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[Galaxy S II General] bilboa1:
looking at the pics, the canon is the best overall, and the SII comes very, very close (sometimes better outdoor, and slightly worse indoors).

the other 2 phones are far from their level of detail, balance and overall quality.

that's what I expected, too, and i checked the device names only after looking. the iphone level of detail is very disappointing.

one difference however is that the htc and the iphone both do heavy color correction (thats also a reason why they lose a lot of detail) while the SII and the canon do much lighter correction.

lastly if they're using HDR on the iphone and take front light pics it would be logical to use the free HDR apps on android and do offline HDR rendering on the canon, but that's not the case here

from that pic its easy to determine which phone is the iphone4 and thats probably why it has most of the vote there, since every iphone owner knew which one was the iphone ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
But the Sensation is the only one where you can see the guys pores in the outside pictures, all the other ones his skin just looks even
[Galaxy S II General] danman7200:
I'm starting to doubt the credibility of the comparison. Allaboutsymbian done a comparison between the Arc and the Galaxy S2 and the S2 came out on top.

wwwdallaboutsymbian.com/features/item/13021_5_Top_Smartphone_Cameras_pitch.php

Now I look at the photos again, I think the results are chosen from what initially appears the best image (from untrained eyes) and what appears the best to a technical photographer. The Galaxy S2 are noisy, outdoors but do contain more detail. Whereas other phones have more noise reduction at the expense of details but at first look most people would choose the less noisy photo.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
I can see a lot more detail in the sensations pic, like I said I can see the guys pores in the pics taken with the sensation but the other sensation pics are better too
[Galaxy S II General] daijoubu:
But at the expense of the detail on the tree at the right of him.

HTC Sensation captures what seems to be a smudge of green, while in the GS2, you can make out the leaves. And his skin looks unnaturally red.
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
So the SGS2 decided to focus on the tree instead of the subject and instead of the subject looking slightly more tanned he looks like a shining ghost
[Galaxy S II General] kaassema:
The fun thing with this test:

If a voter would be good in recognizing quality pictures, they would most likely choose the real (Canon) camera 1st. The mobile camera that is the best, right after the Canon, would then have reasonably less chances of being picked as 'best', since the voters nót picking the Canon as best have proven to be bad quality-recognizers.

Thus the best camera-phone will have the highest chance of ending with the least of all votes

(as pointed out by several commenters already)
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
Interesting article....

I have both devices, I'll take a pic with each and post to see which one you all think is better. I would post an iPhone as well but my wife is out and about.
[Galaxy S II General] ranchero76:
Here's unbiased review, including the camera.

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s2-en.shtml
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
How to take a backup of sgs2? Plz somebody tell me I want to update it's software
[Galaxy S II General] commodoor:
What do you want to backup?

you can use a application like MyBackup

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup

Or if you have root you can use titanium backup

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
I was updating its software. When I connected it to pc it asked me for update I accepted it. Then it said u need to take back up of it.

so what things should be backedup before upgration. M new to android. So would love to here it from experienced ppl
[Galaxy S II General] commodoor:
99% of the time nothing will be lost with updating firmware/android.

if you have google sync on it will save your contacts and calendar. There is google backup it will restore the installed apps, not the data (don't know why).

so if something goes wrong you will loose your savedata, sms and bookmarks, nothing on your SD.

You can make a backup of sms with free apps like:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore (i use this one)

or paid apps like MyBackup
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
How to take google backup?

What is included in phone date just giver me examples
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
I have some hd games on phones. Will that downloaded data remains
[Galaxy S II General] commodoor:
It should include wifi access points, installed apps (not save data). go to

"settings > Privacy" you will find the option there

everything on your Extern SD card will be remained, not sure of the internal SD space. i never did a wipe on the phone, even after updating through Kies
[Galaxy S II General] shantanuparadkar:
Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] d3l1:
Kies asks you if you want to make a backup just before it starts flashing the new firmware. In my case everything was backed up: contacts, call log, sms, mails, settings, data partition, ... the whole backup is around 2GB. I think that should include everything. And for the worst case scenario, Google can backup your stuff, except the App Data (Savegames ...).
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Best way to backup which makes a perfect image of what you had before is by using Clockworkmod recovery. However this recovers root. With this method, a restore will turn the phone back to 100% how it was before you flashed.

The next backup method is Titanium backup. It also requires root if you want it to back everything up. This backs up your data, settings and apps. However, if you want to restore, it restores by installing/copying the items back into the phone, which means sometimes the apps are not how they were before. Also, the free version requires you to manually click through each restore, which takes a long time if you have many apps.

The final method is through Kies, but I believe it just restores your settings, contacts and images. I don't think it backs up the apps.
[Galaxy S II General] Aymara:
I did an OTA FW update some days ago without any backup ... ok, a little risk ... everything was fine after the update, NO data lost, everything was still there, mails, savegames, contacts, etc..
[Galaxy S II General] nishant1014:
Thanx mate :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Astonrynlds:
Im new to android i was using iphone before i got Galaxy S with gingerbread and i've noticed that if i don't use an app for a while, it gets automatically killed. For example i quit browser, or the music player, or basically any other app using the home button. Than if after a few minutes i try to return to them, but they have to load up again. This can get annoying, since almost every time i open a link in browser to view my twitter feed/resume music playback after a while/open a book/etc. the app has to load up everytime.this never happend on iOS i could open many and go back to them will be right where left of but why dosent this happen on my galaxy s? is something wrong with my phone or is just android.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pharz:
+1

seems to me Android hasn't fully matured yet

But when I take my former 3GS in my hands, now my wife's, it feels sluggish and I'm missing things.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Astonrynlds:
i was using 3gs before this and honestly even now using 3gs such amazing experience compared to android no lag or thing like that,but is there any mod or app that can fix the multitasking issues? evertime i close the browser to go play a song or watever n open the browser again it has to load the page all over again just like pretty mch all of the apps
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natsirt789:
There is nothing wrong with your phone or android. You said that you leave the phone for a while and then go back and you had to open the apps up again and they had to re-load. This is normal because when you press HOME to get out of them, they are kept in the memory for a short amount of time before your phone kills them off as it thinks you're not using them anymore.

If you were using say.. APP1 and then press the home button to go back to your homescreen and launch APP2, then press the home button again to go back to APP1, everything will still be the same.

But if you don't go back to APP1 for a long time, the OS kills it off to free up resources and stop background apps from eating your battery.

iOS doesn't have true multitasking, it simply freezes the current state of the app and you can pick it up again when you switch back to it. For example, in Android you can press the home button to switch away from MSN messenger, but it will still be running, you can still receive messages etc. However on iOS, if you press the home button to switch away from MSN messenger, it will momentarily sign you out and freeze the app state and then re-sign you back in when you go back to it.

I hope that helps :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] surrealjam:
I have often heard this argument of "Android is true multitasking" vs "iPhone only freezes the current state of the app" and (even as a veteran Android user) I think iPhone's solution works better in practical terms.

Most of the time, with mobile computing, users switch between apps but don't really care if they are actually still "running" in the background or not - they just don't want to have to keep reloading applications from scratch everytime. For this, iOS is perfect as it almost seamlessly resumes an application the user last accessed several hours before exactly where they were at that time.

Because Android has to keep the whole application in memory, it quickly runs out (even with 512mb RAM) and then has to decide what application it will close. If switching between games (which often require >50mb each) then the memory manager will likely close game 1 as soon as I load game 2.

To add to this, with push notifications, applications don't really need to run all the time in the background (with regard to the example of MSN messenger above). The application can "freeze", allow push notifications to keep an eye out for incoming messages, then resume when I want to access it - perfect!

Of course, with the advent of 1gb phones (such as SGS II), perhaps there is an argument to be had for Android multitasking as there will be enough free memory to keep 10+ applications running at once. Who knows!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tehpriest:
Never having used IOS can you tell me that if I am visiting friends and am talking to them in a call can I then pull up their contact details and use it to switch to navigation to get me there in the middle of which I get a SMS and read it without coming out of the call or losing my place in navigation?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natsirt789:
lolz. :p

But going back to the previous post about iphones being more practical, I do agree with this point. Most users of iphones are not really tech savvy and just want a phone that works. No tweaking no technical mumbo jumbo, this is where the iphone shines. This "freezing" and its ability to bring the app back to the user seamlessly does appear to more desireable than androids "true" multitasking.

Heres hoping that future generations of android phones really provide a good multitasking experience thats both functional and practical
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikhilonikhil:
I am using X10i, As SE announced update to 2.3.3, now I am on generic firmware.

Do i need to unroot my X10i to get SE update.

Thanks in Advance.

nD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benoitbroza:
Well, I did it myself, but we'll see if we had to when the update will be here. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikhilonikhil:
Just cant wait any more.. wooooooooo
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20545ZR16:
x2, i have rooted my X10i, and i also will be waiting for the 2.3.3 release and then figure it how to update from rooted to stock GB :D:D:D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prodigy:
You need to unroot otherwise it will say that it is "unofficial firmware" and will not let you upgrade. Remove JIT and go to flashtool thread and flash global generic.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] punkkeks:
damn it... why wont you read?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16111548&postcount=3124

try that!
[Defy Android Development] scan06disk:
Hi,

I know downgrading from SBF 128 is hard and I've successfully done it a dozen times using this method: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14762402&postcount=143

But my question is, why it is this hard to downgrade aren't we flashing the NAND everytime we use RSD ?, why aren't we creating a clean slate by which we can then re-implement any firmware...?, I can't understand how this works...?

Also, I came across a new version of the bootloader HERE, does that update the bootloader we currently have or unlock it aswell ?, If it unlocks the bootloader what benefit does it provide, would it aid in downgrading ?

I couldn't find any answers, I was hoping you guys could clear things up please..., lol

Thanks Heaps !

Scan
[Defy Android Development] scan06disk:
*BUMP* 173 views not 1 person could answer a question... ? :(
[Defy Android Development] danimagrin:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=945035

Read entire thread
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] OnlyHD:
Hi,i have trouble with my GPS on Samsung Galaxy 5 i use google maps and this receive GPS Signal and after 3 minutes this app is closed and my phone is restarting what is the problem and what would need to do?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
What rom do you have?

Also, try going to settings>applications>manage apps>google maps>clear data

Then try it
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Roach2010:
This is a full build of HC3.2 with some customisation. Please use this for testing purposes only.

Testing over - Please get the final version here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1204267

Beta Release

Prime 1.7 Beta

MD5: af5726b84c58f36052f843d2846670f3

Alpha Release

http://kan.gd/uzo

MD5: bc34b39b1c2702ba35da7ce1d86ac561

Custom Kernels from 3.1 sources DO NOT WORK with this so it's your own fault if you try and it breaks! There is now at least one kernel that works on 3.2. Please report feedback on compatibility.

I'm not sure whether all the built in apps are working ok as deodexing this was a ***** so please test to destruction.

I'll be adding all of the features from previous builds when I get time and also fixing any bugs reported in this thread.

To Do:

Deodex

Optimise and Zipalign apk's

Add init.d Support

Tweak scripts

Get AnyConnect working

Add PowerMods

Add Dock Battery Meter

Update pre installed apps to latest versions

Add WIFI Ad-Hoc Support

Bugs found so far (These may also be present in the stock ROM)

Weather Widget - Last update time shows PM 0:38 (Should be PM 12:38)

Flash framerate problem still present for some. There doesn't seem to be anything I can do with the ROM to fix the issue as it has to do with /data

Problems for some with Videos/Pictures not loading properly. Backup and wipe to see if the problem persists. - Appears to be inherited from the Asus Stock ROM

I'm uploading a beta release, everything form my previous ROMs is now in. I have more to do like play about with VPN stuff but this is of the standard of my previous builds atm.

I've also added a zipalign on boot script and an automatic module loader so cifs, voodoo and hopefully tun as well work out the box.

Zipalign on boot script donated by the Xoom Tiamat team and written for Bugless Beast by Pete.

Automatic module loader script was also from the Xoom team but I have modified that to suit my needs.

Also a special thanks to Tera Tike for the new boot animation sequence.

To all patiently putting up with my rubbish UK upload speeds...

I'll update the thread title when the upload completes so you don't have to keep checking in the thread. f5f5f5f5
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cowballz69:
Why alpha? Whats the main bug in this rom?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sh337:
Can this be used on WW versions? Or only US?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] macacomachec:
Sounds pretty Awesome!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] ondoy1943:
Alpha version? So, still buggy...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] 0mie:
So this will actually boot now? =P
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dagrim1:
No, not necessarily... Alpha version, so new, so not guaranteed to be stable.

Can;t wait to try it when I get home :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] d.brown:
Where you guys are from... Alpha is a pre built... The first so yes might be some "optimisation" to do! @roach downloading as I type will report soon thanks

Sent from Cybertron!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] 0mie:
liking the new boot animation and running well :)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] d.brown:
Can you tell us about the latest changes and kernel?

Sent from Cybertron!
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] housry23:
Installing now. I am coming from Clemsyn Rom and Kernel Combo and did a full wipe. Since this is a full package I hope it works. Thanks for you fast work on this Roach.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] sh337:
Flashed it, working great.

Anyconnect from Cisco still doesn't work, but VPN Connections does! :D

I think the problem with Anyconnect lies with Busybox. It the seems the software tries to install some files, but fails somehow.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Roach2010:
See here for changes. Kernel is stock so far

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1041502
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] fdomi:
Just installed it, apparently all the flashing process and loading the ROM was smooth and OK. So far I have noticed 2 issues: Quadrant benchmark cannot be run it gets stuck and freezes , the system tries to force fit to screen and also landscape mode, maybe this is the cause, the other is that I cannot play .mkv 720P or 1080P files that I used to be able to play before, the first video I tried to play oddly enough it offered me to start playing from where it was stopped last time(had memorized it apparently) but then it told me it couldn't play it, this was with the stock video player, then I tried it with Mobo player resulting in the same error: not able to play. This was tested with and without mini-hdmi connection to an external LCD TV. I will keep on testing it and reporting any issue. Maybe I will flash the netformer 1.5 kernel to see what happens....
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] mr.stylo:
I installed it and it boots fine. But 1.6 was smoother and the inputlag is really bad. I have just wiped cache and dalvik

Edit: ok, just let it settle a bit and now it runs great. Thank you for your work
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] MagnusRagnarok:
wewt!

THANK YOU! great work once again roach ^_^ ; looks like my summer vacation has been cut short....lol
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] maxh2005:
Quadrant just ran fine for me with this; score 2412. Also I have virtually no keyboard lag as I type this using the default browser.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] fdomi:
Good for you then! :p I tried several times and in the best case it showed a couple of graphical tests but stopped and did not finish, also I could not just get out of that application had to press the HOME icon.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] nickwarn:
Flashed Netformer and its not working. I get juust a lots of coloured stripes a croos the screen. Not possible to see anything. Going back to Alpha kernel and further testing
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Diablo67:
Sweet,quick work roach,i just got home,gonna try it now.

Edit:Works great so far,no problems so far,changed the wallpaper,connected to wifi ok,scrolls smooth and fast,internet browser seems to work fine,i dont see any big improvements or changes in this asus update,it looks and runs just like 3.1 to me,but then again im not technically smart,so i dont know what os improvements this brought for development.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] GwynBleidd:
Not sure on what setups are affected... My wallpaper was plain black (in other words, absent ) right after flashing, then I couldn't set any static wallpaper (Launcher FC) until I ran fix permissions from CWM.

Did you do a wipe install? (I did a non wipe)

Do you wipe cache and dalvik cache after flashing? (I do both)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Q.Entity:
I did a restore back to 1.6 and gto into the same situation. Trying to install the alpha zip as you mentioned and see if I get it working.

Edit: Same happened to me and it got fixed as you mentioned. Downloading beta 1.7...
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] deadman3000:
I had same issue. Tried to Nandroid restore back to Prime 1.6 and got stuck at eeepad screen. Wiped the cache and dalvik and it booted. But none of my apps were there and all my user data was gone. Like it was a fresh install. I have no idea why. I have had to reinstall everything but it's not the same and I lost some files.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] igot6strings:
Something similar here but I did not lose my apps, just all my settings. Install went fine but it restarted 3x before a successful startup. Everything seems to work fine though after resetting all my settings. All in all I'm still pleased however please consider adding the Netflix patch to your releases Roach. Thanks again.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
You cannot do a nandroid backup to 1.6. You're trying to mix 3.2 with 3.1 which is not compatible. You have to reinstall prime v1.6 zip and then nandroid restore of 1.6 . Have you seen on first page you cannot mix a 3.1 kernel with a 3.2 ROM. Nandroid restore doesn't affect kernel (I think)
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] gnufabio:
Guys i need some testers. Here is a link of an alpha version of dynamite kernel, ONLY FOR HONEYCOMB 3.2

http://www.multiupload.com/HNR8OOHG18

Can anyone tell how is the portrait mode in his opinion? Is it like the stock 3.2 kernel (or, at least, better than 3.1)? All feedbacks are appreciated.

To turn back to stock kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/J2U606F9A4
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] CelticWebSolutions:
I had 1.6r2 on here then flashed 1.7a over the top, I didn't do cahce clear or anting i just allowed the zip to clear cache etc on its own.

I then installed teh beta version earlier in exactly teh same way. At no point have I wiped anything at all and I've had no problems what so ever, I do thin taht teh beta versin is some how a little smoother than the alpha version. I still have my flash playing hd 720 in browser perfectly at 30fps and I have no issues with backgrounds. All in al I don't think I've done anthing special at all since managing to get my flash back working again last week. To get my flash working again I went back to a nandroid which I knew had working flash. then just updated again from tehre without ever wiping eth browser cache. Just to test my theory I have wiped my browser cache a couple of times and each time I've lost my flash hd and had to revert to a nanroid.

If I can be of any use testing something for you just let me know
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
Gnufabio, you should give us the md5 sum to check zip file.
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] Q.Entity:
DUH! I should pay more attention!

Thanks!

I am repeating I am an idiot x 100
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] gnufabio:
f974594b6997ae4c1bbdcf1a1810677a
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] dazz87:
Okay having an issue trying to fix the unbalanced speakers. For some reason I cant "Adb remount" I am getting an remount failed: Operation not permitted. I am trying to push the srs_processing.cfg but I cant cause I need to remount first. Never had an issue with this before. Anyone else?
[Eee Pad Transformer Android Development] cubitusclaudius:
Thanks. I'll try it now as my1.7beta is not working OK (lags and lags) . V1.7alpha was running fine for me