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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Not every time you use download mode - it only triggers if you flash a custom kernel with download mode.

Flashing system images and Samsung official kernels with download mode does not trip the counter or the "custom firmware" warning screen.

Flashing custom kernels from the phone (CWM, dd on a rooted device, etc.) do not trip the custom binary warning/counter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roa57:
I came from a Captivate as well, and started from scratch. Loving the GPS lock-on compared to the Captivate, but I honestly prefer saving the battery and typing in directions from where I'm at. ^^

Not sure about the weird lock up, but since my brother got a Captivate Glide, I've been bouncing back between the S2 forums and Captivate. I think they just found a fix for the speaker problem that doesn't involve pushing on to the speaker (that really annoyed me with my alarm going out ;.;)

Anyway, I tripped the counter and I don't really mind. But from what I read a jig will do the trick if you keep the original bootloaders I believe. So...just keep away from flashing those! :3 Not 100% on that, but just in case. ^^ Nice to meet you and enjoy your S2! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
FedEx tracking says "out for delivery." Can't wait!!!:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] erad1:
Also came from the Captivate....your gonna like your new SGS II phone!

Go Fins!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
You'll see me posting in here soon. I ordered the GS2 yesterday. Should be here around Wednesday.

My Cappy is still going strong. Other than the smallest amount of burn-in on the notification bar area, it's in (almost) immaculate condition. It was a hard decision to get locked in for another 2 year contract, but I was too much of a geek to pass up the 1¢ price tag. lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] axis01:
I too came from the Cappy. You may have seen me post there a time or two. As you know, the GSII is a far superior phone to the cappy and now that we have some of the best devs here, it's even better. If you have the jig from the cappy, you may not need to worry about the flash counter. It's been hit or miss on whether the same one works on the GSII as well. It's something you can try when it arrives. Apparently the GSII is more picky as to the ohm of the resistor. I don't have a jig but if you look at the first thread in this forum, you'll see how to do everything without tripping the counter. I followed that thread and am good as far as ATT goes. The GSII also seems to be less "clay" prone, although I never had a probolem with my cappy. Battery life is MASSIVELY better, even on the stock ROM unrooted. I'd highly suggest better battery stats to find any offending drainers. Also know that the buttons in CWM have changed until you flash a kernel that switches them back to the "known" way. I think it's the home button that you hit to "confirm" your choice, NOT the power button. I forgot when it changed back to the power button but mine is just like the cappy now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] a_good_stuffs:
Can I ask where you got it for $0.01? I have a friend looking to switch to AT&T from Verizon and get the AGSII but he's much less interested at the $200 price point as he is at the $0.01 price point.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
Keep in mind it's a REFERB, but I ordered mine right off of the AT&T web site.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] a_good_stuffs:
I just came in to edit my post to say I saw that it was Refurb. I will let my buddy know about it, not sure how he'll react to a Refurb but he loves my phone so maybe he'll be able to get past it.

Thank you!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
I've bought one refurb from att online (Nokia e71x), had to replace it once withing the 30 days (a button fell off of the keyboard) and the replacement referb lasted two plus years.

Rumor has it that the internet is thee best way to buy referbs from att. Your friends mileage may very, of course. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] qwertyaas:
Came from the Captivate too. You will love this phone!

Some great roms too. Was running UnNamed but using MIUI now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] axis01:
Walmart has it for $100 on contract.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Well, not much joy so far. Got my phone, setup the new SIM and my accounts. Rooted using Doomlord's method (worked like a charm) and went to use TiBU to restore my apps and data. Can't find TiBU in the app drawer. Market says it's installed (Pro version), but no idea where to find it or how to run it. Used Backup Pro to restore some of my apps. Amazon Market force closes as do some of the apps I got with it. Reinstalled from the web and those are working now. Speaking of the app drawer, how do I re-organize it? Used to just hold the left softkey down on the Cappy. And how can I change what icons are at the bottom? That was easier, too. I also can't figure out how to change the lockscreen. I know I just need to get acquainted with GB instead of asking dumb newbie questions, but my brain is so tired right now from effing with this thing most of the day. Night...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] roa57:
The Pro Version of Titanium Backup is just a Key, not the actual app. So you have to download the free one, then the key will unlock the features of Pro for you.

To reorganize the app drawer you have to press the far left soft key [the menu one, not sure what it's called >.< ], and then change you View Type to Customizable Grid. After that you just hit the menu soft key again in the app drawer and press edit to move/uninstall and app through the drawer. Finally to change it you just move one of the three bottom apps back to the app drawer and put what you want on the bottom just like the Captivate! :D

And I'm not sure what you mean by changing the lock screen. Do you mean adding the lock security to it, or completely changing it away from the swiping lock?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
OK, clearer mind this morning. I figured out the app drawer and after re-installing TiBu free from the Market, it now works and is the Pro version. Still having some force close issues with a few apps, but a couple were due to new versions being available and the old ones not working on GB. Thankfully, I have all my purchase receipts saved and I was able to get the newer versions of paid apps for free. Will spend more time today getting things squared away.

The lock screen appears to only have one skin, that ugly colored thing. I really liked my glass lockscreen on Andromeda. Guess I'll have to go custom ROM to get it back.:(

So far I am impressed. This thing is super fast compared to my Cappy and network speeds are insane! Thanks to all that recommended this. Although the screen isn't much bigger than the Cappy, I could see where the SR would have been just a little too big and clumsy in the hand. Glad I didn't go that route.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] snyder650:
I ordered one of the $.01 refurbs, as well. It came in last night, but is currenly sitting on my desk next to me...in the box. I unpacked it this morning and the thing looks brand new. Not sure what they did to refurb it, but it looks great. Unfortunately, the damn thing doesn't work.

When I first plugged it in, the battery indicator came on for about a half-second, then went off for about two seconds, then back on for the half-second. It cycled like this for a bit, so I grabbed it and my cappy charger and brought it to work. Plugged it in here and nothing. No indication, no charging, no power-up. Nothing. I called AT&T and they're shipping out another one.

Guess I'll try again in a week.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
Mine was supposed to show up today. The mail carrier came and went.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
There is no way to get multiple lock screens on this phone, if you flash an i9100 rom you can get the aosp lock screen through jkay deluxe settings
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
NM IRT lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
Why would that be? If you can skin it you should be able to change it.:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ZephCr:
I've just upgraded from the cappy tonight. Got it from target for 99.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mistabeo:
just upgraded from a samsung vibrant..

anyone notice how weak the speakers are on the S2 compared to the previous version? not as much juice, and the it sounds shrill too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
I'm not a dev so I don't really know why they haven't been able to do it. My guess is they don't play well with touchwiz 4 for whatever reason so you can't get the 9+ lockscreens like you can on the galaxy a devices
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
I've done some researching and made some adjustments; but, is anyone other than me having a real problem adjusting to the screen

downgrade

?

Maybe I got a bad phone, but it looks like crap compared to the Cappy.

I'm running "stock" UnNamed.

I've tinkered with "Scene Mode".

I installed Screen Adjuster app and tried some of the GS2 users recommended settings and they all just look bland and washed out while my 13 month old Cappy looks beautiful (minus the notification bar burn-in).

Do I need to consider returning the phone, ya think? Maybe there's something I'm missing on the (2 day old) GS2?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
I'm not seeing much, if any, difference in screen quality between my Cappy and the SGSII. In fact, just the opposite. It looks great. The sound quality is definitely not as good, but everything else is so far and away better that I couldn't be happier. I almost hate to put a screen protector on it.:p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
Might warrant a return. Something seriously sounds amiss here. When comparing my GSII to my captivate there is really no comparison regarding display. Captivate seems washed out and not as detailed. Contrast on the GSII is alos much improved. You might have got a lemon. Find someone else with a GSII or maybe go to ATT(or other store that sells them) and compare and see if you really got a "bad" one.

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No need for a screen protector, Gorilla glass, bro! :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
Hmmm. Thanks for the input guys. It may well be hardware related.

When I use the Screenshot App (that I've used forever on the Cappy) to compare the two different screenshots on the PC and they don't look much different on my 720p HDTV/Monitor.

Side by side the edge def goes to the Cappy in the sharpness/clean/crispness category.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] eep2378:
If the last statement is true, you've surely got a problem :eek:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] KonaZXIII:
It's bright and all but still seemingly "dull around the edges". I'm no graphic artist but some of my digging turned up multiple people having issues with saturation. Tweaking brightness with contrast worked for some, but not me.

It seems kinda like a GS2 equivalent of Voodoo Color could/would help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ZephCr:
My sgs2 seems darkerish or something. I just thought it was the automatic adjuster of brightness working better to make the battery last longer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Miami_Son:
It's still glass and better safe than sorry. I always put a screen protector on my phones and then they look like new when I go to sell them.:D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] wonner:
The easiest thing to do is use an app from the market...MagicLocker has many different styles of locks, MiLocker has all of MIUI's lockscreens, GOLocker is GO Lauchers version that has a couple different themes. I suggest MiLocker or MagicLocker with the ICS lock.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprior:
I'm trying to follow the return to stock instructions at http://p7510.teamovercome.net/?page_id=18 and everything was going perfectly, the Tab is sitting at "Downloading... Do not turn off target" and my ODIN screen shows , but it's been sitting with no changes on the screen for over 30 minutes. I don't know what to do if nothing is happening, but I can't turn off the tablet.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sprior:
I gave up and rebooted and the tablet came up with a message that a firmware upgrade had failed and to use Kies to recover. After fighting with Kies for a while and not getting anywhere I tried again with Oden and this time it worked, so I'm functional again. That was the closest I've come to bricking a device, glad it worked out OK.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosfaratu:
I recorded a couple videos, and has no lag at the beginning, but towards the middle, get lag!

How can I fix this?

I have theOxgyen rom with the Franco Kernel.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] N00B Dan:
Okay, so I have been putting ROMs on my HTC HD2 problem is now i have is it says.

PB81120 HX-B3

SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE

0X05

COTULLAHSPL 0X40

Now what exactly do I do from here? I try to start normally but it just stays on "Stick Together" Screen. Help?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
What was the last thing you did before it had stopped booting (stuck on "stick-together" screen :p lol) ?

It won't just stop booting for no reason.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chupi_24:
check if you can still go to magloader...then re-flash the ROM, just follow thre requirements of the ROM before flashing
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Sitech10:
download hd2 toolkit, do a task29, and install magldr 1.3, then install wich rom you like
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kylew1212:
Here check out this guide I wrote. Basically your on step 8. Something has happened and you phone is wiped, but your still good.

This guide is for cLK and and CWM.

Hope this helps!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402975
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seanyuan62:
If you do a t29 then the phone will be completely wiped of anything including MAGLDR and wm6.5 that would be why it just stays on the boot screen. The next step would be to boot the phone by holding the volume down button and power button until it boots into a tri-color (downloader) screen. Then you can flash MAGLDR and android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] N00B Dan:
Okay so I fixed this problem. If you need to know send me a message.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Firemedic:
Thinking that the Development forum should be split into two

One for CDMA/LTE

One for GSM

Seems like that would solve the confusion and prevent potential bricks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spr33:
I have to agree, it's quite painful to browse to find the correct version of things for the phone you have.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] watso4183:
+1

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wil318466:
I thought maybe I was a noob and didn't understand why they weren't splitting the forums. It seems like some GSM mods/roms/kernels work on the LTE, so you really have to go through trial and error to see what works?

Splitting would be far the easiest, though, unless developers have to maintain double the amount of threads which could be a pain.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] paratox:
+1

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jkd137:
+1 Agree completely
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sodequis:
+1 ...

If it's going to be split, it needs to happen sooner rather than later, just because of people posting threads that accommodate both as time goes on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbdan:
+1 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt2053:
I agree too, but..... this isn't development and should be in General ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skatedawg:
+ 1, I very much agree. At least different subforums.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deus_eps_machina:
Please god yes.

Coming from the Nexus S forums...their's is split between the 4G and the GSM version and that makes it extremely helpful...please mod-overloards...SPLIT THIS FORUM LIKE MOSES SPLIT THE SEA :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] doublea500:
i agree too but the only problem is that a few things work for both cdma and gsm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] makaaaa:
I agree

+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sodequis:
I use to have the incredible and incredible 2 and it was frequent to have roms made from the evo and other htc devices... doesn't mean I go to the evo forum for the rom. Even though you are right, the positives far out weigh the negatives here none the less.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gsxraddict:
Please do!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IXIKelsonIXI:
I'd have to agree. And as for things that work on both, the author can post in both sections. That way they can field questions separately between the two, instead of having people with different devices posting in the same thread. Surprised this hasn't been done already.

Rabble rabble rabble.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ClydeDroid:
Agreed! It could definitely clear up some confusion, even though I assume most members here are pretty smart. :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bluediss:
I don't agree. What to do with general development threads, radio independent mods, etc?

Why not just "tag" the threads with [GSM] and [LTE] (like some devs already do).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
? I don't get your point. There are no general development threads. Every mod is made for a specific model, they're not both compatible.

Radios are not cross-compatible. LTE radios only work with LTE. GSM .. same thing.

[GSM] and [LTE] are too disorganized. With two forums it makes things more organized and eliminates the chance of flashing something for the LTE when you have GSM (and vice versa).

Also, this is the wrong forum to be posting this. There are two other threads about this, we don't need another one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] starscrean:
+1

Why are we not getting any admin response to what majority of the community wants? What are the pros on cons? I'm no pro but maybe the admins know why there isn't one yet..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DebauchedSloth:
The con would be if there is no need to split the forums. If it's trivial to build roms and kernels for both devices, then splitting the two would only slow down development and discussion for both of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcmexican:
Well then I guess we just need to ask to make it happen. I agree it should be two separate forums even though some things are common I think it will cut down on the guessing and questions of "Does this work on my device".

-McMex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arrtoodeetoo:
+1.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidukfl:
+1 on this. Rootzwiki split theirs up and it has cleared up a lot of confusion

has anyone sent this to the admins or mods yet?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbdan:
The only con I see is maybe more work for mods who volunteer their time (thx btw;)). Something they'll consider I'm sure. Otherwise, it's a slam dunk I think it should be done.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trooth76:
+1 It would be worthwhile to do just to avoid potential problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
+1 I don't like sharing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klisp:
+1 good idea!

Sent from my rooted Verizon CDMA Gnex...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eiabea:
+1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] takaides:
I came from having a Droid 1, and to me, this is just like the Droid vs Milestone. Somethings did work on both, but a lot of things just didn't. Things would be made for the Droid and ported to the milestone, etc.

If you look at the teardowns of both devices, you see that they have different hardware designs (more than just radio chips). If you look at the Software, you see that they are different (and again, more than just the radio's software [eg. NFC config files]).

While there will be some overlap, and some people may try to post in both boards, I still think that they should have separate forums. Again, like the Droid and Milestone had.

Also, I think it would greatly cut down on the 'Does this work on [radio] or just [other radio]?' that seems to be in EVERY SINGLE THREAD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xuanbao:
So just because people dont read, the devs should double post their rom/mod and do more work then needed? The only thing I can see is devs having to choose either CDMA only or GSM only, because its too much work to take care of 2 topics about 1 Rom/Mod. You can just see by the TAGS [GSM] [LTE] that devs using in their topic title and see if its for CDMA, GSM or both.

IMO leave it like this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] azndan2:
I agree, there should be separate forums for gsm and lte versions
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flameinthefire:
split it already whats taking so long
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chuckenfoot:
Agreed. Split em up
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sodequis:
Easy solution... Make 2 threads, 1 with all the info in one forum.. the other has a link to the first thread in the other forum.. that is if it's compatible with both. The Droid and Milestone have the exact same circumstances as the gnex and those 2 devices have seperate developer forums.

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Had the gsm version of the gnex been named the galaxy nexus and the cdma version been named the nexus prime.. they would have had seperate forums from day 1!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xominous:
This would make things much easier to navigate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] brad0383:
+ 1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
i vote to split as well, thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HerroMoto:
I'm actually shocked that xda hasn't done this yet... +1 toward split
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IXIKelsonIXI:
I think it would be easier to take care of two topics. It is going to be the same number of users and questions to field, but without having to worry which device users with problems are coming from, or without having to worry if somebody is going to accidentally install the wrong thing. As it is now, the author already pretty much has an OP that is two OPs worth of information, since each device has its own information/change log/downloads.

Rabble rabble rabble.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theboo7:
+1200325445
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rheno:
+1 for the split. I see it saving a lot of trivial questions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] winwiz:
+1

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swordrune10:
less talking, more action.. where is the the moderator for the galaxy nexus forum? is there just not one?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GchildT:
Please split. agreed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] reverepats:
I also agree with the split!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] th0r615:
+1 for the split. Not that I don't love my GSM Nexus cousins but it will just make it easier on everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deficitism:
Disagreed. The roms are easy enough to support both radio platforms. Give it some time, and I think you will see most are GSM/LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jermaine151:
+1 for splitting..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] refthemc:
Pretty please split like you guys did with the Nexus S forum :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slacker69:
I also would like to see a split.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hot_Hands:
2 different devices, with 2 different model numbers, and quite a few changes. It makes sense. Nexus S and Nexus S 4G is split.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jamdev12:
+1 for this. Luckily for me I read some of the ROM/MOD forums and haven't bricked my phone yet. Hopefully this won't make more difficult for the Devs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Snorkumler:
+1, if the rooting procedures differ that should be one reason to split GSM and CDMA..

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skrazz:
+1. Let's not have another Samsung Fascinate forum situation.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
+1 to confusing with both in one fourm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djkurruption:
Agree! Its not incredibly difficult to sift through them now, but as the dev community grows it will become an issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kvlt:
I have to jump in and say i agree with this as well. Ive been waiting for some kernel action for the cdma Nexus and its rough looking through some of these threads that dont specifically label them as gsm only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thepolishguy:
we need different sections.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bowsersoulstar:
Agreed. At the very least, the development forum should be split off.