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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADropBear:
To those of you having WiFi reception issues, try using a static IP for your wireless connection instead. It has certainly helped fixed mine. I have a D-Link router too so that might be a cause for the problem in the first place.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GIR:
Link to a profile made in 2008 is somekind of credential? Look left? See my join date? Do I need to provide links to other fora? Go over to Symbian Freak and look up my profile.

I don't know why would you say different? If you make a video then it will probably settle this issue wouldn't it?

What?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc5gog9MtLo

/edit: I just realized I had Wifi on which meant that HSDPA was off. It took a few seconds to build a HSDPA connection, with Wifi off and an active HSDPA connection the lock time should be a few seconds shorter. Can't be arsed to make a new video.

/edit2: My Wireless router is on the main floor, there's a concrete floor between me and it. But yet, as you can see, the S2 has decent reception.

Bla bla bla, make a video.

A matter of perception. I don't see where I wasn't nice but if you say so. The only thing I did was ask you to make a video to backup your claims, nothing more nothing less. I don't see what the problem is.

AGPS server is provider dependent and is the same.

If you say so, you made a few claims and when asked to provide evidence and back them up you ran like a baby. Be bye.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
You mean a static IP on the phone it self?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpxdude:
I got the SGS2 yesterday morning, and so far have been very happy with it. I have tested everything, and the only problems I have with it is that the GPS could be better (My HTC Desire locked faster, and was more accurate) although it still works well, and I have a slight yellow tint on the upper left of the screen when the brightness is dark, but this doesn't bother me.

I do not encounter any of the other problems mentioned. I am still testing the battery as I have been throwing everything at it right now with intensive games, emulators, bluetooth connections and syncing of multiple push accounts, twitter, facebook, skype, viber, pingchat etc...

I will have an idea of real world usage in the next week, otherwise it is doing pretty well and is meeting my expectations with battery life at the moment.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tameracingdriver:
A properly working SGS2 is just a joy to behold.

If you aren't happy with it, and assuming its not broken, then I doubt you would ever be happy with any smartphone.

There's only a couple of minor complaints i have. One is with the output volume and possibly sound quality of the headphone output (although the latter seems to be resolvable with some tweaking), and the other is battery life... and I don't have any unexplained battery drain, but it has to be said, the battery life isn't actually particularly brilliant, in comparison to say an iphone 4, but then I'm willing to live with that considering that in every other respect, it wipes the floor with it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnan10:
Try volume+ foer better volyme
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffsmash:
Have to agree with pretty much the majority in this thread. The SGS2 has none of those issues, certainly not mine. Sure you can't blow your brains out with the volume like MP3 players of old, but then who wants to?

Nokia and nokias have always been, and always will be rubbish. I have owned plenty of nokia;s including the N95 and I wouldn't trust them to turn on and stay on without crashing let alone getting me from A to B.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADropBear:
Yes. You can access it in via WiFi settings > Advanced (press the Menu button). You can then set the appropriate IP address, Gateway, Netmask and DNS numbers.

I'm on KG3 and I still get reception issues without using a static IP. Although I haven't tried other routers yet, I strongly suspect that the problem has something to do with D-Link models.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Im not sure how setting a fixed IP will get me a signal in a spot where the phone cant see the router anymore, can you enlighten me about it ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidkid311:
Hes nailed it. Htc dont do nothing....different. look at desire>>desire hd>>> sensation. Nothing really major apart from dual core and a qhd screen res. Sgs >>sg2 is a maaajor step. I owned 3 htc phones and im glad im with the sgs2. :D

Sent from my porn shoot using GT-I9100.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Im not an HTC fan I even despise the quality of their products.

DHD to Sensation is just like SGS1 to SGS2, they both added dual cores, bigger ram and worse screens (in some aspects), bumped the camera up, bumped the software up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADropBear:
I don't have a clear answer but it works for me though. Without setting a fixed IP, the phone seemed to be having problems obtaining an IP address by itself. It would usually be stuck on obtaining an IP for quite some time and then revert back to being disabled.

Before forcing a fixed IP, my signal bar would show only one notch at the most or none at all while all my other devices would get an almost full reception. After setting a fixed IP though I would get at least three bars at all times and on par with the rest of my devices in terms of WiFi reception.

It can't hurt to give it a try for those with WiFi connectivity issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I see, you may have mistaken my issue for something else. At a certain distance my phone no longer sees the router but my netbook and other devices still see the router and can HOLD the signal very stable. Its not an IP issue, its just a range issue. Again the router is no longer seen at a certain distance while other devices can still connect to it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ADropBear:
Are you certain that you can't see your router under WiFi networks when all your other devices can? If that's the case, then trying out different modems might be of help.

At first I thought it was a range issue as well when from the spot where my old phone would show full WiFi bars, my GS II would show only one or none at all. Even when connected it was unstable and would drop very frequently. When I couldn't connect, the settings would show that the signal to my router were normal of around three bars with the phone looping from authenticating to obtaining an IP to being disabled, and back to authenticating.

Setting a static IP fixed my case. I can still get a reception from outside the house as my old phone could too. It is also very stable as should be expected. Obviously if I strayed too far out I wouldn't get a signal anymore. I should mention that my house has a lot of WiFi-dependent devices so it might have been a issue of conflicting IP addresses.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zorkis:
Same goes for me, never had those problem whatsoever!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yes 100% certain, this the S2 just has a shorter wifi range thats all and its pretty "normal" even way back the S1 days. If I move about 4-5 feet closer to the wifi router's general direction then I get a good signal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pesho00:
WiFi reception is Worst on any phone i had, i have directly compare with my previous HTC Desire, really bad reception, so i have been forced to install second WiFi hot spot in my house. But the rest is OK - Great display, Very fast, Good battery life, GPS - works without any problem, GSM reception is normal...

I am impressed and certanley NOT dissatisfayed with purchase.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Just had a comparison yesterday with my old Nokia 5800. In a mall with tons of stores having wifi access the 5800 spotted 2 more networks and was able to hold the signal properly, the S2 didnt even find both till I got a bit closer.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregr82:
Everything working fine here. Can pickup neighbours wireless connections also.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazama82:
my sgs2 treat me well
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supertazzta:
since this phone is my first android, i'm quiet impress with the performance.. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Yeah for a first time user on the Galaxy S line and andriod in general its really an earth shattering phone, Im not saying its bad but everything is relative to what we've experienced.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xsaintzx:
Been using this phone for almost 2 weeks.

Well coming from Sony Ericson W850 (Non smart phone, walkman series), I would say I'm pretty satisfy with this phone, although not overly impressed by it.

I can't justify the satisfaction of this phone with the price tag, if it was around 10% lower it would say this phone is awesome and has the best value.

GPS is a hit or miss for me, sometimes it takes a few seconds sometimes it takes a few minutes in the same place for cold boot. Wifi is very weak for me as compared to my friend Galaxy i9003. I've change firmware/baseband from time to time to test about the signal however it is still weak.

As for the speaker, I'm quite fine with it, slightly softer than my previous phone but understandable as my previous was a Walkman phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Same thoughts, 10-20% lower would have made it a better deal but for sure quality control will suffer even more than what it is now, Mixed feelings with the phone 49% Unhappy, 51% happy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spiros83:
Indeed, same here. Android impresses me so much at the moment... But still I think that the phone itself is really great. Except for the battery life, but you can fix that with another rom, or a different kernel.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snoopydevil:
first post in xda and this is my first android/touch device =)

have to agree partially with the thread creator. wifi seems a little weak and GPS is slow to lock. i am still on kf1 stock rom and phone not rooted, google navi took about 10secs to lock. i agreed and could live with battery juice dying off very quickly since it's common among smartphones.

other than that, this is the best piece of device i've bought in years. it is as good as it can get out of the box.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
:confused::confused:
[Droid Pro General] m3lior:
The other day, I was listening to music on Spotify on my droid pro. I left it on in the background, and then locked my phone. As soon as it locked, the audio stopped, and my phone rebooted itself. This happened several times, whenever I locked my screen with spotify in the background.

Today, i went to play some music, and when I plugged in the cord to the headphone jack it didnt detect it, and the music just played on the speakers. I can't figure out how to get it to play through the headphone jack.

Thanks for the help. :)
[Droid Pro General] m3lior:
I did a factory data reset, but nothing changed. Also have tried different audio outputs, but still no joy.
[Droid Pro General] el6006:
Does this happen with any other music apps like the stock music player? If it does the same with other apps, it might be the headphone jack that is damaged....
[Droid Pro General] m3lior:
Yea it does it with everything. I went to the Verizon store, and they sent me a new one. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] wackymix:
Hello.

Can someone pretty please, help me with unlocking my smartphone Nokia E90.

It`s lock on Vodafone Romania

IMEI: 353659016723476

or can someone help mewith pushing a firmware to work in Vodafone Italy ?

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] darkshine12:
can somone help him? i need also an unlock for this phone..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obiwan22:
Hey guys

How do I use xbox 360 controller/gamepad/wiimote with android games?

They work fine with emulators but lets say I want to control an android game such as asphalt racing or any other game.

thanks
[HTC Sensation] GideonX:
I just started developing this odd creaking noise near the bottom and sides of my S4G. Even with a Seidio Active case wrapped around it, the creaking can be felt and heard when hitting the bottom buttons.

The fix is pretty easy. You just need to decrease the amount of movement the back cover has.

I had some .010 mil fiber (fish) paper laying around so I cut a small square that covers the sim card and microsd card area. You can probably use something else, but hey, why not use some insulated paper if you have it.

Lay the paper on top of the area and then slowly place the back cover back on. No holes are in that area above the sim and microsd, so no worries there. You should see an immediate improvement :)
[HTC Sensation] jlevy73:
I needed more than that to stop the creaking/screen movement.

Pathetic we have to go to these lengths
[HTC Sensation] GideonX:
What did you have to do?

I tried used two squares of paper, but that made the back bulge out a little too much to my liking.
[HTC Sensation] jlevy73:
I took a post-it and folded it twice. Then placed it on the bottom right area and closed up the cover. For me when I press down on the bottom right side of the screen the whole screen sort of depresses a bit. Only way I could get rid of that was to place the paper in that region. Problem solved.
[HTC Sensation] GideonX:
Post it would have been my backup method ;)

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G
[HTC Sensation] Spekko:
buy another battery, i recently got an anker also had the creaking problems, noticed the anker is a TINY bit thicker than the stock battery and it removed that problem completely. and that anker battery was DIRT cheap
[HTC Sensation] navillos:
I just lined the case with some scotch tape. from the bottom to about 3/4 of the way up. I just went around the antenna nubs and the usb hole.
[HTC Sensation] MrSoulSOng:
Posted this in another thread, but felt it was valuable here too...

Got the creaking here also, definitely a design flaw. Being obsessive with my devices i couldnt live with it!

I do not recommend putting paper in the cover to fill the gap, as this is just expanding the cover further making it even MORE loose when the paper is not in there. Also i wouldn't recommend it because the paper pushes the back cover out a little more, you may loose a connection for the ground. Which is the little metal springy thing, half way up the right hand side. Obviously its not a good idea to 'push' the cover further away from this ground spot. I have heard that people have had issues with screen responsiveness due to a static build up from not grounding properly.

What i did to fix this problem was a bit of a kitbash of sorts.

Mine was creaking on the bottom right area, like most. The problem is there is too much play between the little black catches on the battery cover and the latch on the handset. Instead of filling up the gap between the phone and the cover (Ala paper, card in the cover) I closed it!

What you need to do is get some very thin plastic film. Like that on kids toy packaging etc. Not the thicker stuff though. This stuff would be under 1mm thick. It came as a viewing window in the box my new wallet came in. So you can sorta imagine what im talking about.

I cut a piece about 10mm long and as wide as one of the two little black catches. I applied a VERY thin coat of super glue to one end of the film. Just enough to cover the area under the catch. Then i carefully placed the film with the superglue on it under the catch, and then quickly applied some pressure to it with some tweezers. Then i carefully cut the excess off with a pair of finely tipped nail scissors.

The result is that it now PULLS the screen/phone INTO the cover more by making the little black catch thicker. Not the opposite (paper method), which pushes the cover out, creating a further problem of adding more paper under the cover over time as the cover expands/loosens to compensate. Not to mention a possible grounding loss and resulting damage.

Hope this helps some people that have had multiple replacements or could not be bothered replacing for such a cosmetic issue. (Like me). It definitely works, just got to get your surgeon on and be accurate with your placement of the film.

Apply this to what ever side creaks the most, and bam its gone. Nice. Solid phone... again.

If anyone wants more specific details etc, im all ears.

Regards,

Matt.
[HTC Sensation] xtcislove:
will try it with an double side film ...

i mean a film that hold back cover and phone together ;-) i think doing paper in there will do damage with time
[HTC Sensation] RaptorRVL:
I contacted HTC and they sent me another/new one. No more creaking!
[HTC Sensation] kris.sh:
Back cover or whole phone?
[HTC Sensation] Asmund:
I have the same problem too. And it just seems to get more and more "cracking" :eek:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] roninxt:
It's the wifi sod. Long press the power button (around 5-10 seconds) until you see the screen boots.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] BrNoMen:
Hey, you'll get warning because of this (doing the same 2 threads in two differents sub-forums).

Did you try the answers in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1215050 ?

Tell us your results. Maybe it is really a sod. Have you removed the battery and then put it on, and try to turn it on?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ananddugad:
i tried everything but still no result mate
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kehur:
I want you to try something which I tried in similar situation: It worked me not sure whether it will work for you or not.

Take out SIM card and Battery for a min and then put just bttery back first and switch on Mobile. IF it starts then once its started put SIM card in.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ananddugad:
i tried this bt nt wrking

i submitted phn in service centre
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
Hei, i am trying to unroot my device with oneclick unroot device .. and the result is :

Checking Device Connection...

Device Connected!

Restarting ADB Server...

Checking ROOT Access...

Device Has PERM ROOT Permissions!

Removing PERM ROOT please wait...

Remounting '/system' as Read/Write...

Pushing Required Files To Device...

Setting Permissions...

Removing BusyBox, su and Superuser APK...

Remounting '/system' as Read Only...

PERM ROOT Removal Failed!

What can be?

LE: I tried to wipe to factory reset to get rid of root but i cant what can be? :|

It can be because CDC Serial driver on PC is with exclamation?
[Galaxy S II General] lyriquidperfection:
Yes this is a driver problem. Reinstall all usb drivers or install samsung kies if you havent already as the drivers come with kies anyway. Then make sure you have flashed an insecure kernel before attempting to unroot. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
yes man thank you, i must flash an insecure kernel to unroot.

Now I will flash an secure kernel, an put the jig to reset the counter, it`s enough for waranty to be valid?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
No you would need to make sure the firmware is stock as well not just the kernel .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] ness23:
what about the superuser, do you need to delete that app before you unroot or will it delete in the unroot process?

also can you use the jig after you unroot or does it have to happen before?
[Galaxy S II General] sebyku:
I did the folowings:

Unroot

Flashed the I9100XWKDD_Kernel.TAR

put the jig

And finish .. is enough for waranty?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
When someone flash a new ROM/the same ROM the device had, it will automatically un rooted. Then you could use the Jig to Reset the ROM counter. You are clear for warranty then.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] ness23:
Ok, thank you. But what about the superuser app?

1. Shall i delete that before the unroot process?

2. Does it delete during the unroot?

3. Or, can i delete it afterwards?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viva.fidel:
I'm using AntTek App Manager to freeze some unneccesary bloatware apps that use cpu/batt in the background and I've noticed that the native Email app works even with com.seven.z7 frozen (real filename is SevenEngine.apk, app is labelled as Social Hub, but the actual Social Hub app is com.sec.android.socialhub).

Why is this? I thought the email app uses the z7 service for push emails, is the app manager not freezing apps correctly or is this service used for something else? I basically want to know if I can leave this frozen without adversely affecting my emails
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viva.fidel:
bump, can anyone help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duryard:
Hi Peeps

So a few months back the wife managed to get a Samsung S2 from Orange

I Rooted it and unlocked it Thanks Chainfire

She then a look around xda and said she would like the lighting rom please. So Thats what I did. 1.5

Now 3 months later and Daughter has a s2 as well.

Wife now wants hers to latest stock.

Thing is I don't have a clue about all the firmware numbers. I just get confused by all the latest xxs and kes w and what ever plus 2.3.3. and 2.3.4 etc etc etc. would some nice person please point me at the latest unbranded stuff for Samsung S2 I have read the brilliant posts and threads by infatech but that just makes it worse lol.

Please help:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gustopher:
Others may wish to take issue with this, but as far as I can tell, there is little difference between XXKG5, XXKG6 and XXKG7.

XXKG6 marginally pre-dated 5 & 7, and 5 seems to be better regarded than 7. 6 Seems to be a semi-official test version.

I guess the advice would probably be XXKG5, but I use 6 and am perfectly content with it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duryard:
Thanks Gustopher.

and I can get XXKG5 or XXKG6 or XXKG7 for UK from???
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
You can pretty much flash most Stock ROM with their modem (baseband). You just need to try which is best for you.

The webversion of Check Fus 2.0

There you can download CLI or Windows version of Fus Downloader. For Windows version, you need to have .NET framework 4 installed.

You can download most stock firmware using the Fus Downloader.

Example:

Last modified:

2011-08-02

Latest firmware:

I9100XXKG5/I9100OXAKG5/I9100XXKG5/I9100XXKG5

Version:

Android 2.3.4

Model GT-I9100

Product code GT-I9100LKAXEO

HIDSWVER I9100XXKE2/I9100OXAKE2/I9100XXKE2/I9100XXKE2

Just unzip the file you download, then select the *.tar file under Phone in Odin, and flash.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
t xxkg6 from this thread and just change the csc for uk which isa one the files under the xxkg6 section.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
Forgot to mention, you can go to the Settings -> About Phone menu, and see what ROM+BASEBAND+KERNEL your daughter is using, then download that exact same rom. Which is probably better for you, since if one have problems, then they both have the exact same problems, and by association, THERE IS NO PROBLEMS... Just like Apple iPHONES.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I would go KG6 firmware and modem and drop back to KG3 if problems .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Why don't just wait for the official update?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
Because he used a custom rom which means as you know kies will not work on the phone to get an official update and he wants to go back to stock or the latest stock he can get.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duryard:
Thats what I was going to say. Plus the fun element. LOL:D:D:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
I just received my replacement Evo from Sprint and it's on 2.3. Can someone link the file for me? Thanks