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[General Questions and Answers] jaestreetss:
If you check up on the ics port

That came out yesterday or the day b4. You will see that there are no capacitive buttons. Also its been confirmed that ics WILL come out for g..b Devices..... so we're ok when the update or rom comes out
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
See here:

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[General Questions and Answers] nerdslogic:
I was thinking that they might be considering something along the lines of what the ICS Launcher is like....you get the softkeys or whatever when on the homescreen and a few menus but that's it....once you navigate away they are gone.

You can see what I am talking about here to get an fairly good idea of what ICS is or at least could be like on your device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18664302#post18664302

This is only a launcher and not a ROM or the actual ICS...for any newbs out there. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
with ICS on a button'd device

menu=menu

home=home

back=back

search=search

home longpress = multitask.

software buttons will not display.
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
Is that real? It seems a bit odd that the kernel version is still 2.x when ICS (of the Galaxy Nexus) is 3.x.
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
Both the N1 and NS have the SDK ports being worked on:

http://androidcommunity.com/ice-cream-sandwich-sdk-port-running-on-the-nexus-one-video-20111021/

So this is how the buttons will be configured for older devices.

Google have said that the Source code will be released "soon", which is the word they always use and usually means sometime between now and months from now. Hopefully it won't be a long wait and then we'll have some proper ROMs, like CM9 to play with.
[General Questions and Answers] jgalan14:
I completely agree with this google soon could mean 1 month or 2 , and the nexus s getting 4.0 after that galaxy nexus been released kind of sucks I still got my nexus s (only because I want ICS) and I wish it would be released before or something

Sent from my iPhone 4S :P
[General Questions and Answers] Dripz167:
This. I'm pretty sure they'll have an option to either turn it off, or not have it at all on a capacitive button device
[General Questions and Answers] Dukeuni:
Looking forward to these changes. Now, just see how long it takes to come to the bionic.
[General Questions and Answers] sygeek:
If the phone already has hardware buttons, the virtual buttons won't be enabled. As simple as that.
[General Questions and Answers] BarryF:
Personally I'd rather have the capacitative buttons and more screen space! Moving the buttons on-screen is a move toward the iOS style, which I think has too many buttons cluttering the display.

Barry Fruitman

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[General Questions and Answers] T-Macgnolia:
Every one is entitled to their opinion, but for me I see it as a very good decision. Google must have too or they would not have put it in ICS.

I think not requiring devices to have capacitive buttons will hopefully lower the cost of devices some cause OEM's will not have to put them on their new devices. Also it will hopefully extend the life of a device seeing as their is no non needed external hardware buttons to worry about them malfunctioning.

I personally have a Acer Iconia A500 tablet and I love the virtual buttons at the bottom in Honeycomb. You get better response times from the onscreen keys then with hardware keys, or at least that is what I have noticed when using my tablet and my HTC Sensation side beside. Also I am sure sense this is the initial implementation of this on all Android devices that it will get more development to this feature. And who knows you might even be able to hide and summon the keys at will some how either now or in the future. Of course from what i have seen the older devices with capacitive buttons will still use those buttons and not have the virtual buttons on screen, unless there may be a need for them by certain apps. So unless you upgrade to a Android 4.0 native device, the virtual buttons will not really effect you right now.
[General Questions and Answers] upichie:
But you do have more screen space!

Unfortunately, you're looking at this all wrong. You have a 4.6" screen, 4.3" with the buttons. That means that when you need it—videos, gaming, etc.—you have 4.6"; when you have the buttons, you're down to 4.3". If you were to have capacitive buttons, realistically, you'd have them on the bottom accompanied by 4.3" of screen. And when you're gaming, watching videos, or using any other full-screen app... you'll still only ever have 4.3" of screen.

This is not bad. This is not "cluttering" the screen with buttons. This is maximizing the usability of each and every physical inch of your phone. You're not losing screen real-esate, you're losing the capacitive buttons and adding more screen.

And the best part? Phones will start looking a lot better. Losing those icons on the bottom makes for a much cleaner design. The future is here, and I'm liking it.
[General Questions and Answers] lancejackson:
agreed, Devs will come up with a solution
[Galaxy S II General] Ray1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtBZOXiASQk

i was walking in a Sony Ericsson shop today, and saw the black demo box (in the link above) that is used to promote the Exmor R sensor found in the Xperia Arc, Neo, Pro, and Ray.

So naturally i snap one picture of it with my SGS2.

at first i was dissapointed because from my phone, i looks like a pitch black wall paper.

however, when i transfer the pic to my PC, i'm shock to see an image appear.

(attached in this post)

if you are viewing this from a PC, send the image to your phone, you be surprice to see a blank black screen. Only after cranking the phone brightness to maximum, the image is slightly viewable only for the android eyes and the word 2.3

Seems like the SGS2 is not too shabby in low light, its just the phone screen that makes it looks like it cant capture good shots in low light. maybe the Exmor is just a gimmic, and the bravia thing makes the image easily viewable in the xperia screens.

anyone has an xperia arc that can share their image of the demo box? i'm very curious to see how to SGS2 image compare to it.
[Galaxy S II General] dikime:
There are a ton of tricks, that can be done.

What I guess is, that the camera uses a bright lens (f/2.8 or better), has more than 800ISO for sure (probably 1600), and also it's on spot metering.

Being able to shoot in low light depends only on ISO, sensor-wise. If they have 3200ISO, THAT's a nice mobile sensor.
[Galaxy S II General] isisky:
I think that the sony has à backlight sensor wich is known to be better in low Lights.
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
I think the reason you couldn't see it on your sgs 2 is because of the high contrast on the sgs 2 screen. Hence it only looking like a black picture.
[Galaxy S II General] awojtas:
Camera

In this review http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined/9 the author said the S2 has two camera sensor sources, Samsung and Sony:

"So we now know that inside SGS2 is either a Sony IMX105, or Samsung S5K3H2YX sensor"

Both the Samsung and Sony parts are back-lit sensors.

It's possible that Sony's 8mp sensor in the Arc is the same as the S2's sensor, just with a wider aperture lens (f2.7 in SGS2 vs f2.4 in Arc).

If the SGS2 DOES have a backlit sensor as this reviewer implied then I would hazard a guess that Samsung isn't allowed to promote it as part of it's supplier agreement to use the Sony parts.

This would explain why the S2 takes such great photos, but has some weird downsides (pink spot, poor focus) - that the SENSOR is good, but the lens Samsung chose is pretty crappy.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
I would like to show something.

Test

This is a link to a LCD test if you open this page on the galaxy s2 then you will see that the first 8 blacks are pretty much the same.

Even if you try different brightness levels.

Maybe this can explain the picture not being visible on s2 screen.
[Galaxy S II General] Ray1:
omg, on my sgs2, the first 15 blacks are almost identical!

is my screen faulty?

yours only 8 identical?

on my laptop, only the first 3 seems indentical.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Wait I haven't checked in a long time, I will check and reply.

You should always check at full brightness.

Go to browser brightness disable auto and make it full.

---------- Post added at 11:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:21 AM ----------

Yeah so i checked again. The thing is if you are checking from 1 - 15 then you may not notice 15, but the trick is to go reverse check 25 24 - 15 etc.

With full brightness and in a relatively bright room I can see only 12 below that everything is the same.

Will check tonight in complete darkness and give you that result too.

Edit: On my office CRT monitor also the first three are the same, the rest I can differentiate.

Edit2: As has been noted here in the forums for a long time now, the screens and camera modules are different from person to person. So as long as you are enjoying your phone and it is not giving you any serious problems you should let go of the small annoyances.
[Galaxy S II General] bruflot:
For me, only the 5 first boxes are almost identical..
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
As I said the phone's screen has a high contrast ratio, hence why they look identical.
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Yeah so I checked again this time in complete darkness and full brightness.

First eight are the same. Rest I can differentiate.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
yep it does have more than 800ISO and probably backlit sensor, Fireworks mode proves it :) amazing night pics

i found a string in camera.apk

<string name="ISO_3200">3200</string> so :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neo_x22000:
im not to fond of the NS4G txt msging...it just looks boring...can the look b changed without using a app?...i like the galaxys s look can that b flashed??
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evan_TechBamboo:
I'm not sure, but it's probably more complicated than just getting an app. I kinda doubt it would work though...

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jbarcus81:
Is Daemon controller available as an APK to install outside of roms that have it built in?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
I DL'd it from the market a while ago...

Here is DaemonController

I recommend OC/UV Beater over DC though.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
No matter what ROM I use, I can't find it on the market. MIUI, DINC2HD, and a few others.

Sent from my Droid Incredible 2 HD
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
Posted both DaemonController and OC/UV Beater above.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jbarcus81:
I get a force close with OV/UV and daemon controller just sets at the loading screen, could be kernel issues? I'm using a new kernel that was just released and its a combo of tiamat and jdkernel I believe.. oh and I'm using miui that was released yesterday..
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
I thought MIUI had it's own oc daemon. I haven't run MIUI in a while, so I don't remember for sure.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
I forgot that miui doesn't allow you to control clocks.

Daemon control is a tad more advanced then what you may need it for. Have you tried setcpu instead?

I only had miui for a little while on my old dinc and it wasn't stable enough for me...
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] aeroevan:
What exactly does daemon controller do? I assume the kernel you're referring to is mine :) I just downloaded daemon controller to see what's breaking.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PacerguyDon:
If your getting a blank screen, you more than likely need to follow the instructions here to set up the Daemon controller. I have never been able to get the stand alone apk to actually do the install of the actual daemon controller that is needed for the app to function. Once installed though, it works well.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] TheAtheistReverend:
From what I have read daemon controller is much quicker at reacting to adjust your clock speed than something like setcpu. The way I understood it, it operates at a much lower level in the programming than a typical "app" would and this gets the clock speeds adjusted to where the user defined as fast as possible (as the criteria are filled) where setcpu (the app itself) has to read and register the fact that the screen is on and then tell the CPU clock to adjust.

I hope someone here can enlighten us if I am incorrect and/or expand on this.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] tincbtrar:
This is true. However you need to set up daemon control before installing it which is why people cant use it correctly.

Check out Andrev_OC daemon (quick search) and ensure that the daemon is set up correctly before installing the controller. OC/UV beater works well too.

FWIW it does seem to manage events better - I used to run it on my Xoom and phone...but since Xoom has a ROM which controls the clocks (tiamat) I dont need it anymore.

Im using OC/UV beater on Newts 4.0.2 ROM right now...and its working correctly even thought the ROM is just 'ok'. I am sure if it were on a more 'stock' rom the results would be better.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] aeroevan:
How is that different than something like the smartass governors or others that are tuned to android sleep states? I guess I just like keeping things simple while running as few things in the background ;)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] PacerguyDon:
With the Smartass type governors, the Andrev Daemon isn't really necessarily needed. The Daemon app actually has a bypass when using the Smartass gov or the other governors with the built in sleep min and max values.

If I want to use the Perfomance governor, and then use Conservative or Powersave for the sleep min and max, then I will use the Daemon app to set this.

If you would like to learn more, go to my first post and click on the red text, this will take you to the devs page :cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzontra11:
Hi..

I just have one stupid question..how to change or flash new radio.?

Tnx
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] joeblow7272:
i searched and searched,but i cant find how to update rooted froyo 2.2.2..to GB..rooted with super one click...i know nothing about odin,though i have downloaded it just in case...anyway,any links and/or advice on how to upgrade to GB?? thanks..btw..my first post...hello to you all!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Bassmanjames:
Find the Bible. Then find GB starter pack by fb. Good luck searching :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] steeleain:
Here ya go. Start here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16762954
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] smashcz:
I will be getting at&t SGII next week, so just wondering which ROM would you guys recommend? Stable, fast and that looks good.. thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] quarlow:
They are all good. Try them all, that's going to be the best way to see which you like most.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Stable? Avoid anything that comes from netchip. I don't think any kernel he's posted here has even successfully booted.

Other than that you should be fine right now, it's hard to go wrong.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SpectraDawn:
It's all opinion based. Go to the development forums and read up on all the comments, and come up with a conclusion that way. Or try them all.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
totally agree with this.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mcorrie1121:
Start with Serendipity ;) If you don't like something, you can go from there. I find it to be my favorite.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] smashcz:
so far from what I'm reading I like either Serendipity or UnNamed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] robstunner:
That's my choice. Best battery life and all the stock functions are present and stable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
I think some of the less visible stock functions may be missing from Serendipity. I remember over on the Infuse community, a few people were unhappy about the loss of SNS functionality. (SNS is an alternate method of syncing social network stuff like Facebook, its functionality is slightly different from that provided by the Facebook app.)

The problem is that SNS is also known to be a battery drainer - not a horrible one, but it does have a clearly noticeable detrimental effect on the battery.

For 95%+ of people, the social networking functions of the Facebook app are fine and they won't miss SNS at all, plus they'll be happy about the improved battery life that comes from nuking SNS. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] robstunner:
yea ,I don't miss that sns one bit though! I always freeze it when I have a ROM with it on there anyway.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] highaltitude:
SO, Ive flashed most of the ROMs for the Galaxy, but they all seem to be mostly like the stock rom? Only CM7 and Miui seem different. Am I missing somthing?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
They're all derived from stock, except for CM7/MIUI.

Usually the ROM changelog will indicate what has changed from stock. Right now things aren't too divergent as the device has only been out for 3 weeks.

One exception is Perception - that's derived from I9100 stock.

This is generally how it is on any Samsung phone - you have stock-derived ROMs, CM7/MIUI, and in some cases depending on commonality with other devices, cross-device ROM ports from a similar device that receives more frequent updates.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: BEST rom

After a lot of time testing and comparing all the custom roms found here in these XDA forums for our

SGS2 i777 phone here is my conclusion:​

The very BEST custom rom available for our phones at the present time is GTG's UnNamed v1.04 custom rom.

It has the most features, user customizations and options available at this current time.​

I have spent countless hours testing and comparing all the other roms which are currently available for our phones

and found that GTG's rom is not only the best, but also the most reliable and error free when compared to any of

the other roms which are available for our phones at the present time.​

If you are interested in the UnNamed rom, it can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1299474​

This is strictly my personal opinion so take it for what it's worth. (most likely less than 2 cents)

But it's up to you, YOU decide !!!​
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] highaltitude:
Cool thanks, I thought so. I do read the changelogs and descriptions prior to flashing. No disrespect was intended as I am glad for all the hard work and development the Devs put in! Thanks for clarifying.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] justabrake:
I have a question, These Roms Do they lack functions as to Stock, like I read where one has problems with camera functions so if you use your camera stay with the stock, So can you elaborate which ones has less functions and are any full functional ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
Serendipity 8 is the best Rom I've encountered yet. my battery easily lasts for 30-36hrs depending on my usage of the device.

The rom is clean and runs smooth. try it out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: custom roms

No. that's not the way to look at it...

For example the only custom rom which has video issues and does not

have all the features and options in the camera when compared to the

stock or custom roms is the CyanogenMod 7.1 rom, but that does not

mean that all the custom roms have camera/video issues.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
You need to try them all and see which one fits your needs the best.

Or if you want to be told which rom to put on your phone, go with Serendipity 8. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kcamp7890:
i would def say serendipity 8. battery life is insane and performace is so smooth
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Alucardis666:
I agree completely, can't wait for the next update :-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DJLittleMike:
My two cents:

So far I've tried CM7 and am currently on UnNamed.

CM7, I found to have the most customization as well as battery life. The bad: Wifi tethering is flat out broken, and I couldn't get Samsung's Media Hub to play well with it (kept on FCing any time I accessed My Media, even when restoring app only.) Along with the tethering bug was a (probably related) bug that you had to manually turn on Wifi again after tethering wigged out. Other than that, I loved it. Especially the TV screen animation for sleep/lock.

UnNamed to me is very vanilla. It's good in the respect that it has AT&T bloat removed. Clean rom, I'd say. However, I found battery life to suck on it. I think because it lacks the same kind of memory and task management that CM7 has. With UN, I'm constantly killing tasks and freeing up RAM. With CM7, I didn't have to bother doing that at all, and I would last a whole day on a single charge with heavy use.

YMMV, but that's my experience so far. Personally I'm waiting for the devs to update CM7, but I know they're taking a break at the moment, so it may be a while.

I hope that helps!
[Motorola Photon 4G] DWake014:
Ever since I updated to the 198_6 leak my screen of death issue vanished and I would get a random reboot every once in a while. Last night I unlocked my phone and the issue has returned twice now. This happen to anyone else after unlocking their phone?
[Motorola Photon 4G] DWake014:
Seems like im back in the stock system build, which might be the reason . Any way to update that build since im using the alien rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
Plz don't tell me u put a ROM from the international version on this Tmobile sgs2? Or be more clear what ur problem is?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alibox87:
yes i did put international rom to tmobile phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TJBunch1228:
Good friggin Christ, really?.... Several people have already done this, so ignorance cannot be your excuse... Basically you are hosed for now. Don't flash **** onto your phone that wasn't designed for your phone. This model is nothing like the international version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Locksmith81:
YOUR ONLY OPTION is (JTAG).

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com

MERCaBeast
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3athsd00r:
SetCPU won't set my voltages for 608mhz and below. Any one know why this is?

Running morray 2.2.2 with the gpuoc tachi kernel.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3athsd00r:
Here are my current voltages.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrammer:
I believe it may be in the kernel. I am running arcturus and it will set for 608 but not for 456, 312 or 216.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tincbtrar:
Im pretty sure that is the floor for voltages on the Xoom.

Dont think you can go any lower.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3athsd00r:
Sad day. I have my Atrix uv'd quite low. Is there anyway to work around it?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tincbtrar:
Unlikely.

You have a huge battery in there. Keep it at the floor.

The atrix doesn't have an 8000 mah battery in it :)

If you are looking to conserve battery then don't overclock the CPU/gpu and turn wireless off when needed.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Laxeus:
Why flashing modules to GinTonic make my phone bootloop?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] enachebr:
I'm facing the same issue. I use the stock kernel and after installing the rom and performing a factory reset, the phone boots up and works just fine(except for keyboard light and statusbar lag).

Also if I install the modules.zip update right after installing the rom, my mini goes in a endless boot loop.

Apart from that, Gintonic.SE is lightning fast and stable.:p
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] *boy*racer*:
Have you got the right baseband?? I had the same issue with my gf x8 and realised I was using the wrong baseband. Hope this helps
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mikewse:
And the right stock kernel? (ending with A, not C)