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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ch0wn:
I also would like to know how to get better night pictures...

Besides, I can see that there's a small delay between the flash and the picture taken, what makes pics even worse...

Any idea guys?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donalgodon:
I don't think you are really going to find an app to overcome limitations in the camera sensor. That's a hardware issue, and it's common in many cameras, not just mobiles.

It has more to do with the ISO sensitivity than anything else.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soniboy84:
Well actually the picture taking happens before the shutter sound, don't get confused. Exactly when the flash "flashes" :) Make sure tho, that your fingers are not around the flash, as they can mess the picture up.

I quess if somebody would take the camera application apart, they could set a manual ISO. Not sure how tho...
[General Questions and Answers] slugger09:
Sure you have various skins etc but I am talking about right at the very core, take even the messaging app as an example iOS has a beautiful glass effect, android has a horrible box, even the menus etc don't come close to Apple, Sure this is all minor but I remember looking at my first iPod touch and thinking WOW just by its appearance, i've never said that about androids appearance, now functionality is a different story completely but this is purely about aesthetics.
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
Each to his own, I like the non gloss, but then I use the same windows theme that's on 98.. soo.. Just me maybe ;) :p
[General Questions and Answers] Pickx:
I completely agree with you.

That said, MIUI should fix all of your problems.
[General Questions and Answers] slugger09:
Oh mate you need to fast forward 10 years
[General Questions and Answers] kennethpenn:
Have you seen Android 4.0?

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[General Questions and Answers] slugger09:
Just google MIUI it looks very promising:D
[General Questions and Answers] slugger09:
Is this Ice Cream sandwich I hear about, It is beautiful :)
[General Questions and Answers] Will of fire:
Touchwiz is easy on the eyes so is sense in my opinion
[General Questions and Answers] Dungeon47:
OP, I'm not sure what you're after, but with a little work, I've gotten my Android looking much more pleasing than my jailbroken iPhone ever did. The previous suggestion of MIUI is what might be right for you. For SMS specifically, GoSMS looks fantastic, and is customizeable to boot.
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
That is the joy of Android. You are never stuck with what you have. You have the ability to customize everything.
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
I do not! It's aweesum :p

Oh and this, I use Touchwiz :D
[General Questions and Answers] DerJonathan:
It has always been like that: If you want it just working for normal use, looking sharp and staying out of trouble, take the iPhone. If you are willing to put effort in it, take Android and you can make everything just a little bit better. If you are not willing to, dont..
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bathanr:
Can someone link or share the .sbf file for the verizon 3g xoom, so I can run it using RSD Lite? I am stuck on failed to boot LNX 0x0004
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bathanr:
I found the .sbf file, but RSD fails flashing process because it is unable to retrieve initialization files. I guess it is really screwed
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_wrong_0:
Can't you flash the images with fastboot?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bathanr:
I could if RSD Lite would have worked. I never could get past the errors. I finally was able to unbrick it by re-installing the drivers a few times and finally my cpu recognized it and I did a fastboot oem unlock.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr. Clown:
and how is this development?

Thread closed. Please post in the correct forums.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weste90:
Hi,

need someone who can explain me what following means ... made catlog log and cutted the wifi things out ...

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( previous thread with problem discription: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1285249 )
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
The first error is cannot open the file ".cid.info". This file is on my system. (I have attached this file from my phone you could try put this missing file back in the right place on your phone, but what else is missing on your phone???. You have to root to see any files in /data/).

You obviously have not done a complete restore to factory state. (since this file in on my phone and not on your phone). I suggest you post about how to do a total wipe to factory, my suggestion is maybe to install a wipe ROM rather than a none wipe ROM, but I am not an expert on this.

Also it is much better if you post the saved text logfile.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weste90:
I deleted everything on my sd card ... went to cwm ... cleared both catches ... factory reset ... cleared catches ... flashed complete stock rom ... cleared catches and factory reset ... this at least 2-3 times with different stock roms and after them I flashed some custom roms but everything didnt help to get wifi to work ... what else should I do for complete wipe ^^ ?

thanks so far ... Now I gonna attach the file and we ll see what will happen ...

edit 1: I just installed root explorer (of course phone was rooted earlier already ...) seeing every data now but I guess I dont have to post them all here ^^ ... I attach the file and run new catlog

edit 2: It seems to be the wifi driver ... but how can I reinstall it ?!?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
I suggest you start a new thread about how to do a complete fresh install to reset a corrupted system completely to the factory state. Word your new thread carefully to keep peoples interest explaining everything and don't expect people to read posts in another linked thread.

Intratech keeps posting about "wipe roms" and "non wipe roms". Have you tried a "wipe rom"?

Setting the pid in Odin which everyone warns against may reformat the partitions and may be worth looking into (at your risk)! I can't help you on this due to my lack of knowledge!

Looking at the new logs the first file open error has gone. But the next error shows you have have another missing file "nvram_net.txt". I'll post my /system/etc/wifi/ directory later.

{Build:KI4, Version:1.3.4 (stock, rooted)}
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
OK now try plan B -- restoring your missing WIFI files. Attached is my system log when I connect successfully, also attached is my complete /system/etc/wifi/ directory

I/WifiHW ( 2705): [WIFI] Load Driver
E/WifiHW ( 2705): module is samsung
I/WifiHW ( 2705): [WiFi.c] insmod() Start!!
I/WifiHW ( 2705): [WiFi.c] start init_module() Start!!
E/WifiHW ( 2705): [WIFI] Waiting DRV Ready. CNT=99
I/WifiHW ( 2705): [WIFI] DRIVER OK
I/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_start_supplicant: Enter
D/WifiHW ( 2705): /data/wifi/bcm_supp.conf exits
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_start_supplicant: pi->serial=117440516, serial=0
I/WifiHW ( 2705): [service state check polling count] : 19
I/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_start_supplicant: Exit. supp_status=running
I/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant: enter
I/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant: supp_conn_status(transit)
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant:IFACE_DIR(/data/misc/wifi), iface(eth0), ifname(/data/misc/wifi/eth0)
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant: ifname(/data/misc/wifi/eth0)
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant:ctrl_conn is NULL!!
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant:ctrl_conn is NULL!!
E/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant: ctrl_conn(0x478e08)
I/WifiHW ( 2705): wifi_connect_to_supplicant: Exit(supplicant is connected!)

I get the same error "module is samsung" so that is nothing to worry about.

But after that it seems to go wrong for you.

Try restoring /system/etc/wifi/nvram_net.txt and let us know if that works for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LouisJB:
Ok it was was worth a try, looking at log cat helped me once before when I could not connect to WIFI. But I have looked at your logcat carefully and compared it with mine and I am sorry to say there is not much further we can try. It is strange it says "Failed to load Wi-Fi driver." By the way were your original two files the same as mine?

This could be well be a hardware issue, (in fact it MUST BE hardware IF your software is fully reverted to factory!).

I am very sorry but I don't think I can help you further.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weste90:
k thanks for your work. Gonna downflash it ... jig it ... and send it in for warranty ... ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saar17:
FIRST OF ALL, SORRY FOR WRITING ONLY WITH CAPS, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TURNING THEM OFF AT THE MOMENT.

SECOND, AFTER FLASHING (THE AMAZING) 7.0 exnouys ROM KIES WAS REMOVED.

CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE ME A LINK TO A GOOD SOURCE FOR DOWNLOADING KIES FOR 2.3.5.

THANKS

BTW, DOES SOMEONE KNOW HOW TO FIXES MY PROBLEM WITH CAPS? CAN ONLY WRITE IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH WITH CAPS.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Press caps-lock. I have trouble reading caps-only texts, maybe thats why theres a rule that does not allow writing in caps only.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saar17:
You think I've didn't try it?!

Back to the main question of the thread
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Two sources .

WWW.samsung.com >>.. your phone .. support .. firmware software

www. google .com

jje
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Justinfedor:
Just did super one click root and wondering if I can install roms from rom manager now. Inspire root was so much more crazier.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] TDuran:
Of course everyone is going to have a difference of personal opinion, but if you're looking for a solid ROM try Infused 2.2.3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1220088
[Samsung Infuse 4G] LG_iiNsTiiNcT:
Actually gtgs Tom in Tom manager is the only one you can flash without hellraiser
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Truckerglenn:
I suggest that you go to the dev section. There was only a couple of roms that were downloadable using rom manager. But now that he's moved to a new phone, he may have removed it.

Cranky...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Justinfedor:
My main question is am I able to do custom roms now just by doing super one click. On the inspire I had to create a gold card and took 20 mins to root. This took 5 mins or less lol
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bandit_Kaine:
Not quite, you also need to install mod 3e recovery, and clockwork mod.

Easiest way (for me) is to odin uckd5 stock + root + 3e recovery (just follow link below), then download rom manager or whatever any other way you want to install custom rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Justinfedor:
So i tried odin. Came up com8 then bricked my infuse. Fixed it but now nervous to try it again. Any suggestions
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chrscap:
Dont be afraid, the infuse is unbrickable. Lol

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Justinfedor:
How did you do yours
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chrscap:
1. Root - Best to use Super One Click (Find in Dev section)

2. Replacing Recovery file with Root Explorer app. (Free @ 4shared.com)

3. Download Rom Manager in the Market. (Free). In the app, Click flash ClockWorkMod Recovery and select Galaxy S i9000.

4. Shop for Roms in the Dev section and follow steps.

If you do your research in the dev section, you will be fine but you must follow step by step!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Justinfedor:
Thanks. Just redid the odin root and worked. I want the miui rom but the link is broke i guess. Its hard to get help in infuse roms section. Never had that problem with my inspire
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
For future reference Adam outler packaged the defuse (froyo) kernel into a one click heimdall package, you can find it in the same thread as the one click uckj4 GB ROM heimdall.

The defuse one is for froyo and will root you and has cwm baked in. all you need is Java (any operating system) the heimdall backend (link in the Java app to install it) and on windows you need drivers (you already have them)

You may need to open the jar file from command line depending on the OS but its pretty easy.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Puck24:
I have no idea why. It's supposed to push notifications like in Gtalk, but it doesn't. It syncs randomly and when I switch from GSM/WCDMA/WIFI. It's a pain in the ass. Ideas? I'm on Wolfs v6c
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] greedydog:
I have the original Voda upgrade of Android 2.1 and there is no denying that it is sluggish to say the least.

Could someone be very kind enough to go through step by step into changing the firmware to ONE on these sites.

I am however very very novicy and i dont know even which buttons i need to press on the phone to put it in the correct mode.

Thanks for any help and apologies for being a pain.

greedydog
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
I'll be moving this to General since it's not related to development.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paranoid365:
I'm having a the MAJOR CONUNDRUM here, and I don't know what toooooo dooooo=(

Currently I have a Sammy Focus WP7, and I'm pretty happy with it, for the most part, but a vixen named: Samsung Galaxy S II 4G, has been driving me crazy for a while now!! The galaxy S II has:

1) A larger screen 4.3 inch. B) Focus 4 inch

2) A super amoled + screen. B) Focus amold, not+

3) Has an 8 mega pixel rear camera, and a 2 mega pixel front facing camera, (then I could do face chat messaging) B) Focus- Only 5 mp rear facing camera

4) It has dual 1.2 ghz processors. B) Focus- Single core 1ghz processor

5) It shoots in 1080p HD. B) Focus shoots in 720 HD .

5) Its ultra thin, and light.

6) 4G. B) Focus 3G

7) Comes in silver, (and black). B) Focus - Black only

8) Mobile Wi-Fi hotspot (connect up to eight Wi-Fi deices). B) Focus ??

9) It has Samsung AllShare. B) Focus - No

10) It has an HTML browser. B) Focus - IE9

11) It has Adobe flash, (**HUGE ASSETT**) B) Focus - No

12) It has Radio Remote PVR. B) Focus - No

13) It has 1Gb ram. B) Focus - The same I believe

14) I believe this model also has, "swype"

Now I have been a loyal Microsoft/Windows customer since the beginning, (literally), and I'm fond of my focus, but I really could use a bigger screen etc. Plus Android phones seem 2 come out often, where as WP7 is very slow with new models, & features, 2 be perfectly honest. But I don't know if I should make the switch, and leave WP7, because I am fond of it, but a guy has to have all these things.

So come on guys, rally together and let me know what you all think I should do, because I am very on the fence!!

THANX EVERYONE :-)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyaj:
The HTC Titan(WP7) and HTC Sensation XL(Android) are coming out. They both have 4"7inches screen. You can wait for them. Although it only has 480x800 res, but those who have them are saying its pretty. :) No one can really decide for you. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] day2die:
Get the Samsung Focus S. Problem solved.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paranoid365:
Thanx for the replies guys, I really appreciate it =) The only thing I still see as an advantage is that the Galaxy II S has the duel processors, which is a huge advantage??
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hboos:
WP7 is already fast and snappy with its single core processor.. why don't you wait for the samsung focus s? it has the same screen as the GS2 and camera too. and you get to keep the Windows Phone experience! :D

I'd imagine the only advantage of the dual core processor will be in apps and games

I am actually really tempted by the GS2 especially with Ice Cream Sandwich coming out soon.. might just wait for the GS3 or even get the Galaxy Nexus

But WP7 Mango is just so good and does everything I need (except for BBC iPlayer).. I may wait to see what "Apollo" brings before making a firm decision to stay or migrate
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anonymister:
Why not just go to a store and spend a few hours fiddling with them. Specs are just specs. What matters is user experience. I think a few hours with a device will give you a whole lot more than reviewing specs. Most stores are fine with you playing with their devices, after all, they make money off of you buying their stuff. Why would they mind you giving their products so much time.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paranoid365:
Thanx everyone for the suggestions, they were very helpful :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] GuestK00450:
I ordered a Case-Mate barely there and the design is different from all the designs I have seen on Youtube and all the pictures I have seen! It looks a lot batter now.

Things they have changed:

- Sides are raised slightly now so you can put your phone screen down without scratching it

- Better camera protection

- Top and bottom have a MUCH nicer design

- Overall smoother and cleaner design

Check out these videos and pictures of the old case:

http://www.case-mate.com/Samsung-Ga...te-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-Barely-There-Cases.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSysiTss05c

Here are some pics of the new case I received today:
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DruNKfuX:
I got the old version and my sides are raised aswell, i can lay it down on my desk with no problems and prefer the old camera cutout look tbh.. But i'm glad you are happy with yours :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] deezle:
Bugger, mines a bit broken on the thin bit next to the volume rocker so was looking to buy another. Maybe not now, looks much worse especially the (pointless) camera change.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 0semaj0:
when did you order yours? I prefer the older look! :(
[Galaxy S II Accessories] GuestK00450:
Ordered 2 weeks ago.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Accessories] toonarme:
Mate, these screens are damn near unscratchable. I've had mine for 4 months and when people ask me how easily does the screen mark, I take out my car keys and scratch them back and forth over my screen. Not a mark. My G1 was the same.

I actually dropped mine on the carpark at work, it has a tiny dent on the top right corner of the case but, apart from that, it hasn't a scratch.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] kobakis:
nice =) like it
[Galaxy S II Accessories] buxz777:
hey there peeps if anyone does want the older deisgn i have a couple of brand new ones iam selling on xda forums

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296074

they are a bit cheaper then shops :-)

thought id mention it as some of you dont like the new design and these are the older design :-)

have a great day :-)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] 666fff:
I prefer the Samsung mesh case ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] sayem_unlimited:
fantastic.... will wait for this one.. loved it
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Drukkie:
I got one of the old ones....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fealakwen:
Hi,

I want to enter da smartphonz world, and i'm makin a few research. About WP, I know the OS is completely locked up 'cause of M$, but I don't give a damn. Except on one point:

Is there applications which let me look at a .mkv video? And if I cannot, what happens with subs, especially .srt, and multiples soundtracks, Japanese/English/French as an example?

Thank you ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekiller99:
For mkv files you'll need to convert them to mp4 and as for subs you'll need them merged into the video for it to be able to be seen on WP7
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fealakwen:
Okay.

So disappointing....

Android, here I come!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arturobandini:
The lack of most common video codecs/container on Windows Phone 7 is becoming a serious problem indeed...

Where are Flv, DivX|Avi, Mkv container... etc???! .... What a shame.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s4cr3d:
Still hoping for it
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chabun:
You can sync nearly everything through zune...

But that's the only thing you can do atm...

But keep being positive:D: 'cuz cotulla and other devs working to unlock the phone in a way that we can write native apps and that would open the possibility to port other music/video player which include support for other codecs
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marvin_S:
I have flv working. I am making a browser which will let you play megavideo files. I plan to include more video sites. It works quite well... Ill open a thread soon with more info
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fealakwen:
Chabun and Marvin, thank you. Hope isn't lost :o

But M$ stays M$: they will probably never support officially an open-source codec. Even iOS can play mkv, using alternative players.

I'm gonna search the web to find lore about Cotulla:)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Localhorst86:
since when is mkv a codec? MKV is a container, usually containing a non-open codec (h.264), which MS supports. All they need to do is support the container...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sensboston:
Don't mix up containers and codecs, it's a different kind of things ;)

BTW, for containers Silverlight has a great feature, custom container parser, called MediaStreamSource. So nobody preventing you from writing your own container support including Matroska (.mkv)

But WP7 video codecs are really limited to: MPEG-4 part 2, MPEG-4 part 10 (H.264), WMV9, H.263, and of course, raw RGB (you may implement your own decoding however w/o hardware acceleration it will be very slow/not possible).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arturobandini:
You are right ;)

I am not a developer. All I need is a native Avi player. I think it's the minimum I can expect from a smartphone nowadays.

Even my all business Blackberry Bold can read Avi movie files. Just a drag & drop via USB cable and I can watch my movies :)

With WP7 (and Zune) it's a mess and a waste of time.

Sometimes WP7 seems really hopeless...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sensboston:
I understand your point. However why do not use a streaming video? ;)

Instead "just drag&n&dropping" 4-6 GB HD movies in .mkv (what is not "just" but takes a veeeeery looooong time ;) ) you may instantly transcode and watch video. AFAIK there are few existing solutions on marketplace (I do have my own - much-much better than existing apps but unpublished and still under very slow development - I'm implementing Mango features such as background queue downloader etc.)

The cons is - you need a powerful desktop PC/notebook, always on, to serve streaming but the pros is -you'll have your very own streaming server, transcode can be done in realtime (even for full HD movies!)

I don't think so. Seems like MS have a "gradual" strategy to open new API's and features; also, xda whitehats working hard to build "freedom" ROM's for WP7 (probably, someone can port good native arm wince videoplayer).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fealakwen:
Srsly, I don't understand what you mean. Do you want to stream movies just like cloud music, like a "mediaplayer dropbox"?

Don't you know that most carriers don't offer unlimited data plans? And in order to stream Full HD files, you need 4G don't you?

On board medias will be outdated one day, sure, but not now, unfortunately.:(

If I misunderstood your speech, just tell me :D

And thank you all for your explanation about the differences between codecs and containers, that was really useful.