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[Galaxy S II General] schriss:
Yes it's not small, but some time ago I thought SGS2 is too big and I bought HTC Desire Z instead, yet I'm using SGS2 now ;-) Second - I have seen people holding the new Galaxy Tab 7.7 in one hand. I do realize Note is big, but it is still pocketable, while any other tab would not be. All my keys, money, IDs and devices need to fit in my pockets or belt case. That way I always have important stuff on me, no need for any bags which I could forget.

And because I rarely make any phone calls, using device mainly for web browsing or other things, I keep thinking about Galaxy Note :D
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
same happens here too, and also with every AMOLED screen. i guess amoled blacks aren't really superblack :D
[Galaxy S II General] nraudigy2:
Galaxy S2 seems like normal size for me. Galaxy Note might not be that big.
[Galaxy S II General] pachi72:
Galaxy Note is gonna rock.
[Galaxy S II General] zas311:
When you take a picture that is too dark, camera tries to adjust the brightness of the picture and add more exposure/brightness. If the picture is really black, your gs2 will show real black. The only phone display in the world that shows real black.
[Galaxy S II General] buxz777:
for around 700-800 euros it bloody should rock too mate :-) its an exspensive bit of kit :-) its more high end tab prices then high end phone prices from what i have read on gsm arena :-)
[Galaxy S II General] jzmtl:
I guess I have big hands, I can easily hold and operate S2 with either hand. So I guess I can probably do the same with Note, albeit a bit awkwardly.

Also it's not true black. Make a black pic with photoshop, load it on your screen and go to a dark room, and you'll see.
[Galaxy S II General] lavazzabg:
Download "Screen test" from market. There is a pure black picture to check dead/stuck pixels. On my screen in complete darkness it is so perfectly black that i cant see my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] SGS-II:
Super Amoled Plus is indeed amazing with its vibrant colours and contrast. What's more amazing is that at 4.3 inches it's really the perfect size (at least for me) as it is the maximum screen size where you can hold the phone nice and easy with one hand. :p
[Galaxy S II General] evenelia:
It still lights up on my screen. Should i return it?
[Galaxy S II General] pepxl:
The screen on the SII doesn't have back lights like other devices, they are led's, so its impossible your screen is lit up while showing a pure black image, you maybe seeing the touch key lights illuminating.
[Galaxy S II General] freakboy13:
Is the super amo really that great?

I honestly hate the amo on the g4g, to me it looks like a screen that has its rez turned up to high, and I can see the black out line of the hex/cells. Just awful IMO.

How does this compare? What's different about it?

meh...
[Galaxy S II General] apicia:
The Super AMOLED is all that and more. Its like plasma compared to lcd with limited viewing angle. I have the Vibrant and tried many other phones including the HTC Sensation. The Vibrant screen and soon the S II that I am getting just has the best screen ever. I only buy AMOLED phones. I can't wait for AMOLED TVs!
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
No - it's normal.

It does light up, but it's ridiculously dim. I'm sure you know you can turn off the softkey lights, and if you do that and go into proper darkness then after your eyes adjust you can just about see it. It's so barely visible that it's really not worth mentioning, but it is lit up.
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
na-a, you'll notice a difference when you go to pitch dark room, open that tester you said, and comparing the screen-on black to screen-off black. there is a difference, and yes, we all have it. you dont see it? you dont look hard enough. just try. you'll notice it easier if you dont look directly on the screen. pretty much the same statement which is above me.

yess, its a very, Very tiny difference. not that i care about it. its just those what you can't unsee :D my every AMOLED phone have had this "feature"
[Galaxy S II General] apicia:
I can't wait for T-Mobile to drop the S II. Anyone know the day?
[Galaxy S II General] spy4ka:
26 th of october
[Galaxy S II General] xan:
Yes, despite some people complaining about QA in manufacturing process those screens are great ;)

There are numerous topics mentioning some problems with those screens, true.

Screens aren't *perfect*, there is always something to complain about, when complaining is someone's thing :)
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Hate my screen right now its always pretty dim, my friends gs2 is way brighter. When we both set to Max mine looks like its on min...my friends ip4 also outbright it... first thing he said when comparing colors on a website was "lol that's not white" and my viewing angle is also crap. Tilt it a little an and the screen goes blue

Edit: oh and when I i.e using tapatalk there is a clear difference in color of the background when you don't touch the screen but when you do, to scroll or something. It gets slightly darker .
[Galaxy S II General] apicia:
Sounds like a bad apple

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Ugh, its taking forever.
[Galaxy S II General] norpan111:
Yeah my whole phone is crap actually . Lol, gonna hand it over to service. Got every issue there is actually, pink spot, fps drop recording, screen color, brightness, black screen when receiving a call even I'm holding it infront of me, other screen issue (holding my finger on still and it keeps jumping up and down) . Getting unbelievable hot when surfing so I can't hold it . There is a lot more...got a Monday version ;d still really good phone lol
[Galaxy S II General] omegazin:
well, cant get better than this, i guess

hmm, maybe with the 2000 battery?
[Galaxy S II General] xan:
This is not true. When screen controller is on pixels are lit up. Just a little bit, its really hard to notice.You need complete darkness and 2mins for your eyes to adjust.

Its hard to notice, its not a flaw, its a feature.
[Galaxy S II General] wasiimabbas:
I just luv it :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maf23:
Hi folks, this is my first post as a samsung owner.

Won't lie but it feels so strange cause i always had an HTC phone, in fact i just swapped my sensation with the S2 and i must say im pretty satisfied after the various problems i faced with it.

Anyway, i am always obsessed in measuring the current consumption on my phone since i had my HD2.

So is there any application that can do that on S2, knowing that i tried "current widget" and " battery monitor widget from market.

The 1st one doesnt capture anything and the second freezes on 1ma and sometimes shows measurements, although i performed a couple of discharge charge cycles.

Any help please?

Thx
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maf23:
Come on you guys !!!!!!!

No Answer ???!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
No app available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beermadness:
does anybody have the siriusxm 1.6 .1 Please send it to me or post it if you can I live in canada and cannot get it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varadha_Balaji:
Here you go
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beermadness:
Thanks, but for some reason the app goes straight to update then tells me not available in my country. I live in Canada, it worked last time I installed the USA app. Seems like sirius has now done something. Any advice, would be appreciated. And thanks again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimSmith94:
The new version fixes exactly what you're trying to do. It only works in the United States. Just keep your old version.

Sent from my Sprint Evo with Tapatalk.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beermadness:
Old version wants to update as well, it says update or exit. not sure what to do. I think I need app after its been updated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidersilk:
Have you tried using Orbot: Tor for Android? Force it to connect to a US server (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=760472&page=14), and then make it handle the Sirius app. It works perfectly for using Pandora outside the US. Might work for the Sirius app as well.

Cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beermadness:
No it did not work, I have 1.6 installed but its looking for the 1.6.1 update and wont let me login because of it. I need the app after its been updated to 1.6 .1 not 1.6. Thanks for your help.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dubravk0:
I desperately need that information to finally sync my phone
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
I saw this one advertised and though it looked like a great idea. Ordered one and have now reviewed it.

It has android-specific Search, Home, Back, and Menu keys. There are shortcut keys for the Browser, Email, Contacts, etc.. Media pause/play and Fwd/Rew keys as well.

Have a look. Tell me what you think.

REVIEW
[Acer Iconia A500] willbur73:
Have it. Love it.

I just REALLY wish it was much smaller. It could be way more portable.
[Acer Iconia A500] 4dthinker:
I've got a couple of smaller keyboards, and although they are easier to carry around, the keys are smaller and closer together and much harder to type quickly on (at least to me). I can't see smaller keyboards every being a big hit. Logitech has gone a smart route with this one by providing that case/stand. The smaller keyboards either fold in half to protect themself or came with a cloth bag to slide them into. The folding keyboard suffers it's own mechanism. Clever, but resulting in a cheap feel and bent key plane. Cases that don't serve another function just end up in the way. extra weight you carried. Bring this Logitech keyboard along and you're also bringing along a decent tablet stand.
[Acer Iconia A500] no-success:
it really is a nice keyboard but for the price it seems like it could be a bit more solid, and the wedge stand isnt really useful to me since i already have a case that does it for me. I do feel like the case is so nice because when i throw it in my backpack with books i dont have to worry about keys getting knocked off. Also the shortcut keys are very nicely placed and kind of makes me wish my laptop had a dedicated search button.
[Acer Iconia A500] propagandax:
I want a keyboard and or case i can sit on my lap and hold the tablet
[Acer Iconia A500] gerke:
I want this keyboard to, but Logitech will not release it in Europe :(
[Acer Iconia A500] rjmarsan:
Looks like a great keyboard, wish I saw it before I got mine.

Price isn't great though.
[Acer Iconia A500] SoHaunted:
I just picked this keyboard up this morning and let me just say it is in every aspect worth the money.

The keyboard is very solid and sturdy, keys have a very nice responsive feel when being pushed down and don't make loud clacky sounds while being pressed which is a pet peeve of mine, they are also split up with just the right amount of space in between.

The case is nicely made with felt inside and the keyboard fits snugly in it. When in stand mode does the job nicely, I can't tell you how nice it is to have the function buttons as well.

Is it a bit on the expensive side? yes. Do you get what you pay for? YES XD.
[Acer Iconia A500] fermunky:
For the price I wish it'd come with a mouse as well. Seems a bit weird to have the keyboard, yet have to touch the screen to navigate.
[Acer Iconia A500] danow11:
I am using this keyboard to type this message. I bought it in conjunction with my tablet, because i need to do quite a bit of word processing. The keyboard works quite well. I would love to be able to move keyboard and tablet around together easily.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
In anticipation of buying my tablet, I actually bought this keyboard a week earlier :p I gave it a test run on my phone running Gingerbread and it actually worked, albeit only 90% (some functions like Home, Search, & app shortcuts didn't work).

I love using this on my A500! When I was deciding which tablet I should buy, I put a lot of consideration into the accessories I would need/use. I wanted a tablet with USB so I could connect my external hard drive. While I do have a couple of USB hubs, which was my original intention for keyboard and mouse, I'm a bit paranoid and would never plug a hard drive into one (I've heard horror stories of data corruption - not willing to risk it). Therefore, my only USB port is reserved for my hard drive, and I had no choice but to go bluetooth for a keyboard and mouse. At first, I cringed a little at the cost of the keyboard, but the fact that it's protective case also doubles as a stand allowed me to justify the cost. Sure, I could have gotten another bluetooth keyboard for $20 less, but then that same $20 would have went towards a stand, so it seemed pointless to go that route.

My only gripe with the keyboard is random disconnections. When the keyboard is idle for a few minutes, such as when I'm reading a webpage, it will disconnect until I start typing again. I say "random" because sometime's it's 1 minute, other times it's 10+ minutes. This wouldn't be so bad, but everytime it happens, whatever is on my screen will completely refresh (same thing happens at the moment of disconnection). I have a feeling it's something to do with built in power saving, but I can't seem to figure out how to force the keyboard to always be connected. I don't mind if it uses more power because I use rechargeable batteries and always have a spare set ready. I've searched for apps to help, and I couldn't find much. Closest I could find was an app called easyconnect, but even that didn't work all the time (although it did improve the connectivity a bit). A major drawback with that app is that it caused interference with wifi - totally slowed down my entire internet connection :( Still searching for a fix... Thinking I may have to wait for ICS, since there might be more HID settings available. Despite this little annoyance, the keyboard works great and I'm happy with my purchase. This entire long winded post was typed with it :)

And for those wondering, my bluetooth mouse is the Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000, which works amazingly with the A500! No disconnect issues here. :D
[Acer Iconia A500] john21511:
I saw this at best buy. It was on sale. For 50 bucks. I bought it and it didn't pair with my sensation 4g or my touchpad. So I bought a hp touchpad bluetooth keyboard that is for the touchpad. It pairs with my touchpad running webos and cm7. It. Also pairs with my laptop.
[Acer Iconia A500] Dreds71:
I found a Bluetooth Keyboard Folio Case

I found this case on Thursday and got it today That was was double to get it express mail.)

I found it on ebay here

Also on Youtube here

I've only been playing with it for a couple of hours and there are a couple issues I've found:

1) The keyboard charges from a micro USb port. The cable comes with it along

with a cigarette lighter style charging port.

2) Although the keyboard is completely sealed and rubberized silicon, it is unusually

small.

3) The case itself is leather (smelly leather) that closes by magnets. NOTE: if the

magnets are not lines up perfectly, the tends to open, especially when you

try to pick it up by the handle

4) Very easy to sync!! Although it's gonna take a long while to get used to the

small keyboard. Also, I don't know why, but even though you press keys, any

keys, it sometimes won't type on the screen.

5) The power button placement is absolutely horrendous!! You'll need an eyeglass screw driver or a paper clip to move it from "on" to "off"

6) The folio itself is bulky and heavy for something so small.

7) The keyboard is completely removable from the folio. I'm contemplating getting a thinner folio case and just taking the keyboard with me places.

If you have any questions you can do what I did and email ntkoutlet@gmail.com.

Has anyone else come across this yet?

I'll update this as I play with it more.
[Acer Iconia A500] danow11:
Wrong keyboard, wrong thread.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
Can't seem to find a problem quite like mine...

I have two different X10a-s in the US, both purchased from at&t. Both running generic 2.1 which I installed using flashtool a while back.

When the Gingerbread update was released, I changed the build.prop file to allow the installation of 2.3 for the US Generic firmware.

The first phone installed GB perfectly... Rooted... and everything works perfectly.

The second phone installed GB, but put me into a bootloop. I am unable to even start the setup wizard, not to mention do anything else on the phone. It reboots as soon as the unlock screen appears.

Reading other people's suggestions with posts about bootloops, I decided to re-install 2.3 using SEUS... Same issue... I then downloaded the ftf file and re-installed 2.3 using flashtool... Same issue... I then decided to downgrade to 2.1 ... however, when I try to flash 2.1 (using flashtool 0.2.8 or 0.2.9) I receive an error, flash aborted.

Any suggestions for me? Thanks so much in advance!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
Realized that my intention wasn't very clear after re-reading my post.

I would like to have 2.3 on the second phone. I was going to downgrade to 2.1 simply to try and re-install 2.3.

Sorry for the confusion!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Nightmare:
Turn the phone off, get the firmware you wanna install and take the battery out of the phone, get flashtool 3.0.0...

Open up flashtool, click flash and choose the firmware file you wish to flash.(note you have to put the .ftf file into the flashtool firmware folder)

After selecting this, click okay, flash tool will prepare files, when it ask to plug the phone in, put the usb cable in properly, holding the back button, put the battery in while still holding it, once the window to plug your phone it disappears, you can take your finger off the button and wait till flashtool does it's work.

Report back any issue.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
Used flashtool 3 to flash 2.3 again... This time the phone will not boot at all... It vibrates when i turn the phone on, but never displays anything (waited several minutes)

Tried flashing to 2.1 using flashtool 3... but when i press flash, choose the 2.1 firmware, hit ok... nothing happens... The program doesn't do anything...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Nightmare:
You tried the same method I previously stated to flash back to 2.1? Did you do something you're not telling us, like say....try to unlock your bootloader?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
No... I'm not even sure what the benefits would be to unlocking a bootloader...

So no... all I did was try to update to 2.3 using the exact same method as I did with phone #1 (and everything worked perfectly on that one)

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I did use flashtool 3 to try and flash 2.3 again... Boots now... But back to the bootloop...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXHITMANXx508:
try ahomads post and download the older flashtool herehttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920746 and downgrade to generic 2.1 check this post so u can grab the right firmware to upgrade to 2.3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1186045, then upgrade using pc companion
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
After several attempts (and several errors), I was able to flash 2.1 back onto the phone using Flashtool 2.8. The phone booted perfectly.

Knowing that I would have to change the build.prop file to 1233-8200 to allow me to install 2.3 (2.1 shows a different code, however, I am in the US and this code has worked for many people, including myself on the other X10 that I own), I decided to try and re-flash 2.1 using SEUS (I know it seems like overkill, but I thought it might shed some insight into the root of the problem and save time instead of getting right back into a bootloop).

When trying to re-install 2.1 using SEUS, the status bar goes to about 98% or so and then gives me a "installation failed errror." Now the phone gives me a "!" with a triangle around it.

I have had and used this phone since 1.6 with no issues... I have installed 2.1 before using SEUS with no issues... What got screwed up when I went to 2.3? Any more suggestions on a fix?

At this point, I am going to re-flash 2.1 using flashtool 2.8, then change the build.prop file to 1233-8200 and try using SEUS to flash 2.3 again... Will post the results later.

Thanks to everyone in the community who has helped thus far!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark Nightmare:
Why don't you just use flashtool and install 2.3.3 1233-8200 ftf file since it's also available right here, full stock if thats what you want and modded versions.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
Have done that several times... I get stuck in a bootloop...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshuagtgym:
After several more attempts of flashing 2.3 using flashtool 3... One finally worked...

After flashing successfully, I tried to root the device. During the root, I received an error "uname: permission denied"... I followed the suggestions from this thread here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1196808&page=18) which says:

And that finished the root...

After rooting I went into Market to begin downloading my apps... After about the 3rd or 4th app was installed, now I'm right back to the bootloop.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeepzj:
you will need to use this one "X10a AM-US GENERIC 1233-8200" which can be found HERE

Just put the ftf file into the firmware folder of the flashtool and flash... stock SE 2.3.3

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oops.. nevermind i didnt see the posts above i just saw the ones on the first page. sorry:(:eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCHMANKii:
Is there an opportunity to get a port of this awesome feature?

You know, what I'm mainly talking about is this kind of taskbar at the bottom of the screen and the with this linked programs that open. This would be awesome if someone could port this or has already done this.

If it's absolutely not possible to create this it would be nice to tell me why ;)

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
It is so much possible. But it'd consist of so many mods. It's a lot of work. You need to be making a whole launcher. I've seen WM6.5 on the HD2, looked awesome, but I think we'll never see this like a 1:1 mod.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCHMANKii:
Hmm. Ok, you say it's possible!

That's a good thing.

But I personally find it so hard to believe that nobody tries to do this... Ok, as you said, it seems to be quite hard and difficult and so on, but come on... There are so many guys, android community is so big and I can't believe there is nobody willing to do that... And I mean, it's not a crappy and ugly looking mod of a buggy whatever, it looks awesome and is so functional and in my view it would be used as launcher by so many people. Even just because it's so different to the 'standard-launcher' with this 4 or 5 buttons at the bottom of the screen and the widgets.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCHMANKii:
To whome do I need to talk to get more information or a chance that someone starts doing this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
As a former HD2 owner for 18 months much and all as i liked that phone there is nothing from the HD2 that i would like to see on the GS2, past tense time to move onwards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Put up a bounty as a starter .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCHMANKii:
Hmm, but that's not the question here...

Aha?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
You will not (100%) get WM on the GS2. Totally forget that idea.

If, however, you're just after Sense then just use the search button and see the suggested apps and launchers that have been discussed before. It will make the phone look very similar.