yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
it works for any phone with a LED display, but not for LCD displays

No LED was developed for and by a guy on a Samsung phone, exactly because it was missing LED notifications
[Vibrant General] krazie1:
Can you link the video, i would like to see the LED light. I hope that the T-Mobile version gets a notification light. I know that the Sprint version has one.
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
there are new videos here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1261034&highlight=hercules

but they are not showing off the LED on the new ones, the one that had the blue LED was one of the pre-release model videos that are floating around

same issue with the battery door, on the pre-release it was a metal door, but the actual release model are using some leather/rubber like plastic instead
[Vibrant General] :
The leather/plastic model looks better then the metal door to me.
[Vibrant General] rbtady:
Unfortunately, the T-Mobile USA SGS II doesn't have LED notification.

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/08/samsung-epic-4g-touch-led-notification-light/
[Vibrant General] Vibrant03:
Don't know what I'll get around Christmas time.. If the prime doesn't come to tmobile.. Most likely it will be the Hercules..
[Vibrant General] junglizste:
Im holding out for nexus prime
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
ahh! there's what i got confused about, yes you are right.

so, only the CMDA sprint version has LED
[Vibrant General] TheBrandonWRX:
Am I the only one that thinks neither device is worth the upgrade? GSII is old. We'll have 5 core devices by years end early next year with OS that will actually use them. Furthermore, GSII is pulling 3200+ Quadrant where the Amaze is hitting 2500. I know this isn't the be all end all and its all about having the device and seeing its actual performance. I also understand that there will ALWAYS be something better but this isn't black and white in this instance. We are about too see a SIGNIFICANT change in speed in the very near future as well as OS that will utilize these speeds. No way I am trusting Samsung\TMobile to update these devices. Both devices are just a filler at most. Just my .02 cents.
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
not likely those quad or penta cpu devices will not arrive any sooner than 2013 / 2014

Android 4.0 will be out for all phones, specially dual core phones, and that is coming in just a few months, as soon as Nexus 3 is out.
[Vibrant General] TheBrandonWRX:
We'll see quad core devices by mid 2012 at the latest.

What do you mean Android 4.0 will be out for all phones? That seems beyond optimistic.
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
Android 4.0 is the merge of Android 2.x and Android 3.x

Android 3.x was made for Tablets only (by design, it can be loaded on phones but it sucks in phones)

Android 2.x is on almost every phone, it can be loaded on tablet, but it sucks for tablet

so Android 4.0 is the bridge to have one OS for both phones and tablets

it's a widely known news, if you have followed the development of android

so yes, good companies like HTC and Samsung will release 4.0 to old devices in due time

don't except to see anything from Motorola and LG :p

re: quad cpus

you'll probably only see them on tablets even if it's by mid/late 2012 as pre-release demo products
[Vibrant General] rbtady:
I wonder which one will get more support on XDA. This forum has made my vibrant experience great. Especially since I had some lag and gps issues when it was stock. The main difference seems to be sense vs touchwiz. Wouldn't sense possibly be able to be ported anyway?
[Vibrant General] dev_up_10:
I'll wait for the nexus prime if it doesn't take too long to come to tmobile but I am looking at the amaze and drooling a bit:p
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
I gotta be honest, with Cyanogen working for Samsung, Sammy dropping their code the day of (or before) the devices go on sale, and the fact that the SGSII is essentially flawless... I don't see a reason not to go with the SGSII.
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
Good point reuthermonkey!
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
not sure if you guys caught this yet

there's new detailed video review for the Telus SGS2 here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264874

also brief review here during the Tmo launch party

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1261034
[Vibrant General] z0phi3l:
Samsung GS2 or Nexus Prime

ONLY thing HTC have going for them is qHD, but I still prefer SAMOLED and I'm betting the Prime will have a SAMOLED and qHD resolution.

HTC used to be the ones to beat, but not anymore, Samsung is top dog right now, possibly followed by Motoogle
[Vibrant General] Jasonhunterx:
The nexus will be 4.65 Samoled hd samsung showed the screens already on galaxy note an galaxy s2 hd
[Vibrant General] z0phi3l:
I would never use Sense, first to me it's ugly, secondly the last version has a HUGE security hole and who knows how long it will be till fixed.
[Vibrant General] cwalker0906:
If you are on these forums then it should be real clear on why to stick with samsung...beside screen...most specs are the same...but again being on these forums and doing what we do with our phones....one word on why ill stick with samsung......ODIN.....everyone else have fun being scared to brick your phone..
[Vibrant General] rbtady:
I didn't know all the samsung phones could be odin'd. That is definitely a plus then. The only things I liked for the Amaze was its resolution, the dedicated camera button, led, gps and possibly sense 3.5(haven't seen it yet). Aside from that the GSII has everything else the same, plus the bigger screen and Twiz 4.0.
[Vibrant General] CTown:
I know this wasn't a choice but...

The Amaze 4G (the HTC Sensation 4G + even more 4G!)or the GSII are nothing new. Both have the same SOC (but they might be clocked differently). One has NFC and really vibrant colors while the other one has a better resloution.

Also, Google and Samsung have been working together lately. http://www.gadgetplug.com/smartphones/more-crazy-rumors-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-edition/ To the point where it's rumored Google helped a little with TouchWiz 5. I really think that the entire GSII line will get ICS. I think the Galaxy S phones had bad track records with updating since Android was hacked on to these devices. Also, Atin said that the later Samsung phones are much better attempt at making a true Android device http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15503282&postcount=5893

I think the Nexus Prime will be the most Vibrant like. Just look at this article: http://androidandme.com/2011/10/new..._campaign=Feed:+androidandme+(Android+and+Me) It seems like a larger Vibrant with a HD screen. It's even rumored to be made out of aluminum instead of plastic. I just want to know if it has support for HSPA+! I know a lot of this stuff is based off rumors but it seems sites like AndroidAndMe are ususally right.
[Vibrant General] jwleonhart:
But samsung has the led screen....
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
I definitely agree.

In my opinion, the only flaws with the SGS were: the proprietary root file system; the faulty GPS.

And Samsung's response was to:

1. Embed a full-fledged SIRFstar GPS module in the SGS2

2. Switch the filesystem to ext4

3. Hire CyanogenMod leader Steve Kondik as a developer.

Yeah, the Vibrant hasn't been perfect, but Sammy seems to be trying to make things right.

HTC is good, but Sammy simply has better hardware and software. Sense is getting pretty old, and feels unnecessary (to me) now. It doesn't improve on Android really, and sometimes actually feels like it detracts from the Android feel. Even among Android purists, TouchWiz4 is seen as being pretty good.

Samsung's software has finally caught up with the hardware.
[Vibrant General] AllGamer:
did you guys see this hands on video of the HTC Amaze/Ruby?

it's ... not my choice, the shell design seems like an egg

[YOUTUBE]9ExvZU2ZP54[/YOUTUBE]
[Vibrant General] :
I thought it was a mytouch looks like one in the beginning.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Did we ever get an Answer out of Samsung as to what the REAL issue with the GPS on the original Galaxy S was all about?

I'm so annoyed, I really feel like Samsung screwed over every Galaxy S owner with a defective phone, and yet they got away with it.

If GPS had worked on my phone like it should have, I too would have been content with my Vibrant. It is one of the main features I look for in a phone and I would have never purchased it had I known the GPS was defective. Then when I did purchase it and found out the GPS was messed up, both T-Mobile and Samsung kept imlying that a fix would be out. Some fix, never did anything dramatic to give us a stable GPS.
[Vibrant General] asatnik11:
U complain but you had 2 weeks to return it, no questions asked, just like the rest of us....
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
I was also told by T-mobile a fix was coming on more than one occasion. When your carrier tells you "ohh there is a fix on the way" you assume it's safe to keep the phone. We all know JI6 ended up being no fix, and by that time return window is over.
[Vibrant General] asatnik11:
I'm sorry to hear they F'd u like that. I'm one of the lucky ones I guess....my GPS has always at least worked marginally well on froyo and eclair. I knew before I bought it that GPS was potentially an issue but there were so many reasons to love the vibrant (RFS and bad GPS aside...).
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
They F'd us all like that. Samsung even tweeted their useless GPS restore tool and blamed the users tryign to fix their problem for it.

It still doesn't change the fact that the phone lags more than a feature phone unless you root and lag fix it, either.

The Galaxy S phones were IMO the biggest blunder of 2010 and shows just how well marketing works, even if your device is deeply flawed - which these phones were - pretty much all of them.

The specs were almost perfect, but the performance of the device in addition to the GPS being faulty is unforgiveable.

Also, T-Mobile had no other high end smartphones in their lineup when the Vibrant was released, so there was reason to stick with it and hope for a fix. The G2 wasn't out, yet (and had it's own issues); neither was the MT4G. The only other high end phones they had were the HD2 and Blackberry Bold 9780 (which was mid-range spec-wise, even back then).

MT3G/Slide is mid-range. Aside from that they had a Nokia [Symbian] Eseries QWERTY device, which is not what most people were yearning at that time, obviously... Feature phones and low end Androids that aren't even worth a contract commitment.

A Verizon customer who had access to 3-5 high end Android devices (Droid 2, Droid X, Incredible, etc.) when the Fascinate was released... Yea, I can understand your stance. A Vibrant customer, not so much...

The only thing good about T-Mobile, is their low ETF charge. So you still came out a head if you ETF'd early and sold the phone off on Craigslist or eBay before it's reputation became widely known.

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Not only that. I noticed some stuttering in the video, the phone takes forever and a day to boot up. It has that stupid T-Mobile boot animation which I loath.

And HTC sense has grown into a monster, with HTC's online services integrated and crap like that.

Makes TouchWiz 4.0 look like a masterpiece.

I used it on my mom's Inspire. I don't think I'll ever touch anotehr HTC Sense Device until they get rid of all of that bloat.
[Vibrant General] rbtady:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phon...ile-htc-amaze-4g-and-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/6666

This makes it a tough decision on which phone to get. The dedicated camera button on the amaze and the led light is really nice.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-skin-deep-but-the-bloatware-goes-on-forever/

This has me leaning towards the amaze too.
[Vibrant General] iunlock:
Samsung Hercules all the way.

If I'm not mistaken the Amaze will have the same camera as the MT4GS.

If so, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1242751

So if you're leaning toward the Amaze due to "thinking," it has a better camera, you might want to think twice.

In my opinion and inarguable facts from the many pictures I've taken with both the MT4GS and (Sprints SGSII) earlier this month, I can tell you for a fact that the Samsung has a much real-to-color, contrast, more accurate photos than the MT4GS. That's a fact. Yes, even in low light conditions. The camera on the MT4GS is over rated big time. Sure it's one of the top two best cameras out there but Samsung always had fantastic cameras on their smart phones.

I also think in my opinion from owning HTC and Samsung, that Samsung is light years more reliable than HTC. I hate my MY4GS now. It's giving me a loads of problems and this is my 3rd, yes third, MT4GS after having to return it due to:

1st MT4GS: Major dead pixels and screen bleed. + LAG.

2nd: GPS issues and dead pixels. + Lag

3rd: Non-Responsive keys on keyboard, screen bleed and dead pixels. + Lag.

My fiance still has her Samsung Vibrant 4G that I gave her as a gift from way back when and it's a beast...not one single problem and it's been through a lot. Even the AMOLED screen next to my MT4GS is embarrassing. That whole qHD on the HTC is a gimmick. I remember my Sensation having such washed out colors and it was hilarious how we were all high about who our manufacture was in the Sensation forum...Sharp = Crap.

I love the large screen, hardware quality, interface, battery capacity (Going to order 2000mAh battery. No need modified cover, uses stock), lightness, thinness, picture quality, 1080p video, reliability, and of course the Super AMOLED screen that's brilliant of the SGSII.

Samsung Galaxy S II (Hercules) all day any day. I'm done with HTC.
[Vibrant General] JediDru:
From the articles i've read personally I'm leaning towards amaze. This is my first smartphone and due to support I am unsatisfied. I've heard of the quality issues with HTC, but not a single one of my friends have had to return a phone due to problems. My socks were knocked off with my friends MyT4G gps accuracy. I kinda view these Sammy phones more as a media center with this great screen but I need a reliable gps. I can keep my vibrant for games and movies lol. Time will tell.

Forgot to mention I'm weary of a 800x480 4.5 inch screen. In that respect I think htc has nailed it.
[Vibrant General] doug7:
I have had 3 vibrants (mine, wfes, wifes replacement after she dropped a heavy object on the first one), and all 3 have worked perfectly from day one. Somtimes the gps is not as quick and accurate as I would like, but it is still quite good, and nothing is perfect. It seems that some people don’t know how to solve their own problems; here are some suggestions:

1. load a custom rom with better gps

2. live with it

3. sell the phone on ebay where to this day you can still get $200 for a vibrant.

4. whine like a little girl

The fact is the Samsung displays are better than anything out there, the camera is worlds better than any other android phone, the form factor is so much slimmer, the HTC phones are like phone books.

people that complain about the resolution are smoking something.. go try an s2, like actually go to the store and LOOK at it, I GAURUNTEE the display is nicer than any other phone..if you think you are going to see pixels you are just wrong.

the only real question is SGSII or Nexus Prime!
[Vibrant General] ktaey0823:
.

definitely SGSII

it just me... i like tha name "galaxy" over" amaze"

lol
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
LOL

10 char
[Vibrant General] sroach23:
they call it amaze because after using samsung products you will be amazed at how fast the gps locks on an htc.
[Vibrant General] movieaddict:
thats coming from a person who hasnt used The new SGS2 from tmobil it locks on right away and works great and if it didnt u would see tons of hatred threads etc...

But i didnt see HTC amaze win phone of the year for 2011
[Vibrant General] sroach23:
coming from somebody that learned their lesson with samsung.
[Vibrant General] s1lenz:
Yeh the GPS lock is crazy I get 15 of 18 birds
[Vibrant General] sroach23:
wow, you deserve a cookie.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Aww
[Vibrant General] MadJoe:
Another reason I would choose the Amaze over the GSII is Samsung phones always seem to get a weak signal. My old G1, and friends at work with T-Mo HTC phones all routinely get stronger signal than my Vibrant, and the stories of the GSII being just as bad are surfacing.

Never mind the ridiculous size with no bump in resolution. Every time I seen a screen shot of it, with the four icons along the bottom looking like there's an entire ocean between each, I cringe.

Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Now I'm going to follow up to my own post.

I've been watching review videos of the T-Mobile SGSII. For the most part, all reviews are pointing to T-Mobile's being the weakest. Not even much dispute on that, which is concerning. What I've also noticed is lag on the home screen in T-Mobile's version. Also lag when opening up system apps. Note that this lag is NOT present in any of the videos for the Exynos-powered SGSII's (Sprint/ATT). Only T-Mobile's. Moreover, I've noticed a lot of reviewers point out that the T-Mobile version's screen isn't as 'vibrant' as the other SGSII's. Which is surprising as much as it is disappointing.

Without the Exynos processor, this is the SGSII that really isn't. It's clear that TouchWiz has been optimized for Samsung SoC's, and replacing the superior Exynos with the inferior Scorpion is taking a toll that the 300mhz bump (from 1.2ghz to 1.5ghz) hasn't been able to fix.

While my contract isn't up, I am in need of a better phone/camera. I think i'll pick up the Amaze4g instead and give it a try until the new Nexus is announced. Then I'll decide on which phone to keep going forward.
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Me again..

So I went into the TMO store today. Had my cash ready to buy either one of these things unlocked.

Played around with them both.

Left the store a bit happier with my Vibrant. And wanting for the next Nexus.

Really, I just wasn't impressed with either phone. Sense feels like it hasn't improved much since Android 1.6. And the SGSII (with the Scorpion) doesn't feel any better.

I'll just wait for the next Nexus
[Vibrant General] cmenard:
I've had my SGSII for a day now and will be returning it tonight. The screen resolution is terrible. Netflix and Movie playback is subpar when compared to the Vibrant. BT media hasn't worked yet and I tried in 3 cars (new Ford sync, Cadillac, and and a new Audi). There's just a bunch of little things that add up to making this phone a failure. Stay away from the SGSII at T-Mobile....

Guess I'll look at an Amaze since it atleast has the proper resolution for the screen size.
[Vibrant General] JediDru:
My fears realized lol.
[Vibrant General] JediDru:
Maybe get your eyes checked.
[Vibrant General] TheSneakerWhore:
Yea...sure as shiat the resolution is pretty terrible. I think I'll be going back to HTC soon.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
i finally went to tmobile today to check out both phones; knew i was not going to buy either as i am waiting on official announcement of nexus.

playing with both i def liked the SGS2 better, but i was not BLOWN away by it to be honest. I have not played with one with the Exynos in it, but guessing I would have been more impressed by it.

I honestly wanted to be blown away by either one, but i was not. hopeing the nexus will do that; but if i had to choose between one of the 2, it would have been the sgs2..

just my observations and thoughs
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
Agreed. The only good thing I noticed was that I was able to get 9mbps - 12mbps speeds on speedtest.net, while my vibrant was maxing out at ~4mbps in the same place. The dual-carrier support definitely speeds data up. Ditching the Exynos for that though? Not worth it, imo.
[Vibrant General] kboater:
although i have not used the exynos personally, after trying the sgs2 with the snapdragon today, i do not think the tradeoff was worth it either... but 99% of people who go into the store have no idea or care unfortunately... im sure the reps just say 1.5 duel core is the fastest on the market right now; 42mbs down, and big pretty screen....so people buy it.

I think tmo just wanted to be able to say fastest phone (42mbs) on the largest 4g network and knew that 99% of people would not know the difference... im a bit disappointed
[Vibrant General] rbtady:
I went to the t-mo store today and tried both phones. I will get whichever one gets rooted first.
[Vibrant General] engineer14:
Can i be you when i grow up?
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
Samsung has released the Galaxy S II with LTE and HD display in Korea.

Lucky Korea. Samsung has released a LTE version of the SGS II in Korea, it also has a 4.65 inch Super Amoled HD display (1280x720) roughly 320 pixels per sq inch.

Probably old news to most of you, but I just found out :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznhybrid:
My main question is that I want to go to the ROM F1 Galaxy S II V6 - SP1 [Look & Feel Of Galaxy S II] or to another updated ROM.

I am coming from froyo 2.2 JK2 (with VooDoo). If I do this flash will I loose all my app data/other data? Is there a way to flash the ROM and save this data? I don't mind losing messages or bookmarks, I just don't want to have to install all of my apps again.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgsshedden:
each rom is different, some are wipe version, some are non-wipe. There are a lot of good arguments for cleaning your phone and doing a clean install every time you change rom -- although most people don't, hence the length of threads with people having issues from legacy data and programs having incompatibility issues.

As a general rule prior to flashing any new rom or kernel you should:

1. do a complete nandroid backup in recovery

2. backup your apps using Titanium backup or similar

3. copy the Titanium backup, your photos, music, contacts etc. to your PC

4. then flash, clean and reformat as required without fear of being able to recover important data and files.

Again, some do this. Many don't. Depends how frequently you are flashing and how replaceable your files are.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azzledazzle:
+1 to that, I highly recommend you do a full wipe, Its not that difficult with apps such as titanium backup, It does all the hard work for you.

Doing a wipe ensures no bugs will be carried over and you will get the best result.

i wouldnt say a wipe is necessary when upgrading to a newer version of the same ROM
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznhybrid:
ahh thanks! exactly what I was looking for
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talon26:
Will and nandroid backup and titanium backup save the contact data? As in the links to the facebook accounts?

If not what can i use is it possible?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrIwik:
You can sync your all your contacts with your Google account and then just install and re-sync Facebook after flashing need Rom..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Nandroid backs everything up. It makes a disc image of the current rom. When you restore a nandroid backup, you restore the entire image.

You won't be able to restore the facebook links using titanium backup. Samsung updated the contact app when upgrading from Froyo to GB. I tried restoring data from Froyo apps to GB apps, and I got so many force close I ended up having reflash the rom. Note this only applies to stock apps. You can restore your market apps without any problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] JakedGr8:
Is there a way to tether somehow on sprints network but tethering on 4G rather than 3g? I have the sprint hotspot app working but it only connects to 3g and loses 4G signal when I connect. Any thoughts? And thank you all ahead of time!
[HTC EVO 3D] Deleted member 657471:
As far as I know that's how it has always worked, even since the EVO 4G days. You'll have to use Wireless Tether if you want to tether on 4G.