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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ozone777:
+1 on MX Player.

The only player I know of that takes advantage of the multi-core processor.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ghost13:
mx player is good i like it as well. just wish we could format the cards ntfs
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] areayetee:
I like the new feature of ICS that allows you to disable apps. I used it immediately to remove the VZW bloatware that was pre installed (back up assistant).

But I may of taken it a step too far. I disabled the default calculator app ( just happen to like realcalc better). When I did that it screwed up my calendar. All of my events were MIA. Luckily I caught it before I did anything else and couldn't pinpoint the problem. - undisabled the calculator and every thing went back to normal.

So, like it says in the warning use caution when disabling system apps. And hopefully my little boo boo helps some one else out.

Anyone else disable a app and notice any strange or unexpected results???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sayan1987:
I have a question related to your.

I disabled google search, and it disappeared from app list.

If i want to re-enable it, what should i do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
just go back into the manage apps list and re-enable it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
It didn't disappear it is on the bottom
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psohn:
I disabled Books, Vz backup, and phone (I'm using another dialer). So far no issues.

I also used autostarts to keep a few other apps from starting automatically all the time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sayan1987:
Ph didn't notice it was on bottom thank you very much.

And also thanks to psohn, going to try autostarts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] joeyzadoe:
hey guys please help me out tryed flashing cm7 then had an issue with mounting the sd and tried fixing it but soft bricked it. i tried odin and it worked but phone doesnt go past the att boot logo it just keeps restarting

MODS DELETE PROBLEM SOLVED
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Ok boot into the stock recovery and wipe data/ cache 3 times each and reboot this will work trust me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] offwiththeface:
You may also flash cm7 twice after that has also worked for me in the past when trying to flash cm7
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bullet358:
Are you using the TouchWiz APK?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gogol:
Hi,

If an app has this permission: Phone Calls, which has the below explanation:

READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY

I understood about the phone state for checking if there is incoming call, and such so the app can pause.

But, what is that "IDENTITY"?

Can this permission cause any harm? if misused by rogue app ...

Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
Hello

I succesfully installed ICS manually into my I9020T ....

Now , the default wallpapers of the ICS suck big time :D

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1.What is the correct "still" wallpaper resolution for the Nexus S ? is it 480 * 800 or is it 640 * 480 ? or what ?

2.Can somebody "extract" the default Gingerbread wallpapers files from a stock 2.3.6 ROM ? and upload them here ?

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
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[Acer Iconia A500] exodusx187:
I picked a new A500 yesterday and I like the way it feels and looks but I'm disappointed with the browser. Everything feels laggy, even as I type this post. I feel that my iPhone 3Gs performs better. It came with 3.1 out of the box. Any tips on how to resolve this lag and poor browser experience I'm going thru? Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] smithcm5:
Stock browser is good for me. You could try Aurora (experimental version of Firefox) it works well on the A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] cordell507:
i seriously just switched a couple minutes ago but dolphin browser for pad is amazzziinnggggg. It bears but MacBook pro in speed and fluidity and no laggy text anymore and the bookmarks manager seams very nice, its a great alternative
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
Dolphin for pad was good for awhile, but it hasn't been updated since July, 2011.

Back to Dolphin HD I went. Still better than stock, and if you get the bookmarks plugin, you can backup and restore all your bookmarks at will. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] exodusx187:
where can I find these alternate browsers and I need to be rooted right?
[Acer Iconia A500] kjy2010:
No root required, and they're all in the marketplace ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] StiHacka315:
Opera mobile

Try opera mobile. It is real fast. A500 feels like a different device with opera.
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
I tried opera mobile, dolphin for pad, dolphin HD. dolphin for pad looks the best for tab dolphin HD is the best
[Acer Iconia A500] hardslog:
This is a little obscure but checkout maxthon browser for 10" tablet. I'm not a fan of maxthon for phones but its my browser of choice on my A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] bazsh:
I think Maxthon 1.4 is better than 1.5

I like the previous version
[Acer Iconia A500] jaamoke:
+1 for Dolphin browser for pad. Although it's technically a beta release, I've been using it for about a month on stock 3.2 without any issues. It's very fast and the interface is a little cleaner than the stock browser. Bookmarks are only a swipe away, and other gestures also are supported---though maybe not obvious (touch the right-facing pointer icon located on the right end of the toolbar and enter your gesture anywhere in the shaded area). I've used Opera, Dolphin HD, etc. Like this browser the best so far.
[Acer Iconia A500] ef1x:
best of them dolphin for pad , it runs very smooth when you are @ 1.4GHz
[Acer Iconia A500] Derrico:
the neverending story... the browser! I tested all, and all in every new Version that came out, but so far... there is only one Browser i use, not cause its the best or the fastest...no:

Did anyone realize, that EVERY Browser, stock, Maxthon, Firefox, Dolphin etc. have all washed out colors, unsharp text, pictures and so on. The only one with really good looking sites, like on Desktop, is Opera. Try out yourself, open all Browser, look at google news page, then compare...

WHY IS THIS?

Opera has maaaany maaaany problems on Facebook, the Chatbars, Posts not posted etc., Youtube videos sometimes crashes, no adblock, but... fast and good looking!

Can anyone explain me this issue, or is it only my device? A500 Stock OTA update, not rooted...
[Acer Iconia A500] ChiefWilNel:
none of these browsers will play facebook games such as ravenwood, too laggy. I posted a thread on this a month ago and someone said he got it working but the settings he came up with were NOWHERE , it was like he was just making up crap...something about flashmx offline settings.looks like I will have to wait until ICS comes out.
[Acer Iconia A500] soks3d:
Browser

I like the boat browser myself.
[Acer Iconia A500] dabl8:
firefox 9 has a revamped ui, especially designed for tablets: it behaves differently in portrait. It's still based on xul I think, but I find the startup to be quite fast and of course with the gig of ram it should stay loaded. quite stable too, but still doesn't run flash.
[Acer Iconia A500] krankbt:
I use Maxthon the majority of the time. Firefox just doesn't give me the browsing experience that I want but I think eventually it will be pretty good.
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Just wanted to ask if there are any apps from other devices besides htc that could be ported over to us,or if anyone has any ideas about apps thar could,

Only asking due to just getting track id of here ported over from se

Sent from my Nokia years ago
[Desire HD General] ABorgh:
What app are you interested in?
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Unsure be honest I've not delved into it,I will though and give suggestions

Sent from my 3310...intensely modified
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
What exactly are you asking? apps for other OS'es? Android apps can be sideloaded without any porting required.
[Desire HD General] arknailed7754:
Yeah,specific apps for other brands of devices,not android apps I know we can pick at pleasure for them which is gooood

I've not investigated what other devices have yet,I will though,never know might find something useful

Sent from my 3310...intensely modified
[Desire HD General] shad0wboss:
are you mentioning launchers? i mean, all kind of apps can be found on market and i believe if you're talking about widget like apps then sense has got the best widgets.

Using apps across phones isn't a problem, you can install most app on any android phone across different brands i believe. It depends on the app as well. So without a name we can't say that whether it'll work or not
[Desire HD General] jenizaro:
Most of the specific apps are ported from other devices such sony and samsung apps if you search in xda.
[LG Optimus 3D] Araltd:
I've noticed that charging with 500mah charger, charges the battery MUCH slower than a 1000mah (1amp) charger, which charges really fast. I'll need to time it, but I'm thinking the 1000mah charger charges the stock battery in less than 2 hours, where as the 500mah charger takes many hours, I usually let it charge overnight.

My question is, is there any performance gain to slow charging vs fast charging? ie: slow charging giving a deeper charge, vs fast charging?

any opinions?
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
i use a 2amp charger i had already that fully charges the O3D in around half an hour/45 mins. get the same runtime whether i use that or the stock charger.
[LG Optimus 3D] mad_sunday:
Any chance of a link to this charger, I'd really like that sort of charging speed.

Pete
[LG Optimus 3D] Araltd:
My guess would be anything that would charge an iPad... those require like 2.1amp, so that would be a 2amp usb charger.... I've seen 2.1amp home chargers, car chargers, etc... all because of the ipad I'm guessing.
[LG Optimus 3D] mad_sunday:
Its not that simple. Any device that uses USB for charging can only pull 500ma, that's a universal agreement. To get around this each manufacturer uses a method of "informing" their device that it is connected to a charger that can supply more current (HTC shorts the data leads in the supplied charger I don't know what LG does). I have a 1amp car charger but it still only gives 500ma but the genuine LG charger gives an amp because the phone "knows" it can supply more.

I'm going to stick a test meter into my LG chargers over the holidays to see how the data leads are connected.

Pete
[LG Optimus 3D] hefonthefjords:
The charger i have is a noname brand. I bought it from walmart for 6 quid. It also came with a 2amp car charger and a micro usb cable.

Micro usb cables are not standardised like that. Ive never heard of such a thing at all. As far as i know most phones will "fast charge" if they dont detect a data connection and dump as much current as they can into the battery so you can pretty much present them with whatever current you like and the charge time will just get faster. There is probably a hardware limit to that somewhere in the charge circuit but i dont know what the limit is. 2amps is the highest power usb charger ive seen but its not exactly aomething i regularly keep an eye out for.
[LG Optimus 3D] darknite999:
Slow charging is always better as this will allow the optimal number of battery cycles before the battery's capacity will start to degrade.

So if you only ever slow charge then your battery will have a longer life cycle.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hrithan2020:
Hi Guys,

I am running VK 2.1 Stable ediition [ KK5] with Siyah kernel [v2.5.2].

Am increasingly annoyed with the following browser issue:

Right now, if I click on a link, it is automatically opening in a new window,instead of opening in the same window. Similarly , for each redirection it is opening a new window, which leads to lots of blank windows.[ ie. for some sites, where redirection to mobile site happens, it creates one window and then creates a new one . [for each redirection, one window is created].

I have already tried flashing a different browser mod, wannam lite's universal browser mod etc, and this issue seems to occur in all the browsers!! Tried, clearing dalvik cache, data and cache of the application too, and it doesn't seem to help!!.

Any suggestions or ideas on how to resolve this would be welcome. Already posted in a few threads [ the original ROM thread], with no replies :(
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hrithan2020:
Bump!!

Any ideas? Anyone?

Is this the default behaviour of the browser [ any modded browser with UI Agent settings?]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
Can't say I've come across that problem before, try going to settings and check the box that says open pages in background.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hrithan2020:
Have already tried that. As said, had even deleted all data and cache of the application and tried flashing multiple mods of the browser, and still not working.

Are you running KK5 ROM? If so, can you please attach your working Browser.apk [if you are running a deodexed ROM].
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcadam:
Sure I can upload the stock browser.apk from my KK5 deodexed rom when I have access to a pc. Have you tried reflashing your rom? Might be stating the obvious but did you restore your apps with titanium backup, that can cause problems sometimes?

stock browser.apk attached, hope it helps:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hrithan2020:
Thanks! No luck. :(

I haven't tried reflashing, I want to keep it as a last option. Regarding the titanium backup, I didn't respite the browser or any system apps, not sure how it will affect. Any good fancy rotation plus ics rom?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonintendo:
I'm on t mobile nexus with the ota 4.0.3 update running. My install process was wipe, install 2.3.6, wipe, install the ota from one of the guides on xda, reflash recovery, flash su app. I keep getting screen tearing at the bottom of my launcher, and whenever a part of the screen is supposed to get dim (eg when a popup window comes onscreen) the fade animation acts really weird (it will kind of flash/distort). Any advice? Is this a common occurrence? Should I reflash from stock or would flashing a kernel later on solve this? I kind of don't want to have to reconfigure everything again.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonintendo:
Made a youtube video of the problem:

[YOUTUBE]kcwt862wbEI[/YOUTUBE]

The launcher will (seemingly at random) get really choppy and start to tear at the bottom of the screen. I know it's hard to make out in the video (I couldn't get my camera to focus properly) but it is tearing. It's easiest to see between 0:05 and 0:10.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonintendo:
bump 10char
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gonintendo:
I can't be the only one to have noticed this. I see it on both my and my friend's nexus s's.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazyfrog:
At least you're getting it in certain situations only. I get screen tearing in the lower left corner of the display in every app that uses hardware acceleration.

Using an I9023 running stock 4.0.3.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdhanjal15:
Ivenoticed.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Hi everyone,

I brought a new galaxy s2 phone about 4 weeks ago and it has spent most of that time soft bricked since I tried to update it to the newest firmware, K14....

I am using windows 7 starter, 32bit. I have installed kies, uninstalled and re-installed kies, tried uninstalling kies and just using the drivers.

Recently I did a clean install of windows, installed kies, as more drivers seem to be recognized and downloaded odin v1.85. I restart the computer, start task manager end all processes that say kies, run odin as a administrator, put the tar file in pda, only auto reboot is selected. I then plug in the phone, in download mode, wait for yellow box and press start and the process only goes as far as boot.bin.

I have tried all of my usb ports and the only difference is the number of the modem installed driver and how far along odin gets. With two ports it only goes as far as setup connection which was as far as anything went before I re-installed windows. I have replaced the usb cable and made sure the phone battery is fully charged. The phone was put into usb debugging mode before it was bricked. I have attached a picture of what drivers get installed when I plug in the phone. The firmware I am attempting to flash is the uk 3 version off the firmware page of this website.

Please can somebody give me the solution it is driving me nuts!

Sorry for waffling but I figure you need to know what I've tried so that I don't waste anybodies time.

Thanks guys :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Did you try a different stock rom? Did you try a different pc? Or if you want to, flash a CF-root kernel. Then boot in recovery and flash a rom of your choice.

The flashcounter will start and stock roms can't be flashed this way (at least as far as I know).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
Is your phone a I9100 model?

I ask this to make sure you are trying to flash the correct firmware for your device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Hi Lenny,

Yh, i have tried it on my desktop which runs 7 home premium. Clean install with same results. Tried the K14 firmware a few times but that never got any further than setup connection. Don't understand the rest of your post sorry. Can you do a flash for dummies thing? And is there a firmware you would recommend trying?

@ aceofclubs -the box says i9100 and so does the sticker in the back.

@ JJEgan - the first cable I used was the one in the box and while the one I have replaced by ebay, they had good feedback. The K14 firmware was given to be by a user of the galaxy s2 that he had successfully flashed with.

Does the phone look to have installed correctly, the guy who gave me the firmware said he had abd appear in device manager, which I haven't got. Also after the phone is finished installing drivers if I click in the system tray, the green icon that shows devices that are present is not there and neither is the phone but if I go into device manager samsung composite device is.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Thanks for the suggestion JJegan but I just tried another firmware from the link you provided above with no success, stopped at setup connection. :( What is abd and do I need it? Think I must be missing some drivers!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ksantoshh:
No you dont need a ADB neccesarily for flashing. ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a tool that comes with the Android SDK that allows you to control and interface with your Android device. Well do u have the phone specifications before bricking it, like Model No, Built, CSC, Kernal Etc.

First try to uninstall Kies and Install the latest version, so that you have the latest drivers.

Check the Intratech thread on Stock ROM ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278) and download the correct rom.( I presume you have I9100 Intenational Version of S2). Open Odin 1.85, do not change any options, brownse and put the stock rom u downloaded into the PDA section and click on start button, you should be good.PM me if you have any issues.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
The above didn't work. Here's what I got:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
AS you have the yellow box in Odin you have the drivers all the firmware in that link works .

run odin as a administrator, put the tar file in pda, only auto reboot is selected. I then plug in the phone, in download mode, wait for yellow box and press start

Lets do this the right way just to be sure . Open Odin put the tar file in PDA

go to download mode at first screen download mode on phone follow instruction ( vol up from memory ) after next screen connect Samsung USB cable to phone and PC .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Thanks, think I've done that anyway but, just to check, what do you mean by next screen?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
The screen when you are in download mode and press volume up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Yh that is what I'm doing, thanks tho. Can someone please give me a reliable link to an older version of Odin to try? At the mo I am using v1.85, this the latest version?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Odin 1.3 here :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
So close! I plugged the phone in and got as far as cache with the green progress bar showing just the tiniest bit. Left it for over an hour but the bar didn't move at all! Encouraged I restarted the computer to try again only to find that now the computer and odin won't recognize the phone until I uninstall and reinstall kies and always hangs on cache. I restarted in the first place as the phone never shows in the system tray. Sorry to be a bore but have you any idea why everyone else can plug in and flash and my machines refuse to! I welcome any ideas you have. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Instead of Odin, you could try Heimdall. Maybe that will work for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1104826
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Thanks Lenny. Don't know how to use it tho no boxes like on the tutorials I have watched in the latest version. Can you clue me in please?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
Here is a guide, it should work the same for our phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878686
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Thanks. Have to wait a couple of days to try it now. Happy Christmas
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
hey hope everyone had a good christmas and new year. Still no joy, where do I get PIT files to flash with the newest version of heimdall to go with our firmware? The newest version won't let me add files until I enter a PIT. I tried version 1.1 but I couldn't get it to recognise a compatible device.

On the odin front: I thought I'd cracked it. It started flashing, took hours but I had half a green progress bar and then it just seem to freeze. Also this seems replicable a few times and then I get stuck at setup connection again. I then have to do a system restore to get it to flash to the furthest point again. Does this give anyone any clues? Or does anyone know of any heimdell packages I could try? And the long shot, any way of getting firmware on to an sd card and flashing that way when a phone is soft bricked?

Sorry if I'm annoying you but there has to a way round this. I brought a rooted one to use while this is sorted, love the phone but need to know I can update and be able to sort it out if things go wrong.

Thanks again for your help and suggestions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Hi, I left the battery in the phone after trying to download again after a fresh install and now the phone is completely unresponsive! So I think that there must have been something wrong with the phone in the first place. I think I am going to send it back to three and see what they make of it. Should I mention odin download or not?

Also heimdall seemed promising so can someone please advise me where to put the files in odin 3.1? More specifically what partition to select. I have downloaded the lightening rom but when I extract the tar the factoryfs is an image file instead of a rfs file. Will it still flash if I put it in the factoryfs partition?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Um, no.

You've effectively voided your warranty by messing around with the firmware. There's a fair chance they'll make you pay for any repairs/replacement if they notice/check for signs of anything other than stock firmware.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cookoospite:
Thanks. Any idea about hiemdall, no luck on the forum but Odin doesn't like me.