yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Networking] Mr.Kakarot:
Hey, I been working nights the last 4 days in a row.... meaning no phone or internet time. I am not allowed my phone at work, I also work tonight. So I have done nothing as of yet.. 7pm to 7am sucks. I will shoot you a pm once I have a day off.

Do you mean different different as in rooting etc... or in general? In general, it is just a bigger screen.... everything else feels and looks the same (fantastic)

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assuming the software is up to date and accurate, I'm guessing?

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I literally only had an hour of play time, my initial quadrant scores ranged from 3000-3500... but I am pretty sure the cpu was dipping (ranging from 300-1500)... so set cpu should help that out.

I never heard of anutu or whatever it is I mentioned above.... and it was 6500, if you want something specific ran, shoot me a pm and I will get to it on a day off (just been off for 2 weeks, and I am working nights like a mad man) :(

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Yea, I hit 3500 at my best... I think once we have setcpu and can set the low to max and to performance... we will get better numbers (I hit 4500 on my gs2 overclocked)...

I have no issues with the screen or anything, I love browsing on it. Looks and feels great!

As for the battery, I thought that 2000mhz case came with a different back.... you sure that fits? I would order that for sure, be a great back up!!

Anyone find any screen protectors yet? That is my main concern!
[Networking] asf200:
What kind of d/l and u/l speedtest results are folks with this device getting when the device is using just HSPA? Also, any updates on battery life now that folks have had it for a few days?
[Networking] rnewton01:
I'm getting around 5mbps down and 1.5 up while on hspa.. Yesterday when I went to bed, my phone had 20% battery left. 16 hours on and 3.5 hours of screen time. and my battery isn't quite calibrated yet. It when down to 60% pretty fast, then seemed to flatline.
[Networking] infamouskid:
on lte all day from 5 am till i get home around 7pm i had 40% when i got home.
[Networking] Mr.Kakarot:
I again been working straigh nights, so by the time I wake up... I have time to shower, eat and get back to work....

I did do a few tests, and I got some average results at times 5/2mbps.... but my first test ever was 10Mbps and 2up... which was the best I seen on any device. I am not allowed a phone at work, so with the use I have... it seems to be similar at least.... but until I get a day off and really play with it, I will not know for sure.

Does anyone know anything useful about this device yet? Will any root work on it? Regular gs2 roms? accessories? If I get a day off sometime this week, I will try and play.
[Networking] rnewton01:
I've tried the newest one-click root method and it didn't work. I'm fairly sure that we can use whatever kernels and roms are available for the t-mobile gs2, but I doubt it will play nicely with our radios. I'm not sure if i'm keeping this phone or not yet, so without a solid recovery option, i'm not willing to chance it yet.
[Networking] ddover:
Picked mine up yesterday... It was free but it did use my hardware upgrade and required me to renew my contract.

Phone is pretty sweet! Screen is incredible and I'm not experiencing any display issues like others have mentioned

I'd like to root it though I'll probably wait until there's one available specifically for this model...

How's everyone's battery life so far? I'm getting about 12 hours out of it...
[Networking] infamouskid:
welcome to the club.

yeah for some reason i think the screen issue is only with tmo and telus users.

there may be an issue with that batch or from that specific factory where theirs were made.

ALSO....

GUYS DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE FOR THIS PHONE TO GET ITS OWN FORUM HERE!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1301121
[Networking] rnewton01:
well i've definitely got the screen issue. I had to use my hardware upgrade as well to get it, but I think i'm gonna either sell or return to get galaxy nexus when it comes out.
[Networking] McLaren__F1:
so international and non-international battery should work?
[Networking] rnewton01:
well... it looks like these phones are going to USA.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/31/...st-lte-smartphones-to-life-htc-vivid-and-sam/

that should get a lot more users of this device which means more ROM and kernel development...
[Networking] Longcat14:
Yeah, especially since it's one of the first LTE phones on AT&T, it's bound to get TONS of development. I'm tempted to get the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, but I may get the HTC Vivid, since it'll have better support then the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket...
[Networking] netnerd:
i always try to stay away from Heavy Thick Craps!

the lighter the phone, the more comfortable in hand!
[Networking] Longcat14:
I obviously like the fact that Samsung phones are lighter, easier on my pockets. ^^

But the fact that HTC phones (especially one like this, first LTE phone on AT&T, and with AT&T not having a record of locking bootloaders, the Vivid could easily have an unlocked bootloader) almost always have better dev support, it's more recommended to go that way.

Obviously I could be wrong, but not by the track record of how HTC phones get development...

EDIT: Now, if the SGS II Skyrocket has the 1.5GHz Exynos 4212, then screw the Vivid, I'm getting the SGS II.
[Networking] rnewton01:
No. this has a qualcomm chip
[Networking] Longcat14:
Yeah, most likely, but until it's confirmed, I'm going to imagine that it has the Exynos. ^^
[Networking] rnewton01:
i'm using a sgh-i727 to write this on. Powered by Qualcomm. Sticker came right on the phone. Wish it was the exynos. Phone still flies tho
[Networking] Longcat14:
Obviously it's still going to fly, the 1.5GHz Snapdragon isn't a slouch, but it isn't as fast as the Exynos.

Oh well, I'll have LTE to compensate for that. ^^
[Networking] cam1878:
I know that the Exynos is better than the Qualcomm one, but can anyone give some sort of a scale as to how much better?
[Networking] Mr.Kakarot:
just read about this game on mobile news, trying it out on the new phone

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/11/01/android-game-review-wind-up-knight-video/

lol
[Networking] milan03:
Clock for clock exynos is about 20% faster. So 1.2Ghz Exynos = 1.44Ghz Qualcomm roughly... So it's really about the same, nothing to cry about.

BTW it's the same Galaxy S2 LTE "Celox" released in Korea several months ago, and recently released in Europe (Germany).

Here is a nice unboxing of the original Korean version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DeEby4iEU
[Networking] Hunt3r.j2:
But the Adreno 220 currently doesn't hold a candle to the Mali GPU in the Exynos.

Honestly if you want just get the HTC Vivid and overclock the CPU to 1.5 GHz, a 300 MHz overclock is almost nothing and CPU governors will rarely use that clockspeed anyway. In return you get a better camera and a higher resolution screen, and the IPS panel apparently is on par with SAMOLED+ for the most part.
[Networking] pjm77:
What's wrong with adreno 220? The scores on nenamark 2 results webpage show that snap + adreno give better scores that exynos + mali (54 to 47 fps). Adreno is a better gpu.
[Networking] infamouskid:
yeah but isnt the qualacomm chip optimized for LTE i think thats why they choose this chip. i read this somewhere.
[Networking] cam1878:
Ya that isn't really a deal breaker at all. The majority of people would never notice the difference
[Networking] infamouskid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II

after reading more it seems there is no way the exynos would come to north america as the exynos is not compatible with hspa+ banding above 14.4mbps whereas the qualacomm is.
[Networking] milan03:
That's actually partially correct. The correct part is that exynos wouldn't be able to have lte baseband at the moment, the incorrect part is that exynos can't work with hspa+ baseband that's category 14 meaning over 14.4mbps. International version of Samsung galaxy s2 uses 21mbps capable Ericsson Thor baseband chipset and it works great.
[Networking] Hunt3r.j2:
Adreno 220 is just good at triangles, but in terms of shader capability it's far from it.

Here's to hoping the Adreno 225 improves things on the shader side. Honestly, ST-Ericsson's Novathor chipsets should be used more, they currently have two Cortex A9s and a Mali GPU and LTE support...
[Networking] shust82:
got mine yesterday, anybody figure out a way to root yet?
[Networking] AstroDigital:
Me too....

No root yet from what I read.
[Networking] haloeight:
AstroDigital / shust82, did you both gets your through the reservation system ?
[Networking] shust82:
Yeah, in Winnipeg, 481 on the list. Got it yesterday around noon.
[Networking] AstroDigital:
Confirmed.... ordered mine from the reservation system
[Networking] rnewton01:
Att skyrocket launching today in US. won't be long before you start seeing development. I returned my sgs2 lte to Rogers. Waiting for nexus.
[Networking] ninja0n3:
Just got my Rogers SGS2 LTE (I727R).

Impatiently waiting for the root to be released for this device. In the meantime I'll keep on using my SGS2 from bell.

Those Rogers logo annoy the hell out of me and I would really like to take them off.
[Networking] TechSilver13:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327458&page=2
[Networking] haloeight:
What would you say made you return it and think the Nexus will be better? Personally the decision is down to the two for me, but the lack of MicroSD in the GS2 LTE is a bit of a turn off.
[Networking] jacobharasimo:
So I got my SII lte on Saturday and was a little disappointed that Rogers changed the packaging from the original in this post but was more disappointed that they changed the back cover and got rid of the textured back plate for flat one so they could 'tag' them as Rogers devices... My original Samsung Captivate direct from Rogers didn't have any logs on it and I preferred that... otherwise great device!
[Networking] Longcat14:
Hopefully the rooting method is similar/same as the T-Mobile SGS II, so that you guys can root your phones and remove bloatware. :)

Also, how do you request forums? I'm pretty sure we need Vivid and Rogers/AT&T Skyrocket/SGS II forums. :)
[Networking] ninja0n3:
I released a temporary workaround guide to get root on the SGS2 LTE (SGH-I727R) based on posts that I found all over the boards.

Works for me and should do the trick while we wait for the updated rooted kernels and so on:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1335702

Hope this helps.
[Networking] rnewton01:
Besides ICS and the getting the quickest future android updates, screen resolution may be the biggest factor. as nice as the super amoled + screen is, at 4.5", the poor dpi was really noticeable, specifically with videos. i preferred video on my captivate. Plus this phone uses the qualcomm processor, and it definitely was not as smooth as the regular GSII with exynos processor. choppiness when scrolling and swiping homescreens. although i'm sure with rom development, that issue can be taken care of.

the nexus is coming with 32GB model, so i don't really see the need for a mircoSD. My captivate has 16GB internal and I added a 16GB card... that was far more than i ever needed. If given the choice, i may just go with a 16GB anyhow.

i also live in Durham region, which isn't on the "coming soon" map of LTE coverage yet, so i can't really even take advantage of that aspect of the phone.

oh, and in the 7 days i had the phone, it rebooted on me at least 3 times.
[Networking] milan03:
I'm not sure what choppiness are you talking about?! Phone is as smooth as butter.
[Networking] rnewton01:
phone performance can vary - even with the exact same hardware. it was damn fast, no doubt. temporarily gone back to my captivate since having that phone and even with the latest and greatest rom's for it, seems like molasses in comparison. it was just slight stuttering. seemed to get worse just in the time i had it though. i had one of the phones from the initial rogers shipment - not in rogers retail box. maybe it was pre-prod unit or different software build from yours - though i doubt that. read up on the t-mobile sgsII and you will see that this performance is noted with the qualcomm processor. i also had the problems with vertical lines on the display that i mentioned earlier in this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300133

hopefully these issues only affect a minority of Rogers customers

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actually, looks like you are on verizon. which phone are you referring to?
[Networking] bigmaster:
Did they gave any SD-Card with it?

Did they gave any SD-Card with it?... (Rogers)

what we know so far:

Samsung Galaxy S II LTE™ smartphone

AWS for connectivity on the Rogers LTE network

Tri-band HSPA+/Quad-band EDGE for connectivity on the Rogers 4G HSPA+ network and international roaming

Device download speeds up to 75 Mbps*

Dual-core 1.5 GHz processor

4.5” WVGA Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen (480x800)

Android 2.3 operating system

1GB RAM; 16GB internal memory

8MP rear camera with flash, 2MP front facing camera

cpu : model armv7 proc (vfpv3, neon)

gpu : vendor qualcomm

renderer : adreno tm 220

Stock Firmware:

PDA : I727RUXKJ6

PHONE : I727RUXKJ6

CSC : I727RRWCKJ6

CAM FW VER : SDEH0D

PHONE FW VER : SDEH0D

ISP VER : FUJITSU M5MOLS

HW : REV_1.3

phone operates on the following bands on rogers network.

1700/2100 and 2500/2600 bands are being used.

bell is following suit since the 2500/2600 bands are shared with rogers in their joint Inushuk wimax venture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inukshuk_Wireless

they will continue to use these bands and will probobly dual band LTE once they get 700MHz spec after the auction if CRTC lets them bid for it.

1700/2100MHz

AWS (Sector 4 5 et 6 LTE)

UL (1710MHz - 1755MHz)

DL (2110MHz - 2155MHz)

2500/2600MHz

IMText (Sector 7 8 et 9 LTE )

UL (2500MHz - 2570MHz)

DL (2620MHz - 2690MHz)

yes i am the first.

read about it here.

http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/10/25/r...mber-of-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-lte-to-customers/[/QUOTE]
[Networking] haloeight:
Thanks for the review. I haven't received mine yet so it is good to be hearing first hand reviews as I share your reservations about the pixel density and SOC.
[Networking] rnewton01:
[/QUOTE]

No, it was not preloaded with a memory card
[Networking] cue_32:
Yeah I never noticed any choppiness or any issues with it. I also had the Bell version GSII and this one had lesson blue tint when viewed at different angles.

The speed difference between exynos is noticeable only by number\specs. Just as the 1.5GHz and 1.2GHz between the two is not noticeable for everyday use. Unless you wanna use your phone as your network server. LoL
[Networking] rnewton01:
this just up on Engadget about the screen issues:

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/t-mobile-galaxy-s-ii-screen-issues-have-some-seeing-poorly-rend/
[Networking] orb2k:
I just got mine right now. I've been reading up on it..keep the info flowing! I can't wait to go home and start playing with it. I hope I didn't make a bad decision.
[Networking] rispectme:
It's very wonderlful
[Networking] Nigel8600:
Joined just to vote........... :)

I owned a 3GS 32GB and I just picked up my S2 LTE today, I live in Calgary.

I was 481 on the reservation list and I'm surprised they even sent me one considering we don't even have LTE service yet. :)
[Networking] bakedjake:
Hey guys - I think this may be a pentaband 3G phone. See my post here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1340779

I'm interested in your thoughts. I'm half tempted to run down to the states tonight and grab a t-mo SIM to try it out.
[Networking] .Arkham:
You mean Galaxy Nexus (Prime), right? The GS2 LTE has a MicroSD slot.
[Networking] Girn:
Anyone have a STOCK rogers rom for this? I screwed mine up by experimenting :(
[Networking] ekerbuddyeker:
Any news on the Lte HD coming to AT&T
[Networking] atlas2003:
videos are crappy

Hi everybody.

I'm the owner of the canadian rogers version of this phone.

I love it very much (my old phone was the htc magic... so big improvment)

There is one thing that I don't like at all: Use it as video player. Why? Because all the video that I try to play looks very bad on this phone.

There is a problem with standard XVID codec. XVID codec have a really low framerate, i don't know why. But HD video (H/X264) are perfectly smooth

I've try a lot of different video player on the market and NONE of them can play smooth video with this phone. Only the native video player of this phone can handle smootly X264 videos (even the xvid one with the native player are not very smooth)

And ONLY the native player display a perfect picture. Other non native player display pixellate videos.

I made these tests with a lot off different xvid videos and h264 videos.

Maybe it's because non native video player can't use hardware video decoding yet on this phone?

And i think the xvid low framerate is a bug...

So, for the moment, I convert my video in h264 and use the native video player (but i don't like the GUI)

Does someone have the same problems?
[Networking] supernauticus:
I've been using my rogers s2 lte for a cpl weeks now and i have no problem whatsoever with video. I use either stock or mainly MX video player. It seems to use hardware decoding and i did notice it get less smooth if i switch to software decoding. Either way, try it out. I'v tested it with various formats and even flvs play smooth.
[Networking] pativets:
Hey,

I get the same problem with video playback as well. I download TV show and such in standard XVid and the playback would be very laggy and stutters to the point that it makes me dizzy. I used to own the Infuse 4G and the playback was seamless on the native player!

I've also tried many different players as well, including Real, Mobo, and MX.

Can someone please advise?
[Networking] pativets:
Hey, what software are you using to convert to H.264?
[Networking] guaiwujia:
great～

Koera/Japan also begin to sale this model

more and more user will have this device
[Networking] AllGamer:
just so you know guys there's already a SGH-i727 section in the forum

the sky rocket is the same as the other 2
[Networking] neuropass:
are you sure 100% about it? why would they call it differently then?

I just bought mine from ROGERS this are my specs:

Model number:SGH-I727R

Android version: 2.3.5

Baseband version: I727RUXKJ7

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.11

Build Number: GINGERBREAD.RUXKJ7

All I want is to have clean firmware. the rogers crap is really bad! specially the bootscreen.

Does anyone know if there is an European brand free firmware available?
[Networking] Longcat14:
Yep, same phone.

Model Number for Skyrocket is SGH-I727

Model Number for SGS II LTE Rogers is SGH-I727R

All the ROM's there have either Rogers versions, or the ROM's are inter-compatible between both phones.
[Networking] neuropass:
got it thanks for your reply.
[Networking] Iunchbox-:
I has the same laggy issues and I was upset with this. But I found that when I use MX player and choose s/w decoder (fast mode) all my video's play smoothly.

Can someone do me a favor and post the direct link to the following stock rom so if I ever have a hardware issue I can send it back:

Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE by Rogers

Model: SGH-I727R

Baseband: I727RUXKJ7

Android version: 2.3.5

Kernel version: 2.6.35.11

Build number: GINGERBREAD.RUXKJ7

Also, has anyone sent it back without resetting the custom binary counter?
[Networking] neuropass:
Here's the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342348

If you use CWM and original ROM it will never trigger the flash counter.;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KaiZ51:
Not sure if that's how it's called, but I mean the games where you pass the phone over to your friends.

I only know of Uno, but what else is out there? Preferably something free, but it's fine if it's paid too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikdimas:
Carcassone - Board Game.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] marstodd:
Can the SG2 do stereo? Can it do it in video? And, is it good fidelity in videos like the mono is? thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ntellegence:
Can anyone confirm this works on our phone and post which games work? Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] babymatteo:
Confirmed working for me. I'm on Eagleblood 1.1 and worked also for stock rooted rom.

I come from a G2X so i loved the graphics on the Tegra games.

Here are the games confirmed working:

Backbreaker THD

Sprinkle

Fruit Ninja THD

Riptide GP THD

Galaxy on Fire 2 THD

You'd need CF3D and the Nvidia plugin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FRuiTBoOT:
Are you listing the games that worked on your LGx2, because you can't download THD games unless you have a Tegra processor. Or am I missing something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ntellegence:
:o

Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] babymatteo:
You're definitely missing somwthing. Those are the games i play on my sgs2. To play these games yu need CF3D and the Nvidia plugin.

posted from my Eagleblood SGS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ntellegence:
Chainfire3d is an app in the market that let's you play Tegra (and two other types.forgot which) it also fixes the market so you can download Tegra games from the market. You can search there is a thread on it. I used it on my vibrant and it's great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] FRuiTBoOT:
Oh I got ya! I have had the ChainFire3D on here for a bit and always had on my vibrant, but didin't know about the market fix that would show THD games. Thanks for the info!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
So wtf... all of asudden I am no longer able to load desktop version of yahoo...

I normally use skyfire and have never had to redo the uas but now no matter what it just goes to yahoo mobile. Even on the ****ty android browser I hit about:debug choose desktop and its right

back to "m.yahoo.com." . Anyone else having this? My droid seems to be fine loads desktop version no issues.

BTW I am running froyo rooted and no I don't want gb.

meh...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
Ok so its not just me... just tried the woman's g2x and skyfire and stock browser will NOT load yahoo as desktop...

Seems its just yahoo other websites load fine in desktop....anyone?

meh...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
Ok so Firefox seems to work but wow does it suck....

Any one else having this issue? Or had or know why or anything would like to go back to skyfire...

meh...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
Bump... wow not one response. Do people actually enjoy mobile version?

This is a deal breaker for me.

Just doesn't make sense how or why this would happen. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Can you use proxies on with Google?

meh...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ttabbal:
People probably don't use yahoo. I haven't for years. It sounds to me like yahoo is redirecting you there. I doubt the phone has much to do with it. Many mobile sites include a link to switch to the desktop mode. You might try asking yahoo to include an option for that. Opera mobile might be another option.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KiNG OMaR:
Yahoo has been dead to me for quite some time now :p
[T-Mobile LG G2x] uzzi88:
I have the same problem but it's not the end of the world.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Longevite:
scroll down to the bottom load it in desktop mode. yes, I tried in Opera it still load in mobile.