yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] fadimck:
Another reservation for the future
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
These are the apps that I consider a MUST have for my usage:

1.)Mvideo player - infinitely better than the stock video player and can display subtitles also comes with great folder management

2.) SMS backup and restore - to back up and restore my SMS inbox when I flash to a new ROM

3.)Opera Mobile - Something thats pretty much close to the functionality of a Safari browser, puts the stock andriod browser to shame!

Other apps already mentioned like G+, flashlight app, youtube app and ect!
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
Titanium Backup is a must... especially for the n00bz who are always begging for non-wipe versions of roms. :)

Other than that:

Astro File Manager

PowerAmp

RealVNC

Screen Off and Lock (I don't like to use the physical power button)

Tasker

WiFi File Manager

Screen Filter

QuickPic

MoboPlayer

The rest is not that important, but these are mandatory for me.
[Galaxy S II General] B3311:
This belongs in the Themes &

Apps

section.
[Vibrant General] junglerumble:
Vibrant is having trouble calling and texting right after the shake. Me and my sisters vibrant, her running bionix and mine running zendroid, both still show full signal though. My friend with a mytouch slide has none of these issues.

Any of you guys having trouble?
[Vibrant General] jneal9:
I would expect issues for a while. My friend in VA said cell service was in and out.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indup:
new to flashing and just wanted to ask, can flashing different roms on your phone over and over have a bad effect on the phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
I haven't heard about any bad effects. So yes you can flash. But that's a bad habit IMO :) You will ultimately just keep flashing them and won't be able to stick on a particular one.

Someone though said that there is limit of 99 in ROM counter, but I can't be sure on that.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goldbergx:
You need to do a proper wipe when you shift between ROMs. Factory rest + dalvik cache wipe + cache wipe usually does it. If you are doing that, the number of flashes should not matter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
Yes, NANDFLASH has a limited number of write cycles, usually a few thousands.

However theoretical and real life is always different due to the margin of error, it can fail before or after the number of write cycles.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearusa:
Is there a way yet to enter fastboot on carrier locked phones' I'm rooted on 2.3.3 but am missing cyanogen mod from x10i days any help.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyink:
Not yet :(

Still crossing my fingers though
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alejandrissimo:
Yes there is a way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232050
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blagus:
Until a non-remote solution is finished, you can use Alejandrissimo's remote solution.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Logseman:
I think I know you ;)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearusa:
Thanks for the replys guys im gonna look into it and post results, fingers crossed
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadman Sakib:
Isnt it like cheating your carrier??

If I buys a motorola droid which is at&t locked and I change my country paying the first month bill, and unlock the device can AT&T do anything to me?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
Hey guys, im new at XDA (btw i love it:D) and i was wondering if someone can help me out. On certain ROMs, like Das Bamf rc4.9 there is a check box next to the wifi option under quick settings. But on my current ROM, Gingeritis 3D Beta 6, there is no check box, but a red exclamation point hovers over the wifi symbol. I know it is not a big deal, but little thing like that piss me off lol. I can still access wifi settings from quick settings, i was just wondering if a fellow XDA member might have an explanation for this or how to fix this minor issue. I will post a picture of this in a minute. Thanks in advance!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
i do not have enough post to post an outside file, cant post the picture:/
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
just going to post on here a couple of times so i can post the pic... sorry for any annoyance
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
Anyone have any ideas?

Sent from a kid who loves to hack his Thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Absolute_Zero:
Check Wifi Settings under Settings->Wireless&Networks. It will probably indicate that an error occurred at the top. A lot of times this is caused by the incorrect wifi kernel module. Try flashing another kernel known to work with the rom you are running.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trampino96:
Alright thank you, trying now!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bambam1978:
k so my phone i9000m was recently running a mod version of gingerbread which made it a i9000. I wanted to get the real version which is out for bell. anyway long story short stuck in download mode and need a file to plug into odin and have my phone working running any bell issued firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobertSand:
Hi, here is a link to ramads thread for stock roms.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881

[Firmwares]Stock I9000 and I9000M Firmwares collection [Latest: XWJVN, UGKG3, DDJV9]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bambam1978:
do you have any recomendations on which rom to use?

trying now with ugkc1 and odin stuck at param.lfs
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobertSand:
Sure, if you want a clean customrom i recomend surface by sam. Its a lot of other nice roms, but i like that one :)

I,m on stock jvr rom for the time, only cfroot to remove som samsung stuff.

And it's really good
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bambam1978:
Thanks

Checking it out now!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Getinaf:
If you want to go to the stock, go to the thread by ramad mentionned above and flash UGKG3, it's the latest and greatest stock bell firmware, as well as being rooted and deodexed. I'm running it now, works great.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bambam1978:
Ok ill take a look at that too. How long have you been running that on your phone? Will I be able to update my phone in the future via kies if I wanted to?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Getinaf:
You can update using kies, it's detected and read by the kies client. I've been running it for a few weeks, never a single problem. It has busybox 1.19 installed in the bin folder, but you can just install an older one to sbin or xbin if you really need to. I really recommend it, I had a lot of trouble trying to root the stock 2.2.3 on my own.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cranbill3b:
First I am curious as I did not see the Evo 4g listed as a phone in the forum column titles. I saw the shift and the 3d. Are they the same?

My question was this. I have an Evo 4g that I used with sprint. I have switched to Verizon and I am wondering it the phone can be formatted to use on the verizon network? What is involved?

Any help greatly appreciated.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
It's there, its called HTC Supersonic:Evo 4g.

You cannot activate an evo on verizon's network. Not possible. You can however, run the Verizon PRL. You will still have to pay Sprint for service, but your phone will run off of verizon's towers. Keep in mind though, if you are roaming more than 50% of the time, sprint will likely kick you off their network, and force you to pay the etf. It's not really meant to be run full-time. I run it once in a while when I'm in places where sprint doesnt get service, but verizon does.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cranbill3b:
Wow! I did not know. And sprint coverage sucks bad. Still I was on a corporate plan w/wife and the airtime charges were adding up so I had to switch. I went with Iphone 4 but wondering if I should switch. So I was just trying to figure out how to keep the Iphone and have a 4g option also...:)

There is so much information here. Good site.

I did think they were the same type CDMA network though. Am I misinformed?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
Couldn't take the 1983 looking calculator any more..lol

Should work on any rom.

http://www.multiupload.com/1GIHWYSBY9
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] makavelicruz:
this calc looks awesome, great job on this and thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
Glad you like it. I was just goofing around.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mex911:
I wonder how u did it ...u think u can make a guide !!!?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] daxecutioner24:
Good work:)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
As long as you are just changing icons and not editing the xml..... it is quite simple.

What you will need:

Winrar or 7Zip

Photo Editing software - Paint.net, Photoshop, Gimp, etc....

1. Copy the APK file to your PC

2. Extract the APK file to a sub folder with the name of the apk file (makes it less confusing)

3. look through the res/drawable-xxx folders for icons, (turn on large tiles so you can see them)

4. Open the icons in the photo editing software and change to your liking. (it's good to have the app up on the phone to look at for reference of where things are)

5. Once you have them all changed, open the APK file and push the icons into the respective folders within the APK file.

6. Push to the correct directory on your phone, or add it to a CWM ZIP and flash away.

That's pretty much it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] RaverX3X:
good work mate

small favor

rotate the picture please lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
Yeah, I uploaded it from the phone...didn't have the option...lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mex911:
Thanks for the guide :) i priciated

..and man ur cal... rocks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4127440:
the guide was very helpful...i had to tone it down a bit though for my dark theme
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] shotchacokov:
there really isn't that much to it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
So cool, love it
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdz7t8:
could someone explain how to use this autokiller ?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastertiti2000:
Don't use a task killer,android do this very well. I try one or two task killer and the result is many bug on my phone.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdz7t8:
The thing is my play is very slow and sluggish so I'm trying time get it as fast as possible
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nhialor:
Since Gingerbread, Android itself successfully manages the applications, putting them to sleep and the likes when it sees fit, so I wouldn't bother installing one, you end up using more power, as GB re launches some apps that need to be open that you may have killed...
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reapman:
If your phone is slow I'd look at what software you've installed. I've only had my phone a few weeks but I find it VERY fast 90% if the time.

Auto task killer type apps I agree cause more problems then its worth. Haven't used one on this phone nor my previous Acer running froyo
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsswoosh:
If you describe your problem in a bit more detail, you might get some decent advice here.

Task killers are not needed to speed your phone up. In fact, they are more likely to slow it down since your cpu will be used alot more while it cycles the closure of apps that will keep opening.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Auto killer, is not a task killer. He is talking about minifree manager i assume.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630262
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedman76ers:
My phone was working fine, then all of a sudden it got diisconnected from the mobile network and not i cannot cannot connect to tmobiles network. I am running the virtous unity v1.31 rom and the panache stock radio and kerne v4. Can anyone please help me and tell me whats going on. I usually get good signal where i live. My gf mytouch g is having the same problem. Also when i search for network and it does find the tombile network and try to connect it keeps saying sim card does not allow a connection on the network
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irrelephant:
sounds like a network outage in your area...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tedman76ers:
I think i found out the issue, there was an earthquake on the east coast and i think its affecting tmobile's network thanks for the help. if the issue comes up again i will keep yall posted
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastnsx21:
Its the earthquake. It should be working now
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joule0930:
ninja Edit : I got my answer XD thank you :eek:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManii:
No and you should remove your post unless you want to get banned,

xda does NOT tolerate warez
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joule0930:
Thank you. but i don't think i will get banned for asking a question only. I didn't upload or mention any file XD

Still i edited my post to avoid any problems.
[Galaxy S II General] Flightless:
- Reserved Space for other things I might add in a couple of days -
[Galaxy S II General] caviera:
My experience last 5 days

Definetly improvements over original galaxy s are noticeable, specialy GPS.

All hardware is mindblowing but sound. Yamaha DAC is a mess, Wolfson kick ass Yamaha DAC.
[Galaxy S II General] Flightless:
I've never owned the original Galaxy S but I've read some posts about that, with a decent heaphones the difference is day and night, not too much of an issue for me though but I can understand the gravity of this.
[Galaxy S II General] GrandLX:
Try one the "praised" Custom-Roms =) I got much more satified since using them, especially battery life improved (still not state-of-the-art, but acceptable).

But I'm also searching for a solution for the poor call-quality. Every second call i have I'm told that people can understand me hardly. Hardware-design failure?
[Galaxy S II General] Flightless:
I wont be messing with the ROM yet since im still in the grace period for a return, for the battery I dont think ill spend anything more to make the phone thicker or anything I also understand that the 16hrs is acceptable for the usage that I do.
[Galaxy S II General] schizo:
Firstly, nice review Flightless.

Secondly, Caviera, could you please show any reference to your statement. I'm curious to know. AFAIK not so many review site truly measure audio output/quality, except GSMArena but they haven't yet review SGS2. Although in their most recent reviews, for example for the SGS+ they put SGS2 statistics in the same page for us to compare, as you can see below:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_plus-review-623p5.php

I am not very techie, but I can say the numbers do not differ much there. Or does it?
[Galaxy S II General] holyguyz:
Mine totally disaster with the Galaxy S2 for the last 21 days.

Replaced 4 units within one month due to pink spot (wasn't know that's issue), easily overheating, power button hardware failure, very low mic volume during calls, and camera mechanism noise problems.

Also waited for another one month to get it repaired/exchanged to my 5th unit. Long run disaster, bad experience to own SGS2 in the first place.

Now start to use SGS2, found it really a nice on hand, useful and powerful smartphone.
[Galaxy S II General] ChongoDroid:
My experience is that this phone is amazing... however the GPS is not so amazing. Nothing past 10m... at least navigation works with all the tweaks I've applied.
[Galaxy S II General] jhelbig:
Have you tried an app for a faster fix, like fasterfix?
[Galaxy S II General] Stwzzz:
WTF, 1 month to get a new unit ?

thought that would go faster as this is a manufacturers mistake i would assume?

good thing you didnt flash any custom roms or rooted the phone before sending it back then.. unless you did and already have a jig :)

from first glance the unit worked flawless for me, bought it in the NL, no issues at all except for the battery drain in the original firmware and the 2.3.3 OS

I flashed after a week over to Litening v5 with ninpheta 2.0.5 kernel

mostly U/c to 1000 or 800 mhz with a little bit of under voltage aswell.

but sometimes for show off or heavy games i boost it to 1400 or 1600 MHZ also .

with a little U/V and phone is fast and stable as a Rolls Royce Phantom <)

Phone gets a bit heated when it is under heavy use or when charging,

but at least my personal belief is that the reason for this happening

is simply because there is not a metall etc bezel around this phone

like it would for example be on an iphone, surely all that metal must spread out the heat to even it out??

Phone was also heating up under stock rom with heavy use so or charging so

i believe that it is not really heating up to much

but because of the bezel thing mentioned above it feels a lot hotter.

what do you guys think?
[Galaxy S II General] holyguyz:
Yes, over one month at retailer shop where i bought my SGS2 in UK. I have no ideal why they need more than a month to diagnose the phone (checked online with diagnose status). Btw, problem was found on original unrooted preloaded fw and did root the phone to solve the problem, unfortunately it can't be solved. And it's not jigged. That time was suspect hardware problems then just send it for service without thinking too much. It's still under warranty anyway. As a result they replaced another new unit for me.

Cross-fingers. Hope no more problems on my current SGS2. :D
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I also had to wait for 30days on my 3rd replacement but I was able to use the phone till then, now processing another replacement since it has yet another defect.. waiting time is another 30days for approval.
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
As for wifi, even with barely any signal, i've always hit the max speed of my bandwidth during the speed test
[Galaxy S II General] holyguyz:
That's really bad. I know. I know.

I also realize that my SGS2 WiFi signal always at very low bar (one bar), where placed beside my laptop (full bar). And distance to WiFi router only about 5 meter away. Is it something wrong with the SGS2 WiFi module or just another software problem again. :confused: Don't tell it's hardware problem again. :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] Stwzzz:
Sounds like something is wrong with the actual transmitter, wireless card or what to call it, my wifi on a real ****ty sweex router has good strength and I can even be in the basement of our complex and still have decent strength, I live on the third floor so the basement is pretty far away, in the house everywhere I have full strength,.
[Galaxy S II General] Poker gypsy:
I think you had the same problem that my brother had with his HTC sensation! He went through 4 phones overheating, and running supper slow, I believe that you got your hands on a batch of bad phones
[Galaxy S II General] holyguyz:
then it could be something to do with WiFi frequency channel. i should tweak around and see how is it. :rolleyes:

No more problem on my 5th unit. Hope for the best! :D
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
i actually get great wifi signal. Better than my captivate. For whatever the reason, my router doesn't seem to perform well on 5Ghz and that's where i tested barely any signal bandwidth test

Based on the other threads, some routers can cause signal reception issues as well as battery drains
[Galaxy S II General] Flightless:
So I exchanged the phone for another one due to the darker left side of the screen and just after taking out of the store I noticed that the replacement also has a darker left side, its blatantly obvious on the dialer and on the SMS inbox screen, it also puts a yellowish hue on photo's with something thats white. Took it back to the store and they got 2 other phones for me and just with a very quick examination still both had the same problem.. Batch defect?? Also the other phone had a really darker/deeper color that crushes some details while the other one exhibits and extremely noticeable blue tinge when the device is viewed at an angle.. So thats 4 phones in total with defect, I decided to get a refund instead.. Phone performance is great but the screen defect does not justify the premium price.

Hope samsung will improve its releases this Nov-Dec.
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Get wifi analyzer app and look for an empty channel that you can set your router to.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its good that you got your refund, Im actually trying to process one for my self.
[Galaxy S II General] holyguyz:
Oic... Then is my Sky router problem, not my SGS2 problem. :D

I'm not going to buy new router anyway. :rolleyes:

Thanks. Will check around.
[Milestone XT720 General] mrmako777:
heres the new apk for anyone who wants it...try it out and see if it works if youre running 2.1...i keep getting parse error :confused:

EDIT: just tried it on my mytouch 4g and it installed fine...maybe not compatible with 2.1?
[Milestone XT720 General] AllGamer:
you probably need 2.2 and up
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
Hi,

I managed to root mt SGS2, but it is still om my networks version of 2.3.3. I want to flash the 2.3.4 XXKH3, but it wants me to repartition. Is repartitioning safe?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Samsung Stock ROM's,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LiFE1688:
No, repartition is not safe, do not do it. You don't need to repartition to flash 2.3.4 XXKH3 rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
Thank you,

So if i flash my phone currently on

PDA: XWKF4

Phone: NEKF2

CSC: H3GKF1

Android 2.3.3

with

UHKG7

PDA:UHKG7

PHONE:UHKG4

Build date: 27/07/2011

Android 2.3.4

Would that work just fine? and there would be no problem wit the csc or anything?

thanks a lot for your help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
yes, there will be no problem with the csc.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
last question,

with this one here:

UHKG7

Firmware info

PDA:UHKG7

PHONE:UHKG4

Build date: 27/07/2011

Android 2.3.4

VNO, TDR, TTT: http://www.multiupload.com/PBGWY6EN58

TPA (Costa Rica I think): http://www.multiupload.com/V1OJ9W6PXS

UHKG7 Stock Kernel: http://www.multiupload.com/NU4TIWYETE

Password: intratech@XDA

I presume the VNo, TDR, TTT will be the one for the UK (Europe)

and how would i flash it in odin, just using the pda or would i need to flash the kernal as well? also do i need to factory reset?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
you are just flashing the csc with odin, it is the same procedure but you use the csc button below pda.

No you do not need to flash the kernal.

No you do not need to do a factory reset, when odin is finished flashing it will reboot your phone.

You are not making any changes to the firmare.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] SondreVAIO:
Hi. I have a X10 Mini Pro rinning Cyanogen mod 7.

Worked great until i couldnt search on Android Market. Please help
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] XxLordxX:
Try your rom to other GB like MiniCM7 Pro (paul-xxx) or GingerDX (D4), they are able to search on Market and if you still want Slades rom use GinTonic or use AppBrain on your actual. Hope it helps you.
[Acer Iconia A500] El Philou:
File Manager HD (Honeycomb) by Rhythm Software support now Root functions

Perfect for Acer Iconia A500

One Link ? Sure Here...
[Acer Iconia A500] matt92617@yahoo.com:
While this is a great file manager for tablet, I found another one that takes things one step further.

Filestation, has very similar design and feel but also allows 1 click copying, cutting and pasting. Most importantly when it encounters an unknown extension you can teach it to remember to open it with specific file. The honeycomb manager doesn't allow that. I had to click 3 times to open .flv file. First I had to select open with, then video and then my media player.