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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkamikaze:
a blow dryer works also..

Only thing I don't like about phantom skins is that when you do get bumps on the protector.. and the screen is off or black.. it's noticeable :/ .. They're nice protectors though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jackzoor:
Coool ! After waiting for about 2 month I think Incipio will be my case !

Looks pretty good ! no negative comments also. By looking at others threads of others cases I know there were a lot of posts concernings a fews things.

1 - Hows the case fit with all the components (such as the speakers/ mic jack /micro usb bla bla

2- Does the case attract dust and ****s from our pockets ?

3- Hows the volume and power button feel when pressed ?

oh and does it make the phone any thicker ? im a pocket guy ... ! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lakeshow423:
Hey Jack..got your PM.

1. I think fitment is spot on..

2. The case does attract lint..do that dryer cloth trick and rub it around the case..

It seems to help not attract lint as much with.that static cling lol.

3. The buttons are the best thing on the case, they are so easy to push.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] poesraven:
which case and holster models

Lakeshow423, ? which case and holster models did you get and can you give site loc to order from, also the screen protector info. Thank You - they look perfect and are exactly what I'm looking for.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sl___:
Ordered a phantomskinz screen protector set. This is awesome! Winter2011 for a 30% coupon, and right now they are shipping you 2 for the price of 1. Shipping is pretty inexpensive to Canada ($2.60 for cheapest one). Came to exactly 10$. Awesome!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lazy361:
Yeah I love phantom skinz.

But their two for one special on skins excluded the chromatics kind. What type will u get?, usually when I order the chromatics and they are running a two for one special they end up sending me two sets of Screen protectors

I like carbon fibry white snd black,.might get a wood this year
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sl___:
I got their screen protector since I already have a case. Can't wait :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unknownnoob:
wonderful case... wish they had it in complete white....till then, im enjoying my fishbone case.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vince3757:
I got a razr about 2 weeks ago from costco and while it started great it slowly went south. Battery was great but suddenly one day I lost all message notifications. Started to delete apps I installed to try to get it back with no luck and finally did a factory reset. Now the phone is stuck at m logo after trying all recovery methods. Due to the complete lack of dev support and so-so experience I'm going to return it to costco. Will I be able to exchange for a galaxy nexus this weekend within my 90 days? I'm not too interested in another razr so I just wasn't completely sure on the policy they have.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MrFrankfromCM:
'complete lack of dev support...'? You're not talking about dev support on this board I hope. :confused:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] blaque72:
First sorry you had a bad experience however what you need to understand is all devices are mass produced so a problem isnt always indicative of a issue with all..and the gal nex is also plagued with problems like all devices usually are when first released...I hope you are 100% happy with next device you choose
[Motorola Droid RAZR] garywojdan81:
But you won't be.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Market is celebrating 10 billion app downloads by putting 10 apps on sale for $0.10 for 10 days.

Check out today's sale apps here: https://market.android.com/details?id=apps_timed_promotion&feature=banner#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwMSwibnVsbC10b3BfZmVhdHVyZWRfbXVsdGlfX18xX3Byb21vXzEzMjMyMjA0NjcyNjMiXQ....

**EDIT....I know this was posted in General Section already. Just wanted to make sure it was also in the App section.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
I'm surprised you didn't mention that pocket informant is free on Amazon apps today.

Sent from my MB855
[Motorola Photon 4G] CCallahan:
Yeah....I thought about it but having not heard of/used it before and it only getting 3 out of 5 stars not sure how good of an app it really is.

If you have used it maybe post and state the usefulness of the app. I'm sure others will appreciate that. ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
I don't want to hijack your thread, but since you asked we'll deviate a little.

It's originally a very customizable Windows Mobile app to the point it was complicated for me so I didn't use it. Since it's free I decided to give it a try. There's no widget, but I use Agenda Widget anyways. I like the Event template feature so when you are creating a calendar entry (Event) the fields are pre-populated. That's it for the 15 minutes I used it on Android.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blawoef:
I am having trouble in understanding if and how best to use Compcache and/or Swap.

I see that the default config of UD not is CompCache AND Swap on. But I see no benefit. The memory never seems to be used (also it feels slower).

Even if I use CompCache 64Mb with swapiness at 80, if I check stats there is never more uses than about 32mb. But Android does go ahead and close programs in the mean time. Stuff does not keep running if I go to another program, it has to be restarted if I switch back.

So why does the system not use all 'RAM' available to it? Should swapiness be increased even more?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jfmcbrayer:
I wonder if your minfree settings may be keeping your compcache swap from being fully utilized. What does the output of 'cat /proc/swaps' in a terminal look like? What are your minfree settings?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ray1234:
I don't know if I understand the compcache thing fully, and I'm no Android expert....

From what I read from the net, both compcache and swap memory only swaps kernal memory, so it does not mean every bit of compcache will be used, as kernal only uses a limit amount of memory. If a certain program uses a lot of memory outside kernal, then other programs will still be closed to make room for it. In short, compcache is just an alternative solution, it's never a real solution for lack of ram.

For me, I actually experimented with setting 192MB compcache and swapiness of 100. It seems to work well for me, and the most I've seen it used is only about 30MB.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blawoef:
Thanks guys, I'll look at both things - minfree and setting swapiness to 100 - and report back!

As to minfree, I saw other threads that seemed to point in this direction as well, but maybe this is something different.

The other threads were talking about that the system/kernel would not get notified of the "additional free RAM" offered by the CompCache, so that it would still kill programs is there would still be CompCache (but not much real free RAM) available...?

[EDIT] this may help us to some answers, or part of, reading now myself...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Anyone have problem playback youtube video?.. When u click the video, it appear diffrent video!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] khel26:
first time i've read about this. weird.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Both my tab plus have this prob....i had to press hd to watch real video... Its not normal.. Anyone with me? Hope someone come with solution... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] khel26:
Are you referring to the Youtube App or youtube content in a browser?

If in a browser, is it consistent that when you click a certain video, that same "different" video plays? Can you provide a link sample for us to see and try to replicate?

And what do you mean that you have to press HD to watch real video?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Oh..its not in browser but youtube app... Can u please share ur app.. Wanna tried..hate this problem
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] khel26:
Maybe someone here can share the app. Im not rooted yet, cant get the apk yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] alieamin:
im getting same problem as u. Using youtube app,searched some video, when clicked at preferred video, it appear different video. Using browser never face this prob.

Both my tab had this problem, p6200 and p7500.

Using Maxis broadband card. After i changed telco/simcard never face this prob.

if im using wifi also no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Same prob here...then need to change sim?im using maxis too
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] khel26:
Possible DNS issue with the ISP and the way Youtube app uses the settings. Maybe you could force the app to use another DNS. I have only the wifi-US version of the tab so I can't check settings but if there's a way to change the DNS settings (to a public one) of your 3G connection then try it instead of changing sim card.

Try putting in 208.67.220.220 or 208.67.222.222 as primary DNS (OpenDNS)

AND

8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 as secondary DNS (Google's public DNS server)

If you can't find anywhere to change the settings then try installing "Set DNS" from market. Again, I don't have first hand experience on this yet because I don't have a 3G tab with me. Hope it works, Goodluck!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Will try thx for tips
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] masterinc:
had the same issues...and the same video was playing over and over again...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] are-red:
Hmmm.. I still cant get fix this issue when using data while play youtube video... If i use wifi it working fine...weird...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.electron:
I'm getting my incredible back from warranty repairs soon and it'll be on the last leg of its life since my upgrade is near and I have my heart set on the Galaxy Nexus. In the meantime, despite my love for sense I was planning on learning to live without sense by going to a more pure android rom. I've never tried CM7 so far. I would like to know if there are things that don't work well with CM that would otherwise be fine on an htc rom, like device drivers or such? or if there are some incompatibilities between how apps interact because the hardware is now not supported the same way as it was before?

also is CM7 significantly faster in its routine operation than the HTC based roms?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RamAir02:
From my understanding, the only thing that does not work in CM7 is 720p video.

It should be as fast, if not faster, than Sense 1.0 ROMs.

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
CM7 is the most stripped down, fastest, rom on the market. better battery life without all the bloat. sense is all UI and easier user experience rom. i would give it a try. you will like it. :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.electron:
i use the camera for talking pics of food, whiteboard from work and the bank app allows me to deposit checks. i dont really care about 720p. so if thats the only non-working thing, thats fine by me,

sounds like sound advice. thank you.

also another couple of questions:

what kernel should i go for? i want extreme stability and compatibility.

what radio? 2.15.00.08.08?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyetheskin:
try miui. even better battery life
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alton (Halo 2):
^ um no

Get tiamats kernel with it he just made a governor called no lag !

Really good lockscreen from cm7 too
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N-Forced:
Try chads incredikernel, set it to smartass v2 and lower the min clock speed to 128 best battery life/lag free experience you can get on this phone.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el6006:
Condemned CyanogenMod V8 Vanilla all the way. Along with incredikernel/smartass2 govnah'. Smooth as butter.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.electron:
First i installed stable cm 7.1 with tiamats kernel. (i had formatted everything and wiped dalvik). it was fast, but FC'ed all over the place. even the settings tab would fc. i thought maybe the adw launcher was bugged, but after going through a painful process just to get the market and titanium on there to uninstall adw, still no luck. not to mention the auto brightness service would fc so my screen would get stuck being too bright or too dim, and the phone would never shut down, just hang with the shutting down dialog till battery pull.

needless to say but i reflashed, this time with condemned v8 and chads incredikernel that comes along with it. performance is very smooth and no real FCs except for one thing but that was probably my fault. it also comes with the market so i dont have to jump through hoops to get the market. removed adw and put launcher pro on there (i understand if u hate me, i just think launcher is a bit more stable).
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
Same problem I had with tiamats kernel. I did a full wipe and tried Chad's / tinys and haven't seen a problem on cm7. :D

Sent from my sexy assistant. (AMOLED HTC Incredible)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdd1777:
cm

no t.v. out
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.electron:
hmm thats interesting. i have never actually connected my phone to a tv. i might start doing that with the nexus.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badogg:
Yeah, my phone absolutely hates Tiamat Kernels. It seems to have some kind of love affair with Chad and Tiny's Kernels though. lol
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HarrisonBP:
In my experience MIUI has been better than CM7. I have only been using MIUI about a week, but there are no force closes, it doesn't lose my numbers and texts like CM.

However, I can't get wired tethering too work in either. Can't install a driver for RNDIS.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kioshi:
no 720p video recording and tv-out.

Everything else works and outperforms HTC Sense.

Stupid MIUI broke my power button, had to replace Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojo54696:
CM7 is a great rom, the amount of support it has and the skill of the development team make it a top notch rom, you should atleast try it out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Cm7 (whatever flavor), incredikernel, ext 4 mod no limit- dalvik moved, and adrenaline shot.

-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k.electron:
cm7 (+ whatever condemned brings along) has been working great now.

i've looked into MIUI and frankly i don't think i am going to even trying it. imitating iOS is not what i want to do. i have an ipod and i don't particularly like the ui aspects of ios. i don't know why anyone would want to make their android ui like ios.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] rmibou:
How can I update Adobe Air 2.7 to 3?

I found in the root the airruntime.apk in apps folder but when i try to udate the system didn't wan't. I tried with android market and directly with an apk apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arocha55:
This app helps tons for me and it's compatible with my Honeycomb tablet as well as my new Galaxy Nexus phone.

ClipiT - ClipboardManager for Android

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.clipper

Check it out, highly recommended and it has a really nice widget to go with it as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NitrozKC:
You sir are a life saver for spotting this app. Thanks alot. I would also recomend this to anyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GchildT:
Sweet!

Nice Find
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
I love you. This was the only feature of the s2 that was making me want to stay... And thanks! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jivemaster:
Indeed a nice app. The unlock is well worth the $2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
Hello, i currently have a Iphone 4s and it is perfect for what i want to use it for. but im getting a bit sick of having to wait for jailbreaks and tweaks. The galaxy s 2 has loads of tweaks and stuff by the looks of it.

i basically want to be able to copy onto the memory card blu-ray rips without having to convert them to any other format.

i also like games and wondered if the galaxy s 2 is as good at playing games as the iphone 4s?

i also really like some of the custom rom's that you guys have made! they look fantastic.

i have some experience with custom roms as i always had XDA phones and HTC too and enjoyed trying out all the new rom's.

whats the battery life like on the galaxy s 2 and which rom would be best for battery and playing bluray rips?

i also want to make themes and easily install them, is this possible?

Thanks guys and keep up the good work!!

Kev.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffroy:
You're on an android sgsII forum. So the answer is YES.

Dump the iphone and set yourself free!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vnvman:
NO.

I beg to differ :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagicMan3:
After a colleague saw and played with my SGS2 he bought one and sold his Iphone 4 and is happy. He's a gamer and I haven't heard any complaints from him.

I get more than a day on a charge on the stock battery, as long as a phone gets a complete day I'm happy as it goes on the dock when I go to bed anyways.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kailkti:
Iunno, if its just video watching, then sure, but we have a 2gb video limit plus the iphone has a larger video battery life. If it's gaming then stick with your iphone. Everything else in functionality is more or less the same.

Now imagine you jailbreak to get free apps. The sgs 2 rooting it or otherwise does not mean you get free apps. You have to look elsewhere.

Personally dont waste your money on an sgs 2 when you have an iphone 4s. Im not saying either is better or worse but better you wait for a real improvement like sgs 3 or iphone 5.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lulabby:
As Kaili mentioned above, it is not worth to change and you can tetheted jailbreak atm so why dont you try?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dacook2:
I say yes, because i had the iphone 4 and it was a awesome but when i saw my brother with the sgs2, and i tested it out on games and videos the graphics were so amazing i was speechless of the quality and the big 4.3inch screen, the speed is sweet too, but tweaking makes it more fun and it's a lot easier to change roms or anything else if you don't like the same stuff that you use every day please go for the sgs2.

Iphone is really very boring believe me after you use the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CamoGeko:
I've had both, best has gotta be the SGS2 hands down.

Communicated from a Galaxy far far away via an XDA premium neurotransmitter while DJ'ing on The Enterprise. :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Well the battery life on the stock ROM is not so bad, I always get through the day as a heavy user.

For me it's acceptable if it can work until i get to bed. On custom ROMs however you probably get a lot better battery life.

I don't know much about making themes, but I know you can install them in matter of seconds.

Galaxy S2 is really a great phone, you won't be sorry.

PS. the gaming on iPhone4S may still be better than on GalaxyS2 even if the SGS2 is a more powerful device.

The reason for that is the devs are making games that are compatible for much more devices with different hardware.

But the future of gaming looks bright , just check out Shadowgun and RiptideGP , they look aWESome! Good luck
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevandLynds:
hi guys,

Thanks for the reply.

im not that interested in free apps its more tweaks to get the phone how i want it to look and feel. :)

@ kailkti " if its just video watching, then sure, but we have a 2gb video limit "

most of my blu-ray rips are more than 2GB so could i not play these on the sgs2?

if i was going to change id be getting a 32 or 64GB memory card.

thanks for replying. :)

Kev.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinancetinkaya:
It depends on what you are expecting from a phone.

If you want a magnum that a bullet in it, yes SGS2 is the right choice.

If you want a giggling phone that you can show off with it, stay with iphone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vnvman:
Totally this.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pietpodlood:
Galaxy S II forever!!! or untill Galaxy S III !:D

No seriously, if you've got the cash go for it... but that's not to say the iPhone's bad, it just doesn't give you the freedom of an S2, or any android device for that matter. But if you decide to hold on to your benjamins and wait for the next king of the hill, the I'd say that's a smart choice too. One bad thing about the SGS2 concerning gaming is that some of the best games are Tegra 2 only, and while the Exynos chip inside the phone is definitely powerful enough, it's still not gonna run those games. You can go through chainfire3d to play those games but it's just something you'd need to know, oh and some of the games that use to be Tegra 2 only have been officially given Exynos support, like Shadowgun... So maybe its better to wait untill the games get ported, then when the SGS3 comes out with it's mindblowing specs, it'll already support the best games... If I were you, stick with the iPhone 4S untill a worthy successor to the SGS2 comes out...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
See if you can find some place to try it. Then try it, but make sure you try all the things you use the most. Android is a VERY different experience from iOS. I came from an iPhone myself and the first thing I noticed was that the UI isn't quite as smooth as it is on the iPhone. However it is not bad and all the customizations you can do, more than make up for it. Especially the keyboards. But as I said, it's a different experience and it's going to take some time to get used to it.

Another thing, you might want to think about is the release cycle. The SGS 2 is growing a beard, having been out for more than 6 months now in some parts of the world. I got mine in may. I still love it. It's by far the most awesome gadget I have owned, but at this time I would wait for the SGS 3. If you live in the US, you might have to wait a long time though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Well since you own an iPhone4Steve and you are considering getting a GalaxyS2 with a 32GB microSD i'd go and say you can spare the cash.

So get them both. Both are really amazing devices , whatever someone else might say. You can never have enough gadgets.

Also you might consider getting a GalaxyNote if you are after movies. The screen is just amazing!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
Doooooo it. Sgs2 ftw
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fun With Drugs:
I guess it depends on what you want in a phone. I believe the iPhone is behind in today's technology.

Technology, especially in phones, moves fast. Apple doesn't keep up with the times very well. They release a new phone once a year, with old specs and outdated software / aesthetics.

I love the SGSII. The UK version, because it has a physical button and its white version is beautiful.

It has higher specs and a nicer screen (bigger and brighter) than the iPhone.

But there are better phones to consider upgrading to from it. For example, the HTC Rezound is a beast. Offering true HD display (higher Res and ppi than the iPhone) with a super fast processor and all the up to date things technology today has to offer.

Another reason to switch to Android, not just the SGS, but Android in general; is the complete openness and customizability (word?) It has.

Even if you root an iPhone, you're still limited to what you can do.

Each OS has its pros and cons, but Android has many more pros.

-my two cents-
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kailkti:
Well since no one has answered his question. :P

What I mean by 2gb is that because of the file system (dun ask me, i'm not sure on the specifics), android will only play files under 2gb. So any file over 2gb will not play, regardless of your sd card.