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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mbernusg:
Let it go man you're right this is not what this forum is for.. if you really wanna constructively discuss it pm me so we don't clog the thread

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Monk4Life:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Monk4Life:
This thread is about the Sim card and I am correcting you and giving the correct info.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Adam7986:
Ok so you are correct the gold contacts are differently designed, and that is specifically designed for the 3G/4G section of the network; however, it will not improve your access or data speeds when you replace the SIM with a UICC SIM.

Now if you are referring to the IMS SIM, this is built off of the UICC SIM that was specifically designed for the 3G/4G network, but the only real thing it changes is the WiFi calling access. It will not change any speed or access on the network, it will only give you access to the WiFi calling section of the network which was part of the enhancements to the network.

So to recap the OP has the original or "2G" SIM card. UICC or "3G/4g SIM" has been out a little over a year and is designed for the 3G/4G sections of the network, but it does not help with data speeds. The IMS SIM card released with the SGS2 and the AMAZE, again, does not help with data speeds, but does give you access to the new WiFi calling infrastructure built onto the T-mobile network.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] knux11:
if your 4g speeds are the same as the g2, then you should switch. it should be noticeably faster.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rudiepoo1:
Well when I purchased the SGSII the T-Mobile rep just took my SIM card from my Sensation and put it in my SGSII if I'm not mistaken. My speeds seem to represent the phone & network capabilities just fine. Am I going to have an issue receiving the wifi update once it's pushed out??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RuizGT:
Here's more info:

GBA SIM Cards for all HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II Activations and Upgrades

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On*November 13, T-Mobile will introduce a new form of Wi-Fi Calling on supported handsets, including the HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II. To enable this technology, a new GBA SIM card that will support his feature is included with these new handsets. Several inquiries have been made about the new SIM cards. It is very important that Associates use the GBA SIM cards included with these devices for all activations and upgrades. If GBA SIM cards are not activated with these devices, Wi-Fi Calling will not work on them after*November 12.

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Below are answers to some frequently asked questions, as well as a picture of the new GBA SIM card. More information will be provided about the new Wi-Fi Calling service on*November 7.

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Action Steps

Make sure a GBA SIM card is used for activations and upgrades of all HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II devices.

Let customers know that their HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II devices will be enabled for the new Wi-Fi Calling beginning on November 13.

Look for future Wi-Fi Calling communications, beginning on November 7.

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Related Links

·*********HTC Amaze 4G Launches October 12

·*********Samsung Galaxy S II Launch Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the new SIM card called?

3G-G (UICC-GBA) or GBA SIM

What devices require the new GBA SIM type?

As of now, only the HTC Amaze and Samsung Galaxy S II require the new GBA SIM

What are the benefits of the new GBA SIM cards?

New Wi-Fi over IMS Calling support

Doubles the number of contacts from 254 to 508 contacts

Allow 3 phone numbers and 1 email address per contact

Other future services will be enabled through Wi-Fi over IMS

Transitioning to as the standard SIM card for T-Mobile

Can I use a new GBA SIM Card in my old device?

Yes, GBA SIM cards are backwards compatible

Is the GBA SIM card required for 42 mbps devices to utilize top speeds?

No, the GBA SIM card is not needed for 42 mbps devices to reach top speeds

How do I know what SIM card type a customer has?

Physically, GBA SIM cards can be identified by the “9177” printed on the SIM

Systems will also be updated to include the GBA SIM type in November

Will existing Wi-Fi enabled devices still work?

Yes, there will be no changes to today’s Wi-Fi Calling devices/functionality
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] infinityhombre:
What are the benefits of the new GBA SIM cards? (Hide)

New Wi-Fi over IMS Calling support

Doubles the number of contacts from 254 to 508 contacts

Allow 3 phone numbers and 1 email address per contact

Other future services will be enabled through Wi-Fi over IMS

Transitioning to as the standard SIM card for T-Mobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Prod1702:
The new sim cards have been at the T-Mobile stores for about a month now. So if you have had your sim card changed out in the last month, you most likely have the new sim card already. If you bought the phone in a T-Mobile store, all reps were told to change the sim card on the phone number when selling out a GSII. I know that if you walked out of the store and did not have the in store rep put the phone together, the rep most likely did not change the sim card. I would recommend that you change the sim to the new one. It isn't going to hurt at all to do it. I am a store rep so I change the cards everday for people. Plus from what were told is the newer cards connect to the tower better then the old ones. Do what you want, its our choice, but if you do not get a new card WiFi calling will not work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rudiepoo1:
So I got my Sensation last month on 9/24, had the screen dust issue and exchanged it this week for the SGSII. If I'm not mistaken I think the T-Mobile rep used my SIM card from the Sensation. Is this one of the new ones, will it work? I'm going to call him now to confirm if he did use this one for sure instead of the included one.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
Just walk in to a Tmobil store and ask for the wifi calling Sim card
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rudiepoo1:
Spoke to another rep at the store I went to and she new nothing about this. Said if there is an update and it requires a new SIM card that at that time the store would issue a new one.

---------- Post added at 11:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 AM ----------

Plus this is kind of a moot point considering the update isn't happening until next month. At that time we'll have to see how things work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kennyp987:
The ****ing assholes in the store i went to took the sim card out of my box and put it in his pocket i called t-mobile and complained im gonna get a new one free

They said its called a ims capable sim

:p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iunlock:
Most of the time those b@$t@rds take it out ...

Whenever I buy a phone out right I demand them to not even cut open the box to take out the SIM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] infinityhombre:
Yep as they should per company policy and t-mobile's terms and conditions. They do expire and a replacement will be issued for free if yours is defective or outdated.

Retail reps were informed that on the Amaze and SGS2 they were to update the SIM using the one in the box. As has been displayed earlier in the thread not all reps read their email or the community. But the important thing is if you have the 128k GBA SIM that is needed for IMS support it will have TM9177 printed on the upper right hand side. TMO stores have had new SIMs for almost two months now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kennyp987:
Exactly right...i had to actually exchange my phone to get a new one with the sim as the stores i went to in ny didn't have the new sim yet and yes tm9177 is what it should say
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] marckazen:
I'm confused, I thought the phone number was tied to the SIM card - doesn't changing the SIM card change your phone number? Or do they have to update the phone number tied to the SIM card?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Beefvvl:
You call customer service and your number will be in the new SIM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JPOKeefe:
It let's you use wifi calling on stock ics and gb
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thatkidfades:
The new Sim card it comes with just has higher data speeds as it's a 128kb Sim card compared to the old model.

The new Sim card doesn't add the wifi calling feature...

Because i was able to use wifi calling even before i popped in the new Sim card.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] asting:
Guys, this thread is old. Surely OP is dead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bFORTIFIED:
That is not entirely correct as I had to switch my sim to use the wifi calling feature. With my old G2 sim i got an error message that told me my sim was incompatible with wifi calling. The sim was about 14 months old.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zammo76:
I'm based in the UK (London) and am thinking of getting a Samsung Epic 4G from Sprint (if I can work out how to add it to my basket minus a 2 year fixed contract) and was wondering if this phone will actually work ok in the UK on 02's network?

O2 uses the following frequency Bands: GSM 900/1800 / 3G 2100

Mobile Connectivity can be any of the following: GPRS, Edge, 3G, HSDPA.

I could get one from the UK but I'd pay about $160 more than the price in the US for the standard Samsung Galaxy S2 which wouldn't have, NFC or 4G capability (this is due to rollout early next year in the UK so they've cheaply removed it from current S2's).

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
We dont have nfc and u wont be able to use 4g because their 4g is probably not wimax on 2.5 ghz

Ur best bet is to get at&t galaxy s and unlock

But i would still get international because development on that is always amazing
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ser Gilgoroth:
Heya, I have a Hero I am willing to do some guinea pig testing on. Anything out there that' interesting to play with?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcala:
Are there any benefits from using the Glitch/Platypus kernels for CM7 for a person who will not be overclocking their phone. Glitch I see is really just a OC/UV kernel which seems to not have any other enhancement on my phone except for maybe more battery drain, which could be my imagination. I have yet to try Platypus but seems more promising. So for a person who does not OC which kernel would you prefer? Should I just stay with stock CM7 kernel or try Platy for the voodoo lagfix enhancements?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stew1411:
Every single time I do a Google search using the search widget, it says that Google has detected a lot of bandwidth from my device and to enter a captcha. I don't use search that much, maybe 2-3 times a day. Still everytime. Why is this? Until I can get it resolved Im using the Bing search widget since it doesn't ever ask for a captcha. Any way to fix?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] necrid11:
I tried to install a new rom via my SD card and it refused to boot, it simply stayed at the HTC logo. So now, I have no working OS on my phone. I tryed to go back to stock Winmo 6.5, following all instructions, but my bootloader won't load the .nbh file, it simply stays idle at the Tri color screen. I've tried switching SD cards, installing other ROMS via SD to no avail. Also tried the HSPL 4 method to get back to stock, but I have no working windows OS on the phone, so I cannot synch with WMDC. I've tried everything.

I would like to keep working with android on my phone, but if i have to start from scratch then that would be fine also. Can anyone help me? I have no other phone ATM.

Specs:

MAGDLR 1.13, CWM 3.0.0.5, SPL 2.08 HSPL, Radio 2.15.50
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] necrid11:
Can anyone please help!?????????????? I really need to get my phone up and running :[
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
No need for wmdc sync.

Phone into bootloader, connect USB, flash rom.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] necrid11:
Thats what I'm saying, the bootloader should automatically detect the Ship rom when turned on to the tri color screen, but it doesnt, nothing happened. I downloaded the ROM straight from T-Moblie
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
I didn't say flash from SD.

What I said was you don't need a booted rom to use USB flashing,,, no need for wmdc.

Phone into bootloader, connect USB, count to 5, on the PC run the flash. Hspl.exe also can be run like this.

As to why the leoimg.nbh doesn't start, its usually one of two reasons..

1 the SD card should be 4gb or smaller, and

2 people sometimes don't extract ruu_signed.nbh, they just rename the rom.exe.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] necrid11:
When you say "run the flash" do you mean run the RUU_signed exe file? Also, I followed the instructions to get back to stock to a T, even swapped out my 16gb card for a 2gb with the same image and tried it. Should i just give up on flashing it via SD?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
correct...

just to confirm you should be unzipping the .exe file, extracting the ruu_signed.nbh file, renaming that file to leoimg.nbh and using that on the sd card?

You don't rename the whole .exe
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] necrid11:
Absolutely. Formated the SD, extracted the file from the zip, extracted the exe file, got the RUU_signed, renamed it leoimg.nbh, slide it over to the SD card and put the phone in bootloader....and nothing happened.
[Nook Color General] SweetBearCub:
Just got my Nook Color tonight. I booted it from a CWM microSD card, installed CM 7.1 stable, gapps, and ran ROM Manager to install CWM to internal memory.

When I go to Menu, Settings, Storage, under the 'Internal Storage' heading, it says "Total space" of 5.09 GB and "Available space" of 4.68 GB. (One app installed so far)

Looking farther down the screen, it shows /mnt/eemc to have 1.00 GB of space.

Is there a way to combine them so that I have 5.68 GB of usable internal space to install apps to? Also, are those two the full available capacity of the eMMC storage? If not, can it be enlarged to maximum?

Also, further down the screen, it shows /mnt/usbdisk, with no space. Should it be left intact, or can it be safely removed to limit my confusion?

Thanks!
[Nook Color General] therkr:
+1 to your question.

I'm gonna use my NC only as a tablet not any book reading so I don't think that 1GB is required.

Still let's wait for a dev. to give expert advice about this and possibly a how-to...
[Nook Color General] Moshe5368:
I would leave /mnt/usbdisk alone as it will be useful if you decide to use flash drives through nook tweeks in the usb section. As for the emmc data area, you can store data there with no problem if you are not going to use the nook as an e-reader.

By downloading the nook tweeks app, you will have access to the micro usb port (through an adapter) to transfer data between the nook and a flash drive or (using a powered hub) a card reader. You can also transfer data between the nook and a camera to directly save photos to the nook or view them. Usb host mode opens the nook up to another level and makes it a very functional tablet.

I use my nook with a digital camera on photo shoots so that I can preview my shots on a larger screen than that of the camera. You can check out my threads here concerning host mode. PM me if I can be of any assistance.
[Nook Color General] therkr:
Hey there, I know long time but iI have some info to share since I'm having the same configuration as yours.

The 'Internal Storage' you're seeing isn't exactly the emmc. Its just that cm7 doesn't know its put on an SD. And it thinks the second or third partition of the SD (i.e. cm7 system partition) is internal.

Also that /mnt/eemc is the actual internal memory and thus these 2 can't be linked. However, the nook has another 5gb emmc internal partition callednmedia which you can possibly combine with emmc.
[Nook Color General] mr72:
there are many threads about the NC partition layout and changing it. do a search. the 5g partition basically won't be used by your cm7 NC. the apps will go on the 1g. I repartitioned mine for 4g instead of 1g and 2g for /emmc. then you can set cm7 to swap the /emmc and /sdcard and then use the NC without an SD installed.
[Nook Color General] therkr:
I was thinking something else.....

I wanted to merge internal data and media so as to get combined partition. I'm running CM7 off the SD card so I don't need to switch them. I was just thinking of merging them.
[Nook Color General] mr72:
Yes, I understand that's what you want to do. However, those partitions are not contiguous space. Search on Nook Color partitions and you will quickly see why.

Specifically, look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1094371

which links to here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13971291&postcount=110

/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 is the "data" partition

/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 is the "cache" partition

/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 is the "/mnt/emmc" partition

You are wanting to combine "data" and "/mnt/emmc". Problem is the "cache" partition is stuck in between them.

The other problem is your NC uses these two partitions for different things.

I think the suggestion I made before, which is to repartition for 2GB+4GB as in the first link, then do Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Application -> Use internal storage to get them to swap, is the best, simplest solution with the lowest risk. This uses the 2G partition for whatever normally is used for /sdcard by most apps (downloads, misc. files, temp storage, etc.) and 4G partition for your apps, and leaves your whole SD card for use solely for your side-loaded media content. This schema will not interfere with further CM updates or unnecessarily change the default partition scheme for which most of the devs are writing code.

If you want to become a Linux & Android master of partitioning and storage management, then you can probably implement a more custom scheme. In my last job I was a software engineer working on a Linux-based network-attached storage appliance and I wrote most of the system code dealing with disk and partition management, so you could say I know a lot about it, but still I chose the easy path for my NC.
[Nook Color General] therkr:
Thanks for the info. But I'm just a highschool sophomore who loves technology. Can't do this unless someone has ever tried (and succeeded) before.

I'll probably use your method when I install CM7 (or CM9) onto emmc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Hi just wanted some feedback on those who have gotten the potatoman custom camera file it records at 30fps wanted to know if any flaws in it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mohkg:
Not that ive seen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Well you can google it its from potatoman here at xda looks like a nice replacement apk for the stock plus 30fps and better audio output
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104051

This is the url just afraid to try it on the att model of sgs2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
I have no idea if potatoman's custom camera mod has any flaws,

but I do know for a fact that the stock camera in our SGS2 phones

do achieve the full 30fps in all video recording modes except in the

very highest HD video mode where it only achieves approx 25fps

which is really excellent too.

Check it out yourselves using a windows app called MediaInfo, it's a

free download: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MediaInfo

It adds an option in explorer so when you right click on a video file it will

add an option called "mediainfo" and all you do is click that and a box will

popup with useful information about the video including exact frame rates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Okay did a evening video on windows 7 just looking at properties was 26fps maybe the lighting did it will do a day video put it to my PC and see what the fps are thanks for the reply
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: FPS

When you do make these new fps tests, be sure to make two of them.

One at the highest video settings which is HD 1080p it's at the top of the

list which normally is the default setting.

Then go down one step to the second choice in the list which is HD 720p.

You will find that the HD 720p setting will achieve the full 30fps while

the the highest settings HD 1080p in the list achieves at least 25fps.

(which is very good too)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Okay I am aware of this the mod I spoke of guess you 30fps on highest setting 1080p which is what I was wondering if anyone has tested it seems I might be the first also will back up current files
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] slowpc:
Anyone test it on the ATT i777 yet?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Dont think no one has I'm on the new serendipity 8 haven't tried it yet
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Camera on that particular rom seems snappier and higher clarity.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] edkills:
Haven't tried any videos yet I know pic quality is awesome but need to do a video for it I did read audio is better
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wdc777:
Did anyone ever try this out for the I777? I noticed on Potatoman's old thread that he now recommends the lgcamera app from the market. Is this hack baked into any of the roms here, or was that just something that the OGS2 devs added?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] shoman94:
I use to use that camera in my rom but it had issue with 1080p focusing and also had audio/video sync issues. I believe that was due to the fps hack.

So I modded mine to up the audio only for both 720p/1080p.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mvi57:
Moblynx has taken the ICS camera app, tweaked it with some added features, and added support for 2.2/2.3 phones. There is a free version with ads or $.99 for the non-ad version. IThere's a short review over on Android Central, and it's called "Camera ICS" on the market. I'd post links but I can't do that yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pluigie:
Hello all... Forgive me if this has already been asked and answered, I've searched for a few days and have not been able to find a solution. Since installing this mod, my phone has been rebooting randomly, at least twice a day, but it does it similarly to the reboots that would happen when long pressing home before the update. Like when using fast reboot.it seems to only happen when waking the phone up out of deep sleep. For instance when I hop in the car after a ten hour work day, plug my aux cable in and use I heart radio.it will act as if the app is buffering, as soon as I unlock the phone and go to check if it is just buffering the phone reboots. At first I thought it was just the app so I switched to pandora, but yesterday and today while on my lunch break I go to the xda app (in an attempt to find a solution to this issue) and go to my favorites and it reboots again. I am using the pulled stock kernel with Crawrj's stock eg30 deodexed rom. I flashed the mod with Chris41g's eg30 cwm plus stock without root and then I flashed back to pulled stock kernel. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling twice. Any help will be appreciated.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pluigie:
Bump
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Vegasden:
I know this is the appropriate area, but you might get a faster response by posting your issue in the mod thread. The Dev is pretty responsive.

Just an FYi, I run this mod with Midnight ROM, stream 7 hours or so a day and have no issues.

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