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[General Questions and Answers] ghane0:
3G (UMTS) and 2G (GSM) are usually implemented as two different subsytems. 3 years ago, when I was working with their designs, devices actually had 2 antennas internally, because of optimsation for different frequencies.
[General Questions and Answers] schizophrenia:
i am no technical person but I am guessing .. that means when I turn on 3G data, I am using something that is NOT related to the original phone signal connection and that is why it consumes battery on top of the original phone signal connection?

and so happens the UMTS consumes more battery than Wifi too?
[General Questions and Answers] squallrblade:
Wifi just sucks more battery in general
[General Questions and Answers] schizophrenia:
but in fact, the phone operates under wifi is more battery saving than operating under 3G connection...
[General Questions and Answers] aatkco:
Hi,

I'm really going crazy! :mad:

I sold my

iPhone 4

recently and now I can't decide which phone I'm going to buy.

I hate The Galaxy S2 TouchWiz, I didn't leave iPhone world to get that hell, My android geek friend is saying that I'll be able to change the GUI to any one else using an app.

I tried galaxy s 2 that belongs to a friend and it's :

1. looks bad, difficult to control because the Display is almost 99% of the front .

2. TouchWiz is the worst GUI I've ever seen in my life, they tried to stole the iPhone GUI but they failed.

3. There were a very classic game running in the background and I opened another extremely simple game with no 3d or massive motion or any king of high quality content and it hanged , The task manager told us that it was using a lot of CPU, My iPhone was capable of running a 700MB game like Real Racing 2 while running another 15 Apps in Background, and the display was Retina while I can see a lot of pixels in the Samsung.

The point is where is the "super" part in the damn samsung ?????

I really want to buy the best phone in the market and those two are the best and available phones in Egypt, I don't care about NFC it's not available here.

I really like The HTC Sense GUI and I'd like to buy a phone that I smile when I look to it, the Most important things to care about are :

1. The internal memory ( GS2 16 GB , Sensation 1 GB ) , is this memory where you download apps ? will it be available to download and install +1 GB of apps on the sensation ?

2. GS2 is better according to GSMarena's review, is this noticeable ?

3. the Ram difference.

please tell me what do you think.

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] MartyLK:
I just plainly prefer HTC phones, myself. I checked out the Sensation and found it to be excellent. It's HTC's new flagship phone. I have the previous flagship HTC phone, the Inspire 4G/DesireHD, and it is a purely superb device. It works so well and Sense 2 is a genuine pleasure. Sense 3 in the Sensation is even more of a pure pleasure.

You can certainly install other UIs in the SGS2, but they won't be native to the phone like TouchWiz is. With the Sensation, Sense 3 is native. You would have a most outstanding and pleasurable phone right out of the box.
[General Questions and Answers] gibsonus:
Sounds like you already know what you want.

I hate touchwiz however I like samsung phones. Mine has the Darky rom installed and I use other launchers to change the ui.

I'm not a sense fan but you can make it look like sense if you want.

The memory its very important to me. Some games like say Gun bros etc... Have additional large downloads and I store a lot of music.

I run many apps and the processor is great and had never failed or hung.

Since switching to the new rom, my battery has lasted 24 hours and is only half used. I am a heavy user of the phone :-)
[General Questions and Answers] aatkco:
Please I want more opinions and anyone to answer the remaining questions :(
[General Questions and Answers] TheMan42:
I guess I have a simple question:

What game was running? Where was it from? Any person could make a poorly coded app that doesn't utilize resources correctly all.

The GS2 is a powerhouse of a device, much moreso than the iPhone4. From what I understand the iPhone doesn't do any true multitasking either, not at least like Android - I may be wrong - but I thought it more like pseudo multitasking like what WP7 was to utilize.
[Galaxy S II General] uluxus:
I've just got a 32GB Sandisk Class4 MicroSD and my transfer speeds are horrible when mounted over USB.

Also after some time, the transfers may fail, and the mount is no longer reachable. I.e. you can no longer browse it through My Computer.

When this happens, the phones interface grinds to a halt, and I need to restart it. Key strokes will take seconds to come up, etc.

I've tried reformatting the SD card, reinstalling Kies to get the latest USB driver, but the speeds still the same.

I found if I manually did "safely remove hardware" for the Android internal SD mount, the speed is a bit faster.

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] Solidswede:
Try adding the phone as a USB mass storage with USB Debug On, also use only the supplied Samsung cable and finally did you format the card in the phone before you started using it?
[Galaxy S II General] uluxus:
Yes to all three, that's how I'm currently using it :o
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Go to sandisk web site download sd card checking tool .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] uluxus:
I couldn't find that, but ran H2TestW, which managed to write all the files fine but had read errors.

Not sure if that is because I have it going through the phone, maybe I should try an SD card adapter to the PC?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Maybe a weird query but I'd like to know this :D

Mine is 5 weeks old and miraculously I haven't dropped it yet and in last 5 years this is the only phone which I haven't dropped. But the scaring part is, how will it manage if I really do drop it? So if anyone of you has this experience please share with us.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yyhd:
lols. in the last 5 years, this is the ONLY phone i've managed to drop! And i've dropped it TWICE!!! OMG i was/am pissed about it.

But luckily, my friend wants to buy it off me, and now I can pick up a brand new one. HAHAHA. :D

Hopefully, I will not ever drop the new one.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R4mrod:
Once. It was in it's case......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcreego:
three times. perfectly working, one of them it was a crash with my moto. I get injuried but my phone is perfect
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XDA mark:
I never drop my phone's. Maybe I dropped my last HTC Desire once in a year.. but it was not serious or anything. People need to be carefull with their stuff :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sportedwood:
so... so many time. At least 15, 10 onto pavment/gravel. The screen was almost flawless throughout all this but a few weeks ago I was drunk and put the phone in my key pocket. Few deep scratches now. Body has some marks but not bad for how many times its fallen, I think its weight helps.

No case/protector.

Very happy. All my phones get beat up, this seems to last better than most.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master05:
Just once. Yesterday. I lost my breath. Until I found out nothing was damaged :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Haha. Dropped it twice 3 days ago. My heart skipped a beat or two when I heard it smash to the floor. Must've hurt the poor thing so bad haha.

I seriously had a dream where my phone fell apart. One of those dream you don't realise its a dream you know..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harry3001:
the first time i dropped it scuffed the plastic on the corner a bit, the second - two light scratches on the screen. pretty annoying after having had 3 iphones and managing to never damage them!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Isadora:
I've never dropped a mobile in 14 years and I'm not planning on starting with that one :p

I don't bother with screen protectors and the likes either, haven't managed to scratch a screen yet.
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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pahardie:
Knocked mine off a shelf onto a wooden floor yesterday. Dropped about 4 feet. Back popped off but...

After turning it over very slowly i was relieved to see the screen in tact.

Phew. No case either. May have to buy carpets for my house to protect the sii from further incidents! (or just be more careful)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devjam:
I droped mine maybe 1x from ( Inside Car => fallen down to the ground ) nothing happen... ^^

Ok i have also a Zenus Withe Cover ;)

Galaxy S1 also droped few time but same nothing happen... ;)

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NIK516:
I dropped mine once when i was drunk and somehow the back cover and battery went flying of. Put it back together and turned back on all good.

But have no idea how that back cover came off? I have trouble taking it off my self.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyhk888:
I dropped the phone out of my pocket while running and the phone slid on the floor, back cover popped off and battery came out. No damage to the phone and it was working fine. I had the phone in my pocket next to my keys another day and figured it was alright since the screen is supposed to be protected by Gorilla glass. When I took my phone back out I had a few noticeable scratches in the glass. I thought that was impossible with the Gorilla glass and haven't put the phone back in the same pocket with my keys ever since.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Gorilla Glass is Scratch Resistant not Scratch Proof. So using it without a screen protector is a bad idea.

Anyway, I have feeling relieved now, after seeing so may of you had already dropped it but nothing happened. So I guess the build quality is good, reliable, that's another very good side of this beauty.

Regards.

PS- Keep them coming.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecicaletto:
Dropped it twice, both times during exams. It helped quite a lot passing 'em tho
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Only have it a few days and im ultra careful with it i nearly always keep it in my pocket when im out and about and when im at home i make sure to keep it out of the way from my 2 year old son who picks up anything and everything :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarmafia:
so i just joined the team...

i dropped it just now,,,its been 5 mins(the late is due to my paralyzed condition when i dropped it) .... Its totally fine,,,working just perfect,,,looking as awesome as it was,,,

just when u look very closely at the screen(light coming from right direction),u ll notice a 2 mm long scratch on the screen which is like thinner than the thinnest hair,,,,it nothing ....but i am just too angry at myself :mad::mad::mad:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
I've dropped it a few times with cases on and no scratches on anything, a few weeks ago I was in the basement at work and was using the flashlight, this time without a case and somehow slipped out of my hands and got a 1mm scratch to the plastic bezel on the side was extremely angry at myself!! But it's not bad you can't really notice it unless you look very closely.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godutch:
I managed to kick it of the bed twice this week onto laminate, no harm done, but from previous experience most damage to my phones always happens in my pockets when I think it's save (a few grains of sand in your pockets can do horrible damage, especially when the phone is an a protector :()
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uppon2:
Good to see some people have had some luck after dropping their phone. I am bearing bad news for you today :D

I have owned my SGS 2 now for only 2 weeks. It slipped out of my pocket getting out of a light truck. Maybe twice the height of a getting out of a standard car. Dropped on to smooth cement obviously on a bad angle one would assume. The case in the picture was on at the time but offers no front protection really. I usually use case-mate or rebels but I am still waiting on my delivery as there are NO good cases for protection in Adelaide, Australia. I mean NOTHING!

I have vodafone cover me mobile insurance and they told me over the phone no matter what damage has been done so long as they can repair the handset the excess will only cost $50. In this scenario I know it will be easily fixed. They told me if it was unrepairable that I will pay $230 Excess for a new phone as I have had the insurance for less than 90 days. After the 90 days it drops to $170. But enough about that I am just glad it is going to be fixed with the $50 excess :D

My advice would still be to get a case with front/edge protection as the fall my phone took was something that happened on a regular basis with my SGS 1. I am guessing due to the larger screen area and landing on a bad angle these screens are going to crack.

Just a warning ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Holy Sh!t dude.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denisman:
Dropping you phone is one thing, having your crazy girlfriend throwing it against a wall is another...good thing my old HTC Legend was Rambo-GF-Proof, even without a case. I just hope she never tries this with my SGS2.

The reason was quite funny though. My mother just got a new number back than which I didn't save. Always bad to receive a text message with "Hi darling, will you join me for dinner this evening?" from an unknown number while your GF is playing Angry Birds :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] healer999:
Ive dropped my SGS once, my screen has gone bad. It has to replace is. It is a fortune, I have garantie yet :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poulsky:
I have dropped my phone twice now - both in my Zenus case. Nothing happened since wasn't higher than half a meter. I was a bit worried about my screen, but nothing happened luckely.

@uppon2

Maybe it's just me, but I find your SGS2 very cool now. It have... personality now. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It fell once, but on my feet. So no problems. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicpol7:
only once but from only 30 cm height and the silicone case protect it 100%
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai4u:
dropped it twice yesterday , damaged the paint job on the corner. kinda pissed about the paint , gonna get a case for it today
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Roosendaal:
So she became an angry bird...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clonednull:
Droped it once from about 3 feets height on a wooden floor. No case - no damage. Just a stupid looking face (mine). Btw one day later a case was ordered :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sept20:
never droped any phones...:p
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Wow, I need to borrow your hands.

Btw, planning to buy a case, a leather case for whole body which could protect the screen mainly. Any ideas which one to buy? Have seen some on Ebay. Budget around Rs.500-600, could be increased a bit.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
Bought three in total the one with the S curve (i phone style) a cheaper version of the mesh style which holds its sleek-ness and a leather like flick case which i keep switching between the two i may use my leather flip for work and the mesh for weekends around the house etc im petrified of dropping the phone!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Oh! Thanks, but I need one, a good one.

Find these, CaseMate on Flipkart, Are they good? The front is bare, so it won't protect the screen right?

http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/cases-covers/itmczsga2chhz2xw?pid=accczsg7a6fhc7yz

And this Leather case on Ebay, Is it good?

http://cgi.ebay.in/PRIME-LEATHER-FL...?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item3cb9de1dae

Another leather,

http://cgi.ebay.in/Real-Leather-fli...?pt=IN_Mobile_Accessories&hash=item27bbf77245
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegodth:
Just drop my friend phone last week (SGS1)

he seem very warried about his phone (sorry friend.)

btw. the phone is ok. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcavni:
Twice till now. Still working OK.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stra:
Thus far, dropped once on stone tiled floor from about 90cm height, but Zenus Prestige Carbon case protected the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrionCarl:
god, so many times!!and dont care what anyone says, these screens are softer then HTCS!!!i had my hd2 for well over a year without a scratch, had the sgs2 for couple months and its for 3 already!and I never have it in my pocket with keys ect, only thing im disappointed with the phone really!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] getzy57:
After coming from a 3 year old dumbphone that literally refused to break no matter what I did, I'm having issues being extra careful with my s2. It's funny, so many tries at purposefully breaking that phone and nothing ever worked and now I'm scared to put the s2 in the same pocket as my ipod. Fortunately. I have yet to drop it.

I'm also in the market for a case so suggestions would be welcome.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
Twice, both times had mesh cover on, and it was just falling down from table on carpet, so no harm done... Actualy once, it was flying from one hand to another, while trying not to land on asphalt while smoking in work... that was heavy...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] esk02k:
Damn just dropped it yesterday and this useless samsung case that doesnt protect the top did no help. I guess it might have kept the back from scratching.

Time for a new case i think. I had my desire over a year and didnt get 1 scratch thanks to a case that covers the whole phone. oh well.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flanhare:
I droped mine the first week (I was NOT drunk). Watched it flying through the air, it was like in a slow motion scene from a movie and then DONK, DONK, DONK in the asphalt.

Luckily there were just some minor bumps in the corners, no damage to vital parts ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] da.trute:
I have dropped this a couple of times now, I think because it is quite a light phone I havent damaged it yet, I actually think it is quite sturdy for its weight, very happy with it all round.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PyroCF:
3 times here, unfortunately it fell onto a radiator!

Bottom silver rim is dented and doesn't look the best but the phone itself is fine.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorsportgod:
the reason i got it was because i dropped my x10 and cracked the screen. still use it tho but hey a good excuse
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adem_7:
Dropped it lots of time from car's holder, during gps or setting it up to watch movies. Have silicone case and screen protector though, all safe.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruskairabbit:
This is the first phone I have had in 15 years that I have not dropped within the first 3 days of getting it! Most of them I have dropped the day I got them...

I'm still gutted though as I have managed to scratch the screen slightly - it is only noticeable in the right light - but still pisses me off!

Anyone got any suggestions on how I can remove the scratch? I was thinking either metal polish or toothpaste.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3l1:
I have dropped it around 20 times but always when reading on the couch or in bed so it just fell 20-30 cm ;-)

It once fell off the table but onto the carpet so no harm done (or luck, who knows).

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
:eek: :eek: :eek:

I must've dropped it 100 times in bed :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zheiko:
Glad to hear, that my hands aint that bad...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3l1:
It just doesn't have the best grip, maybe it'S the plastic or the shape but somehow it's not that great to hold. besides that it weighs sooooooo little :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
I dropped it on the sidewalk on day 3 and few more times on hardwood floor.

Despite being a big wide slab design, it slips out of the pocket quite easily

In terms of grip, no issue whatsoever. It fits in my hand nicely
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_tris:
At the moment I haven't dropped it and it's too sexy to put in a case, the little gap round the edge of the screen between the glass and case thats collecting loads of dust particles make me more angry!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Never wanted to enter the thread for mine but had to :(

Went to drink water and the phone was on the computer table, height is just over 3 ft. Heard a sound while drinking water, had no idea it was the phone, came back and see the beauty was lying on the floor, faced down. Can't express how my feeling was that time. But then looked at it, no damage done.

It was in CM Tough case though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I cant remember when I last dropped a mobile phone, even those cheap Nokia phones (Nokia 1112) I tend not to drop them.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stigdu:
My gf gave birth to our first daughter 2 weeks ago, and it was during one very early morning visit that I dropped (and lost) my brand new SGS2 after an already stressful day of having received a parking ticket and going vicariously through my partner's painful contractions.

Amazingly, some kind soul had found my mother's phone number on the phone and called her to say they had founf it lying on the stone pavement just outside the hospital, so I went and picked it up from the good samaritan 2 hours later and gave them a £10 reward. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
^ That is quite great. Good wishes and blessings for your daughter :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
Managed to drop my phone getting it stuck pulling it out of my pocket to just watch it bounce across wood laminate flooring....no damage tho!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jooops:
So much, i stopped counting.

Thank gooooodd it's not an Iphone!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qw_haoyun:
not many,1 or 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B3311:
Twice, within 15 minutes of each other, onto gravel. A vast amount of Chablis was involved.

Some scratches on the "silver", which doesn't bother me, much to my surprise. One small scratch on screen from usage on beach - sand is a bugger.

Going to get a bumper, but no screen cover.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJayEss:
On the day it was delivered:

13.30: Delivered to my work, yay!

15:00: Having played with it a bit, decided to see how it works with the handsfree in my car.

15:02: Phone bounced along the tarmac after slipping out of my hand.

15:03: D'OH!

The "metal" bezel is dinged on one corner, but other than that, it's not too bad.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Altimas:
Wow I read through most of this thread, has no one actually managed to break the screen? Thats impressive!

Havent dropped mine yet but this thread gives me hope that day I do, all will be ok.

I had a friend who owns an iPhone 4 that sat down on a chair then had her phone fall out of her pocket, height was maybe 2-2 and half feet. The screen was completely obliterated. Surprisingly the phone still worked fine if you didnt mind looking through a spiderweb of broken glass.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pillaru:
5 time and counting, but still works and that counts
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotkingcol:
A coulpe of times nothing serious..scary tho!! Keys and sg2 NOOOO LOL
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anfearg:
Dropped it twice now both times from my bed side locker onto my wooden floor. No marks or scratches at all and I have since got my case and screen protectors to be extra safe.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Declan79:
never since my previous BB Bold, always protected with case and put it inside the leather case