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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DMan1993:
Since it's release date on October 10, I've been debating on whether or not I should get this over the Amaze 4g and after 4 days, I decided that the galaxy s 2 is the best choice for me. Now after watching some videos of the original galaxy s 2, I want to know what things were left out in terms of processing power. All I know is that it uses the snapdragon s3 processor which runs on an a8 cortex as opposed to the a9 in the exynos processor. I know that speed is one of the things that the exynos has over snapdragon and also the fact that it's asynchronous as opposed to qualcomm running one core at a time (correct me if I'm wrong here, not savy on processors). The biggest things I know I will use on this phone is Internet, photos, media, and some gaming here and there. On YouTube I saw the original galaxy s 2 capable of running an N64 emulator with virtually no lag, though I don't know if sound was included, and the same goes for the psx emulator. I also saw how it was able to play multiple video formats (including 1080p mkv files) with no issues whatsoever. I want to know if the snapdragon processor would still be capable of running emulators at similar speeds and still have support for multiple video formats even though it's not as fast as the exynos processor. Help is definitely appreciated.

P.S. This was typed on an iPod so sorry if there are any typos and grammar mistakes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
The Qualcomm chip is asynchronous.

Right now, I don't know how much Samsung did to fine-tune the system to accommodate the hardware differences....but like you said, the Qualcomm chip is A8 and the Exynos is A9.

That speaks for itself.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mudkip:
I have no idea in the difference care to enlighten me or post a link?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
Essentially, the Qualcomm chip is running on an older architecture relative to the Exynos, which is typically why the Exynos outperforms the Qualcomm even at lower clockspeeds. I'm guessing T-Mobile needed the SGS2 to be on par with with its siblings thus the higher clockspeeds (1.5ghz) to accommodate the older architecture.

The iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S if I'm not mistaken are also running chips that are based on the A9 architectures.

There is a difference when using the original SGS2 with the T-Mobile version...but it's not too drastic. What the CPU makes up in lack of speed, the big screen more than makes up for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kosnarf:
I'm quite new to this forum, therefore I can't post external links yet. However, perform a google search for "How Samsung's chip change-up affects the T-Mobile Galaxy S II" the first link is an interesting article.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
The normal clockspeed for this processor is 1.5GHz
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] toy4x4:
What I took away from that article is that they went Snapdragon in order to use another modem chip to be able to do 42Mbps. The sacrifice is graphics performance.

Hmm, it plays my HD movie great. Not sure I will ever play a first person shooter on it...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i was about to point out the same

the Qualcomm CPU stock speed is 1.5 Ghz, the same CPU on HTC Sense was actually under clocked to 1.2 Ghz

so the new HTC Amaze is using the CPU at is normal speed like on our phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ap77:
It also sacrifices general OS performance, at least in its current state. Looks like Samsung did no optimization on this guy for the qcom SoC. As it currently stands, I find it more laggy than my (admittedly) highly optimized Epic (single core). Hopefully things will improve with devs, etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krooked22:
I had the original and was using it on att gophone,

and sold it to get this. I needed to be on a contract and Tmobile was my only option so I got this

User interface was faster and smoother, apps opened and closed in the blink of an eye

games also ran with no lag whatsoever

Screen is bigger, no hardware buttons, and faster data is a plus for me

Tmobile is very spotty in my area tho

Sometimes I feel like I should have stayed

This phone has been behaving differently

The user interface is nearly as smooth and some of my favorite games lag

(Dragon fly, modern combat 2)

Still a great phone but these 2 Arras are disappointing for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ap77:
To be clear, gaming performance will never be as good on this platform. The GPU is severely weaker than the exynos models. What remains to be seen is if the rest of the OS can be optimized though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
The OS definitely can be a little more optimized for this processor. This phone isn't a slouch though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
It is a slouch relatively speaking, to the people who forked out full retail for this phone.

I might get this phone, if and only if, FULL hardware acceleration is not announced on the Prime, even then, I shall hunt it for free via retentions. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
I am one of the people who forked out full retail. I can take a picture of my receipt to prove. We nit pick at every single phone that comes out. Trust me when I say this phone isn't a slouch. Yes it stutters once in a blue, but its fast and pretty smooth. All we need is an official update from Samsung to fix the issue or get a few custom roms. I've owned literally every smartphone that came out for T-Mobile this year and the previous years and I can honestly say this happens to be the fastest, even with the slight stutter it gets every now and then. It's just a slight software issue. I believe that this processor is capable of getting the job done.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
this is my third phone this year and im done .nothing to complain about if i start worrying about milliseconds then i would never buy another phone again because the galaxy s3 will be a few milliseconds faster than this one and so on and on. i made a promise to myself that im done till the end of nex year
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Lol. I don't think your done. I think we all say this same thing. I bet I'll probably see you over at the Nexus Prime forum. I really love this phone and would like to say I'm done for the year too, but I think what makes some of us go for the next best thing is A. its the next best thing and B. we realize that our dev community gets smaller whenever the next best thing comes out so we want to be back in the loop of things. I'M JUST A PHONE SLUT!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ap77:
I also paid full retail (pending Prime announcement), but I can tell you that my highly optimized Epic is smoother than this phone is right now in day-to-day use. Now, hopefully that means that there is a lot of room for improvement as this chip is theoretically faster and dual-core, but it is an open question of whether that promise will be realized.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
We will be rewarded by both Samsung and the devs soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KillaHurtz:
This ^
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darmokk:
This processor is the same one used in the now defunct HP touchpad. People have successfully overclocked their touchpads to 1.7ghz with minimal to no additional drain on battery but a noticeable speed boost. I imagine our phones will react much the same way
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
im really gonna try this time :D....sad part is your probably right
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
We both know I'm right about this one. I'm psychic when it comes to you NERDS! Lol. I'm joking.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DMan1993:
If someone is able to fork out the time, I would really like to see an emulator demonstration on this phone (specifically n64 and psx). Coming from iOS, I rarely game on mobile multitouch platforms (only physical button portable consoles), but when I saw the performance of these emulators on the original, it immediately sparked my attention. I'd really like to see it happen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
i am a phone nerd no doubt and my wife hates it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I agree that this phone isnt as smooth as i expected in day to day use. But i know once we get some kernels and ext4 support it will perform 100% better. Ive had several high end phones over the last few months and even though this isnt the fastest or smoothest, its my favorite hands down. The processor we got is a stepdown but the network ability we got as a trade is well worth it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ap77:
Keep in mind that Samsung already switched to ext4 for the SGS2. I haven't seen any confirmation one way or another if this version is using ext4 as well, but I suspect that it might be.

If not, that will be a large performance gain right there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] barondebxl:
Ok let me explain what I know for facts:

T-mobile Galaxy s2 2 scorpion cores clocked at 1.5 Ghz each with an adreno 220 GPU. The cores are asynchronous meaning they can run at differents voltage. Most of the time the second core is in idle it's just chillin waiting for more power needed to process. This processor is BASED on a8 architecture, however it's been heavily modified so you can say its between an a8 and a9 cortex architecture.

All the other galaxy s 2 use the exynos processor which is a cortex A9 architecture build and they have the Mali 400MP GPU.

The CPU processes the apps and all that good stuff, the GPU is for graphics so games and all that other good stuff. Now the Qualcomm processor that we have is very good indeed unlike what people think, but it's still behind exynos. But the major difference between the two SoC ( systems on chip which include the CPU and the GPU in one chip like the exynos or the scorpions) is their GPU. The Mali 400mp that's in the other galaxy s2 runs circles around the adreno 220 times 10. That's why everything is so smooth on the other galaxy s2. That GPU is very very good. The adreno 220 that we have is also good, but doesn't come close to the one found in the other galaxy s2. Samsung touchwizz is hardware accelerated so it uses the CPU and GPU to run everything smoother so since the other galaxy s2 have a better CPU and a way better GPU, thinks are buttery smooth. The tmobile galaxy s2 is plenty powerful for me and once it gets rooted its a wrap! Another thing, the reason why the galaxy s2 series get 3000 plus on quadrant, look at the 2d test, it gets over 50frames per second while for instance the sensation 4 g gets 15 to 20 frames per second so all that is the GPU.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
This phone has the same cpu/gpu as the sensation
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
It is ext 3 mounted as ext 4. Most manufacturers use that. We need full ext4 file system and a kernel that supports it as well. the gpu isn't a big deal look at web os. it was a superior software running on inferior hardware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Why doesn't the manufacturers use ext4 from jump? What's the downside to ext4?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
There is no downside. im not sure why they dont use ext4. Afaik, the nexus s is the only device using ext4 by default.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
So ext4 files aren't larger or anything? One would think it would be a downside since manufacturers never setup phones by default to use this file system. Btw thanks for the quick response.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krooked22:
Some of the games that played perfect on the original sgs2 lag on this phone

Will overclocking help?

What else can help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
Im not a dev or anything, but i dont think ext3/4 has to do with size. I think its read/write speeds with 4 being the fastest.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Ok, well thanks once again for confirmation. I really appreciate this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] barondebxl:
I know. And?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
What do u mean?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] barondebxl:
Lol that was for somebody else
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kosnarf:
my point exactly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jjenrette76:
I've had the MyTouch, Droid 1, Droid X, Inspire 4G, Evo 3D, and now this...greatest by far

Sent from my Galaxy S-II that just slapped the shiz out of your Evo 3D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] samomamo:
I have the GS2 unlocked original and this GS2 TM, I have same amount of apps and same launchers ADW EX and they are the same speed no difference whoever is complaining they don't know what they want. TM GS2 even feels faster no lag nothing. And TM GS2 feels better in hand with its rounded corners. Look at the Galaxy Nexus design looks same like TM GS2. If anyone is having lag install a different launcher.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I agree, the tw launcher sucks. Ive had zero lag since installing adw ex.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
The pause when you hit the home button is present on the international GS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HRodMusic:
That one second pause is driving me crazy!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
The reason why most companies don't use full ext 4 support and mount ext3 as ext4 is that changing the whole file system to ext4 doesn't give a significant boost.

Because delayed allocation changes the behavior that programmers have been relying on with ext3, the feature poses some additional risk of data loss in cases where the system crashes or loses power before all of the data has been written to disk. Due to this, ext4 in kernel versions 2.6.30 and later automatically detects these cases and reverts to the old behavior.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Razorblood:
Hey I was wondering if anyone knew how to get subtitles working on the stock lgvideoplayer apk.

When I play a video and press menu, a subtitle option is greyed out.

Srt next to video file?

Sent from my LG-P999
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lair12:
Trying to change operator name, I lost a key files But I had just done a full ROM Manager backup before this.

So I restored stock ROM from zip on SD, then re-installed ROM Manager and then did a restore of my perfectly working ROM.

BUT...I have no phone service! In fact on the settings>about phone>network screen I have NO operator name, NO signal strength, NO mobile network type, NO service state, and NO roaming.

I assume this is actually a simple resolution since so much is out. If I can just find the circuit breaker I can through the switch and get this all back.

BTW, with no service, I cannot try to *288 activate or even call Verizon on 611.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ChrisDDD:
Instead of reinstalling the rom, rom manager and then restoring your backup, you might want to try simply booting directly into recovery (power off, then hold power + down volume. When you get into hboot, use down volume to select Recovery and then hit power to select). In recovery, do a full wipe (system, data, cache, dalvic cache) then restore your backup. It seems something from your hosed rom is surviving.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] lair12:
I think you are right that Mr. Dalvic was my enemy! I had wiped what I thought was everything, but did so again more meticulously, and then did the reinstall.Phone service is now back. Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosinsight:
Hi, and thanks for reading. I'll be brief and clear as much as possible.

I am using:

Samsung Nexus S

Android OS 2.3.6 GRK39F

T-mobile US

My issue:

A secure connection (or https) cannot be established over 3G or 2G network.

it works fine over WiFi access.

Additional Info:

I used to have H2O wireless which uses AT&T's 2G Network, and I didn't have any problem like this.

Contacted T-mobile tech support and set APN settings as instructed, but still did not work.

This issue results in:

The phone cannot use Google services (Gmail, Market,etc.) native to the phone as well as apps that require authentication (facebook, twitter, etc.) over 3G or 2G network. In order to get around this, I have to connect to WIFI first to authenticate then it works fine over 3G or 2G.

Thank you again guys, and I am looking forward to getting your professional help.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosinsight:
T-mobile's new Monthly 4G plan may have a problem in their Data Network??

Actually, I found out that it's not my phone's problem, but it could be the problem of T-mobile network.

I've found a thread in t-mobile support page where a bunch of people complaining about the same problem.

They all bought t-mobile's Monthly 4G plan that just came out (Oct 16, 2011), which offers 100min talk, unlimited text, unlimited data (with 5GB throttling)

They are complaining that they cannot get https connection over 3G or 2G Data Network regardless of their cell phone.

I tried to post an outside link, but the forum does not allow me since I am new here.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fosinsight:
This issue has been resolved.

The link in the prior reply now shows a solution to this issue.

Virtually, the "Web Guard" feature on the plan was causing the mess.

You can turn off the feature by yourself on tmobile website, or by calling their customer service.

They say it may take up to 2 hours for the action to fully take effect.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananove:
Hi!

Anyone knows a mod or something to search for nicknamnes in the stock contac-program for HTC desire HD?

I hoped that the newest sense 3.5 from RCMix would fix this simpel problem...but no... I dont even know whats the problem here but i think its the "stock" app? :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] tekkaman_01:
I have been using widget locker lockscreen replacement for a long time now. I just upgraded to the stable release of cyanogenmod 7 and wanted to test drive out the new lockscreen options. but when i disabled my alternative lockscreen the cm one wont activate. ive even uninstalled the replacement, but i still get nothing. I cant find anywhere in the settings that would turn on the lockscreen. any help?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
So.... it might be here... it used to be: Settings > CM Settings > Tablet tweaks > Disable (or enable) lockscreen.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tekkaman_01:
Thank you! I feel like an idiot!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ditamae:
It's a weird place for that option. ;)
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
I will be updating this thread as much as possible, seeing to that many of you have your own personal opinion & taste of what makes a font "good".

I personally seem to like what many of you like anyway. Some fonts are pretty darn cool, but as a daily font, I think legibility is what it comes down to for me.

(Pictures will be added as available, or, if you'd like to contribute yourself, I'll link the fonts with pictures you post of that font to make it easier for a user to click to preview so he won't have to search through pages.

Note Bene: If possible, anyone willing to contribute images of your personal fave or 'top' fonts, please try to keep this format rolling:

A HomeScreen Shot, and/or a 'Settings' Shot.

Apps Used to change fonts:

Custom Font Switcher

Font Installer *root*

Rom Toolbox

-there are more, just suggesting a few-

So far, this is is the list.

Apple Garamond(image courtesy of blazinazn)

Comfortaa

MIUIFONT

Myriad Pro (Official iPhone Font)

Roboto

(image courtesy of AproSamurai)

Rosemary

(image courtesy of Tha_Dynasty2049)
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
I love me some comforta
[Epic 4G General] ugothakd:
This might go better in theme section.

sent from my cm7-ified epic
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
I thought of where it'd go best, I just went with where it'd be mostly seen. :p
[Epic 4G General] josidhe:
I think the overall bubbliness of the miui font makes it uncomfortable for long term reading, at least where I'm coming from. As a long time reader, used to the printed world's classic curves (and usually serifs), roundish and playful fonts like that are jarring in their unfamiliarity (think of it as ocular muscle memory).

But not everybody reads printed words very often, but unless they started computing in the lowres fixedsys/courier days, fonts like Arial and Helvetica (both very similar) will be what their eyes are used to most, with Times New Roman in a close second (it was the official font of most PC web browsers, after all).
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
Changed my font on CM7.1

Roboto from ICS:

Regular Android:

It's not too big of a difference but, it already seems nicer on the eyes.

Also it's two different batteries lol my stock and my extended.
[Epic 4G General] Tha_Dynasty2049:
My Fav (Rosemary)

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[Epic 4G General] Mutiny32:
Where yuo get roboto, samurai!? You tell nao!

Attached is a flashable Roboto ZIP. Thanks to johno168
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Thanks given, because after last night, I immediately thought, "I wonder when I'll be able to put that font on my Epic?"

If you flash it, will it automatically become the default font, or do I need to do something with the Custom Font Switcher (or whatever it's called) app?

EDIT: FWIW, I have been using either the default Android font or the MIUI font for quite sometime, I like them both.
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
I used custom font switcher.. I had downloaded the Roboto font as soon as the conference vid was over, but needed not install from zip, since Roboto was the first thing that popped up on the app's server fonts.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Nice! I downloaded the zip from above, but saw your post so just restored that app, checked the server, and sure enough, right there at the top. Looks GOOD too.
[Epic 4G General] Mutiny32:
It really does make things easier on the eyes in HDPI devices like the Epic.
[Epic 4G General] tony45x220:
I'm diggin this font how do I get it and is it compatable with font changer?

Sent from my rooted, suited, & booted Epic 4G #knowdat!
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
I agree, I'm also doing something special for CM7, or attempting to do so. :D But the font is great lol.

Take that back, I'll wait until the dump is deodexed. D:
[Epic 4G General] tmuka:
Thanks for the tip, custom Android font changer worked nicely on srf, and I'm enjoying roboto.
[Epic 4G General] glenner444:
I've always been a fan of serif fonts. Currently using Book Antiqua and love it. Looks classy and is extremely easy on the eyes when reading articles and forums.
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
Hey man, just saw your question hasn't been answered. Sorry about that. :p I'm not sure if you meant compatible with 'Font Changer' generically, or if that's a specific app, but what i do know is that in custom font switcher, you can download a font from any source onto your sd, (make sure you unzip if in zip file,) and load it under 'Local Font' of course, there's always going to be variations of the same fonts, like bold, super bold, italics, etc, etc. so if googling Rosemary font and after downloading it, it doesn't look like the other poster's, then i'd just ask that user directly, besides that, it could be just about any font.
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
Apple Garamond here. Used Metamorph to switch up the font. Really like the look of it.

Although, when I try to change the bold font, it will cut off the end of my clock. Not really sure why. Even if I replaced the bold font with a non bold one, it will still cut it off so I just left the regular bold font. Anyone know why this is?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18529785&postcount=30
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
Thanks for the contributions guys!
[Epic 4G General] Xhyperion:
I use Hatori Hanzo
[Epic 4G General] Shinydude100:
Added the official iPhone font.
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
Font Installer *Root*

I use Font Installer. A damn good app for changing fonts. Also has a preview feature so you can see all the letters, numbers and case for each font type.