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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
Anyone regret buying Skyrocket vs HTC Vivid?

It seems like Skyrocket is very plasticky compare to Vivid. Vivid seems better built. Anyone went from Vivid to Skyrocket?

Any thoughts?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] k0nane:
This thread does not belong in development.

Don't start the spam, folks, or I'm porting Russian Nyan Cat from the Epic Touch forums...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kennethpenn:
Please read the forum rules. This does not belong in development.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
My mistake. Can the thread be moved?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kennethpenn:
It's okay! The thread was moved for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jason.hamilton:
I exchanged my sgsII for a vivid on sunday when it came out. Didnt like the phone at all. So i sold it on craigslist for 500 and bought a skyrocket. It is alot better. No regrets.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nakel:
Yeah, I exchanged my Vivid for a Skyrocket today. Not sure I'm really happy. Synching Outlook to Skyrocket is a PITA. Bluetooth seems pretty bad so far. Could just be the Skyrocket doesn't like the H17... I do like the Font sizes far better on the Skyrocket. Non-LTE Data is just as screwed up on the Skyrocket as the Vivid. Battery life seems better on the Skyrocket.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] la5794:
No regrets. This phone(had it 2 days) does seem slower than my sgs2(had it 2 weeks). Other than that I am enjoying the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cjindustry:
Had the vivid for 3 days and switched to the skyrocket.. that's saying allot for.me to switch since I love the sense ui with htcs.. I would choose skyrocket again in a heartbeat.. the vivid does seem to be built Better but that doesn't mean much when your using the phone lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
I purchased SGS2 i777 myself and exchanged it for Skyrocket i727 but still debating. Skyrocket is still in the box. Vivid as I mentioned on the topic that Vivid seems to be more solid and better built. I really like the screen of Vivid. Its very sharp.

The thing about Vivid is that lack of accessories. Even less than i727. Also there seem to be lack of support/development.

Don't know which way to go!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nakel:
After having owned both the Skyrocket and the Vivid for a few days, here are a couple of my thoughts. I hope this helps your decision process. This is all just my opinion.

I like the feel of the Skyrocket in my hand better.

The Skyrocket's web browser is not resizing websites when you pinch to expand. The Vivid does.

The Skyrocket's screen colors are brighter than the Vivid's, but light colored websites and text on a full white background is significantly

dimmer.

Reading ebooks is better on the Vivid, or,for that matter,my Inspire.

The Skyrocket has the charging/USB port where it belongs, on the bottom. The Vivid's is on the side. That's worse for charging cradles and using the phone while charging.

I like the screen resolution on the

Skyrocket

better. Fonts are easier to read for those with less than perfect vision. Some of the Vivid's Fonts are downright tiny.

The Vivid works flawlessly with my Motorola H17 headsets. Cyberon works great. The Skyrocket has been basically useless with the H17; how it works with voice command I don't know. This may be a compatibility issue, but still...

Synching to Outlook with the Vivid is painless and free with HTC Synch. Synching to Outlook with the Skyrocket is a PITA and costs $50. (For the third party PC program.) Perhaps there's a better way I haven't found.

Volume is FAR better on the Skyrocket.

Battery life is better on the Skyrocket.

The Vivid can turn Bluetooth volume down further. That's a big deal when on the phone with a loud talker.

Sense (Vivid) is better than Touchwiz (Skyrocket).

Both have data issues right now.

Both are plenty fast enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Lucidmike:
I switched from i777 to the skyrocket. Many regrets. Terrible out of the box XviD playback where the i777 was always perfect. I use a lot of CPU intensive apps so I notice the choppiness everyday. But I got a $45 refund and OEM earphones when I switched to the Skyrocket. Plus my gf got me a OEM external charging case + battery so it is too much of a hassle to switch back now. Other than the screen, it is a major downgrade for me until LTE hits my area 2-8 months from now. Then it will probably make up for it when LTE is working because I tether a lot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Daedalus_:
I bought DICE player which uses hardware decoding and plays xvid just fine.

xvid isn't industry standard and divx is, that's why they didn't add a hardware xvid decoder by default. I consider DICE a good buy as I won't have to worry about whether my future android phones will support media format X.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] webwbr:
I kinda' do have regrets...

I'll be 1 week into owning the SR tomorrow. This is my first Android, so there has been a bit of a learning curve. But I dived in and have learned a lot. I'm doing EVERYTHING I can imagine (or researched) and I get what I consider horrible battery life. 5 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds on battery with all the power setting low, and hardly using it I'm at 21%. There is no way I can get through one day without a charge and theta won't work for me. I'm used to BB battery life and I was ready for a lot less, but this is worse than I expected.

Perhaps because I'm in a western suburb of Chicago (Naperville) and I do not get a strong LTE signal. Speaking of LTE... I'm averaging 5-6 Mbps up and 4-6 Mbps down... is that good? I ask because one time I got 25 up and 6 down when Ii was closer to downtown Chicago. I'm think of going to the original SGS2.

:( <sigh> well, I've still got time to decide.

Any other thoughts are appreciated.

Regards,

Webwbr

PS - non-rooted
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] la5794:
Still no regrets. But for some reason I wanted my thin ole S2 back and I was tired of the lag and the picture was stretched a little to much for me. (Maybe I got a bad one) So I returned to local ATT store.

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that if you bought online and return to the local ATT store they do not charge the 35 restock fee. .....it gets better.

Then I went to target and he said the ATT S2 was on sale for 99.00. Bought it and now I am happy. To me the s2 just seems to be the right fit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jason.hamilton:
If you are getting those speeds you are on 4G (hspa+) not 4G (LTE). The 4g LTE will have LTE under the 4g. I also think that you got yours ups and downs reversed. Down will almost always be the higher number. And that battery life isnt normal. Try getting buying another battery and see if that helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] deymayor:
skyrocket has crappy screen, i know that this is subjective but side-by-side with htc is not even close. i love the interface but i preferred the ADWLauncher EX home screen so it really doesn't matter.

having said that, the LG Nitro HD is really the way to go so I'm returning this hopefully within the next 3 weeks and getting that one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] aretzios:
I have the Skyrocket now for about a week. I went through a bad battery. Replacing it fixed the problem. Battery life is an issue if one does a lot with the phone but it is so in all modern smartphones. I think that the Skyrocket is slightly better in this regard.

I had carefully evaluated the Vivid and the Skyrocket before purchasing. Despite the fact that both phones have supposedly 4.5-inch screens, the Vivid screen is narrower, not by much, but notably so. The Vivid felt "more substantial" but having various HTC phones that died an early death, I am not sold on HTC quality. Not at all. The screen is much better on the Skyrocket and can be kept dim for most of the time, so it would not be much of a drag.

Neither phone has a way of switching off LTE. In fact, part of your problem may be due that your phone detects a weak LTE signal and spends an inordinate amount of power trying to lock on to the signal. This is well known to be an issue with power consumption on both of these devices. I do not know if this helps, but side-by-side reviews note that battery life is better on the Skyrocket.

In any case, Samsung has announced that it would soon update the phone to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream). It may be at about that time that AT&T may implement the NFC capability of the phone (which is attached to the battery for a peculiar reason). So, I would overlook any "software" issues at this time as there is going to be a massive upgrade in about 4 months.

I am not sure if Samsung is producing enhanced batteries for this phone. If one wants to keep the NFC capability, batteries much come only from Samsung, because of the firmware on them. But beefier batteries may alleviate some of the concerns here. Various firmware updates later on may fix other issues as well.

Personally, I feel that it is a great phone and it would have been much better if it had an LTE on/off switch. I was in Chicago last week and the LTE signal there definitely had an impact on battery life although the speeds were awesome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] netnerd:
i also played vivid at att store, the screen looks more sharp. but i refuse to buy Heavy Thick Craps!

the lighter the phone, the more comfortable in hand!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Lucidmike:
I just tried DICE Player Trial on a few XviDs. Unfortunately, it does not help. Pretty much it has same or very similar results than the standard out of the box player. Videos that should have 29.97 or 23.97fps, all play around 15-20fps. If you want to see the striking difference, try MX Player, and enable software decode. The phone is powerful enough to deliver native fps with software decode. It is just that the hardware accelerated upscaled image quality is so much better, than the software upscaled image. Basically I want to have my cake and eat it too. Just like I did with i777. With i727, you can either take a hit on resolution, or fps. Maybe Ice Cream Sandwich can improve things? It is not that this phone is incapable. There is something not working right that is making this happen.
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] ymeri:
no more wallpaper
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickcash:
Hi I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a working version of the launcher from miui. I looked and found something similar but was all in Chinese. I didn't know if you could pull it from the rom itself??
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] poppygt:
I've used an English version before but I can't find it. It didn't work too well anyways...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SantinoInc:
MIUI.ADW Launcher is pretty nice. I have MIUI rom on my EVO 4G and I STILL use that launcher! When I get this phone that is what I plan on using as the daily launcher.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] iamtimmah:
Try this one based on Tencent: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
The GSII battery fits in and works with the Note. At least the battery from the AT&T and international versions of the GSII does. When looking at the back of your phone, inserting the battery all the way to the left and up allows the contacts to connect properly and all of the extra space is to the right and below. There's ~.230" of space to the right and ~.334" of space at the bottom. The GSII battery has 4 contacts, but the Note only has 3 terminals. I don't know what the 4th contact is for on the GSII battery, but it works just fine in the Note without being connected.

I cut some strips of cardboard, glued them together, cut a rectangle of thick paper, glued the cardboard stacks to the paper, then applied a layer of clear packing tape over the paper and cardboard stacks. Now I have a spacer to use with the GSII battery for taking up the extra space. The cardboard I used was ~.06" thick, the paper was ~.010" thick, and the glue was super glue. I cut strips ~2" long x .2" wide and stacked 6 of them for the bottom spacer and 5 of them for the side spacer.

See the pics for more clarity.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] NOZdroid:
Ha ha i was coming on to check for something like this. Does the note battery work on the gs2 as wrll?

*ok i jumped the gun without looking at pics my bad.

Would have been insane battery life for the gs2 if it did tho.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartan2x:
Do you guys know where one could pick up extra GNote batteries? Possibly a charger that can externally charge the battery?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nbass668:
Get the iCruiser with 11000mAh http://amzn.com/B003ZBZ64Q
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Tubgirl:
Nice find! A nice method to use until cheap spare batteries can be found.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DMax99:
agree...I use this one and it works great, better than carrying an extra battery and changing the batteries:

http://www.energizerpowerpacks.com/au/products/xp4001/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartan2x:
Back in my Pre-iPhone days I used to just keep a charged battery in my car for those longer days. After a while it may have only had 60% left(since I did not need it everyday), but that's enough just to hold you over when your first battery is abut to die! That's how I use my Mophie Air Case right now....I HATE those external batteries you have to plug up(like the one linked to above). If its going to be like that, I want it in a case so I can still pocket the damn thing(like the mophie).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartan2x:
I found extra Note battery's!

http://www.expansys-usa.com/samsung-original-battery-for-galaxy-note-5-3-224752/
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Using Rom Manager I tried flashing clockworkmod recovery onto my Atrix. I am rooted, but my bootloader is not unlocked. From what I have read, the bootloader needs to be unlocked before flashing clockworkmod recovery will work properly.

How can I undo my attempt to flash clockworkmod recovery and go back to the stock recovery?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swiftks:
Stock recovery????
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertlawson225:
you should be fine if the bootloader is locked you can't flash recovery without it being signed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
I get Failed to boot 2 when I try to boot into recovery.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TadMSTR:
That happened to me. Just run the unlock command from adb and it will boot normally. Then you can flash clockwork recovery. That or load a stock sbf, which is what I did the first time I got that error.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
You have to unlock the bootloader first in order to flash clockworkmod recovery though right?

Would loading a stock sbf put the phone completely back to stock?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ltdanno360:
yes your bootloader MUST BE Unlocked b4 flashing clockworkmod will your phone boot up normal (not into clockworkmod if so just unlock ya bootloader if it will not you need to erase clockworkmod i think with fastboot erase clockworkmod
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Ok. Erasing clockworkmod is exactly what I need help with. How do I do this?

Sent from my Motorola Atrix using Forum Runner
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ltdanno360:
will it boot up normal like to were you can use the phone if not load a stock sbf with the dreded rsd lite (after its unlocked dont use it for that) then unlock with adb (you need android sdk setup on ya pc youtube search for a vid
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Yep, I have been using it for months. Typing this post right now on it. :D
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ltdanno360:
then READ YOUR MAIL LOL
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhf9*&Dh884jdk:
Download moto-fastboot-win32.zip (assuming you're on Windows) from this thread (at bottom of first post): moto-fastboot-win32.zip

1. Extract it.

2. Open command prompt and set the directory to where the files are extracted to. (cd /d "directory within quotes")

3. Power down your phone then hold the volume down button and power on the phone till fastboot appears at the top of the screen, then press volume up, make sure it says something like "Starting Fastboot Protocol".

4. Plug in phone to computer

5. Then type moto-fastboot erase recovery.

6. Now your recovery is erased from the phone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Does that put it back to stock?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
It says erasing 'recovery'... FAILED (remote: (00180001))
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko!:
Just flash an appropriate sbf to get back to stock
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
I ended up unlocking the bootloader and now I'm running CM7! Thanks for your help guys.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slayerdomain:
???

How did you unlock the bootloader?? This has not been done yet with any dev.

Please explain more. Thank you.

NVM Wrong Thread. Sorry.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swiftks:
LOL.... :p

I was about to flame you hard...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RPK925:
Remove post

Please remove post still above please.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Huh?

Sent from my Motorola Atrix using Forum Runner
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sitnlow4life:
OK

So I have been reading most of the threads in this forum for the last few weeks.

I know that no one has any definite answers on when its coming out and what not.

I'm just looking for the advice on my situation.

Which is....

I have been in France and Norway for the past 3 weeks

I will be heading home sometime around the 20th.

So my question is what is my best chance of grabbing this phone before I leave, so that I don't have to pay to have it shipped to USA?

I have looked at the Amazon.UK pre-order option but that is stating a release date of December 2nd.

I'm thinking I would get the best exchange rate buying it in euros instead of the Norwegian kroner.

Any suggestions?

Maybe some insight

Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
Wait for usa release is probably best. Youll get a better price, warranty support (prolly laughable btw) and compatibility.

I invented cyberspace. You're trespassing.
[Xperia Arc General] gravityng:
Sorry! I posted in wrong place.

Please help me to delete it! Thanks mod
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yucelyilmaz:
Hello android lovers!

I have Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100. When i bought it, samsung stock rom 2.3.3 was installed. I rooted my phone. Then i backed my samsung stock rom with Clockword. Backed up succesfully! Md5 sum too!

Then i installed miui 1.11.4 for SGS2. Installed succesfully. Then i decided to backup! I entered recovery mode again and tried to backup!

This time i got this message.

CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.7

SD Card space free: 6872mb

Backing up boot image...

Backing up recovery image...

Backing up sysrem...

Backing up data...

No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.

Backing up cache...

No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.

Generating md5 sum...

Error while generating md5 sum!

Backed up but without Md5 sum file! My previous backup had Md5 file too. After installing miui this problem started.

I tried with rom manager too! It booted in to recovery mod automatically. This time there was no any backup with or without md5. Here is the message i got.

Clockword Recovery v4.0.1.5

Waiting for SD card to mount (20s)

SD Card mounted...

ROM Manager Version 4.8.0.2

November 11. 2011

SD Card space free 9222mb

Backing up boot image...

Backing up recovery image...

Backing up sysrem...

Backing up data...

Backing up .android_secure...

Backing up cache...

No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.

Generating md5 sum...

Backup Complete...

Here is my phone details:

Baseband I9100XXKDJ

MIUI 1.11.11

Kernel 2.6.35.14-g2624ecb-dirty

glguro@miui

SMP PREEMPT

Rom Manager v4.8.0.2

ClockworkMod 4.0.1.5

How can i fix this?

Thanks for your any help in advance...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
Have you tried deleting the previous backup (of the miui rom) and try again via CWM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yucelyilmaz:
i have just deleted all backups inside of clockworkmod backup directory and tried again.

still same problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Try a older version of cwm. pre 3.0

Might need to format the sd card again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yucelyilmaz:
Is there an installation guide for my device ? First time i installed it with a modified kernel.

thanks for help!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yucelyilmaz:
I have found a solution. Thanks to plisk3n from miuiandroid forums...

I have this issue also. I find that you need to generate the MD5 itself using the built in md5sum program. So ADB Shell into your phone, change to the clockworkmod/backup/xx.xxx.xxx folder and then run "md5sum * > nandroid.md5"
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
We have Exchange 2003 at work, and I get my email on my Atrix through ActiveSync. When I reply or forward an email, it adds the following to the email:

-----Original message-----

From: Bob Smith

To: Susan Brown

Sent: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 15:15:36 GMT+00:00

Subject: Hi Mom!

The problem is the sent time stamp. It is not showing my timezone (I am PST), and it is showing 24 hour time. The time is setup correctly in my Atrix. My coworkers HTC Thunderbolt shows it correctly, like this:

Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 2:03 pm

Can I change this?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmkilc:
Nobody out there experiencing this?

Sent from my Motorola Atrix using Forum Runner
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] bella92108:
On the new MIUI ICS rom, I can no longer use Rerware's MyBookmarks Pro to import my bookmarks into the browser. Anyone else have a tried and true way to import bookmarks from my desktop? I have the XML export file, just need to get them into me phone. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bhowanidin:
How would I go about adding our phone into the sgs2_variants folder or will this not work?

Sent from my Juggernaut SGSII or Galaxy Tab 10.1 now "In Paris"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dsixda:
The SGS2 guide is already linked in the first post of the kitchen thread, including your question.

You can post there for further help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227549
[Epic 4G Android Development] benbenondatrack:
The volume when on a phone call is way too loud even at the lowest settings possible.. this is both when using headphone or the phone. I noticed when i tested out CM7 the volume was perfect..its wasnt as loud as the other roms..Im running the latest ei22 Rom. I have been having this issue for a while and any help is appreciated
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
RUSSIAN NYAN CAT.

[youtube]mRrAc7NPtFc&autoplay=1[/youtube]

Every spam thread in Development means 15 more minutes of this. Please, think of your fellow users. Don't make me post this again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fdm1:
From the Android G+ page:

We are excited to announce the Galaxy Nexus Challenge with 10 chances over 10 days for fans around the world to win a Galaxy Nexus, the first phone with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

A new Challenge will launch daily from 11/12 to 11/21, testing a wide range of skills. Head over to http://goo.gl/C5IR7 to check out the rules. Challenge 1 launches tomorrow at 9am Pacific Time!

https://plus.google.com/u/0/104629412415657030658/posts/BtcEj3vVwAu
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YafaKlan:
Dang. I was just going to post this up from their twitter feed @googlenexus

Anyone think that the verizon training for two weeks, ending on the 21 st, n this contest ending on the 21 st, indicate a possible 22 of november being the date they release this phone into the wild?

I hope so. My sprint contract ends on the 20 th. Can't wait to jump ship to the big red.