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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InvAzN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t78KfESnFE0
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Wants better apps, then go for Apple.

Want's the customization of android in general then go for the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spsf:
I still have my iphone 3gs (because of my son's games only), tested the iphone 4 from my gf, and SG2 is a keeper!

Maybe Galaxy note or razr are other good options...?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pewpewbangbang:
Heres my view....i have both, the Galaxy S II is about 2 days old now though but i did have the originally Galaxy S and iPhone 3GS over a year ago.

Galaxy S II - He wants to Root, put on ROMS, OC/UV, and basically all the customizing/hacking things.

iPhone 4 - Simple and easy to use, amazing battery life, hassle free, great apps.

If he doesn't plan on doing all the rooting and customizations, i'd say go for an iPhone because really, android is all about the customizing.

Im still testing and finding the best option for battery life on my galaxy S II but it really doesn't compare to the iPhone. Not from what i see right now.

I personally got bored of iOS once again and made the change to the Galaxy s II since its the best android phone out right now along with the Galaxy Nexus but thats loads more expensive atm.

But heres one big facter......"He wants an iPhone" If he is leaning towards the iPhone and is more of a simplistic not that geeky dude, get him the iPhone. It would be a better choice.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v.vibrate(ANNOY 0):
There's also the music factor

iPhone allows external DAC like FiiO E7 to be used. -However, you're boxed into Apple's iTunes jail.

Samsung Galaxy S2 has a really crap DAC implementation and there's no known way to connect an external DAC via a pure I2s or PCM digital-out manner. Music sounds lifeless on the SGS2. No amount of EQ tweaking will fix the IMD and jitter.

So, if your brother is an audio geek, then Apple (despite the iTunes constraint) is still the better choice.

I ended up purchasing a Sansa player...but I'm still disappointed I can't use my Samsung as the music source because the range of excellent and beautiful audio apps, if it weren't for the crap sound of the pll-jitter DAC, would have made it a very pleasurable experience.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] curioct:
Ok so I already think the SGS2 is better than the iphone 4s for anyone of a number of reasons I can speak of but whats the big fuss over ICS?

what exactly does it / do you think it will offer that gingerbread doesnt? only I havent really seen anything that makes go oooooh must have that, so what am I missing?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neobirdrio:
Simple dude, it like this, iphone is like Rolls Royce car, exclusive for nerd. Stable and smooth.

But galaxy s2 is like Lamborghini Murcielago. Super speed, super customize, tweaking can make it crazy in performance. but u know this super car need more gas than rolls royce car rite?

Well, for a gift, better iphone, its look tidy and the performance is good, stable. It look expensive. Forget about sgs2, coz sgs2 is for crazy people like me who really want top performances. Go for iphone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haghdk:
Thanks for all the great replies :-) I think I will go for SGS2 because of the possibilities of customization and I think he eventually would want to root.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisjcks:
SGS2 has:

- Larger screen

- 100000:1 contrast ratio (IP4S is just 1400:1)

- Thinner

- Lighter

- 1gb of ram (IP4S is 512mb)

- 1200mhz cpu (800mhz on IP4S)

- OS customization!

- better 2MP front facing camera (IP4S is just 0.9MP)

- faster 21MB data speeds (IP4S is 14MB)

- External SD Slot (IP4S doesnt)

- HDMI Slot (IP4S doesnt)

- Bigger battery (longer too)

- Flash enabled browser

- Bluetooth file transfers

- Build Quality (see drop test on Youtube)

The IP4S was a very desperate release from apple to try & bridge the gap between themselves & Samsung - however, the SGS2 is 6 months older, has higher specs, more features & a greater performance.

Samsung & google are truly booming... I think apple are getting worried.

Android now has a much higher global market share than IOS, at current growth the Android Market will pass the Apple Appstore in 2012!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rouvax:
if he is a technology geek definetly s2 if not definetly iphone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSaw:
Why are you asking us? You know your brother, give him what he wants. If he's a hipster and wants an iPhone, then you'd just make him a bit unhappy with the SGS, because he will have to use it. Maybe he will like it!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_up:
I am really surprised how reasonably fair and unbiased these posters are.

The very nature of this site is for enthusiasts and this section for those who want to get the best out of their SGSII.

To see quite a few recommend that the brother gets an IP4S is quite amazing. I wonder if a similar response would be given at a similar site for IP4S users.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
My ex bird has suddendly decided she wants a smartphone, she knows absolutely nothing about phones, asked me what was the best thing to get i said an iPhone, usually id never recommend anyone getting one of those vastly overated locked down phones but if she got a SGSII she would only end up annoying me trying to get everything working whereas the iPhone is for dummies and everything works out of the box assuming it doesn't blow up when your on a flight:eek::D

---------- Post added at 03:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:28 PM ----------

"If you don't have an iPhone, well........you don't have an iPhone":D:D

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...lodes-Device-emits-smoke-sparks-charging.html
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khein:
Edited my post for not reading properly. :P

My personal stance on this is, if person is not that technically(esp smartphone) literate, then give him an iphone. If he is a bit experienced in tech(pc and stuffs), you may try to give him a SGS2.

That's why my parents use iphones, and me and my sister use android, though she's trying wp7 right now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neobirdrio:
Go for iphone if = you feel like you are living in 90s era, haha,

Hey, go for iphone. That gonna be precious present even, a solid exclusive gift.

My previous phone is ip4s, sold to my neighbour, shes a girl. I cant use iphone4s, outdated UI style make me boring a lot. Expensive outside but nothing inside. I love my ip4s, but i love sgs2 much more. Sgs2 match my need. You know why i bought sgs2? Because i read somewhere called it a 'legendary'.. 'beast'.. I admit with the title they gave.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panteleimonov:
deffinetly sgs2 ;P
[HTC Rezound] icy1899:
So I am eagerly awaiting S-Off and flashing new ROMS/kernels/radios and I started to think about how slow my Rezound seems to charge. I know that the Thunderbolt had some kernels that included fast charge capability. Just think of the extra juice we can get in a short amount of time with FastCharge, UnderVolt/UnderClock, and more precise power management.

Does anyone know if this is in the works for the Rezound?
[HTC Rezound] DirgeExtinction:
My Rezound charges up pretty fast, especially compared to my Droid Charge.
[HTC Rezound] JAYNO20:
That's ironic, the Droid Charge doesn't charge quickly.... Lolz.
[HTC Rezound] koszor:
if your charging on USB it wont be giving the phone full power, to remedy this get a spare cable and disconnect the data so only the power is working

not sure if it works on the computer, but in my car it definitely worked
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
yeah definitely do a search for USB AC Charging. You can take those car chargers and wall chargers that don't give you the full 1A and do a quick solder job on them to make them work. I just did it with two of mine and it works great. Battery info now says Charging (AC) instead of charging (USB) and they both pull north of +700mA while charging instead of ~+300mA when on regular USB.
[HTC Rezound] foister82:
Yeah they called it the charge cause its always on the charger

Sent from a can on a string using XDA app.
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Thread belongs in the General forum.
[HTC Rezound] voxigenboy:
i did that. opened one up and clipped the green & white data cables. the phone still says "charging usb" though and doesn't seem to charge much faster...
[HTC Rezound] icy1899:
Yea, I have tried every possible method of grounding out the data pins. I currently have my phone connected to a computer power supply I converted to a desktop supply with 4 USB charging ports. It can supply up to 13A if the device needs it. The data pins are all shorted and the housings grounded. The phone still says USB Charging....It does seem to pull more current and does seem to be charging faster.

I know that there is some hardware limit on the charging current, but with an SBC kernel (please someone make one...) I think that this bug will be fixed. I am going to try the Trickle Charge technique from previous HTC phones to get a full 100% charge. I will let you all know how it goes.
[HTC Rezound] jdmba:
Or ...

Fast charging is built in ...

... turn off your phone when charging, and use a 1A charger.

DONE.
[HTC Rezound] icy1899:
So I tested this idea that Fast Charging is "built-in", I used a usb cable that I split connected through an Ammeter to test how much current the phone was drawing from the charger in the one and off state. From my tests I found that my phone, no matter what the state does not draw more than 400mA from the supply. My charger is capable of supplying up to 13A to the four usb ports I installed. I also tested this with the HTC stock charger rated at 1A. This had the same results. I think that there is a hardware/software limit built in.

Just to be clear and justify its place in Dev, this thread is asking if there are any developers out there who are working on an SBC (Superior Battery Charging) Kernel for the Rezound. I fully understand the workings of power supplies (I'm an Electrical Engineer) and am just trying to see if anyone is working on this.
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
And it still belongs in General. That doesn't justify it. If YOU developed a Kernel, or were posting it, then it could be posted here. Questions, suggestions, complaints, ideas, etc belong in General.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
Not sure accurate battery monitor widgets are, but mine has shown upwards of 850mah on charging and over 700 on draw (never saw that on my thunderbolt).

It does seem to slow down as it gets close to full (over 90%), then I never get more than 200mah charge.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trippinz:
I never get any notifications when a sms message gets sent to me from ghostly sms. I get it normally from gosms but not from ghostly sms.

Do I only get a notification if my phone was going to lose my sms or am i meant to get a notification every time ???

Im 100% sure on the options in Ghostly sms my notifications box is checked.

Advise,
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia ray:
Hi ,

I installed many roms , cyanogenmod , miui, lightning rom

but no one is working , all stuck on boot screen

currently i have android 2.3.5 xxki4 rooted firmware

i tried every thing , wipe cache before installing rom and etc etc but no rom booting , all stucks on boot

please help :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Wipe phone

Boot to recovery go to mounts and storage format cache data and system also format sd card but this will wipe sd card .

Phone will no longer boot remove battery then replace and boot to download mode .

Via Odin flash stock rom .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
What kernel are you using? Go into Download mode as jje said and flash a stock firmware, then flash CF root then flash away with custom roms.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia ray:
i am using cf root kernel , and i will try to do as jje said
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1291282
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Flash a stock kernel+rom with odin , flash a cf-root then use clockwordmod recovery ( enter CWM manager in apps drawer and boot to CWM )

-wipe data

-wipe cache

-install zip from internal sdcard

-DO NOT REBOOT ( at least if you want CyanogenMod )

-install zip from internal sdcard (again , due to a bug)

-reboot

report back here when you try it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia ray:
not working :( , i already tried this method with MIUI
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
Which of the many versions of the SGS2 do you have?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
This is for the international I9100:

Data/factory reset,wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, format system, data and cache in mounts and storage. flash cm7 twice in a row without rebooting and flash google apps.Reboot and done

Enable usb-debugging first before flashing and backup you current rom and apps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
Maybe you have a I9100G, all the roms don't work.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperia ray:
i have galaxy s2 gt i9100, unlocked international version :p
[Xoom General] razorseal:
Hello everyone,

I've been wanting a xoom ever since it came out, but I had an ipad and it has unlimited data, which is impossible to get now. Plus it was little pricey after what I paid for the ipad...

Well with the verizon sale, my girl jumped on the deal when I told her and got the xoom as an early xmas gift. Should be here fri or monday...

I'm honestly a little sad because this means I'll have to part with the ipad. There is no need for 3 tablets in the house (including her fire we just got her) so I'll be getting rid of it and the awesome unlimited data... It was nice to have an iOS platform with my android phones, so i could experience both. The games were sweet and unlimited data with hulu and netflix too... (i never fully watched a netflix movie on it I might add lol)

So what should I expect coming to a xoom, from the ipad 1? I'm a very experienced android phone user I might add. Been around since droid 1...

I like how apple had dedicated ipad apps. I think android shares apps with the phone, so... And no more infinity blade :(plus the ipad usaa banking app and mint will be missed too)
[Xoom General] sodaboy581:
Android has dedicated tablet apps as well.
[Xoom General] razorseal:
No big names though...

Usaa, mint (banking in general)

Pandora

Tivo

Foreflight (well they don't have anything for android lol)

I'm really excited about the xoom, but honestly the ipad is going to be seriously missed... Especially usaa and tivo
[Xoom General] okantomi:
I've never used an Ipad so I can't speak to its virtues...if you need the cash, then by all means, get rid of your Ipad and have fun with the Xoom--a geek's dream, due to the current and future ability to mod the heck out of it and make it truly your own. From what I hear, the Ipad may be just a bit smoother with media playback and such, but if you root your Xoom and install custom ROM/kernel and use a wonderful tablet optimised launcher like ADW EX, you will have a very nice experience. and Android 4.0 is coming to the Xoom very soon, officially and through custom rom ports. I think there will be a lot of real improvements over the stock Honeycomb OS, as nice as it is.
[Xoom General] skullvet:
USAA's app works great on the XOOM. Not sure if it is a specific honeycomb app, but it works great.
[Xoom General] PUTALE:
Hard to say because it's kind of a personal preference.

I guess if you have used iPad and andoid phone, you kind of know what to feel between two different platforms. I guess the biggest difference would be the amount of customization that you can do with android vs IOS. And I think with ICS, it wil make the android tablet even better.

In addition to the customization, ipad does have advantge with the numbers of apps, this is an area where android still has to catch up. Tehre are just far more apps for ipads than android. Plus, most of them worked better (as it si designed to work for ipad) as oppose to some android apps taht are mobile ported, which is semi worked and often is stretched.

The screen on ipad should also be slightly better despite lower res., Ipad is also a bit ligher than xoom.

Good thing with Xoom is front facing camera and rear cam (if you use them).

I guess you should also weigh in the fact that you have unlimited data and if you use that much data. If you do then ipad would be a better option as you can still use the unlimited data but if not, Xoom is certainly a very good tablet (though the transformer or galaxy maybe slightly better due to lighter):).
[Xoom General] razorseal:
Thanks. I don't use enough data to fill 3 gigs with the wifi at home. Probably on the high end float around 2...

I will certrainly miss the ipad, but I love the customization of the android, and I have high hopes for ICS. and apparently we'll be the 1st to get it...

now I looked at the asus transformer prime, but I won't get anything without 3g or 4g. the 4g is a huge bonus for me. It's a mobile device, I'm not gonna be stuck with wifi lol...

plus, still can't beat the 200 bux for it.

what sucks is by my girl getting me this, we're forced to get rid of the ipad.

good thing is, it's a 64gb ipad 1 and the unlimited data sim is high demand so i can make some good money on it
[Xoom General] cwizardtx:
Is that data plan transferrable?
[Xoom General] razorseal:
it is... sells between 300-500 on ebay and it's pretty hard to find.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blitz360:
My phone says the SD card is removed when it's not, and neither windows or mac os X recognizes when it's plugged into it (i get no notification icon to ask how i want the phone used with the computer)

I should possibly also mention that I can't get into the damn recovery console, because terminal says there is no device connected
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy Thrashmetal:
Almost the same problem!

My SD card unmounts by itself too, and I always have to reboot phone and mount SD in CWM to fix the problem but is annoying to be doing this several times a day, I thought my problem was in the ROM I was using or in the kernel, but I tried with GingerDX, GingerXperia, GingerCruzt and Xgin, I tried with alfs kernel, nAa and stock kernel and the problem is still there :(
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryous:
Hey guys,

does anyone know how to spoof the mac address on your phone? I'm testing a vendor blocking system and i need to be able to spoof my mac.

Thanks,

Cryous
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Open terminal type in "ip link show" to find your WLAN card; mine was eth0 so I will use that as an example. Enter the following:

ip link set eth0 address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

To confirm that it switched, type in:

ip link show eth0

and it should show the new mac address. I haven't tested if it works on a MAC-filtered router, but I think it should work.

Found this on another thread seems to work. I was able to connect to my router after changing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryous:
Its says access is denied, even when I use sudo
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
The command works for me but i noticed its changing the wrong thing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cryous:
what do you mean its changing the wrong thing? It appears to change the right value
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
search "network spoofer" in the market. I'm just sure if it can spoof mac addresses or not
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSavageSquid:
Hi everyone, I am working on my unthrottle tool, Nitroscript, but because of the Droid 2's OTA GB update, I can not use the adb remount command in my program. That stops me from being able to write to the /system directory. As of right now, the only way for my program to work is if you do one of 2 things

Enter the script manually in a terminal emulator.

Run the script through an app that allows it to do so.

Both of these require root but that is the least of my worries. Does anyone know a way I can program this shell script in C++ to make this easier for the users?

To make /system Read/Write

and then

To make /system Read Only
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HawkeyeWPR:
Learn Bash
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSavageSquid:
I know bash, what I'm trying to do is write the bash scripts into my program.

I could unthrottle the whole thing using bash if I could smali and baksmali from the phone directly, but I cant, that's why I need to run it through the computer. To run regular commands in bash to the phone from the computer, you use adb shell, but I can't write that into the program, it doesn't work.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Gbcue:
If the TF Prime is the same size as the TF (original), most of the

cases

listed in the thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1060872 will work. Unknown about the sleeves due to possibly different ports, switches, etc.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Bimboy:
Hi, here's the dimensions of the two... (from ASUSTek's website)

TF101:

Tablet - 271 x 171 x 12.98mm

Dock - 271 x185 x 28mm

TF201:

Tablet - 263 x 180.9 x 8.3mm

Dock - 263 x 180.8 x 10.4

The dock connector is in a similar location, but the rest are not. I think it's pretty safe to assume that the cases are not cross compatible, for all except the stretchy neoprene ones, that are more of a bag than a case.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] qw_haoyun:
i found a sleeve looks nice and high quality ，nice zip.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150708353...53992&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahuldean:
So i have a Galaxy tab charger that outputs 2amp

Now at 1amp of galaxy note original charger it charges to 100% in 3 hrs

by using 2amp o/p it shud be done in 1.5 hr or so

The question is will it hurt my note battery and any damage to the phone?

(the phone is lasting for a decent day, heavy usage here and there n love the phone!!!)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucian777:
AC Charging curent is controlled by the power chipset and the kernel and is limited at around 600ma, i dont think the note will charge faster with a 2amp charger. But you can try anyway :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resistant:
usb charger is a usb charger

with 5 volts power converter (from 240 to 5 eu...or 110 to 5 in usa) since the volt is the same...it would be oki...plus it would charge faster......but if wht lucian777 said is true...then it doesnt matter becuz it is being controlled from kernal
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahuldean:
ill try it out, because ive heard it charges faster!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrowing:
Basic electrickery

2 Amps is the chargers maximum rated output. It can give this amount of power if the device demands it.

If the device only demands 1 Amp then the charger will not give it more than 1 Amp.

If it was a 10 Amp charger and the phone wants 500mA then the charger will only output 500mA.

If it was a 1 Amp charger and the device needed 2 Amps, then the device would not run because of insufficient power.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylansmith:
sorry to dig up an old thread, but i really need to understand how the charging circuit works.

if the above is true, why do people say that using a 2.1A charger (e.g. tablet) for the Note (which only needs 1A) will wear out the IC chip on the Note faster? If the device controls the output, then there shouldn't be any impact regardless of the current rating on the charger right?
[myTouch 4G Android Development] febycv:
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