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[Motorola Photon 4G] motorolatriumph:
I have the same issue with the incar charger and using a computers usb port to charge my phone..(doesnt charge when under load ..ie-dowloading something)...i think that it is the charger being underpowered..example..

Stock a/c charger puts out 850mA

Most computer usb and standard car usb chargers only put out around 500mA
[Motorola Photon 4G] P Daddy:
Mine charges very slowly in the car. The other day, I plugged in at 32%. Drove 30 minutes to get home, and it had only reached 37%. Plugged in at home, and within 10 minutes had well over 50%, even though I was actively using it then.

This is on stock rooted, btw.

The stock drivers must use a very conservative power draw when plugged into a relatively low-output power source. By contrast, the power draw from a high-output AC adapter must be quite aggressive, because it charges more quickly than other phones I've used when plugged into AC.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ChadH42:
It did turn out to be caused by the car charger being underpowered. I went to BestBuy and bought a "high capacity" charger and all is good!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Which specific car charger did you get? I'm having the same problem too!
[Motorola Photon 4G] PsyOr:
The Photon needs at least 850mA charger to get charge currently. Otherwise it charge slowly or not charge at all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Can anyone post a link to a specific charger that is working great for you and charging fast while in the car?
[Motorola Photon 4G] vabs99:
has any one who got charger working ? can anyone pls post the link to product

thanks in advance
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
This one worked for me!

http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Vehi...93004842&sr=8-2&keywords=motorola+car+charger
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I've noticed 1 or 2 posts relating to poor sound on the SGSII particularly when it comes to music, well for me the sound was absolutely fine actually it was excellent, i just used the Samsung earphones all the time, unfortunately the other day i lost them so before i get another good pair im just using cheap ones i had lying around the house and the sound is nowhere near as good as it was in fact it's pretty awful when your walking down the street you can hear the traffic more than you can the music, with the Samsung earphones it was mostly the music you could hear the sound was far far better,therefore ive come to the conclusion that there's nothing wrong with the sound on the SGSII, good pair of earphones = sound is great - cheap pair of earphones = sound is bad.
[Galaxy S II General] TheSopranos16:
Did you pay a lot of money for your Samsung earphones? Mine were pretty cheap...came free with the phone :)
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
No exactly the same ones:) i use Power Amp and Equalizer and since the 2.3.5 upgrade the sound has improved substantially.

I'm not one for spending a lot on earphones as im prone to losing them:o id say max id spend would be about €20 but for that you will get pretty decent earphones.
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
I agree, the supplied Samsung earbuds are superb, since i changed from the medium bud size to the small size they stay in my ears better, they cut most of the worldside sounds out and allow for pure music listening, the use of equalizer is also superb, although can create a little background noise when songs go quiet if not setup correctly, compared to the lousy iphone earphones and some others you get supplied with phones, these are very good, I am more than happy with the sound from my SGS2, bluetooth sound is superb also.:D
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I actually think those Samsung earphones were that good ill buy them again, was there a specific model number i need to search for/any recommendations as to where i can purchase these?
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
Ok i'm getting pissed now. You guys seriously have to pull your head out of your ass. Obviously you have never listened to music on a Cowon or some other *decent* music player if you come here and state such bull****. The SGS2 has a mid-to-low audio quality (for a phone, which means very low for a dedicated media player), period. Sure it sounds a little bit better when i plug my Shure SE425 into it, but i shouldn't need a pair of 300€ earbuds to make a 600€ device sound decent at most. The output is totally FLAT, heading slightly towards the low tone, so that it sounds muffled and dirty, plus the stereo crosstalk is quite insane. This is a fact, i'm not pulling this out of my ass, read the Anandtech review about this device (focus on audio) if you don't believe me, they say pretty much what i said here.

Quit calling bs what you can't understand because you don't have a clue. Noobs.

/endrant
[Galaxy S II General] m2smoe:
This post is harsh, but I have to agree with it completely. The samsung earphones are awesome? Wow. Now that's the joke of the year.
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
I apologize for the harshness, i also had quite a bad day lol...but seriously, there's too much fanboyism going on about this phone. I love my phone, but i have no problem admitting its flaws. This forum is for developers, people here should at least try to cope with reality :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Fanboyism you nutter :eek: no mate im telling it as it is actually and it's true, because i might not have listened to music on a "cowon" means jack **** i know good sound when i hear it and the facts are with the Samsung earphones using Power Amp and Equalizer the sound is actually excellent and that's all there is to it, and i highly doubt the Sammy earphones cost mega bucks either.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Your post is joke of the year, simple facts are the sound is awesome with the Sammy earphones coupled with Power Amp and Equalizer with everything correctly set, maybe your going deaf or something:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] MistaBishi:
You're joking me? The Samsung earphones are abysmal. I use a $50 pair of Sony in-ears and they sounds about a million times better. Invest in a good pair of earphones and then you'll see what we mean.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I also had a pair of Sennheiser CX300(which i also lost:mad:) for another MP3 player i have and used them on the SGSII and while they were good i still thought the Sammy headphones were better overall.

Also i credit the 2.3.5 upgrade with a substantial improvement in sound.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
I'm not joking you at all there is absolutely nothing wrong with them whatsoever, they are excellent, fu*k me you people must be right snobs when it comes to "absolute perfect sound"

go buy yourself a paid of Bose speakers while your at it eh :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] Omega Frost:
I have to agree with vnvman, i hear the same music with GS2 and with my PC using the same earbuds, i can't say they are superb but they isn't bad also, at least for me.

The phone, on the other hand, is impossible to find an equalizer that makes the music clear, it's not about loudness, bass or treble, is about the sound being "weird" compared to other devices.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
As i said the Sennheiser earphones i had which were not particularly cheap STILL didn't sound as good as the Sammy ones and Sennheiser are renowned for quality earphones so anyone saying to me "invest in a good pair of earphones" i already did.
[Galaxy S II General] MistaBishi:
Heh, each to their own.

Replacement buds would be hard to source, I don't reckon they sell them separate from the GSII. Unless someone on the forum here had a pair they didn't want, I reckon you're out of luck.
[Galaxy S II General] m2smoe:
Read the 10000 posts about them on XDA and find out why you're the one who's going deaf.
[Galaxy S II General] qwerty warrior:
im not sure if you read this

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4686/samsung-galaxy-s-2-international-review-the-best-redefined

but on the hardware level the sound chip is bad

but with my experience i used an Audio Technica ATH-A700 Headphones with my phone and it was amazing (played making of a cyborg (high bitrate))

then used the headphones on my yamaha 671 reciever amp playing it through a high end media player

and i really cant tell the difference
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
read 10000 posts i think your losing your marbles mate:eek:
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
Idk what you're listening to but Samsung earbuds are a piece of crap. Lol you think you can get a good sound out of bad hardware with an equalizer and some earbus worth 8€..gotta be kidding me...
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
are you a snob when it comes to "perfect sound" because it seems that way, again i reiterate (and my hearing is 100% fine) there is absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with the sammy earphones, if they sound even better than a more expensive pair of Sennheiser earphones i had your argument is redundant.
[Galaxy S II General] vnvman:
Sennheiser are overpriced low end earbuds. There are many cheap Sony ones costing 20€ which sound much better. I'm not *snob*, i had a simple Htc Desire before this phone and it sounded 10 times better. Go grab one and try it youself, arguing with you is pointless.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well seems that someone is trying to make his 20 year old bicycle to a Ferrari :D

Even Supercurio will be shocked!
[Galaxy S II General] seilent:
I have ori beats tour, the sound is waaaaaaaayyy better than using sammy's..

but its million times better when I using cheap $15 mp3 player.. :D
[Galaxy S II General] jangomango:
Now now ladies... handbags away please.. everyone is allowed an opinion ... now matter how crap...
[Galaxy S II General] shockingpants:
Isn't sound one of those things that is subjective? Some people can't tell the difference between sound from a $1000 set up and from a laptop, from mp3 at 64kbps and flac etc. It'll sound good or bad depending on whether you are someone who can tell the difference in the first place, and i mean really hear a difference as opposed to some placebo effect.

It fine to say that S2 sounds good on your part but do not expect everyone to follow your stance. Also, there's nothing wrong with criticizing the sound quality of the S2 but for people who can't tell the diff, they will disagree so to each his own. Just know that it takes one with discerning ear to know a good sound from a bad one so please don't let fanboyism get the better of your judgement. Listen with your ears, not with 'I SPENT $$$$ ON IT SO IT MUST BE GOOD'

Anyway, I believe that sound depends on the speaker type, the sound card* and the software/driver. To make the discussion worthwhile, target which of these the S2 is failing at and what can be done about it (better headphone, equalizer from app store etc)

Based on my current earphone (Creative EP630, great earphone for $20 >), I am not sure I can tell a difference between the sound output from my S2 compared to my comp. I have not heard something that's mind-blowingly good from either so I don't have a basis for comparison. SG2 seems decent for casual listening for now. Unless you are an audiophile, it should not be a deal breaker. I may test it with a better set up to see if the speakers can indeed bring out the worst in the S2.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Me and you are oppisite attracts, i had a HTC HD2 before the SGSII and the earphones that came with them were not up to much, i would assume they wouldn't be THAT different from the Desire.

End of the day i know myself when i hear proper good sound and the sammy earphones are good, and im sorry if i cannot take seriously when you say

judging by the many reviews ive read they make some amazing earphones.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
You make a fair point it probably is subjective but i was getting a pit pissed at some people saying it was bad sound when in fact it wasn't especially after me trying the Sennheiser earphones which have fantastic reviews and the sammy ones were better, for me the big thing was after the 2.3.5 upgrade the sound improved drastically.
[Galaxy S II General] Galactus:
This, let the man enjoy his earbuds
[Galaxy S II General] iNeri:
Agreed.

Even a earpiece of $20 box of panasonic sound a lot better than samsung stock.

Guys, the problem is with earphones of hi end. There's where the diference is compared with the sound of galsxy s1.

Obiously with stock earphones you never knows what crap Is the sound chip of s2

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[Galaxy S II General] AvRS:
I don't even understand why these subjects exist. Seriously its a phone with added features, most people seem to forget this. If you're an audiophile don't use it for that purpose, no phone will stand up to a decent soundsystem. I use mine to listen to music at work, gym and while cycling because its a useful feature saving me having an MP3 player with me and I bought klipsh s4 earbuds to make it sound better but still couldn't care if its as good as an iPhone, iPod or any other music player.

This subject is nearly as pointless as the battery life subjects, its a phone, get over it.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
i have already said that a pair of Sennheiser earphones i had didn't sound as good as the sammy ones.

Again i say the since the 2.3.5 upgrade the sound has improved substantially, before that it was just alright

I've said all there is to say on this subject anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] gattari:
No man, I have two sennheiser an mx 980 and a hd 598 and these are a lot ..... a lot ...... more refined in every side of the audio spectrum compared to the sammy headphone.

A guy in this tread spoken about senny are cheap, no no no senny are good and enjoing.

I think you have a defective pair of senny.

Ciao

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[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
No i don't think so mate i purchased them in the same online store as i did previous earphones all of which worked fine.

Sennheiser as you just said i explained to someone else are top notch and the ones i had have great reviews and they were good but not AS GOOD as the SAMMY ones;)
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
Blimey I go back to the old days of valve amps and diamond tipped stylus with the pure sound of vinyl...perhaps my hearing is shot to bits after years of abuse, but having used many a portable music device the sgs2, quite adequately competes, sound purists are like wine tasters, the majority of us can't really distinguish mid to good quality sound, yet alone high to superior sounds
[Galaxy S II General] gattari:
Well, your senny are cheap.

Mine are very god.

Pheraps my samsung headphone are defective :-)) :-))

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[Galaxy S II General] Intercrew:
The sound are heard differently for everyone. But in reality if your an audiophile such as myself and few others that have posted the sgs2 audio quality isn't that superb. And having the mess to "make" it sound good by going through power amp and eq is a joke. The sound card is basically the mouth piece of an instrument or a guitar while the output such as the headphone or stereo is the rest of the instrument or the amp which helps enhances the sound even more depending on the material. In this case the key element in producing a good sound quality is from the sound card or in an instruments case the mouth piece or a guitar.

You can't really make the sound any better when the key element is already pretty bad. So in the end you won't see a huge difference.
[Galaxy S II General] m2smoe:
Put the guiness pint down for a couple hours and give them another try when you've sobered up.
[Galaxy S II General] Freakgs:
I totally agree with that but what I don't get: why in the world does an audiophile use a smartphone?

There are FAR better mp3 players out there and even other smartphones with acceptable sound (I heard that the sensation XE is great when it comes to sound).

The Galaxy S 2 is just wrong for this purpose, imo.
[Galaxy S II General] melorib:
My hobby is hifi, I have had more exoteric kit than some of you have ever seen... ;)

The "experts" in the forums considered the SGS had the best sound hardware around, but poor software, so I bought the Voodoo control app, I use mine connected to the car stereo AUX input, the sound was indeed superb, much better than stock... :cool:

The same guys said SGS2 sound hardware stinks, but for my surprise, with just CM7, it sounds as good as the SGS with Voodoo... :rolleyes:

I dont like and dont use headphones...
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
i don't drink Guinesss mate contrary to popular belief not everyone in Ireland drinks the black stuff same as not everyone in France eats snails and wears a beret:eek:;)
[Galaxy S II General] FallenOut:
wow

in my own personal opinion

my original sammy earset that comes with the phone loses to my sennheiser

but then

my sennheiser loses to my audio technicas

and all of em using fiio e6 with poweramp

no doubt i found the improvements of the sounds on the 2.3.5 update and siyah kernel is better than before

bt a phone is still a phone

it can never b compared to a dedicated music player

so lets all stop this

after all

we are all users of the same phone
[Galaxy S II General] gattari:
Yes, I agree with your opinion.

I have an ipod touch and a cowon d2, my opinion is that sg2 sound better.

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[Galaxy S II General] m2smoe:
Then you're a shame to Ireland and to your own ears. :D

Anyway, no point discussing this. On a serious note, supercurio did plenty of tests, and the conclusion is what most people agree on: the SGS2 is a very poor mp3 player for the price.
[Galaxy S II General] Nitin_B:
I'm no audiophile, and yes, like some have mentioned, gauging sound quality is dependent on the ability of the person.

The SGS2 seems adequate to me, but I'd not go so far as to say it's superb.

@OP. The SGS2 buds probably sound better to you compared to HTC, because they work in ear and have more natural noise cancellation than the chunky set that come with HTC.

This is to all the people saying phones can't have great audio output. Heard of the Nokia N91?
[Blade General] agos123456:
Good afternoon

I already have on my zte blade Cyanogenmod 7.1 android 2.3.7 rom and I am thinking of changing it to 2.3 gingerbread. Should I do it ? Is there any diference ?
[Blade General] Amphoras:
CM7 is gingerbread. If you just mean should you change to another gingerbread rom, then look at the different threads for each and see if they have anything you want. If you don't see any advantages to changing, then stick with CM7.
[Blade General] Deleted member 4274448:
Cm 7.1 is 2.3.7 which is gingerbread.

I think 7.1 is the best ROM for blade .
[Blade General] DellXCD35user:
I agree. Thee CM 7.1 release is excellent. There are things you can do (like over clock your CPU) which Gingerbread won't do on its own. And there is much more.

There is also now an expected CM 7.2 release coming soon. And then CM9 which will be Android 4.0 (or Ice Cream Sandwich as they say). Its much easier to upgrade to newer CM Mods if you keep CM 7.

So I guess what I am saying is there is little advantage gained by using the Google Gingerbread release over Cyanogen.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] heinrich:
Hahahahaha all this uproar about Samsung supposedly hating us T989 owners and today ATT announces they're switching to the Snapdragon with their new GS2. If you ask me, it's the regular ATT GS2 with Exynos cpu that's EOL now, and development will focus on the Snapdragon devices

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-review
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] heinrich:
Today ATT announced they're switching to the Snapdragon with their new GS2. Looks like maybe regular ATT GS2 with Exynos cpu could be EOL now, and development will focus on the Snapdragon devices
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AllGamer:
old news, anyone that has a SGH-T989 knew that already

they are the same phones, only the radio is different

so most roms, roots, and hacks are compatible

DEV only needs to remove any reference about the radio to make things compatible between both phones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] heinrich:
Apologies for posting old news :) I found it exciting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] heinrich:
I posted it in the 989 forum because folks there were clamoring that the Exynos phone was getting all the Dev. I have a 989 but didn't know about the Skyrocket. Good news for Snapdragon either way (and the 989) no?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cellgeek:
Has anyone done a backup of the Skyrocket using the "DD" command?

I've been doing the "Roto-backup" of my devices, but I can't figure out the proper commands for Gingerbread.

Here's the URL to RotoBackup as a reference:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850359

If there's a better way - bring'er on!!

Thanks!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cellgeek:
Figured it out.

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblock0p8 of=/sdcard/boot.img

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 of=/sdcard/system.img

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/sdcard/recovery.img

Seems to backup the device. I did notice the KIES will do the same thing and give you a corrupted firmware fix. Haven't tried it yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] futuregerald:
just got my skyrocket and never owned a galaxy phone before(though i did use rotobackup on my galaxy tab way back when), why don't you do a nandroid backup using CWM?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mjh1980:
I tried to flash my HTC HD2 with this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893948

after installing Hardspl 2.08 i used MAGLDR1.13

but now the phone just boots with white screen and HTC logo

i guess i forgot to install the radio?

but what now?

cant reach bootloader

just comes up for one second when i try hardreset

then asks for restoring to factory setting but that doesnt work neither :D

is it possible to autoflash with some sort of sd card

or do i have a chance to get at least usb connection up again ?

Thanks for help

edit

ive read that its possible to boot from sd card, using some sort of LEOIMG.nbh at root directory

extracted exe file and renamed "RUU_signed.nbh" to LEOIMG.nbh

ill try next step tommorow :D

gn8 ^^
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
You know the keys to get into bootloader isn't the same as for a hard reset, right?

Hold volume down only, tap and release power, release vol down only when stripey screen appears.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mjh1980:
uhm, thanks ...

i swear it didnt work but for some reason now works

ive read in that guide

"3. Browse to the folder you extracted your NAND Android Package files to on your pc, right click on Run DAF.exe (or Install.exe if DAF.exe isnt present) and select Run as Administrator"

but in "Tyween's Typhoon CM7 v3.6.3" rom is neither daf or install.exe?

Do i have to launch magldr from pc and preload rom into it, befor transfering it into htc?

sorry ... im still confused :D

well okay i think i hav eto upload some files into it, but which? all of zip or do i have to upload the original zip?

inside that zip theres "boot, meta-inf and system"
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] samsamuel:
Copy the whole zip to SD and install it from cwm.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mjh1980:
ive done it, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] spirikitik:
Samsung is releasing a new Galaxy SII Skurocket.

All of your android device will be an OLD MODEL smartphone and probably will get an update in a year if you are lucky, you guys need to update.

Anyone buying the Skyrocket!
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
Well considering the only difference is the addition of the AT&T 4G network which is only available in like 6 cities, I'm going to say not many will buy it. You really should do your research before attempting to start a troll post. Exact same specs...new LTE radio. Get with the program.
[General Questions and Answers] mermansauce:
bad troll post is bad :).
[General Questions and Answers] mmegalodon:
+1