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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
WIFI issue is annoying (4g and wifi at the same time) and the checkboarding in the browser.

I wonder how many bugs have been submitted to the stickie about notifying Samsung.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
I got the GS2 on the first day. I had trouble with GPS locking. When using Navigator it would say "Searching for GPS..." forever. I would cancel it and try it again but had the same problem.

Took it back to TMO on my 3rd day and they try to tell me it was normal. They said an OTA patch will be released to fix it. I then took the rep to the demo model and it locked in 10 seconds. I asked him again, "is this normal'?. He took out a brand new phone and inserted my Sim. It locked in 10 seconds. I took that phone home. GPS is working great.

Now on my 2nd phone, I went to use the Calculator and I cant find it. My first one had it. Its not a big deal for me. It got me thinking that perhaps some of the GS2's had bad ROM flashes in light of the GPS and calculator issue.

Im loving this phone! I came from the Vibrant and this phone is a Beast!! Data speed is mind blowing. If you are getting good signal its almost as fast as WiFi. If you have weak signal, its slower but equivalent to 3G speeds. Beautiful screen and very smooth. Good camera. Battery life is about 28 hours for me. The only negatives are the Bloat and the phone screen is a little too big, they should stayed with 4.3 inch like the Vibrant. It takes a while to get used to the screen size, but it feels lighter than the Vibrant. The positives greatly outweigh the negatives. If you havent done so, GET THIS PHONE!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] julez456:
I've had 2 or 3 random reboots already. On the SGS2 you can also dim and brighten the screen by sliding left and right on the status bar just like the Vibrant. I have read that there is a glitch and I was also able to duplicate the glitch when sliding my finger left to right to brighten the screen again, sometimes the screen goes completely black and I have to hit the power the "wake" the phone back up. I also have the Home button lag that some people were complaining about but its not as bad with a different home replacement/launcher. I'm using Go Launcher EX right now and the Home button lag is hardly noticeable.

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I also have the Vibrant but the screen is 4.0 inches not 4.3 so that's why you're not used to the difference in screen size yet. I also have the Sensation 4G which is 4.3 inches and the size difference isn't as bad as I expected it to be. I am very happy with this phone so far. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
The calculator is in the Utility folder in your app drawer. One of the first things I did was take it out and put it on one of my homescreens. I use my calculator all the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
I noticed my title was changed. I'm assuming a mod was here.

What was wrong with my title?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
just merged both topics

to keep track of all the "issues" of this phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
I liked my title better :-)

But all is understood.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Z51:
mine has been flawless since day 1 :D

i dont even feel like it needs to be rooted (I will root reguardless) lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tq745:
Coming from a vibrant and a G2x, this phone is thousand times better. GPS locks in seconds and accurately. I use go launcher which has no lag. I just want wifi calling and wireless tether and I'll be a happy camper. My only concern is the release of nexus prime and if it will come to tmo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] $pitacular1:
I wanted to see if anyone else has this issue - only visible when sunlight hits the blacked out screen directly

Hit power to darken the screen - then put it under direct sunlight

In the upper portion of the screen, there is a visible pattern that looks like a zig-zag

almost like a "seam" or something. Not visible when the phone is lit up, or not in direct sunlight.

Anyone else have it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yzf750:
Random rebooted at lunch today using the camera, after that it would make calls and receive calls fine, but no one could hear me and I couldnt hear them even though calls were connecting fine. Returned the phone today to tmobile for another one. Speaker phone did still work, but the mic and earpiece did not work anymore at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Diekrupt:
Just a few minor issues

The external speaker is great, but the earphone seems to be a tad too low for my preferences. I'm sure in a rom will be an audio booster of some sort.

I wish in the Email app, that there would be multi select boxes (as I have had many times before on other android phones Ive had) so I can multi select spam or emails and delete multiple at a time.

I seem to get alot of side over scrolling in the browser (blue line that zooms in from left and right) when just normally scrolling, getting annoying. Top and bottom overscroll is fine, but side?

Of course all of the ridiculous tmobi apps that I can't wait to get root and delete! There are multiple services that I don't use but can't stop but kill as much as I can.

Otherwise I'm really enjoying this phone (as is my wife too).

DK
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
I reported this issue along with the browser checkboarding a little too much. I watched phonedogs review today and he mentioned that he noticed this too. The other galaxy s phones aren't doing this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Now that I think about it, I've had a few random reboots too, mostly when the phone is trying to access the sd card or USB storage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ILLHYHL:
am i the only one with the curser in google is overlapping with the words that i typed in? and the curser is not aligned with the blinking line.

it's only happening in google.com search bar.

anyone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 3bs:
Only issue I'm having is with the snooze function. The 10 minute option doesn't work. The alarm never goes off again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Ditto
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
The checkboarding is not a bug, it's part of the rendering....also regarding the wifi and 4g simultaneous collectivity, do you utilize the "my account" app? If so then that's what probably triggering the 4g while on wifi.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
If your having the issue where data and wifi are both on, go into task manager and select the ram tab and kill all. I did this and havent had both running at the same time since. That was yesterday.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
I wouldn't consider it a bug as but mayne an optimization issue.

I mentioned this in another post. The phonedog video touches up on it. I remember trying the epic 4g and checkerboarding was never as prevelant.

Watch from 10:00-1200 on this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUoVyVaSgk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Now look at this 7:00-8:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYZ-QU0fxI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gamefreakgcb:
Just got mine a few hours ago. BEST STOCK PHONE EVER. Can't imagine what the devs will do to it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I've gotten that too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Phonedog may have mentioned it, but it still doesn't mean it's an issue. How does the checkering affect your everyday normal usage??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Sorry people, Tapatalk is doing something it's not supposed to.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
It's not a issue of wether it just affects me but it is something that needs to be smoothed out. If all the other phones don't do it and this one does then I see it as a bug/or optimization issue that needs to be addressed. If we just say oh this is ok and thats ok then nothing will get fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] salman.a:
I remember that SGS1 had GPS issues. How is the GPS on this model? GPS is really important function for me and I want to see if you anyone has used it with google navigation. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
This thread is probably the wrong place for your question but I will tell you that GPS works great on this phone. No issues from my daily use of it. Others have reported the same finding.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kosnarf:
At times, when my 4G is active and my phone is connected via Wifi, the phone fails to use Wifi and I get "page cannot be displayed" errors. Disabling the data packet network will remedy the problem, but still a nuisance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HRodMusic:
i can confirm that the gps works ok, could be better at locking in, but overall its nice, the sensation has a better gps imo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] foreverloco:
only problem ive had is that if i have the phone charging and i try to type something in text message, online or anything the keyboard starts to type non stop random letters and wont stop til i disconnect it from the charger and go back to the home screen. its happen about 3 times so far
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
If one tmobile sgs2 didn't do this, and another tmobile sgs2 did, then yes it's considered an issue, but to say that another phone of different specs, or hardware is not implementing the so-called issue, therefore make the checkboarding an issue is a bit much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I've noticed that sometimes my buttons are unresponsive, and today it locked up when I tried to shut it off & I had to do a battery pull. Seems to be all software-related(probably the bloatware's fault), so I'm not too worried about it. Once we get root I'll be stripping it down to stock anyway.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] smali26:
Does anyone having any heating issues? Phone gets extremely hot when playing asphalt.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LP_sk8er:
I get the same issue. Wifi will just randomly stop working and instead use 4g or no connection at all. Restarting fixes the issue for me, but I will try toggling the data packet network as well.

Annoying problem!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ZoominDN:
I also have had a few random reboots and have been trying to determine if it is hardware or software related. Can anyone having this issue please post which programs you have installed that would be running in the background?

I had:

NoLed

SwitchPro Widget

Gauge Battery Widget

Words with Friends

I have since done a factory reset and removed SwitchPro and NoLed to test. No reboots as yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ghostmac:
Got my SGS2 on launch day and not a single hardware hiccup. Love this handset!:D

I think that I may have gotten a "brushed metal" screen though.

Going to take it in and see if they'll swap it.

Otherwise, my only complains are software quirks that will hopefully be addressed by rooting/rom'ing.

Anyone else irked that you can no longer have separate notifications for multiple Gmail addresses in the native gmail app?

For me it's annoying as all hell.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KLR Rico:
The manual says this is something that can happen if you have an "unstable power supply". It happens for me pretty often when I'm on AC chargers, but never with USB charging.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dellpc:
Pretty nice phone, super fast. Been seeing some issues though:

- Insanely bright touch buttons. I had to turn them off completely, which means they are totally invisible in any sort of dark room. I guess no one else has this problem?

- checkerboarding on the browser (everyone has this I guess), haven't tried other browsers yet.

- barely visible weird "splotches" on a totally black background on the screen. Hard to see unless I'm turning the phone off or something so no big deal.

- wifi doesn't seem to work all the time. I noticed 4G icons lighting up while I was supposedly connected to wifi...not sure why.

I'm curious to see how things work with a stock ROM. Thank god the root steps were posted already.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ramses99:
I figured to post here too.

HD video playback is grainy, brown streaks in dark screens, lines noticeable and pixelation.

Non-HD is fine

two other mobile devices play HD fine. Sensation and N900. going to test my G2 as well. There is definetely something wrong with graphics
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rudiepoo1:
None of the issues you have excepts I've noticed one that's similar - weird "splotches" on a totall black background. Now these are only noticeable when I'm in a completely dark room at night. I first noticed this when I was playing around with the settings in AudioManager. When I selected the view profiles screen it's all pretty much a black screen within the program, when the capacitive buttons timeout and go dark this is when I noticed all sorts of weird blotches and a quarter of the way up from the bottom of the screen I have a horizontal line that runs the complete width of the phone.

Again I would have never noticed this if not for in that setting page in AudioManager and again this is when it's completely dark in a room. Very weird though. If anyone else is running this program and could check under these same conditions it would be goog to know if others are seeing this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
Ah, good to know. I've seen this behavior a lot on the demo unit in the T-Mobile store. I guess that they have an unstable AC power supply.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qpaddyorn:
[Q] buzz noise, statics during calls?

Anyone encounter noise, statics during calls? I got this great phone during the first day of release and am loving it. A call I made during the second day of possession had really noisy, statics. I hung up, and call again, and it was fine; thought that was a one time signal thing. Yet, it has been quite frequent now, it happens when I pick up calls and dialing out, one out of 10 calls rendered statics noise. Is it just me experiencing these or the issue with the phone. Please help out, should I get an exchange. How does the exchange procedure work? And I am afraid I couldn't reproduce the scenario in front of reps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] voidthedroid:
Another possible known issue is the LCD cracking underneath the screen. Now keep in mind this is not the glass that is cracking but the LCD under it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android4sunny:
I had the same issue....i got mine on day 1 as well. For me it was on every call. There was slight buzz noise continuously as the other person was speaking....took the phone back to store the next day and got it replaced. The other one is fine...no buzzing or static noise. If your phone is still in exchange period, i would suggest you get it replaced.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SamsungVibrant:
Does this have an LED notification light?

How is the GPS? I was inside a T-mobile store playing around with this and it would not get a GPS lock. The Sensation 4G next to it instantly got 8 out 8 satellites locked despite being indoors. Can someone comment on the GPS performance?

What is this "brushed metal" screen some of you speak of?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
Haven't had a GPS problem yet. I couldn't get a lock in the store either and that worried me but when I purchased mine, it worked just fine. I have used it over 30 times and never had a lock problem once.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SamsungVibrant:
Thanks what about the LED notification light, is there one? I forgot to look for this at the store. Also what is the brushed metal screen some people were talking about?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jjday7:
Brushed metal, I have no idea?? I have seen it in the forums but still don't know what it looks like. The phone does not had a led notification light.

Options for the LED issue is NOLED in the market. This will allow your screen to show a little message icon when you missed a notification. Everything can be personalized also.

Here is a site with some icons that you can use, if the stock ones that come with the app are not to your liking.

http://www.devasque.com/noled/themes.php
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SamsungVibrant:
Yes I own the Vibrant and use NoLed! It drains battery though, I would prefer a physical LED indicator.

Thanks for your help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
that will be a direct replacement back in the store

not a software bug
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] fioricet:
stop recognizing computer and had no option to mount usb storage. then next day would not take a charge and the touch screen would not work. took it back and exchanged it and tmo rep said that it was because i didnt use the new sim card that came with it. i said "you were the one that sold me the phone, why didnt you tell me this last week?". at least he gave me another screen protector.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] thowardjr:
Bluetooth issue with voice talk

Voice talk doesnt respond when the phone is locked. I've tried mutliple headsets and my cars bluetooth - all the same results. Voice talk will only respond if the phone is unlocked. I also don't like how it has to process via a data connection everytime.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
@ op. I did notice one major issue that may make you not want this phone - Samsung doesn't fall for lies and trickery like htc and they won't give you a free battery cover and/or battery..

Just figured I'd throw that out there to help you out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KillaHurtz:
Yeah I remember a post from charlieb that basically blueprinted how to call and scam HTC for battery covers. Thanks for ruining it for everyone douchebag.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] geolemon:
Only real persistent issue that I have is with GPS... most often, when I launch navigation, it plots a course to my destination, then sits there on "searching for GPS"..

If I reboot my phone, go back to navigation, pick that last destination, no problem, locks right on and off I go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cadiken:
OK, here is my problem. My phone has a Sept 30th date and the 4g will not connect data. I've reset to factory from privacy, I wiped and reset factory in CWR, took out the sim and placed in my old phone to make sure the sim was working and it works in the old phone. Called T-Mobile and troubleshot with them and their conclusion, defective phone. I restored my unrooted Android backup and gave it one last try - no go.

Anyone else having this problem? I know some are having the wifi/3g working at the same time but mine won't connect to t-mobile's network at all even though it did when I first got it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
Know issue!!

Ok so o bought a new galaxy s 2 and i notices: If you go to settings then set the brightness to non automatic(uncheck automatic brightness) then go back to home screen then with your finger lower the brightness all the way down (pull down the notification just alittle then slide your finger to do this) ok so when then brightness its all the way down lock your phone(turn off screen with pwr buttom) then unlock it , then put the brightness all the way up with your finger using notification bar, then the screen shuts down!!!1:( i already try 10 different devices and they all do the same boooo!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KLR Rico:
I just duplicated it... Odd bug, but luckily not a deal breaker for my day-to-day use. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
I've had this issue pop up occasionally too on Wifi and 4G. I've clearly got coverage and a strong signal in both cases. But I get timeouts in apps, browser, etc. Same thing where other devices on the same router worked fine. Hrm...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ddrdh4:
SGSII Locking up

I have had my SGSII since the 14th of October.

The only problem that I have had and it only started 3days ago and has done it about 3 times in the last few days.

The screen will just lock up on what ever app I have open. The only way to get out is to reboot. There doesn't seem to be an particular app that it happens on. It just seems to happen randomly.:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
Your welcome. I dont condone internet thuggery, but good job.

Im sure u called HTC yourself and got one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
Haha. Nice attempt. Whats done is done mods been handled that issue.

Thank u for following me and remembering me though.

Im flattered.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I don't follow you trust me. Was in sensation forums first and here first.

Hopefully you don't follow me on my next device.

But we all know charlie brown is known to be a blockhead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
Every since u first responded I felt some hatred behind you typing ur thoughts and feelings.

To each is own. Im not with the back and forth arguing especially when I dont see the person face. Its pointless to me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] CB620:
nice edit only if u would have thought about that the first time.

Nice try on the flip but I dont even know u so there is no need or want to follow u.

Im getting a sgs2 and a galaxy nexus but I guess im copying and following u.

Good grief lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android4sunny:
Ok i tried it as you said....uncheked automatic brightness. Went to home and scroll all the way left to reduce brightness...locked the screen...unlocked it again and slide all the way to the right at the notification area to increase the birghtness....did not saw a blank screen. Were u doing it quickly or at sliding the finger at a normal pace?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rjscott2005:
After rooting and installing the no bloat ROM, I was unable to keep the phone off while charging. But then I tried using the charger that came with the phone and wouldn't ya know it, the phone stayed off while charging. Go figure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i don't think that counts anymore

the bug list is only for stock un-rooted phones
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] btyork:
Not to add to the trolling here, but holy crap I've never seen two people rag on Charlie in the same thread... (other than wankjob scammers in the MP)

WTF did you do charlie?! Oh, you helped everyone you could by stickin it to the man a little... what a shame :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] azsl1326:
+1

Anyone find a solution for this issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rjscott2005:
The GPS on this phone is outstanding. I rely heavily on GPS and loved how well it worked on my G1. The Vibrant, well we won't talk about that... Samsung has definitely hit one out of the park with the GPS on the SGS II. It's fast to acquire and stays locked. It's accurate to within single digit feet.

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In a word, PHENOMENAL. Coming from the SGS1 with a non-op GPS to the SGS2 is a very nice thing.

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Hi-

I've been searching the threads for anyone else reporting MHL issues but I haven't found any. I bought a 3rd party MHL adapter and tried using it with the stock charger and connected it to my HP 2310 PC monitor via a 24AWG HDMI cable. The phone charges but there's no video or audio feed. The fact that I'm not using a Samsung MHL adapter may be the issue but I want to hear from others who have tried using the MHL output.

The phone is rooted and running the deodexed ROM. I wish I had bought the adapter and tested it before rooting, etc. just to see if the ROM might have something to do with the issue.

Thanks