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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
More often than not custom ROM's offer much better battery life and are faster and have many many added features which stock ROM's do not have, also most custom ROM's will not have Samsung bloatware in them which again will save you much battery,you can if you wish apply some themes on custom ROM's,the list is endless.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinx405:
How's it going? I was on the N900 as well (still use it as my music player) and have recently moved on to the SGS2. speed wise it is miles apart! even thouse the Maemo repos have excellent apps, you do notice the lack of commercial apps for Maemo when using Android :)

i'm not sure if i have all the answers you require... a simple way to compare custom and regular ROMs:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1219612

Rooting your SGS2 isnt as easy as typing "root" on the N900... you'll have to use CF Root with CWM (i think):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1103399

and a list of useful Root/ROM links at Android Forums:

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...guide-updated-12-00-pm-bst-jul-03-2011-a.html

i hope this helps :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingoddball:
Thank you both. I'm not really a commercial app/program person.

I'm an active open source user. I love to modify and help with programs. I don't really like apple style control over programs.

I'm going to check those links. Thanks!

I hope I can try bring some of the work I made for Maemo over to android.

Most (90%) is terminal based, seems like droid users love the GUI stuff. Hehehe!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Well I will differ from Post 2. A custom ROM will bring more juice from battery? I don't believe it. It can definitely fix some bugs what the Stock one has, but nothing more than that. Also keep in mind there will be some glitch here and there in a Custom ROM.

I, personally, will never use a Custom ROM.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tshoulihane:
nope, in general this doesn't exist. you have a linux kernel with busybox (assuming you install this along with su), but afaik, that is the limit of what you might expect from a distro. All the apps are running in the android environment, unless you wanted to chroot into something like ubuntu. Whilst I suspect there are some distros that are close to running on an android phone (or netbook, like the ac100) you're no longer running android then.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
Try

SL4A (Scripting Layer for Android) as a terminal emulator (shell python etc) and it is fully open source.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boondoc:
so then you, personally, will never know the difference between custom and stock. and yes, you can get better battery life with a custom rom. even a customized stock rom. with my infuse on infused 1.5 i got about 10-15% better battery life over stock.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
You answered by yourself.

That's what I meant anyway.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boondoc:
there wasn't a question at hand to be answered...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Bit like why do people buy different cars .

Custom rom may add something or remove something from the phone is the basics .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffsmash:
I found from flashing HTC Desire, that the cries of better battery life and performance on custom ROM's were generally over exaggeration or complete nonsense, as I tried loads of custom roms and the battery and performance remained the same throughout.

For this phone, my battery life is awesome anyway, and performance is awesome also. I also seem to be pretty much bug free, also :D

As for the technical questions and what not in this thread it's also gone over my head lol! :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Altimas:
I for one will vouch for better battery and performance for custom roms. It only takes one disabled service/application to improve both categories.

Custom ROM's also add features you won't find in stock ROM's and arguably enhance existing features.

For example there is no reboot function on a stock ROM, but this is just one example. CM7 has a plethora of enhancements that simply rock, on the flip side there is still a few kinks it needs to work out, but with Cyanogen joining the samsung team it wont be long until a production phone comes out with CMx running on it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
You can just install 'Advanced Power Menu' for Reboot feature on a Stock ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .Arkham:
I am interested in all of the benefits of using a custom ROM (especially theming) but what about the drawbacks? Don't you lose the optimizations that take advantage of the CPU/GPU?

What else would I be missing out on? I've been trying to find a thread dealing with this topic but am still searching.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Their is no thread as their is no custom rom but many custom roms all with different features .

Why would you lose optimizations unless the custom rom developer decided to remove them and that would not really make sense .

The benefits of using a custom rom are that you can choose one with the features you required .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .Arkham:
:) I know there's no single thread, what I meant was that it was hard to get the info about what the tradeoffs are of using various ROMs.

E.g. some do not have hardware acceleration (browser, video), and others don't let you use the stock app, etc... I've seen that some of the ROMs have made headway and do have hardware acceleration, but that seems to be the exception to the rule.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aydc:
The only real alternative ROM is Cyanogenmod anyway. Any other rom is just some settings changed with notepad and some icons changed with photoshop.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norpan111:
Yeah you wont lose a thing, just gives you a chance to add more:) try leomars revolution rom, it got its own kitchen apo in market so you can install tweaks and themes from the app !
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega Frost:
You use custom roms if you think your cellphone isn't amazingly fast enough or if you think four buttons at the lower panel is to iPhone-ish. I personally love Samsung bloatware...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fransarj:
I will have to disagree with this as well. Better battery life. why?

1. removed bloatware - less programs running in the background

2. (depending on rom) black themed to reduce active screen pixels

3. ram optimisations (borrowed from and credited to other devs)

4. Devs can get beta/official firmware already released in other countries (such as 2.3.4) which contain fixes for the battery drain (android OS) bug present in 2.3.3 for the SGS and SGS2. Waiting for the official update to arrive will take ages.

5. optimised kernel (such as tweaks and undervolt)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fransarj:
For the TS:

you might want to have a look at these:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/

and

http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/02/phone-performance-rooted-vs-stock/
[Epic 4G General] neuton:
I am not sure if this was talked about yet on here and if so then I am sorry if it is a repeat post.

I heard from a friend about a possible change in 4g service with sprint. I hope that others who work for sprint can confirm or deny this, but it seems that sprint wasted there money going with wimax to build out the 4g network as they are not either doing enough to implement the changes to the towers or they lack more investment.

So from what I heard is that sprint is going to re-invest into LTE and have to change current system and then expand the rest of the network to areas with out 4g. My question is what will happen to current 4g users, and was is going to happen to our epics that have a wimax chipset installed?

Please be civil and do not trash this thread or anyone who makes posts here thank you.
[Epic 4G General] xTmDarren:
Sprint will be using http://www.lightsquared.com/ for its 4g LTE.. Also the Epic will be fine.. Sprint will keep the wimax 4g for some time/or until the user base becomes way smaller than what it is now and people start to move over to LTE.. I wouldn't worry about it right now.. Of course if you don't have a 4g tower right now I wouldn't expect to see one..
[Epic 4G General] mak619:
I heard about Light Square about a month ago. As soon as i heard lte coming to sprint, i decided to stick to my epic untill sprint releases an lte phone. I suggest that everyone on sprint should hold on to their upgrades untill then. No point to upgrade when new lte phones coming.
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Any wimax phone will get a software upgrade to lte no need to hold on to your upgrade this has been discussed many times
[Epic 4G General] neuton:
So it is confirmed by sprint that anyone with an epic or any wimax chipset phone will get a comparable replacement to our current phones or a much newer model of phone like the nexus?
[Epic 4G General] azyouthinkeyeiz:
You can't software update to LTE.. If you don't know what you're talking about, please don't verbalize it to the public. Misinformation is the real enemy.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
incorrect.
[Epic 4G General] bdbc:
+1
[Epic 4G General] romowens01:
I'm in Des Moines, IA. (Capital of Iowa for those that don't know.) I bought my phone in August last year with the 'hopes' of gaining 4g within a few months. It has and still has not happen.

What would be the chances of me complaining to sprint about them ditching WiMax and going with LTE? I'm assuming that there is something in the contracts for any legal issues. But has this happened with Sprint or any other carriers before?

(Be nice. Just bringing up a discussion/experiences.)
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
complaining for what? a new phone or out of your contract? i think you left out part of your question.
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
From Sprints Press release:

Also, from a talking point document:

And something else of interest:
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
You probably will not see any significant LTE coverage on Sprint till 2013, IF both Sprint and Lightsquared can handle the debt and regulatory approvals.

Clearwire will keep its Wimax coverage stagnant with minimal expansion, IF it gets more funding from Sprint. Clearwire is set to run out of money by next summer.

Thus, I would not worry about the Epic 4G. It will long be obsolete and in the dustbin by the time Sprint comes around with LTE.
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
So what does that do for customers with 4g wimaxx. phones? Are we screwed from that and have to buy a new phone??
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Your phone will be well past its EOL by that point in time.
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Ohh OK cool thanks for the info
[Epic 4G General] neuton:
Well I also wondered about current 4g customers and also those of us with an epic or any phone with wimax chipset, would it be considered breach of contract on sprints part if we can not use our phones with 4g even tho we r paying the monthly service even tho we do not have the coverage yet every where?
[Epic 4G General] mak619:
you cant just upgrade to lte without any hardware changes. Lte is not just software based.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Sprint does not guarantee 4G coverage in the contract. Otherwise many Epic users would have been able to get out of their contract by now due to the limited availability of 4G currently, a year later than the phone's release. Also Sprint will tell you the extra $10 a month has nothing to do with 4G but the amount of data the smartphone will use on their network. (I had this argument with them many times).
[Epic 4G General] jbadboy2007:
Actually it is. Both wimax and lte operate on the similar protocol which is also similar to wifi the 802.xxxx protocol you only need a software upgrade to make these changes. But the real question here is will sprint release a software upgrade for an epic 1-2 years from now prolly not. This was heavily debated with facts in another thread SO TO ALL THAT DON'T HAVE PROOF OF WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT STFU
[Epic 4G General] GuestK00145:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...re-clearwire/2011/08/19/gIQA6QIrPJ_story.html
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
I live north of Des Moines with no 4G, but I was on the east side of Des Moines on Saturday and was able to connect to 4G.
[Epic 4G General] PhreakAccident:
I was going to go in on December 1st to upgrade to the Evo 3D until I heard of the LTE and the fact that Sprint Premiere is being done away with. No way will I be upgrading now, until the new LTE phones come out. Your suggestion is one that everyone should take to heart.
[Epic 4G General] DiGi760:
Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

@PhreakAccident - The first LTE phones should be available in the middle of 2012. WiMAX should still be available through the end of 2013.
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
i wouldn't reup your contract now, because of lte, and your behind the times then.

http://gizmodo.com/5847643/its-official-sprint-is-going-lte
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ATBT:
Does anyone know if this is a common problem?

When i plug in a 3.5MM headphone, and move it around, it does the following at random:

Call my last called number,

fast forward my music

or skip a song.

I have tried this with two earphones same outcome
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Ok this was quite a while ago but no answer for you :-(

Are you using genuine headset? plug has 4 connectors, the 4th connection is for button commands.

possible issuse.

I susspect that it might be a broken solder joint on the socket, Movement of the plug while headphones are plugged into socket will cause the connections to open and close, simulating perssing of button.

Here's why vvvvvvvvvvv

The socket on most modern devices are all surface mount components, (in fact pretty much all electronics have or are going surface mount) problem with this technology is mechanical strength especialy for external connectors (headphone, power sockets, usb sockets etc), is very weak, and with the lead free (pb) commitment that electronics manufacturers have made, solder used to solder with no longer has lead in it and IMO makes the joint even weaker. (have had 4 or 5 different devices with this exact problem). over time and flexing or pressure they eventually fail. Movement of the socket while the the headphone socket will cause the connections to open and close simulating perssing of button.

My idea...
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexen_:
Think you are right. I suspect my earphones, because I have similar problem.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bart416:
Has anybody actually tried to claim warranty for this problem? Since my phone is still under 2 years old I should still qualify for warranty so I'm wondering if I should bother or not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andylcm:
Hi,

I just flash the Rom Batista70 3.6, after flashed, I found that it is not the ROM I want, so I flashed my S2 to other ROM. However, The boot logo have been changed to "Batista70" and I am unable to restore it to original one, can someone show me how can I change the bootup logo back to the original?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cooza:
Ir you flashed vía cwm then you will have a copy of the old Rom on your internal SD card.wipe it.then do a full wipe again and factory reset from recovery and re-install the new Rom.once done don't forget to wipe stats.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MS.:
Do a full wipe before doing anything (flashing ROM, restoring backup and so on), and trust me, you will forget half of problems that you're experiencing now. I always see here people complaining here on that or that and most of these problems can be solved by doing full wipe (cache, data, system, Dalvik cache) ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andylcm:
I already wipe everything before flash MIUI1.8.12, seems the previous rom replace default logo files that other roms seldom replace
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MS.:
Have you tried to re-flash kernel? ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andylcm:
Thx. I just try to refresh kernel, the orginal logo with yellow triangle come back. But when I use my jib to reset refresh count, the modified logo come again, any ideas?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Have you wiped phone as instructed and flashed a full stock rom . If not do that .

jje
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreas911:
I´d like to announce DroidSheep "Firesheep for Android" - an app for hijacking sessions on [rooted] Android devices

It´s very simple to use, it supports nearly all websites, WPA2 and even wired clients in the network get hijacked.

It is completely open source and FREE! If you´d like to test it, grab it from the market or from droidsheep(dot)de
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casemandan:
its been out for a while. lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
any of you guys know why it totally kills my internet after i hit "start arp spoofing"?

when i hit stop, my internet starts working as if nothing happened. no crashes in the app, just this problem. i have an optimus t and if it helps, im using a motorola wireless modem
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gabriolinari:
hi there

i have a simple question : since i upgraded my phone to Gingerbread 2.3.3 with a Custom Rom (GingerLOL 1.5.2), made by PaoloM70 from androidworld.it - great ROM by the way... i noticed that when there's no signal, very often my phone's signal is stuck on 2 bars, even when i am on the tube for more than 15 minutes.

some other times it correctly displays the red "x". does't matter whether my phone is set to AUTO or WCDMA or GSM. with Froyo this never happened before.

i wanted to ask if this is a known bug in Gingerbread or if there's anything i can do to fix it. a part from this the phone works great.

many thanks

gabrio
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gabriolinari:
just for the note, i installed "Signal Status" from the market not too long ago, and the signal correctly moves up and down with that app, so it's clearly a bug in Gingerbread that doesn't read the correct signal strength!
[Focus General] Tejh:
Is it still worth buying a focus? If nokia does infact announce a phone today, would that drive the price of the focus down. And is it much slower than the HD7S? I really do want to start developing for the WP7 platform, but I don't want to start on a device that could soon become obsolete.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Considering (quality&capabilities)/price, I would wholeheartedly recommend it.

If you can wait a few months, I'd recommend to wait for the new phones, as these will have better specs. Don't expect them to be cheap, though.
[Focus General] adiliyo:
it's exactly the same speed as an hd7s (or any wp7 gen1 handset) it's the beauty of having a chassis spec, none of that crappy unoptimized android business. all windows phones are FAST.

an announcement will probably have no effect on current phone prices unless a release date is imminient. but as with all tech, prices will fall as newer tech hits the market.
[Focus General] Maric:
I just purchased my Samsung Focus for $160 which is a steal. This phone is so undervalued. I would have easily paid $250 if it had at least 16 GB of space. I was able to puck up two cases for $25, two extra batteries with charger for $15, and 32 GB card for $50. If somehow I can get a 32 GB card to work, I'll probably just use my upgrade to get an iPhone 5 and sell it on eBay. The phone is awesome. Unless Nokia comes out with something special.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjoannou2001:
Hi guys just wanted to say my galaxy s2 is officially busted. Its still in working order do not get me wrong but something wrong with the hardware i think because i have flashed so many roms and stock roms to try and resolve the problem and i cant. My display is always sky high in battery usage and i cant get it down to save the life of it. Got everything on the lowest that is brightness settings and still nothing. Spoken to samsung and they say its not suppose to be like that and that display always high and as high as 60% is not right.

What can i do please cause i love the phone and it really pisses me off that it gets drained so bloody quickly? Shall i just sell it and get an HTC sensation instead or shall i send it to Samsung and be patient for ten days without my phone:D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unleashed12:
Id say just wait for the new phone, the galaxy s II obliterates the Sensation. This coming from a person who's owned both devices.

About your display problem, sounds pretty weird never heard of an issue like that before.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelomaldito:
What is your average display "Time on" on "Battery usage" when you're almost running out of battery?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSaw:
How quickly does it drain? Don't you have warranty to get it replaced if it's actually faulty? I can't really decide if that's the case from your non-sense post.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfn:
My display is high as well with android Os in second most of the time and its normal, cause I use the phone a lot so obviously the screen will be high.

I get around 13-17 hours heavy usage so am happy I dont think its anything to do with rom flashing unless you get lower then 10 hours battery life
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjoannou2001:
sorry i should of made it more clearer. Once i charge my handset as soon as i start using it you can see the percentage drop rapidily. i go into the battery usage and the display is at its highest and draining the battery. And that is with brightness to low settings. If i do not use the phone it can last me for a whole day and a half. But im to scared to use it for browsing and thats over wifi cause i know it will not last me to long...i know the handset is a battery drainer but come on the display should not be as high as it is..and with the warranty i have put the stock rom back so can they find out still that i had my handset rooted if i was to send it in
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
If you get two hours with screen on, than that's normal and not a hardware failure. Use white backgrounds as little as possible.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfn:
Apparently they could, I believe they some kind of count record of the amount of roms you have flashed and the only way to reset is by using a 'JIG' if you search the forums should be able to find more info on the 'JIG'

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1068522&highlight=jig+to+reset+counter

you might try some of the other forums about reseting it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holyguyz:
Looks like SAMOLED+ consume most power on SGS2. I thought it's normal. Just know mine also having the same problem.