yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] onyonees:
never used/heard of bin before. what is it? is it in the market? i looked and couldn't find it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
BLN as asatnik11 said u need kernel suport for it, like cm7 or a custom kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mettleh3d:
That sounds totally foreign to a first time android owner like me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] onyonees:
me too lol! i don't understand how it can be done once we have a custom kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
BLN (back light notification) is an app that allows the 4 capacitive buttons on our phone or any other Android device to blink as a notification whenever you receive a message, missed call, voicemail etc. You can download the app from the Android market but for now it will be useless to us because we do not have a kernel to support this feature. You must first be rooted and then flash a custom kernel that has BLN enabled in order to use the app/function. I believe that a custom kernel is in the works since all Galaxy S phones had custom kernels to support this feature. Even the Nexus S (which isn't Galaxy S) supported this feature once a custom kernel was installed. For now I recommend downloading and using NO LED (can be found in the MARKET) in the meanwhile.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] onyonees:
Ounce718, thanks for the excellent explanation! Been on Android for a long time and i'm still learning something new every day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Kendr1ck:
BLN support cannot come soon enough. NoLED is such a battery killer :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Your definitely welcome.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] atricio:
try missed message flasher from the market this one is what I'm using and work great
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 3bs:
I keep my haptic feedback set very low. Missed message flasher seems to vibrate at the same intensity as haptic feedback so it's nearly useless. Does this happen to yours or am I doing something wrong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jeehf:
I tried this but it is not working on my samsung galaxy S2.pls help.

thnx
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Aaron636r:
Works great on mine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
Uninstall app, then reinstall! then when done go to widgets and put the noled widget on screen, then delete widget. also u can go into menu and turn it on in settings and it also has a test feature also. Plus the dev is very helpful, if u have problem look him up on xda.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] robl45:
I think the phone looks great, but since it has the different processor and the consensus seems to say it is bad, would it be better to get the htc amaze? I really like this one as its lighter and bigger screen. lack of camera button bothers me a bit but I guess I can live with that. but if its crappy dual core and not going to be much better than my single core epic 4g, that wouldn't be so great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
Processing horsepower is much higher than any single core phone. You can't even reliably run Firefox on a Hummingbird SoC, my Vibrant has issues with it on CM7 and when it's overclocked. Not so with any dual core Android phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Fyi the Amaze and this both have the same exact processor and gpu. The processor on this phone isn't as great as the other Galaxy SII, but you'll never know the difference once this phone gets its software more optimized for the different processor we have. I advise you watch a few YouTube reviews, read user reviews on XDA and go in T-Mobile store to see which phone is the right choice for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] robl45:
thanks for the info on the processor, so then this would likely be the one. what is the thought on this getting cyanogen or even ICS?

this is a big issue with the epic 4g since its so different from the other galaxy phones. I don't want to run into the issue again where i end up with the odd duck phone that doesn't get upgraded.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
I think this phone would be a shoe in for Cyanogen mod especially since Cyanogen was hired by Samsung. As far as getting ICS officially I would think this phone should be one of the first Gingerbread running phone to receive the update. Would we get ICS unofficially? I definitely think so!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] robl45:
well my reference was to the fact that it uses a different processor then the main galaxy s 2. like with the epic 4g, it has the keyboard and wimax and is last for everything while the other galaxy phones are not still stuck on froyo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Born_Immaculate88:
The chances of an official release of ICS on the T-Mobile Galaxy S II are very very good, the chances of a custom rom of ICS are about 99% :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] babymatteo:
word of advice to the OP...don't even think about it, just buy the phone. Performance and battery life on this phone is amazing!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
Lawl, and who's going to do the optimizing? Samsung?

If anything, you'd need to wait for Samsung to write the proper drivers or properly polish the TW ui to include hardware acceleration based on the A8-architecture. Something which I am going to assume is not going to happen.

To the OP, buy the phone based on what it can do now and based on how you like it after having played with it in the store.

I strongly advise you buying into this phone or signing a 2-year contract based on the hopes of other users on this forum.

Remember that. Just because people think this is XDA doesn't mean that every single problem on the phone will somehow get miraculously fixed or improved upon by developers.

I've seen too many buying a phone based on what it COULD/SHOULD be and not what it was.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
Hardware acceleration would be done by the GPU no?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
Yes it would be done as you seen in the game dead space only one worth mentioning. It wont lag when we have google new os on it because of hardware acceleration. It will be very little difference between our version and galaxy s2 variants.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
This guy is like a roach. Smh. Just annoying. Stop bashing this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
Who ever is on xda most of the time relies on developers. Because it is to hard for them to learn it themselves. For optimization wait till google new os comes out so that way every phone with a dual core will basically be the same. Touchwiz may never be hardware accelerated till google releases source till ice cream. Its not a big deal you can run bunch of other variations of android. That will be hardware accelerated which are far superior to stock rom. By the time samsung gets touch wiz working fine on this phone.

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He just wants a perfect phone that is all. He need something to take out his anger and it is this phone. He may not be satisfied with his purchase. Can't take it back so he is stuck with it. I would be pissed to if i was stuck with a phone i didn't want as well. Just ignore him. Xda becoming more and more like Engadget everyday. Nitpicking at everything.:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
As opposed to what? You? Hawking this phone in the Amaze forums?

Please, get over yourself. I'm sick of people like you trying to coax people into purchasing the phone based on POTENTIAL things that may or may not come.

I've seen this happen so many times when people in other sections of XDA get coaxed into getting a phone due to hopeful users who think that the phone will get all its problems fixed.

If you can't accept the technical facts, what are you doing on XDA? Preaching and selling hope and prayer for what the phone will be 3 months from now?

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I don't even own the phone. But please, be quick to pass judgment.

I've said numerous times that I am still planning to get this phone regardless of the drawbacks. However, I'm one to remain objective and not to hawk the phone like I have an oversupply of these phones in my warehouse.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darmokk:
I dont think hes out to just bash the phone, hes just pointing out its flaws (albeit in seemingly every thread lol).

This phone is amazing, easily the best phone ive ever had, but its still not perfect.

To the OP, this phone is head and shoulders better than the amaze. factor in the problems the amaze are having its an easy choice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Locksmith81:
Also you can't beat tmobiles data speed. Sprints 4g is maybe as fast as Tmobile 3g ....and that's a big maybe!

MERCaBeast
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Why would you even consider purchasing this phone knowing how "slow" the processor is compared to the Exynos? You lost me with that one. Maybe you should wait for something better to come out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
You shouldn't say that. I think he's an Amaze owner.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
I still love the phone despite knowing these technical drawbacks. I just know the limitations.I've played with them.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I never pass judgement i said

He May

. I really dont care if you have it or not.:confused:. No one is tricking the op in to buying this phone its his choice most people said with optimization the phone will get better than it is. Which it will no one said all the bugs would be fixed or anything. For a phone you don't have you sure like pointing out a flaws a lot. If your not going to be happy before hand with a purchase I suggest you not get the phone at all. Every phone has flaws including the nexus line. Nothing is going to be perfect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OuncE718:
Do you own an Amaze?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PoisonWolf:
Eh, I played with both at the store for a long time. I left the store not knowing which choice to make. I love the camera software on the amaze. The panoramic or sleek or whatever it's called is downright awesome. The GS2's version is not that good.

I prefer to go the GS2 route primarily because of the lower resolution as it would be easier to get more noticeable performance gains due to the reduced pixel count.

Still waiting it out as I intend to get two GS2s for free via retentions route. Just need to hold off for now whilst the kinks are being worked out with the display. Right now, this is still definitely by phone of choice. I've played with the European GS2 for a few weeks and I can say that the screen is amazing. Blacks are literally...blacks.

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Oh, I can and will buy a phone knowing full well of its limitations and it would not deter my enjoyment of the phone one bit. :) For my desktop, I use AMD. That's right, I said it. Lawl.

Nothing is perfect, you couldn't have said it better.

For now, I'll stick to the HD2 for a little while longer. It still runs fine, but probably nothing close to the GS2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] barondebxl:
A lot of people.complain about the processor. I own the phone and it is straight up a beast. It may not.be as fast as exynos, but once ours gets fully optimize and we see good Tom's its going to be even.better. and as far as benchmark goes, when it comes to.browser, the T-mobile version tops the ezynos SGSII's. On the browsermark benchmark the original S2 gets around 49000, T-Mobile gets 66000. Sunspider original.is in the 4000s and T-Mobile is in the 2000s and lower is better in this case. I know benchmark don't mean anything in day to day performance but its just to give you an idea of what our phone is capable.of. it is no doubt the.best phone on.T-Mobile. Usually I don't agree with endhadget reviews but for.the T-Mobile galaxy s 2 they have been spot.on

Go check it out and get the damn.phone lol!!!!

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Sorry for the unnecessary periods and misspellings.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Qualcomm chip has the of the best flash performance out of the other processors. One of the features is flash acceleration So you would get fast loading and such when navigating pages.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StammesOpfer:
So I have done a lot of googling and I don't think it exists but not sure why not.

I am looking for an android app that allows direct dialing through Google voice (over data not normal minutes). It should be completely possible via XMPP (if I am not mistaken). Ideally it could be highly integrated with the default dialer and be the perfect android VoIP solution.

I really want to move to a data only plan (tmo $30 prepaid 5gb+).

Is something technically preventing this, are there any projects already working on this? Or any developers ready to take a shot I would throw in some money and I am sure a lot of other people would too.

BTW phone is a Samsung Galaxy S II (T-Mobile) SGH-T989 if there are device specific concerns
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StammesOpfer:
Found one

Ok so while doing a semi-unrelated search I came across GrooVe IP. Seems to be exactly what I am looking for and seems to have good review. So with that out there anyone know of any others?

Update: been useing it on my SGS2 (T-Mobile) out in Afghanistan and even over a low bandwidth (128kb/64kb) high latency Sat internet connection quality is suprisingly good. Can't wait to see how well it performs over 3g+.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] error311:
I modified TiN-MAN's HTC Desired Bios Boot animation. Link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1149779

Credits: TiN-MAN, frysee for bios boot screen,and Dysgenic for Particle ring into a boot animation for CyangenMod 7.

I know the Bios animation is semi old, but I searched all over for a Droid X Bios boot animation and only found one that linked to an thread on XDA. The download link is bad just for the droid x version so I Modified TiN-MAN's since it goes nice for my phone. I added Droid X, OMAP 3630 CPU, v2.3.7 and Texas Instruments Processor type. I am taking request to "personalize" it too. Such as CPU Speed and removing CM7 mention from it.

You will need root to use this.

Install Instructions: Add the bootanimation.zip to your SD Card > Using root explorer on your phone copy the bootanimation.zip from the SD Card and go to System/Media > Mount R/W and paste the bootanimation.zip/replace the original one. Mount R/O and exit root explorer then Reboot !

Image Link: http://i55.tinypic.com/9uur8m.gif

Download Link: (24 FPS) http://www.mediafire.com/?u4jenm4qc37zuip

Download Link: (14 FPS) http://www.mediafire.com/?d3bajyfdd96iuqz *Slower animation, added 2 frames to Root Success, and removed frames from Select operating system to start from 5 seconds to 3 seconds*
[Droid X Themes and Apps] usbar:
Can you made it for the MIUI ROM (You know with the extension .mtz) and without the cyanogen animation? Please! And thanks in advance!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Thanks for reading.

I'm new to all this I paid a guy to root my phone. He seems to have done it right it's s:off, and I have superuser, and opengarden wifi tether. Most rooted apps require busybox, do I need it? And if so how do I get it?

Please help and thanks again!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
to get busybox, use busybox installer from the android market
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Thank you I didn't think it was that simple.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Do I have to open it it's not in my app drawer?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
Yes. It should be in your app drawer. On your phone open the market and search for the app again. Check to see if it is installed. If it is installed, you should be given the option to either open the app or uninstall it. In that case select open.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
I downloaded tha installer it opened told me to choose my version chose v1.9 it said succesfully download but busybox itself is not in the drawer just the installer
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
oh then in that case, you are done. busybox installer is the app that you will see in the app drawer. busybox itself is a file (so it will not be in the app drawer).

in case you were wondering where it is located, it is located in either /system/bin or /system/xbin, depending on where you installed it (which can be found when you open up the busybox installer app)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Ok another question my evo is rooted but I have no custom rom or kernal is it juss me or does rooting alone basically kill battery life?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sweetnsour:
rooting only gives you superuser and so should not affect battery life at all
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark3n:
3 things:

Please change your thread title through the edit button on the first post to something descriptive like "PHONEMODEL - VARIOUS BEGINNERS QUESTION"

I agree with everything sweetnsour said so far.

How much did you pay to have your phone rooted?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
I paid thirty five to have it rooted
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alaman68:
I can install titanium backup and rom manager for you for $50.

Joking of course
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
I wish someone would pay me $35 to root their phone. Wow.

I rooted my boyfriend's Thunderbolt & got some lovin' afterwards, I guess that's as close as I'll ever get.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Well my phone wulda been bricked definitely i had no choice
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Yea lol
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Well I'm goin back and gonna get him to flash a rom and a kernal any suggestions?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Suggestion: save your money. It's not hard to do at all, just scary the first time. And you don't want to have to pay someone every time you want a new rom, need to update, need to unroot, have a problem, etc.

If you need help, send me a pm and I'll link you to some good resources and help you if you have any problems. And it won't cost you a dime. You root your phone to gain control over it, not to lose control and money.

There's a plethora of information and folks willing to help on this forum. Use the resources that are available for free and earn a hobby that you can be involved in, the outcome will be much better than paying this guy to do everything for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
If you don't mind throwing away $35 then throw it to someone worth throwing it to.....like donating to developers. There are a ton of step by step instructions on how to flash custom roms to your phone. And 99% of these guides are designed specifically for noobs and first time rooters. Look at the stickies here in the Q&A section. They are packed full of information to know before you root as well as clear and noobproof step by step instructions. You can even find videos on youtube. Rooting and flashing custom roms the first time are always nerve racking because you are full of fear that you'll be "that guy" that bricks his phone. But once you've done the whole process from start to finish the first time you realize just how easy it is and then you laugh at yourself for being so worried in the first place. Save your money. Put it toward gas, beer, or donating to developers. There are plenty of people on here willing to do something like a video chat to walk you through it step by step for free.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eggsack:
You can not brick your phone by flashing ROMs.

The only way to brick thr EVO is by doing a battery pull while updating radios. That is it!

Read sticky's on these pages, pick a rom to try, download it to the main directory of your phone, reboot into recovery. Nand backup your phone, then flash the zip file you downloaded, enjoy! All free.

Donate to the Dev that created the Rom you like as they are the ones that make rooting fun and keep new ones coming.

Everyone on this site, started out just like you, only most did not pay to have a phone rooted.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delman420:
Did they at least teach you and show you what they were doing? I am totally glad I did it all my self. I now have a good understanding of what's going on. Also there's plenty of great ppl here to help along the way.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
He showed me how to get to hboot how to do a recovery how to do a backup he juss didn't show me how to wipe or flash roms and thank you all for your comments It's really starting to sound not so hard.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delman420:
You are very welcome. Everyone here was in the same boat as you are in. Nobody knows everything and everyone still asks questions know matter how long they have been doing it. So with that remember to back up and wipe and you will be all good. Happy flashing
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thanamesjames:
If you can get to recovery... it's super easy. The only way you could actually mess up too bad is if you got a rom designed for another phone. Definitely go through tutorials and learn - but the basic steps are these:

1) Go to Recovery

2) Backup Nandroid

3) Clear Data/Cache/Dalvik Cache

4) Flash Rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Ok so far I kno I got to hboot it says s:off so I go down to where it says recovery click on it correct? But from there I'm lost :c
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustSomeDude:
Start with this guide, I found it helpful when I was first learning:

http://noobgui.de/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

And of course the one here is great: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865204

And keep asking questions here if it still doesn't make sense. :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Lol...I could have made hundreds by now then. I've actually had SEVERAL generous donation attempts by members of xda and people I know...but not here for profiteering.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Concordium:
You flash roms, kernels, radios, and themes via recovery. Just go into your recovery, install zip from SD card, choose zip file to install, (are you sure?) yes, stare at your screen nervously hoping it doesn't blow up, sigh when the ROM flashes successfully and you realize how simple it is, reboot phone, enjoy new ROM. If you don't like that ROM then download another one and repeat the steps again. Continue to do so until you find a ROM that has what you want.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polar2792:
Thanks really appreciate it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legasus233:
You could have rooted your phone in 2 minutes by simply reading and saved the 35 bones for more important things.... Like beer!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Camaro10:
I am beginning to understand the concept of rooting, but I have a couple questions. I understand that you have to back up your phone by creating a nandroid before flashing ROMS. If you create a nand everytime time you want to flash a ROM won't you eventually run out of space on your sdcard? If you want to take a break from a ROM can you just transfer the zip file that pertains to it to your pc to save space on your sdcard? Hope that wasn't a stupid question... lol. I actually was able to flash MIkg 3.0... i think that the name... but was having ridiculous force close issues so I restore my backup. I'm thinking it had something to do with not properly wiping the phone. Any ideas. As far as recoveries go I hear that there are atleast to different types. Which one do you all suggest and how do I install it(actually of course CW is already installed). I've heard that the other one was better.....forgot the name.