can be cheap :D

Can someone with the update try it?
[Thunderbolt General] GoldenCyn:
I tried freezing it with titanium backup Pro, but it just rendered the mobile hotspot inoperable.
[Thunderbolt General] biglipps66:
Sounds to me like a nice little root job would fix it :D
[Thunderbolt General] ilovesoad:
If you're already rooted you might as well just use the wireless tether app, or the one built into cm7.
[Thunderbolt General] GoldenCyn:
Does the wireless tether app tether 4G or just 3G? Download link anyone?
[Thunderbolt General] techspecs:
4G as long as you have 4G available. If you use this version, make sure you select the option in settings for HTC related to the LAN.
[Thunderbolt General] GoldenCyn:
Thank you my good sir.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxRabbit:
I would really appreciate some help. I'm stationed at Fort Nowhere for some Army training and I get emergency service only unless I force WCDMA only. Any ideas why I'm having this problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RockRatt:
Have you done anything to your phone lately? Changed modems, roms, anything? What rom are you on? Does anyone else have any other signal there? Are you a stock rom? These are questions that may be able to help someone help you out further.

Presuming there IS a signal to be had there (I have had that come up when I was in a place that literally had NO signal and only showed a circle with a li e through it where the 3g/H would be). If others have a signal and depending on your rom your using, ie:rooted, etc. You could download the appropriate modems for your phone and flash them in cwm until you find one that has some kind of signal. Again MORE info would be needed to further aid you I think.

Sent from My KickAss Captivated CM7 OC'd 1.5Ghz/Undervolted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxRabbit:
Thank you for your reply. No changes to anything (I never touch my phone before I leave for training!) and everyone else on AT&T has service (the same service I have if I force WCMDA). I did try flashing a couple other modems, but they all had the same results.