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[HTC Sensation] scm_crash:
It's somewhat hard to find a phone these days that doesn't have a lot of pre-loaded garbage and UI changes to it.

HTC installs Sense on everything. Samsung installs TouchWiz on everything. And all of the phones come pre-loaded with apps and crap you can't get rid of without rooting.

So... When I buy a phone, I buy it knowing I'm going to root it and put vanilla Android on it. I do my research on its hardware, not its OS. I already know what it's going to be like once I root it and strip it. It's going to be like Android.

What matters to me is how much the phone weighs, how it feels in my hands, what the sound quality is like, what screen quality is like, and what kind of CPU/Mem/radio hardware it has. Camera isn't really that important anymore. Phones have progressed so much now that even the crappy phones you can get for cheap have decent cameras. But I always buy whatever is the best at the time, so the camera is going to be good enough either way.

In the end, I haven't been "wow'd" by any of the manufacturer's interface changes at all. Google did a fantastic job with ICS and JB. I look forward to their next releases too... And whatever phone I get next won't stay unrooted longer than a day.
[HTC Sensation] chazy chaz:
+1

wise man talking!
[HTC Sensation] aaallleeennn:
Sense is so fast and smooth with faux kernel and darkforest tweaks.
[HTC Sensation] kamilmirza:
i totally agree with you man!!!! :good:
[HTC Sensation] todd_is_not:
I have no sense.
[HTC Sensation] gongonzales:
Better no Sense, I think.
[HTC Sensation] pharcyde85:
No sense.
[HTC Sensation] aroeroe:
I have two devices, one is using sense 4.1, and the other one is senseless
[HTC Sensation] perdevnull:
I think I could live without Sense, but I still prefer to have it.
[HTC Sensation] Sunny88:
I love sense 4+ ROMs but I'm using a senseless (AOSP) ROM ATM because I cannot tolerate the lag from sense 4 ROMs and ICS sense 3.6 is just plain ugly now
[HTC Sensation] maximuscesar:
I am using the Lastest ViperS and Sultan Kernel since yesterday and I am very satisfied with the overall performance, nothing is leggy or unresponsive. I wish that could exist a Jellybean rom with sense. There is no HTC device who have jellybean who could be ported to our sensation?
[HTC Sensation] Mogasce:
ViperS

Loved using ViperS but now i kinda loving the new CM10.1 features
[HTC Sensation] Beloch:
I am using Sense based MIUI but only for advantages like camera, but I hate Sense, they got really nice UI but it is so slowly for me and laggy
[HTC Sensation] ti0:
I like the more sleek user interface of nova and ics launcher then sense which seems like it takes too much ram and makes phone feel slower
[HTC Sensation] joey91133:
I just love sense rom
[HTC Sensation] huy_lonewolf:
Personally, I find Sense aesthetically more pleasing to the eyes than any other skins and stock Android UI (I still find it too geeky for my taste). However, I am running CM10.1 because of the 2 main reasons: HTC screwed up the multitasking/recent-app screen (it is really painful to look at, limiting only to 3 visible apps, even iOS's fast app switching UI makes a lot more sense than Sense 4), performance gain on stock Android is really beyond anything HTC can offer with Sense (Sense is really a memory hog, apps got killed so fast due to lack of memory that it practically feels like there is no multitasking on HTC phones).
[HTC Sensation] johnny170:
I prefer vanilla Android.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ^533saw5^:
I have just started messing around with the UOT Kitchen to add % battery, new icons etc to my current ROM (RCMix 234 v2.7).

Can anybody tell me the correct setting to change on there to change the colour of the text in the notifications and quick settings tab ?

I have changed the background to a darker colour but the text (eg Auto Rotation, Wi-fi in quick settings) is black aswell so cannot read it. Am I missing something ? Because I couldnt seem to see the option to change this text colour.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks all
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ^533saw5^:
Any UOT experts out there please ?
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] eirigance:
The app is called "Andross" works perfect, No root needed, it's on the Android Market & it's FREE :D

Just search in the Market.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Bert.C:
I stumbled accross this today too. Only works by shaking as we dont have a dedicated cam button which was the only other option. Works okay though.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] eirigance:
It does only work by shaking, but I've used for about 2months now & it works great :D
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] Pizzaapu:
Sorry don't mean to hijack but what launcher are you using for your app drawer?! : - )
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] eirigance:
Go Launcher EX :D it just got an update, amazing launcher "now" :cool:
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] fleurdelisxliv:
Andross app works perfect thanks :)
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] eirigance:
Your Welcome :)
[Quantum General] shadowskater555:
I got my quantum on the rtm mango build yesterday or 2 days ago, and the first day it was great, but then next morning, i saw the phone was on critically low battery, and I dont really use it that much, and after charging, after about 2 or 3 hours of light use, I looked and saw it was back on low battery! and the phone performance is sluggish, so I really just want to restore back to my nodo version, I have the backup folder and everything, but am not sure of what to do with it. Help plz?
[Quantum General] argentocruz:
I'm sure I've seen a lot of posts/threads about the battery fix for mango roms...
[Quantum General] surrender420:
To answer your question, following this guide will put you back to stock, which you can update back to nodo.
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
Anyone know of a way to disable those silly excuse messages? Sometimes my pocket sends them before i can answer the call and its really annoying.
[LG Optimus 3D] kidkoala_uk:
Applications>Settings>Call Setings>Excuse Messages then delete all excuse messages.
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
Thanks. Totally didnt think of looking there.
[LG Optimus 3D] mmmarmon:
I did what suggested and deleted a message, but this message continue to be in the list of excuses message when I got a call and slide-up the "excuse feature".

Is there a way to permanently eliminate the message?

Thanks in advance.
[LG Optimus 3D] kidkoala_uk:
I removed all messages stored, Now when I receive a call I still have the excuse icon when I click on it though there are no messages only the reject option. Have you removed all the messages or just 1?
[LG Optimus 3D] guyladouche:
I did the same thing (god, I'm glad to have found out about this, I was so sick of my fingers hitting one of the excuse messages as I fumbled to get my phone out of my pocket).

I think the thing that is still there is the little slide-up option titled "Excuse Messages" that you cannot delete. At least, that's how it is on mine after I deleted all of the Excuse Messages. But at least you can't accidentally hit one of the messages anymore and unintentionally end an incoming call.
[LG Optimus 3D] dgt02:
Removes excuse message option from screen

Advanced telephone from the Android Market worked on my optimus v.
[General Questions and Answers] Omo De Carton:
Is there a way?

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Omo De Carton:
Are there no one with this phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Omo De Carton:
I'm the only owner... ARGH!!! :-(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayla85:
Hi there!

I have serious trouble using C:geo open source with Samsung Galaxy S2.

In compassmode, the distancemeter always hangs. Often this happens when I get near the cache (10-20m)

Also, the direction of the compass is wrong.

I have tried C:geo on three Galaxy S2 and this happens with everyone of them. The problem is not isolated to just c:geo but also the geocachings offical app by groundspeak and Neongeo.

I think It has something to do with the gps interface on this model.

It is unlikey that is is caused by firmware issues aswell, all three phones I've tested with has different firmware versions.

The solution so far has been to use an external bluetooth GPS reciever + the app "Bluetooth GPS" from Googoo Android.

I have tried also to deactive sensor aid in the settings menu on the phones.

I have also calibrated the compass.

Using maps and navigation works very well, but not geocaching apps...:confused:

Any ideas what the problem could be?
[Galaxy S II General] ttieder:
I currently have a EVO 3d and I would like to know what you like and dislike about the phone and is it worth the switch
[Galaxy S II General] Jun Hong:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1246838
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
That has nothing to do with this thread?
[Galaxy S II General] Jun Hong:
oops looks like i misread the thread...
[Galaxy S II General] ttieder:
Yeah that's not the same question
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
I like it lots and lots and lots and sometimes when i use an IPhone or a HTC Sensation i like it even more .I really like being able to talk to people by pressing a few numbers not sure if it will catch on though .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] davemac1974:
Had mine for the grand total of 4 days...so far i can't fault it. I upgraded from my zte blade, and this is just awesome!
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
Well comparing it to the evo3d it basically has better specs plus hw acceleration which is a very nice feature. The screen is awesome imo, tho some people don't seem to like the oversaturated colours. Personally i love it but you have to check it yourself before you decide.

Anyway i wouldn't upgrade right now if i were you, you still have a very good phone, just wait for something newer and better, like the quadcores expected to come out in 2012 ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
My first Android and like this so much. Even after using it for three months I still couldn't make it work the way I'd like, but still its not bad. Frankly, I'd be more happy if this device had iOS instead of Android.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
If this phone had IOS instead of Android id sell it, IOS is nowhere near as good as Android, everything works out of the box but your strictly limited in what you can do,i hate restriction.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
Best phone right now without a doubt, having owned it since May it's been excellent! Pervious Android device was the DHD, it's faster, smoother and slicker!
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Jun Hong:
galaxy s2 is better than evo 3d, in

battery life

quadrant score

weight (u noe how light is the s2)
[Galaxy S II General] ajftl:
Lol who cares about quadrant... It's a great phone.... Had many android phones and still have others.. Nexus s and one still one of my fav but sgs2 its the greatest... I do have a evo 3d too. I like it but this just better bro. Closest to a sgs2 I would say wp7 running mango. Smoothness
[Galaxy S II General] ttieder:
Ok thank you everyone for the input guess I'm going to get the epic touch when it comes out
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Fastest android phone out there, but build quality could be better.
[Galaxy S II General] shr33kant:
tbh the only phone that could probably knock the sgs2 off it's perch is the motorola atrix.. bigger battery and tegra 2, but then i've never used one so i have no idea about user experience.
[Galaxy S II General] Mostafa Hijazi:
Hello My very post here. Best phone I ever owned. it would have been perfect if it was a tegra Device :( can't see why they did that for a flagship Device !!!!
[Galaxy S II General] raf2k:
You will miss sense. Htc phones have better dialer, more useful widgets, like for example favorite contacts and rss reader, better sms delivery report, lockscreen and ringtone volume management. On other side Sgs2 has better multimedia support (mkv) better screen and weight, brilliant call quality and its very smooth in menus.
[Galaxy S II General] raf2k:
If you like tegra, buy a galaxy R i9003. Its even cheaper. Here in sweden the price is 399€
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
I like it but the one of the top features it has is broken upto my 3rd replacement so Im getting a refund :D
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
Did you just compare a phone with a OS?
[Galaxy S II General] adambro4:
im loving my gs2 so much im gonna grab another in white for the missis :p
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obonilla30:
Hi guys I accidently wrote wrong NV items and now well it has been bootlooping for the last 1 year or maybe longer. I really do not want to give up on the phone but this is a hobby that I have and would to make one last attempt before I sell it in parts. I bought a data cable from the cellphoneshack.kom please stay away they sell items that do not work and it cost me $35.00 did will not give you a refund. The phone has the 1.490000 S-ON. I cannot get into recovery so that is gone. I sometimes get into the format all data but it does not change anything. ADB is not available since not rooted. When bootlooping it only gets to the 3 skate boarding droids and then the same cycle again. It will take the original roms but again it does not do anything. Fastboot will only take limited commands. Is there any way I can fix this phone. Thanks so much.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scary alien:
obonilla30,

Don't really understand what you said you've done to your phone to put it in its predicament. Can you elaborate on this, please?

The usage of adb is not really dependent on whether your phone is rooted or not, but rather on whether or not the adb service/daemon is running on your phone when you try to connect to it with your adb client on your PC.

The adb daemon on your phone gets started while in a custom recovery or when your phone boots normally (i.e., I usually see it after the SD card gets mounted), so you might not be getting far enough into the booting sequence to have it running (but it wouldn't hurt to keep trying to connect (i.e., do an "adb devices" to see if the adb daemon is running)).

Since you have the 1.49.0000 S-ON bootloader, you can't really do too much useful stuff (like flashing a custom recovery) with fastboot since you don't have the unsecured (S-OFF) bootloader.

I also don't really understand what you mean by "It will take the original ROMs..." -- can you elaborate on this?

Give us a little more detailed information about how your phone got into its current state and re. the questions above. This might help someone be able to help you out.

Cheers!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunilromy:
Hi,

"I sometimes get into the format all data but it does not change anything"

This mean you can go into recovery sometimes though?

can you mount your device from recovery?

which recovery you use?

If you can mount your sd, it mean you can use adb. just let us know this. Clarify more.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killgorian:
Have you tried to upload a good copy of the NV's, or can you not access through workshop, etc? If you cant do that you're going to have to use an RUU to repair. It needs to be a full flash as you dont know what is messed up in the NV's.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cell2011:
Im at in partition of sd card 256mb and 32mb swap is that ok for roms to boot? Or should i go higher? Right now im running gb hero deck. PRL is 21102
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyouko:
<_< wut?
[Verizon Droid Charge] CLTatenza:
I was trying to create a custom toggle using launcher pro, but it seems every time I create a short cut to "band mode", I get a force code. Anyone got an idea of how to make this work?
[Verizon Droid Charge] ¿GotJazz?:
Market: "LTE Switch" :D
[Verizon Droid Charge] jmorton10:
or there is a pay widget that directly turns on/off 4g (it's not just a shortcut to the settings screen) called 4g LTE toggle for the Charge which works super & is only a few bucks.

~John
[Verizon Droid Charge] justin94:
Use "anycut". Use the option for mobile networks, it'll take u directly to the place to toggle 3g/4g
[Verizon Droid Charge] blarrick:
That can mess your phone up pretty bad and require a factory reset to fix. Stay away.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Sleek69:
Erm, I would like to know how you think that...It's basically a shortcut to the menu to switch to CDMA/LTE mode.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jmorton10:
Hows it going to that, all it is is a pretty shortcut to the settings screen??

I used it until I bought the pay widget and it worked just fine.

.

~John
[Verizon Droid Charge] piizzadude:
I second that. I had to do the same.
[Verizon Droid Charge] piizzadude:
I know, and I am not sure why it did it, but it did. There was nothing I could do to turn the data back on outside of the Factory reset.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Eris _2.1_2010:
LTE switch works fine here.

Sent from Droid Charge 4G running Gummy Charged 2.0
[Verizon Droid Charge] Piercing Heavens:
LTE switch always worked for me. I literally is just a shortcut to your settings.
[Galaxy S II General] Raziel2k6:
Hello Galaxy Peeps!

I am new here on this forum, this is my first post. I have been reading a lot on this site the last couple of weeks, and have found plenty of useful and essential information for my new baby! You guys (devs and members) ROCK!

On to the subject, which is the reason why I registered so that I could start the thread.

Here is where I currently stand:

SGS2 from BELL Mobility in Montreal Canada.

**Stock ROM is UGKG2. (I am aware that this matters very little)

**GINGERBREAD 2.3.3 out of the box.

I have already experienced a little bit with upgrading the firmware via Odin to a more recent official samsung build:

RUNNING ON:

XXKH3 ROM (stock)

GINGERBREAD 2.3.4

Rooted with CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KH3-v4.1-CWM4

Launcher: SPB Shell 3D (absolutely beautiful and buttery smooth!! totally worth the $15... simply the best, no doubts in my mind.)

I have never used CWM to flash an update, only used it for backing up and restoring so far. I do feel very comfortable diving in though with all that I have read here so far, and deem myself ready to try some Custom ROMS. They sound great!

The only thing holding me back is that I do not want to flash endlessly to find out which ROM is the best for me. I read up all the threads about the different ROMS, however I find it very difficult to find comparisons between them and picking the right one.

So basically I would like to start this discussion and have you guys tell us what you picked for yourself, and most importantly why you like your choice. The more details the better!

This I think would be a great help for people like me and in my situation, I know it will for sure help me tremendously.

Thanks guys, and keep informing the world about SGS2. Best device out there by far, all platforms mixed in...

Raz
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Post number ten asking yet again whats the best rom????

jje
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
I think you are after this :D
[Galaxy S II General] BrandoHD:
LOL, nice pic

the modded spare parts in you sig I assume is compatible with Gingerbread
[Galaxy S II General] killall:
Yes, it was modded (not by me I hasten to add) to get the battery stats showing on VillainRom.
[Galaxy S II General] Major_Sarcasm:
So you don't think that this question/invitation for discussion hasn't been asked a gazillion times already? In all the reading you say that you've done, you haven't come across other noobs posting the same things? No? Don't believe you; you clearly haven't read enough.

My advice? Don't use your 1st ever posts like this. Use them constructively. Get a shortlist of ROMs that you feel might be appropriate for your needs and if you have questions, search the relevant ROM thread. If you can't find a suitable answer, then post your question.

In my most humble opinion, this will greatly enhance your XDA experience as you won't get upset when people continuously tell you to search or flame you for being a noob. Some XDA users can be very intolerant.

In all honesty though, unless you're looking to switch to MIUI or Cyanogen, there isn't an enormous difference between the ROMs on offer. Mainly the themes and tweaks that the chef chooses to apply, but the base ROMs are essentially very similar.

I started this post with the intention of shouting at you for being imbecilic. As I wrote though, I realised that you were fairly literate and seemingly bright so I thought I'd go easy on you instead. I'm normally not this nice.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Yes about time we had a juvenile section for this forum .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
XDA-Late-Developers.com?
[Galaxy S II General] MJ-12:
[Suggestion] or maybe it can be done already. Being used to honeycomb on my Iconia I like the ability to move to another home screen just by touching the left or right side of the screen instead of swiping. Is this possible?

Cheers...

MJ-12
[Galaxy S II General] Raziel2k6:
How's everyone doing?

Thanks for the replies guy, although not entirely what I was looking for... I guess to be expected with such a noob question after all :p I do admit to being guilty of being a noob when it come to Android and SGS, I just got my device not so long ago, coming from Samsung Omnia (WM) for a few years. Understand guys, I am not looking to get flamed here, just for a bit of advise coming from your experiences. I do understand where you guys stand, and I am sorry if I offended anyone... it was never my goal.

So far I am LOVING my new Droid!! I may not know so much when it comes to custom ROMS, but I am learning steadily when reading the posts on this site - @Major_Sarcasm yes I do read... I appreciated still the clarity and respectfulness of you reply -.

Yesterday I ended up flashing the LeoMar75 Revolution Rom and I like it up to now. It is great and is user friendly when it comes to customizations since you can use the Revolution kitchen app to download and install MOD packages. Awesome for a noob like me! :p I didn't even wait for any replies because I was too excited and wanted to flash ASAP on my time off, since I had already done a lot of browsing already at work. For now I think I made the right pick, and will not try to flash a different ROM, unless someone here tells me I messed up with my choice.

Finally I know many posts have been put up already for which is the best ROM out there, but if you "read" carefully my post was not entirely about that... in fact not at all!!! I stated the fact that I didn't want to try all the available ROMS out there to make a pick (too much work too little time)... that is one thing. I never anywhere in there asked what is the best ROM to use. What I was really asking is for you guys to share which you are currently using, and the reason why you like it (features, performance, etc...) or reasons why you may not like it and may want to switch back to something else. It was intended more as a discussion than a question. As you can see I already made my choice!

Again I hope I am not offending anyone, I just want to make sure I was thoroughly understood here :D

Hope you guys are having a great time with your babies, I sure am!

Cheers,

Raz...
[Galaxy S II General] lisaalther:
Sounds good.
[Galaxy S II General] darylimjz:
I think this would be a great thread if the flaming were to be non-existent.

I personally have been using Litening rom all the while, 5.0 first then 6.1 now. Satisfied with it, but I'm someone who gets bored easily so I am thinking of switching to something else. I'm also really sick of the battery life my phone offers, hopefully flashing a different rom might improve it. (I doubt so though, lol)

My main concern now is wiping - I hear its recommended to do a full wipe before flashing to other roms. So I have to do a full backup with CWM and Titanium Backup?

Deciding between LeoMar, Cognition and CyanogenMod...
[Galaxy S II General] TheSaw:
Well guess what? No one has enough time to try them all out, that's why 3 of these threads pop up every day from people like you.