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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Cheema I have came to the conclusion.......... You are officially a nitpicker.... I mean, you make all these final conclusion to things you have no actual proof on. You have never proven that the display and camera hardware are exactly the same in all 3 carrier sgs2, if the hardware are not identical, you have no business making comparisons that determines if one is is defective or not, yet you make these conclusion based on opinions which is meaningless. This kinda of circus act is what contribute to carriers changing their warranty policies because of people like you who coerce those who don't know into thinking something is wrong with their device when actually there may be nothing wrong at all. This is why xda is getting cluttered with garbage because of bad information people are giving. If you're gonna troubleshoot, learn how to do so correctly please!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
This is not an apt analogy. EXIF data appears to indicate that the lens and image sensor have identical specifications. The cameras on both phones should produce comparable photos. They do not. Pictures from T-Mobile FFC are much worse.

Anybody who says otherwise has not done a side by side comparison with other phones from the Galaxy S II line.

I understand that. And that is why I mentioned in the original post that I used a timer. The phones were put on the floor, leaning against a box. They cannot be easily mounted on a tripod as they do not have a receptor for a tripod 1/4" thumbscrew.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
If you call this nitpicking, then we are wasting our time trying to convince each other of anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I take if you can look at data both devices have two different image signal processing. The Qualcomm has it own so does the sprint variant. So which makes it hardware difference in how pictures and images are process and taken by each phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] phewizzo:
Guys just put ur exposure level to +0.5 and everything is fixed... jesus...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
You have no evidence to back it up. But that appears to not bother you at all. In fact that appears to embolden you as you keep repeating the same thing ad nauseum.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
It does not. I could adjust the exposure and then do a side by side comparison and post the result. But I suspect that it would not change anything.

Incorrect exposure value is not the problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
um you don't understand mobile phones then sir. Since these are facts. Qualcomm product review http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NROMxFr4EpzCsEH5w&sig2=ApeovdDPYkbFaYGbQxAcMQ

Samsung product review:http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/productInfo.do?fmly_id=844&partnum=Exynos 4210 You can download information about both

SoC. This information is easy to compare and see that these are two different devices with nothing similar to each other. I didn't have to read everything either . You can just scroll to see the different parts they use for the screen processing and pictures.

If your excuse is it doesn't prove samsung didn't change anything. Then i don't know what to tell you because these chips control literally how the device does everything. These chips aren't changed. You bring to evidence 3-4 devices you have issues with which can be said as opinion. I talk about the fact sheet that has actual data before you say i'm spouting utter nonsense you should look at data by companies themselves.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] yzf750:
You state its 4 phones lined up and a pic taken side by side with all 4 having the ffc on. Explain why there is differences in the strap position on your camera if you look very closely, along with other details in the pic that suggest they were not taken at the same time. I also notice a difference in the task bar exposures levels and icons on them between phones. Looks fishy to me. :) but then again your on an agenda to prove that the phone sucks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
Cheema, I do like the fact that you're bringing a sense of awareness to the differences between each unit. At this point until proven otherwise, it's only a difference, not a defect. Between all units, there are pros and cons between them. So far you have demonstrated that sprint has a much better display than tmo, but for me, I like the fact that tmo version is true world, better network, and is compatible with att 3g. With your comparisons, it all comes down to a matter of preference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
All phone cameras in the test are looking at the DSLR camera from different angles. When you take pictures from different angles they will look slightly different.

I do not know where you live. But if you live near Portland (Oregon) then I invite you to come by place and I'll put your phone down as the fifth phone in the lineup. And then perform the test right there in front of you. I can bet you a $1000 that your T-Mobile phone will perform like the other T-Mobile phones in my Test.

My agenda is to get these problems fixed. Is that really very hard to understand?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
People sure seem to be taking it pretty hard, you shining a spotlight on the problems on our phones, like you're directly attacking their child or something.

You'd think we were on an iPhone forum or something. :D I kid, I kid...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
This is an apt analogy. To me, it is a bit like a teacher telling a parent that their kid's math skills are weak. Some will take that information and take measures to improve their kid's math skills. Others will go ape **** and start blaming the teacher.

That reminds me of the iPhone 4S and its battery problems. I am sure it was reported in the forums and there were a bunch of people who got all upset at the people reporting the issue. Apple finally came around and admitted that a few bugs exist that affect the battery performance in certain conditions. And they are working on issuing a software fix.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...ry-issues-due-to-ios-5-bugs-update-coming.ars

It would be nice if we can get a similar result here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] princeasi:
I'm glad this is your intent. The only thing is, Samsung and other corporations as such, do not respond easily to issues like this based soley on opinions. The first thing they'll look at is: 1) does the issue affect the user from using the device under normal conditions?.....If they feel the answer is no, they will do nothing. If a hardware defect is not proven, don't expect samsung to jump up and revise any hardware, as this can lead to costly warranty exchanges and manufacturing. Fixing software bugs may be a little easier, but still can be costly for the company depending on what the problem is and usually they dont play nice in admitting there fault. So you need not only to gather people who feel the same as you but also you need to have better data supporting why these issues are actually "defects"......The best you problably get out of this is samsung improving the issues on there next gen line, but to get them to fix the issues you speak of, you gotta come better than what your doing!.....I'm just sayin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
I currently have a Sprint and T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and just informally compared the rear-facing cameras taking a few pictures of the same scene. Fortunately, especially since this is the one that I care about a lot more, the rear-facing camera seems to perform pretty comparably between the two.

That said, it's pretty hard to test this authoritatively, because even between different shots on the same phone the results are pretty different, maybe because there's no way to fix aperture and all that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] galaxys2noobs:
oh man the hype about this phone was nice, but the quality of the phone don't seem to meet the expectations we all thought it would be....disappointed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
Aperture and the remaining settings can be controlled somewhat. In the end you have to look at the EXIF data in the resulting pictures to make sure that aperture, ISO and shutter speed are all identical. Otherwise it is not a fair test.

I finally got around to testing the rear camera a little last night. And the results were quite disappointing. Pictures from the T-Mobile rear camera did not look good when compared with the pictures from the Sprint camera. I'll perform a more detailed test today and post the results.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] virusloadingg:
for some strange reason... whenever i open my camera any camera app on my g2x on any rom the flash goes of before i even get into the camera... i've re flashed rom over and over but nothing i tried works... any suggestion or help?

thanks in advance...:)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gundom2501:
So I flashed to the leaked 2.3.3 ROM and KF1 kernel when it dropped during the summer, and noticed that the vibrate notifications (either in silent mode or normal) do not work. I found a thread with instructions to test the vibration function, which worked fine, but my phone will not vibrate at any other time. Has a patch been released to solve this issue, or is there a work around for this?

I am currently without a computer, so anything I can do directly from the phone would be prefered.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4-2ndtwin:
As far as I know, there were certain bugs along the way in several of the "leaked" i897 firmwares starting with the kf1, and going through kh3, ki1,ki2, kj1,kj2, and now kj3. Certain bugs have been fixed along the way, but these are "leaked" firmwares so bugs are to be expected.

So, a fix for you would be to upgrade to one of the newer firmwares (once u have computer access again). If you decide to do that, just choose one without the Bootloaders, since you are already running a GB firmware.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gundom2501:
Thanks for the info.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shamazo:
i had rooted my transformer, then i went to install busy box and now i have lost access to root from everything, in terminal su leads me to su: must be suid to work properly. i installed busy box from busy box installer.

really need help on this.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shamazo:
i fixed my issue, i updated my version of prime.
[HTC Incredible S] corey unknown:
I've just purchased a IncS (optus au branded) it has 2.3.3 2.34xx build .. I have been searching various forums,threads,etc and its all seems conflicting I've read a goldcard downgrade will&winter work .... Also super one click ?? Yes with s-on .. I guess it was a soft root at best and s-on no SU after reboot ... Just want to know if its being worked on ... No ETA just so I can trade off to a Rom able model ... Cheers

Edit: should have titled Any working 16000 S-off. :)
[HTC Incredible S] katu2006:
I'm in the same situation...But I think Revolutionary is working on it.

To my knowledge, there are 2 options available at the moment:

- Hboot unlock from HTC Dev website, this only unlocks the Hboot, not the Radio...So you'll experience all sorts of issues with wifi/BT etc

- Goldcard, which is a bit fuzzy at the moment...with a huge risk of bricking the phone. Here is the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254005&page=4
[HTC Incredible S] ryzer:
me to...i thought i want to using gold card...but worries might get brick
[HTC Incredible S] TMarcus68:
Revolutionary will work. just might crash when installing the recovery img. just re launch revolutionary and it will re download again. i just did it few days back.
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
So you are telling us that you have the latest OTA applied and are running HBOOT 1.16.0000 and you successfully ran Revolutionary and achieved S-OFF? Can you show us a screen shot of your HBOOT screen?
[HTC Incredible S] corey unknown:
I also have seen goldcard method to dgrade back to a earlier WWE... Almost committed (about to 3combo) when glanced a further post 16000 has new sig checks ... And will not install old firm .. apparently ... Also there was very questionable post of someone claiming to have achieved SU with S-On using 1 click.... I've @ Curio about this because I used 1 click ,adb together on lG with new fota .. I'm hoping a 16000 solution has been found or at least that there's devs looking into it ....

Yes ANY STILLSHOTS OR VIDS proving a successful SOFF I will THANK everyday for a year lol ...
[HTC Incredible S] corey unknown:
Also thanks to everyone putting in there views,expirience's .... Hopefully a pooled effort will yield a positive result ... This is the only phone I haven't had SU over and I feel a little like I'm being cheated (well we are lol ) ... Also I hear a XTC clip won't help either .....

Also I apologize to veteran IncS forum members ... IncS my latest purchase so I'm just trying to get up to date on dev. Any news of HTC pushing ICS to IncS ? I have read yes then no ... HTC need better customer service structure oneday...... Bwhahahaha sure..
[Motorola Photon 4G] mobilebuddha:
i can't seem to record any video. camera app is working fine but whenever i switch to camcorder, it acts like it's recording but when i go to gallery, it's saying file cannot be displayed or played. when i try to play those files on a pc, it says it's not a video file/file corrupted.

has anyone experienced this?
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
I haven't. And I just used mine a couple days ago. Now this may also be silly but have you tried using the camcorder app? Rather than switching to video mode in the camera app. (I really don't think that will make a difference but worth a shot)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Ryan92394:
Are you recording to Internal storage? If so then you shouldn't have a problem, but if your recording to ext-sd then maybe your SD card is malfunctioning. I'd try a factory data reset if your recording to Internal Storage, and a new SD card otherwise.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xTMFxOffshore:
If it is an SD card issue, there is a couple things he could do before replacing it, such as unmount/remount, and if that doesn't work, back up his data and wipe it. Then if neither of those work, get a new SD card.

A buddy had a similar issue with music, had to unmount then remount the card to get the phone to access the music on it. That worked. So.
[Motorola Photon 4G] scoobdude:
I had a similiar issue, factory reset did not fix it, nor did a reflash of the latest sbf. Here is what finally did:

1) Reflash or hard reset stock rom

2) Only set up initial email

3) open the camera/camcorder (should prompt you for storage location)

4) open gallery

5) finish set up of everything else

I had the exact same problem where they would not show up or show up corrupted. I also had an issue trying to put pics into an album though the stock app (would force close).

Good luck and post back with your results.
[Atrix 4G General] morvyman:
Hi,

Stuck between a rock and a hard place...

I love CM7 for the ability to jump between tracks on it's native music player with long press of volume keys without having to take the phone out of my pocket, especially on crowded subway!

However, after having fingerprint scanner since March, now can't live without it :) so I've gone back to Aura DB. Done tons of research about various music players and their (supposed) ability to skip tracks this way. PlayerPro, the only one that's close, you still have to wake up with power button first, then use volume keys.

Also, found several threads talking about button remapping vol keys, but can't find the app anywhere, and am an android noob, don't know how to do this manually?!

Does anyone know how this can be accomplished using Aura's music player or any other for that matter, as I have and otherwise like paid version of PowerAmp.

Thanks very much!
[Atrix 4G General] ECdOc:
Try using the app called just shake, it is in the market and gives that functionality. it worked for me on alien ROM, now with Cm7 I don't use it. I turned all of the shake functions off and only used it for volume control track skip.

Sent thru a series of tubes using XDA Premium app
[Atrix 4G General] morvyman:
:D:D awesome!!!

I only pray it's not a battery hog... it works flawlessly on install!!

Thanks very much.
[Atrix 4G General] Inspiredwire:
Doubletwist allows you to skip forward and backwards with the volume rocker for free.
[Atrix 4G General] versd:
music mod also added the same functionality.
[Atrix 4G General] mohitgarg:
PowerAMP FTW!
[Atrix 4G General] fendergrab:
+1 for "Just Shake" it works really well for this.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ketzazu:
Just like the HD2 was deemed to be made for Android, the Samsumg Galaxy S II will shine best if it runs HTC Sense 3.5.

Is HTC Sense portable to the Samsung Galaxy S II?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Mitallust:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324199
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joselarajan87:
you are tripping sense sucks specially on the sg2 . that will be worst thing to do to a sg2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] talltexan:
For having so many posts you made a rookie mistake.... there already is a post about three down from yours on this same subject . . . . .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324199
[Droid 2 Global General] The Solutor:
As I already wrote on the D3 room was almost too obvious that the poor GSM signal indication was done purposely on Verizon request.

Well, now I have the proof :)

(The screenshot is from a D3)

Just edit build.prop and change the line

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1

to

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=0

then reboot the phone

and your three or four stolen signal bars will be back.

I discovered it on the D3, then I tried on the D2g (with the gingerbread FW) and it works perfectly too.

Don't forget to say cheers to verizon :D:D
[Droid 2 Global General] ZOMBI3:
Good finding good job

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
[Droid 2 Global General] mid2x:
what app do you use to edit the build.prop

i try to edit it with root explorer, but it refuse

said to be read only file
[Droid 2 Global General] ZOMBI3:
You have to remount it to rw first if your using root exployer
[Droid 2 Global General] El-Nath:
Or try using EX File Explorer, after finished installation, go to setting and scroll till the bottom of the page, then check the root mount the file system, and you're good to go.
[Droid 2 Global General] shawn87:
please help me i dont know how to do that plzz how to change the build number from start to end plz tell me!!!
[Droid 2 Global General] sd_shadow:
bump for GMS users
[Acer Iconia A500] LanceAmr:
As stated from above ,what are the difference between them :D?
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
The different things that don't work proper.
[Acer Iconia A500] Caz666:
What are you talking about? I can't vouch for villain, but I use taboonay 2.2 with the 3.7 villain kernel and everything work great. I have MUCH better performance than with any stock version and no problems at all.
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
Well maybe its time to give it a go again.
[Acer Iconia A500] irishmoe:
+1 for that
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
Yes on Taboonay...

...but just recently I reverted back to Rtrip's 3.4 kernel AFTER trying his 3.7 kernel and Thor's 3.9 kernel.

Both of the latter two were snappy, quick, and responsive but they were Exceedingly power hungry. Going back to the 3.4 kernel I'm only rarely, if at all even noticing ANY sort of performance hit.

What I AM noticing is that I can get about 1.5 days with very heavy use, sometimes 2 from a charge compared to barely being able to make one full day with the other kernels. There were also occasional FC's in the stock browser and Google maps would occasionally...just close. No FC, no lockup, no nothing...just...back to main screen.

So, yeah. That's my 2cents.

P.S. I always OC'd to 1.4 without setcpu - everything run from Tabootools - Setcpu had some issues with 3.4 kernel - no SU permissions so be wary.

Good luck!
[Acer Iconia A500] comnam90:
I too have just aquired one of these tablets and am interested to see what people think of the ROMs available before flashing.
[Acer Iconia A500] jon-.-:
Taboonay 2.2 + Tichards 3.7 kernel.

I dont see what the big deal is with having to charge the thing everynight. I do it regardless if its drained or not. Why are people so lazy :rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
I don't consider myself particularly lazy. I just like my tools to last as long as possible. Like most people... Went back to 3.4 for a few other reasons as well... :)
[Acer Iconia A500] jon-.-:
I treat my tab like I do my car, Id give up mpg for performence any day. Thats how I look at it.
[Acer Iconia A500] Caz666:
+1 :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lita24:
Hi,

My EVO wasnt working right and would not send sms. So, I flashed an RUU that is 2.2 because Sprint told me to bring the phone in today. Then my sms started working again. I updated then to 2.3 through Stock. When I try to root it says it is still S-Off and I need to flash a recovery image. I then reboot to the bootloader screen and when I click the Recovery it has the red triangle and exclamation.

I have a Windows 7 32bit. How to get the recovery image back on? I have Gingerbread 2.3. Someone please help with step by step. I have looked everywhere. I just want to flash roms again. When i try to run adb on my computer it says not compatible with 32bit.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
This is amon-ra recovery

http://db.tt/cFafuzp9

Put that on your sd card, not in any folder. Then boot into the bootloader and when it asks if you want to update say yes

We're comin from a pure power source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] {ParanoiA}:
Then delete the file or rename it or it will ask you every time u boot to bootloader

Sent From My Pocket
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lita24:
Thanks so, so, so, much!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalfan78:
No problem, that's why we're here.

We're comin from a pure power source.
[Motorola Droid 3] ryanmcdonald:
I've seen a few other posts on a few other boards about the D3 having a VERY scratchable screen. Normally, I tell people that modern screen are durable as nails, but tonight, I got bit. My D3 now has a nice "pinhole" indentation in the screen. In the damaged area, surrounding the new scratch, you can feel that there is a RAISED area of some material. Its obvious that this screen has some kind of coating on it that can be easily damaged. It is definitely NOT a single piece of glass. My OG Droid got pummeled for a year and a half. Its screen is MINT. My new D3 is now damaged on it's 9th day.

<rant on>

Now that Moto is making phones with no removable battery (D4), is making easily scratchable pentile screens (D3), and pulls this bootloader cr*p, I think this will be my last one. Googarolla, I hope you are listening. :mad:

<rant off>
[Motorola Droid 3] Lyxdeslic:
I've been through 9 Droid3 replacements for various hardware issues, but never once did I have problems with the screen scratching. Mind you, I'm OCD, so I'm always wiping it down with my shirt or a piece of napkin. Never once scratched. So, I'm not sure what to tell you...
[Motorola Droid 3] ChaoticWeaponry:
My screen looks the same as when I first got it about 3 months ago.
[Motorola Droid 3] Izeltokatl:
No scratches yet. Technically any screen can get scratched, even gorilla glass.just have to be careful.
[Motorola Droid 3] dpwhitty11:
My phone has literally been dragged and dropped face-down in and across a parking garage (don't ask) and the screen is still in perfect shape.
[Motorola Droid 3] ultima86:
dropped my phone a good bit, screen still fine

lol im sorry but reading this has me too curious...could u give a small sum up of what happened?
[Motorola Droid 3] lotzakritters:
SMH

I'm not so lucky.I have a small scratch on the M on the top where it says Motorola. Boo :mad: