yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Well I meant if you can recommand headphones, not brands. And if you say same quality or better than dre beats, are you talking about dre beats solo or what? Because a friend of me owns dre beats studio and it's the best I've ever heard. But too expensive for me
[Galaxy S II General] netarchy:
Give me a price range, I'll give you my recommendation.
[Galaxy S II General] Hacre:
Beats are overpriced ****e and if they're the "best you've heard" buy any pair of Sennheisers at half the price of those (f. ex HD555s) and prepare to be dazzled.

However yeah, price range is helpful.
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
Absolutely true. Beats is the new Bose.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
It depends on source of audio and the headphones you use. Not all headphones are the same some are bass heavy, some are suited for highs, some are suited for lows it depends on music preference. Some sound dark, some sound flat, some neutral, headphones are a personal preference, you may not like one sets dark sound and prefer a more natural sound, you need to figure out what type of sound you like, some are forward, some can be laid back.

Multiple option available it would be hard to suggest a pair without having tried and listened to them first.

There are plenty phones around better than beats, HD650, SRH-840's, M50s, DT990s, DT770s, Ultrasone with their multiple models, likewise with AKG and all other reputable headphone manufacturers. Or even the Denon/Sony ranges.

Beats are good for hip hop and such but way overpriced for a brand a bit like the iPhone, it doesn't matter about if you can afford it or not at the end of the day you'd want to purchase something that will satisfy you, and Beats certainly for me personally wouldn't give me any satisfaction!

If your looking at the Beats for a bass heavy phone, then I'd look into:

Sony XB500, XB700, XB1000,

Ultrasone 580,

Shure SRH750DJ,

Denon D1100 (I had these but later sold them hated the looks but sounded nice for the price)

Denon D200,

Aiaiai TMA-1 for a portable,

ATH M50s (generally regarded as good phones)

And that's just the beginning!

And don't get me started on IEMs, IE8s, TF10s, etc etc

Oh all the above will sound crap on the SGS2 :D
[Galaxy S II General] pbrown77:
I bought the klipsch s4i for under a 100 here in Australia. Very happy with them for the price. Read the online reviews.
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
I have a pair of old sony mdr v700 headphones that still work well for me. They are meant for djing but I still use them to listen to music when nobody around me wants to. i think they sell new for $200 or so
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
who told you I was listening on my SGS2 anyway?

I have a Cowon J3 and an iPod (imodded for better sound quality) for those purposes. The SGS2 doesnt really sound bad since i've heard worse sq from HTC before but it's nothing special either.

The engadget link confirms that it's basically an EQ. I would still take the beats included over stock buds though which mostly horribly suck.

I'd be glad to recommend headphones as well if you name your price range, preference of over ear, on ear, in ear and genres that you listen to :)
[Galaxy S II General] aussiebum:
Just cough up ~$5 usd for Neutron Music Player instead. Has a fugly interface, but definitely the best audio quality music player on Android so far. Noticeably better than Poweramp.
[Galaxy S II General] Aquarianperry:
If you want super bass with good audio quality these can't be beat:

Sony MDR-XB500 40mm XB Diaphragm Driver Extra Bass Headphones, $50 with free shipping on Amazon, rivals Dre Beats any day or night

Or

Sony MDR-XB700 50mm XB Diaphragm Driver Extra Bass Headphones, $80 with free shipping on Amazon, beats the Beats in the bass department and rival sound quality

I own the XB500's and they are outstanding, planning on moving up to the XB700's soon, only con is the short cord which isn't a bad thing when using it with a phone or a PMP. Either of those will match those $300 headphones at 1/4 or less of the price!!!
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
reread my post ;)

I agree that the sgs2 is better than many, just think they should have tried a little harder thats all
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
Its a shame they went from Cowon level quality with the SGS1's Wolfson DAC to this though :(

I agree with the XB500 or XB700, I even prefer the XB700 to the XB1000 as I think the XB1000 strays a bit too far from the "Extra Bass" sound signature Sony is aiming for.

Other options would be Shure 750DJ, Audio Technica M50, Sennheiser HD25-1 II (used by sports commentators such as NBA and WWE).

Man why do I feel like I'm reading head-fi? :P There's so much prejudice against Beats in that place but majority of the gripes are justified, they're not "bad" but they're absolutely awful for the price.

One thing HTC's Beats partnership did though was include those Beats IEMs over the stock earbuds which are at least better than those
[Galaxy S II General] Hacre:
Sennheiser HD800s, sitting on my head right now.
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
some advice please...i use the gs2 for music at least five hours a day...i listen to rock mostly, but also rnb, jazz, thrash, and many other styles.....i'm looking for reasonably price headphones (in ear preferably...as it drowns out crying ****in kids and doley's on my way to work). any recomendations? thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] Teknohtc:
Denon AH-D1100 + Player Pro + Equalizer = Loud cans! IMO the sound quality is the same as power amp but, seems to be louder.
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
whoa, you're quite the serious audio enthusiast Hacre :)
[Galaxy S II General] netarchy:
Yep, he even makes me jealous, HD650's here ;D
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
~150$ (The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters)

Edit: Holy ****ing ****, Hacre 1000$ for headphones???
[Galaxy S II General] Hacre:
I didn't pay that much, though not far off. Had some spare money, already had an amp, figured why not.

For your budget if you want proper cans I recommend HD555s then hit up youtube for the howto video on turning them into HD595s (really easy mod, takes about 5 minutes). Low impedance as well so any decent soundcard can drive them without needing a separate amp.
[Galaxy S II General] zxz0O0:
Thanks for the tip. How much does a "decent" soundcard cost? Sorry for the questions but I am not very experienced with that:p
[Galaxy S II General] Hacre:
I highly recommend the Asus Xonar range, even the cheapest one is a fantastic card and puts the Creative XFi to shame.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
+1 even the DG model is good, if your in the uk look at ocuk and grab the oem version cheap and does the job well. On offer this week for under £19! Bargain I'll be grabbing one as my onboard audio has suffered a sad death!
[Galaxy S II General] netarchy:
This. Pretty much any card in the xonar lineup is excellent. I personally use an essence stx, it's a xonar specifically aimed at headphone users (though that one might be considered a little pricey).
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
nice one but

I got MM550 baby :D

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/bluetooth-wireless-headphones-noise-cancelling_portable_502417
[Galaxy S II General] netarchy:
I'm not sure I'd want to pit them against 650's in terms of sound (the 650's would win that one), but considering those are bluetooth, and hence portable, not bad at all.

edit: Mind you it's also probably not a good comparison, given that they're aimed at different market segments. Headphones like the HD600, 650, and 800 are the kind of cans you keep at home and plug into an amp to enjoy; they're no good for something like a portable mp3 player, impedance is too high.
[Galaxy S II General] avetny:
I think this bby "HD 800" laughing at us :eek::D
[Galaxy S II General] walie:
pfftt

Orpheus or Nothing!
[Galaxy S II General] netarchy:
Hah! Yes, let me just whip out $15k for an orpheus system, no problem! ;D

I've never had the pleasure of hearing an orpheus, but I'm told they're amazing (they should be, for the cost).
[Galaxy S II General] PurpleSkyz:
This is my home studio setup:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45823943@N06/sets/72157623318631384/detail/

These are the Headphones I use:

http://uk.akg.com/product-detail-2821/k-181-dj.html

http://www.akg.com/site/products/powerslave,id,1064,pid,1064,nodeid,2,_country,EN,_language,EN.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/akg-k-370-headphones/4505-7877_7-33968940.html (these being what I use with the GS2, CRAZZYY sound for such a low price, Perfect dry round yet punchy bass, clear and present mids, very clean and crystal highs without being agressive. And I tired a few.)

(I know, fan boy, but I tried MANY MANY headphones throughout my life, and always come back to AKG. Anything else to me is just no comparable price/performance wise)

My point is, As an audiophile and hobbist, my message to anyone reading this post for information, THE GALAXY S2 has ABOVE COMPETITION audio quality. People here stating otherwise havent been to the competion. Sound quality on the SENSATION was so crap i traded it for a SG2 for that matter.

Sound is so good NO EQUALIZER are needed, so you either got bad headphone, or bad....ok lets not get there, Head-Fi flame war incoming ><
[Galaxy S II General] nongrata23:
i own some bose can,

initialy when i use them on sgs2 i wanted to return them... i did some research and i purchased an headphone amplifier which resurected my audio in this device!
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
I've got various headphones, and can say out of all the audio devices I have SGS2 sounds the worst with them all, without eq that is. My Sansa Clip drives them all better. The headphone out of this phone is lacking.

But I agree in one point SGS2 sounds much better than any HTC phone, most likely will sound better than the beats range as well.

My sources of audio include, sansa clip v1 and v2, iPod touch 3g, Galaxy tab with voodoo, Samsung P2, and they all sound better than this phone. But its not that bad once eq'd right.

My headphones include Senns IE7, Shure SRH440s with 840 pads, SoundMagic PL11s budget phones, Senns CX300s, previously had Denon D1100, a couple Radiopaq sets jazz and pop, crappy apple iBuds, Creative EP630s, Klispch Image Ones (bass is thumping!).

Time to sell most of those lol and get one premium set!
[Galaxy S II General] PurpleSkyz:
Time for you to try out AKG.

Joke

Ok, but none of the devices you mentioned are phone! :p

I had the Klispch S4, same price as the k370, the sound difference was night and day, I brought the Klispch back a few days latter, I really tried but /meh
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
Its illegal to wear headphones while driving. And those crying ****ing kids deserve a more responsible driver.

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Galaxy S II General] petsasj:
Dude, can you like, adopt me or something? I want that music studio in my life! :P
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
Add $50 more and get a GR07 which you wont regret ;)

For the AKGs I prefer the Vintage models, most are hard to find and difficult to drive though
[Galaxy S II General] PurpleSkyz:
You have no idea how cheap you can make your own home studio nowadays :p

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the AKGs k370 in europe are 80 Dollars (and worth more imo) the GR07 would be double the price

add this add that, you end up with 500$ headphone. I see where you are going with this, HEAD-FI alert :p

(I also forgot to mention, I was looking for in-ear monitors... with remote and mic, obviously this being a galaxy s2 forum.
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
Lol poor guy never said he was behind the wheel. Plus you can usually have 1 headphone in most places, plus its almost impossible for cops to see/prove anything so they won't bother. Headphones while driving a car is no more dangerous different than having the stereo on. Relax a bit.
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
Its the same as using a cellphone. I see too many idiots on the road with cellphone or headphones on these days. How are you supposed to hear somebody honking at you when youre driving like nobody else is on the road?

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Galaxy S II General] Krooked22:
perhaps he is takes public transportation, nothing was said about him driving to work lol
[Galaxy S II General] jj03:
I don't drive.. married with no kids...I use public transport. you assumed wrong my friend...
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
Well hell get a boombox and an amplifier.

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
In my experience of driving, I find that it is not the use of telephone+headsets that causes bad driving. Sure people can become distracted while texting or doing something with the phone itself. Drivers that go full-retard and **** up inexplicably are generally not on the phone at all
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
I encounter people with and without. I try to write off some of the bad encounters as just a mistake, but when isee the headphones or phones its more than mistake.

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
True, I have been to the southern USA, mostly in Alabama and not only are they some of the worst drivers I have seen, having the phone in hand isn't illegal!! (talking about Alabama here)

I'm from Ottawa, and I drive for a living and I think Ottawa is the worst city for drivers in Canada, at least of cities I've been to. But they have nothing on the incompetence of 'Baman drivers. When I am driving around Mobile, I get homesick for my slow, hesitant, high latency Sunday drivers that infest my city. lol [/roadrage]

Ultimately, there will never be a ban on headphones while driving because then they will have to ban bluetooth, as it is also a type of headphone. They can never ban bluetooth, because it will be argued that if talking on the phone is "too distracting" having a face to face convo would naturally be more distracting, because people tend to look at each other (hence less at the road) while talking, so they would have to prohibit passengers too.
[Galaxy S II General] Rikko97:
Bad

I have got Galaxy S2 and a Beats By Dre Solo headphone. I made perfect adjustments on my powerAmp EQ running on ICS 4.0.3 liteningROM 2.2. When i installed the beats audio everthing sounded so cheap. Higher volume yes, but i listen to dubstep and the difference was clear bass was more held back and Mids & Highs sounds distorted. Ive been playing with the EQ for hours but couldnt get the Mids & Highs. I restored using CWM. On actual Beats Headphones these are no good. Stock audio engine with PowerAmp tweaks is the best. It does worth a try on other headphones just make a backup!
[Galaxy S II General] BJ van Beethoven:
Was that really worth rebooting this thread for?
[Galaxy S II General] MrEs:
Lol beats, do people still buy these ****ty over priced/hyped things? Haven't they learnt yet!
[XPERIA X10 General] zeerow:
hi guys, can anyone show me the link how to root the x10 stock 2.3 rom, couse i want to instal http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1213843 and know how to do that, i tried to downgrade to 2.1 and kerne ~2.6, but then **** happenS :)

becouse Requirements are:

1. Rooted 2.3.3 ROM

2. working xRecovery 0.3

3. Baseband 71+

can anyone tell me how to solve that task, tahnx
[XPERIA X10 General] teddymild:
Follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16212639
[XPERIA X10 General] zeerow:
emm, i stuck on the second step, then i downgrade kernel, unpluged the usb, power on, cabel on but the root button int the flash tool all the time is inactive, wtf? any ideas?

---------- Post added at 05:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------

problem was solved with correct usb drivers, thanx
[Xoom Themes and Apps] B Dizzle:
Looks like Zynga finally released this for Android. However, support is only for 2.1-2.3.3 devices. Can someone pull the apk from their phone and post here? Has anyone given this a shot on the XOOM?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zynga.hanging&feature=search_result
[Xoom Themes and Apps] dfin13:
I used Bluetooth File Transfer to send it to my Transformer (using the Send Application option), and it installed just fine. Scaled nicely and works as it should. I don't have the apk handy, but as I said, it's easy to transfer if you have an Android phone.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyan:
after flashing all kernels other than blagus's i want to revert to the old one cos i need wifi, but i cant find the file, can someone please post a link?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] af974:
Thread Closed by OP request.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielsf:
Hi, becuse samsung is just about to release a exu 2.3.4 update that will disable the usb jig from working in resetting the counter, meaning if the thing breaks , you may not be able to get it fixed via waranty. So is it now or never to root, and flash custom roms onto the divice please? Also, I am confused about somthing with regards to custom recovery. If someone would help me, I would be really greatful. (I have tryed to search for the answeres, but didn't find what I needed :D)

-When You flash a custom rom using odin, how do you get clockwork mod?

-Also, can you install custom roms stock or asop through clockwork mod on the galaxy s2?

-Which is safer to flash with, odin or clockwork mod?

-Could anyone recomend a stock rom please, there are so many? :)

I know these are stupid questions, but If you could help me in any way, I always click the thanks button. Thanks :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cyberx85:
As the Titel says: this item cannot be installed in your device country, Android Market with Dorimanx Rom, HD2..... I'm in Croatia and i can't install some croatian navigation app.... Please help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Ty5982:
find an app called market enabler & market access,it lets u fake a country etc,well worth a try
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
Hi guys! As since 2 months i am also in the kernel dev side, i was wondering if someone wants to use a Vibrant porting of the Talon kernel modded by me to fully suits Simply Honey ROMs (i am a dev of SH Team)....

So here it is!!

​

Kernel Basic Features (

from original Talon

):

Based on latest Samsung Opensource Gingerbread Sources
Voodoo Lagfix and Sound v10
Voodoo Color for 2.3.4
Ported Nexus S Framebuffer
mDNIe based on Speedmod
BLN Support from Neldar
Custom Voodoo CWM 3.0.0.5
Updated to latest Jhash3
340MB RAM Free (w/ 720p)
OC/UV support up to 1.2ghz
Swap + ZRAM (compcache)
Wired Headset Support
Audio Dock Support
Battery Polling set to 60s
Set Light Sensor Polling to 1s
Sched_Autogroup v4 (per sessions)
TinyRCU (smaller memory footprint)
SIO / VR / BFQv2-r1 IO Schedulers
Tweaked Ondemand Governor
Stochastic Fair Blue (SFB) network scheduler
Updated to latest Samsung Source
Lots of Upstream Linux/AOSP fixes
CIFS/TUN Support

TALON SH MODS:

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DOWNLOAD LINKS:

T5s VIBRANT: http://code.google.com/p/simply-honey-rom/downloads/detail?name=Talon-SH-T5s_VIBRANT.zip&can=2&q=

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WHAT DOESN'T WORK?

CHANGELOG: http://code.google.com/p/simply-honey-rom/wiki/ChangelogTalonSH

HOW TO USE THE KERNEL: http://code.google.com/p/simply-honey-rom/wiki/UseTalonSH

SOURCES: https://github.com/simone201/Talon-SH-Vibrant

DON'T FORGET TO DONATE FOR MY WORK!!

All credit for the original project goes to existz, kodos96 and all the Talon Dev Crew!

by Simone201

:)
[Vibrant Android Development] d3xt3rlab:
Thanks, great kernel very fast and stable!
[Vibrant Android Development] tennandcoz1:
Thanks brother,works great.

Edit:tryed on zen works flawless.zen is jvr and have not tryed on anything else.
[Vibrant Android Development] kevho00:
Is this the same one posted on the SH thread?
[Vibrant Android Development] bdubs4200:
This is only for SH right? Cuz I'm on trigger 2. 3. 5 this is .4 so? Sorry for the dumbness
[Vibrant Android Development] kevho00:
I'm on darky rom JVQ and it works fine. (The talon posted on the SH thread) but since trigger is cm7 based, its different.
[Vibrant Android Development] explodingboy70:
This is updated. I have been away and haven't tested it myself but it looks like as well as other enhancements the CWM is different and should work as expected.

@simone201 I'll try and get with you later. We went away Disney World kind spontaneous.
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
Good work on this. So far no hiccups. Nice to have the updated voodoo and cwm
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
Glad u like it! ;)
[Vibrant Android Development] peecs121:
What gov do you recommend? I have always used on demand or conservative. What's the best one for batteryand performance?

Simply Honey 5.1 w/ 1.2 Talon kernel. Badass Rom \m/
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
You may include the vol adjustment how to on this link as well
[Vibrant Android Development] Wayne561:
Do this work for Simply Stock 2.3.5?
[Vibrant Android Development] CatfishKnight:
Boot animation...

Hi simone201,

Just flashed your Kernal. I had EB's before. It still has his Boot animation showing.

I went into /system/media and I don't see your boot file in there per your instructions of moving it to the /system/media location. where is it located so I can move it there and do I have to change the name from Bootanimation to the name you showed? /system/media/sanim.zip

Thanks,
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
This has always been my kernel, EB has never done a kernel...

Anyway, bootanimation /system/media/sanim.zip
[Vibrant Android Development] CatfishKnight:
I looked in there and I don't see a file called sanim.zip...

/system/media/sanim.zip

My boot animation is different from what you are showing...

Yours in this thread showing the bee & the words your phone flying

:)
[Vibrant Android Development] tennandcoz1:
Yes,verywell

simply ginger
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
Go to my ROM thread (in my sig); addons section and download the animation zip package flashable
[Vibrant Android Development] CatfishKnight:
Cool,

Thanks,
[Vibrant Android Development] neobuddy89:
Can this work on CM7/MIUI ?
[Vibrant Android Development] Smartassassin:
How to fix volume controls.

Volume keys are reversed. To solve in the rom simply navigate to system/usr/keylayout/aries-keypad.kl using Root Explorer and swap the numbers 114 and 115. If done right before flashing the kernel no other steps are needed. If done after flashing the kernel then a reboot will be in order. Buttons will still be reversed in recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
Here we go guys!!!

Public Beta Release

TALON SH T6x

LINK: removed

CHANGELOG:

- Updated su to 3.0.2

- JVT Compatible

- +25mV on 800Mhz, 400Mhz and 1,2Ghz freq steps (should fix death sleep and bad oc)

- Tweaked IO schedulers for flash devices

- Increased mmc data write timeout for bad sdcards

- More cleanup for updater-script

- Removed laptop_mode from tweaks

- ext4 memory leak fix

- dma_mapping memory leak fixes

- Using Linaro 4.5 2011.10 Toolchains
[Vibrant Android Development] bush2088:
Giving it a try right now
[Vibrant Android Development] Wayne561:
It freezes up on me. I had to reboot twice.
[Vibrant Android Development] hanidib:
It freezes a lot - it seems not very stable - went back to bullet. though thanks a lot for the hard work to Simone and SH team.
[Vibrant Android Development] taurus193:
what ROM are u using?
[Vibrant Android Development] reynaldoj:
Me too it freezes a lot. Dont try to update yet. I tried almost 10x. Going back to Talon SH T5.
[Vibrant Android Development] simone201:
That's a lot strange, as i haven't touched anything that can be related to these freezes! LOL

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Vibrant Android Development] Wayne561:
Im on Simply stock JVT.